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Michael Ramsdell

@mramsdell1967.bsky.social

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A mentor to some but a student of all. All posted photos and sayings are mine unless shared or attributed. Photographer - Cincinnati/NKY USA Contributor to Getty Images, and Adobe Stock etc. Thank you for all of your kindness, likes, shares and support

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

Cincinnati/NKY Area:

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 14m

If not now, When?

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 31m

If not now, When?

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13h

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 3h

Butterfly 2017-67
White peacock butterfly (Anartia jatrophae)

Remembering flowers after their gone
Hopefully brings joy from their beauty
Rather than the sadness of the loss

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 1d

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio Troilus)
Butterfly 2025-43

A million lies
Cannot change a single truth

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 1d

Shame the band never did much before after the hit🤣
youtu.be/sJK0cEPQi4w?...

RUSH - 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. RUSH Performances, Finale and "Backstage"

YouTube video by Barry Gardner

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 2d

Black Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Butterfly 2025-43

Funny thing about obsolete stuff
It's pretty much useless
Until it isn't
and then it often becomes cool

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 3d

Cincinnati Ohio from NKY

Just thinking about it...

We will be the last generation
To have lived -without- AI in our lives

#mramsdellpics #photography #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #cincinnati #CVG

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 3d

Red-spotted Purple Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)
Butterfly 2025-42

Being resilient in the face of adversity
Is exhausting but, better tired than defeated
Keep up your spirits

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 3d

Union leadership that "failed to support a candidate"
or supported Donald Trump, own some of his economy.

He literally sat on a gold toilet.

It's a good time to remember
Your benefits and rights
Were earned and never given

In solidarity.

#labor #healthcare #trump #union #action #nokings

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 3d

Cincinnati Ohio
Across the Ohio River and Kentucky

The river bends where it chooses
Not where it is convenient for us
Being mad at the river moves it none at all

#mramsdellpics #photography #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #cincinnati #CVG #Kentucky #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Butterfly 2025-41

Bless the people
Bless the broken
Bless the broken people who struggle
Most of all bless the broken people who struggle
Still helping others

#butterfly #butterflies #photography #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #endhate #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Butterfly 2025-41

It can be hard to stay on top of things
When you have a fear of heights

#butterfly #butterflies #insect #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #endhate #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-40

Often the Devil merely whispers what is possible.
Our own fears, desires, and delusion
Will destroy ourselves.

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

Cincinnati/NKY Area:

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings Rally
Greater Cincinnati/NKY Area
Saturday October 18th, 2025

Updated venues
Hope you can make it
Bring Friends

Or find a spot near you: www.nokings.org

#cincinnati #cvg #nokings #rally #ohio #protest #trump #nky #northrenkentucky #defend #democracy #freespeech

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 5d

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Butterfly 2025-39

Monday.
Is the perfect day for lower expectations.

#butterfly #butterflies #monarch #monarchs #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #endhate #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 6d

Tiger & Spicebush Swallowtails
(Papilio glaucus) - (Papilio Troilus)
Butterflies 2025 37-38

Sharing is a virtue
Uninspired by to many

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #endhate #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 6d

Pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Butterfly 2025-36

Perhaps for some it is just easier to hate,
Rather than help another
or even just leave them alone?

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #pics #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #endhate #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 7d

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Hummingbird 2019-1 & 1a

Hummingbirds can be a bit judgmental
and generally do not have time for paparazzi

#photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 7d

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Hummingbird 2025-1

It is not for a lack of effort but
Hummingbird photos are not a highlight for me
This year they evade my camera
and talk about me behind my back.

#photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 7d

I'm in 👍

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 7d

I would suggest more actions and less words.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 8d

Cincinnati Area - Stand up - Protest rally
Elon Musk/Tesla DOGE Trump etc.
Sat, Oct 4, 11:00am–1:00pm EDT

Tesla Showroom
5245 Ridge Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45213

"Our purpose in gathering is to bring attention to the destruction of our democratic principles..."

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Musk Quit But We Won't -- Protest the Coup and DOGE Destruction @ Tesla · Indivisible

Musk "quit" but we won't. Join us as we speak out in support of democracy and against the coup engineered by Musk and Trump. Even though Musk has left, we know that the destruction he started is conti...

www.mobilize.us

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 8d

Healthcare is a human right.

Michael Ramsdell @mramsdell1967.bsky.social · 8d

Tiger Longwing (Heliconius Hecale)
Butterfly 2019-69

Life on the edge can be precarious
Tread with great care

#butterfly #butterflies #macro #insect #love #zen #photography #beauty #nature #photodaily #photos #thephotohour #mramsdellpics

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