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Robert E. (He/him)
@robertemond.bsky.social
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Jack of many trades master of none (good at a few). Doing my best to make life in my small corner of the world better one piece of art at a time.

Proud member of #WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Art #Archaeology 🏺

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Normally Monday starts week ten of the #BBBingo challenge but since this week is a big holiday in the US I’m taking a break. Also there hasn’t been a lot of participation so I’m thinking something might need to change. Feedback would be great.

#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts
A #BBBingo card saying that there is no game for the week of 11/24-11/30 due to US Thanksgiving.
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#AdoorableThursday

In 1823 Duke Ernst I bought Schloß Greinburg (Greinburg Castle) his son Prince Albert inherited & after Albert’s death Queen Victoria owned it, including this door.

Photo 10/28/25.

#Victorian #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
A plain wooden door, with a fancy gilded crest above the lintel. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Blind in the rain.

When it’s raining (like this morning)I can’t see a thing without my glasses.

Sometimes happy mistakes
are made.

#photography
#EastCoastKin
#Odense #Denmark #Christmas #Abstract
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Reposted by Robert E. (He/him)
mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/28

is

#Menaced

#writingcommunity #SkyPoets #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/28 is #Menaced
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Dessert time! Hot mulled apple cider (cinnamon sticks, cloves, & ginger). Pumpkin custard with or without whipped cream & tea.

#Homemade #ComfortFood #healthycooking #healthyeating
#TurkeyDay #FoodPhotography #Foodie #CookSky #CookingSky #Foodsky #Food #Cooking #WhatsCooking #Photography 📸
🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋🌱
A pumpkin custard with gluten free streusel topping. Photo by Robert Emond. A 1/2 empty bottle of apple cider next to a pot with the remaining cider and a tea bag containing: cinnamon sticks, cloves, & candied ginger. Photo by Robert Emond. A pumpkin custard with gluten free streusel topping and whipped cream. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Thanksgiving dinner has been served and consumed.

Menu: roast turkey with pan gravy, butter whipped mashed potatoes, cont…

#Homemade #ComfortFood #healthycooking #healthyeating
#TurkeyDay #FoodPhotography #Foodie #CookSky #CookingSky #Foodsky #Food #Cooking #WhatsCooking #Photography 📸
🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋🌱
Maple and orange glazed carrots, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, & a platter of carved turkey. Photo by Robert Emond. A Thanksgiving feast on a table. Photo by Robert Emond. A carved turkey on a platter with a blurry glass of sparkling apple cider (as an American that means non-alcoholic). Photo by Robert Emond. A Thanksgiving plate with mashed potatoes and gravy, sautéed mushrooms, glazed carrots, turkey and gravy, bread stuffing, a pile of cranberry sauce in the middle of the plate. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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#ColorADay | #YellowThu

Fair as a lily, and not only the pride of life, but the desire of his eyes

- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
#Photography
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #Art
#WestCoastKin #Eastcoastkin
#BloomScrolling #Flowers
#FlowerScape #Bloom #Blooms
A closeup of a yellow lily. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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A humorous take on today’s #BirdOfTheDay | #Headshots

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #Art
#WashedAshore
@orcoastaquarium.bsky.social
A closeup of the head of a giant puffin sculpture made of ocean plastic. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Let the cooking begin. Browning giblets for turkey stock and stuffing. Preparing vegetables for later cooking.

#Photography #WestCoastKin
#Homemade #ComfortFood #healthycooking #healthyeating
#FoodPhotography
#Foodie #CookSky #CookingSky #Foodsky #Food #Cooking #Drinks #WhatsCooking #Thanksgiving
Browning giblets in herb butter for use in stock and stuffing. Photo by Robert Emond. A mirepoix with a bundle of rosemary and thyme as well as sage leaves in a stock pot. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
A food processor with homemade pumpkin puree next to a food container filled with said pumpkin puree. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#HumansOfBlueSky

Inspired by Robyn, here is my poor picture (screen grab from iPhone video) from the 2022 Siletz powwow.
I hope everyone who celebrates is having a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin
#PhotographersUnited
Several young people dance a celebratory dance at the Confederated Tribes if the Siletz Indians powwow. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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#PalacesAndGardens | #People

The Great Gallery at Schönbrunn Palace 10/30/25. Always lots of people here.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited #TravelPhotography #Travel
#Architecture #InteriorDesign
#Austria 🇦🇹 #Vienna
A wide angle view of the ceiling murals and baroque ornamentation and chandeliers of the Great Gallery at Schönbrunn Palace. The people on the ground are elongated like a fun house mirror. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Robert E. (He/him)
mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/27

is

#Livid

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/27 is #Livid
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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#SensoryArt | #Lines

Lines at the Guggenheim Museum 5/29/16.

