Mark Donaldson
@markdon.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, retired graphic designer, amateur photographer, iphonographer, pursuing fine art in my retirement. Jesus-follower seeking to love my neighbor well…
"I have been seized by the power of a great affection!" (C.S. Lewis)
"I have been seized by the power of a great affection!" (C.S. Lewis)
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Winter Light
Kaif Rafiq
Kaif Rafiq
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Winter Light
Kaif Rafiq
Kaif Rafiq
Watercolor by Adam Papke - "Wdzydze Lake" (Poland) - #watercolor, 38 x 50 cm (workshop demo)
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Watercolor by Adam Papke - "Wdzydze Lake" (Poland) - #watercolor, 38 x 50 cm (workshop demo)
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This is Coe Fen in Cambridge, a watercolour drawing from 1998. The tower in the middle distance is the Pitt Building and the other tower is the United Reform Church. This was done on the spot with watercolour and Indian ink.
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is Coe Fen in Cambridge, a watercolour drawing from 1998. The tower in the middle distance is the Pitt Building and the other tower is the United Reform Church. This was done on the spot with watercolour and Indian ink.
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Window at the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855.
San Diego, California
#WindowsOnWednesday
#PointLomaLighthouse
#SanDiego #Window
San Diego, California
#WindowsOnWednesday
#PointLomaLighthouse
#SanDiego #Window
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Window at the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855.
San Diego, California
#WindowsOnWednesday
#PointLomaLighthouse
#SanDiego #Window
San Diego, California
#WindowsOnWednesday
#PointLomaLighthouse
#SanDiego #Window
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December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Wordle 1,628 4/6
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MORNING PRAYER:
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
MORNING PRAYER:
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
Reposted by Mark Donaldson
Something so big moving so gracefully and gentle that it barely makes a wave. Some things in this world are just beautiful beyond comprehension.🐋💙
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Something so big moving so gracefully and gentle that it barely makes a wave. Some things in this world are just beautiful beyond comprehension.🐋💙
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Warm evening glow on an ancient coastal cypress near Sunset Cliffs, San Diego
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#SunsetCliffs
#SanDiego
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#SunsetCliffs
#SanDiego
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Warm evening glow on an ancient coastal cypress near Sunset Cliffs, San Diego
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#SunsetCliffs
#SanDiego
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#SunsetCliffs
#SanDiego
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Walking Stick | Andrew Wyeth
watercolor
watercolor
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Walking Stick | Andrew Wyeth
watercolor
watercolor
Reposted by Mark Donaldson
Reposted by Mark Donaldson
Anna Syperek (Canadian, b.1949)
"Little Red Cabin in Lanark," 2019
Watercolor
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Little Red Cabin in Lanark," 2019
Watercolor
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Anna Syperek (Canadian, b.1949)
"Little Red Cabin in Lanark," 2019
Watercolor
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Little Red Cabin in Lanark," 2019
Watercolor
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Chartres cathedral in France during the annual Chartres en Lumières light show
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Chartres cathedral in France during the annual Chartres en Lumières light show
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“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
Happy #BlueSkyMonday!
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855, overlooking both
San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855, overlooking both
San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happy #BlueSkyMonday!
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855, overlooking both
San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855, overlooking both
San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Window on the bay… looking out from the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge 📷
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge 📷
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Window on the bay… looking out from the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge 📷
#WeekWforWindows
#AlphabetChallenge 📷
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The Beauty of sunsets
Sunsets are more than beauty; they’re transitions. Light softens, colours deepen, and the world exhales. Each one teaches patience, presence, and reflection. Capture not the scene, but the feeling, an honouring of time passing, a reminder you were there.
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Sunsets are more than beauty; they’re transitions. Light softens, colours deepen, and the world exhales. Each one teaches patience, presence, and reflection. Capture not the scene, but the feeling, an honouring of time passing, a reminder you were there.
Buy at fotosbyfay.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Beauty of sunsets
Sunsets are more than beauty; they’re transitions. Light softens, colours deepen, and the world exhales. Each one teaches patience, presence, and reflection. Capture not the scene, but the feeling, an honouring of time passing, a reminder you were there.
Buy at fotosbyfay.com
Sunsets are more than beauty; they’re transitions. Light softens, colours deepen, and the world exhales. Each one teaches patience, presence, and reflection. Capture not the scene, but the feeling, an honouring of time passing, a reminder you were there.
Buy at fotosbyfay.com
Reposted by Mark Donaldson
Paul Evans (British, b.1950)
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Paul Evans (British, b.1950)
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The remains of the day…
A stunning glow lingered
long after sunset at La Jolla, California
#Scape #EveningLight #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #sunset #sky
A stunning glow lingered
long after sunset at La Jolla, California
#Scape #EveningLight #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #sunset #sky
November 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The remains of the day…
A stunning glow lingered
long after sunset at La Jolla, California
#Scape #EveningLight #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #sunset #sky
A stunning glow lingered
long after sunset at La Jolla, California
#Scape #EveningLight #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth #sunset #sky
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'Bandersnatch' (2024) -- The Barren Branches of the Forest Reach Skyward, Acadia National Park, ME
Now That Thanksgiving is Completed - Onwards to the End of 2025!! Season's Greetings! 🎄🎄
Let's #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
Now That Thanksgiving is Completed - Onwards to the End of 2025!! Season's Greetings! 🎄🎄
Let's #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
'Bandersnatch' (2024) -- The Barren Branches of the Forest Reach Skyward, Acadia National Park, ME
Now That Thanksgiving is Completed - Onwards to the End of 2025!! Season's Greetings! 🎄🎄
Let's #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
Now That Thanksgiving is Completed - Onwards to the End of 2025!! Season's Greetings! 🎄🎄
Let's #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford