Steve Ricketts
@stevericketts.bsky.social
refugee from Xitter. meteorologist. photographer. youth soccer coach. recovering poligeek. trying to be positive and to stay above the fray
Introduce yourself with five bands / acts that you have seen live? Use #hashtags for other people to find you! #musicsky
#CdnVersion
#Genesis (Peter Gabriel days)
#TheNational (3 times, 3 different countries)
#FutureIslands
#HarryChapin
#PinkFloyd
#CdnVersion
#Genesis (Peter Gabriel days)
#TheNational (3 times, 3 different countries)
#FutureIslands
#HarryChapin
#PinkFloyd
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Introduce yourself with five bands / acts that you have seen live? Use #hashtags for other people to find you! #musicsky
#CdnVersion
#Genesis (Peter Gabriel days)
#TheNational (3 times, 3 different countries)
#FutureIslands
#HarryChapin
#PinkFloyd
#CdnVersion
#Genesis (Peter Gabriel days)
#TheNational (3 times, 3 different countries)
#FutureIslands
#HarryChapin
#PinkFloyd
wow... are CPC MPs leaving the Twatter?
January 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
wow... are CPC MPs leaving the Twatter?
imagine having to invade Greenland because not wanting to disappoint his dumbass wife who tweeted about it
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
imagine having to invade Greenland because not wanting to disappoint his dumbass wife who tweeted about it
and my fool of an MP followed up his repost by going full Godwin, and suggesting that the USA forcibly removing the leader of another country is the same thing as a country's military leaders attempting to assassinate its leader
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
and my fool of an MP followed up his repost by going full Godwin, and suggesting that the USA forcibly removing the leader of another country is the same thing as a country's military leaders attempting to assassinate its leader
2/
and my socon MP dutifully followed suit by reposting the repulsive Terry Newman of the NP
and my socon MP dutifully followed suit by reposting the repulsive Terry Newman of the NP
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
2/
and my socon MP dutifully followed suit by reposting the repulsive Terry Newman of the NP
and my socon MP dutifully followed suit by reposting the repulsive Terry Newman of the NP
in one of his last acts as CPC leader, Pierre Poilievre celebrated the USA kidnapping Maduro and setting themselves up as the interim ruler of Venezuela... a gross violation of international law
this is a clear shot across the bow to other countries that the USA is willing to do this anywhere
this is a clear shot across the bow to other countries that the USA is willing to do this anywhere
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
in one of his last acts as CPC leader, Pierre Poilievre celebrated the USA kidnapping Maduro and setting themselves up as the interim ruler of Venezuela... a gross violation of international law
this is a clear shot across the bow to other countries that the USA is willing to do this anywhere
this is a clear shot across the bow to other countries that the USA is willing to do this anywhere
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Why yes, @mcdonaldscanada.bsky.social thinks we are idiots
January 1, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Why yes, @mcdonaldscanada.bsky.social thinks we are idiots
Alberta's Bestest Lawyer™️ again demonstrates that she doesn't know why the equalization program exists and how it works, and that have-not provs simply have to develop their resources to become have provs
she's so clueless
she's so clueless
December 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Alberta's Bestest Lawyer™️ again demonstrates that she doesn't know why the equalization program exists and how it works, and that have-not provs simply have to develop their resources to become have provs
she's so clueless
she's so clueless
the DMV would like a word about designing car door handles
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
the DMV would like a word about designing car door handles
last post! thanks, @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca, for another fun time
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
last post! thanks, @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca, for another fun time
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
i love Bob Stauffer, esp his insights, but watching him on TV makes me think of the puppets on the old British show "Spitting Image"
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
i love Bob Stauffer, esp his insights, but watching him on TV makes me think of the puppets on the old British show "Spitting Image"
taken today near Tofield, AB. snowdrift patterns created by the wind. Mother Nature is an artist
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
taken today near Tofield, AB. snowdrift patterns created by the wind. Mother Nature is an artist
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
something light and fun: paper lanterns at last year's Luminaria at the U of A Botanic Garden near Devon, AB #ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
something light and fun: paper lanterns at last year's Luminaria at the U of A Botanic Garden near Devon, AB #ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Last Post": taken a year ago, south of Vegreville, AB. i loved the complementary colours and the patterns created by the rain shafts
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Last Post": taken a year ago, south of Vegreville, AB. i loved the complementary colours and the patterns created by the rain shafts
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
for those who don't want to access the Zhitter and give Smith a view...
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
for those who don't want to access the Zhitter and give Smith a view...
"Silent Witnesses". a silhouette of a church graveyard (Holy Trinity Catholic Church near Two Hills, AB... which was destroyed by arson a few years ago)
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Silent Witnesses". a silhouette of a church graveyard (Holy Trinity Catholic Church near Two Hills, AB... which was destroyed by arson a few years ago)
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Portal" taken last year. this is the oft-photographed bonsai tree at Fairy Lake, near Port Renfrew, BC. i sent my drone in and got this different take on it, with the reflected sky making it appear that the log is jutting in from another dimension
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Portal" taken last year. this is the oft-photographed bonsai tree at Fairy Lake, near Port Renfrew, BC. i sent my drone in and got this different take on it, with the reflected sky making it appear that the log is jutting in from another dimension
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
wow... 1.2K likes on my submission yesterday... "The Road Not Taken". i am humbled
today's image was captured several years ago near Pincher Creek. i felt that the 2 lines of wind turbines were reinforced by the low-hanging cloud and fog, and called for B&W
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
today's image was captured several years ago near Pincher Creek. i felt that the 2 lines of wind turbines were reinforced by the low-hanging cloud and fog, and called for B&W
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
wow... 1.2K likes on my submission yesterday... "The Road Not Taken". i am humbled
today's image was captured several years ago near Pincher Creek. i felt that the 2 lines of wind turbines were reinforced by the low-hanging cloud and fog, and called for B&W
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
today's image was captured several years ago near Pincher Creek. i felt that the 2 lines of wind turbines were reinforced by the low-hanging cloud and fog, and called for B&W
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"The Road Not Taken"... a poplar grove (cultivated) near Andrew, AB. i captured this in the fall when most of the leaves had fallen but there were still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light was filtering through them
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"The Road Not Taken"... a poplar grove (cultivated) near Andrew, AB. i captured this in the fall when most of the leaves had fallen but there were still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light was filtering through them
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Early Alberta downtown" a whimsical composite of old, abandoned structures found in the east-central Alberta prairies
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Early Alberta downtown" a whimsical composite of old, abandoned structures found in the east-central Alberta prairies
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Cumulus Rising" was taken this fall in Tuscany. i sent my drone across to a hillside where i was able to position it to capture a line of trees against building cumulus behind it
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"Cumulus Rising" was taken this fall in Tuscany. i sent my drone across to a hillside where i was able to position it to capture a line of trees against building cumulus behind it
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
