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Greg Wathen

@unaka-man2024.bsky.social
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Photographer, retired wildlife biologist, landscape ecologist, climate activist. My photos are available for purchase through my Etsy shop, wathenandwild.etsy.com.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rs could have taken back tariff authority, cut off war funding, reined in ICE to, refused to confirm unfit Cabinet secretaries and a weak Federal Reserve chairman. And, most of all, they could have rejected the Big, Ugly bill. They didnt and now dread Trump coming to their district/state. KARMA
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Please, Mr. President, Campaign For My Republican Opponent!
🚨 29 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 04/10/2026
Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us and for our suffering world!
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NYT reports that talks between the Trump administration and Russia to end the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit family business partners of the main US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's hard to beat the Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee/North Carolina border for fall colors. My home away from home. Circa October 1980. #BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace #landscapephotography #fallcolors #careforcreation #EtsySeller #SmokyMountains #Tennessee #NorthCarolina #MtLeConte
Mt. LeConte in the  Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee/North Carolina border. Snow on the mountains and fall colors in the valley.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Radnor Lake State Natural Area in Nashville is a great #3rdPlace destination anytime of the year, but it's hard to beat the fall colors. #BlueSkyArtShow #nashville #tennessee #naturephotography #landscapephotography #fallcolors #careforcreation #Etsyseller
Radnor Lake State Natural Area in Nashville is a great #3rdPlace destination anytime of the year, but it's hard to beat the fall colors.
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Nfknanna @nfknanna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Santiago de Compostela #3rdPlace on my bucket list #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #dailyphoto #travel #Spain
A medieval cathedral overlooking a busy square. The cathedral has two ornate towers with a third, smaller, in the middle.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In response to the mad, boorish, wanna-be king, repeated, public displays of affection for the Kennedy Center have erupted.
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Undaunted Arts in D.C.
🚨32 Days to the Midterms🚨
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Peacock Fountain, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand, circa February 2023. #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #NewZealand #Christchurch ##citylights #urban
Peacock Fountain, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand, circa February 2023.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #NewZealand #Christchurch ##citylights #urban
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow, here's a night view from Vancouver Island, BC, looking towards Port Angeles, Washington, with celestial and human made #Lights. #nightsky #milkyway #landscapephotography #EtsySeller #careforcreation #PacificNW #Canada #BritishColumbia #Victoria
For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow, here's a night view from Vancouver Island, BC, looking towards Port Angeles, Washington, with celestial and human made #Lights.

#nightsky #milkyway #landscapephotography #EtsySeller #careforcreation #PacificNW #Canada #BritishColumbia #Victoria
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For #Stunday, I'm posting an oldie from October 1980. This was one of the first photos I ever took, capturing an October snowstorm on Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains, with fall colors in the valley below. #GreatSmokyMountains #landscapephotographer #EtsySeller #CareforCreation #Tennessee
For #Stunday, I'm posting an oldie from October 1980. This was one of the first photos I ever took, capturing an October snowstorm on Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains, with fall colors in the valley below.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is there anything more glorious that quaking aspens in the fall? I don't think so. This image was taken in September 2023, while visiting Yellowstone National Park. #BlueSkyArtShow #golden #Aspens #Yellowstone #landscapephotography #Wyoming #careforcreation
Is there anything more glorious that quaking aspens in the fall? I don't think so. This image was taken in September 2023, while visiting Yellowstone National Park.

#BlueSkyArtShow #golden #Aspens #Yellowstone #landscapephotography #Wyoming #careforcreation
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Grand Tetons are spectacular any time of the year, but I really enjoy them when the season turns to fall, with the cooler temperatures, #golden colors, and excellent wildlife viewing. #BlueSkyArtShow #GrandTeton #Wyoming #Autumn #CareforCreation #landscapephotography
The Grand Tetons are spectacular any time of the year, but I really enjoy them when the season turns to fall, with the cooler temperatures, #golden colors, and excellent wildlife viewing.

#BlueSkyArtShow #GrandTeton #Wyoming #Autumn #CareforCreation #landscapephotography
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Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So you know The Atlantic has a feature series where writers get to follow in the footsteps of their literary heroes? Well, I got to do mine and it was the most fun thing I've ever done or will ever do again. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Jackie Collins Wrote Her Own Revolution
The novelist imagined women enjoying equality in the bedroom and the boardroom. Are we any closer to living in that world?
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good morning, and happy #Stunday! A sunrise photo from Boneyard Beach near Charleston, SC. #nature #Charleston #BoneyardBeach #landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise #careforcreation #SouthCarolina
Good morning, and happy #Stunday! A sunrise photo from Boneyard Beach near Charleston, SC.

#nature #Charleston #BoneyardBeach #landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise #careforcreation #SouthCarolina
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Undulating layers of adobe roof tiles on the Camino de Santiago, Spain. #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #Spain #CaminodeSantiago #pilgrimage
Undulating layers of adobe roof tiles on the Camino de Santiago, Spain.

#BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #Spain #CaminodeSantiago #pilgrimage
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. A good example of #undulating layers of sedimentary rock, laid down over millions of years. Circa 2016. #BlueSkyArtShow #SouthDakota #Badlands #landscapephotography #careforcreation
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. A good example of #undulating layers of sedimentary rock, laid down over millions of years. Circa 2016.

#BlueSkyArtShow #SouthDakota #Badlands #landscapephotography #careforcreation
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
hey, judges can do judging and read texts fairly!
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Words & Phrases
What if the law means what it says?
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Pyrenees of northern Spain at sunrise, from the Camino de Santiago, circa June 2015. #BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Spain #CaminodeSantiago #Sunrise #Landscapephotography
The Pyrenees of northern Spain at sunrise, from the Camino de Santiago, circa June 2015.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Spain #CaminodeSantiago #Sunrise #Landscapephotography
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Summer is a time for flowers, and these Black-eyed Susan's are some of my favorites. #BlueSkyArtShow #summer #nature #naturephotography #Tennessee #Nashville #careforcreation
Summer is a time for flowers, and these Black-eyed Susan's are some of my favorites.

#BlueSkyArtShow #summer #nature #naturephotography #Tennessee #Nashville #careforcreation
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This kaleidoscope of swallowtail looks like utter #chaos to us humans, but I'm guessing is a perfectly normal activity for butterflies. April 2026, Tremont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #GreatSmokyMountains #naturephotography #careforcreation #Tennessee
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When I think about our #earth, I'm always reminded of this verse from St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun - All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Earth, our Mother, who feeds us in her sovereignty, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs. #BlueSkyArtShow
When I think about our #earth, I'm always reminded of this verse from St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun - All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Earth, our Mother, who feeds us in her sovereignty, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.

#BlueSkyArtShow
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thinking about the #water theme for this weekend's #BlueSkyArtShow, this image of the Grand Geyser in Yellowstone National Park comes to mind. Circa 2019. #Yellowstone #naturephotography #geysers #careforcreation #Wyoming
hinking about the #water theme for this weekend's #BlueSkyArtShow, this image of the Grand Geyser in Yellowstone National Park comes to mind. Circa 2019.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The California condor is the largest North American bird, but it is dwarfed by the vastness of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. circa 2008. #BlueSkyArtShow #big #GrandCanyon #birds #landscapephotography #naturephotography #careforcreation
The California condor is the largest North American bird, but it is dwarfed by the vastness of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. circa 2008.

#BlueSkyArtShow #big #GrandCanyon #birds #landscapephotography #naturephotography #careforcreation
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A couple more pics for #BlueSkyArtShow 's #glass theme, from a stained glass museum, Studio Moretti Caselli, in Perugia, Italy. Tools of the trade. #Italy #travelphotography #stainglass
A couple more pics for #BlueSkyArtShow 's #glass theme, from a stained glass museum, Studio Moretti Caselli, in Perugia, Italy. Tools of the trade.A couple more pics for #BlueSkyArtShow 's #glass theme, from a stained glass museum, Studio Moretti Caselli, in Perugia, Italy. Tools of the trade.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
When I think of #glass I think of Chihuly glass. This glass display was at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, summer 2024. #BlueSkyArtShow #Chihuly #Atlanta #sculpturephoto
When I think of #glass I think of Chihuly glass. This glass display was at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, summer 2024.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A hen mallard with her #growing brood, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 2013. #BlueSkyArtShow #nature #naturephotography #birds #Tennessee
A hen mallard with her #growing brood, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 2013.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A #quiet evening on the beach in Victoria, BC, contemplating the cosmos and seeing the lights of Port Angeles, WA, across the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. #BlueSkyArtShow #nightphotography #BritishColumbia #Victoria
A #quiet evening on the beach in Victoria, BC, contemplating the cosmos and seeing the lights of Port Angeles, WA, across the Strait of San Juan de Fuca.
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Ed Maibach @handle.invalid · 11/07/2026
Dumb, dumber, and dumbest: A tragedy.
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The nation's biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear
In a revised energy plan, the nation's largest public utility follows Trump administrative directives and shies away from solar and wind.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A #quiet morning on a lake in the Boundary Waters wilderness of northern Minnesota, circa 1986. #BlueSkyArtShow #naturephotography #Minnesota #BoundaryWaters
A #quiet morning on a lake in the Boundary Waters  wilderness of northern Minnesota, circa 1986.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A very #wide view of tent city at the Queue at Wimbledon 2026. #BlueSkyArtShow #Wimbledon
A very #wide view of tent city at the  Queue at Wimbledon 2026.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A panoramic view of the British Columbia mountains overlooking Whistler, BC. #BlueSkyArtShow #wide #landscapephotography #Canada #BritishColumbia #Whistler
A panoramic view of the British Columbia mountains overlooking Whistler, BC.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A close up view of a daffodil. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Lots of #curves in this image from Trinity College library, Dublin, Ireland. #BlueSkyArtShow #earth #Ireland
Lots of #curves in this image from Trinity College library, Dublin, Ireland.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ospreys are perfectly equipped for fishing - long curved talons for grabbing their prey, a #sharp beak for tearing into flesh, and eyes with exceptional vision, allowing them to spot fish from far above the water. #BlueSkyArtShow #naturephotography #nature #birds #photography #careforcreation
Ospreys are perfectly equipped for fishing - long curved talons for grabbing their prey, a #sharp beak for tearing into flesh, and eyes with exceptional vision, allowing them to spot fish from far above the water.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A dancing willet, celebrating #WorldOceanDay on the Gulf Coast, Anna Marie Island, Florida. #BirdoftheDay #BlueSkyMonday #Birds #Florida #GulfCoast
A dancing willet, celebrating #WorldOceanDay on the Gulf Coast, Anna Marie Island, Florida.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Pike Street Market - a busy place for shopping, eating, or just exploring the delights of Seattle, Washington. #BlueSkyArtShow #busy #Seattle #Washington #urbanphotography
Pike Street Market - a busy place for shopping, eating, or just exploring the delights of Seattle, Washington.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Bungee jumping requires a certain level of courage and free spiritedness. #BlueSkyArtShow #growth #newzealand #bungee
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Leo’s answer is clear: A person’s dignity does not depend on what they can "achieve or produce."
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In ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ Pope Leo delivers on a people-first vision for AI
Leo’s answer is clear: A person’s dignity does not depend on what they can "achieve or produce."
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Remembering those who served and sacrificed it all on this Memorial Day 2026. #MemorialDay #VietnamVeteransMemorial #Nashville
Remembering those who served and sacrificed it all on this Memorial Day 2026.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Happy #Stunday! Captured this image of a prickly pear cactus in our backyard in middle Tennessee. It certainly has put on a stunning display of flowers this spring. #naturephotography #gardening #Tennessee #Nashville #careforcreation #photography
Happy #Stunday! Captured this image of a prickly pear cactus in our backyard in middle Tennessee. It certainly has put on a stunning display of flowers this spring.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
At Mt. Rainier in Washington State, here's a hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) standing #tall, surveying his (or her) domain. These mammals hibernate 7 to 8 months each year, so only have a few months to enjoy the amazing views of Mt. Rainier. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography #nature #MtRainier
At Mt. Rainier in Washington State, here's a hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) standing #tall, surveying his (or her) domain. These mammals hibernate 7 to 8 months each year, so only have a few months to enjoy the amazing views of Mt. Rainier.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Multnomah Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge, is the tallest waterfall in Oregon, at total of 620 ft. from top to bottom. A must-see for those traveling along the Columbia River on the Lewis & Clark Trail. #BlueSkyArtShow #tall #landscapephotography #waterfalls #Oregon #ColumbiaRiver #lewis&clark
Multnomah Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge, is the tallest waterfall in Oregon, at total of 620 ft. from top to bottom. A must-see for those traveling along the Columbia River on the Lewis & Clark Trail.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Early #morning sunrise with storm clouds building, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography #forgottencoast #floridagulfcoast #naturephotography #careforcreation
Early #morning sunrise with storm clouds building, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. 

#BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography #forgottencoast #floridagulfcoast #naturephotography #careforcreation
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
#BlueSkyArtShow #Soft
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Here's a late afternoon image of the Great Smoky Mountains overlooking Cades Cove during early spring a couple of weeks ago. #BlueSkyArtShow #ShadowPlay #landscapephotography #naturephotography #careforcreation #SmokyMountains
Here's a late afternoon image of the Great Smoky Mountains overlooking Cades Cove during early spring a couple of weeks ago.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A blast from the past, long road trip to Alaska via the Alaska Highway, circa 1988. One heck of an adventure! #BlueSkyArtShow #odd #Alaska #AlaskaHighway #roadtrip
The Alaska State Bird
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The #edge of the waterfall, Middle Prong of the Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, from this morning’s nature hike. #BlueSkyArtShow #naturephotography #waterfall #SmokyMountains #Tennessee #careforcreation
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy #BlueSkyMonday! Here's a sunrise image from Boneyard Beach at Botany Bay, near Charleston, SC, shot just a few weeks ago. #landscapephotography #longexposure #AtlanticOcean #SouthCarolina #naturephotography #careforcreation
Happy #BlueSkyMonday! Here's a sunrise image from Boneyard Beach at Botany Bay, near Charleston, SC, shot just a few weeks ago.
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Greg Wathen @unaka-man2024.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Making something old #new again. Chevy Chevelle, late 1960's model. Image taken in downtown Jefferson, Texas, February 2016. #BlueSkyArtShow #Texas #oldcars #retro #downtown
Making something old #new again. Chevy Chevelle, late 1960's model. Image taken in downtown Jefferson, Texas, February 2016.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
We could’ve had this intelligent supremely qualified leader in the White House instead of a dangerous psychopath. I’ll never regret voting for her.
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