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Pat Lillich

@quietlynow.bsky.social

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sculptor, photographer, enthusiastic but ineffectual gardener.. cameras include Canon, Olympus and OM

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Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 5h

<grin> pelicans are great fun to photograph - sometimes they bend so far back that their whole head disappears under their gullet

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 11h

#bloomscrolling #garden #flowers #eastcoastkin another sprinkler flower #photography

sprinkler water bounces off a red flower in my garden

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 12h

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #birdoftheday is #longneck. i offer for consideration 2 brown pelicans stretching their very long necks.. #birds #pelican #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

a brown pelican doing a head throw - stretching their gullet back over their long neck on Cave Store Rocks in San Diego

a brown pelican doing a head throw - stretching their gullet back over their long neck on Cave Store Rocks in San Diego.

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

love the flowers, love the gorgeous background you captured!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

thank you - dahlias are so wonderful to photograph!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

thanks Alan- egrets can be so beautiful!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

I really liked seeing your work up on your site, I like the way you see things. I looked and CGMA still seems to be offering other options up on its site? (i wanted to take some of their offerings someday)

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

#wings for #birdoftheday @alan678.bsky.social‬ does the bird need to be attached? stretched wing of egret in Florida #wings #birds #photography #eastcoastkin

an egret stretches its elegant white wing in Florida - each feather precisely lined up, graceful...

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

a pink Dahlia for #pinkmon #coloraday #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardens #dahlia #eastcoastkin #dahlia #fortbragg #dailyflowers

closeup of a pink dahlia flower in the Fort Bragg Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 1d

Wizard Island #blueskymonday each time we have been to Crater Lake in the last few years there have been forestfires. This was one of the clearest days but still a little eerie. playing with clarity just seemed to fit. #eastcoastkin #landscape #photography #scape #nature #landscapephotography

looking between two large conifer trees out over Crater Lake in Oregon - Wizard Island floating on the silver surface of the lake. The sun is a starburst caught in the branches of the trees - strange blue clouds outline with smoky brown grey

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 2d

thank you! i look forward to more wonderful photos to see!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 2d

w00t!!! thank you so much - you make my day whenever you post!!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 2d

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #birdoftheday is family paridae that includes chickadees - here one enjoys a ray of sun in my backyard #birds #eastcoastkin #photography #birdphotography #olympus

a small darkbrown and white chickadee perches on a dead grape tendril it is in a ray of sun in my dark backyard.

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 2d

hi, can i join?

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 2d

in california during a drought, bringing out the sprinkler means grabbing your camera too. #stunday #garden #flowers #flowerphotography and a late #glow #blueskyartshow #olympus #bloomscrolling

running the sprinkler in the backyard during a drought - water bouncing off the flowers glowing in the sun. brilliant dried craspedia flowerheads, the water making white lines that shatter off the heads of the flowers

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 3d

#glow #blueskyartshow - from the rose garden #photography #flower #rose #flowerphotography #garden

white rose glowing in the early morning sun -

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 3d

#beakful for ‪@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ #birdoftheday ‪backlit great egret eating a crustacean #birds #photography #birdphotography

hard bright light from behind outlines a great egret standing in the shadows. It is eating a small crustacean while water drips from its beak.

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 4d

thank you for the reply Rob!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 4d

for Rob's #birdoftheday a juvenile king penguin and a gentoo chick just hatching - stepping out #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #penguin #longlens

juvenile king penguins are totally covered with dark brown fluffy feathers and are called oakum boys. this one is in the process of molting his brown feathers, revealing his adult black and white plumage below. on a white sand beach in the Falklands, standing on a mound of sand covered sea weed

through the magic of really long camera lens - a gentoo chick is just starting to hatch, only 1 foot is sticking out, while its parent keeps careful guard

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 7d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 7d

#birdoftheday #floofball i love peeps. #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature

peeps is a generic term for any of the tiny beach birds - here 3 tinies are foraging along the beach running to avoid the waves as they cover the shore.

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 8d

thanks Rob!

Pat Lillich @quietlynow.bsky.social · 8d

i was thinking boy band when i took it!!!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Some folk: "THERE ARE ONLY EVER TWO SEXES OR GENDERS OR PRONOUNS OR WHATEVER I'M UNCLEAR ON ALL THESE TERMS BUT MY POINT IS THERE ARE *TWO* AND YOU CAN ONLY BE ONE OR THE OTHER".

The natural world: "LOL cute, hey new spider, catch".

Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 9d

"The species is named after Inazuma, a character from the Japanese manga ‘One Piece,’ known for the ability to change sex between male and female"

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.