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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Mr. Snarky Pantalones @mrsnarkypantalones.bsky.social · 1d

The Jersey Shore is sending reinforcements to Portland. #photography #resist #portland #frog #jerseyshore #midway #gamesofchance

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 9d

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

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 10d

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.

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 11d

“The GOP’s weirdly now defending government cuz it’s become the most profitable grift they’ve ever run.” —Jason Salmon

#GOPgrift

Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 12d

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.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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Healing Nation @healingnation.bsky.social · 13d

The world has turned upside down and inside out when a fascist unelected Nazi like Stephen Miller can get equal or even more headlines than the news of the passing of Jane Goodall, a major international figure who helped improve humanity for the past 5 decades.

Jane rocked in so may ways.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14d

BINGO!

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 15d

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."

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 17d

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.

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🎃💀Dan💀🎃 @dan401w.bsky.social · 18d

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 17d

Let's find the most complicated--but warm and safe from coyotes and weather--part of the roof we can find.
#caturday #catsofbluesky #smartkitty

A cat sleeping under the eave on a small bit of shingles where two roofs overlap.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18d

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19d

BREAKING NEW EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY DEMOCRATS SHOW:

-Meetings with Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel

-Planned visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk in 2014

DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 19d

Moonset and the Milky Way.
#crescentmoon #milkyway #nightphotography #skies #photography #melindabhipple

A crescent moon in a dusky gray sky over a mountain silhouette.

The Milky Way above a valley with streaks of car lights alone a highway and a line of dots from the blinking lights of an airplane just above the ridge.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 22d

Chair Mountain, the farthest, right snow-dusted peak. Getting colder, but not sure the snow will stick just yet.
#chairmountain #elkmountainrange #colorado #sunrise #photography #melindabhipple

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 22d

The passing storm gifted us with a double rainbow AND snow on the peaks tonight. Couldn't get the rainbow in one shot with the camera, so had to do a panorama with my cheap phone.
#rainbow #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple

Mount Sopris with a dusting of snow on its two peaks.

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Good Trouble @lebergerdavid.bsky.social · 22d

The SCOTUS has been letting us down since Bush v. Gore.

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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist @melindabhipple.bsky.social · 22d

Yet another storm. They are certainly happy to have the rain. On the left side of the mountain, the aspen trees are turning yellow. Hope to get up into the higher elevations later this week and get some fall photos.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #colorado #skies #photography #melindabhipple

Photo of Mount Sopris with a light cloudy sky behind and a dark overhanging cloud above.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: Eric Swalwell just told the FCC chairman to hire a lawyer and preserve records because they will be held accountable in 2027 when democrats take the House.

Oh and he’s wearing a Jimmy Kimmel hat.

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