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Kelly Speer
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Artist, author, weaver of life - married to "my sweet love", the man of my dreams - All artwork / photography copyrighted by me, unless otherwise noted. No DMs, please.
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Kelly Speer @kellyspeer.bsky.social · Feb 4
My pastel of sweet Siamese kitty, Lili. (I still miss her!)

8" X 8"
Soft Pastel
Art Spectrum paper
#pastel #realism #art #cats
Chocolate point Siamese cat face with bright blue slightly crossed eyes
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Just finished reading this book recommended by my daughter. I believe it should be read by every adult in the world, but not at bedtime. Perfect for Hallowe'en as it's terrifying. More info in alt text.

#books #booksky #reading #bookcommunity #Facebook
Photo of book cover of Careless People written by Sarah Wynn-Williams. This is a rather fast-paced memoir written by a New Zealand gal mostly about her work at Facebook. It confirmed many of my own thoughts about social media, privacy, politics, etc. It is worth reading no matter what your opinions or beliefs, and it covers so much. Please let me know if you do read it and what you thought of it. I'm very fond of open, honest non-hateful discussion of such things. NB: This is excellent as an audiobook as it is narrated by the author who shares the feelings of what she wrote in her own voice.
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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@deanthepoet.bsky.social, this one is for you for #ThirstyThursday. Lake McDonald also, with my husband skipping a stone! Happy Autumn!

#GlacierNationalPark #LakeLife #PhotographersUnited #TheWildImages #BlueskyArtShow #SaveOURParks #NationalParks #PublicLand #Peace #Beauty #Reflections
October 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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A photo of Strawberry Field (not fields). This is near the childhood home of John Lennon. Ideas are all around us.
#photography #writing #author #art #books
Large, red, wrought iron gate to Strawberry Field in Woolton, Liverpool, England. Green trees and ground cover behind gate. Old stone wall on either side with green growth on the stones. Not far from the childhood home of John Lennon. Owned and run by the Salvation Army.
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Finally finished my alphabet painting for my granddaughter for the holidays. Followed tutorials by @Dewintonpaperco.com on YouTube. It was challenging, being miniature and following someone else's work, but I loved it!
#art #watercolor #watercolour #bloomscrolling #flowers
A photo of a watercolor collection from A to Z of miniature flowers. Designed by Harriet DeWinton of @dewintonpaperco.com. A fun project that I painted from her tutorials. A holiday gift for my granddaughter.
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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We remember you.
White roses left at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.
September 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Having some fun looking at photos from our honeymoon in 2000. This is Point Barrow, Alaska. Whale bones in dumpsters. The bones are left far from the town so the polar bears stay away. Reminds me of the Flintstones.
#photography #EastCoastKin #landscapes #scapes #art
A herd of dumpsters with whale bones sticking out. Another whale bone in the foreground. Point Barrow, Alaska in summer 2000. The bones are hauled away from town to keep the polar bears from coming into town.
August 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Made a funny little watercolor card for my elderly mom. Although her life has become smaller, I chose three things she loves - the Southwest, out to eat, and games - both playing and watching. Thanks to Becca Courtice, @thehappyevercrafter, for the idea! Details in ALT.
#watercolor #art #watercolour
The word "Mom" with pictures in each letter. The pictures follow a theme of something my mom loves - the Southwest for the first M, food and going out to eat in the O, and activities she enjoys doing or watching in the third. Card size, about 5X7", so teeny pictures. Done in watercolor with a Pigma micron pen. Inside it will say, "I love who you are!" Much thanks to Becca Courtice, my online calligraphy teacher, for the idea. She can be found at TheHappyEverCrafter.com. I highly recommend her!
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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My two new WIPs - one for me, one for my 3-year-old granddaughter for the holidays. Miniature flowers A-Z taught by @DeWintonPaperCo.com on YouTube. I'm learning a ton! (Type of flowers in alt text). So fun to do!
#watercolor #art #painting #watercolour #flowers
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Last night was date night. After a fine meal with some homegrown food, my husband told me he'd tell my fortune. Intrigued, I said okay.

Bless his sweet heart! With a necklace on his head, a scarf as his turban, and his robe (repurposed), we laughed hard and long! Best date ever!
A silly husband dressed up as the Great Robonzo on date night to tell his wife her fortune on date night. With a turtle necklace on his head and a scarf wrapped as a turban, even his robe, repurposed as the robe of a great gypsy fortune-teller, helped to create the personage. The candles and the cards completed the "ambiance". He actually looked up tarot cards online to help his authenticity! Laughed so hard, and we're laughing still! Men could learn from him. Be vulnerable, play the fool to play!! Couldn't love him more! (Until tomorrow, of course!)
August 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Watercolor portrait of my stepdad from a 1980s trip to Russia. Mom loved the snapshot, so I did my best for her. He was a wonderful man!
#watercolor #art #Russia #painting
July 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Working on writing my mom's life history with her - not to publish, except for her. It's an interesting project to get her to enjoy her memories and, hopefully, create more. Born during the depression, she didn't know her family was poor. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #wip #writerslife
Photo of a very young girl in a jumper that doesn't fit and hair that is disheveled.
July 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Just around a bend on our morning walk, my husband and I came upon a mama deer nursing her young. Alas, no camera. So in honor of her, here is a picture of a mama in Yellowstone NP, 2015. Happy simple joys to all!
#photography #wildlife #EastCoastKin #Yellowstone
A mother deer nursing her young while standing in a field of flowers. Photo taken in Yellowstone National Park, 2015.
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Happy Friday and (e)Scape day to you all! This is the beautiful Agnew Lake in the Eastern Sierras of California in 2000.
#photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyPhotography #Scapes #Landscapes #BlueSkyArtShow
Peering down at California's Agnew Lake in the distance. Gnarled trees on either side of the view between the two mountains. Taken in the Eastern Sierra Mountains off the June Lake Loop.
June 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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When I feel overwhelmed by our current times, I look back and wonder if days gone by were really "the good ole days". One type of window to look through.

Here's another - Hotel Meade in Bannack, Montana.

#photography #WindowsonWednesday #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyPhotography #art
Photograph taken through an old window in Bannack, Montana, ghost town. Through the window panes, the Hotel Meade can be seen, a large, two-story building made of bricks built in the late 1800s. The hotel has tall windows and has a porch and balcony in the front. There is a tall tree to the left of the hotel. In the foreground is an old fence with some bushes. Meade Hotel is across the dirt street.
June 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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In remembrance of those who gave their lives the last time a dictator tried to rule the world. You will never be forgotten.

#WWII
June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Just finished "James" by Percival Everett. Good book!

A fascinating book - reimagined from Twain's "Huck Finn". The adventures are told from the escaped slave, Jim's, point of view. Made me think and feel. Worth the read. 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. I recommend it!
June 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Oops! Forgot to put in the leader, Earle Dexter, and his bride, Esther. Also on that trip in 1915.

#Yosemite #NationalParks #BoyScouts
June 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The family's understanding is that grandfather, Earle Dexter, led the first Boy Scout group into Yosemite in 1915.

#NationalParks #Yosemite #WaterfallWednesday #ProtectOurParks #Photography #BlueSky #Camping #Landscape #Wilderness #BoyScouts
1915 Photo of Boy Scouts in Yosemite National Park in front of a waterfall
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Just sharing that breathless moment when the water begins its journey over the edge of Niagara Falls on the Canadian side.
Happy #WaterfallWednesday! #photography #EastCoastKin #art #nature #BlueSkyPhotography #landscapes
Top of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side. Lovely green and white water beginning the journey over the edge of the huge and beautiful Niagara Falls.
May 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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My soft watercolor of Bent's Old Fort in Colorado. Fun place to visit! #watercolor #watercolour #art #EastCoastKin #landscapes #painting #nationalparks
A soft watercolor of an old adobe fort in southern Colorado along the Santa Fe Trail. Bent's Old Fort - National Monument.
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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A lovely day for Sawrey, England near Beatrix Potter's home. Happy Spring to all!
#BlueSkyArtShow #green #photography #art #landscapes
Lovely green hills with stone walls on a hill. Trees and sheep everywhere! Town of Sawrey, England near Beatrix Potter's home.
May 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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About 1977, folks began wearing labels on the outside to show status - Calvin Klein on jeans, etc. This quilted label vest was my quiet protest. Details in Alt text.
#art #bskyart #quilts #quilting
Hand made quilted vest made from clothing labels including a tie from Haight-Ashbury in the 1960's, a Calvin Klein label, a German dirndl label, Levis, Vogue, Macy's etc. This was a protest against people trying to show their status by wearing labels on the outside of clothes as so many do now with Louis Vuitton purses, Air Jordan shoes, etc. Meant to divide the "haves" from the "have nots", I protested in a quiet way that we are more alike than different. Vest made while attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. (Tie label is upper left in red - has flies around the head.)
May 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Just love this man’s voice! A Cappella sure makes it clear that the music is flowing through his heart.
May 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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My idea of heaven!
May 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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What a story this tells! Hope it was a good book.
#books #ThickTrunkTuesday #photography #booksky #reading #trees
Thick trunk tree base with squashed grass and flowers where surely someone sat to read book. Taken outside Winchester Cathedral in England. A vo-di-o-do!
April 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM