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girasoli 🌻🌻
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Colorado #NoKings
A young girl holding a large sign with a black and white cat holding a sign saying: "Cats Against Trump". The sign is framed in gold glitter. The the right of the sign is a tiny white dog looking towards the sign with his mouth slightly open. There are people standing behind the young girl with other signs (mostly not shown in the photo).
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekZforZoology
Headshot of a brown alpaca with a mostly white face. Photo taken during a winter trip to Colorado.
June 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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#WeekYforYellow
A very early edition tiny yellow electric car. It's a two seater with a curved windshield. It says "elettrica" on the rear side of the car with the website "www.elektrocar.it" on the passenger door.
June 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Colorado #NoKings
A large American flag painted on a large white poster board. The stars in the flag are made from multi-colored star stickers. "NO KINGS" is painted in blue above the flag & "SINCE 1776" is painted in blue below the flag. The hands of the person (holding the sign above her head) are visible in the 2 corners of the sign. She was very happy that I liked her sign! NO KINGS!!!!!
June 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXforXs
Close-up of three metal Xs, which are part of one side of the railing of a bridge. There are round metal rivets in the center of each X. The metal looks like it was originally painted white, but is now rusting. Rust also appears on most of the two metal strips, which are above and below the Xs. There are a couple of rusted rivets on each of the metal strips. When looking through the Xs, you can see a blurry shot of the river below the bridge.
June 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWforWacky
A very large stuffed chicken covered in what appears to be some sort of fabric standing in a yard between two olive trees. The feathers of the chicken are mostly faded red with a few yellow feathers as well. There is a large silver fabric megaphone at the end of the chicken's beak. I stopped to take this photo while enjoying a bike ride around Monte Isola, Lake Garda, Italy
June 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVfor5
Five adorable baby ducklings in a cluster, swimming in the water. The water is shallow with pebbles visable.
May 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Devils Garden Trail, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

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#WeekUforUp
Looking up at people standing at the top of some very tall reddish-orange colored sandstone fins. There are other sandstone fins on eash side. This is part of the Devils Garden Trail and is located past the famous Landscape Arch.
May 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Photo of an inverted clock face taken inside the Apponale Tower in Riva del Garda, Lake Garda, Italy 🇮🇹

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#WeekTforTime
View of an inverted clock face. The face is white and the numerals (all visible except the 6) are black. A silhouette of the two clock hands, pointing toward the 4 and 5, is also visible.
May 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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"MACCHERONI" by Stefano Della Porta ~ Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche / International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy

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#WeekSforSilver
Ceramic sculpture depicting a silver fork along with four pieces of yellow rigatoni scooped onto the fork, one more piece of rigatoni above the fork and one bow-tie (farfalle) pasta above the fork and to the right of the fork. I believe this pasta sculpture, titled "MACCHERONI", was part of a special exhibit in the museum. The lighting in this photo is not great. I took it with an older iphone. Below is what was written on the card placed next to this piece in the museum: Stefano Della Porta Roms 1958 MACCHERONI 1996 maiolica Bottega d’Arte Ceramica Gatti, Faenza Dono dell’autore, 1996 Inv. 31675
May 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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#WeekRforRoads
Summer evening drive on a Colorado road, about two hours before sunset. There are mountains on each side of the road with more mountains are up ahead. The orange sky is from smoke from a wildfire.
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Bronze statue of Queen Liliʻuokalani, located in Honolulu between the Hawaii State Capitol and ʻIolani Palace.
The statue, known as "The Spirit of Liliuokalani", was sculpted by Marianna Pineda in 1980.

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#WeekQforQs
A 6-foot bronze statue in the likeness of Queen Liliʻuokalani. A pink plumeria lei is draped over her right wrist. She is standing on a round platfom with her name "Liliʻuokalani" engraved on the base. There are other words not show as well on this base. She is holding items symbolic of her reign and legacy, including a copy of the Hawaiian constitution and the song "Aloha ʻOe". In the background you can see roots from a banyan tree. There is a metal fence in front of the tree roots.
April 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Palazzo dei Diamanti ~ Ferrara, Italy 🇮🇹.

