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NickB
@motomd.bsky.social
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Half-fast motorcycle traveler, half-assed amateur photographer, nature and history, birds and insects, national parks, avid procrastinator.
All pictures I post were taken by me, unless otherwise noted.
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A day when the #sky couldn't decide whether to rain or shine, so it did both. East Point Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island.
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin #PEI
East Point Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island. Both the light and the keeper's house are white clapboard with red metal roofs. The weather is sunny, but with a dark cloud hanging above. The Gulf of St. Lawrence is visible in the background.
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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A dramatic #sky over Ocean City, #Maryland.
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin
Taken from an elevated perspective (25th floor of a building), the shot is dominated by a dramatic sky of broken clouds with sunbeams coming through over a broad bay. In the foreground are buildings, including a large blue water tower. A long low bridge crosses the bay to the left.
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A tree skeleton against the blue #sky. Blue Ridge Mountains, #Virginia.
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin
A dead tree, with broken branches pointing in all directions, stands on a mountainside. Behind it is another ridge with fall colors on the trees, and beyond that is a vast plain stretching to the distant horizon. The sky above is bright blue with a few small clouds floating by. Little Devils Stairs Overlook, Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The view from a #window at Chateau de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley, France.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWforWindows
#WindowsonWednesday
#EastCoastKin
#photography
Looking through a closed multi-paned window in a French chateau at the water and trees outside. the sun casts a shadow of the window on the white stone interior wall.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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As pronounced in Pete's native Parseltongue.
#HarryPotter
Pete Hegseth behind a nameplate identifying him as "Ssecretary of War."
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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A #gannet rookery at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. Sound up for full effect. #BirdOfTheDay
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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It was 74° F in Calvert County, Maryland today. Perfect for a Thanksgiving eve ride!
#motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #MotoGuzzi
A motorcycle parked on a sandy riverbank, and reflected in a shallow puddle. Sunshine, blue sky, and cotton ball clouds.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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"Welcome to Oklahoma"
Accidentally jumped from OH to PA last week, skipping OK and OR. I've been to Oregon, but not on a bike, so no pic. Here's a misty morning in Oklahoma, though.
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Oklahoma
A black motorcycle, parked beside a straight rural two-lane road on a misty overcast morning. In the background is a sign reading "Welcome to Oklahoma." This was during a six week, 10,000 mile trip, which helps explain the overloaded bike.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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#Small boat, big ocean.
#BlueSkyArtShow #photography
#EastCoastKin
A sailboat under grey skies on the Atlantic Ocean.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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One of my favorite signs of the day.
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#HCR #ProtestDC #Resist
A protester in front of the Lincoln Memorial holding a sign reading "I'll stop fighting when Heather Cox Richardson says we're fine."
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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We sent a message to Congress today.
#protestDC #resist
Protestors march towards the Capitol. Prominent are an upside down U.S. flag and a sign reading "Enough is Enough."
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekUforUnloved
#photography
Such an ignoble fate for a once beautiful machine! 😢
A BMW 2800CS well on its way to returning to its elemental particles. It's hard to see, but there is a tree growing out of the back seat through the rear window. Behind it is a BMW 2002 in a similar state.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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"Welcome to Pennsylvania"
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Pennsylvania
A rural road enters the bottom left corner of the frame and runs into the distance, past homes, mailboxes, and a sign reading Welcome to Pennsylvania, Adams County. Just beyond the sign, a gravel road meets the paved road, and a motorcycle waits, parked at the junction.
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The View
#Scape #Photography
A view from a mountaintop rock across a broad valley. Pine tree boughs against a sunny blue sky fill the upper part of the shot.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#Evening #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography
A view of the Grand Canyon at sunset. The image is dominated by a massive cliff face glowing as it's hit by the setting sunlight. On the right a tree enters the frame.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Welcome to Ohio - So much to Discover!"
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Ohio
A black motorcycle parked on the near side of a freeway, under an Ohio state welcome sign.
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#stunday #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photography
A scrappy pine tree growing from a crack in the rock at Raven's Roost overlook, Shenandoah National Park. Behind the tree is an expansive view of a broad valley under sunny blue skies.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #photography
#Devil'sTower National Monument, #Wyoming, Sept. 2024
A view from the base of Devil's Tower looking up. A few pine trees are growing up through the boulder field below, then the column of the tower stretches into a clear blue sky.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Oaks overlook on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, 22 Oct 2025.
#stunday #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photography
Autumn crepuscular rays over the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. In the foreground trees are turning orange, in the background the sun through the clouds creates a peach colored haze over several mountain peaks, including the truncated Massanutten on the right.
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The Bramante Staircase #inside the #Vatican.
#BlueskyArtShow #photography
A view looking down into the double helix spiral of the Bramante Staircase in the Vatican. There are a number of people walking on the stairs, which are white with gold trim on an ornately decorated rail.
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Finally got out for a few days mini-tour on the new bike. The views in Shenandoah National Park are spectacular, and the weather was crisp and sunny. A bit chilly in the tent at night though! 🥶
#motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography #Shenandoah #NPS #MotoGuzzi
A silver and yellow motorcycle parked at an overlook with a broad agricultural valley in the background and a low mountain range in the distance.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The view from Riprap Overlook on #SkylineDrive in #ShenandoahNationalPark, yesterday, 22 Oct 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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DC was out today! #NoKings
A crowd of protesters in Washington DC, with one holding a sign that says "I never thought I would have to protest an invasion by my own government."
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"Welcome to North Dakota - Be Legendary."
September 2024
#SignsonSunday #StateSigns #motorcycle #motorcycles #motorbike #motosky #photography #NorthDakota
A black motorcycle, loaded for a road trip, parked near a sign reading "Welcome to North Dakota - Be Legendary." The background is a vast field of green and gold with large round hay bales scattered into the distance and a cloudless blue sky above. The tiny scale of the bike and sign in the expansive landscape captures a bit of the sense of insignificance one feels riding through these regions.
October 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Glow #BMSR
Black Moth Super Rainbow live in Philadelphia, 12 Sept 2025.
The glow is both visual and aural.
(Warning: flashing lights)
October 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM