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Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · Aug 20
The sound of the sea… | 'Meeresrauschen' #FotoVorschlag #Photography #Mediterranean #Sea
Photo shows waves breaking on the Mediterranean. The sea is whipped up by the wind into dazzling bands of color ranging from light green to teal and peacock blue to dark navy blue. In the distance, the jagged mountainous coast of Turkey looms, dark gray against a pale blue sky. Rhodes, Greece (April 2015)
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Quality | 'Qualität’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#QualityOfLife #filter
Amazing how much better the #water tastes with this gizmo!🚰 Installed it myself, so not perfect (drips a bit & doesn’t catch all contaminants, microplastics, blahblahblah). But, man, the water #quality is a huge improvement!
Close-up of a kitchen sink with a metal water filter attached to the faucet. This one happens to be a Brita filter that can be screwed into the part of the faucet where water comes out. With a flip of a toggle, it can dispense either purified water for drinking or regular tap water for washing the dishes and so forth. Baltimore, MD (December 2025)
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Paths & trails|’Pfade & Wege’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Path #Fall #SaturdayOrange #USArboretum #DC
‘Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.’ - John Muir
A dirt path worn into a grassy slope. At the top are The Columns (once part of the US Capitol). On either side of the path are trees turning golden yellow. The sky above is a cold cloudless blue in the late afternoon sunshine. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2023)
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#festive #artsy #craftsy #creative #PhotoAlbum #Photography
A lot of work, but I love how this #adventcalendar came out! Each door is made from old #ChristmasCards I saved. When you open the door, there’s a photo of a family member opening presents on #Christmas Day ♥️🎄
First page of a family photo album is a handmade advent calendar. Each square or day in December has its own door. In this case, each door is made out of old Christmas cards cut down to form a mini Christmas card showing various wintery Christmas scenes. (Photo album created December 2000. Photographed December 2025.) View of the same photo-album advent-calendar page, but with doors opened to reveal the photo below of someone opening a present or visiting on Christmas Day. (Photo album created December 2000. Photographed December 2025.)
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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So close | 'Nah dran’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#RedWednesday #flowers #plants #onlybeautifulthings #BloomScrolling #cheery
Close enough for this “Christmas cactus” to go ahead and bloom🪴♥️🎄
Close-up of a potted ‘Christmas cactus’ in bloom, its long rosy-red buds unfurling a month early. Baltimore, MD (November 2025)
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#crochet #handmade #craft
Quite a project. Took me a long time to make. But it’s held up well. The design was called Log Cabin, I think. Not perfect but warm & cozy, especially during the pandemic.🧶
A hand-crocheted woolen throw laid out flat on a bed. Squares of rustic red, tan, gray, brown, and ivory yarn are joined together to form a larger pattern, spreading out like a medallion from a white cross at the center surrounded by dark brown toward a white border and dark corners, edged in tan, rust red, and light gray. Made in Princeton, NJ (1991). Photographed in Washington, DC (2022)
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Monday face| 'Montagsgesicht’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#bronze #sculpture #NGA
“Don’t forget to breathe.”💭
A sculpture of a smooth-faced young man shouldering a heavy load. His head is turned sideways, his chest bare, his knees braced as he takes the base of a scrolled column on his upper back, a thin cloth draped over his shoulder to protect his skin from the stone. The expression on his youthful face is one of forbearance. The bronze is called ‘Andiron with Figure of Mars’ by Tiziano Aspetti (1565). National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (July 2022)
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Day 1 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Fun experiment with #Photomontage #Photography #flowers #sculpture #garden #art #DC #UkraineFrameOfMind
Give #peace a chance.🙏🏼
Blow-up of a large wind-blown sunflower, with Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Burghers of Calais’ (1869) placed in the dark-brown center of the flower along with the young Asian woman on her cell phone just below the good citizens of Calais, who, in 1347, offered themselves as hostages to the King of England to end his siege of their city—but she is oblivious to all that, perched on the yellow sunflower petals in her chic black jacket and fitted pants. The sunflower is a tribute to Ukraine, besieged by Russia since 2014; the sculpture commemorates the Hundred Years' War between the English and the French. (Photomontage created: May 27, 2025; Washington, DC)
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Caffeine | 'Koffein’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography

"Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical." - Jonathan Swift
An after-dinner coffee served in an elegant demitasse made by Tiffany with gold and peacock-blue trim around the rims of the fine china saucer and cup, placed on a table almost the same rich dark brown as the Turkish coffee. Bethesda, MD (September 2014)
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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In the city center | 'In der Innenstadt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
Washington, DC 💔
The white dome of the US Capitol looks somber against red-gold foliage and damp gray skies. Washington, DC (October 2023)
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Icy times | 'Eisige Zeiten’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Roses #BloomScrolling #Fall #RosesOnWednesday
#WednesdayPink #gardens
So bold. So beautiful. So doomed.
A pink rosebud coated in ice. My favorite, the Blush rose is hardy enough to withstand cold yet its petals are a delicate pink and its scent almost heavenly. Bethesda , MD (November 2014)
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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'CO2-Emission’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#nature #environment #leaves #fall #circleoflife
My #carbonfootprint is small since I walk everywhere.
Autumn maple leaves arranged in a circle by size and color around a pair of feet clad in black sketchers with chartreuse shoelaces. Bethesda, MD (September 2014)
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs 🪶The look.
A mallard-duck couple float on the gray-green surface of a flat pool of water, where flames burn in the middle of the fountain honoring wounded soldiers. The drab-brown female is sharply eying her emerald-headed mate as he passes by as if on patrol. In the background, a gray-haired man in a black wheelchair is talking to a couple of tourists. At the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, Washington, D.C. (May 2025)
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Bent | 'Abgeknickt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#ancient #trees #flexibility
Bend don’t break, and you too may live to 102 yrs. old🌸
A Yoshino cherry tree planted in 1922 still blossoms every spring, its ancient trunk now bent by age has to be propped up by wooden crutches. Library of Congress, Washington, DC (March 2024)
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Dark Desire on display.🍂♥️
#RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #Roses #Flowers #garden #nature #Photography #RedWed #RosesOnWednesday #DC
Close-up of the red rose Dark Desire still blooming in late fall. In the background is the white-marble facade of the US Botanic Garden building. Washington, DC (November 2024)
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The joker is wild | ''*' (Joker, Freispiel)'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#ginkgo #trees #memorials #honor #VeteransDay
In war, you never know if you’ll come back in one piece—or at all.
Golden yellow ginkgo trees are reflected in a still, flat pool of water. A glass wall runs between the two rows of trees, inset with panels showing enlarged black and white combat photos from the Vietnam War. One in the middle is of three soldiers carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. The memorial celebrates men and women who may be broken in body – but never in spirit. American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. Washington, DC (Nov. 2022)
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🎶”Where everybody knows your name”🍻 #Cheers #WeekTforTelevision #AlphabetChallenge
A glass of beer set down on a black bar mat at the Big Stick. On Half Street, Navy Yard, Nats Park, Washington, DC (Sept. 2015)
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay is #StandingOnThings so here’s a gull perched - on one foot - on a piling.🪶 #Baltimore #Harbor #birds #TeamGull #Photography
A gray and white seagull with black tail feathers and a black bill is standing sideways on one foot on a wood piling streaked white from bird droppings. In the background, two historic ships are tied up to Pier 3: a gray submarine named the USS Torsk and a red Lightship named the Chesapeake. Behind them rise office buildings. Baltimore, MD (August 2025)
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Things beginning with ‘D’ | Dinge die mit "D” beginnen…
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Detritus #leaves #Fall
Deck debris.🍂🤎🍁♥️🍂💛
Red, yellow, and brown leaves lying on a weathered deck where they’ve fallen from a maple tree. Baltimore, MD (October 2025)
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Mirrored | 'Gespiegelt’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#InnerHarbour #Baltimore
Skyscrapers are mirrored in the still surface of Baltimore’s inner harbor. A line of white yachts tied up to a wharf stretches between the mirrored image of buildings. (July 2014)
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Transport|'Fortbewegungsmittel’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Marmaris #harbour #ferries #Adriatic #Sea
Getting around.🇬🇷⛴️🇹🇷
A small white ferry plying the still waters of the Agean Sea. Clifftop rocks and sparse vegetation are in the foreground. The entrance to the harbor is narrow and well concealed by craggy mountains seen across the gray-blue water. Marmaris, Turkey (May 2012)
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Surely this is the kind of pumpkin that deserves to be turned into a coach.🪄✨ #HappyHalloween #DC
A pumpkin decorated with gold-leaf and silver paint like a henna-artist design. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (October 2023)
October 31, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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A long way to go | 'Ein weiter Weg'
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#Canal #GlenEcho #bleak
A long way to go ‘til spring…
A frozen canal stretches ahead. It’s bordered by dark bare trees. A couple of runners are out running along the towpath beside the canal. The day is bleak and grey. Glen Echo, MD (February 2015)
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Tree | ‘Bäume’
#FotoVorschlag #Photography
#HarpersFerry #WV #trees
OK, maybe not the same as the white weirwood trees in Game of Thrones, but still pretty close.
A lone sycamore tree with stark white branches stands out against the small grey-stone bridge in front and the bare stony hillside behind. A sward of green grass leads up from the stream bank on a frigid winter day. Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia (January 2016)
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Things beginning with ‘A’ | Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen...
#FotoVorschlag #Photography #Autumn
Acorns
Acorns amid fallen oak leaves lying by the side of a black tarmac road. Bethesda, MD (August 2014)
October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods” - Byron
#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#Photography #still #trees #fall #USNationalArboretum
A view looking straight up toward the treetops, the sunlit branches and yellow leaves of three tall trees seeming to meet overhead. US National Arboretum, Washington, DC (November 2017)
October 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM