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Robert E. (He/him)
@robertemond.bsky.social
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Jack of many trades master of none (good at a few). Doing my best to make life in my small corner of the world better one piece of art at a time.

Proud member of #WestCoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Art #Archaeology 🏺

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#ColorADay | #GreenSat &
#Abstractia | #Industrial

“Green the Color of Clean”

#Abstract #AbstractArt
#AbstractPhotography
#Minimalism #Minimalist
#ShadowAndLight #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
An abstract photo of dark and light green patches of foam reminiscent of a cloudy sky (if clouds were green). Photo by Robert Emond.
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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#StairsOnSaturday & #SaturdayStatue #StatueSaturday

The main staircase in the grand hall of ʻIolani Palace & an electric light in a neoclassical bronze. The palace was built as a modern Hawaiian #Victorian palace to rival those in Europe.

#Photography #InteriorDesign
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
A neoclassical bronze of a woman holding a torch with an electric light globe. She stands newel post of the main staircase in the grand hall of ʻIolani Palace. Finished in 1892 it had electricity and plumbing built in. The wood in the room is koa wood. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow | #Clouds

A maui sunset taken from a balcony of the Hyatt on Ka’anapali Beach on 4/1/24.

#Photography 📸 #Maui #Hawaii
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#Sunset
A maui sunset taken from a balcony of the Hyatt on Ka’anapali Beach. Dark clouds shroud the island of Lānaʻi. The sun is mostly below the horizon at the north end of Lānaʻi, creating an orange glow on the horizon. High clouds reflect the orange glow. Palm trees are visible in the foreground. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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#FoodOnFriday & #PhotoADay: Day 30 of 365 - dinner; roasted celery root, potatoes, & carrots with beef pot roast. Perfect on a stormy night!

#Photography #WhatsCooking
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#FoodPhotography #Dinner
#Foodie #CookSky #CookingSky #Foodsky #Food #Cooking
#Homemade #ComfortFood
A tray of roasted potatoes,carrots, & celery root. Photo by Robert Emond. A blue Dutch oven with cooked pot roast in it. Food and photo by Robert Emond. A plate of roasted carrots and roasted potatoes and celery root next to shredded beef in a tomato sauce. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 31, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge | #BonusDiptych

Two knights none of whom own Nike (an Oregon joke).

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
A medieval knight’s ornate armor at the Met Museum. Photo by Robert Emond. A miniature lead D&D armored knight. He is in full silver plate with a winged helm, a great sword, & a green cloak. Hand painted by Lisa Emond. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 31, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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#FingerpostFriday

Nye Beach district, Newport.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
A concrete bench with 3d several pink starfish and a pink octopus on the back of the bench. It sits in front of a fingerpost with many businesses listed. The top sign says “Welcome to Nye Beach”. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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I love the movie and poster, not “just” because I do Regency historical recreation that occasionally involves archery 😀😉.
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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#JanuArty | #Connection & #ForestFriday

Several people connecting with a 200 year old Oregon heritage tree in the Yakona Nature Preserve.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#NaturePhotography #Nature #naturelovers #woodland
Three people are embracing a giant 200 year old Sitka Spruce tree. The trunk has dozens if short old branch stubs projecting off of it. Its diameter dwarfs the younger surrounding trees. This tree is one of the few trees to survive the 1st world war. The spruce trees in this part of the forest were harvested to build US warplanes for the war. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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When I lived in Eugene deer were constantly in our yard, drove the dogs crazy.
A seven point buck kneeling on its front legs in my front yard getting ready for a nap. Photo by Robert Emond. Three young fawns walk dien a gravel driveway unconcerned by the photographer 20 feet away (they know they can easily out run him). Photo by Robert Emond. A four point buck with velvet still on his antlers stands in a wooded yard bear an ivy covered tree. In front of the tree is a fairy 5 foot high garden decoration; a circle with stars and a fairy queen in the middle. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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#Abstractia | #Industrial

“The Weakest Link?”

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#AbstractPhotography
#AbstractArtist #AbstractRealism
A red rusted metal plate with a bolt and fragment of wood still attached lies on gray concrete. The plate has a red with black pitted anchor chain hook still holding one corroded and pocket marked link of anchor chain. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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#ColorADay | #BWFri

Everything was black & white in 1934 when they started building the Yaquina Bay bridge 🤪😀.
(Photo converted to #B&W in post)

#Scape #Photography
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
#ArchitecturalPhotography
#Architecture
A black and white photo of the Yaquina Bay bridge from below. It is a concrete arched bridge with art deco embellishments on the piers. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Good night BlueSky , it’s been another long day so here’s #PhotoADay: Day 29 of 365 - taken between rain showers at the local kitschy hotel.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
A rusted anchor and large colorful buoy in a parking lot with several smaller colorful ones. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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#PalacesAndGardens | #GrandEstates

The Chinese garden 1 of 16 gardens on the 207 acre estate at the Huntington. Of which 130 acres open to the public(nearby CalTech sits on 120 acres for comparison)

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
A view of a lily pond with Chinese style buildings in the background. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Old : #Styx : Paradise Theatre

A great concept cover for a great concept album.
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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My new : Michael Bublé : BaBalu

I like the vibe and style of this cover. Bonus points for the #design team that added the palm tree “L”.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Moody like Rosemary’s Baby, but happy moody not horror moody.
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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#PhotoADay: Day 28 of 365 - I leave you w/this photo of my computer after I left a Zoom meeting. No way am I updating to the diabolical version. If you’re wondering the background is Final Fantasy XIV which I was definitely not playing during the meeting 😉.

#Photography #WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
A photo of a computer screen with a Zoom popup window asking me to update to version 6.6.6 (a hard no on my part). Behind is a Final Fantasy 14 window showing that I have a max level (100) white mage. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 29, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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#WindowsOnWednesday

“Window into Another Time”

#WindowsWednesday #WednesdayWindows
#Reflections #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#ArchitecturalPhotography
#Architecture #UrbanGaze #urban
An old fashioned clock tower reflecting in a modern glass windowed office building in Portland. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 29, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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#Abstractia | #Industrial

The inside of a car wash from the inside of a car.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#Abstract #AbstractArt
#AbstractPhotography
Purple abstract splashes of soap on a windshield. White and blue lights also shine in. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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#ColorADay | #RedWed &
#AlphabetChallenge | #BonusDiptych

A red penvil urchin taken with a cheap disposable camera in 10/30/00
January 28, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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#PhotoADay: Day 27 of 365 - signing off with this sea pink I took this afternoon before the storm hit.

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#BloomScrolling #Flowers
#FlowerScape #FlowerPhotography
#Bloom #Blooms
A sea pink aka sea thrift. A multi-bloom flower head. Each bloom is 5 pink petals with yellow stamen. The cluster is about 10 blooms. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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Maybe not the #WorstAlbumCover but IMO it is a terrible #DesignFail as it might be the most boring cover.
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Also a #MinimalistDesign.
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Use this post as an excuse to post one of your favourite characters.
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge | #BonusDiptych

Oregon Coast Aquarium puffins one made by Washed Ashore, the other by nature 😀.

#Photography 📸 #BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#PNW #Oregon #Newport
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A puffin stands on a mossy rock. Photo by Robert Emond. A tall puffin statue made of plastic from the ocean at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, made by the Washed Ashore art collective to highlight the problem of plastic in the oceans. Photo by Robert Emond.
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 AM