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kxs
@kxswanson.bsky.social
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A “nice older gentleman who cares more about others than himself” (i.e., definitely NOT a Republican).

Into family/travel/daily life photos, garden/yard (6b), volleyball, and now resistance.

All photos mine. More at: https://www.behance.net/kurtswanson
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kxs @kxswanson.bsky.social · Apr 6
Last one.

#BlueSkyArtShow | #Silhouette | #EastCoastKin

#PhotographersOnBluesky | #photography | #outdoors | #streetphotography | #travelphoto | #exercise | #Venice | #citylife | #california | #USA
kxswanson.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography

#Santa gifts under the #Victorian #Christmas tree #newport #mansions

#MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #XtraXmas #ArtAdventCalendar
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography

#Santa and his #sleigh on #ChristmasEve
December 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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diana-m-keener.bsky.social
#christmas you sneaky thing…you surprised me again…

#artadventcalendar #photohour #photography #art #artyear #eastcoastkin #lights #luminarias #farolitos #tree #wackywednesdayart #xtraxmas #santa #sensoryart #joy
Christmas tree made of luminarias
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYearPast
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse (to celebrate its first year)

Slightly used (4 seasons?) statues for sale, #Newport #RhodeIsland
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse (a selection or two from other people’s art) #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYearPast trip to #Dublin
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography #ceramics
#national #museum of #ireland
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
kxswanson.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse (a selection or two from other people’s art) #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYearPast trip to #Portugal
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
Love how the frame for the painting behind goes around this church art.
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse (a selection or two from other people’s art) #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYearPast
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#BlueskyPhotography
#ephemeral #sand #Art
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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tregallery.com
✨️🌳☁️🧶🐦‍⬛🧶☁️🌳✨️

c a w eclipse
ebony freeze frames
dusk's wool yawn

#BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse
#EastCoastKin
#inkMine #Freeze

#haiku #俳句 #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #ClassicMono #Sunset #BirdOfTheDay #QuietMoments
Here is a black and white photo I took of a forest crow flying over the sunset. A dip in the dark trees frames the towering clouds with soft leafy limbs. At the center, the sky yawns open with brightness, revealing the bird's body and curved wing silhouette in diffused sunlight. A taste of rain on the westerly breeze teased the moment with storm potential. I remember thinking: suns, planets, and moons play the eclipse game. Crows are no different. Little mischievous drops of midnight—loose upon our days. This new haiku is a fallen feather I picked up. caw eclipse ebony freeze frames dusk's wool yawn
December 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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meidastouch.com
The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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#EastCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #seascape
#scape #sunset #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekYforYearPast From my dock when I lived on the #harbor #HamptonBeach #NewHampshire #Seacoast #dreamcometrue
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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young-spartacus.bsky.social
'Tyne Tunnel'

A pleasing tunnel effect along the walkway of the High Level Bridge Newcastle.

Sparty 🙏🏼🖤🤍

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Art #ColorADay #BWFri #Scape #ClassicMono #Travel #PhotographersofBluesky #BlueSkyPhotography #ArtYear #Architecture #StreetPhotography #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
This striking black and white photograph captures the pedestrian walkway of the High Level Bridge that spans the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England. The image utilised a powerful one-point perspective, with repeating Gothic-style arches leading the viewer's eye into the distance, creating an illusion of a tunnel or a long, infinite corridor. The strong vertical and horizontal lines of the bridge’s Victorian wrought-iron and concrete structure are highlighted by the monochromatic palette, emphasising the architectural detail and engineering. Natural light streams in from the left, casting distinct, rhythmic shadows across the walkway, alternating between brightly lit patches and deep, shadowed areas, which adds significant depth and texture to the scene. The texture of the aged surfaces, including some subtle graffiti marks on the rightmost column, is clearly visible. At the far end of the long passageway, two small, silhouetted figures can be faintly discerned, providing a sense of scale to the immense structure. The overall atmosphere is moody and atmospheric, blending industrial grandeur with a feeling of quiet solitude. The image composition is highly symmetrical, drawing the viewer inexorably towards the bright archway at the vanishing point in the centre background.
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
kxswanson.bsky.social
Gramps
@GrandpaHarris65

Monday: Mass Shooting.
Tuesday: Mass Shooting.
Wednesday: Mass Shooting.
Thursday: Mass Shooting.
Friday: Mass Shooting.
Saturday: Mass Shooting.
Sunday: Mass Shooting.

Republicans: “We gotta do something about trans people playing sports.”
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#EastCoastKin #photography #WindowsOnWednesday #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#windows #urbangaze #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast
#bnwphotography #b&w #ClassicMono
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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#EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #scape
#ColorADay #BlueTue

Standard #arches #travel photo but it includes my wife so I like it!
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Photography #landscapephotography #scape #ocean #seascape #LowTide
#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesOutTuesday #clamming
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
kxswanson.bsky.social
“When it happens…”

youtu.be/GuCBXTfoVq8
Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas - 1964 - Music Video
YouTube video by namnoiz
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
kxswanson.bsky.social
I will celebrate the demise of the billionaires, racists and spineless Republicans almost as much as the physical death of this monster.

There is no doubt the world will celebrate his death like no other - we only hope (or pray) it is sooner rather than later.
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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#doubles #beach #volleyball with #spouse and #friends is #1 #FavoriteThings for #BlueSkyArtShow theme

#EastCoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #sports #Nahant #Massachusetts
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXForXmas #ColoraDay #photography #ArtAdventCalendar #classic #1960s #sister #Christmas #holiday #tree with #tinsel (which we had to collect, piece by piece, to use again next year…!)
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow theme #FavoriteThings are #adventures and #history

#touring #european #cathedrals like this one in #portugal

#EastCoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow theme #FavoriteThings are #adventures

#hiking with #family in #nationalparks like #yosemite and #grandcanyon

#EastCoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXForXmas #ColorADay #BWFri #photography #SensoryArt #ArtAdventCalendar #classic #1950s #Christmas #family #portrait

Note: that’s me with the hat so I def didn’t take this photo!
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#UrbanGaze #humansofbluesky #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas #EastCoastkin #ArtAdventCalendar #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky

#community #treelighting #Christmas #carol #singing makes heart soar. Thank you, organizers. #concord #massachusetts
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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warren.senate.gov
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027.

With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027. With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
kxswanson.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas #EastCoastkin #ArtAdventCalendar #photography #UrbanGaze #PhotographersOfBlueSky #street
#BeaconHill #Boston #christmas #citylife #streetphotography
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM