Sparky Parks
@sparkyparks.bsky.social
dreamin’ 🌙✨🌌
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream. 🛶
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream. 🛶
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Northern lights, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Photo courtesy of Daniel Dendler
Photo courtesy of Daniel Dendler
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Northern lights, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Photo courtesy of Daniel Dendler
Photo courtesy of Daniel Dendler
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Throne back with a sovereign, a courtier (possibly a woman), and a deity in the center.
Culture: Maya
Region: Piedras Negras, Usumacinta River
Period: Late Classic
Year: 600-909 CE
Technique: Limestone, sculpted in the round
Dimensions: 112 x 169 x 23 cm
Provenance unknown
Culture: Maya
Region: Piedras Negras, Usumacinta River
Period: Late Classic
Year: 600-909 CE
Technique: Limestone, sculpted in the round
Dimensions: 112 x 169 x 23 cm
Provenance unknown
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Throne back with a sovereign, a courtier (possibly a woman), and a deity in the center.
Culture: Maya
Region: Piedras Negras, Usumacinta River
Period: Late Classic
Year: 600-909 CE
Technique: Limestone, sculpted in the round
Dimensions: 112 x 169 x 23 cm
Provenance unknown
Culture: Maya
Region: Piedras Negras, Usumacinta River
Period: Late Classic
Year: 600-909 CE
Technique: Limestone, sculpted in the round
Dimensions: 112 x 169 x 23 cm
Provenance unknown
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A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph
A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph
Just look at this photo. Just look at this young girl’s smile. We know her name: O-o-be', according to the Smithsonian. And we know that she was a member of the Kiowa tribe in the Oklahoma Territory. ...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph
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Saying nite nite with my sorta winky eye. Cold here so hoomom gets to snuggle with all us cattos tonight. Extra blankies for everyone . Hope you can sleep peacefully. Family sends hugs 💤💙💤
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Saying nite nite with my sorta winky eye. Cold here so hoomom gets to snuggle with all us cattos tonight. Extra blankies for everyone . Hope you can sleep peacefully. Family sends hugs 💤💙💤
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Yesterday's progress. Join me again right now 🔴LIVE to try to finish this.
twitch.tv/hby_stuff
twitch.tv/hby_stuff
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yesterday's progress. Join me again right now 🔴LIVE to try to finish this.
twitch.tv/hby_stuff
twitch.tv/hby_stuff
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little brothers having fun (commission)
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
little brothers having fun (commission)
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#americanrobin #bird #drawing #art
A Robin is a sign from Heaven are often used as messengers sent by the divine and the angels to remind you that you are not alone. In essence, the robin, sign of an angel, reminds us to have faith and trust in our future.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/ame...
A Robin is a sign from Heaven are often used as messengers sent by the divine and the angels to remind you that you are not alone. In essence, the robin, sign of an angel, reminds us to have faith and trust in our future.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/ame...
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#americanrobin #bird #drawing #art
A Robin is a sign from Heaven are often used as messengers sent by the divine and the angels to remind you that you are not alone. In essence, the robin, sign of an angel, reminds us to have faith and trust in our future.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/ame...
A Robin is a sign from Heaven are often used as messengers sent by the divine and the angels to remind you that you are not alone. In essence, the robin, sign of an angel, reminds us to have faith and trust in our future.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/ame...
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#AdventAngels in Salisbury Cathedral.
@portaspeciosa.bsky.social I know that I very much liked the arcading and the angels above, but I cannot work out what this space was used for, or what it is properly called?
Likely you told me at the time, and I have forgotten, but can you help please?
@portaspeciosa.bsky.social I know that I very much liked the arcading and the angels above, but I cannot work out what this space was used for, or what it is properly called?
Likely you told me at the time, and I have forgotten, but can you help please?
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#AdventAngels in Salisbury Cathedral.
@portaspeciosa.bsky.social I know that I very much liked the arcading and the angels above, but I cannot work out what this space was used for, or what it is properly called?
Likely you told me at the time, and I have forgotten, but can you help please?
@portaspeciosa.bsky.social I know that I very much liked the arcading and the angels above, but I cannot work out what this space was used for, or what it is properly called?
Likely you told me at the time, and I have forgotten, but can you help please?
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November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel
ALFRED JEWEL
The Alfred Jewel is a masterpiece of goldsmith's work formed around a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal. Its inscription: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’ – connects the jewe...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Flagpoles, 133 Peachtree Rd., Georgia Pacific Center, Downtown Atlanta, 2019, processed 2025
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography #downtownatlanta
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography #downtownatlanta
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Flagpoles, 133 Peachtree Rd., Georgia Pacific Center, Downtown Atlanta, 2019, processed 2025
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography #downtownatlanta
#blackandwhitephotography #atlantaphotography #downtownatlanta
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November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Children’s scarf progress so far. I’m starting to get a good grasp on the icord edge now
#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits
#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Children’s scarf progress so far. I’m starting to get a good grasp on the icord edge now
#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits
#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits
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“During Standard Time, the sun is overhead around noon in most places, which matches our biological sleep–wake cycle. Reducing morning light and increasing it during evening, as during DST, has been shown to cause sleep deprivation.”
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“During Standard Time, the sun is overhead around noon in most places, which matches our biological sleep–wake cycle. Reducing morning light and increasing it during evening, as during DST, has been shown to cause sleep deprivation.”
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Art Nouveau house from 1902 with spectacular balconies in Tblisi, Georgia. Designed by Simon
Kldiashvili (1865-1920).
Photo: Marco Demerling
Kldiashvili (1865-1920).
Photo: Marco Demerling
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Art Nouveau house from 1902 with spectacular balconies in Tblisi, Georgia. Designed by Simon
Kldiashvili (1865-1920).
Photo: Marco Demerling
Kldiashvili (1865-1920).
Photo: Marco Demerling
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Suzie MacKenzie, printmaker working primarily in collagraph, her work describes the landscape of the north-eastern Highlands of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers #Winter
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Suzie MacKenzie, printmaker working primarily in collagraph, her work describes the landscape of the north-eastern Highlands of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers #Winter
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November 2024 vs November 2025
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
November 2024 vs November 2025
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My handsome boy Squeaky
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My handsome boy Squeaky
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November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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