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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist

@melindabhipple.bsky.social

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Author of RAVEN, Behind the Mask, Home Front, and poetry and children's books / editor / artist / photographer / mother of a terrific kid www.melindabhipple.com

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 4h

Went out comet hunting last evening. Found Lemmon, but it was barely perceptible with my equipment. Thought this shot was more interesting. A farm silhouetted against the night sky with a plane trekking overhead.
#kansasfarmhouse #nightsky #photography #melindabhipple

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 4d

#resist #nokings

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 8d

My friend Lynn and I wandered into a nearby field where two mule deer bucks and a doe were grazing. As long as we moved slowly, they seemed to tolerate us.
#muledeer #photographingthephotographer #coloradowildlife #melindabhipple

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Mr. Snarky Pantalones @mrsnarkypantalones.bsky.social · 8d

The Jersey Shore is sending reinforcements to Portland. #photography #resist #portland #frog #jerseyshore #midway #gamesofchance

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 9d

Five weeks in, and Mount Sopris finally gets snow my last two days here. Properly dressed at last.
#mountsopris #photography #sunrise #melindabhipple #colorado #elkmountains #housesitting

Photo of a snow-capped mountain with a layer of pink-tinged clouds at sunrise.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 16d

I get one more week with this beautiful mountain view. The full(er) moon and cloud cover have created some lovely drama.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #coloradousa #photography #melindabhipple #nightphotography

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 17d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 17d

Venus & Company. Captured these two meteors that I could not see with the naked eye. 30 second exposure. There are three more that are so faint they are hard to spot on the image.
#venus #meteors #nightphotography #nightsky #bluehour #melindabhipple

The sky above the mountains before sunrise. Venus has risen, and there are two meteors streaking in opposite directions through the scattered stars.

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 18d

“The GOP’s weirdly now defending government cuz it’s become the most profitable grift they’ve ever run.” —Jason Salmon

#GOPgrift

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 19d

Higher dimensional quantum mechanics...and a cat.

This has to be a favorite photo I've taken in a long time. Such a fun happenstance.
#photography #humor #abstract #geometry #multifaceted #melindabhipple #shadowscast

A cat laying on a patio, the sun casting multi-layered shadows from mesh cast iron chairs and table.

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 20d

Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today.
#sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple

Large red rock promotories with dramatic shading from overcast skies. The foliage below is turning yellow for fall.

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Healing Nation @healingnation.bsky.social · 20d

The world has turned upside down and inside out when a fascist unelected Nazi like Stephen Miller can get equal or even more headlines than the news of the passing of Jane Goodall, a major international figure who helped improve humanity for the past 5 decades.

Jane rocked in so may ways.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21d

BINGO!

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 21d

Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple

A black and white photo of Mount Sopris with a layer of cloud just below the peak.

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 22d

The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆
#turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple

Two turkeys laying in a yard. One asks the other, "Hey. You awake? We're being watched."

1st: "Do you think she's still looking?" Wind is blowing tailfeathers up.
2nd: "Yeah. She's harmless. Don't get your tailfeathers in a bunch."

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 24d

Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air.
#catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple

A photo from below of a cat sitting on a skylight thirty feet in the air.

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Dan 🕊️ 🐸 🇺🇸 @dan401w.bsky.social · 25d

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 24d

Let's find the most complicated--but warm and safe from coyotes and weather--part of the roof we can find.
#caturday #catsofbluesky #smartkitty

A cat sleeping under the eave on a small bit of shingles where two roofs overlap.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25d

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING NEW EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY DEMOCRATS SHOW:

-Meetings with Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel

-Planned visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk in 2014

DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 26d

Moonset and the Milky Way.
#crescentmoon #milkyway #nightphotography #skies #photography #melindabhipple

A crescent moon in a dusky gray sky over a mountain silhouette.

The Milky Way above a valley with streaks of car lights alone a highway and a line of dots from the blinking lights of an airplane just above the ridge.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 29d

Chair Mountain, the farthest, right snow-dusted peak. Getting colder, but not sure the snow will stick just yet.
#chairmountain #elkmountainrange #colorado #sunrise #photography #melindabhipple

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 29d

The passing storm gifted us with a double rainbow AND snow on the peaks tonight. Couldn't get the rainbow in one shot with the camera, so had to do a panorama with my cheap phone.
#rainbow #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple

Mount Sopris with a dusting of snow on its two peaks.

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