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Derende
@derende.bsky.social
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Engineer, latent artist, crusty old burner.
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Self portrait done in 2004. Chalk pastels on textured paper. #ArtAdventCalendar
Pastel portrait of a woman with short blonde hair, wearing a blue headlamp, blue framed swim goggles, a dust respirator with purple cartridges, and a gray furry coat.
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Oh no. The guest dog is going to do me in.
A large baloney loaf of a golden retriever states into your soul with begging eyes. Dog is light gold with dark eyes and white muzzle and eyelashes. Gray and blue rug below on a hardwood floor.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
Cover for New Order’s album Technique. Features a photo of a cherub statue in red, yellow, green and blue against an ombré background of hot pink at the top and purple at the bottom.
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Cover for New Order’s album Technique. Features a photo of a cherub statue in red, yellow, green and blue against an ombré background of hot pink at the top and purple at the bottom.
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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on a much smaller scale, in this portrait the headdress took four times as long as the face. But I loved the way it turned out!
Portrait of a campmate at Burning Man, drawn in 2005. He is facing to the right and laughing at something he sees in a show, is wearing sunglasses and a sparkly headscarf. The background is abstract orange and blue. Medium is dry pastels on textured paper
May 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Photo of Lake Tahoe on a gorgeous clear afternoon in October. #onlybeautifulthings
Photo of Lake Tahoe from a beach on a sunny afternoon. There are rocks in the foreground, the water is clear and lightly rippling and the mountains on the other side of the lake are misty in the distance.
January 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Uh oh.
Screenshot of Merriam Webster gif showing my word for 2025 is “rapacious”.
January 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Sculpture of a figure throwing its arms up with an exasperated expression on its face.
December 29, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
A wooden figure throwing both arms up, wide eyed with exasperation. Photo is my own, I don’t have notes on the artist, but this was on display at the American Visionary Museum.
November 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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If you see this, quote post with something green from a photo you took 📸

What can happen when you turn your back on a fennel fir a month.
A 2-meter tall blooming fennel plant looming over everything else in a planting box. Not visible: lots of bees happy in the fennel flowers.
October 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,993,392!
LOLOLOLOL, an early bird, I am not.
Bluesky certification that I am user number 2,993,392 out of more than 10 million as of Sept 2024.
September 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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The upside to flying around storms is getting to see drama skies!
View from an airplane window at sunset, an orange sun behind a ribbon of cloud, while other layers of dark clouds are backlit with bright orange outlines or reflecting various shades of blue. A light flare on the lens creates an orange spot with a green highlight.
June 28, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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DARTH
Sandwich boards in Christchurch NZ one of which reads “Lord of the Fries”
June 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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Quote with a picture of water that you took
View of Milford Sound in New Zealand, fjords in the background and the wake of a boat in the foreground. The sky is overcast.
May 1, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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Colanders do neat tricks too! We were out skiing today and making a big fuss over the crescents in the shadows.
A photo of a pine tree shadow on snow taken 4/8/24, showing crescent shaped light spots when the eclipse was covering almost half the sun.
April 8, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Oh no I’m old.
A photo of a man playing an arcade size video game of Joust.
February 23, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Old.
Photo of a man in a dress shirt and slacks playing an arcade size video game of Joust.
February 23, 2024 at 11:21 PM