Thomas Cizauskas
tcizauskas.bsky.social
Thomas Cizauskas
@tcizauskas.bsky.social
Photography is art; jazz is life; baseball is fun; beer is good; Russell's teapot exists; science is real; meat is murder; fascism is evil.

https://linktr.ee/Cizauskas
Happy Year of the Fire Horse 丙午!

Well, one day late...but almost two weeks of celebration remain.

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Pictured:
Swimming Fire Horses
— sculpture by Marianne Lerbs

St. Augustine Sculpture Garden:
St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA.

Hi-res (on Flickr): flic.kr/p/2oSSQuX

#photographersofBluesky
Swimming Fire Horses
Swimming Fire Horses (2009) steatite — Marianne Lerbs St. Augustine Sculpture Garden St. Augustine Beach (Lake Anhinga ), Florida, USA. 5 July 2023. *************** ▶ "I grew up in Caracas, Venezuel...
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February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Happy #ShroveTuesday ... or, if you prefer, #MardiGras.
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Happy Presidents' Day?
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A red-shouldered hawk perched in a tree: a wonderful find for a winter Sunday stroll.

Legacy Park: Decatur, Georgia, USA.
11 Jan 2026.

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Pic(k) of Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4at4jwZ

Olympus E-M10 markII
Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
300 mm; 1/800 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6

#photographersofBluesky
February 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
High couture as art.

Exhibition of "Viktor [Horsting] and Rolf [Snoeren]: Fashion Statements."

High Museum
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
7 February 2026.

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Pictured: "Look 35", created from wool, cotton, and viscose [ aka rayon], originally used with blue screen technology in 2002 exhibition.
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Ice storm in the Deep South.

DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
25 January 2026.

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Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4ahTTAp

CAMERA: Olympus E-M10MarkII
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 96 mm; 1/30 sec; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6

#photographersofBluesky
February 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Dried fruit of sweetgum tree 'litter' paved trail at sunset.

Stone Mountain Trail at Avondale Railyard
DeKalb County, GA, USA
21 Jan 2026

Pic(k) of Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/3ZHYIhn

Olympus E-M10ii
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 40 mm; 1/400; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6

#photographersofBluesky
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Couleurs en fin d'année.

Postal Pond in Decatur Legacy Park:
City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
23 Dec. 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4bPfuCo

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CAMERA: Olympus E-M10MarkII
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 140 mm; 1/125 sec; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6

#photographersofBluesky
January 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Yellow catkins hang,
Crimson buds portend,
Winter shrub un-slumber'd.

Male flowers of hazel alder tree (Alnus serrulata)

Arabia Lake: DeKalb County, Georgia,US
8 Feb 2023

Pic(k) of Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/4b5by06

CAMERA: Olympus E-M10ii
—Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6R
—96 mm;1/125 sec;ISO 200;ƒ/8
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Nature as artist;
Tree as canvas.
A winter portrait.

A January pine tree on Stone Mountain.
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
16 Jan. 2017.

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Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3Z5osUx

CAMERA: Olympus Pen E-PL1
— Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
— 30 mm; 1/100 sec; ISO 200; ƒ/5.6
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
He is now authorizing and justifying the MURDER of American citizens. When will the Republicans, the Supreme Court, Congress, and the Cabinet acknowledge that tRump and his cabal are a real and present threat to America and must be removed, arrested, and incarcerated?
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Five years ago today, America was viciously attacked in a shocking act of treason. Today, that criminal remains free and lawless. Rest in horror, American democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Night hawks at the food hub.

City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
23 December 2025 (7:54 pm EST)

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Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/44VScqq

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II
SETTINGS: 20 mm; 1/200 sec; ISO 1600; ƒ/2.0

#photographersofBluesky
January 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A pair of Canada geese displays their opinion of the new year.

Postal Pond in Decatur Legacy Park
City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R.
SETTINGS: 84 mm; 1/125 second; ISO 400; ƒ/5.6
January 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"Fah who for-aze,
Dah who dor-aze,
Welcome Christmas,
Christmas Day!"

Town Green in the City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Lumix G 20/F1.7 II
SETTINGS: 20 mm; 1/50 second; ISO 200; ƒ/2.0
December 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Twilight intimately,
Bare-armed,
The lady in mist.

Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA.
7 December 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4pUw1JM

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 40 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Your aureate majesty. Regal autumnal color. Need I say more?

Freedom Park: Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 19 Nov. 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/4rWhsGW

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
SETTINGS: 45 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 800; ƒ/5.6
— 4 image stitch
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world."
— The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
adopted by the United Nations, 10 December 1948

Full text: bit.ly/3KKwbnB
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
December 7, 1941.
September 11, 2001.
January 6, 2021.

Days of infamy. Never forget.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Autumn morning on Arabia Lake.

Arabia Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
6 November 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/447kTjS

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CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
— 14 mm; 1/400 second; ISO 200; ƒ/5.6
— Panoramic stitch (10 images)
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Catch a beat! Drummer for Atlanta-based "Mandi Strachota & the Major 7s."

Oakhurst Porchfest: Decatur, Georgia, USA, 11 October 2025.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/3KrRppY

CAMERA: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6
SETTINGS: 100 mm; 1/640 second; ISO 400; ƒ/4.5
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"After we had called on God for direction, we came to this resolution: to go presently ashore again...for we could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our BEERE."
—Pilgrim leader William Bradford at Plymouth Rock, 1619

Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Defend democracy. It's time for a general strike!"

On 18 Oct 2025, No Kings protests occurred across US against tRump's fascism. 10,000 rallied in Atlanta, GA.

Pic(k) of the Week (YFGF blog): bit.ly/47YMEgI

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
49 mm; 1/640 sec; ISO 500; ƒ/5.6
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It was 'blowing a hoolie' at sunrise, on 10 October 2025, on the summit of Stone Mountain, in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.

That is, it was cold and windy!

Pic(k) of the Week (on YFGF blog): bit.ly/3Jzmbx2

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.45mm F1.8
SETTINGS: 45mm; 1/50 second; ISO 100; ƒ/1.8
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Honoring Veterans Day
11 November 2025.

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Photo taken at base of summit walk-up trail in Stone Mountain Park: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA, 10 October 2025. Hi-res (on Flickr): flic.kr/p/2rDTfxd

Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
LENS: Olympus M.45mm F1.8
SETTINGS: 45 mm; 1/40 sec; ISO 3200; ƒ/1.8
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM