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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge Another very different snow plow locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Isrm.org #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Russel Wedge Plow # 19

A long wedge like snow blade is the entire front of the locomotive. The metal blade is painted black while the rest of the snow plow and engine is painted brown.

Museum Sign Text:

Russel Wedge Plow # 19

If a railroad wasn't running it wasn't earning any money, therefore railroad companies wanted to find ways to operate all year round. There was only one problem, North American winters can pile on the snow, especially in the western plains and mountain regions. Often, these areas were remote and consisted of hundreds of miles of distance, way too much snow to move by hand. The first invention was to attach a type of shovel to the front of a locomotive, with only a few feet of snow a train could usually just push it out of the way. However, when the drifts got taller and deeper, a larger snow shovel was needed.

That is where the wedge plow comes in. Several versions of the design began appearing in the 1840's, but the most popular design was the one patented by the J.H. and J.W. Russell, who started the Russell Car and Snow-Plow Company in Boston in 1893. They made several different models, but what made their design popular was the solid oak beams they would place behind the wedge frames, which allowed Russell plows to cut through snow going 35 mph and move a drift up to 14 feet tall.

A wedge plow functions by being attached to a consist of one or more locomotives, depending on how much motive power is needed. A pilot is in the wedge plow to signal the locomotives to begin pushing, stop, or pull back. The locomotives would have to work in tandem otherwise derailments could be catastrophic. Essentially, the locomotives would build up speed for the plow and then continue pushing it through the snow until they could make no more forward motion. Then the entire consist would back up far enough to get enough speed and then do it all over again and again until the track was clear. It was a very dangerous and time consuming process.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge One of the snow plow locomotives at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Isrm.org #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Museum sign text:

Northern Pacific No. 2 Steam Powered Rotary Snow Plow

Used originally in the Cascades, the plow was sent eastward to less rigorous duties in Minnesota when larger and more powerful equipment took over in the mountains.

Constructed by the Cooke Locomotive Works in 1887, this plow is the oldest of its type in existence.

Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

Northern Pacific No. 2 Steam Powered Rotary Snow Plow

The rotary part of the snow plow is red, with a large square of angled metal painted black. Other trains are in the background.

Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 01/10/2026

Since I rarely delete anything, my Lightroom catalogs are now overflowing with a bunch of nonsense and a few decent photos scattered in that haystack. Looking for ways to manage and search them better if anyone has suggestions? 😀 #InsectThursday #ColorADay #YellowThu #Photography #Bees #Flowers

A bright yellow flower with green leaves below it sits center in the frame. A single bee stands on the lowest petal, facing left.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge The history of barbed wire, on exhibit at the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk, Wyoming. This particular exhibit was fascinating to me as barbed wire is not something one in a city thinks about on a regular basis in great detail. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

A variety of barbed wire strands labeled by use or type mounted on brown paper in a wood frame.

A variety of barbed wire strands labeled by use or type mounted on brown paper in a wood frame. Different tools are mounted on a wide wood frame.

"A Short History of Barbed Wire" a text from Jack Glover.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge Photo of me in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. My Dad took several photos of me here that were not flattering, this being the best. Teaching my parents how to take good photos has been a long process :) #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Photo of Oliver Homan in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. This photo shows off me with my camera and camera strap worn over my coat . It was quite windy out on the canal walk.

Me and my parents had been here once before in 2014 and we all wanted to come back and do more along Lake Superior.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge The inside of the cab of a steam locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. lsrm.org #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

The inside of the cab of a steam locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
2-8-8-4 Steam Locomotive Yellowstone No. 227.

Red control wheels and many different gauges line the inside of the cab. The inside of the cab is painted green. The door to the boiler is open in the middle of the cab.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge Coffee bean roaster with beans coming out of a top storage area into the roasting section. Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Wide photo of a coffee roasting machine.

Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Coffee bean roaster with beans coming out of a top storage area into the roasting section via s cooper funnel.

Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Chalk sign outside of the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 28-Oct 4 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 28
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 29
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 30
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 1
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #ItsAJungleOutThere
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 2
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 3
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #3rdPlace
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 4
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #leaves

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekMForMachinery

#MixedMedia52 + #roads

#PaintByWords + #persimmon or #railway
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #silence
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #roads

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Me and my parents got back last night from an 11 day road trip. Instead of going south to New Mexico we went North through Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. Being out of the USA and in Canada for a few hours to see Fort William was very nice.

Photo of train cars on a railroad with wind turbines and a pink sunset. Different layers of grey clouds mix with the pink.

Taken on I25 in Wyoming last night.

Heat map showing the locations of my cell phone photos over time in Google Photos. The pink in the upper states and Ontario, Canada is new, the other stuff is closer to home over many years.

The heat map doesn't include my many travels over the years with a regular camera.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 28 Sep starts Week M and the #AlphabetChallenge is Machinery. Everything from cars to factory production lines, or even the internal machinery that make things work. So lots to choose from! Use the # below and have fun😁

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors, Minnesota The first image is taken at the top of the lighthouse looking up at the large Fresnel Lens. The second image is of the lighthouse from below. The third image was taken fron a nature trail a distance away. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Image taken at the top of the Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota looking up at the large Fresnel Lens. The lens rotates on a mechanical system below. A Green painted metal ladder and support structure spins. A metal plaque notes the makers of the system in Paris, France. The gold circles are ventilation ports.

Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota taken from below the main stairs.

Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota as viewed from a nature hiking trail.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Looking out a window at the top of the Two Harbors Lighthouse Museum in Two Harbors, Minnesota. It may be more looking out than in, but this seems to fit the bill for the Alphabet Challenge this week. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt for more information.

Looking out a window at the top of the Two Harbors Lighthouse Museum in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

A circular hole in the brick building serves as a window. Grey mortar is visible as is part of the red brick.

Fall color change is visible on the trees in the foreground. Some trees are orange or yellow, while some are still green. Blue sky and white clouds are on the horizon.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 21 Sep starts Week L and the #AlphabetChallenge is Looking In. So pics you took looking in or into things- doors, holes, cups etc. Or pics taken of things looking in at you- birds, kids etc. Easy peasy Use the # below and have fun😁

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekKForKN Knockoff Yongnuo 35mm lens for Canon EF. The cannon 35mm was out of reach financially so I opted for the $100 knockoff that does what it needs to do for me. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

The front of the 35mm Yongnuo lens for Canon EF.

The side of the 35mm Yongnuo lens for Canon EF with knockoff branding.

The side of the 35mm Yongnuo lens for Canon EF that looks remarkably like the real Canon version.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekKForKN I am knackered from family visitors and travels in the past few weeks. This weekend was fun with our neighborhood block party. Several local musicians played and I helped run audio for them. It was a full day for sure. Photo of me in my present state of tiredness.

Selfie of me knackered as I take a short break from doing things around the house and packing for a family road trip. I am hoping to do some photography and relax.

I am sitting on a brown couch with a yellow wall for a background. My hair is all over the place. I am wearing a gray T-shirt and glasses.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 14 Sep starts Week K and the #AlphabetChallenge is Kn…. So pics showing anything starting with “Kn” - you know, like knobs, knockers, and knickers etc 🤭There’s lots to choose from in the dictionary - honestly 😁 Use the # below and have fun😁

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for September 7-13 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 7–13

Monday, September 7
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 8
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 9
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 10
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #PagesAndPalaces
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 11
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 12
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #undulating
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 13
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 7–13

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #animals

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekJForJocular
(something funny or silly)

#MixedMedia52 + #graffiti

#PaintByWords + #FallColors or #stairs
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #texture
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #words

Compiled by @handcranked

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#WeekJforJocular #AlphabetChallenge Continuation of my drawing of a divine being that is listening to punk rock in reaction to a mad world. It is a work in progress, but a lot further along than earlier. Drawn from the cover of "A Guide to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva".

Pencil drawing, with lots of erasing and redrawing along the way. This is supposed to be a devine being listening to punk rock, see hands and fingers in pose.

Drawn from the cover of "A Guide to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva". See previous post for original image.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#WeekJforJocular #AlphabetChallenge My drawing today has me thinking that divine beings are mad and listening to punk rock in response to a mad world below. Drawn from the cover of "A Guide to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva". Started at a coffee shop earlier today and continued at home.

The start of a drawing of an angry Buddist divine being on a sketch pad with pencil (2B mechanical pencil, 0.9mm).

The outstretched hands and fingers are giving the punk rock sign.

The cover of "A Guide to the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva". Budist divine being sitting with multiple arms. Yellow body within a red circle and orange sun behind.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 7 Sep starts Week J and the #AlphabetChallenge is Jocular. That’s humorous to us! Someone being silly, an odd sign, an unusual find, even an animal doing something daft - anything you found funny enough to snap. Use the # below and have fun😁

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#UrbanGaze #WeeklforIntegers #AlphabetChallenge 55 mile an hour speed limit sign on the highway next to several grain silos in Holyoke, Colorado. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Three metal grain silos along a highway in Holyoke, Colorado under a blue sky with white clouds. A black and white speed limit sign says "speed limit 55". Green vegetation lines the area between roadway and silos.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#UrbanGaze Holyoke Water Tower in Holyoke City Park, Holyoke, Colorado. Being able to walk around a water tower, and directly under it was cool. These sort of things are usually behind fences and have lots of security around them. I was really the only person around. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#Weeklforlntegers #AlphabetChallenge Historic trolley car numbers 21 and 25 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Fort Collins uses these trolley cars on its "municipal railway" that runs along Mountain Ave on weekends and for special events. #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Historic trolley car number 21 at its storage depot on Mountain Ave in Fort Collins, Colorado. The trolley is painted green and tan.

Historic trolley car number 25 on the tracks in the median of Mountain Ave in Fort Collins, Colorado. The trolley is painted dark green and a lighter green with red trim.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#WeeklforIntegers #AlphabetChallenge Post office building in Holyoke, Colorado. Zip code 80734. #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Zip code 80734 is listed below the post office and Holyoke city name. The building is made of pink brick. A large green tree sits to the left of the building. A wide concrete sidewalk is in front of the building.

Blue sky with white clouds is above the building.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My favorite image from this past week's partial Lunar Eclipse! The crows, The Moon and Earth's shadow still rising over the lower slope of Mount Hood, the clouds, the silhouetted trees! 🤩 #Stunday #PNW #LunarEclipse #Crows #PDX

A photo of the partially eclipsed Moon rising over a distant sloped mountainside.
The top side of the Moon has a string of small clouds across it's face that are the same deep dusky blue color as the darkening sky.
The Moon itself has a pale ruddy color, and darker features are visible on its surface. The exposed lower portion is a gradient of blue.
Above and around the Moon are several scattered crows flying.
The foreground has silhouetted trees in the nearby landscape.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Aug 31-Sept 6 is here! Let's go! See comments for host list. Didn't get the #PalacesAndGardens theme in time. Sorry! #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 31 - Sept 6

Monday, August 31
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 1
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 2
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, September 3
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (see Sabine for theme)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, September 4
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, September 5
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #minimal
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, September 6
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 31 - Sept 6

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #triangles

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekIForIntegers
(clearly featuring a whole number)

#MixedMedia52 + #shadow

#PaintByWords + #acorn or #stripes
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #painterly
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #stairs

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 31 Aug starts Week I and the #AlphabetChallenge is Integers. That’s whole numbers to you & me! So pics of anything that clearly features a visible integer on them - not just a number somewhere in the periphery 😂 Use the # below and have fun😁

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That's a wrap for me tonight! Enjoy if you can stay up later! #LunarEclipse #Moon 😴

A photo of the partially eclipsed moon, with the lower portion largely in Earth's shadow and showing some reddening. Just a sliver of the upper part is brightly lit by the Sun still.
Features on the shadowed part are visible in this image.
The rest of the image around the moon is black from high contrast.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Last night's first peep of the Moon rising over the lower slope of Mount Hood with the silhouettes of two lift buildings for the ski runs! And some of Portland's infamous crows flapping through. The already eclipsed portion of the Moon is still below the mountain's edge. #LunarEclipse #Portland #📷 🧪

A close up a portion of the Moon rising over the edge of a distant mountainside (Mount Hood), all just below center of the image. The Moon looks like a dome with a slanted base. The color of the Moon is a soft pale gold with some of its surface features appearing a darker pale blue.
Along the mountainside's edge are the silhouettes of two small buildings. Those are ski lift buildings serving the middle and upper ski runs. The mountainside and the silhouetted buildings are a dark blue. The slope of the mountainside runs from a silhouetted tree at middle left, toward another dark foreground tree at lower right. Some other dark foreground trees are also visible along the bottom of the image.
The sky above the moon and mountain is a pale dark blue.
Scattered around the lower part of the image are some small silhouettes of crows flying by in the foreground.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Aaand that's as far as it goes! It's going to start moving back into the sunlight from now on. So enjoy it while it lasts! If you have to wait until later, enjoy the full Moon!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Earth has entered the chat... #LunarEclipse

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Regarding tonight's Partial Lunar Eclipse, when the Moon rises here in #Portland at about 8pm, it will look about like this. This is early in the eclipse. And it will probably be blocked by clouds low on the horizon. So don't sweat it! 1/2 🧵

A simulated (not AI) image of the Moon as it is beginning to become eclipsed by the Earth. A part of the moon on it's lower left shows a shaded gently curved shadow as it begins passing within part of the Earth's shadow. This image represents what the eclipse will look like on 8-27-26 at about 8pm from Portland, OR.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#WeekHforHearts #AlphabetChallenge A red heart wise red crosshatch lines put up on a metal fence. Various other shapes are on the fence in black. Taken in downtown Fort Collins earlier today. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

A red heart wise red crosshatch lines put up on a metal fence. Various other shapes are on the fence in black. Taken in downtown Fort Collins earlier today.

Orange construction cones and other equipment is behind the metal fence. On the brick wall behind the fence are artistic renditions of a yellow pair of scissors and a tree within a circle.

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for August 24-30 is here! Let's have some fun! See details for host list & details #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

Monday, August 24
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, August 25
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, August 26
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, August 27
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #TheWorking Garden
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, August 28
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, August 29
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #summer
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, august 30
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Aug 24–30

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #dots

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekHForHearts

#MixedMedia52 + #lines

#PaintByWords + #SturgeonMoon or #lamp
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #EraShift
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #traffic

Compiled by @handcranked

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dark clouds over Sheldon lake at City Park in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rays of sun break through the clouds over the lake. This is a panorama stitched from multiple vertical cell phone photos put together in Biomstitch. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Dark clouds over Sheldon lake at City Park in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rays of sun break through the clouds over Sheldon lake. A metal picnic table sits on a dirt area near the lake. Green vegetation and trees line Sheldon lake. The little bit of sun coming through the clouds is reflected on the lake.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHearts Various paper hearts hang in the windows of a coffee shop in downtown Ft. Collins, Colorado for Valentine's Day. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Various paper hearts hang in the windows of a coffee shop in downtown Ft. Collins, Colorado for Valentine's Day. Sunlight streams in through the windows creating shadows on the white walls. Wood tables and chairs line the coffee shop. A grey sitting chair is partially visible. A ceramic flower pot with green plant sits on a circular wood table.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 24 Aug starts Week H and the #AlphabetChallenge is Hearts. So any photo with what is clearly a heart in it. That’s it - easy peasy 😂 Feel free to be creative - but there must still be an obvious heart on show! Use the # below and have fun 😁

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Chaos Two soccer balls, two trekking poles and a paper road atlas or two leaning against a tree. There was no car parked at the curb nearby or people making this a pretty odd thing to come upon. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Two soccer balls, two trekking poles and a paper road atlas or two leaning against a tree. This stuff was just out in the verge between sidewalk and street in a random pile. Mulch has been landscaped around the tree. Green grass is in the background as is the concrete curb and black asphalt street.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Chaos Squeak toy madness brought to you by Ada the Golden Retriever. #PhotographersUnited Image descriptions in #ALTtxt

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Chaos The center of a burned out tree shows the destruction of wildfires on the Young Gulch Trail in Colorado. #PhotographersUnited #ALTtxt

Close up picture of black char from a wildfire remains visible in a burned out tree trunk.

Wide view of a tree trunk with black char from a wildfire. A narrow, tall tree is behind the large tree trunk. A mountain range and blue sky are in the background.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand More photos from a long hike on Monday at Young Gulch in the Poudre Canyon. The trees in the area are starting to recover a bit more and look less fire damaged than before. #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions

A V shaped tree standing among green vegetation and trees in a valley below a mountain range. A sliver of blue sky with white clouds is visible.

Various trees that are bare sit below a mountain range. Green trees and vegetation fill the foreground. A little bit of blue sky is visible at the top of the image.

Blackened tree stumps stand up or lie down in a green grass field. Blue sky with white clouds makes up the top of the image.

Two trees come together to form an x shape. Various green trees sit below a mountain range. A blue sky with clouds hovers over the mountains and valley.

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGrand Photos from a long hike on Monday at Young Gulch in the Poudre Canyon. Me and my dad were pretty much the only people around until we started to head back down the trail. It was a very morning. #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Large rocks and a piece of wood above a small pool of water. Photo taken on the Young Gulch hiking trail in Colorado.

Various rocks and vegetation around a small pool of water. Clouds and blue sky are reflecting in the water.

Photo taken on the Young Gulch hiking trail in Colorado.

Blue sky with white clouds hovering above a wide valley. The remains of trees burned by wildfires line the valley. A large tree lies on its side in the grass in the foreground.

Photo taken on the Young Gulch hiking trail in Colorado.

Blue sky with white clouds hover above a mountain range. A dead tree with many branches rises from various vegation on the ground. Trees with green leaves line the foreground.

Photo taken on the Young Gulch hiking trail in Colorado.

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 17 Aug starts Week G and the #AlphabetChallenge is Grand. So anything that is large, impressive, or magnificent; anything prefixed by grand; even a grand in money if you have it! Be creative! Use the # below and have fun 😁

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Oliver Homan @oliverhoman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #Earth Dark storm clouds over downtown Fort Collins, Colorado this afternoon. #PhotographersUnited See #ALTtxt for image descriptions.

Dark clouds over downtown Fort Collins, Colorado. The First Bank tower is the tallest building in Fort Collins and is right in the heart of "Old Town" as downtown is known. A stop for the MAX rapid transit bus along Mason Street is in the foreground.

Dark clouds over downtown Fort Collins, Colorado above various buildings in the lower part of the photo.

Dark clouds over downtown Fort Collins, Colorado as viewed from the ACE Hardware parking lot. The First Bank and Key Bank towers are visible in the right hand side of the photo.

Dark clouds over downtown Fort Collins, Colorado as viewed from the ACE Hardware parking lot. The First Bank tower is visible in the right hand side of the photo. Various business buildings are to the left of the parking lot. Strands of lights are hanging above the alleyway.

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