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Amitah

@amitah.bsky.social

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On a mission to share beauty in #photography #art and #life. #photographer #writer #designer #entrepreneur + #kayaker living in the #PNW. #Nature lover. All photos are mine, unless shared or otherwise attributed. Please respect everyone’s copyright.

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Dec 4

Deep breaths. 🌀

Cannon Beach, #Oregon Pacific coast

#photography #video #beach #sunset #PNW #nature

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10d

Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 10d

Rest in your beautiful and loving power #JaneGoodall. You are a true hero.

It was my honor and privilege to have met you and discussed your important work and research. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world. 💖

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 12d

Where spicy masala chai is preferred over oaky Chardonnay. 😉

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 13d

We’re in so much trouble. 🫣
He’s seriously hoping/expecting Republicans to suddenly find their spines when neither he nor Jeffries have spines. 🪼🪼

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 15d

Recent reporting alleges that civilian men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and sexually assault immigrant women, with cases in North Carolina and New York.

Unmasking ICE agents is important, but it’s a Band-Aid on a broader, systemic crisis. Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social's full Op-Ed ⤵️

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women

"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

www.teenvogue.com

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for this reporting! This needs to be broadcast widely. Women are in DANGER in this country, but especially non-white women!⚠️

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 17d

My #dahlias are still blooming, despite the cooler temps.

#BloomScrolling #flowers #gardening #photography #PNW #Washington #nature #beauty

A bubblegum pink dahlia bloom fills the frame. The center of the flower is still unfurling its petals.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 23d

Canceled Disney+, #Hulu, and a Disney park vacation yesterday. It’s easy when canceling and rebooking can all be done online.

Look at that! We can cancel too, #Disney. 👋

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 26d

Logs onto BlueSky, sees Robert Redford died. Decides to take the rest of the day off and binge his movies. 😭

He was the most beautiful man, in all ways… handsome, smart, kind, talented, funny, and charming. There will never be another Robert Redford. Rest is peace, Prince Charming. 💫

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 28d

Unruly tomatoes. One is clearly a nonconformist.

#photography #gardening #cooking #art #beauty #nature #bedifferent

Six tomatoes are placed on a table in the outdoor sun. Four of them are small, yellow cherry tomatoes in the foreground. Behind them and say red, ripe Campari tomato and a larger beef steak tomato that doesn’t look like it knows what it’s doing because it’s a flaming ripe red, ripening orange, and unripe green in 3 segments of the same tomato.

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · 28d

Some #beauty to slow your #doomscroll. #BloomScrolling

Late summer #flowers. 🥀

#photography #beauty #botanical #garden #gardening #PNW #Washington #nature #Cascadia

A dark coral and pale yellow petaled dahlia flower fills the frame. It is set above its deep green leaves and tall stems.

The white flower clusters of a hydrangea are aging at the summer’s end with a pale pink blush dusted over some of the delicate flowers. In the near background are the bright green leaves of the hydrangea bush, set against a black metal and wire railing.

A once blue hydrangea flower cluster has aged into deep violet and fading green petals surrounded by dark green, serrated leaves and reddish brown stems.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Sep 8

Who’s up for a #sunset paddle?

#Washington #PNW #kayaking #boating #photography #outdoorphotography

The silhouette of a kayaker paddling his boat across an expanse of the Salish Sea of northwestern Washington. The water is golden and sparkling from the setting sun. There’s a fishing boat in the distance. On the horizon the outlines of island fade to gray.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Sep 7

Beach drama. ✨

#Washington #coast #beach #PNW #photography #nature #beauty #clouds

Pacific coast, Washington beach at midday. Heavy gray clouds hover low over a quiet gray beach where the silver waves gently lap ashore. The dark beach sands meet the glittering water’s edge.

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Sep 6

Vanishing point.

Beach sand along the #Washington Pacific coast.

#photography #PNW #beach #texture #nature #art #design

A close-up stretch of gray sand rippling into mini waves, made more pronounced by the play of light and shadows.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last year, 63% of executives at companies that filed IPOs were men. This year, it's jumped to 86% as companies pull back on DEI. Yet women are the majority (51%) of the U.S. population.

Year of the "Bro IPO": Women are MIA from companies looking to go public

A new analysis of a recent wave of IPO-bound companies found 69% had no women at all in leadership positions.

www.axios.com

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a horrible experience to go through. Thank you for sharing a way to offer help. I’m glad you and your family are safe. No child should EVER have to endure this terror.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Sep 3

West coast is the best coast. 😉

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 30

You won’t be sorry. They are so worth it!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Aug 30

Induction stoves are quieter, cooler, and produce less toxic pollution than gas. On the other hand, they also cook better, as a growing number of professional chefs recognize.

With Induction Stoves, Chefs Discover a Foolproof Path to Perfection

From Michelin kitchens to home wok burners, induction delivers consistency that gas can’t match.

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 30

Love our induction stove - and I’m an avid cook. And our heat pump! Next, solar panels.

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 30

I guess she could argue she pulled over to finish texting. I’m just glad her stupidity didn’t harm someone else. I’ve had to swerve away from texting drivers crossing the middle line on county roads just like that one.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 30

Not sure she’d even notice a cow in the road… and she’s wearing a badge identifying her as a Nurse Practitioner, someone whose work is dedicated to saving lives. 🤯

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Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 22

Good evening to be in a hammock.

#photography #clouds #nature #PNW #Washington #skies

Lines of white clouds streak across a deep blue sky. The clouds look like partially open window blinds revealing a sunny summer’s day.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 20

My tomatoes will fight your tomatoes.

#gardening #veggies #photography #harvest #cooking #food

Various homegrown tomatoes are scattered on a stone countertop. There are yellow cherry tomatoes in a pale blue ceramic colander. Round red tomatoes are in a bowl in back. In front and on a stack of white plates are 3 large and gnarly looking beefsteak tomatoes. Their shapes are comically bulging like balloons wrapped with rubber bands.

Amitah @amitah.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for the block suggestion.