#Photography 📸 #Museum
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #AbstractRealism
#Architecture #InteriorDesign
#architecturalPhotography
#Minimalism
A view from the top of the curved staircase, looking like stacked trays, at the Guggenheim from above. Photo by Robert Emond. A chrome metal art installation of bars and metal dowels hanging from the ceiling at the Guggenheim Museum. Photo by Robert Emond. A view from the ground of the curved staircase and skylight at the Guggenheim from above. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Wednesday before Thanksgiving prep. Butter the turkey & salt skin, overnight in fridge. Roasted pumpkin puree for pumpkin custard. Sauté sausage & veggies for stuffing.

#Homemade #Foodie #CookSky #CookingSky #Foodsky #Food #Cooking #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin
A turkey with herb butter under the breast skin. Photo by Robert Emond. Roasted pumpkins on a tray. Below a food processor and container with pumpkin puree made from the roasted pumpkins. Photo by Robert Emond. Mushrooms and onions sautéing in a pan. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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#ColorADay | #RedWed & #AlphabetChallenge | #WeekVforVowels

“Abandoned”

Los Angeles 4/1/25.
📷 Canon EoS 5D 🔭 24-70 mm f2.8

#Urban #LA #UrbanGaze
#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt
A red tricycle left abandoned by a restaurant in Los Angeles. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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#WatercolourWednesday

“Untitled” I just painted this for the 35th annual Newport push pin show coming up on December 7. This is open to all artists in Lincoln County. See coastarts.org/events/pushp... for details.

#Photography
#WestCoastKin
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #PNW
A collage with a reference photo of the Yaquina Head lighthouse seen from Don Davis park in Newport. Below is a water color and acrylic painting of the same scene. Photo and painting by Robert Emond.
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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#TilesOnTuesday

A well in the medieval city of Rhodes 10/27/24.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
A well with tiles of various sea creatures such as turtles, star fish, & squids. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #HangingAround

Parrots and pirates, like bagels and lix 😆.

Portland pirate festival 9/18/20 📷 Canon PowerShot.

#Photography 📸
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon
A red and blue parrot hanging on Cae Emond’s shoulder. They are dressed like a pirate in a purple coat with a red blouse. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/26

is

#Jovial

#writingcommunity #poetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
#Emoetry prompt for 11/26 is #Jovial
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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#ColorADay | #BlueTue & #BlueTuesday

The Silverton Christmas Market 22/21/24

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#Christmas
A winter light festival of blue lights from the Silverton Christmas Market lighted path. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I can create a galaxy from stars
for every spark I touch
becomes a sunrise…

#ArtInNature #BloomOnPurpose #photography #nature #AutumnFeels
Late-autumn chrysanthemums flare softly, like stars learning to burn.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Prue Leith, Paul Hollywood, Alison Hammond, & Noel Fielding of the The Great British Bake Off.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules. @opb.org #PNW
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died whe...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#MPPrompt #poetryprompt #WritingPrompts
#Writing #WritingCommunity
#skypoets #blueskypoetry
#FreeVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry
Poem by Robert Emond: Picture… a dilapidated “gold” (really it’s orange) house. Entering through the broken screen door, see dusty boxes of “treasure” stacked high in the musty dim room. Tattered drapes fight to block the warm sun from illuminating the scene. Dust motes dance in the humid air stirred up by the opening of the door. Snarling at the breath of fresh air, Fear (of loss, deprivation) crouches on the hoard of valueless possessions like a Dragon on a pile of fool’s gold.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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#SensoryArt | #lines

“Remember”*

We fought the fascists and won, we can do it again even against home grown ones.

#Photography
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtistsOfBluesky
#BlueSkyArt #Antifa
#EmotiveArt #SocialArt
*From inside the USS Arizona memorial
A brilliant blue sky framed by the white arches of the USS Arizona memorial and a stark white flag pole with the US flag blowing in the wind. Photo by Robert Emond.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM