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playinprogress.bsky.social
@playinprogress.bsky.social
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ex HistSci ex care worker nursing chestnuts. compulsive image maker and tulip addict. bisexual burnt out autistic

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fucktheory.bsky.social
I apologize in advance but the more scary it becomes to look for work off the books the more I have to plug my Patreon :/

$2 a month gets you lots of text, $5 gets you texts and audio. It’s a pretty good deal imo!
www.patreon.com/fucktheory
March 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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buildsoil.bsky.social
All design that holds,
all form that persists,
arises from field-conditioned feedback,
not from projection.
May 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
finally the rain came. I hope it stays a bit.

#bloomscrolling #photography #tulips #orange #red #rain
April 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
very early spring tapestries made of wild plum blossoms and overcast skyes

#bloomscrolling #photography
closeup of a twig of wild plum blossoms. They are white, have five petals each, a little pink accent towards the middle and yellow dots at the ends of their stigmas and stamens. The photo was taken on an overcast day, and the white of the petals merges with the white of the sky showing through in the out of focus background a similar view as the last image, but zoomed out a bit more, showing more of the blossoms at once, and increasing the slightly disorienting effect of how the foreground and background merge
April 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
tulip

#bloomscrolling #photography #tulips
a closeup of a deep pink and salmon colored tulip flower seen from above in soft evening sun, its petals casting colorful shadows on each other, the tulip already half closed but still showing a little bit of its dark interior, and overall seen against a shadowy dark green ground
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
the ornamental quince maybe two weeks ago, before the sun came out

#bloomscrolling #photography #pink
a closeup of a part of an ornamental quince bush in early bloom, showing an image cris-crossed by dark grey-brown twigs, a few still small green leaves, and dotted by the very pink blossoms and buds a similar view as before, but this one focusing more on one particular blossom, and how it plays off against the pink dots of other out of focus blossoms in the background a twig with pink blossoms opening in two directions seen in profile, one opening towards the upper left side of the image and two opening towards the lower right, against a pattern made of bare grey-brown shrubbery
April 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
more ornamental quince in the morning sun last week

#bloomscrolling #photography #spring #quince #pink
a closeup of a cluster of pink quince flowers zoomed in so much that they are out of focus, the image being instead focused on the twig they are growing from and the point which they are all radiating from a bunch of glowingly pink quince flowers illuminated from behind, seen against a background of dark grayish twigs in shadow more pink quince flowers emerging from and also merging with a background of even more pink quince flowers deep pink quince flowers partially lit from behind but mostly rather dark and shadowy, seen against a background of brightly lit green leaves and blue sky
April 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
winter tapestries. winter was such a long time ago!

#photography
a misty valley in winter, showing a frosted meadow and some bare shrubbery through the out of focus branches of some more bare shrubbery. an image in various shades of gray branches and twigs of a group of bare trees on a misty, frosty day making abstract dark patterns against a light ground. some green moss on the branches is the only saturated color the frosty crown of a small tree seen against a darker gray background
April 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
dawn, morning sun, evening sun

#bloomscrolling #tulips #pink #photography
closeup of a closed pink tulip in soft blueish dawn light even closer closeup zooming in on the lower part of the tulip flower in golden early morning sun, emphasizing its color shifts between light and dark pink and orange the same tulip flower, now more open, hit by soft evening sun from the right, its petals making interesting shadow shapes on each other, its colors glowing even more intensely than in the previous images
April 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
very early spring tapestries, already turning green as I post this

#photography #bloomscrolling #spring
a view of the space where two blossoming plum trees meet, a sea of white blossoms and black branches on a grey overcast day similar to the previous image, but the green horizon line a bit more clearly to make out behind the trees similar to the previous image, but focusing on only one of the trees again similar to previous images, but focusing on the other of the two trees
April 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
the world: "..."
me: "did you know that tulips are pretty? No? Here let me show you!"

#bloomscrolling #tulip #photography
closeup of a yellow and orange tulip seen from above, focused on the tips of its petals, with its dark insides visible but out of focus, and the ground and foliage below in shadow and out of focus. it is hit by bright low morning sun coming from the right side of the image. its stigma is visible as a dark yellow shape inside
April 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
by the time I am posting this everything is looking very different again already

#bloomscrolling #photography #spring #buds
closeup of budding shoots on a twig of a fruit tree on an overcast day, an image in muted greys, greens and browns and some yellow from the lichen on the twigs closeup of flower buds on a similar twig
April 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
spring eh? ornamental quince

#bloomscrolling #photography #pink #quince
a closeup of two pink ornamental quince blossoms, with sunlight hitting them from the right casting interesting shadows, and a background of blue sky and more dark purple quince blossoms in the shadow a branch of bright pink quince blossoms in full sunlight under a bright blue sky
April 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
the first of the tulips at dawn, in the morning sun, later as the day went on

