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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Arunima Sinha lost her leg in 2011.

In 2013, she became the first female amputee to summit Mt. Everest & #OTD in 2019, she summited Mt. Vinson in Antarctica & became the first/only amputee to complete the Seven Summits--climbing the highest peak on each of the 7 continents. 😮 #wow #inspirational
A studio portrait of Arunima Sinha against a plain gray background. She is centered from the chest up, wearing a white collared polo shirt with the Indian flag patch on the right side and a logo on the left, her dark hair neatly pulled back into a ponytail, smiling softly and looking directly at the camera with a calm and confident expression. A color photograph of Indian mountaineer Arunima Sinha, the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest, taken during a high-altitude expedition. She is shown in profile from the shoulders up against a stunning backdrop of snow-covered peaks under a clear blue sky; wearing a dark navy cap, reflective sunglasses, a pink neck gaiter, and a white jacket with green and navy stripes featuring the Indian flag patch and an expedition logo, her hair tied back as she gazes thoughtfully into the distance.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Who ran the first #marathon in space?

#NationalTriviaDay

Sunita Williams, American astronaut, on April 16, 2007. She was listed as an entrant for the 2007 Boston Marathon and completed the distance in 4 hours 24 minutes. #WomenInSTEM #running #trivia
An official NASA portrait of astronaut Sunita Williams wearing a full white Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. The bulky suit displays an American flag patch on the left shoulder, a mission patch on the right, and various controls on the chest pack; she holds the gold-visored helmet. With long dark hair framing her smiling face, she poses confidently in front of a large draped American flag against a cloudy Earth-toned backdrop, symbolizing American space exploration. A color photograph of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams captured mid-stride running on a treadmill in zero gravity, secured by a white harness and bungee cords attached to her waist and shoulders. She wears a navy blue sleeveless top and shorts, athletic shoes, and gray socks, with her curly dark hair floating weightlessly. The busy ISS module around her features blue handrails, equipment racks, cables, monitors, and various floating items.
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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boneyardz.bsky.social
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Do it!
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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erikaleesears.bsky.social
Always the black swan #oilpainting #art
May 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Just a blur #oilpainting #art
August 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Crash #oilpainting #art
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Night Lights #art #oilpainting
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Are we there yet? #art #oilpainting
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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You Don’t Get to Break the Constitution Just Because the Bastard Had It Coming
Because “he deserved it” has never been a constitutional argument
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January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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bakerart.bsky.social
It's Christmas Eve and painting in the garden in the summer sunshine seems a long way off so here's a reminder.
Happy Christmas everyone!
#art #oilpainting #garden #sunshine
A canvas is on an easel in a summer garden in Cambridge with lots of plants in containers.
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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One of many past watercolour compositions featuring flowers and plants from my garden. There will be new paintings when things start growing. I don't know what happened to the Chinese Lanterns (Physalis). They don't seem to come up now (must try again).
#art #watercolour #flowerpainting
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Another more recent one (need to take a better photo of the original)
#art #botanical #watercolour
Watercolour of mixed flowers and fruit
December 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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This is a watercolour from a sketching visit in 2021 to Burwash Manor, Barton (near Cambridge). A lovely picturesque venue with lots of independent shops to explore www.burwashmanor.com
#art #watercolour
April 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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bakerart.bsky.social
A couple of mixed flower watercolours from five years ago. I rather like them because they haven't been over-finished: just studies without any thought of exhibiting them. There's a lot of these in sketch pads and folders from over the years.
#art #watercolour #botanical
Garden flowers painted in watercolour A sketchbook study of garden flowers
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Quite a large oil on canvas showing the view across the river Cam from the Jesus Green side. I think this big tree is completely gone now. I might still have this one in the attic with other old paintings but put off sorting them out. The image is scanned from a photo.
#art #oilpainting #cambridge
An oil on canvas showing the river Cam with a large tree on the bank and old buildings behind on Chesterton Road. To the left across the river is the Magdalene College Fellows' Garden.
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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bakerart.bsky.social
Here's another watercolour from a sketching visit back to Winchester where I spent a year at the art school in the '60s. I had a particularly productive stay in the late '90s and this is favourite from then. It was bought by a friend and I'm sure she's looking after it.
#art #watercolour #Winchester
Watercolour with pen work completed on the spot in Winchester in 1997. The figures were quickly sketched in at the time. I sat there for about three hours.
December 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Another of my watercolour drawings of Winchester from 1997 (still in my possession). I sat by some railings with my back to the cathedral and completed this on the spot even though light rain came on (I had an umbrella).
#art #Winchester #enpleinair #watercolour
Watercolour drawing of The Square, Winchester
January 1, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Reading on the banks of the Cam. Pastel (not recent, sold a long time ago).
#art #pastel #books #Cambridge #rivercam
A fairly large pastel showing the banks of the River Cam with a couple of students reading. I have mostly used Arboreta acid-free heavy off-white sugar paper for pastels. I bought several large packs of it.
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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bakerart.bsky.social
A street scene from the '90s (see Alt txt for more info). This detailed watercolour drawing of mine from >30 yrs ago of King's Parade, #Cambridge was completed on the spot in about 3 hours. I was sitting on a metal box that controlled the rising bollards. Sold ages ago. #watercolour #enpleinair
King's Parade, Cambridge, watercolour and Indian ink. This lovely jumble of buildings including half-timbered frontages is deservedly famous and long may it survive! The shop on the left is Hardy and Amies, Club Outfitters. The railings on the right are in front of the Senate House. I don't know who has this painting now (it was probably sold in an exhibition). Now in my late '70s I'm afraid I no longer have the stamina to sit and do work like this on the street! I'm more likely to be painting in the garden or working in the studio.
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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bakerart.bsky.social
Someone asked if I could post some more recent work. I have lately been browsing through older paintings but I'll see if I can choose a few more recent ones. 2021 isn't too long ago I suppose. This one sold at a Cambridge drawing soc. exhibition (info in alt txt).
#art #oil #Cambridge
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, oil on canvas, sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition. The Pitt Building (with the pinnacles) in the distance is where we hold our spring exhibitions. On the right is St Catherine's College.
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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A recent oil on canvas painted in my garden size 61cmX86cm "Two women at a garden table". It was one of my entries to the Cambridge Drawing Society 2024. Needs to be a bit more subtle in its tone I think looking back on it.
#art #oiloncanvas #summergarden
Gives me a bit of a shock looking back on this one. While I'm quite pleased with it I think it lacks subtlety and goes too much for the high colour key. A little more restraint required for this year with more carefully modulated tones and lest finicky detail.
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Another fairly recent garden oil on canvas where I managed to maintain a degree of freshness.This was shown and found a buyer at the Cambridge Drawing Society spring exhibition 2023.
#art #oilpainting #cambridgegarden #beeftomatoes
Thank you G for pausing your gardening for me to sketch you in. This year (actually painted in 2022) produced an amazing crop of beef tomatoes in the garden, not always possible in our shady garden.
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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This oil on canvas showing the garden at the front of the studio was finished in 2024 and hung in the autumn exhibition of the Cambridge Drawing Society where it found a buyer. I called it "The Stepladder" (size 30" X 34").
#art #oilpainting #cambridgegarden #oillamp
A summer oil painting in the garden with a woman standing on a stepladder (pruning a honeysuckle). The red oil lamp works but I wouldn't light it there (fire risk!)
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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This is an ink and watercolour drawing I did in a break from working on the Stepladder oil painting.
#art #drawing #plants #oillamp
A watercolour and Indian ink drawing of an ooil lamp hanging from an iron bracket and other plants like aeoniums and sempervivums under a canopy of evergreen honeysuckle leaves
January 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.

It is the GUNS.

#SadButTRUE 💔
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM