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Ken Hartke

@mightyken.bsky.social

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Active photographer, writer, poet, fly fisherman, citizen. Enjoying life in New Mexico.

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Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 2h

Nope -- My front porch this morning.

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 14h

Obligatory Balloon Fiesta photo
#BalloonFiesta
#Albuquerque
#Photography

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 3d

Aspen canyon
Sandia Peak -- NM
#Aspens
#Sandias
#NewMexico
#Photography

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 5d

‪Elk herd at rest -- relax
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax
#VallesCaldera
#NewMexico

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 5d

The morning walk
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax
#VallesCaldera
#NewMexico

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 7d

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Oct. 4-12
#photography
#Albuquerque
#HotAirBalloons

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

End of the pilgrim's road...
Catedral Basílica de Santiago de Compostela
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#CaminodeSantiago
#Spain
#friends

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Santiago de Compostela
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#CaminodeSantiago
#Spain

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Pilgrim's Road - Camino de Santiago
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#CaminodeSantiago
#Spain

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Roadside Attraction: I-40 @ Conway TX
Bug Ranch
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#TexasPanhandle
#Volkswagon

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Ead's Bridge - First bridge to cross the lower Mississippi River (1874)
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#StLouis
#bridges
#MississippiRiver

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Elevator town - western Oklahoma
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Oklahoma
#roadtrip

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 11d

Along the Santa Fe Trail -- Kansas
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Kansas
#SantaFeTrail

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 15d

Mourning Dove
#poetry
#photography
#grief

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I have a widowed Mourning Dove Who seems lost without her mate. She walks alone upon my garden wall, calls from the parapet in grief. I found him, or rather the evidence of his fate, by the Mahogan…

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Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 19d

In the belly of the old volcano, valle grande.
#scape
#vallescaldera
#newmexico

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 21d

Mississippi River at Sunset, October 2023. Amtrak Southwest Chief crossing into Iowa.
#Mississippiriver
#iowa
#blueskyartshow
#Amtrak
#southwestchief
#photography
#americanrivers

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · 25d

Almost home....
On Amtrak, my local mountain tells me I'm almost home.
‪
#landmark #Newmexico
#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #Home

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Sep 6

Summertime!!
#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #summer
#biopark #Albuquerque

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 23

Skyline - edge of the plains, NM

#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #skyline
#Newmexico

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 11

Silva’s Saloon, Bernalillo, NM
Incorrigible Spirits…
#photography
#newmexico
#saloons

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 11

Not being Catholic, I don’t care what the religious point is. I started doing this simple act of remembrance and gratitude occasionally for my own personal peace. Jelly shots would probably work too.

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ouch
#blueskyartshow
#jagged

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 2

Monsoon Season Afternoon
Sometimes you just need a rainbow
#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #gratitude
#Newmexico

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Aug 2

‪Santiago de Compostela - on arriving
#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #gratitude
#Thecaminodesantiago

Ken Hartke @mightyken.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hot Air
#blueskyArtShow
#Photography #balloonfiesta
#newmexico
#smooth