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Porchville
@znabal.bsky.social
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I used to spend most of my time traveling the world, now I spend most of it on my porch or in my garden.
Photographer, critical thinker
posting my own photos from my travels and observations
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Float Away, A Storm is Coming
#photography #travel #Kuwait #MountainMonday # BlueSkyMonday #landscape #EastCoastKin
Outside Kuwait City - March 2011
What passed for a mountain & blue skies in Kuwait
Less than an hour later a haboob rolled in, visibility dropped to zero. We all made it down, into the cocoon of our cars in time.
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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The Sands of Time
#photography #travel #WhiteSands #sunrise #Stunday #landscape #EastCoastKin
Back at home, a real computer, so starting to organize the 1800 photos from the roadtrip
White Sands National Park - January 2026
February 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Horizons, On the Road
#photography #travel #iphone #Texas #NewMexico #Arizona #landscape #Desert #EastCoastKin #Road
Road photos from the past week, wondering what it will look like today
January 2026
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Color the Desert
#photography #travel #iphone #Arizona #landscape #Desert #PetrifiedForest #EastCoastKin
Heading back this morning, it will take a few days
Petrified Forest, Painted Desert National Park, Arizona - January 27 2026
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Room With a View
#photography #travel #iphone #Arizona #landscape #Sedona #EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday
Heading back this morning, it will take a few days...
Sedona, Arizona - January 26 2026
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Rocks, Big and Little...Some Red
#photography #travel #iphone #Arizona #landscape #Sedona #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday
Sedona, Arizona - January 24 2026
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Wisps of Snow at Sunrise
#photography #travel #iphone #Arizona #landscape #GrandCanyon #EastCoastKin #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun
The weather held, at least for sunrise
Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona - January 24 2026
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Make the Most of Your Day
#photography #travel #iphone #Arizona #landscape #GrandCanyon #EastCoastKin #hiking
I have until early afternoon here, hoping the weather holds
Ooh Aah Point along the South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona - January 23 2026
January 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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And Then Sunset
#photography #travel #iphone #Scape #Arizona #landscape #GrandCanyon #EastCoastKin #Sunset
I nor any of my camera gear fell into the giant hole
Again not the best photo of not the best sunset, but I will be back at it this morning
Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona - Jan 22 2026
January 23, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Another Sunrise, A Giant Hole in Front of Me
#photography #travel #iphone #GrandCanyon #Arizona #landscape #EastCoastKin #Sunrise #ColorADay #YellowThu
Not the best photo of not the best sunrise, but at least it means I live to see another day
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona - January 22 2026
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Running Cone-head Cactus
#photography #travel #iphone #SaguaroNP #Arizona #Tucson #landscape #EastCoastKin #cactus
A silly cone-headed saguaro cactus and a closer crop to better see its eyes, Saguaro National Park East (Rincon Mountain District) Tucson, Arizona - 20 January
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Rest a Bit, Take in the View
#photography #travel #iphone #SaguaroNP #Arizona #Tucson #landscape #EastCoastKin #cactus #ColorADay #BlueTue #bench
The "view" at the end of Valley View Trail, Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District) Tucson, Arizona - 19 January
January 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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The Sky Turns Blue
#photography #travel #iphone #WhiteSands #sunrise #BlueSkyMonday #landscape #EastCoastKin
White Sands National Park - January 18, 2026
The golds & yellows disappear from the sky within minutes after sunrise, only the long shadows remain.
January 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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End of a Long Day on the Road
#photography #travel #iphone #WhiteSands #sunset #Stunday #landscape #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin
White Sands National Park - January 17, 2026
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Springtime in the Smokies
#photography #travel #workshop #flower #SmokyMountains #Tremont #EastCoastKin
Found a photo on my travel laptop from my visit last April to Tremont Institute's "Springtime in the Smokies" photo workshop. Here's a tinyurl link to this spring's workshop:
tinyurl.com/evjvustt
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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On the Road, a Long Way from Anywhere
#photography #travel #Missouri #Uranus #Route66 #TouristTrap #EastCoastKin #candy #iPhone
"Uranus" Missouri, January 2026
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Wake Up! America!
#photography #travel #StLouis #Arch #iPhone #sunrise #NationalPark #UrbanGaze
Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis MO - Jan 15, 2025
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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On the road, our Great American road trip v2.4
#photography #travel #StLouis #Arch #iPhone
Gateway Arch from my hotel room a few minutes ago. Posting will be sporadic and primarily iPhone photos as I travel
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Irony is dead
#photography #iPhone #church #StreetSigns
Do Not Enter, Church on a hill, Ohio - November 2025

And the sign said
"Everybody welcome
Come in, kneel down, and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all
I didn't have a penny to pay
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Palm Trees and Cows
#photography #Iraq #BlueSkyMonday #Baghdad #EastCoastKin
Baghdad, Iraq - March 2010
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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If we destroy it & then rebuild it, is it still old?
#photography #travel #Mostar #BiH #Herzegovina #Stunday #iconic #StariMost #EastCoastKin
In the tripod holes of those before me, my version of this iconic view of Stari Most (Old Bridge) - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina May 2009
January 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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No normal post today Taught? led? my first photo workshop(?) today. Trial run w/11 attendees. I believe it went well, but I'll wait for feedback & then adjust & tweak as needed...then determine a venue for future versions.
Photos of setup with a description of each in ALT #photography #EastCoastKin
My general view of the "classroom" View from the back of the "classroom" Some samples of what they can do with their photos Samples showing progress, problems such as dust on the fog photo, professional printer vs home printer ageing, dynamic range issues with slide film, distractions that become apparent when looked at enlarged (frog, upper middle), etc.
January 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Ready for Soaking
#photography #FoodOnFriday #Beans
Rinsed, dried beans ready to be soaked and cooked
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The Lines and Faces of the City
#photography #travel #Croatia #Trogir #ClassicMono #BNW #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #monochrome #BlackAndWhite
Trogir, Croatia - May 2009
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Boardwalk to the Big One
#photography #travel #WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #Croatia #Plitvice #Croatia #UNESCO
Veliki Slap - Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia - May 2009
January 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM