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Dan Zb.

@danzb.bsky.social

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MN❄️🌲, Dad, advocate, overalls, Artsy, Narcoleptic, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ fam., 🇺🇸Veteran, +Human, interstitium, bad linguist, CABG💔, wood puncher, RTFM, nvim, Descendant Intelligence (post-AI) researcher, 🐸friend, curious, thankful. Caveat Lector.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The hair. Where did it go?

Dan ~17 y.o. Thick curly black hair. Arched eyebrows. Mischievous grin. Ghostly complexion blending into a wrinkled white dress shirt “complemented” by a 80’s punk style skinny black tie. Wearing black pants that are probably pleated and rolled at the cuffs, but off camera. Facing right but turning towards the camera. Seated at a brown kitchen table with a green plant in the background. Clipped from the picture are my two best friends from H.S. from whom I didn’t get a chance to ask for permission before posting.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Wild Bergamot closeup.

Closeup of Winter dried Wild Bergamot against a background ground, lake and sky

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Great Blue Heron walking along the shore of Lake Como, St. Paul, MN I have 4 min. video if I can figure out where to post it.

Great Blue Heron walking along lakeshore with rippling water background.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Cartoonish ink drawing of many colorful imaginary undersea creatures.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

After decades of making art for myself, I'm finally getting around to scanning my notebooks in preparation for sharing with others. #MinnesotaArtist, #Art

Abstract Coral-like flowerish spiral in mostly light pastel colors

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The March 14 Veteran's protest for the VA on the St. Paul Capitol steps was a good start. We need more, and we need more concrete actions. Here's what the sign I carried said:

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Courtney the Gray Tree Frog, mid call. He didn't appreciate the flash interrupting his performance.

Gray Tree Frog (Hyla Versicolor) in San Severia, mid-croak, throat sack half inflated.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is Courtney, a male gray tree frog who has decided to spend the Winter with us. There's been chirping for the last week and we couldn't figure out where it was coming from until yesterday when we spotted this fella was hunting next to the window. #frog, #graytreefrog

A male gray tree frog sitting on tan carpet.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

A dear friend gifted the "Tiny Plant" Lego set to me for Christmas. A gift that combines my interests in engineering, art, and my budding interest in plants. Much appreciated. #Lego, #gifts

The "Tiny Plants" Lego set from the Botanical Collection.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The Lemur Leaf frogs at Como Zoo are my favorite frogs ever!

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is a double chuckle on myself.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

So yeah, this makes me chuckle every time. (If you got Allspice, why you need the rest?) #dadjoke, #spices

Foreground: metalic spice jar lid (on small square clear glass jar) with round black sticker white label "Allspice".
Background: several other spice jars with similar design but different spices, sloppily, frustratingly almost alphabetical. All in a rectangular black sheet metal rack with a black mesh bottom.

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Watching myself watch the microwave. I'm 55 and still think this is MutualFundsing (thank you autocorrect for helping me keep it fresh, clean & capitalist) miraculous Groovy happenstance: my search, "watched pot" pulled a new to me band called The Wilful Boys #watchedpot, #moderntechnology

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Does this remind you of anyone? #butterfly, #bluesky, #bluebutterfly, #sculpture, #comoparkandconservatory, #carousel

Sculpture of blue glass butterfly with black metal wings and wing veins mounted on a rust colored metallic plant like stalk with metal leaves about a foot long. The upper background is a blue sky with sparse white clouds. The lower background is part of Cafesjian's Carousel in Como Park, St. Paul, MN

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Dan Zb. @danzb.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Bronze statue of nude woman in the foreground. Flowers, mostly yellow in the mid ground. Glass doors and windows in the background. Long reflective pool down the center.

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