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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tonight's sunset from Clearwater Beach, FL

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chihuly Collection, Saint Petersburg, FL Macchia bowls #bluesky

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good Morning America, how are you? Sand Key viewed from Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No NO! And fuck NO! They are going to level forests and fill in wetlands to pave a parking lot. Anyone associated with this idea should be ashamed.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This early 20th century commercial souvenir postcard documents the Juri Uma (also known in the Okinawan language as Umagaa, or "Horse Dance"), a celebrated folk ritual traditionally performed by the Juri (Okinawan courtesans and female performing artists)

Two young women stand side-by-side in a stately studio pose against a warm, sun-yellow backdrop, their bodies angled in synchronized grace. Each dancer holds a carved wooden hobby-horse head (uma-gashira) at her waist, framed by patterned fabric reins draped over her arms to imitate the bridle of a galloping steed. They are clad in traditional Okinawan robes (ryūso), featuring bold bingata stencil-dyed textiles—the left dancer in slate-blue adorned with iris and plum blossoms, and the right in deep indigo emblazoned with gold-tinged grasses and floral sprays. Their dark hair is swept up into high, traditional Ryukyuan topknots (kampan), bound at the forehead with soft folded cloth headbands (hachimaki) in rose-pink and pale grey. Captured in the soft, hand-tinted tones of a pre-WW2 halftone postcard, the image radiates a tactile, vintage nostalgia, evoking the rhythmic sound of wooden props, the twang of the three-stringed sanshin, and the festive atmosphere of island celebration.
This commercial souvenir postcard documents the Juri Uma (also known in the Okinawan language as Umagaa, or "Horse Dance"), a celebrated folk ritual traditionally performed by the Juri (Okinawan courtesans and female performing artists) of Naha's famous Tsuji district. Held annually on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the festival featured Juri dressed in brilliant bingata garments parading through the streets with wooden horse props, dancing and mimicking a galloping motion to pray for agricultural bounty, commercial prosperity, and peace. Far beyond mere entertainers, the Juri were vital custodians of Ryukyuan classical music, dance, and diplomatic etiquette. The vibrant robes they wear represent the pinnacle of Okinawan textile monozukuri (artisanal mastery), utilizing indigenous stencil-dyeing techniques (bingata) that blend tropical color palettes with motifs influenced by Chinese and Southeast Asian trade networks.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pictures from my Father's camera Salmon Drying on a fish rack. Yukon River 1958

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

O.K. everybody, this Saturday is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Let's practice, remember hold that RRR for a moment or 2 ARRRUGULA and you can practice the first few lines of your song: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wet, cool day here in NW Montana. Started a fire, cat will appreciate it.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Working on my vegetable garden so its ready for next season. A 16' Coleman canoe cut in half will serve as 2 raised beds in a 10 foot by 10 foot by 7 feet high, fenced area. Zone 5-6 and deer. Strawberries, trellis for the snap peas, garlic, spring onions and onions, leaf lettuce, chives and more.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My favorite movie at age 20. Continental Divide with John Belushi and Blair Brown.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Found this nice Porter from Belt, Montana. A London-Style Porter, malty with coffee tones and enough sweetness to leave a pleasant aftertaste on the palate. Pigs Ass Porter from the Harvest Moon Brewery. The label art is the best. 🍺 #bskybeer #beer

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yesterday my son and I drove through Glacier National Park. We drove in through the East Glacier, over Logan Pass and exited through West Glacier. East Glacier was a cool 51F, overcast and foggy. It didn't clear up until we drove over the pass.

GNP west side of Logan Pass looking down the valley

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We floated the river today. The skies are almost clear of smoke. #Bigsky

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#Dinner Country style pork ribs in the Traeger Grill. Smoked 3 hours at 225F. Braised in cast iron pan with mixture of raspberry jam, hosin sauce and apple cider vinegar. 2 hours at 225F, check after the 1st hour. Served with rice pilaf with mushrooms and wild rice. 🍜

4 pieces of country style pork short ribs cooked in a smoker grill, with cast iron pan to braise meat

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

...and Iran are coming up with original stuff, the Trump administration steals the work of others for their propaganda.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Today I pulled the garlic and harvested a number of jalapeños. I made some Cowboy candy with jalapeños, garlic and colored carrots in vinegar and sugar with turmeric and mustard seed. 🌱🍜 #bluesky

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It's cherry season on the Flathead. I smoked some Bing and Rainer cherries, they will soak in sugar and burbon for several months before they are ready for cocktails. 🌱🍜 #bluesky #bigsky #burbon

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

ボチボチ-Bochi Bochi A nice rice lager from Bend, Oregon was on the store shelves this week. It's better then their advertised so-so. It was great for today's heat, light, refreshing. I liked the label. #bskybeer #beer

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have said before, ' I'm normally not an IPA fan' and again I will have to take back all those nasty things I've said about IPAs. Another great beer from our local brewery. Beardance Trl, No.97 is a great hike into the Mission's. My dad did it weekly to man the lookout on Crane 🍺 #bskybeer #beer

Marker for the Beardance Trailhead, Hwy 35, Beardance, Montana

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Pictures from my Grandfather's camera I recently came across a dozen boxes of slides and 8mm film of my grandfather's. There are photos from jobs on military installations in Vietnam, Alaska, Hawaii. Photos of the aftermath of the March 27, 1964 Earthquake #anchoragehistory #alaska

Maybe a school on Elmendorf Air Force Base. The underlying Bootlegger Cove clay liquefied in the shaking and the soils sloughed downhill.

I think this photo is reversed. Is that the old native hospital in the background?

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Flathead Lake Cherries are here! My grandparents owned an orchard of the east lake shore of the Flathead Lake in the 60's. I remember eating fresh cherries off the trees till I was sick. 🍜 #bigsky #montanacherries

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pictures from my Grandfather's camera Anchorage, Alaska, Spring of 1964, after the Alaska Earthquake. #alaska #alaskahistory

Inlet Hotel corner of 4th and K, Anchorage, current site of the Captn Cook Complex

Building appears to have shifted off its foundation and the front of the building is no longer flush with the ground surface.

I think this is the auto dealership the west end of Merrill Field, E. 5th Avenue and Orca street.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Photos from a Grandfather's camera. My GF was an engineer with Morrison Knudsen and was assigned to projects in Asia, Pacific and Alaska. Somewhere in Vietnam, about 1967 Building runways with Marston Mat or pierced steel planking

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Pictures from a Grandfather's camera. My GF was an engineer with Morrison Knudsen and was assigned to military projects in Vietnam, Pacific and Alaska. May 1958, Driftwood Bay AF Station, Alaska 53.9740494, -166.9047632 Cold War Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line radar and White Alice site.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Found a nice dry hop Pilsner from Mountains Walking in Ponderay, Idaho. The label caught my eye. #bskybeer #beer

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We celebrated the 4th of July in Condon, MT about an hour south of home. Our own small town's celebration has become unwieldy, difficult to park, and huge crowds. Condon shut down state highway 83 and have their parade down the highway, blocking traffic for about 45 minutes. #bigsky #bluesky

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A nice Ale out of Missoula, Montana, Oddpitch Brewing, 5.8% ABV. #Bskybeer #beer 🍻 🍺

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Pictures from my Father's camera The old school before it was torn down. When dad tore it down he noted the lumber was straight and free of knots, old growth forests. He built a single family dwelling from the salvaged lumber. I remember how much light those windows let in. St. Paul Island, 1975

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This morning I made sausage gravey with biscuits. This is my first attempt at making biscuits from scratch. I think I did pretty well myself. Scrumptious! 🍜🍽

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For years the Pentagon has been redirecting funds that were allocated for the replacement and repair of barracks. These funds were instead used for training missions for border control. The DOD picked it's priority, deal with it. Don't ask taxpayers for more money. share.google/YUqAZMunzevg...

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Pentagon review asks Congress to fence off $5B over 5 years to rebuild 'deteriorating' labs - Breaking Defense

The armed services raid lab funding for more urgent needs like barrack repairs, the study says, leaving researchers in aging, outdated labs “that pose documented safety risks.”

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

50 years ago this summer, 4 teenagers and their fathers spent 2 weeks hiking in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. We hiked sections of the Continental Divide Trail, crossed the upper headwaters of the Flathead River and hunted trilobites in the shadow of Trilobite Peak. Fabulous memories.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Caution Barriers, highway project Japan, 2025 You wouldn't want to hit the cute little girl. #japan

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A man with character, empathy, and love for his country. Thank you Obama, for being everything He is not.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

OOOoooo, a scrawny little 2-3 year old brown bear visited the yard this evening. I'm watching a fire of burning branches and hear some scrambling up a nearby tree. I get a quick glimpse 'oh, a raccoon, nope to light, a porcupine ' it scrambles around the tree to the other side, 'oh a brown bear'.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

He is also using taxpayers monies to do this.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pictures from my Father's camera A bidarka, a skin covered boat from the Pribilof Islands.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It appears that the Cinnamon and Thai Basil all washed over into the Lemon Basil section of the pot. We had several large rainstorms 2 weeks ago, soon after I planted the seeds. 🌱

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Last night I watched the lightning storm over in the Bob, the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The Swan Range Moutains were silhouetted in the lightning and it was very fascinating.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Normally I am not a fan of IPAs, but our local Flathead Brewing Company has come out with a Nitro Milkshake IPA that is really great. I take back all those nasty things I said about IPAs.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Its my birthday week, time to party. I selected a single malt and bourbon to celebrate my 65th birthday.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Mom's flower bed is looking good with Pasque flowers and Tulips.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“I am just an everyday Montanan like everybody else you know,” the Gros Ventre tribal member says. “My truck is parked right across the street. My check engine light is on.” Michael Black Wolf Democratic Candidate for Montana's US Senate

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A goldenrod crab spider hiding in a tulip.

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David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Lost track of time today looking through a collection of photos, primarily of 1945-1952 St. Paul. All via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sweet dreams everyone. Moments ago, Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Good Morning, America, How are you? Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Winter isn't over for NW Montana. On the brightside it will be in the 60s this weekend.

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Insomnia @walksinmoonlight.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I was at the local brewery today and they had a barrel aged stout available in cans. They haven't had their 369 stout for awhile, so lets try it. It's a great aged stout, not as strong as an imperial stout, it doesn't have that sharp whiskey taste. Another fine beer from our local brewery.

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