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Val in Real Life
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💻 Writer | 📸 Photographer | 🏍️ Motorcyclist | 🌼 Native plant gardener | 🏚️ Home renovator | 👀 Observer of life | 🤬 Cussy alter ego of @ValWestonNM Fumbling my way through life, one #ThisWasNotInTheBrochure moment at a time. 🔗 https://valinreallife.com/
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 1d
I *finally* hit 40K on the Adventure Beast. But it took a 💩ton of time to get there. Saddle time has not been abundant.

More on the blog.
🔗 valinreallife.com/maintenance-...

#ValinRealLife #ThisWasNotInTheBrochure #R1200GS #MakeLifeARide #WomenWhoRide
Woman kneeling next to a BMW R1200GS motorcycle on a sunny day. A motorcycle on a rural desert road with mountains in the distance on a sunny day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
Know your rights when voting today.
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New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) @newmexicodot.bsky.social · 6d
Happy Halloween and keep your eyes on the road, lots of ghosts and goblins will be out and about today.
New Mexico has the highest per-capita pedestrian fatality rate in the nation, a record we do not want to keep.

#Halloween #TargetZeroNM #NewMexico #ENDWI #NMDOT
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 4d
Just comply. —Local Code Enforcement 😠
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Val Weston NM @valwestonnm.bsky.social · 5d
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!

This is one of my favorite #Autumn images I've captured in my time in the Smokies.

📸 Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2012)

It wasn't fun and games getting it though. 😬
🔗https://valinreallife.com/postcards-from-real-life-autumn/
Full frame maple tree branches with glowing yellow and orange leaves
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Sam Manicom @sammanicom.bsky.social · 4d
This is the 2nd book from the series of 4 books. Each taking the reader riding a different section of the 8 year round the world journey.

This book takes you from Australia, through SE Asia, Asia, parts of the Middle East & into Eastern Europe.

#motosky #motorcycle #travel #book #motorcycles #RTW
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 11d
Just maaaaybe! 😅
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11d
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.
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Val Weston NM @valwestonnm.bsky.social · 12d
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!

Here's a katydid hiding #Inside a Gerbera Daisy.

📸 Suwanee, Georgia (2011)

🤩 And some more about the joy of exploring the intricate details of our world.
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Close up of katydid peering out from the inside of an orange Gerbera Daisy.
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 17d
Congratulations! #TheStruggleIsReal 😏
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Sam Manicom @sammanicom.bsky.social · 18d
The Carmel Valley Road in CA. Starts off with vineyards, then rolling golden hills that are dotted with clusters of oak trees, & then as it drops down in altitude, the road twists through woodlands like this. The twists can be tight!
It's a 'pay full attention' type of road...
#motosky #motorcycle
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Southwest Art Towns @southwestarttowns.bsky.social · 23d
Hi, friends! In case we haven't met you yet in our travels talking about this project, we're Val & J.—founders of Southwest Art Towns. We're based in Silver City, NM and we're looking forward to getting to know all of the great art communities and creators in the southwest through this adventure.
Man and woman wearing baseball caps and motorcycling gear with desert and mountains in the background.
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Val Weston NM @valwestonnm.bsky.social · 19d
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow! Here's a ladybug friend in a sea of #vertical plants.

📸 Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2016)

I'm still going strong blogging about the images I've been sharing. (We'll see how long that lasts. 😅)
🔗https://valinreallife.com/postcards-from-real-life-vertical/
A dew-covered ladybug perches near the top of a tall plant stalk surrounded by blades of grass and fog.
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 20d
The October newsletter is live. I love me some #GreatSandDunes and I finally made it back after a looooong absence.

Read more and tell me about your favorite places!

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PS – I hope you have a faboo weekend. 🥰
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Val Weston NM @valwestonnm.bsky.social · 26d
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!

I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to capture the #Glow on this gnarly old tree. 😅 #PhotographerProblems

📸 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado (2014)

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A gnarled dead tree in a desert valley in front of a vivid sunset and sand dunes in the background.
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 26d
Ooooo preeeeety! 👏👏👏
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National Day Calendar @nationaldaycalendar.com · 26d
Because four wheels move the body, but two move the soul 💨 #NationalMotorcycleRideDay

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-motorcycle-ride-day-second-saturday-in-october #celebrateeveryday #nationaldaycalendar
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 27d
Photos from today's walk at the Seattle Japanese Garden (thread). I was quite taken with these red leaves, dangling by a bit of spiderweb in a way that made them look like they were falling.

#photography #PNW #autumn #FallColors #nature #red #31DaysOfHalloween #SeattleJapaneseGarden
Closeup of half a dozen red maple leaves, suspended mid-air by (near-invisible) spider web threads in a vertical line such that it looks almost like a composite image of a leaf tumbling down from the tree, twirling as it falls. Dark greenery blurry in the background.
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Southwest Art Towns @southwestarttowns.bsky.social · 28d
A few weeks ago we swung by the #EspañolaValleyFiberArtsCenter. What a tremendous resource for fiber artists. And the mural is simply gorgeous!

Be sure to check out everything they have to offer–supplies, tools, classes, and more.

#SouthwestArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #EspanolaNM
Mural on the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center in Española, New Mexico depicting women spinning yarn and decorated with butterflies and flowers. Looms and spinning wheels at the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center in Española, New Mexico. Val Weston and J. Brandon in front of Española Valley Fiber Arts Center in Española, New Mexico.
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J. Brandon @jcbrandon.bsky.social · Oct 6
This place is a community gem, in remote, rural, southwestern New Mexico.

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The making of a community center    - Las Cruces Bulletin
A hand-built sanctuary sits just outside of Silver City. Melanie Zipin, along with her family, renovated the Whiskey Creek Zócalo from an abandoned school house to one of the hearts of the Silver City...
www.lascrucesbulletin.com
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Val in Real Life @valinreallife.bsky.social · 29d
We were supposed to go camping there last weekend but didn't work out. Frustratingly so close yet so far. Thanks for the inspiration to get that trip put back together. 💯
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Val Weston NM @valwestonnm.bsky.social · Oct 6
New month, fresh art!

My display at the Grant County Art Guild gallery is refreshed for October with moody pieces to fit the season. Plus I'm featured on the screen at the checkout desk with three fan-favorite pieces.

#ValWestonNM #GrantCountyArtGuild #SilverCityArtist #VisitSilverCity
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Sierra Mountain Passes @sierrapasses.bsky.social · Oct 2
🤯 It's October already?!?

☕️ Time to stock up on our exclusive mugs for your hot autumn beverages and coasters to match. Shop today!

🔗 sierramountainpasses.com/shop/
Graphic showing a Carson Pass (CA 88) mug and coaster set available in the SierraMountainPasses.com store. Graphic showing a Daggett Pass (NV 207)) mug and coaster set available in the SierraMountainPasses.com store. Graphic showing a Donner Pass mug and coaster set available in the SierraMountainPasses.com store. Graphic showing a Ebbetts Pass (CA 4) mug and coaster set available in the SierraMountainPasses.com store.
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Southwest Art Towns @southwestarttowns.bsky.social · Oct 3
Southwest Art Towns is an online community where visual artists in the Southwest and their fans can enable connections, build community, and foster collaboration.

Launching this month!
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Southwest Art Towns @southwestarttowns.bsky.social · Oct 3
Launch time is getting closer and closer! Now is the time to sign up to receive exclusive updates and early access to our exciting new community.
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