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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In Ottawa/Gatineau for a week. Nice to see the sun and trees again, after a week and a half in Iqaluit. Not sure why everyone is dressed for winter, though... ;-)

Canadian Museum of History Building (Administrative Side). Gatineau, P. Q.

Pretty Building above the Rideau Canal, Ottawa. Partly cloudy skies. Trees below.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An Inuit qayaq, covered with sealskin, at the Arctic College in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Trying to find more information it, but it is likely a local type (South Baffin Island) built ca. 1940s-1970 or so-- perhaps as a cultural reconstruction by elders at the time (as opposed to an active hunting model).

Sealskin Inuit kayak, with bow to the lower right. Cloth tape laid along deck for measuring.

Cockpit of an Inuit sealskin kayak, showing the ribs and other structure inside and caribou antler re-enforcement strips on the front of the coaming. Some cracks in the covering are behind the cockpit. The coaming has stitching which attaches it to the skin covering.

View from the back of the cockpit of an Inuit sealskin kayak, showing the ribs and other structure inside . The coaming has stitching which attaches it to the skin covering. Straight-backed coamings became more popular when rifles were used for hunting, as the barrel could lay in the back corner without rolling around (Butt of the stock would be next to the hunter's legs).

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Inuit discussing the qayaq-- one built and one under construction. With the turn in the weather, more construction will happen. Thankful I was able to get out on the land and sea while I could. Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Inuit from Kugaaruk, Coral Harbor, and local (Iqaluit) looking at an Iqaluit-built kayak.

The completed upper-frame of a South Baffin Island style qayaq (Kayak). Appears like a ladder, with tapered ends-- more voluminous aft, pointier forward.

Iqaluit Weather, including forecast: 35f. -- feels like 16 with rain. More of the same upcoming, with snow arriving Saturday. . . the day I leave. Wind gusts up to 31mph. Looks like an Oregon Winter to me, but just normal fall weather here.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Returning from the Hunt, Beneath the Harvest Moon. Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Side of a motorboat pushing through Frobisher Bay, an empty shell casing is on the side deck. Gray land on the horizon, stratus above.

Canot du Nord with Inuit hunters aboard motoring along Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit lights in the background. Full moon above, reflecting on the water.

Rafting up with Inuit hunters at the boat ramp, sharing stories of the day's hunt-- illuminated by the green starboard running light. Lights of Iqaluit in the background; hunter has a white cap and cigarette.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

YOW! Ottawa International; birchbark canoe on display.

First Nations made birch bark canoe on a display platform inside Ottawa airport. Background is steel structure and glass walls.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Evening time-lapse with rising shadows, peachening skies, and. . . . a surprise ending. The Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two Photographs of a Mallard Decoy painted with inverted colors (i.e., photo-negative), and the inversions of these, to the right. ("Negative Duck"). #Art #Photography #duck

Duck Decoy on a calm stream with forested background and partly cloudy skies. The duck is a Male Mallard painted with its colors inverted-- Photo-negative.

The same as the first photograph, but with the colors all photo-negative reversed . . . which has corrected the Mallard's colors, as it was painted an inverted scheme.

The same as the second photograph, but with the colors all photo-negative reversed . . . which has corrected the Mallard's colors, as it was painted an inverted scheme.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The E/V Cormorant welcomes its newest crew member: Watch Officer and Look Out (or "Watch Out" for short) Fluffy. She steadfastly stood watch without incident on her first 2 mile voyage.

Non-Denominational Praying Mantis on her way up the Anchor Light Mast.

Praying Mantis on my boat's Anchor Light, praying for a voyage without incident.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I posted this photo yesterday not realizing today’s #BirdOfTheDay would be #mouthful …. Here it is again, in all its gory! Gull vs. Starfish, Clatsop Spit Jetty, Oregon.

A seagull on barnacled rocks above the ocean, legs of a starfish sticking out of its mouth.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Scenes from the South Jetty, Columbia River Bar. Army Corps of Engineers dredge "Essayons" off Cape Disappointment; a Porpoise hunting just inside the jetty; and a view of Saddle Mountain from the Jetty, with Clatsop Spit beach in foreground.

Ship/Dredger "Essayons" on the Columbia Bar, Cape Disappointment and Lighthouse to right.

From top to bottom: Pacific Ocean; Surf-line; Beach; Sand Dunes; Shore Pines; Spruce Forests on low hills; more hills; and in the background: Saddle Mountain.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some South Jetty characters. Clatsop Spit, NW-most Oregon, along the Columbia River Bar. Rock Sandpipers and a Gull with his face stuffed with a starfish. #birds

Rock Sandpiper on a rock with barnacles. Foamy surf and more rocks blurred behind.

Two Rock Sandpipers flying low over foamy surf.

A seagull standing around with a starfish sticking out of its mouth. On barnacled rocks, with ocean below.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Caspian Tern on the Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon. First pic is all tightened up for cruising/hunting; second is unfurled tail in hover-mode; third is the catch! #birds

Caspian Tern hovering briefly after spotting a fish-- tail un furled.

Caspian Tern just having picked up a Pea-Mouth Chub.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Port and Starboard quarters of the Bow, observed along the little John Day River (one of two) in Oregon. #rainbow #Astoria

Little John Day River, full and confined by dikes to the left, running through forest and meadows. Partly cloudy skies with thunderheads in the background and a bright rainbow.

John Day River Road with a bright rainbow above. Forests and meadows around, with a stand of spruce sunlit in the left background.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Lower Columbia River beach finds, Rice Island Edition: A Prayerful mammal effigy, an aluminum canoe, and a decoy. More in Alt Text.

A stuffed animal praying for rescue, abandoned or washed-up on a beach.

A river beach with a sand-filled aluminum canoe; river and mountains in the background.

A duck hunter's decoy, with pink body and orange beak. I'm not sure what species this is supposed to be, but my Merlin App identified it as a Common Murre, which I don't think is a bird you are allowed to shoot. The pink color and size suggests to me that it is a baby Flamingo. None of the hunters I talked to remember this bird, so they were probably extinct around here by ca. 1950.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A recent evening on the Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

Dusk with blue skies, light stratus, reflected on a calm river. The horizon also reflected, with a tree lined shore, low cumulus, floating homes and fishing boats.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A break in the storms, featuring a rainbow; Dusk on the little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon. (Time Lapse).

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Morning Light on the little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

Sunrise with mixed clouds and blue skies, reflected on a calm river. Wooded shorelines on both sides and a dock in lower right.

Floating homes and boat docks in morning light, with river and forested background.

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Kathy Tucker @kdtpdx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My almost 19 year old cat, Tinkerbell.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lower Columbia River Scenery, from a three day boat trip (John Day River [Astoria] to Clifton and back): Anchorage at Red Slough, E/V Cormorant on Grizzly Slough, Clifton Net Shed, Spruce/Cedar Swamp.

Dusk with partly cloudy skies illuminated and reflected in water below; willows form brushy shoreline. Red Slough.

Spruce forest with white cabin cruiser anchored in front. Blue skies and water. Grizzly Slough.

Forested hillside with red net shed on pilings along Clifton Channel.

Narrow channel through an ancient spruce/cedar swamp; a tree has fallen across the river, and is reflected.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sound on for a Coyote! This morning between Blind Slough and Warren Slough, Clatsop County, Oregon.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

More birds from a 49 hour/two-night voyage on the lower Columbia River (John Day River [Astoria] to Clifton and back): Osprey, Gull chasing a Caspian Tern, Egret, and Cormorant. #birds

Osprey on a Cedar snag at the end of the day.

Gull chasing a Caspian Tern, trees in background.

Egret wading in a slough with grassy shoreline behind.

Youngish Cormorant perched on a dead head.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

49 hours/two night voyage on the lower Columbia River (John Day River [Astoria] to Clifton and back): Some birds highlights; mostly 'usual suspects.' Cormorant, White Pelican, Gull, and Heron. #birds

Back-lit Cormorant about to take off from a dead head, sparkling water behind.

Pelican flying low with wings down over a low island; mountainous Washington shore in background.

Seagull flying just above the water with wing tips barely above, head mostly hidden between wings; reflected in water.

Great Blue Heron perched on a snag with grassy shore behind.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Small boat expedition to Cape Horn, one of at least three on the Columbia River. This is the middle and most famous one, on the Washington side in the Columbia Gorge. #boats

Gray Garvey (Sailboat) on the rocky beach beneath towering basalt cliffs. A rowboat approaches behind. Cliffs of the Columbia Gorge form the horizon, and two monoliths can be seen in the background: Phoca Rock (right center), and Beacon Rock (left center). Cloudy day.

Two small sailboats on the rocky beach at Cape Horn, Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge. Oregon shore to the left.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

An enormous juvenile Bald Eagle has been hanging around. It seems to be a clumsy fisher, but very happy to go after successful Ospreys and Terns. Little John Day River, Astoria, OR. #birds

Head-on shot of Juvenile Bald Eagle, staring right into the camera.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Osprey and their prey: Peamouth Chub. On the little John Day River, Astoria, this seems to be the species that Osprey have the most success with, at least this time of year. (This chub found dead in the river). #fish #birds

A Pea-mouth Chub-- a silvery herring-like fish with pinkish-orangish stripe and white belly. Held in my hand for scale.

Osprey with a pea-mouth chub, shortly after catching it in the river.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Canoe Sculpture, Lewiston Idaho. (Full-size Aluminum Canoes). Made by Christopher Fennell. #art #canoes

Aluminum canoes assembled in a wave-form, hills in the background.

Aluminum canoes assembled in a wave-form in front of a mural showing water and fish.

Back of the wave-form sculpture made from Aluminum canoes. Building in background has mural with fish.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Evening on the Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

Darkening clear sky with forested horizon. In the foreground are two floating homes from the 1930s, with windows reflecting a bit of the sunset (left), and others with lights on inside. Dock in the right foreground.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Two U.S. Maritime Commission Ships in Naval service/colors as fleet Auxiliaries: A T-2 tanker (AO-86), and a C-1 cargo ship (AK-158), 1940s WWII dazzle schemes. Both were converted to service vessels in Portland, OR, though built in the SF Bay area. Modeled at 1/192 scale, scratch-built. #shipmodels

Side view of a T-2 Tanker in Dazzle Camouflage, as the fleet oiler AO-86. On the water.

C-1 cargo ship in service colors as AK-158, on the water, with clouds reflected.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Chapter heading and engraving from D. Magner's "Farm and Stock Book," ca. 1890s. From back in the days when horses ate people. #horses

Engraving of a horse biting a man's neck while he lays on the ground. The caption reads "A noted Man-eater Subdued by the Author in Ten Minutes." Chapter title: "The Art of Taming and Controlling Vicious and Unmanageable Horses," with sub heading: "Importance of the Art to the Farmers."

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

West Coast Sharpie Schooner model-- based on Halibut boats used on the Juan de Fuca Straits and adjacent waters in the 1880s and 90s. Modeled at 3/4"-1' (~37" overall). From lines in Howard Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" fig. 46. #modelships #boats #fishing

Gaff-rigged Sharpie Schooner model on the water, reflected in the water.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Osprey in a steep flat-stall descent, feathers a-flutter in the wind vortex. Fish-hooks out as it reaches the water . . . Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon. #birds

Osprey from below, showing the fluffed-up feathers on the wings and leading edges-- it is in a controlled stall descending fast, with its wings retracted inward somewhat.

Osprey just barely touching the river, with its claws out after a steep descent on a fish.

Splashdown-- an Osprey after impacting the water, spray flying.

Osprey flying away with a fish, right after catching it.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A fine day is boiling up! Time-Lapse on the little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon. Quite the entry of wind!

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Another lucky Osprey! Little John Day River, Astoria, OR. #birds

Osprey descending to river with wings up and claws out.

Osprey up to its hips in the river after catching a fish; spray in the air.

Osprey lifting a fish out of the river-- wings down and spray in the air.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A clean pick-up! Osprey gets a fish on the Little John Day River, Astoria. #birds

Osprey, shot from below, as it comes in to catch a fish.

Osprey from behind, with fish just lifted from the river.

Osprey with fish, river bank in background.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What this place really could use is more ship models. #modelships

Model sailboats and Maritime Commission Ships on shelves.

Detail of Maritime Commission/Shipping Board models in service camouflage.

Large model sailboat on a desk, surrounded by other models.

Model sailboat in a window, with other models around. It's a Parret Flatner, since you asked.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

An unsettled atmosphere on the little John Day River, Astoria. (Time-Lapse). Taken yesterday evening, with a rising tide.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

While restoring a model of a Texas Scow Sloop, I found it had become infested with pests. #modelships

Model of a Texas Scow Sloop from Howard Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" modeled at 3/4"=1'. On carpet with the rig down and sails removed.

The aft doghouse removed, exposing a sordid infestation of underworld activity and general vice of a serious nature: Dogs playing poker.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sunset on the Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

Pink clouds reflected on a calm river; forested horizon with fishing boats and float homes, also reflected.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Creatures high and low: Beach walk on Whidbey Island, featuring a Bonaparte's Gull, a Great Blue Heron with a large flounder in its beak, a Pacific Gray Whale, and a Kingfisher (and another of the whale...) #birds

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Some Puget Sound critters: Raven, Harbor Seal, Pigeon Guillemot, and a Great Blue Heron. (Whidbey Island). #birds

Raven with spread wings dropping a clam on the rocks; wooded background.

Great Blue Heron shortly after take-off; sparkling calm water behind.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

An August sunrise of years past— time lapse. Little John Day River, Astoria, Oregon.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

139 years ago an Inuit kayak was sold by Charles Stemshorn of Halifax, N.S. to an unknown buyer who in turn donated it to what is now the Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Kunste der Welt, Hamburg. A replica of the kayak (and paddle) brings its form back to the water.

Replica of a 139 year old Inuit hunting kayak, with replica paddle. Photo of it on the water, shot from above.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Chaos in the model shipyard! (A self portrait).

Model sailboats, rendered in 3/4"=1' from Howard Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft." Masts are up in the foreground craft, but booms are scattered and sails aflutter, hoops a'want. Bespectacled salt in the background is long-suffering builder. A pretty hopeless situation.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Merchant Ship Shapes, 1944. Office of Naval Intelligence (U.S.) 223M. Cover detail and profiles of U.S. Maritime Commission (late 1930s-40s) and U.S. Shipping Board types (~1917-1919). #ships #books

Cover detail of U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence manual 223M "Merchant Ship Shapes." Text at bottom right reading "Division of Naval Intelligence-- Identification and Characteristics Section." Image shows profiles of ships in black and white.

Page 21 of ONI 223M, showing profiles of U.S. Commercial/Merchant ships, specifically Maritime Commission types and Shipping Board types. Images are not pure silhouettes, and are rendered with hatching, which highlights upper decks, inboard structures, etc.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contortionist -birds getting into strange shapes. An Osprey, normally a graceful bird, displaying horrid form-- completely unbecoming of its genus. I rather think it may be five barn-swallows in an overcoat. How this thing even flies beats me. More in ALT

An Osprey after hitting a giant glass wall in the sky. I have reported this to the Audubon Society.

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Harvey Golden @harveygolden.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Portland Mini-Museum Exhibit: Cats in Mortal Peril (again). More in Alt-Text #miniatures #cats #whaling

Cats were never really that cut out to endeavor leviathan, I mean, let's be honest. And yet, here we are. Three ceramic cats, far from their factory in Japan, in both distance and time, mewsing about the great pursuit of the Northern Right Whale, or as an old salt like me would say knowingly: "The Northern Starboard Whale." Well, the harpoon has struck. . . the floor. Oars are shattered, as are porcelain egos. Hold fast kitten, for you are in for a ride!

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