This beautiful palace is named after the more than 8,500 diamond shaped blocks of white & pinkish marble, which cover the outer walls.

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#WeekPforPatterns
A diamond shaped pattern of white & pinkish marble blocks covering the walls of the entrance to a building. There is an archway in the middle with a light hanging from the ceiling. The archway looks into the courtyard. There are also a few other designs on the building - to the left and right of the archway as well as above the archway.
April 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Oodles of pumpkin tortelloni 🇮🇹

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#WeekOforOodles
Lots of little pumpkin tortelloni scattered about on top of a metal screen with wooden sides. There is a sign in the middle saying: TORTELLONI DI ZUCCA € REP.3 al KG. 23.50 2071 There is also another sign on the far right with tiny print listing the ingredients and some numbers (which I believe may be dates).
April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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💙💙💙 Yay!! I'm so proud of Boston 💙💙💙

Here's a few of the protestors from the protest in my town. Many lined the street, so I wasn't able to get a photo of the entire crowd (1000+). People said it was the largest protest they could remember. Lots of cars honking in support too!!
A group of people standing on the grass and on the sidewalk. Some are holding signs.
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNoise
Side view of a black propeller with yellow tips on a plane as the plane is taking off at the airport.
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMulticoloured
Multicolored boats in the harbor with multicolored buildings in the background - photo taken in Camogli, Italy.
March 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Brilliant MLB. Opening day - we get the spinning ball 😡.
MLB website to watch a game... the spinning ball.
March 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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#WeekMforMulticoloured
Boxes of various vegetables. Top row: green beans, tomatoes, red, yellow & green bell peppers. Bottom row: tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and another type of eggplant. The signs for each vegetable are in Italian with chilo prices.
March 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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See the sunlight through the pine
Taste the warm of winter wine
Dream of softly falling snow
Winter skol, Aspenglow

As the winter days unfold
Hearts grow warmer with the cold
Peace of mind is all you know
Winter skol, Aspenglow

Aspenglow ~ John Denver

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#WeekLforLyrics
A winter scene. Snowflakes falling on snow covered tall pine and aspen trees. The angle of this photo is looking up towards the blue sky.
March 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekKforKinetic
Three children strapped in harnesses jumping on what I thing was a trampoline. The trampoline is not shown in the photo. One of the children is upside down. There are lots of poles and wires with trees in the background. I took this photo in Locarno, Switzerland.
March 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJobs
A ferry driver or operator or captain (not sure of the correct name for this job). He is smiling as he poses for a photo. He's wearing a white cap with a black brim, a blue short sleeve shirt with pockets and dark pants. The background is Lake Como in Italy. the view is the lake with a few mountains in the background and a few trees.
March 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Grappa inside hundreds of various shaped glass grappa bottles inside the Poli Museo della Grappa (Poli Grappa Museum) in Bassano del Grappa, Italy 🇮🇹

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#WeekIforInside
Hundreds of glass bottles of various shapes and colors sitting on 10 shelves.
February 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The 2004 Boston Red Sox will forever be heroes to a very grateful Red Sox Nation.

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#WeekHforHeroes

*This is a photo I took of the cover of my Boston Globe 2004 Special Commemorative Book. The book does not give credit to the original photographer.
This is a photo of the cover of The Boston Globe 2004 Special Commemorative Book. At the top of the book in white print, it says: "RED SOX ARE THE CHAMPIONS AFTER 86 YEARS" and then next to it, in larger font it says "Finally". Below the words is a group of Red Sox players celebrating. Towards the middle of the picture, Jason Varitek and Doug Mientkiewicz are hugging. Derek Lowe is to the right of them, attempting to hug them. Dave Roberts to the right, jumping into the group. Behind Dave Roberts is (I think) Trot Nixon. I cannot remember who the player on the far left is. I'm pretty sure he was a relief pitcher. At the bottom of the cover of the book, it says in white fancy print: "The Boston Globe" and next to that in red print: 2004 SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE BOOK"
February 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Golden lights at night in Roma 🇮🇹

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#WeekGForGold
A night scene in Rome with golden lights reflecting on the river. There is a bridge in the center of the photo with a night scene to the right of the river.
February 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM