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Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · Apr 2

Amazing! | ‘Verblüffend!’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#nature #proverb #journey #butterflies #flowers #urban #garden

‘Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.’

An orange-and-black-winged American Lady butterfly flits from one pink zinnia to another. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (July 2024)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 11h

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods” - Byron
#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#Photography #still #trees #fall #USNationalArboretum

A view looking straight up toward the treetops, the sunlit branches and yellow leaves of three tall trees seeming to meet overhead. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2017)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings massive turnout here in the nation’s capitol☮️

A sign held up by several people in front of the US Capitol says in big bold red block letters:
GOP PROTECTS
PEDOPHILES

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 2d

Finally read Night in Lisbon, one of those books from my parents’ bookshelves that I kept meaning to read but somehow never did until recently. Loved it. Reminded me of My Dinner with Andre (old movie) but more scenic & dire. Also, that library loan card you found is great!

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 4d

Love how the colors intensifiy in fall.🌹
#RosesOnWednesday
#BloomScrolling #Quietness
#WednesdayPink
#RoseWednesday

Pink rose ‘Quietness’ unfurling its petals in the late autumn sun. US Botanic Garden, Washington, DC (November 2024)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 5d

Kid chaos | 'Kinderchaos’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#sports #clutter #Bethesda
Suburgatory🤣

A jumble of kids sports equipment piled into a green wheelbarrow includes a red lacrosse stick, a couple of hockey sticks, some badminton racquets, a dark-blue batting helmet, and a red toy fire engine on top. The brick sidewalk pavers are swept and the green lawn neatly edged. Bethesda, MD (September 2014)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 6d

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

The Earth does not
belong to us: we
belong to the
Earth.
Chief Seattle
Quote is imposed over sepia-like photograph of rock hills and dark plain at dawn.

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 6d

In a museum | ‘Im Museum'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Museums #art #Rodin #Impressionists #sculpture #garden #Hirshhorn #DC
Balzac by Rodin, 1891-98

Balzac cast in bronze by Rodin. He stands amid trees turning gold and red, in the outdoor sculpture garden, Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington, DC (November 2015)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 8d

loved her in Annie Hall🎬💔

a woman is standing in front of a bulletin board with a sign on it that says ' where can i help you '

Alt: Meme of a young woman dressed in a black tie and vest, white button-down shirt, tan slacks, and black fedora who is standing with her hands on her hips and a playful smile on her face, saying “Oh, well. La-dee-dah” in the charming movie Annie Hall.

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Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 8d

Color: Orange | ‘Farbe: Orange’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#SaturdayOrange #flowers #BloomScrolling #botanicals #dahlias #butterflies #garden #DC #ReclaimingOrange
Pitstop on the way to Mexico🧡

A monarch butterfly spreading its orange and black-veined wings while feeding vertically on a bright orange Mexican sunflower (dahlia). US Botanic Garden, Washington, DC (October 2024)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 9d

thanks, Rob! 🧊

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 9d

yup, like me pulling for the Phillies only because the first 3 hitters in their lineup are former Nats😂

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 9d

congrats on the big win!🏟️

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 9d

Making the invisible visible | 'Das Unsichtbare sichtbar machen’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#OnThinIce #USCapitol 🪶
This my stage, walkin’ on water

A gray and white seagull walking on thin ice. Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC (February 2025)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 11d

Dahlias are such show offs. ♥️🤣🍃
#Autumn #balcony #flowers #containergardening #floral
#Photography #RedWed #BloomScrolling #DC

A crimson dahlia blooming, its bold red petals pointed outward like a pinwheel in the wind. It dwarfs the red impatiens growing below in flower boxes on a black iron balcony railing. Washington, DC (September 2025)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 12d

'4 Elemente - 4 Fotos'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#wood #air #fire #water

Quartet of photos:
- Treetrunk showing concentric age rings. (July 2024)
- Skyscape looking up at billowing white cloud. (Sept. 2015)
- Fireplace with flames gleaming behind glass screen. (Dec. 2014)
- Water spraying from serpent at base of waterfountain. (Aug. 2015)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 13d

Things beginning with ‘H’ | Dinge die mit "H” beginnen...
#FotoVorschlag #Photography #parks
#hammock #springtime #DC

A chartreuse-green hammock strung between two trees is cradling someone reading a tablet. In the background are pink cherry trees in bloom. Underneath him, cherry blossoms carpet the grass. Stanton Park, Washington, DC (March 2020)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks very much, gruffyfarr! The contrast in colors certainly caught my eye, as did the height of the sunflowers just growing along the sidewalk.💛💙

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 14d

A little local color for #SundayYellow 🌻🍂😎💕
#gardens #flowers #floral #bloomscrolling #Baltimore

A tall yellow sunflower reaching up toward second-story windows of a turquoise-blue rowhouse. Baltimore, MD (August 2025)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 15d

trim, calm, & vain😎

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks, Rob, spotted in the wild🤣

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 15d

For today's #BirdOfTheDay I’ve gone with this dabbling duck.
#mallards #drakes #birds #ducks #Photography #EastCoastKin #DC

Glossy green-headed male duck with white neck ring and chestnut breast, tucked away in shallow pond at the US Botanical Garden, Washington, DC (April 2024)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 15d

Happy 100th anniversary of #WorldAnimalDay 🐘 Save animals, save the planet.🌎

An elephant submerged in clear blue water up to its tusks. The camera is half below, half above the water so that you can see the legs of the elephant standing on the white sandy sea floor while its head is above the level water, ears spread, eyes gentle, facing forward as white clouds float by overhead in the deep blue sky. (Photo not my own.)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 17d

Color: blue | ‘Farbe: Blau’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#NationalGalleryOfArt #sculpture #art
Cocky blue rooster💙

A huge blue rooster statue called “Hahn/Cock” by German artist Katarina Fritsch stands high on the roof of the National Gallery of Art, its beak open and lifted to the blue sky as if to awaken the city. Washington, D.C. (August 2022)

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks, David! Glad you liked the image✨🙏🏻

Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 18d

Someone always steps out of line| 'Einer tanzt immer aus der Reihe!
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#dogs #beach #Delaware 🐾

Three wet golden retrievers in a straight line (except the third dog) at the beach are standing alert and ready between a very tan man with white hair and a paler dark-haired woman for their toy frisbees to be thrown into the surf for them to retrieve. Fenwick Island State Park, DE (July 2014)