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Ross A. Baker

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#Indianapolis #Dogs #Aquariums #BBQ openpgp4fpr:904c153733dbb0106915c0bd975be5bc29d92ca5 [bridged from pics.rossabaker.com/ross on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/06/2026

You would be pressing your luck to drive through here at 13mph.

A Speed Limit 12 sign, partially obscured by a tree branch.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/06/2026

Close up of a Baltimore oriole sitting in a leafy tree.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 31/05/2026

#Dachshund #BeanBlossoms

Dachshund in a vest and on a leash, sniffing a fallen bean blossom in the grass.

A dachshund in a vest and on a leash, licking at a fallen white bean blossom in the grass.

Close up of a cluster of white blossoms on a bean tree. Broad green leaves from the bean tree form the background.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/05/2026

A baby bunny laying low in short grass. Its ears are completely flattened back.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/05/2026

Close up of a bumblebee on the flowers of a raspberry bush with partially full pollen baskets on its hind legs.

Flying bumblebee approaching the white flowers of a raspberry vine

Bumblebee foraging for pollen on the white flowers of a raspberry vine

Bumblebee foraging on the flowers of a raspberry vine, with partially full pollen baskets on its hind legs.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/05/2026

A turkey vulture sitting in the mown grass in the park. No other animals are in sight. A large oak tree trunk is several feet away.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

Six older ducklings standing next to a small stream, a few feet from their mother.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 17/05/2026

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 17/05/2026

Two raccoons sitting on the edge of a large, half-open dumpster. They are looking outward at passers by, not in frame.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 17/05/2026

A young raccoon in the crotch of a tree with vines growing up the trunk. The raccoon is looking out, with a front paw on either fork in the trunk.

A young raccoon in the crotch of a tree with vines growing up the trunk. The raccoon is looking out, with a front paw on either fork in the trunk.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 17/05/2026

#Mallards #ducklings

Mother mallard and eight ducklings in a shallow creek. There are sticks across the creek and weeds in the foreground. The mother is looking at the camera while the ducklings peck in the creek.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 17/05/2026

Caturday on the Nickel Plate Trail. #Cats #Caturday

Two gray tabby cats walking down a rail trail. A larger one in front is meowing, with a skinnier one several paces behind.

Two gray tabby cats approaching on a paved trail. A larger one is in front, meowing. A skinner one lags behind.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 13/05/2026

To get away from the weird jogger with the camera.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 13/05/2026

#Geese #Goslings

A family of four geese. The two parents are side by side, with two young goslings just behind the closer adult. It is sunny.

A goose family swimming in a creek. The two adults are swimming in opposite directions, each with a gosling by its side.

A goose family swimming to the right of the picture. The two adults lead, with one gosling close behind, and another further behind. The second adult has its neck down, looking like it's hurrying.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 13/05/2026

#Flowers #SweetWilliam

Three clusters of pink and white sweet william flowers

A flowering sweet william. Mostly dark pink on the outside, with a lighter color on the inside.

A deep red cluster of sweet william flowers. There is a slightly lighter area in the center.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 13/05/2026

#Geese #Goslings

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

Two broods of mallard ducklings with their mothers. One brood in the foreground is on a grassy edge of a creek. A second group swims toward it, climbing over the root of a tree in shallow water.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

A mother mallard hustling her ducklings to safety along a rocky, grassy creek.

Ten mallard ducklings, roughly in a line, facing left, in some grasses and sticks

A mother mallard hissing at the camera as she protects her ducklings near a creek

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

Mother mallard swimming in narrow creek with grassy edges. She has eleven ducklings behind her.

Mother mallard in a murky creek with 11 ducklings in a tight formation behind her.

Mother mallard standing guard while her ducklings feed along the far muddy bank of a ditch.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

#Mallards #Ducklings

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

A few common carp swimming and spalshing against the current in a murky stream

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/05/2026

A common carp flopping sideways in a creek. Its left side is exposed, with tail and head in the water.

A few common carp swimming up against a stick in a running creek. The water is murky, so they are hard to count. The top halves of about four carp are visible above the water line.

Three common carp swimming by the side of a murky creek. The eye of one is above the water peering at the camera. Another dorsal fin is visible behind it. The pectoral fins of a third are visible as it flops back into the water.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/04/2026

A cluster of mayapples above wintercreeper. The sun is illuminating a white flower beneath the canopy of one mayapple.

Cluster of mayapples near a large tree trunk. A couple have white flowers.

A cluster of mayapples in the sun in the forest. Virginia creeper is beginning to grow beneath the mayapples, over a floor of brown leaves.

Close-up of a mayapple. It has a white flower beneath its leaves. The top is covered by the sun, with a couple large drops of water.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/04/2026

#Dachshund #Mayapples

Dachshund standing in the shade under a mayapple.

Dachshund standing in a cluster of mayapples

Dachshund sniffing the underside of a mayapple that's about as tall as him.

Dachshund with one ear flopped up, standing in some mayapples, giving the camera a sideeye. In the foreground is a much larger treeing walker coonhound, sniffing the mayapples.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/04/2026

Graffiti "TRUMP SUCKS" painted in white on a rusty green recycle bin. There are drips of paint streaming down from most of the letters. Beneath the "K" is a small sticker of Trump pointing up with caption "I did that."

Closed end of a large recycling bin. It's pained green and heavily rusted. Spray painted in white is "FUCK ICE". It's in an empty parking lot with clouds at dusk and a city park in the background.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/04/2026

Concert poster, black and white.

Top: "ain't nothin' but a party"

Middle: three cartoon crawdads in a line, facing right, holding umbrellas. They alternate white-black-white.

Bottom left: "NEVILLE BROS., PROFESSOR LONGHAIR & The Blues Scholars, JAMES BOOKER"

Bottom right: "Thursday, Dec. 6th, in support of WWOZ. At Jimmy's 8200 Willow. 10.pm, $5.00 Adm. Down Home Cooking Starting at 8:30. Catered by Adolpho's Magic Food Coop. DOOR PRIZES."

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 16/04/2026

#Violets #Dachshund

A lawn full of wild violets, with a few unidentified yellow blooms.

A dachshund standing in the sun among wild violets. He is wearing a beige vest with a "Do not pet" velcro sticker.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 16/04/2026

I thought I heard an unusually loud squirrel. #Raccoon

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 16/04/2026

#AfricanViolets

A cluster of about a dozen African violet blooms.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 14/03/2026

We deserve a nap. #Dachshund #Coonhound

A dahcshund laying asleep on his side. He is on an overstuffed bed, next to a ripped up stuffed turkey toy. Pieces of the stuffing are beside him. One ear is up and his tongue is slightly stuck out.

A treeing walker coonhound, up close. She is contentedly napping on a stuffed Scottish highland cow pillow.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 19/02/2026

A crescent moon and Mercury behind a bare tree shortly after dusk

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 26/01/2026

#XCSki #WinterStorm

Cross-country ski grooves on fresh fallen snow on a wooded trail. Snow-covered branches extend overhead. There's a little less than a foot of snow, some piled on a wooden sign to the side of the trail. It is still snowing.

Ross A. Baker in the snowy woods. His long hair is frizzy and frozen over, sticking out of his red stocking hat. He is holding ski poles.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 26/01/2026

The boot binding bound to the ski better than it bound to the rest of the boot. #XCSki

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 26/01/2026

Fresh snow on the front steps of a house. It's about ten inches deep, piled up on some plant pots. A metal pink flamingo with a necklace and Converse hi-tops is in the corner, with a bit of snow on it.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 27/12/2025

Camouflage #Squirrel

A gray squirrel sitting on a gray branch of an oak tree backlit by a gray sky. The only hints of color are a little beige on the tree trunk, and an evergreen tree in the background.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 23/12/2025

December Dandelion? #Dandelion

A small, short, yellow dandelion peaking through the dried leaves and grass in a lawn. No stem is visible.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 14/12/2025

Great skiing weather today! #Winter

Ross A. Baker outside at dusk in the snow He is looking at the camera, wearing an Indiana Hoosiers beanie and a red jacket. His hair is frizzy and iced over, and his beard and mustache have several small icicles.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

[AI: magic eraser] The progression of fall. "Magic eraser" was used to remove mailboxes with street numbers. #Autum #FallColors

Fall trees: a browning sycamore, green pear tree, yellowing river birch, bright red autumn blaze maple, yellowing magnolia, and blue spruce.

Fall trees: a mostly brown sycamore, mostly green pair tree, thinning yellow river birch, red autumn blaze maple that has lost its crown, and a blue spruce.

Fall trees: a mostly bare sycamore, a thinning red pair tree, a bare river birch, a bare maple tree, a bear magnolia tree, and a full blue spruce

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

[AI: magic eraser] She was on a pink leash, removed by magic eraser. #Coonhound

A treeing walker coonhound in the woods, sitting and looking at the camera. She is in an opening covered in fallen leaves, with a lavender harness. Yellow maples are in the background.

A treeing walker coonhound in the woods, sitting and lookup and to the right. She is in an opening covered in fallen leaves, with a lavender harness. Yellow maples are in the background.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

#Dachshund #Autumn

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

A dachshund being held by his owner. He is staring straight into the camera with his ears slightly blown by the wind. The sky is gray behind him.

A black and tan dachshund with a red collar. The wind is blowing his ears backward as he looks to the side. The background is gray and dreary.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 01/12/2025

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 23/11/2025

#Dachshund #Autum

A dachshund walking into a pile of leaves almost as tall as he is. His legs are obscured, with just his head and upper torso visible.

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 23/11/2025

Two deer in an open field at sunset. Brown oak leaves hang at the top of the picture. One deer is grazing while the other looks at the camera.

A deer at dusk, looking at the camera. The deer is in a field in front of a soccer goal.

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 09/11/2025

Autumn yielding to winter #FallColors #Flurries

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Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 09/11/2025

#Autumn #FallColors

Ross A. Baker @pics.rossabaker.com · 09/11/2025

#Autumn #FallColors

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