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Marilyn Merrill

@mjmerrill.bsky.social
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Retired. Watercolor painter. Most paintings are done from my own photos, with a few from friends and relatives. Occasionally some En Plein Aire. PLEASE! NO POLITICS, PORN. I am blocking those! marilynmerrillart.com

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 13h
What a light last week in the forest near my house
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 14h
Good morning. Cannon Beach at sunset last night. 🩵 #Photography #Scape #PNW #PDX #Oregon #Sunset #CannonBeach
Cannon Beach. Sunset. Basalt rock formations near Ecola State Park. Sandy beach, Ecola Creek with cloud reflection through the center of the beach, ocean at a distance with multiple basalt rock formations, layers of orange-yellow-turquoise-white sky and clouds.
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 10h
The Benton County Courthouse in Corvallis #Oregon, built in 1888, is still being used today for it's original purpose. It's listed on the National Historic register. #UrbanGaze #PNW #Photography #History #EastCoastKin #Architecture
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 10h
Participants in the #DavinciDays competition in Corvallis, #Oregon several years ago. Lots of wild and crazy machinery! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachines #HumansOfBlueSky #PNW #Photography #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The #DeschutesBrewery in #Bend, #Oregon. A fun tour and good beers.😀🍺 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #PhonePhotography #PNW #Beer #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A #FarmMarket near Corvallis, #Oregon. #ColorADay #RedWed #ArtYear #PNW #Watercolor #TraditionalArt #EastCoastKin #Farms
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Oregon Rte 34 from #Waldport to #Alsea is a good road to travel for #Fall colors, but watch out for #Elk. #SensoryArt #Roads #PNW #Phonephotography #EastCoastKin
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Skittles @skittlesmom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Glacier National Park
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Mila 🐺 @mila83.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An #Egret at the #FinleyWildlifeRefuge near #Corvallis, #Oregon. #ColorADay #BlueTue #PNW #PhonePhotography #Wildlife #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OregonCoast, South Beach, near #Newport. #TidesOutTuesday #PNW #Photography #Beach #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An old tractor that's still on the job. (Posted before but it fits todays prompt) #ArtYear #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMachinery #Watercolor #TraditionalArt #Farms #EastCoastKin
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
.....the horizon still whispers your name #memories #photography #nature #landscape #grief
A weathered Adirondack chair sits on dryer than dry grass perched atop ancient bedrock & facing the Pacific ocean. The sky is overcast and moving, textured clouds stream by exposing San Juan Island in the distance. The cragginess of the rocks hold long dried moss & lichen. 
This chair holds the weight of memories....morning walk
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Pete Calandra @petecalandramusic.bandcamp.com · 28/09/2026
The Gunks and SkyTop at sunset. #mountainmonday #landscape #photography #newyork
Dark mountain ridge in shadows with Skytop tower in silhouette. The early evening sky has clouds reflecting reds, orange and yellows.
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Maria Carvalho @immcarvalho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Up close and personal with Mr. Finch for #SundayYellow
A bright yellow goldfinch chowing down on my coneflowers.
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SkandiPhotographer @skandiphotographer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The sun finds a quiet path across the water, slipping between the rocks as evening settles over the islands. #skandiphotographer #photography #naturephotography #fujifilm
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
White Oak leaf. Found on our deck a few years ago. A gift from the wind probably, since we had none of those trees on our property, and none nearby.😊 #MinimalMonday #MacroMonday #Photography #Leaves #Fall #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy Monday! A picturesque farm in the #Adirondack foothills in #NewYork,showing some fall colors. #BlueSkyMonday #UpstateNY #Farms #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Autumn in #NewYork. #Adirondack foothills near Indian Lake. #MountainMonday #Fall #UpstateNY #Photography #EastCoastKin
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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lovely #BlueSkyMonday in the neighborhood 🗻🌾🤍💙 #mountainmonday #catskills #overlookmountain #nature #woodstock #hudsonvalley #newyork #photography
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sunrise! Omg, a godsend! Mt. Hood! Happy #MountainMonday! #Photography #Scape #PNW #PDX #Oregon #MountHood #Forests #MountainMonday
Sunrise. Mt. Hood. Dark conifers, lighter shade of mountaintop with the sun at the peak right, golden halo above, lighter gold all around.
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunset in #LincolnCity, #Oregon a few weeks ago. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #PNW #PhonePhotography #Sunsets #Ocean #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A colorful street in #Corvallis, #Oregon. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Fall #PNW #SundayDrive #PhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
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Attension @attension.art · 26/09/2026
When I saw the theme for #BlueskyArtShow I immediately thought of these #lights that I miss so much! Got a little tribute to them here #art #flashes #contemporaryart #patreon #artonbluesky #photography #mood #nightphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #pghartist #pittsburghartist
A city street late at night. Sodium vapor streetlights illuminate across the road dense tall trees in this foggy scene.
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Brooks @zone28.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Holiday #Lights across the Rhein river in Basel, Switzerland #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Basel #CH
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#LookingIn the laundry bag at Jade. She liked to hide in there when she was a kitten. 😊🐱 #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The #HatfieldMarineScienceCenter in #Newport, #Oregon. A very interesting, educational place to visit if you're in the area. They usually have a live octopus plus many other sea creatures. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #PNW #Education #Sealife #PhonePhotography #ECK
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We found this interesting lamp in an antique store in #Albany #Oregon. (Posted before but it wasn't lit.) #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #PNW #PhonePhotography #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Fiddler in the Forest" is what I called this when I painted it in 2012. I combined the fiddle player's photo and my forest photo.(Posted before) #PaintByWords #Music #ArtYear #Watercolor #FiddlesAndViolins #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat
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Walk Of Life 🇨🇦 @walkoflife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fall night walk #MoonlitNight #AutumnColors #NightPhotography #GoldenLeaves #NaturePhotography
A bright moon glows in the night sky, framed by clouds and towering trees
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Pam Brown @pamlivengoodbrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For #PalacesAndGardens and #MellowYellow here’s a photo I have posted before (sorry), from early November last year. #ECK #Gardening
Autumn photo, showing some bare trees, some Japanese maples in burgundy red and golden orange, and a very yellow ginkgo tree in the background. Some native hickory trees are also in the background with yellow leaves. The maples are in the foreground behind an arched rock wall and some evergreen shrubs are visible on the right side of the image.
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Margot Foley @mfoley25.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s beach walk and view of Face Rock and Cat and Kittens. #Scape #ECK #WCK #PNW #FaceRock #Beach #Ocean #Nature #Photography
The view from Face Rock beach today, featuring several large rock formations rising out of the deep blue ocean. In the foreground, a wide sandy beach meets the incoming tide, with white-capped waves rolling toward the shore. A single, tiny figure of a person is visible walking along the damp shoreline. To the left, the massive, rugged sea stack Face Rock stands prominently in the water. On the right is a rock formation called cat and kittens, a jagged cluster of smaller rocky islets. The blue sky above is filled with scattered white and grey clouds.
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of the many small lakes in the #Adirondacks. Fall is a great time to take a drive there- bring your camera, it's always spectacular.🍂 #Scape #Landscape #ForestFriday #Lakes #Nature #UpstateNY #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some of our daughter's chickens. These like to hang out in the front yard so we call them The Greeters. They have been known to fly over the fence a few times.😬🐔🐓 #FlyDay #Chickens #PNW #PhonePhotography #ECK
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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A memory from last November 🍂💛 #PalacesAndGardens #MellowYellow #sawkillcreek #autumn #woodstock #newyork #hudsonvalley #photography
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A class #StillLife. #ColorADay #YellowThu #ArtYear #Watercolor #TraditionalArt #EastCoastKin
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A #GratefulDead tribute band at the #ElysiumVineyard near #Independence, #Oregon. We were #LookingIn from the back patio. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #PNW #PaintByWords #Music #PhonePhotography #ECK
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A popular walking path in the Timberhill neighborhood of #Corvallis, #Oregon. Part of a large network of walking paths connecting many parts of the city and country nearby. #PalacesAndGardens #MellowYellow #ArtYear #Watercolor #PNW #TraditionalArt #Fall #ColorADay #YellowThu
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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#HikingLog 51 #Pennsylvania Lehigh River gorge #hiking #waterfallWednesday #waterfalls #rushingwater #creek #cascades #photography #photo #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin
A fast-moving mountain stream rushes over dark, wet rocks through a dense green forest, forming a series of small cascades and whitewater drops.A rocky creek tumbles over several low ledges beneath a bright green trees, surrounded by wet boulders, fallen branches, and dense shrubs.
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve decided to leave Bluesky… this photo was my initial post on Nov 6, 2024 so it seems fitting to make it my final post as well. I plan to delete my account on Friday. Thank you for your kindness and support over the years. 💙 #Photography #Scape #PNW #PDX #Oregon #Forests
Cascade foothills. A group of elevated trees with clouds completely encircling them, some tree silhouettes visible through the clouds, pale blue sky with thin layers of white clouds above.
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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Rock Me On The Water” 🎶🕊️💦 — Jackson Browne #WaterWednesday #water #sky #clouds #sun #mountains #nature #ashokanreservoir #hudsonvalley #newyork #photography
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ⓂⒶⓇⒸ @kvmarc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have a wonderful #autumn season #Friensky 🌹🍹🍂☕🍁 #flowers
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Mairead D @maireadd100.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Photography #ECK #BloomScrolling #Macro #TextureTuesday #Masterwort
A close-up view of a cluster of Great Masterwort flowers with greenish-white, papery bracts and multiple pincushion-like blooms.
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frworldview@gmail.com @globalview77.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keene Valley, NY 2026 #Keene #Adirondacks #NY #Photography #FujiFilm #GFX100ii #EastCoastKin #ECK
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some old watercolor doodles from class years ago. #SensoryArt #Fruit #ArtYear #Watercolor #StillLife #EastCoastKin #TraditionalArt
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lewis is #LookingIn , hoping we will open the door and let him come in. He's been hard at work digging for the gophers and he's probably expecting a treat. 😊🐶🐕 #WeekLForLookingIn #Dogs #Photography #ECK
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our #ElderberryTree, a couple years ago. #ColorADay #RedWed #Bloomscrolling #Photography #PNW #EastCoastKin
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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's been difficult to hold back until #WaterfallWednesday, but here we are! Cottonwood Falls, Mount Thielsen, #Oregon. The spring that feeds the falls only pops out of the ground about 50 yards upstream! 🤩 I'd been planning and dreaming of visiting this spot for YEARS. #Hiking #Nature
A photo of an alpine landscape featuring a wide waterfall at middle left tumbling over a rough cliff and splashing across the cliff face on its way down to the lower left corner. Bright green mosses border the falls, while to the falls right all the way to the right edge of the photo is a jumbled slate like cliff face with occasional small plants hanging on between the light ashy tan rocks.
The upper portions of the photo above the falls and cliff feature tall narrow green pines on the upper left, their tops reaching out of frame, and similar smaller green trees on the right. And behind the small right side trees towers a formidable high craggy mountain face in the strong sun. It's rocky cliffs vary between ashen white and shades of dark charcoal, including the twin summit areas jutting into the rich blue sky. 
The Sun strongly illuminates the scene from off frame to the far left, allowing the tall trees to cast shadows toward the right on the forest floor.
This is within The Mount Thielsen Wilderness in Oregon State. The peak is Mount Thielsen, which stands at 9,184 ft (2,799 m)
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I paused for a moment this morning thinking about the state of the world & how it can be wildly depressing & feel quite impossible. Then, I looked around & saw the sun illuminating a small meadow, quietly being beautiful. Did it solve anything? No. But it felt a little hopeful🕊️ #photography #words
Standing next to a giant of a trunk sporting rich green moss in it's textured bark. Holly bushes grow at the root line & beyond is a small sun field patch of meadow amid tall seed trees & ferns. A hint of blue sky peeks through the trees mid way up their solid trunks
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Marilyn Merrill @mjmerrill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Posted before but today it's for #PaintByWords #Music . #Bluegrass band warming up before a concert in Mariaville, New York. #ArtYear #Watercolor #UpstateNY #TraditionalArt #EastCoastKin
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