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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I hear that Lindsey Graham may have seen Mitch just this past week! ;-)

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is a marvelous photograph! A++. Wonderful sense of scale, and very personal. Bravo!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

...correction, God ... it is Trump Diarrhea Syndrome, "TDS"!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park. Photographed March 28, 2014. (Daytime time exposure to blur the clouds)

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The photograph here, of the Three Gossips in Arches National Park, is no longer legal to take using the methods I did when this image was shot March 25, 2014. Light painting of the rock formations has been strictly prohibited since 2017 to protect the dark sky status of several national parks.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One of my favorite perspectives on Delicate Arch in Arches NP - photographed at sunset (obviously!). Just beyond the arch, to the right, is a bowl often referred to as Delicate Arch Bowl - a steep-sided drop off (requiring caution when walking near the edge!). (3-23-2014)

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thank you so much! I was hoping to photograph a hummingbird on the Tiger Flower, but after a first morning feeding, the hummingbird did not return to the Tiger Flower (only to the Crocosmia, Hot Lips Salvia, etc.) - so this was the bonus!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Must have been one of my relatives that insisted on naming the lake! ;-) Missouri River water. Yum. Hopefully filtered/purified/carbon-filtered (probably not so bad as after joining the Mississippi River in St. Louis!)

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thank you. This is really a stunning mountain viewpoint in WA state! About 30 miles in on somewhat rough roads - about 7 on gravel/potholes, but well worth the careful driving!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Lorikeets are just amazing, aren't they?! This one is beautiful!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I mis-identified this as an Anna's hummingbird - it is actually a Rufous!!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thank you so much for your kind comment, Greg!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What lake are we looking at in your photos?

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Yikes! 100F!! We took a short bike ride to the library yesterday, and it was a pleasant 75F. Much nicer than 100F!!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I've never been to St. Lucia I'll bet it's beautiful!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Mt. Adams rises above TakhLakh Lake in WA state, July 2026.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

And yet, Musk still rakes in billions from the IPO - he doesn't pay for his shares.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A honeybee feeding on Lucifer Crocosmia flowers.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A Rufous hummingbird approaches Lucifer Crocosmia blooms to feed.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A female Osprey doing a little nest remodeling to her nest on the lower Snohomish River in Everett, WA.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain.”

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"Where flowers bloom, there is hope." - First Lady Lady Bird Johnson

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

(In all honesty, I've never personally seen a creature from space!) ;-)

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The honeybees are *finally* returning to my garden. There have been very few in our area this year. Very few pollinators of any type.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There must be a special joy in being a hummingbird!

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Two more shots of "little magicians" that float on air:

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Another visitor to my yard, a Black-Capped Chickadee:

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Another common visitor to our yard, a Dark-Eyed Junco:

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just 15 feet from my front door, a world of magic unfolds each morning this time of year.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Of course - if he is there - he is lying. No doubt. A truthful epitaph if there ever was one.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The press is largely owned by the oligarch ruling class. They feed us the news and misinformation and disinformation that they favor.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And it causes acute emesis that is untreatable even with our strongest anti-emetics.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Unfortunately, ear plugs and blinding dark glasses are required as well. I can't stand listening to this guy at all.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Every American should be horrified to see this and should do all possible to prevent a further rise of a racist band of thugs like this. The hatred by them is palpable and dangerous and impacts people of color (especially) - but many of us who hate to see this and fear for our friends.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The immediacy of the deep brain stimulator implants is truly amazing. So grateful to the scientists and physicians who persisted through their studies and through years of hard research work, to bring technologies and treatments like this to the clinic.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Okay, gotta bore you with hummers. It IS that time of year, and I only have to walk about 15 feet from my front door. Guess I'm just lazy.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A myocardial infarction or a cerebral hemorrhagic stroke would work just fine... One would think that with his dietary habits, it shouldn't be long, but I'm getting exhausted waiting...

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The agility of hummingbirds never ceases to amaze me. This is an Anna's hummingbird, doing a quick body flip to fly back to the flowers it was just feeding on.

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Touching Light Photography @touchinglight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I could use some Cymbalta right now. My point that I suspect you fully understand is that this toxic relationship - that IS taking its toll on me - is driven by the playground bully mentality - they know they can use these tactics to wear us down - to make us submit. Yes we need to fight all fronts

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