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@cfun.bsky.social
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Inveterate traveler, voracious reader, museum lover, amateur historian

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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon The Neon Museum in Las Vegas where old neon signs go to enjoy their second life as a tourist attraction
People stand in front of a neon sign in pink script of Moulin Rouge as a partially hidden red and yellow guitar stands behind the sign. One can discern the words Hard Rock in yellow lights on the guitar.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachine Waiting for the machine that will let me see Victoria Falls from the air
A white helicopter sits on a helipad as a man with a yellow safety best approaches it.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Bookstalls along the Seine
Artwork hangs inside several bookstalls along a sidewalk. Books can be seen inside the stalls as well. Displayed artwork takes up a lot of the sidewalk.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Little Library in Villeneuve-les-Avignon
A little library sits in front of a metal fence with trees and mulch behind the fence. Many books can be seen behind the plexiglass door. The library has a blue roof and it says “Lire” above the door.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Dog looking inside the store looking for his parent who is shopping Paris, France
A black dog with a leash attached to the wall is looking inside a storefront with a clear door. The door has a red logo and Bienvenue above the logo. One can see food products displayed for sale through the door.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKnot Knots on the Johanna and Falstaff on the beautiful Seine
Many boats, most being houseboats, align each side of the Seine River with a bridge in the background. A cloudy sky with blue peeking through enhances the scene on the Seine.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular Seen today at a bookstall along the Seine
A poster is one of many posters displayed in a bookstall. It has the face of a cat with wide open eyes and the headline says, “Are You Pooping?”
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I ❤️ libraries! This one is in a park in Avignon, France
A red telephone booth with no door has shelves of books with a sign telling you it is a lending library
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteger Hiking part of the Palmetto Trail in SC
A sign posted on a tree that says: Palmetto Trail Awendaw Connector Mile 1 from Buck Hall Campground
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteger Do you know the way to……Ballinrobe, Headford, etc. from Cong, Ireland?
Road signs point the way to way and show the distance in kilometers to various towns and to a local B & B
Behind is a stone wall and trees in the background.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeart Lac Rose, Senegal
A display of a carved out heart with “No Stress” and “Lac Rose” and red barrels with “No Stress” written on them along with Senegalese flags sticking from stacked tires painted green, yellow, and red can be seen in front of the lake.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Using my new mug today for no particular reason
A red mug with white maple leaves imprinted on it and a small white ring around the bottom
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand Grand-Place, Brussels
A city square full of tourists with magnificent buildings, most with 3-5 stories, and most capped with tall spires
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm Out of Africa -1985 Karen Blixen’s home in Nairobi
The front of a house of stone with brown tiles on the roof and a garden of green plants in front of the entrance
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral The waves keep coming and eventually disappearing off the coast of The Gambia
A layer of waves descend on the shore with the earliest wave ready to recede. A cliff topped with grass and trees is in the background.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
James Cameron founded the America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee Worth a visit
America’s Black Holocaust Museum entrance with glass doors to enter and glass windows below the name of the museum
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEphemeral I don’t remember exactly how long the flight from Quidi Vidi Brewery, NL, lasted, but not long
Four beers of various hues in small flight glasses sitting in slots of a flight board
Another flight sits behind it.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDark Dark clouds above spire of Our Saviour’s Church, Copenhagen
A dark cloud is above a church spire with an outside staircase with gold trimming.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves Shakespearean Gardens, Stratford, ON
A gazebo sits at the end of a stone path surrounded by red flowers and greenery with trees in the background.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves Display of chairs at the Design Museum in Copenhagen
Nine chairs are displayed in cases at a museum, each with a unique design.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge WeekBforBehind Bucket List # 47 - Hiking in Machu Picchu behind a llama ✔️
The rear end of a llama stepping up uneven steps with walls of rocks on either side
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBehind View of a church from the back Church is on Goree Island, Senegal
A small church sanctuary with tall candles and a chandelier hanging in the altar with wooden pews on each side
Several wooden figurines are sitting on pedestals attached to the front walls.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Book recommendation: Forgotten Souls The Search For The Lost Tuskegee Airmen by @cherylwt.bsky.social Inspired by her father, a Tuskegee Airman, she shares stories of the 27 pilots who were lost in combat, the impact on their families, and why only 2 bodies were recovered.
Cover of the book Forgotten Souls The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen by Cheryl W. Thompson with an illustration of a pilot in full gear looking up at the sky with planes in the background
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbandoned Cruger-dePeyster Sugar Mill abandoned in 1835 after Seminoles and slaves burned the facility
An old tan stone building with three large black cauldrons in front of a walkway and large trees in the background
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I did see an interesting piece of art when I was there last summer
A Magritte of a pipe with an interesting stem
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Saw Something Rotten! at the Stratford Festival in Ontario yesterday Hilarious! 🤣
Playbill for Something Rotten! with a photo of the actors dressed as their characters
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZany Goats in a tree #I♥️Morocco
Goats - most white, but several have black markings are sitting in the branches of an argan tree.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYonder Machu Picchu is down yonder
A large mountain peak looms behind an unearthed ancient city of various stone structures. A few tourists can be seen.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXyloid Bois Jacques, Belgium
A foxhole can be seen on the bare ground among many tall straight trees.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Book recommendation: Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth The journey and aftermath when two brothers seek revenge for a family being slaughtered in Australia 1885
Cover of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth - illustration is a fire with trees showing in the foreground and a field in the background
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
America’s Black Holocaust Museum founded by Dr. James Cameron, who survived an attempted lynching in Marion, IN Worth a visit if you are in Milwaukee
The front of the museum is all windows and a glass door for the entrance. America’s Black Holocaust Museum is written above the windows and buildings and a stoplight across the street are reflected in the glass.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXyloid Wooden crates stacked at the Kilbeggan Distillery, Kilbeggan, Ireland
Wooden crates of various sizes and hues stacked in 8 rows
Stamped on each crate: John Locke and Co. LTD Established 1757 Kilbeggan Whiskey Distilled and bottled by John Locke and Co. LTD Kilbeggan, Ireland
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWater
Pink tulips have been planted by a small pond. A single walker is seen on the pathway along the pond. Trees and grass abound in the park.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWater
Two long boats are viewed on the Seine with trees and tall tan buildings in the background
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Recommend this book about the race to be the first flight around the world: Into Unknown Skies by David K. Randall
Cover: Into Unknown Skies - An Unlikely Team, A Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World by David K. Randall
The illustration is a lone plane against a section of a globe
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWater
A blue boat linked to land with a long rope drifts in the ocean off the shore of Dakar. Another boat is seen in the distance as well as an island and a ship. Trees on the shore frame the view.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUniform Uniform windows, terraces, unlit Christmas arches and stars above the street on a street in Lisbon
Many people ate walking down the street between two large beige buildings. Vendors have products for sale on blankets on the sidewalk. Christmas arches and stars above the street are awaiting dusk so they are lit.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUniform Uniform arches of the Colosseum
A large tan circular structure known as the Colosseum has identical structured arches in layers.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUniform Uniform rows of crosses at the North Africa American Cemetery, Carthage, Tunisia
White crosses are aligned in rows on a lawn. A small building, many trees, and a flag pole with a US flag are in the background.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime Time x 18
Pocket watches in a display case, each watch uniquely and ornately designed
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSong Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell, 1970
A yellow taxi is one of many cars circling around a turnabout with several low white buildings that have blue doors window frames.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs Time after Time, Cyndi Lauper, 1984
A large clock offers a view outside in a large dining room at the Musee d’Orsay. Bell-shaped objects hang from a steel bars.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs Margaritaville - the late great Jimmy Buffett - 1977
A margarita with a lightly salted rim and a slice of lime sits on a table made from a tree trunk. There is also a blue mug on the table.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections Christmas lights at the local arboretum reflect in the lake
Blue Christmas lighting of trees reflect in the lake.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections Reflections of buildings across the Chicago River
Tall buildings from across the river are reflected in a glass building
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueens Victoria Falls, also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, was named after Queen Victoria.
A huge swath of water is rushing down an embankment.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple Lavender field in Abiquiu, New Mexico
A field of lavender plants with an open-air shelter to the right and trees in the background and a blue sky with scattered clouds
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Highly recommend Hell Put to Shame by Earl Swift You probably did not learn about the post Civil War peonage system in high school history. This narrative of mass murder in 1921 in Georgia and the trial that followed reports on that horrific part of our history.
The cover of a book: Hell Put to Shame The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery by NYT Best-Selling Author of Chesapeake Requiem
The illustration is of a sky of dark storm clouds above a cotton field.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple Shades of purple highlight the sky at dusk above Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
In the far distance many white lights are seen as the sky shows various shades of purple. Several trees can be seen in the view.
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cfun.bsky.social @cfun.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple Roundabout at the entrance to Banjul, The Gambia
Several cars are seen on the street at the roundabout at the entrance to Banjul. I ❤️ BANJUL is at the front of the roundabout in large purple capital letters. The roundabout has a fountain in the center surrounded by shrubs and flowers.
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