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#Retired #statistics and #ComputerScience #educator. Former executive with extensive background in #DatabaseMarketing and #ecommerce. Raised in Southern #California; lived in […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mas.to/@thepdog, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
#SilentSunday #trees #park
Trees in a park from a walk Saturday morning. A large tree is partially shown on the right edge and top. It's leaves are still green with just a hint of yellow scattered about. On the left is another large tree, whose dark trunk sits beneath a canopy of purplish leaves. In its shade to the right sits a metal park bench. Further back, but slightly to the right is another tree that can only be seen partially. It's golden leaves define the center of the picture. The trees sit within a vibrant green lawn patterned with shadows. A roadway is in the background along with more trees and shrubs on the far side. Below the purplish branches and behind and to the left of the bench is a large shrub that is covered in shadow. A second bench can be seen further back, below the green branch on the right. A clear and brilliant blue sky forms the backdrop, peaking through branch openings on the left, right, and top.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
#SilentSunday #DogsOfMastodon
A small dog lies curled up, sleeping on a reddish brown couch. If you look closely near the center, you can see her snout and tiny black nose. On top of the dog is a large blue robe that completely covers the dog like a blanket.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
#SilentSunday #birds #HouseFinch #chicks #nest #SantaFe #NewMexico
A nest sits on the left side of a ledge while three House Finch chicks line themselves starting at the center and going to the right edge of the ledge. The ledge itself is a washed out pinkish orange color and the background wood beam is a dark brown with a support strip that runs vertically down, just off center to the left.

The nest looks like a jumbled mess of twigs and feathers in mostly brown tones. All the chicks are fully feathered in brown with some downy white feathers sprinkled throughout their breasts. All three heads are turned left with their yellowish beaks pointing the way. Their mom just flew off and they are watching to see if she is coming back with more food.

It's possible that she has flown off to our neighbor's bird feeder to grab some food for herself.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
#SilentSunday #birds #HouseFinch #chick #nest #BirdsOfFediverse
A mother House Finch with its back toward the camera, sits on the rim of a Say's Phoebe nest, which it is now using as the previous occupant and its hatchlings had left several weeks before. Popping up from the center of the nest is a head with beak wide open, ready for its feeding. The nest sits under a porch roof and a top a stuccoed support column. The ceiling is white, the roof facing is a deep, purplish brown, and the column is an orange pink. The chick beak is yellow in color and has few feathers. The mother is looking toward the chick and head slightly lowered. Its feathers are  primarily brown, with lighter stripes along the wings and towards its underside.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
#SilentSunday #SantaFe #NewMexico #sky #Railyard #rainbow #evening #concert #YachtRock
The lower half of the photo is filled with structures and people. At the far left is a silver roofed, light brown brown railroad water tower. It has the word Santa, which is partially blocked by a temporary roof covering. This covering is for a bandstand. On the stage is a group of yacht rock musicians. In front of the stage is a crowd of people enjoying the music. Further to the right is a rooftop covering a walkway. A series of tall poles, brown in color are supports for the covering. There are four poles that are visible. Below the covering are more people and two royal blue canopies. Above the covering are green tree tops. Rising above the treetops and curving to the right is a bright rainbow. The rest of the powder blue sky is empty.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
Sitting on the patio this morning, sipping my coffee, when this lizard showed up to sun himself. #photo #lizard #SantaFe #NewMexico #stucco #wall
A small lizard sits on a brightly colored stucco wall of a solid orange-pink. The lizard is mostly grays with two noticeable darker, vertical bands running along either side of its backbone. Its legs are somewhat splayed to aid in gripping the wall. Its tail hangs down. Its head is turned slightly to the left, as if looking at something.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
#SilentSunday #NewMexico #SantaFe #sky #clouds
A cerulean sky painted with fluffy clouds, greyed on their bottoms with shadow. The foreground displays a glimpse of hilltops and scattered treetops that frame the bottom. To the right, some leafed branches of an Aspen tree.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
#SilentSunday #SantaFe #NewMexico #opera #MadamaButterfly #stage
The Santa Fe Opera stage before the start of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The Opera stage is open air, so you can see scattered natural foliage on a high desert landscape in the background. The stage is bare except for a large frame cube. There are two pink tree branches projecting from the right edge. A large orangey yellow sun appears to be setting at the rear of the stage. Above the stage is a covering filled with squares that are made from triangles. The lighting illuminates some of these in a coppery glow while the remaining ones are dimmed in shadow.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
I verified that this actually happened! #vandals #SUV #president #ReflectingPool #idiot
A photo shows the presidential cavalcade of black SUVs traveling across the reflecting pool bottom after it was drained and resealed. The headline states, "New footage emerged of VANDALS driving their SUVs on the newly finished pond sealant, effectively ruining it!

A sub headline reads, "President Trump makes surprise trip to reflecting pool."

This happened on May 7, 2026
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026
#SilentSunday #Golden #Colorado #creek #tubing
Clear Creek flows through Golden, Colorado. Here is a lush, tree-lined corridor, shot from a bridge. A dry, rocky mountain ridge rises in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Dozens of people are river tubing — floating downstream on inflatable tubes. The tubes come in bright colors: orange, yellow, blue, and red. In the foreground, two people float side by side on orange and yellow tubes. Further upstream there's a small rapid where the water turns white.

Spectators and friends are gathered along both rocky shorelines, relaxing under the trees and watching the tubers go by. On the left bank, a person in a yellow hat sits with a dog. On the right bank, a larger group lounges on the rocks.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
#SilentSunday #sunset #SantaFe #NewMexico #ElDorado
A gravel driveway, lined with partially exposed stones, curves toward the left around a large tree whose branches fill the left center of the frame. Beyond the driveway are dry grasses; scrub trees and cacti are sparsely spread across the grassland. At the center is a bright orange red glow as the sun sinks below the horizon. dense, dark grey clouds frame the sun's glow. Above, the sky transitions from light blue to ever deepening shades of the twilight sky that is soon to dominate. A few scattered wisps of clouds still glow with the final rays of the sun.

This photo was taken last Sunday, May 24, 2026.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Sunset this evening featured a crescent moon and Venus. A really beautiful site. #photo #sunset #SantaFe #NewMexico #crescent #moon #Venus
A cloudless sunset with light blue at the bottom, gradually darkening to a deep blue at the top. Some partial tree branches frame the sunset with branches intruding on the right side and the upper right corner. A tree top is at the bottom just to the right of the center. All the branches and tree top appear as very dark green or black. In the middle of the image is a pale, thin crescent moon that looks like a bright smile below a pale blue sphere. To the far right and just above the moon is a bright dot. This is the planet Venus.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026
Used the Merlin app audio feature for the first time this morning. It worked really well and identified four different birds chirping away. Yesterday, I was able to find a bird through the visual search. #merlin #Birds #BirdWatching #SantaFe #NewMexico
Screen shot of the Merlin app. At the top is a label that says Mar 16 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Immediately below this is an audio play button that is used to play the bird songs captured. Below are four birds with photos and names that the Merlin app identified by sound. The birds identified are: House Finch, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, and Bewick's Wren.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026
#SilentSunday #UnionStation #Denver #Colorado #TrainStation
A large, stone bick building with four upper arched windows that are lite up in night's darkness. The arched windows are bathed in blue and magenta lights. Below the windows are a series of arched doorways whose windows glow from the light inside. On top of the building is a neon sign in two lines with an old clock face embedded between the lines. The top line reads Union Station and the bottom line read Travel by Train.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2025
We were driving home from the Plaza tonight, heading south on Don Gaspar when we encountered five mule deer.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025
All I wanted for Christmas was you. Instead, all I got was a rose. What am I supposed to do with a rose? It doesn't even bounce! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. May everyone enjoy the holiday season and all the best to you in 2026. #DogsOfMastodon #MerryChristmas
A butterscotch colored small dog sits on a cordovan colored sofa cushion. She has a whitish snout, a white right front paw, and a white chest. She is looking toward her left with a somewhat sad look and her head hangs slightly down. There is a small, round, red medallion hanging from her collar. In her mouth from the right side is a single white rose.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025
#SilentSunday #photography #SantaFe #NewMexico #plaza #HolidayLights
The Santa Fe Plaza is lit up at night by strands of colorful lights wrapped around tree branches. Reds, blues, greens, purples, and assorted colors cast magical shades on the ground. Above it all floats a bright moon, gleaming white. 

I swear that the city keeps adding more lights every year. I'm not sure they can squeeze anymore in at this point. I'll find out next year.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025
@msbellows I just woke up to see the announcement that troops are being sent to Portland. We are in Portland now. Yesterday we walked around the Pearl District, visited Pioneer Place, and enjoyed the peace and beauty of a NW autumn day. Below are a few photos I took […] [Original post on mas.to]
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025
@Nonilex I just woke up to see the announcement that troops are being sent to Portland. We are in Portland now. Yesterday we walked around the Pearl District, visited Pioneer Place, and enjoyed the peace and beauty of a NW autumn day. Below are a few photos I took. As […] [Original post on mas.to]
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025
#SilentSunday #hollyhocks #sunflowers #flowers #NewMexico #SantaFe
In the foreground are bright pink hollyhocks. A large patch of sunflowers stands behind the hollyhocks on the far side of a cement pathway. The sunflowers are tall and green topped with large yellow flowers that have brown centers. Sitting behind the sunflowers to the upper right stands part of a brown, pueblo style house. Above is a blue sky streaked with thin, white clouds.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2025
#SilentSunday #NewMexico #SantaFe #river #photo
A small stone bridge with a metal guardrail sits above a narrow river. The near bank is grass and shrub lines while the far bank has a stacked stone facing before the bridge and grass and dirt on the far side of the bridge. The footbridge appears to lead to some buildings on the far bank. Large cottonwood trees spread their branches above the river as they line both sides of the bank on the far side of the bridge.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2025
Saw this on another site and I had to share. 🇨🇦 #jaws #Canada #moose #PaddleBoarder #humor #meme
A paddle boarder with her back facing the view is headed toward a lake's shoreline. Behind her, by many meters, the antlers and part of the head of a moose can be seen, following the paddle boarder. A title at the top of the image reads Jaws Canada.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025
#SilentSunday #DogdsOfMastodon
A small golden-colored cockapoo sits on a light colored tile floor. It is facing toward the left, staring at a large bag of dog food. The bag is taller than the sitting dog and it's depth is almost the same as the dog's sitting length. The background shows brown wood cabinets and a kitchen counter. This is the beginning for a silent Sunday.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025
#SilentSunday #NewMexico #bronze #Apache
An Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer in bronze stands on a sand-colored granite pedestal with mountains dotted with pinion pines in the background. Trees are visible to the left of the statue and a corner of a pinkish adobe building is on the right. The statue is about 20 feet tall. The warrior's head is adorned with two eagle feathers. He wears a red bandana around his nose and mouth. His upper torso is bare save small red ribbons that ring his upper arms. The ribbons fall below his arms and each has four more eagle feathers attached. His left arm is thrust forward, with an Apache club held in his grip. The right arm appears as if read to throw an object. In his right hand is a long reed or string tipped with another eagle feather. A fringed leather skirt is held up with a thick leather belt adorned with leather bells. His feet are covered with high-top moccasins. Large white clouds float above in a clear blue sky. The bronze was sculpted by Craig Dan Goseyun of the San Carlos Apache in 1995.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2025
#SilentSunday #SantaFe #NewMexico #sky
A silhouetted wall runs through the lower center of the image, dominating the left edge and gradually getting smaller as it traverses on a diagonal toward the center of the right edge. Below, and to the right of the silhouette is a dirt band before reaching the edge of a sidewalk. Immediately above the wall, also heavily shadowed, are some flat pueblo style roofs and a lone, leafless tree, its branches splayed out into the sky. The sky is a brilliant blue, filled with myriad clouds that show bright white edges and gray interiors from a sun approaching sunset.
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ThePdog @thepdog.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2025
#SilentSunday #SantaFe #NewMexico #river
In the foreground is a river embankment covered in dirt and dry grass. A few shrubs, their limbs bare of leaves, are scattered along the river bank. To the left of the shrubs is a copse of small cottonwoods, the white of their bark the only color during winter. The river flows  beyond. The far bank is rock and boulder strewn with some patches of snow. The far embankment rises to a large, flat field covered in browned grass. In the distance are more trees with some mountains barely visible through and above their barren branches. Above sits a cerulean colored sky. Photo was taken on a walk on January 31, 2025.
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