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cfun.bsky.social
@cfun.bsky.social
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Inveterate traveler, voracious reader, museum lover, amateur historian
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Christmas lights at the arboretum!
Various shades of blue and a streak of violet illuminate the trees and the illumination is also reflected in the lake.
December 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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#WeekWforWindow

Amtrak train is reflected in windows of station at Glenwood Springs, Colorado
The train to the right can be seen in the reflection from the windows of the train station to the left. Glenwood Springs is displayed above the station. There are people standing outside and a mountain in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Room in Museum Dar el-Annabi

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
A room with extensive mosaic designs on the walls - there is an area blocked off with a short wooden frame that contains prayer rugs Each wall has a window with a blue wooden frame.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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#WeekVforVowel

A two-fer

Ireland! Ocean!
Iconic Cliffs of Mohr and the Atlantic Ocean
Cliffs covered in grass jut into the ocean against a light blue sky with hazy clouds
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Arc de Triomphe
A large monumental arc sits on an intersection of many streets surrounded by a traffic roundabout. The arc is ornately carved and has many tourists around it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#WeekUforUnloved

The sign says it all.
Lots of people are standing in front of a church facing a street. Many hold protest signs. A sign in the forefront says: No Trump No Ice
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Adding a few I haven’t seen mentioned
Remember Us American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter Picture of soldier sitting on tank holding a young girl with young boy standing on tank Code Name Madeleine A Sufi Spy in Nazi- Occupied Paris by Arthur J. Magda Picture of Noor Inayat Khan on cover
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#WeekTforTelevision

As Time Goes By

Pocket watches on display at the Danish Designmuseum, Copenhagen
A display of uniquely designed pocket watches, some simple, some ornate in a case at a museum
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Jefferson Wiggins was one of those soldiers, as highlighted in this book
Book title:Remember Us by Robert M Edsel with Bret Witter American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II There is a photo of a soldier sitting on a tank holding a young girl, while a young boy stands on the tank next to him.
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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#WeekSforShadow

Sahara, Morocco
Three shadows of three people riding camels against a background of sand
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Napping cats on Goree Island prefer shade.
Posing cat wants me to hurry up and take the pic so he can nap in the shade
Two cats sleep in the shade and one cat sits in the sun in front of a yellow building with a teal door.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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#WeekRforRock

Memorial for the opening of the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town displayed in the courtyard by the entrance to the museum
A large rock sitting in a courtyard withe the following inscription: South African Jewish Museum Kikar Kaplan Kushlick Opened by Nelson Mandela 13.12.2000 16 Kislev 5761
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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#WeekRforRock

Just a few rocks at a place called Machu Picchu
The remains of buildings made of rocks on a mountain with a huge cliff and mountains in the background Through the middle is a grass pathway A few tourists can be seen standing
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#WeekQforQuiet

Purple Adobe Lavender Farm, Abiquiu, New Mexico

You can sit in a lavender Adirondack chair under the shelter and listen to the quiet
A field of lavender plants with trees in the background To the right is an open-air shelter
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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#WeekPforPink

Printed textiles of many colors, including pink, displayed in front of the Design Museum Denmark
Textiles of various colors - white, black, blue, pink, green, orange - are folded and stacked in a tall glass case.
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Lots of honks and even signs from the passersby

#NoKings
A passenger in a Jeep is holding a sign through the sun roof. The sign says: No Ice No King. Another passenger is waving 2 American flags.
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#WeekPforPink

Copenhagen cruise tour guide

Pink hat, pink sunglasses, pink flute!
A tour guide standing at the front of the boat with the tourists sitting in the front seats The guide is wearing black pants, white fluffy jacket with a pink cowboy hat, pink sunglasses. He is playing a pink flute. The boat is going under a bridge.
October 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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During Videla’s reign in Argentina, the military kidnapped and killed members of the opposition, including pregnant women. Grandmothers organize as Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and spend years locating many of the kidnapped children.

An emotional and inspirational read!
Book cover with title: A Flower Traveled In My Blood - The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children Haley Cohen Gilliland In the background many women stand in front of a statue on a plaza holding protest posters
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Street scene in Cartagena, Colombia
A view of a street with several buildings, some white, several yellow, one light blue, and one pink and teal There are several cars on the street and a man standing on the sidewalk with a hand cart.
October 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#WeekOforOpulent

Just the summer residence of the the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna

Schonbrunn Palace
A palace of four stories of beige stone with a flower garden to the left and a lot to the right There are a few tourists in front of the palace.
October 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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#WeekNforNight

A view of the lights of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, a few miles from my lodge
A view of trees with lights from a city as dusk falls The sky is various shades of pink.
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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#WeekMforMemories

I collected matchbooks and boxes when every hotel, bar, and restaurant had them (even though I did not smoke).
Sometimes I dump them out on a table and relive the memories as I put them back in the display case.
A plethora of matchbooks in a display case - they show different businesses’ names and logos
September 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#WeekLforLines

View of from the terrace of a vineyard in Napa Valley
Rows of plants with grass between each row except for a grassless trail down the middle The plant rows extend to the back to a copse under a light blue sky with intermittent clouds.
September 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The Munch Museum sits next to the Opera House in Oslo.
A building crane is viewed between the Munch Museum and part of the Oslo Opera House with part of a fjord in the foreground.
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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#WeekKforKaraoke

🎶 Wasting away again in Margaritavilla, searching for my lost shaker of salt”🎶

Jimmy Buffet

Lovingly made from scratch at a Mexican restaurant in Stockholm
A margarita with salt around the rim and a slice of lime resting on a table made from a tree trunk There is a blue ceramic candle holder also on the table.
September 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM