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Did you know that these are both the same species of dragonfly? I didn’t until after I spent an afternoon as a self-appointed dragonfly paparazzi.

#Dragonfly #CommonWhitetail
A closeup photo of a a female common whitetail dragonfly resting on weathered wood A photo of a male common whitetail dragonfly resting on weathered wood
July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Found myself on a beach with so many interesting things yesterday! This was an entirely unstaged photo, I touched nothing but my phone.

#BeachLife #TidePooling
A colorful collection of seaweeds and driftwood resting on rocks and sand.
April 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#Fire reminds me of the very first time I tried to make a pour painting look like something. Dry on the left, wet on the right.

#MakersMARTch #FluidPainting
An acrylic pour painting with fiery reds oranges and coppers reaching upwards in a flame-like shape. A wet acrylic pour painting with fiery reds oranges and coppers reaching upwards in a flame-like shape.
March 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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After giving some elephant seals a ride yesterday I just had to stop and enjoy this gorgeous coastline.

#Pacific #PigeonPoint #Lighthouse
A late day view with the sun getting low over the pigeon point lighthouse. The waves come in to meet the rocky shore below the cliff I’m standing on. A rocky coastline lit by golden hour sun curves away into the distance
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.
Dolly Parton pays homage to late husband Carl Dean with 'If You Hadn't Been There'
Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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These anemones from the farmers market have been making me smile all week

#FridayFlowers #FloralFriday #BloomScrolling
A handful of intensely purple flowers spread their petals wide, showing off dark centers
March 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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What I planned was bright rainbow colors. What I got was this #Soft hazy effect! Always so interesting.

#McCannStudios #MakersMARTch #PourPainting
A tightly framed photo of a painting created by pouring fluid acrylic paints onto the canvas. The colors are bright, but there is a translucent layer of white over them that softens their impact.
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Went out on a marine mammal rescue today. The view from the office is pretty nice.

#SantaCruz #MarineMammal #WildlifeRescue #California
A view of a sandy beach cove from the vantage point of an elevated cliff. The rescue required navigating down to the beach and safely carrying the animal back up.
March 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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A trio of #Pears were the perfect accompaniment to this dish.

#McCannStudios #Pottery #FebruArty
Three green pears rest in the center of a free-form ceramic dish. The dish is textured and mostly glossy blue breaking brown over the texture. The pears reflect slightly against the glossy dish in the bright sunlight.
February 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#Turquoise ended up somewhat dominating this painting, and I wasn’t mad about it.

#FebruArty #StillLearing #PourPainting #FluidPaint #WetPaint
A fresh acrylic pour painting. Rainbow colors are all present, and turquoise is the most dominant element amongst them all. Glimpses of the work surface in the background (a vinyl tablecloth to catch drips).
February 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#ArtYear #Februarty #OnlyBeautifulThings #Travel #Sculpture

This is Dignity, by Dale Claude Lamphere. She is in South Dakota, and well worth a visit.
A 50 foot high sculpture of a Native American woman holding a quilt spread behind her. The work is titled Dignity of Earth and Sky. Most of the surface is metallic grey, and various details are picked out in light or dark blue, including the trim of her dress, and the diamonds on the quilt pattern. The quilt pattern also moves with the wind.
February 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#FebruArty and #SensoryArt are looking for #Rough today. These barnacles both are and have it rough. The wharf they lived under collapsed in storm surge and their piling ended up high and dry lodged on the jetty.

#SantaCruz #MontereyBay #MarineLife
A photo of very sharp dried out barnacles clustered on a broken wooden piling.
February 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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A #Monochrome #MarineIguana for #FebruArty and #BlueSkyArtShow

#Galapagos
A photo of dark grey lava rocks with a dark grey marine iguana resting on top and blending in. A brighter sally lightfoot crab scuttles in the foreground.
February 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#Pairs #FebruArty #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #🌻
A pair of sunflower blooms with dark centers and petals that graduate from yellow at the tips to maroon at the base.
February 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#Orange for #FebruArty

#McCannStudios #Pottery #Butterfly #Monarch #Plate #ClayBuddies
A ceramic plate being held vertically in my hand. The plate is medium blue and has a butterfly in the center. The butterfly wings are glazed glossy in orange and black, the colors of a monarch butterfly, and the center “body” is a softer satin black.
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A pretty display of #Macarons for #Sweet #SensoryArt and #FebruArty. I did not make them, just enjoyed the colors
Macaron cookies arranged in arcs of bright colors to entice passersby
February 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#Rings of compacted sand follow me down the beach. #FebruArty #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings
A path of footprints in the sand. Most of the sand is wetly reflective, but there are drier looking rings around each footprint.
February 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Reflections. #NailedIt 😂

#McCannStudios #Pottery #Clay #Mirror #CauldronMug #SelfPortrait #Selfie #PotterySky
A photo of a wheel thrown ceramic mug, shaped like a cauldron with 3 feet, and glazed in a mirror reflecting glaze. My image is reflected very clearly as I take the photo.
February 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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#Reflections for #BlueSkyArtShow. #Sunset over the sound at #OBX #Currituck
A photo of the sky and water at sunset. The water is mostly still and reflects the orange pink clouds, and the boat floating appears as a dark silhouette.
February 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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February 5, 2025:
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Choose 20 pots or ceramic pieces that you have made. One pot per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 20

We made it!!

#McCannStudios #20Pots #Pottery #Clay #ChallengeAccepted #Crochet #Sunflower #🌻 #RedClay #Vase #PottersOfBluesky #ArtYear #FebruArty #HandbuiltPottery
A photo of a handbuilt ceramic vase, tall and cylindrical. The clay is medium brown and has the impression of a crochet doily which is white. The vase is holding a bouquet of yellow flowers, including sunflowers. A closeup of the detail of the doily pattern on the vase. The impression left be each stitch and twist of thread is clear, and the types of stitches are evident to experienced crochet artists. A photo of a handbuilt ceramic vase, tall and cylindrical. The clay is medium brown and has the impression of a crochet doily which is white. A photo of a handbuilt ceramic vase, tall and cylindrical. The clay is medium brown and has the impression of a crochet doily which is white. This photo shows the “back” of the vase where the seam is and the doily design meets itself.
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Hello #ArtYear and #FebruArty. The photo is mine, the sculpture is Brighton Denevan.

#SantaCruz #Beach #Sculpture #Sand #SandSculpture #MontereyBay #Pyramid
A photo of a large scale sand sculpture installation. The photo only frames part of the the installation, which is composed of four-sided pyramids of sand, small at the center and growing as they radiate outwards. The Monterey Bay is visible behind the sand.
February 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Last minute post for #FebruArty #Purple.

#PourPainting #Acrylic #Painting #FluidPainting #McCannStudios
A photo of an acrylic pour painting. The colors are rainbow colors, and the purple dominates the canvas, forming a sort of diagonal cyclone shape that the other colors appear to spin out of.
February 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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#OnlyBeautifulThings #BloomScrolling #Pink #Dahlia #Honeybee #Bee #🐝
A photo of a dahlia in front of a blue picket fence. The dahlia has three open single petaled pink flowers and very dark, nearly black foliage and stems. A honeybee rests on the edge of one the flowers.
February 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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#OnlyBeautifulThings #Dawn #Grazing #Fog
An elevated view looking out over a rolling pasture that transitions into fog cloaked forested foothills. In the pasture black cattle graze as the sun begins to brighten the fog from the left side of the photo.
February 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM