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Ken OBrien

@1expat-newf.bsky.social
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Dog lover and avid music listener,Amateur Photographer,Retired. Veteran ,Proud Canadian.World Traveller.Proud hubby and Father to a Son and two Mini Schnauzers.

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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 6h
Don't remember Aunt Hannah.Spending some time with her today on Blue Sky.Only in Pictures. downhomelife.com/submission/a...
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Aunt Hannah Crossing The Pond! (1960)
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 6h
#Autumn #FallColour #ForestFriday The 1st week of October, the forest bordered by marsh shrubbery in its autumnal robes.
In the foreground, shrubs & bushes in reds, golds & ochre, in front of dark green conical evergreens & golden coloured poplars, fronting a light blue sky & fluffy white clouds.
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Rüm Hart @luvundlee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Es war einmal über dem Wattenmeer. 🌊 Once upon a time, above the Wadden Sea. #eastcoastkin #coloraday #yellowthu #eck
Im Vordergrund erstreckt sich eine flache, von Wasser durchzogene Wattlandschaft mit dunklen, schlammigen Flächen und spiegelnden Pfützen. Am Horizont liegt eine klare Trennlinie zwischen Land und Himmel. Die Sonne steht tief und leuchtet durch eine Wolkendecke, wodurch goldene Lichtstrahlen und warme Farbtöne den Himmel und das Wattenmeer erhellen. Die Wolken sind unterschiedlich geformt und verteilen sich über den Himmel, während die Sonnenstrahlen das Wasser reflektieren und eine ruhige Stimmung erzeugen.
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rinpapa1133 @rinpapa.com · 15/10/2026
暗闇で咲く金木犀を貼り付けて、今日はここまで 今日も いいね・リポスト・リプライ・フォロー ありがとうございました😌 Tiny blooms glowing in the darkness. 🧡 Thank you for your continued support 😊 Wishing you a peaceful day wherever you are. 😌 #Osmanthus #AutumnFlowers #MoodyPhotography #NaturePhotography #オールドレンズ #OldLens #VintageLens
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Malcolm @malcolmb52.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Flower photography 🌺 #FlowerPhotography #Photography #WhiteFlowers #Flowers
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SeaLevelOslo @sealeveloslo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Grey heron flying by #BirdOfTheDay #JKLM #Grey #birds #photography #ColorADay #YellowThu
A grey heron in flight on a blue sky.
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Simply Reposts @simplyreposts1791.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This account is all about reposting images I like. For my photos, see @simplyphotos1791.bsky.social Also, occasionally, books at @simplybooks1791.bsky.social The photo shows the North Antrim coastline near Dunluce Castle. #causewaycoast #causewaycoastalroute #northernireland #Ireland
Diffused sunlight shining through breaks in the cloud and reflecting off a calm sea.
A line of cliffs stretches into the distance.
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AnnaLois @annalois36.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Death of a Queen for #PalacesAndGardens to theme of #LastWords See alt text for details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #OsborneHouse #QueenVictoria #IsleofWight #death (Android phone camera)
Don't panic, your eyesight hasn't suddenly deteriorated - the photograph is very slightly out of focus. You can blame the presence that took a dislike to me thus disrupting my ability to take photographs...or perhaps the fire alarm that had just gone off before we were ushered out. Of course it wasn't my inability to hold a phone steady (more likely). 

Photograph of the landing to Queen Victoria's private apartments at her summer residence, Osborne House. It was in these apartments that Queen Victoria died. Not an actual grave, but a palatial final resting place.

There are two beautifully decorated arches in creams, blues and golds, with layers of ornate coving above. A long red carpet lines the floor with a dark balustrade to the right protecting from any falls. Marble busts on tall plinths line the left wall.
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Malcolm @malcolmb52.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Flower photography 🌺 #FlowerPhotography #Photography #RedFlower #Flower
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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
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Javier Franco @javierfranco.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
• The first light of day Outskirts of Vigo, Galicia, Spain #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Landscapephotography #Nature #Naturephotography #Sunrise #Clouds #Mist #Autumn #Galicia #Spain •
The photograph captures a sunrise in a natural landscape, where the golden sunlight begins to illuminate a field covered in vegetation and a thin layer of mist. In the foreground, the vegetation stands out in silhouette. The sky—a vast blue expanse—is dotted with scattered clouds illuminated by golden, pink, and orange hues. Along the horizon, light filters through the trees and envelops the landscape. With this photograph, I sought to capture the contrast between the dark silhouettes in the foreground and the luminosity of the sky, as well as the gradual transition from cool to warm tones.
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#Sunrise #ColourAday #YellowThu Earlier this week, the sun trying to burn through the morning's ground fog.
The sun is a pale yellow ball in a yellow & grey coloured fog . Black silhouettes of poplar leaves on the right in the foreground & mixed poplars & conifers under the sun.
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#Birds Rob Crank @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme is #Grey, birds with Grey in its Plumage. An American Wigeon having a good stretch. The Wigeons are gathering in small groups, feeding like there's no tomorrow. They will soon be gone, migrating for warmer climes.
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#Birds #Corvid #ThursJay A young crow experiencing its very first frosty morning.
A shiny, all black bird perched behind a horizontal branch, in the sunlight.  The bird faces right, into the sun, against a blurred, soft blue grey background. The sunlight gleams on the head & upper breast,
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V @vmc54.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Yesterday's astonishingly vivid sunset. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🪶 Rob has chosen #JKLM as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any bird species starting with these letters Alternative is #Grey, any bird with Grey in its plumage - A Eurasian Jay perched on top of a bush #birdphotography #ECK #birds #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ThursJay
A Eurasian Jay in close up perched at the top of a small bush. The bird is slightly right of centre of the shot, facing left so that its left side is visible. 
It has its head in side profile and It  is glancing at the camera slightly. It has a thick black bill, white throat and crown, which is streaked with black and a prominent black steak from its beak to its shoulder. Its plumage is pinkish, with bright blue and white barring on the wing coverts, turning to black and white behind it. 
Some barely visible, out of focus vegetation in the foreground gives a hazy effect to the birds feet and tail. It is perched on a bare branch, just visible at the bottom of the shot, which has a spur travelling upwards behind the bird to the right. A bush with small, oval green leaves is in the bottom left and the background is a white sky with some out of focus branches visible throughout.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Watching a gorgeous dawn break directly over the neighbour's fence is the ultimate mixed signal: you get 100% of the view with 0% of the property tax. It is a beautiful, free show to Behold!
Watching a gorgeous dawn break directly over the neighbour's fence is the ultimate mixed signal: you get 100% of the view with 0% of the property tax. It is a beautiful, free show to Behold!
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Stan🐰 and Godric🦁 @incognitodef.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Tallest rabbit???
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Jellytim24 @jellytim24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#sunrise #sky #ocean #beach #clouds #sun
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Brainonfire @brainonfire.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
من سحر عيونك ياااااه من رمش جفونك ياااااه
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ª @00pr001.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ليلٌ وسكون، وعناقٌ منّي أبديّ..
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rinpapa1133 @rinpapa.com · 14/10/2026
小さな海のように広がるジニアを貼り付けて、今日はこのへんで 今日も いいね・リポスト・リプライ・フォロー ありがとうございました😌 A little sea of pink dreams. 🌸💗 Thank you for your continued support 😊 Wishing you a peaceful day wherever you are. 😌 #Zinnia #ZinniaProfusion #FlowerPhotography #FloralDreams #オールドレンズ #OldLens #VintageLens
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Laura @jeanlovesmandy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Lots of Daises everywhere.🌷🌺🌹💕
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 13/10/2026
My dog slept over his girlfriends house and this is how they fell asleep
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#ColourADay #RedWed The red berries of a variety of Honeysuckle (Lonicera) growing along a roadway. People dump yard waste, which frequently contains seeds/roots/tubers that survive & thrive, to the detriment of native flora & fauna.
Bright red berries against a blurred yellow background. The berries are somewhat translucent, the seeds in their center are dimly visible.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Retired Under Cover Neighbourhood Watch Team. Man and Dog with a Hobby!
Retired Under Cover Neighbourhood Watch Team.
Man and Dog with a Hobby!
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Chris Monka @chrismonka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The desolate area in Minit is fun to explore! The starting point for the area is at a hotel, and it's filled with a ton of cool scenery, like a graveyard and a haunted house! You can enter and explore the haunted house, and the music for the area is bumping as well! It's an awesome area in the game!
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
North Glenmore Park is a testament to Natures Beauty in Calgary.
North Glenmore Park is a testament to Natures Beauty in Calgary.
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M.T. Nestor🦜 @mt-nestor.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Pudgy Cat @pudgycat.io · 13/10/2026
A food puzzle should add interest, not make dinner frustrating. Research offers a useful reason to keep the first steps easy. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #Pets pudgycat.io/food-puzzles-cats-enric…
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Food Puzzles for Cats: Enrichment Without Turning Dinner Into an Exam
Food puzzles can add variety to a cat's day, but difficulty is not the goal. Start with easy access, preserve choice and watch the individual cat.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Great Idea! We so badly need those in Canada.Imagine being homeless in 40 Below Temps.Not fit for man nor Beast!
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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 13/10/2026
I can so easily picture myself getting into one of those, most likely stoned, on a cold winters night, and waking up the next morning, heart-broken to discover I hadn’t been transported up to the mother-ship. It used to work for Mork, with his “nanoo nanoo,” after all.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Cousin Helen’s First Lobster Catch In Trepassey(1960)
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh hurry, please. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also...
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Rather uncommon find, a TTC bus route immortalized in a mural. This is only the 2nd such mural I've encountered with a bus on it. Seems this memorialization is not just reserved for streetcars. Thought, I would have guessed 72 Pape would get such honours. #mural #graffiti #UrbanGaze #MessyUrbanism
The 72 Pape bus on a mural on the side of Eastview Community Centre.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Walking Slow past the Bird House.The song The House That Built Me by Martina McBride comes to mind.
Walking Slow past the Bird House.The song The House That Built Me by Martina McBride comes to mind.
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Brainonfire @brainonfire.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just Now 💛✨🍁 #BinoViSion #OnFiRephotos #BrainDailyphoto #photos #Eck #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueSkyArt
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Open your door for the God of Love! Au clair de la lune. A documentary nightscape tracking a sailboat aligned with the glowing full moon over Lake Michigan. Pure artistic nocturne composition.#luiscordobapharchive #chicago #lake #clairdelune #moon #landscape #sailing #nightphotography
Horizontal orientation night photograph tracking a white sailboat on the dark blue choppy waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago. A bright, luminous full moon glows in the dark blue night sky directly behind the boat, partially illuminating its tall white mainsail and jib. The sailboat, bearing identification numbers on its sail, carries visible passengers on deck. The vast horizon divides the deep blue water from the wide night sky, capturing a poetic and documentary maritime scene. Optimized for Lake Michigan sailing, Chicago night photography, maritime landscapes, full moon compositions, and nautical nocturnes indexing.
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Thanksgiving from a Newfie in Alberta!
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my🇨🇦 CANADIAN 🇨🇦friends
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Laura @jeanlovesmandy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Someone isn’t following the leader, a free thinker for sure. 😊😊😊
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Ken OBrien @1expat-newf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Lovely! Must of been where the American 70's Car Chrysler Cordoba got its name..
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G Tassi @gtassi11.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Beautiful balcony gardens showcase inner streets of Cordoba Spain #Europe #Cordoba #Spain #CityStreets #Cityscapes #Flowers #Balconys #CurbAppeal #Art #Architecture #Landscapes #LandscapePhotography #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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なっとうさん @nattou3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
親戚から頂き物🥰 とても美味しいです
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wildnwoolywoman.bsky.social @wildnwoolywoman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Harry Collins Photography - Sunwapta falls in Jasper, Canada
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Jsantiago gomez @jesussantiagogomez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BCN
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Thassilo @thassilo.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Guten Morgen☕✨Good morning🌞 Kommt gut in die neue Woche!🌼🦋 Have a good start into the new week!🍀🕊️ #MacroMonday #pinkMon #ColorADay #Schmetterling #SchönesGegenDoofes [common blue butterfly on knapweed] 📷: 2026.10.10.
Ein Hauhechel-Bläuling Schmetterling auf einer rosa Flockenblumenblüte
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy #Stunday. A funnel cloud at sunset in the foothills. June 6. I’ve never seen anything like this in the PNW. 🧡 Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends. Enjoy. ♥️🇨🇦 #Photography #Scape #PNW #PDX #Oregon #Mountains #Forests #ClimateChange #Stunday
Funnel cloud at sunset in the foothills. June 6. Dark mountains, layer of white illuminated clouds, scattered gray-white clouds with movement, a huge orange illuminated spiraling cloud center, losing its twist at the top but remaining bight orange.
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