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Val Weston NM
@valwestonnm.bsky.social
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📸 Digital artist creating funky stuff from my original images
👩‍💼 Helping my fellow micropreneurs navigate the business jungle
📍Silver City, NM
🖼️ Artwork – https://art.valinreallife.com
💻 Biz blog – https://exposure.valinreallife.com
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southwestarttowns.bsky.social
💪We've built a new platform to boost the creative economy in the southwest. It's grass-roots. It's about community. And it's run by real people.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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bookshop.org
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?

We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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southwestarttowns.bsky.social
✨Need a triple win for your Small Business Saturday gift-giving? We've got it for you!

You know what to do 👇
🔗https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/help-build-southwest-art-towns

Thank you! 🙏
#SouthwestArtTowns #WhyIFundWomen #Crowdfunding #SupportSmallBusiness
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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moonchild1117.bsky.social
I am resurrecting this Storm Shelter Daylily for today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #warmth. The glowing center looks like a fire, and since we're expecting a winter storm today & tomorrow, this image hits just right. 🔥🧡💛

#EastCoastKin #Photography
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!

Today's entry brought to you by the #Warmth of the sun in winter (AKA #Apricity)

📸 Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2013)

More thoughts 👇
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November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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desertlilyartistry.bsky.social
OK, hear me out lol💡... Seriously, replacing Cyber Monday with Micro Biz Monday is such a great idea! What do you say, all? Can we do it 👀?? Y'all know the drill: shop, repost with your own info, and SHARE! It's way past time for the little guys to take back our economy ✊!
#shopsmall #supportsmall
A cute wintery photo with the captions "Forget Cyber Monday" and "Microbusiness Monday" along with a blank space where someone can add their shop info. This one is made with an earthy green palette. A cute wintery photo with the captions "Forget Cyber Monday" and "Microbusiness Monday" along with a blank space where someone can add their shop info. This one is made with a lovely purple and mint palette. A cute wintery photo with the captions "Forget Cyber Monday" and "Microbusiness Monday" along with a blank space where someone can add their shop info. This one is made with a nice neutral and dark blue grey palette. A cute wintery photo with the captions "Forget Cyber Monday" and "Microbusiness Monday" along with a blank space where someone can add their shop info. This one is made with a nice neutral and grey palette.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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visitgallup.bsky.social
City of Gallup Arts & Crafts Fair | 400 Marguerite Franco
December 6-7, 2025

Saturday from 9 am-5 pm
Sunday from 11 am- 5 pm

#VisitGallup #artisans #handmade #uniquegifts #holidayshopping #shoplocal #Gallup #NewMexico
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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valinreallife.bsky.social
🤗 I'm giving all my digital babies a virtual hug for National Brand Day.

😏 Our running joke around here that the OG blog is the mother ship of all our other projects so here's me being cheeky with it.

😁 Happy National Brand Day!

#ValinRealLife #ThisWasNotInTheBrochure #NationalBrandDay
Graphic reading "Happy National Brand Day" with a spaceship with multiple logos underneath it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 29, 2025
The theme is #Warmth

Any art, any interpretation
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

More details in the comments

#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #poetry
Photo of a window in a brick building shining warm light out on the pavement with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 29, 2025 The theme is #Warmth Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
It was quite a lively reception at Light Art Space for the Indie show! Props to the #SilverCityArtAssociation for putting on such a wonderful show.

The show runs through Nov 30th.

#ValWestonNM #PhotographicArt #VisitSilverCity
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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wyotitania.bsky.social
Small details on a small dandelion puff.

#BlueskyArtShow #Small
A close up of a partially blown dandelion puff
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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kevin.wertman.org
An itsy bitsy tiny little lizard for the #BlueSkyArtShow today 🦎

#Small #ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #lizards
A small lizard clings to the tops of several small vertical green stems of a bush that have yellow tips. The sun shines from the upper right of the frame.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!

These #small flowers are one of the species I miss from my time living in the southeast. All hail the Mountain Bluet! 😁

📸 Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2014)

On the blog 👇
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November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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valinreallife.bsky.social
📰The November newsletter is out.

🤩And yes, we've officially added another website to the Val in Real Life family.

🤯Our biggest one ever, in fact.

Check it out👇
🔗https://mailchi.mp/valinreallife/2025-november

#ValinRealLife #ThisWasNotInTheBrochure #Newsletter #LaborOfLove
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
PS @southwestarttowns.bsky.social isn't just for artists, it's for art fans too. #JustSayin
southwestarttowns.bsky.social Southwest Art Towns @southwestarttowns.bsky.social · 9d
📣Big announcement coming up next week.

💡Our subscribers get the skinny first so sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know.

Sign up today! 👇
🔗https://southwestarttowns.com/newsletter/

#SouthwestArtTowns #SWArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration
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November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 22, 2025
The theme is #Small

Any art, any interpretation
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

More details in the comments

#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #poetry
Photo of a snowdrop flower with text over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 22, 2025 The theme is #Small Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our theme. Multiple entries welcome
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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thewildimages.bsky.social
For the #BlueSkyArtShow

Theme of #Bright

How could I not go with

Some of the brightest

Auroras of our generation

Occuring just a few days ago

Wisconsin River

Captured Nov. 11, 2025

#Aurora

#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #eastcoastkin #landscapephotography #thewildimages
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow.

Today's reflection is on #Bright light after a storm.

📸 Usury Mountain Regional Park, Arizona (2019)

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Backlit cactus holding rain drops in its spines in black and white
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
valwestonnm.bsky.social
Here's where I admit I've been working on this piece off-and-on for years. But with the SCAA Fearlessly Independent show coming up fast, I had to get 'er done. So here it is—Abandoned Homestead.

#ValWestonNM #PhotographicArt #SilverCityArtist #VisitSilverCity #SilverCityArtAssociation
Selective color photographic artwork of an old truck parked in front of abandoned cabins with grass growing through the grill on a stormy day.
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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churchstreetimages.com
When there's nothing else to photograph, look down.
#photography #shoegazing #reflections #water #trees
A puddle in a parking lot reflecting the trees at the edge of a wood
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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valinreallife.bsky.social
I *finally* hit 40K on the Adventure Beast. But it took a 💩ton of time to get there. Saddle time has not been abundant.

More on the blog.
🔗 valinreallife.com/maintenance-...

#ValinRealLife #ThisWasNotInTheBrochure #R1200GS #MakeLifeARide #WomenWhoRide
Woman kneeling next to a BMW R1200GS motorcycle on a sunny day. A motorcycle on a rural desert road with mountains in the distance on a sunny day.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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southwestarttowns.bsky.social
We just got back from a whirlwind trip to T or C for the Second Saturday Art Hop. What a fun, lively, art-filled event!

Big thanks to #SierraCountyArtsCouncil for taking the time to chat with us.

#SouthwestArtTowns #SWArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #TruthOrConsequences #TorC #ArtHop
Man and woman taking an ussie with an art gallery exhibit in the background.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 15, 2025
The theme is #Bright

Any art, any interpretation
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

More details in the comments

#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #poetry
Photo of clouds and blue sky with words over it reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 15, 2025 The theme is #Bright Any art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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bluemoon3143.bsky.social
The end of a November sunset. (They happen too early this time of year!)
#Evening #BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #sunset
Tall oak trees with bare branches are silhouetted against a dramatic sunset with clouds that are deep pink and blue/gray. The sky is lighter and more orange near the horizon. Pine trees are in the foreground. All is reflected in the still waters of the lake.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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kristinwyatt.bsky.social
A Night At The Inn
#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
#photography
Black and white photo of a dark hotel room with two lamps partially lighting a bed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM