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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist
@melindabhipple.bsky.social
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Author of RAVEN, Behind the Mask, Home Front, and poetry and children's books / editor / artist / photographer / mother of a terrific kid
www.melindabhipple.com
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Phone Art Triptych 2. A man and his dog walking the local campus in the fog.
#phoneart #blackandwhite #triptych #melindabhipple #bakeruniversity #fog #taftbridge
A composite of three black & white photos on a university campus. The two outside show the Taft stone bridge, while the one in the middle shows a distant man and his dog between trees. All have shots of the vintage lampposts on campus. It was a foggy morning, creating lovely atmosphere.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Had the privilege of photographing a friend's two-month old in an heirloom Christening gown while she slept beneath her mother's wedding veil. So precious. Love how the veil creates soft focus.
#photography #portraits #blueskyphotographer #melindabhipple #sweetbabyface
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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I'm often awake before sunrise and capture some stunning photos from my living room window.
#Warmth #BlueSkyArtShow #ViewsFromMyWindow #photography #EasternKansas
Photograph of a sunrise with very golden clouds behind a bare tree and smokestack.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Pasta on the rail.
#caturday #catscatscats #blueskycats #balancingact #photography #melindabhipple
A long-haired tabby laying along the top rail of a wooden fence.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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"I used to read dystopian fiction to escape a mundane reality. Now I read mundane fiction to escape a dystopian reality."
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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American Lady. Watercolor miniature.
The Great Escape. Pencil.
Question Mark. Watercolor.
Red Admiral. Watercolor miniature.
#fineart #blueskyartshow #artist #melindabhipple #watercolor #drawing
Watercolor of an American Lady butterfly on lavender flowers. Pencil drawing of a monarch butterfly on a white board with a pin and the Latin name for the butterfly. The monarch is alive and well, and walking away. Watercolor of a Question Mark butterfly on gravel. Watercolor of a Red Admiral butterfly on a wooden post.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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"Standoff!" They stood this way long enough for me to grab my camera and come back to the window. Eventually, Pasta the cat backed down.
#caturday #catsanddeer #braveryinaction #photography #melindabhipple
A cat and a mule deer buck staring at each other, their noses only a foot apart.
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Triptych phone art. Random shots from a local hangout.
#bcbullpen #photography #phoneart #triptych #blackandwhite #melindabhipple
Triptych photography. The first panel is a dried leaf on a floor. Second panel is a shot of brick pavement. Third panel is through an open doorway into a room with sunlight angled on the wall and floor.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The mighty pencil. Four portraits of family members done over a number of years. 1) self portrait 2) my son 3) my niece 4) my great niece
#blueskyartshow #graphitedrawing #melindabhipple
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#caturday
"I'm starving!" There was still food in your bowl when I let you out this morning. "Then I'm cold!" It's 65 degrees and sunny. "Then I'm just lonely and need some cuddles."
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Spent a foggy morning wandering around the community. Love this town.
#fog #photography #bakeruniversitycampus #melindabhipple
Closeup of autumn leaves with strands of spiderweb between them. Baker University grape arbor in the fog. Weeping willow branches in the foreground and a distant arched doorway in the fog. Manhole cover in a brick pavement with yellow leaves fallen from nearby trees.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Random autumn leaves where they fell. Colorado, USA.
#leaves #fallcolor #nature #aspen #elm #photography #stilllife #foundstilllife #melindabhipple
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Went out comet hunting last evening. Found Lemmon, but it was barely perceptible with my equipment. Thought this shot was more interesting. A farm silhouetted against the night sky with a plane trekking overhead.
#kansasfarmhouse #nightsky #photography #melindabhipple
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#resist #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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My friend Lynn and I wandered into a nearby field where two mule deer bucks and a doe were grazing. As long as we moved slowly, they seemed to tolerate us.
#muledeer #photographingthephotographer #coloradowildlife #melindabhipple
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Five weeks in, and Mount Sopris finally gets snow my last two days here. Properly dressed at last.
#mountsopris #photography #sunrise #melindabhipple #colorado #elkmountains #housesitting
Photo of a snow-capped mountain with a layer of pink-tinged clouds at sunrise.
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I get one more week with this beautiful mountain view. The full(er) moon and cloud cover have created some lovely drama.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #coloradousa #photography #melindabhipple #nightphotography
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Venus & Company. Captured these two meteors that I could not see with the naked eye. 30 second exposure. There are three more that are so faint they are hard to spot on the image.
#venus #meteors #nightphotography #nightsky #bluehour #melindabhipple
The sky above the mountains before sunrise. Venus has risen, and there are two meteors streaking in opposite directions through the scattered stars.
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Higher dimensional quantum mechanics...and a cat.

This has to be a favorite photo I've taken in a long time. Such a fun happenstance.
#photography #humor #abstract #geometry #multifaceted #melindabhipple #shadowscast
A cat laying on a patio, the sun casting multi-layered shadows from mesh cast iron chairs and table.
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today.
#sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple
Large red rock promotories with dramatic shading from overcast skies. The foliage below is turning yellow for fall.
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple
A black and white photo of Mount Sopris with a layer of cloud just below the peak.
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆
#turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple
Two turkeys laying in a yard. One asks the other, "Hey. You awake? We're being watched." 1st: "Do you think she's still looking?" Wind is blowing tailfeathers up. 2nd: "Yeah. She's harmless. Don't get your tailfeathers in a bunch."
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air.
#catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple
A photo from below of a cat sitting on a skylight thirty feet in the air.
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM