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Mary Jo Richards

@mjrichards.bsky.social

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Teacher, reader, observer of people and the natural world, wife, cat mom, unapologetic liberal, feminist, queerdo, antiracist, neurodivergent who masquerades as a normie. Obsessed with the analog, particularly film cameras, typewriters & fountain pens.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3h

In case you are wondering what its guts look like, @baroncalamity.bsky.social opened it up to troubleshoot a problem. Turned out the problem was just a fidgety volume knob.

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 3h

Check out my new streaming music device!
#analog
#radio
#vintage

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 9h

Best ghost story from my little hometown of Gonzales, Texas, is of our cursed courthouse clock: fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/t...

The Cursed Courthouse Clock

Here in Knobite Corner, we point with with pride to our courthouse, built very shortly after the Civil War. Among other interesting architectural features, it boasts a small clock tower, with clock…

fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 13h

This is where I get my caffenol recipes: www.caffenol.org

caffenol

...and Film doesn't smell funny anymore | caffenol recipes

www.caffenol.org

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 14h

Perfection!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 14h

Not every moment needs to be memorialized in silver and gelatin. I am happy to imagine this moron.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 14h

Well, caffenol is nothing but instant coffee, vitamin C powder, and washing soda. All non—toxic. You can make fixer from salt. youtu.be/pYoWNXmoGoc?...

Make Your Own Developer & Fixer Using Household Items

YouTube video by brendanbarryphoto

youtu.be

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 14h

Get a photo by any chance?

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 14h

I haven’t gone so far as to make my own fixer yet. Just bought some $11 Arista fixer. It can be reused again and again. Have hardly scratched the surface of the bottle, and I have developed several rolls. I like the idea of making dev chemistry that can safely be put down the drain, though.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 15h

I somehow knew you would! 🩷

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 16h

@rockstarballet.bsky.social

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 16h

I like taking photos of the neighbors’ gardens and all the little “yard art” they stick in them. Today’s theme is #fakewildlife
Let’s make that hashtag a thing!
📷 Minolta Maxxum 7000
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400
#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead

A small sculpture of a baby turtle riding atop an adult turtle

A ceramic turtle peeking through the foliage

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 16h

#thicktrunktuesday contribution
📷 Minolta Maxxum 7000
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400
#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#trees
#filmisnotdead

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 16h

Same! If you aren’t learning and growing, you’re dying.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 16h

That’s engaging in photography the hard way!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 22h

@rockstarballet.bsky.social

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 22h

I have had really good luck with caffenol.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 22h

That’s gorgeous

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. Same. It’s not what I do as much as it is who I am. But it’s a tough job that is getting tougher all the time.

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much for the reposts!

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so I remind myself that I live on land stolen from the Susquehannock and Piscataway people.
#shame
#genocide
#landback

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

#WeekPforPink

Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Disclaimer: Not an actual flamingo.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink
📷 Minolta Maxxum 7000
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead

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Mary Jo Richards @mjrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Historical reenactors at Jerusalem Mill Village in Gunpowder Falls State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland.
📷 Canon Sure Shot Supreme
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax 400
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead

A weaver and a cabinet joiner dressed in Colonial period clothing.

A man dressed in the garb of a Colonial period long hunter.

Man dressed in Colonial era clothing tending a fire and roasting corn.

Woman in Colonial-era clothing preparing corn in a kitchen full of antiques

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