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Mark Donaldson
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Husband, father, grandfather, retired graphic designer, amateur photographer, iphonographer, pursuing fine art in my retirement. Jesus-follower seeking to love my neighbor well…

"I have been seized by the power of a great affection!" (C.S. Lewis)
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One of my favorite contemporary landscape painters:
Mark Boedges - “Wild Basin”
(30 x 40 inches, oil on canvas)

#BlueSkyArtShow
#FavoriteThings
#landscapepainting
#oilpainting
#MarkBoedges
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
#Christmas
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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“Where the forest meets the sea.” PNW Washington coast, Rialto Beach - Olympic National Park
#ForestFriday
#RialtoBeach
#OlympicNationalPark
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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#ColorADay
#YellowThu

Seen at my local Farmer’s Market
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Niagara Falls - 2018

#WaterfallWednesday
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas, 1936 -
by J.C. Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951), Oil

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
#JCLeyendecker #Christmas
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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#TidesOutTuesday
November sunset at Sunset Cliffs - San Diego
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Norman Rockwell - "An Audience of One" - 1938 (oil on canvas, 66 x 52.4 cm) ... I love the look on their faces!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
#NormanRockwell
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 🎄
#Chevy #Chevrolet
#LeipersForkTennessee
#Red #Christmas #pickup
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Ancient crape myrtle tree - Williamsburg, Virginia #thicktrunktuesday #trees
#Williamsburg
#ClassicMono
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Flamingos… and a duck!
- San Diego Zoo

#ColorADay #PinkMon
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Sunday is #Stunday

The crescent moon over the beach at LaJolla, California! Stunning!
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#ColorADay #GreenSat

Prickly pear cactus overlooking the Pacific Ocean
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Stormy yet silver-lined!

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sky
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Yellow Multiplied!

#ColorADay #YellowThu
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This pretty much explains it!

(c) Joe Heller,
The Washington Post
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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My front door! …for #AdoorableThursday
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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We were just there last week! Amazing sunset!
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Watercolor by Adam Papke - "Wdzydze Lake" (Poland) - #watercolor, 38 x 50 cm (workshop demo)
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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It’s #WaterfallWednesday… Lower Yosemite Falls, 2017

#Waterfall #Yosemite
#ClassicMono
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Window at the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855.
San Diego, California

#WindowsOnWednesday
#PointLomaLighthouse
#SanDiego #Window
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Peace mural - downtown Calgary

#TagTuesday #UrbanGaze
#streetart #Calgary #mural #streetphotography
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Warm evening glow on an ancient coastal cypress near Sunset Cliffs, San Diego

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#SunsetCliffs
#SanDiego
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Happy #BlueSkyMonday!
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1855, overlooking both
San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM