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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As XKCD has said. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclip...

Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Is the third photo the inspiration for Stevie Nicks’ song “Silver Springs?” Maybe! From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_...

From the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Springs_(song):

I wrote "Silver Springs" about Lindsey. And we were in Maryland somewhere driving under a freeway sign that said Silver Springs [sic]. And I loved the name… Silver Springs sounded like a pretty fabulous place to me. And 'You could be my silver springs' – that's just a whole symbolic thing of what you could have been to me.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

At the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, USA.

Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom of Speech. A man in a brown work jacket is standing and speaking at a town meeting. He surrounded by other townspeople who are seated and looking at him.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Update: the tree has leaves now.

A large, almost triangular tree full of leaves. It’s planted on a lawn and a few other trees are near it. The lawn and trees are bright green. A blue sky with a few clouds in it.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Spotted several small lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in the Bass River on Cape Cod. This is about 3 miles (5km) from the mouth of the river on the south side of the cape. It must be fairly salty for these to be here.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Photos of the #eclipse from my DSLR. These were take behind a beach on the northeast coast of the US. It's nearly dawn and when the moon was fully eclipsed I couldn't see it all. No blood moon. Went to the before the moon set but it was not possible to see it at all. Also it was 15F/-10C at 6:00am.

The nearly eclipsed moon. It's near dawn so the eclipsed part is mostly not visible with only the bit near the illuminated part slightly reddish.

The nearly eclipsed moon over a scrubland behind a beach. It's nearly dawn and the moon is almost completely invisible.

The nearly eclipsed moon over a coastal scrubland in winter. You can see a small in the foreground and bits of snow. It's near dawn and the sky is a light blue.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Phone photo of the #eclipse. Taken from a beach parking lot. This is at 5:40am EST about 24 minutes before totality and 33 minutes before moonset.

Partially eclipsed moon seen over a scrubland behind a beach. It is almost dawn so the eclipsed part of the moon is dark instead of reddish.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I spotted this one in Dublin. Cipher of Edward VII but with a newer paint job.

A classic Royal mail cylindrical mailbox on a city sidewalk. You can see the next dispatch is at 5:30 pm. It had a Royal cipher of Edward VII. It’s painted green since it’s in Dublin.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

A wild snow squall passing through early on this New Year’s Day.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

My version vs. Norman Rockwell’s.

A thanksgiving table with four place settings. In front is cranberry/orange relish, masked potatoes, turkey, and bread stuffing. Behind a napkin holder you can see butternut squash. You can see someone’s hands as they butter a slice of bread.

A photo of Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom from Want as it hangs in the Rockwell museum in Stockbridge, Mass., USA.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

That’s a great question. I just did a quick flip through my Sibley book. Ducks are a definite no. I had to get to hawks to find hook billed kite.

Image of part of the hook billed kite page of Sibley’s Birds East. The adult female had an orange breast while the male is gray.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A multi level feeding frenzy on Cape Cod Bay. On the surface there are mergansers. Above are many gulls. And high above are gannets. Occasionally the mergansers have to fly a bit to keep up.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This is what happens when you leave your pumpkin out after Halloween.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

View of the Quabbin reservoir from the Pelham lookout on US 202.

View of a mixed forest with autumn colors. In the foreground is a mowed field and then a stand of trees with half in shade and the other sunlit. Above them, you can see a sliver of blue water, a branch of the Quabbin reservoir. Behind that are more hills and trees. Above there are white puffy clouds in a blue sky.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Try upside down next time. Fooled Mass RMV.

A Massachusetts vanity license plate displayed behind a bar with several bottles partially blocking it. It’s lettered NVWSSV, but it’s flipped upside down so it looks like ASSMAN.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Always something going on in the fridge.

The inside of a standard refrigerator. In the center are four plastic storage bins stacked on each other. On the bottom is cut up pineapple, then a largish one with spring mix salad stuff, then a smaller one with baby arugula. On top is an even smaller one with Luna moth cocoons.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Many monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) fluttering around some Buddleja davidii bushes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many monarchs in one place. (Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, USA)

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

NPS having a little fun at the Great Island walk in Cape Cod NS. (Quite possibly this could be locals making a joke.)

An information sign says “Crane Viewing Area” below a diagram of a construction crane. Behind is a grassy marsh and sky.

Looking over marsh grasses and asmall inlet of water (known as “the gut”) you can see an orange construction crane used for building a new bridge.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Went to the movies tonight.

The movie poster for “The Grateful Dead Movie.” It shows a skeleton dressed in a red and white striped jacket, blue suede shoes and an Uncle Sam top hat. It’s on a mostly black background with two galaxy illustrations. The movie title is in green script above. The poster is inside a glass fronted white wooden holder with a peaked top. It’s in front of dark bushes since it’s night.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) crawling in shallow water. Chatham, Mass., USA

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Two #broodxiv northern pharaoh periodical #cicadas (Magicicada septendecim) laying eggs. Sandwich, Mass. It’s almost the end of brood xiv. There are still some calling but we saw many dead ones.

A black cicada with red eyes is grasping the trunk of a small tree. It is preparing to insert eggs under the bark of the tree. Behind it you can see another cicada on a branch doing the same thing.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A windswept juniper (likely Juniperus virginiana based on location) behind a beach on Cape Cod, Mass., USA.

A juniper tree affected by the wind. It’s maybe 20 feet tall. The side facing the beach has no branches while the protected side is full and bushy.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A patch of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) found in scrubland behind a bay side beach on Cape Cod, Mass., USA

A large patch of prickly pear cactus. It has large, green, spiky pads and numerous yellow flowers. Some flowers have passed their bloom
and are becoming fruits. If you look closely you may see some bees pollinating the flowers.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

More #broodxiv #cicadas. Found these at a rest stop on US route 6 on the mainland side of the Cspe Cod canal. They’re northern pharaohs (Magicicada septendecim).

A black cicada with red eyes and redwing veins sits on the trunk of a tree. We’re seeing it from the top.

A black cicada with red eyes and red wing veins sits on a branch of a tree. We’re seeing it from the side.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Northern pharaoh periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim). Bourne, Mass. #2025OwlflyPhoto

A largish black cicada with red eyes is sitting on the northern pharaoh periodical cicada page of “The Cicadas of North America” book.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It’s still there. Open 7am to 1pm daily.

Screen shot from the modern diner’s website showing a photo of a streamline style diner. It’s silver with a maroon roof with the name “modern diner” on top.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

When I told my friends about it one said are you sure it was him? Here’s the proof.

A screenshot of the Waterford Star and News article from Oct. 23, 2024, titled “Bono pays visit to popular Dungarvin pub.” Below it is a photo of Bono and the pub owner clasping hands in front of the afore mentioned pub.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Found some brood xiv pharaoh cicadas (Magicicada septendecim) today on cape cod. #cicadas #broodxiv

A largish bug with crossed wings and red eyes sitting on a tree branch.

Two pharaoh cicadas are mating while perched on the pinkie finger of a persons open hand.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The Boston Globe: where the commeration of the 250th anniversary of the American revolution is in the Metro section. (They do have a front page photo and article as well.)

The paper copy of the Metro (or B) section of the April 20, 2025, edition of the Boston Globe. The page is mostly taken up with a photo of the reenactment of “the shot heard ‘round the world” on Lexington Green. There are several minute men laying “dead” on the green as columns of about 40 red coats march. Beyond you see hundreds of spectators held back by low temporary fences. Beyond that is a white church with a steeple. The article is titled “‘It reminds us of the American story .’” The sub hed is “Lexington and Concord mark 250th anniversary.”

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We were there too. Did not get as good photos, but I did do this pretty cool time lapse.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It was too cloudy to see the eclipse today, so here are memories of past eclipse from 2021 and 2024.

Three people sitting on a beach looking (through eclipse glasses) at the rising, eclipsing, sun over the ocean.

The eclipsing sun of June 10,2021, as seen through a filter.

The nearly eclipsed sun projected from one half of a pair of binoculars onto a piece of white cardboard.

The total eclipse of April 8, 2024. The sun is blurry but the sky is dark except at the horizon. You can see darkened trees at the bottom of the photo and a street lamp that is on due to the darkness.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Can anyone one id this? Can’t find it in Sibley.

An eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is hanging on to a suet bird feeder that is suspended over a deck. The deck is covered in about a foot of snow.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Nice. We had a nest of these in our front yard a couple of years ago.

Three juvenile Cooper’s Hawks sitting on branches in a pine tree. Their nest is on the far right edge.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I don’t know why I’m fascinated by stuff like this. At the market today I found the largest lime I’ve ever seen. It’s as big as a lemon! It even has the little bump on the end. I thought it was a lemon that hadn’t turned yellow yet.