#bloomscrolling #tulips #photography
closeup of a pink tulip flower in soft blueish light, still closed, in front of blue-green foliage closeup of a pink tulip flower in bright sunlight coming from the left, flower still closed, in front of out-of-focus green foliage and some shadows on a road. The shadows of the tulip petals on each other are a deep pinkish orange. the same tulip now fully open, showing its deep dark orange insides, black markings and stamens, and yellow stigma
April 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
I am really looking forward to when the tulips are going to come in and release me from all this yellow posting. Forsythias also pretty though :3

#bloomscrolling #photography #forsythia
closeup of a twig of forsythias in bright sunlight in front of an out of focus background of more forsythias, twigs, and bits of blue sky beyond closeup of a different twig of forsythias in bright sunlight in front of an out of focus background of more forsythias and a lot of dark shadow areas closeup of a single yellow forsythia in bright sunlight in front of an out of focus background of more forsythias, twigs, and large areas of intensely blue sky. the orange pattern inside the forsythia is clearly visible
March 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
more early morning travel

#photography
a mostly black image showing a barely lit train station, some hints of blue sky in the distance, vague architectural elements hints of cars and streetlights in front of a dark hill rising against a just barely brightening blue grey sky a wide brown office building with three antennas in the early dawn light, against a blue sky, with some orange in the distance on the left as well as reflected in the windows on the right side of the building
March 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
outside also pretty

#bloomscrolling #photography #daffodils
a daffodil seen from the back, hit by morning sun, in front of a green and brown dark background two daffodils seen from the front, hit by morning sun, in front of a green and brown dark background two daffodils, seen from above in bright morning sun and above a background of foliage in various shades of green
March 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
early morning travel

#photography
the first light of dawn over a dark horizon, some dark grey clouds in the sky, a lone orange streetlight glowing in the black zone below the horizon suburban houses in front of a just barely lightening up dawn sky, a street light pole lit orange from above on the left, some dark trees on the right, all overlaid with patterned reflections a modern apartment block and distant hill in very low early morning light, with some orange streetlight seemingly floating in front an orange streetlight rising above the dark outlines of some houses and trees into a brightening blue dawn sky
March 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
how do photographers ever rest when the light keeps changing in the most delicious ways all day long????

#bloomscrolling #photography #daffodils
a daffodil seen in profile, hit by sunlight from the right side, in front of a partially lit out of focus background the same daffodil as in the previous image, very similar setup, only now the sun has moved and the daffodil is more of a dark shape against a mostly bright background
March 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
I swear I don't even like daffodils, they are just hardy as fuck and somehow keep sticking around. And what can I do when the light hits that one *just so*

#bloomscrolling #photography #daffodils
closeup of a yellow daffodil flower lit by morning sun from the right side, in front of a dark background on the right and light background on the left side of the image closeup of a yellow daffodil flower lit by morning sun from the right side, seen front on emphasizing its symmetry, in front of an out of focus black and light blue background a daffodil flower seen in profile hit by morning sun from the right, outside, in front of a dark brown and black out of focus background
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
playinprogress.bsky.social
If you see this QPR with your animal paintings
a gouache sketch on brown paper of a reddish brown chicken seen in profile, with its body towards the right side of the image but its head turned back towards the left a gouache sketch on brown paper of the heads of two reddish brown chickens seen in profile, casting dramatic shadows on the wall behind them a gouache sketch on brown paper of a single reddish brown chicken seen from the front, and casting a dramatic shadow on the wall behind it to the left a gouache painting of a blue soldier crab seen in 3/4 view against a brownish-grey background
March 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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johnsargent.bsky.social
Bound Man (recto); Sketch of Bound Man (verso) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112752/
Friends of American Art Collection
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
playinprogress.bsky.social
the first really cold frosty morning of this winter I discovered these marvelous moss scapes covering the tops of a bunch of fence posts just a stone's throw from my front door
#moss #photography
a closeup of the edge of a broad fence post covered with a slight layer of ice crystals and a puff of bright green moss in the back. the light is overcast and even, grey-ish, the photo taken with a large aperture rendering everything other than the front edge out of focus a closeup of the top of another fence post, seen from a slightly bigger distance than the first, even more covered in green and reddish moss and a breath of ice crystals, as well as some (now iced) spiderwebs spanning dark gaps in the wood a closeup of the top of another fence post, showing the whole of the top, the left half of which shows the rugged structure of the massive wood of the post, the right half covered in green moss, with a dark chasm between them
January 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
Make an economy where being a dirtbag is a viable lifestyle option, and you create a society that, as a side effect, allows people to create cool shit.

An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
You can measure an economy's actual, real life, concrete health by: are people able to do their own weird shit?

Do they have money to survive doing their weird shit? Do they have the free time to do that weird shit?

Fuck the metrics, just look for the dirtbags and artists and musicians and writers
December 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM