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triciajobrien

@triciajobrien.bsky.social
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Have flown the coop, landing here. Writer (former news & features reporter), reader, friend of the arts and nature. Photos taken by me unless it's a repost.

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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
afternoon tea in her well-worn tweed suit soiled by the years #DailyHaikuPrompt (soil) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another gorgeous mushroom growing on a fir tree in a forest park. Please identify it if you can, thanks. I'm guessing it's the same type as the other one I just posted despite the color and shape difference. It's as large as a dinner plate. #mushroom #fungi #forest #mycology #photography
White and salmon colored large mushroom with multiple wing-like structure growing in a forest.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Like a giant butterfly. Went for a walk in the nearby forest park and found this gorgeous mushroom. Can anyone identify it, please? #forest #mushroom #fungi #mycology #photography
Bright yellow large mushroom, looking like it has wings,  growing on the side of fir tree.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
soft evening rain the tantrum of thunder put to rest #DailyHaikuPrompt (evening rain) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
freshly cut grass sinuses tingle then launch counterattack #DailyHaikuPrompt (cut grass) #senryu
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
little surfer without a wetsuit blue lips blue toes #DailyHaikuPrompt (swim freeze)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nature reclaiming abandoned homes in Aughris Head, Ireland. #photography #Alphabetchallenge #WeekAForAbandoned
Ivy consuming what's left of a cottage--green growth covers the chimney and crumbled walls.Only stone entry remains of cottage consumed by time and wild growth of green ivy and grass.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Abandoned abbey in Cashel, Ireland. #photography #Alphabetchallenge #WeekAForAbandoned
Abandoned abbey in Ireland, stone walls half crumbled, view through a window arch of surrounding countryside of Cashel.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
wild roses whisper of forests and meadows free and independent #DailyHaikuPrompt (roses)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My menu representing our melting pot: Irish Guinness, French fries (sweet potato Southern version), Mandarin chicken, homegrown berries on pavlova, which originated in various forms in Europe and became a thing in Australia and New Zealand. Coffee and chocolate from the Americas. #food #holiday
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
pile of juncos pushed off by pile of pigeons -- feeder tales #DailyHaikuPrompt (juncos) #haiku #birds
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The last of my peonies. A few days of sudden heat fried those who remained. Waiting on the dahlias now and grateful for the beauty in this world as it comes and goes. #flowers #garden #FlowersFriday
Fully open pink peonies in a bed of green leaves.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
yellowjacket settles on the open can tipsy woman sips #DailyHaikuPrompt (picnic)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
summer solstice culling tiny green apples from the drooping tree #DailyHaikuPrompt (solstice) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A somewhat-rare Matilija poppy always draws me in. Also known as the fried-egg flower, they are native to California, but I saw this one in Washington. #flowers #wildflowers #garden
Delicate and rumpled large white petals and bright yellow center of a Matilija poppy basking in the sunshine.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Please meet Harold. He likes to hang out at the pond in a nearby cemetery. Maud was absent today.
Male Mallard duck standing by a pond at a nearby cemetery. Staff  bring him treats.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
that little sparrow on my peach tree sings so sweet the world holds its breath #DailyHaikuPrompt (sparrow) #haiku #birds
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
that salvia plant emerges anew each year -- blue-purple fanfare #DailyHaikuPrompt (salvia)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
everyone looks up high above the canyon folds red-tailed shrieks #DailyHaikuPrompt (hawk)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Cooper's hawk streaking in out of nowhere everybody flees #DailyHaikuPrompt (hawk)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
pooling coins the kids bought one stalk of sugar cane #DailyHaikuPrompt (pool)
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
vulnerable whenever the mask is removed #DailyHaikuPrompt (mask) #micropoetry
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
two days of glory for the ephemeral sweet peony #DailyHaikuPrompt (peony) #haiku #garden #flowers
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
My first bouquet from this year's peonies. They take my breath away. #garden #peony
A vase holding a bouquet of peonies in lemon yellow, peach and pink.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Douglas Fir new growth. #ForestFriday #trees #forest
Lime green new growth on the tips of darker green needles of a Douglas Fir tree.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
fifty years of ash stuck behind the old damper no wonder it smoked #DailyHaikuPrompt (fireplace, airing out) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
the homeless girl made a cocoon for herself in a spare closet #DailyHaikuPrompt (cocoon) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
yellowing of leaves the marmalade tulips now saying good-bye #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellowing) #haiku #garden
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dragonfly on one of my peonies. I love the pattern on its body and delicate membrane of its wings. #nature #flowers #insects #dragonflies #garden #mobilephoto #naturephotography
A patterned dragonfly, its long, thin body perched on a delicate pink peony flower.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
heart-jarring thunder within the white-out blizzard ghost lightning #DailyHaikuPrompt (thunder) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Nature artists or fairies, who knows? My local forest park sometimes has surprises like this little house of twigs and moss nestled at the foot of a Douglas fir. #moss #ForestFriday #forest #nature #art
Tiny structure found in the woods that looks like a fairy house built of twigs with a green moss roof.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
wishing for the moon to rise and rise again on this lonely Earth #DailyHaikuPrompt (moon rise) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
forgot the gloves north wind didn't forget its bluster #DailyHaikuPrompt (north wind) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Could hardly believe it when I looked out the dining room window to see a pileated woodpecker side-stepping his way done a wooden railing to get to my birdbath. What a moment! #birds #nature #mobilephotography #putwateroutforwildlife
Bright red head of a pileated woodpecker dips down to drink from a birdbath.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The moss and the sunlight were doing great things in the forest. #ForestFriday #forest #moss #photography
Sunlight glows through strands of moss among the trees in a forest.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
newcomer raven makes a fuss above our heads protecting a nest #DailyHaikuPrompt (raven) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
in an old trunk a piece of her winter coat my childhood refuge #DailyHaikuPrompt (winter coat) #haiku #memories
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
shaking my rake like Farmer McGregor at marauding pigeons #DailyHaikuPrompt (rake) #haiku #senryu
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
newly-planted seeds gently soaked by spring rain my water bill saved #DailyHaikuPrompt (spring rain) #haiku #senryu
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
hazy morning light mutes colors and edges of a familiar landscape #DailyHaikuPrompt (hazy) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I believe this is a winter windflower also known as sapphire anemone. Western Washington forest area. #wildflowers
A small sapphire-blue flower with bright yellow stamens growing in a forest environment.
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
tale of two trees one a white cloud of flowers the other has none (The apple trees in my yard take turns blooming each year.) #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #garden #trees #Spring
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
wavelets pulling back with only a whisper of their power #DailyHaikuPrompt (whisper) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
planted lupine seeds anticipating splendor then came rabbits #DailyHaikuPrompt (lupine) #haiku #senryu #garden #rabbits
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
orange show-stopper acres-upon-acres of back-lit poppies (Have you ever been to the Antelope Valley in a perfect year for wild California poppies to bloom?) #DailyHaikuPrompt (orange) #haiku #flowers #nature
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
garden store frenzy trays of pretties coming home now the planting -- yikes #DailyHaikuPrompt (planting) #garden #flowers #Spring
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
empty promises that blossoming plum tree row that makes no fruit #DailyHaikuPrompt (plum) #haiku
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is stunning. : "Carve the runes Then be content with silence."
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
hillside of mustard flowering so prettily then the sneezing #DailyHaikuPrompt (mustard flowers) #haiku #senryu
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triciajobrien @triciajobrien.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
dark shapes in the mist beauty or desolation on the path ahead #DailyHaikuPrompt (mist, desolation) #haiku
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