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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 18/09/2026

Am I the only person who hears the Obama style of speech delivery here? That's not a bad thing, just something I immediately noticed in the pauses, the questions. It would be grand to see this man in the WH.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 05/09/2026

@torontohydro.bsky.social I hear that I need ti be on Twitter to get TH news. Isn't it time to update? Gander or Bluesky would be helpful, since not all of us are willing to pander to Musk.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 29/08/2026

In the Good Old Days, we called this Lake Ontario, in the #summer for #blueskyartshow

A cloudy sky. A calm body of water (Lake Ontario), with ripples coming into the shore that appear to be golden in reflected light. Photo by Lori Ryerson

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 08/08/2026

TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: The only place in #DeathValley where you can see the water above ground. Who says you can't take images at the height of the day? #BlueSkyArtShow #Water

Water, all golden tones, with lines and patterns from the movement of the water reflecting between the surfaces of the sandy bottom and the water. Photo by Lori Ryerson

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 29/07/2026

Yo Senate folks - If you're looking for who thoroughly botched the COVID response, you're grilling the wrong octogenarian.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 29/07/2026

You absolutely MUST click through this and read the comments. I ... I just ... OMFG ...

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 20/07/2026

Really, really glad to see someone understands just how dangerous this massive communications merger is. It's one more way for the current US administration to control what kind of information the general public gets.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 07/05/2026

It's tempting to push an image for all the details, but at the end of the day, when photographing fleurs, you mustn't give in to the temptation. A light hand is called for. Magnolias should always be respected for their gentle strength.

Magnolia blossoms in full bloom. Creamy white flowers with pale pink accents, the fresh green leaves beginning to show. Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 07/05/2026

This is so great. Silver linings...continuing to explore new partnerships, new relationships.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 03/05/2026

Appreciate that Canada is continuing to explore new opportunities. If you are looking for reliability, Canada is your go-to choice.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 11/04/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow needs some #new life showing. Spring hopes eternal, after this way-too-long, interminable winter.

Green shoots of spring flowers poking their heads above an icy layer on the ground. Hope springs eternal! Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 04/04/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow says today is for #Openings. "Hourly Rates" is my entry. This may be open, but I dunno that I really want to go in there.

Seedy looking motel, in need of a paint job, with green painted doors and eavestroughs. In red letters, the word "Office" over one door, a red neon sign reading "open" in the window. An empty parking lot with weeds growing in them. The windows all shuttered by blinds or drapes. Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 24/03/2026

This administration is the biggest grift in US history. Follow the money. ALWAYS follow the money.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 22/03/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Stone amazing how a few million years will do this to a few pieces of rock.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 21/01/2026

Canada Strong. 🇨🇦 Today, for the 1st time in year, I have hope. Hope for the future of MY country, Canada, and hope that the other "middle powers" will join us in taking the sign out of the window. Thank you Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social from a grateful Canadian. #elbowsup #canadastrong

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FULL SPEECH | 'The old order is not coming back': PM says Canada must build strength at home

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.

Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: “WHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.”

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 19/01/2026

Shine the light on the cockroaches. These are the ones pulling the strings.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 16/01/2026

This is such amazing news. Each day, my PM is working with another country to make CANADA strong. Going through a divorce is never easy, especially when it's someone you loved and trusted for years. It's very sad, it hurts, but WE WILL GET THROUGH IT. Way to go, @mark-carney.bsky.social , thank you.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/01/2026

This has been the plan all along. - Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN - Implement the Insurrection Act - Declare Martial Law - Suspend elections

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 11/01/2026

#Abstract #photography for #BlueSkyArtShow, Saturday theme of #Vibrant. A little fun with an iris, to brighten up a winter's day.

Abstract image featuring purple, green red, with a touch of yellow. "Iris on the Side" is a photograph created by Lori Ryerson, an iris that has been manipulated in photographic software to create a vibrant abstract image.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 03/01/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear 2025 can't f**k off fast enough. 2026: first year of the 2nd quarter century of the 3rd millennium. We need to do a lot better. I will keep making art because art makes the world better. That’s my 2026 story, and I’m sticking with it. Also: OKAY, BLUE JAYS, LET'S PLAY BALL!

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 20/12/2025

"When the Sky Falls" set in the #FaroeIslands. Helping the #BlueSkyArtShow celebrate a year of Saturday challenges with my #OpenHouse image. I loved the constantly changing skies & weather systems over there; this turned out to be one of my fav images from 2024. #clouds so low you could touch them.

An almost black sky with a low dark cloud surrounds a series of buildings on a homestead in Faroe Islands. White, red and yellow buildings sit at the top of a rolling green hillside. The clouds are so low, they almost appear to be available to touch. "When the Sky Falls" is a photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Martina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16/12/2025

It’s been a particularly heavy start to Hanukkah this year. May the memories of those who were killed be a blessing. May we keep in our minds the suffering of those injured. And may we share our prayers with their families and the Jewish community in Australia.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 06/12/2025

Hiding in plain sight. Above the #wildfire #smoke coming from about 20 miles away, while up in a #hotairballoon we see another hot air balloon below us. #BlueSkyArtShow, up in the #sky, watching this incredible early morning scene unfold above Sedona, Arizona.

The very tips of mountain peaks show above a layer of wildfire smoke in the early morning light above Sedona. In the foreground clearing you can see a hellow hot air balloon lazing its way above the foliage below. Photo by Lori Ryerson

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 29/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth #globalwarming #wildfire #smoke Flying in a hot air balloon above Sedona while the smoke of a nearby wildfire blankets the peaks. #landscape #aerialphoto

An early morning aerial view of Sedona, Arizona, covered in wildfire smoke. Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 26/10/2025

Sigh. Better late than never; I was inside, watching my team lose last night's baseball game LOL. #inside #BlueSkyArtShow

Vertical image of an architectural detail. A white hotel mezzanine hallway. Light filters down from the skylight at the top, revealing railings on several floors, giving an overall impression of the curved prow of a boat. Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 20/10/2025

Super proud of our #TorontoBlueJays. It all comes down to 1 game, sending all the positive energies. #letsplayball Great sportsmanship, love the energy on both teams. Shout out to the tremendous tech skills on the field & in studio. So impressed with Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez calling the games.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 18/10/2025

I won't add my tourism dollars, I won't even fly through 'Murica, and I'm doing my #elbowsup best to #BuyCanadian. But for today's mass #NoKings protest, sending my moral support. Above all, remain #peaceful. They want to scare you into violence. Don't let them. Stay safe. #saynotofascism

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 18/10/2025

The Malahat Skywalk spiral tower near Victoria, BC. Get #vertical above the tree line for a spectacular view of the Saanich Peninsula. If you're brave enough, lie down on that net platform with nothing between you and the ground except that net. #BlueSkyArtShow #architecture #thrills #photography

Black and white image of architectural structure (Malahat Skywalk in British Columbia, province in Canada). To the left, a spiralling column with a tube (slide) angling downward around it. To the right, the walkways with mesh fencing leading to the top observation deck. Part of this image has open sky, part of it (between the circular column and the ramp) has a mesh surface, upon which are two figures. One remains standing, the other is laying down with arms and legs spread like a starfish. Photo by Lori Ryerson

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 17/10/2025

It's #salmon season in #Toronto! Yup, you can actually see salmon spawning upstream in the middle of an urban centre. It's always so cool to witness. Tagging it #FishyFriday (not quite #FlyDay, unless you're the one doing the fishing!!!) in the #PhotographersofBluesky #DailyArt.

A salmon is seen leaping out of a stream of blue water as it heads upstream. Photo by Lori Ryerson

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 15/10/2025

Henley Harbour ruins in Labrador; most likely a church built near the remains of an ancient fortress. #31daysofHalloween #Spooktober #RedWed #abandoned #GhostTown

A view from the water. An abandoned wooden building, most likely a church, with a red roof. Those parts of the walls that remain are white, while the main part of the building has fallen badly into disrepair and disintegration. The windows have no glass, all the exterior wood siding surrounding them has deteriorated to leave gaping holes in the building. Photo taken in Labrador by Lori Ryerson.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 04/10/2025

Saturday morning. #BlueSkyArtShow says take time to #relax today. The #morninglight in #deathvalley will always clear some space in your mind. #landscape #photography. Thank you to the thousands of #altgov and @altnps.bsky.social folks taking risks to protect. This is for you. #staysafe

Layers of light over the mountains. A dark foreground hill leading into progressively lighter hills with a bluish cast. There is mist over the hills, and the background is golden light in the clouds. Photo taken in Death Valley by Lori Ryerson

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

In all the chaos, I would urge folks to remember that a lot of folks now don’t know when their next check will come. The vast majority are good people who love this nation deeply, and many of them are still working despite not knowing when they’ll be paid Have compassion.

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 01/10/2025

A tribute to mark the passing of the very great and gracious Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE. Thank you for generously sharing your life's knowledge with us. (A Geoffroy's Tamarin, perched in a Cecropia tree, aka trumpet tree, taken in Panama.) #wildlife #photography #primates #monkeys

A Geoffroy's Tamarin, a type of monkey, is perched on the brown and white limb of a Cecropia tree, (also known as a trumpet tree. Photo by Lori Ryerson.

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 22/09/2025

All around me the noise is fierce, on so many fronts. Tonight is the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It's in my DNA to find myself mentally closing the door on the noise, making time for quiet reflection. I wish friends a sweet and healthy year. I'll be in the kitchen if you need me.

Red apples sit next to a jar of honey. A card, also picturing apples, says Happy Rosh Hashanah. In the background, a loaf of Challah wrapped in a plastic bag, and some wine bottles. Photo by Lori Ryerson. (NOTE: Rosh Hashanah is the start of the Jewish New Year, the beginning the 10 days of the holiest time between now and Yom Kippur. Foods choices at this time of year are things that are sweet, to reinforce the wish for sweetness and health in the New Year.)

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 13/09/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Home - it's hard to imagine that there are whole generations of children who have never seen the starry brilliance of a night sky because of light pollution. I love #Toronto at night, but part of why I travel is to find dark skies.

Night scene of a large metropolis. Buildings all lit up, and running through the middle of the scene is a highway with amber colour lighting, and cars on it. Photo of Toronto at night by Lori Ryerson

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 30/08/2025

The highly polished side of the train reflected the surrounding desert countryside as we rode through #Kamloops, #Canada. The eerie light from an overcast (wildfire) sky made it seem like the train disappears into the sky. #loriryerson #photography #trains #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny

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Lori Ryerson 🇨🇦 Focalocity Photography @loriryerson.ca · 09/08/2025

The #jagged peaks of the blue berg reflect in the still water at the base of a mountain, it's own jagged peaks poking through dense low cloud cover. #landscape #photography from #Greenland to bring down the heat, for the Saturday #BlueSkyArtShow.

A blue iceberg with jagged peaks reflects in the calm water. In the background the peaks of a mountain poke through a low, dense cloude cover. Photo from East Greenland by Lori Ryerson.

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