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Wanderer, ne’re-do-well, US expat. MSc. Plant Ecol.
Humble creative meanderer: writer/musician/photographer/visual artist.
Crazy old 🐈‍⬛ person. Fond of mosses.
All my own stuff except for reposts.
AI-free zone!
Author site: https://www.nordicnoirpress.com/
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Andre Norton was one of my first loves in sci-fi. The Stars Are Ours, followed by Star Born, are both totally immersive space yarns that transported my young brain across the universe. Sad that many of today's youth have more or less given up on reading. The joy I got from books is immeasurable.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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We just published The Way of the Raven, vol. 2 of the Lost Viking Saga. Based on Greenland’s mysterious lost Viking colony, a timeslip thriller of love unbound by time. A tragic but ultimately uplifting saga of troubled souls diving into the dark abyss of past lives.
Amazon: a.co/d/ezfLDYi
#writing
The Way of the Raven book cover featuring a raven sitting in a dream catcher, which is bisected by a Viking broadsword and a Native American arrow. In the background is a landscape featuring Native American teepees.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I love ginkgos! I first met Claudia in the shade of a massive ginkgo in Vienna. We have several growing on the window sill. Here's a before and after for one of them, spring to summer 😊
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The Madonna in the Meadow - Raphael
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This painting taught me that photographs don't do justice to oil paintings. The colors must be experienced 'live' to be fully appreciated. The cobalt blue and scarlet red left me stunned.

#BlueSkyMonday #Blue #Painting #Art #Wien
Raphael’s painting ‘The Madonna in the Meadow’ exhibits stunning shades of cobalt blue and scarlet red in the Madonna’s clothing.
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The original photo.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Untitled

#NightmareNov #Dark #AbstractPhotography #AlteredPhoto #ManipulatedPhotography #DigitalArt #PhotoArt #DarkAesthetic #Mystical #Ethereal #Eerie #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Saturday
Manipulated abstract photograph featuring a dark, gloomy, atmosphere with both muted and bright electric colors.
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Japanese maple in bright autumn colors

‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.’
~ Albert Camus

#EnchantedAutumn #Autumn #Trees #Treesky #RedLeaves #JapaneseMaple #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Thursday #Norway
A photograph of a small Japanese Maple in bright red, orange, and yellow autumn colors.
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Midsummer's night eve
Hvervenbukta, Oslo

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #GoldenHour #Sunset #Scape #TreeScape #Trees #Landscapephotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
Sunset over Oslo Fjord, Midsummer's night eve, photographed through the leaves and branches of the shoreline trees.
October 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Hvervenbukta, Oslo Fjord

#FlyDay #Scape #EastCoastKin #Birds #Sunset #Seascape #Fjord #Photography #NaturePhotography #PhotoArt #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Languor
Pen & Ink on paper
- Sakura Pigma Micron
[2011]

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Ink #Illustration #HandDrawn #Art #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #B&WArt #Stippling #Pointillism #DotWork #October
October 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Entangled
Gjersjøen, Akershus
Norway

#Spooktober #Spiders #Spiderweb #Trees #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #HDR #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitephotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Saturday #Norway
A HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo of multiple spiderwebs spun in a tree backlit by the sun.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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It flies, time irretrievable
Stensrud, Oslo

Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus!
~ Vergil

#WindowsOnWednesday #Windows #Decay #UrbanDecay #Urbex #UrbanExploration #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces #DecayingBeauty #ForgottonPlaces #Bryophytes #Mosses #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
A colorful moss-covered, corroded window frame from a decaying abandoned cabin in the Norwegian woods.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Diesel (aka Blacky)

#Spooktober #BlackCat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatSky #MacroMonday #Photography #MacroPhotography #EastCoastKin
A close up of the face of a handsome black cat with very colorful eyes.
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Frost Beard
Gjersjøen, Akershus

Frost Beard (aka Hair Ice) is a rare form of ice consisting of delicate threads of ice exuding from dead wood under certain weather conditions.

#ClassicMono #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Photography #Monochrome #Nature #Forest #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
A black & white photo of a phenomenon called Frost Beard (aka Hair Ice). Frost Beard is a somewhat rare form of ice consisting of delicate threads exuding from dead wood under certain weather conditions.
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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It was Nagy Hüte, Thaliastraße 36. It’s apparently gone now, but not forgotten. 🥰
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Forgotten
Svartskog, Akershus

And none will hear the postman’s knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
~ W.H. Auden

#UrbanGaze #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Cars #Forgotten #Landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway
A black and white photograph of a sad, abandoned car covered in leaves.
October 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Delphinidae
Colored pencil on paper

#AnimalArtTuesday #Dolphin #Cetaceans #Pencil #ColorPencil #Illustration #Handdrawn #OriginalArt #Art #ColorfulArt #EastCoastKin #Tuesday
September 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Envy Drowning In Tears
Acrylic on prepared paper

‘As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.’
~ Antisthenes Pinto

#ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #Acrylic #Painting #HandPainted #OriginalArt #ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #ArtistsOnBlueSky #Artsky #Tuesday
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Fiddlehead Fern
Prinsdal, Oslo

#BNWMacro #Nature #Plants #Ferns #Photography #Macro #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Art #Saturday
September 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Winter Evening
Hvervenbukta, Oslo

#SleepySep #Clouds #Scape #Trees #Sky #Sunset #Blue #Cyan #LandScapePhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Friday #Norway
September 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Nøkken
Voksenkollen, Oslo

#ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #Photography #Pond #PondScape #Reflections #Trees #Leaves #Landscapephotography #ColorfulArt #EastCoastKin #Tueday #Norway
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Dark, surrealistic collage of an eyeball placed in the middle of a Rorschach style pen & ink/watercolor illustration.
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Four self-portraits, spanning circa fifty years

‘We don't remember days, we remember moments.’
~ Abhay Kumar

#ArtOfSelfPortraiture #Portraiture #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #B&W #ClassicMono #HumansOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunday
September 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Lake/Forest/Acid

Digitally altered photograph
[2025]

#Scape #ForestFriday #Reflections #Water #Forest #AbstractPhotography #AlteredPhoto #DigitalArt #Photoart #Originalart #ContemporaryArt #ColorfullArt ##Vibrant #Art #ArtSky #Surreal #ArtistsOnBluesky #EastCoastKin #Friday
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Danish Oak Postcard

1) A pencil sketch drawn years ago from a vintage Danish photograph postcard. 2) A watercolor version used as a detail in a later watercolor painting.

#Trees #Treelovers #Postcard #Drawing #Pencil #Watercolor #Painting #Illustration #Handpainted #Originalart #Art #Monday
A pencil sketch drawn from a vintage Danish photograph postcard A watercolor version of the pencil sketch used in a later watercolor painting.
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM