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Ann Feeney, she/her
@afeeney.bsky.social
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Slava Ukraini!

Nonprofit and association leader, foresight expert, Quaker, opera lover (even if I torture it when I sing it in the bathroom), librarian, amateur photographer, avid reader of almost all non-fiction and much fiction.
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Spent time with a good friend in a beautiful wooded cemetery with a lovely mausoleum complex. Saw deer quietly doing their deer thing, ogled the Tiffany windows in the mausoleum complex, talked about serious stuff and trivia.
Tiffany window showing trees near a river. Tiffany window showing trees in a peaceful landscape. Three-panel Tiffany window showing a tranquil landscape. Verse at the bottom reads "My help cometh from the Lord which made Heaven and Earth."
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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#Chicago #NoKings #HandsOffChicago
Hands Off Chicago No Kings banner, announcing the protest on Saturday, October 18 at noon, at Butler Field in Grant Park.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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English actor Joan Hickson, wearing a straw hat and half-moon glasses as Miss Marple.
June 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Some of the many dogs available for adoption at the PAWS Angels with Tails today. These are probably all taken, but there are so many wonderful dogs at shelters all over.
A very good pup, a white mixed breed being held by a PAWS volunteer. A very good pup, a probably part-lab black pupper, being held by a PAWS volunteer. A very good pup, probably golden retriever mix, being held by a PAWS volunteer. A very good pibble mama who is up for adoption.
June 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#FungiFriends

I love how the bottom one almost looks like bird feathers or moth wings.
Two fungi sticking out of a tree trunk. Both are multiple shades of brown and beige, but the bottom one has patterns that look like a butterfly wing or bird feathers.
May 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#caturday
Cats in the courtyard of the #Istanbul Archaeology Museum. I paid homage in the form of treats, which were found acceptable.
Cats in the courtyard of a museum, sitting or sprawling on a Roman building artifact, possibly a pediment. Other artifacts in the background.
April 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#Cat outside the Rumi Center in #Istanbul, possibly contemplating the divine. Depending on how you see it, the cat is featuring a goofy smile on its back or has slightly mis-matched angel wings.
White cat with tabby head and markings sitting on an old stone walkway.
April 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A #cat in #Istanbul snoozing in the sun. The cats own the city, the humans are just there to provide for their needs.
A white and orange cat sprawled in a spot of sun, sleeping.
April 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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#birds #photography

Yellow-crowned night heron at Lincoln Park Lagoon.
A smallish grey-green-blue heron with a yellow head sitting in a tree.
April 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#Istanbul is my top recommendation for cat lovers. The cats own the city, the humans are just there to pet and provide food.

Pet one cat and then wait for the others to demand their share. They really are community cats.
Cats in Istanbul, starting to swarm the human who just petted one.
April 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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A cat ready to accept offerings at the fascinating prehistoric site of Tarxien, in Malta.

BTW, I recommend Malta to anybody who likes prehistoric sites. So many mysteries about those civilizations.

#cats #prehistoric #tarxien #photography

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A cat lounging on a prehistoric henge-type site, looking noncholant.
April 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Even the animatronic penguins are preparing to waddle into battle.
Penguin puppets from Batman Returns
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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So much #moss at the #Seattle Japanese Garden. #photography
Moss in a shady area, aurrounding a rock
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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March 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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#bird #graffiti #publicart

I met this lovely toucan in Venice.
Stencil in blue of a toucan.
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#birds #TinyTuesday
Honeycreeper at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's butterfly habitat.
Small bright blue honeycreeper with black eye markings.
March 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#moss
A lovely tree branch in the #Seattle Japanese Garden.
Mosses on a tree branch, looking like miniature ferns.
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#caturday

What happens in Istanbul when you start to pet one cat. The whole crew shows up for scritches.
Two cats circling a human and demanding petting.
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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#birds #photos

Swans visiting the Lincoln Park lagoon.

A typo made me wonder if we should indicate the relative size of bodies of water by increasing the number of vowels. A lagoon is on the small side, but a lagooooon is impressive.
A pair of white swans in a dark pond
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Owlkitty, a black cat who is featured in several parody films.
March 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Made a friend in a Seattle park. #photos
Small sculpture of a winged piglet with a mischevious smile.
March 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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AT-AT fighter versions of flamingos? Okay, cranes at the Seattle port. #photos
Three very elongated cranes at a harbor, against a very cloudy sky.
March 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#photos #bromeliad
Bromeliad in the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

I can't see a bromeliad, even one without frogs, without thinking about the #TerryPratchett quote from Wings or the @xkcd.com comic.

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Bromeliad in the Lincoln Park Conservatory, showing the little pond in the middle with the whole tiny ecosystem.
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#moss #photos
Lincoln Park Conservatory display of moss and a friend.
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#birds #swans

Swans at Lincoln Park lagoon, Chicago.
Two swans, one dipping its beak into the water, making a curved reflection.
March 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM