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Angela Avera Selter

@artemiskick.bsky.social

Liberal realist, cynical mirthful optimist, photog living in the middle of nowhere as peacefully as possible with my human spouse and animal companions in the wee house we built ourselves.

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Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

About this time last year I looked out the window and saw my mare embellishing the early morning springtime landscape. There are not many things more beautiful to me than a horse. #Horses #Springtime #Kentucky

Angela Avera Selter@artemiskick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'Nebel, Dunst' #FotoVorschlag #EastCoastKin #iPhonePhotography

Vertical photo; color; early spring. Looking through small leaning trees at a horse –– she's a bay: brown with black mane, tail, and lower legs. She's standing behind the small trees and in front of wild blackberry canes that are just showing the first small green leaves of spring. A small strip of grass beneath the horse is fresh and green. The mare is looking to the left and behind her is a small lake which is obscured by a solid blanket of grey fog/mist/vapor. Vague tree shapes can be seen in the background and the sky is only slightly brighter than the water.

Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7mo ago

Still true

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 9mo ago

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Such a fantastic crafter of melody and words. This song's a keeper. #JesseWelles

Technopagans

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here's a much better "Don't Stop Believin'" @artificersarchive.bsky.social 😎

Don't Stop Believing

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#Two for today's #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #iPhonePhotography #Winter

Winter view in color, horizontal frame. In the foreground are two dried, persisting Queen Anne's Lace seed heads standing straight and tall. Behind the two is tall, wild grass; in the left background is the skeleton of a large, bare tree. The sky which is visible in the top half of the frame is a cool, very pale blue. The clear yellow sun is just rising behind the Queen Anne's Lace on the left, softly illuminating the thick frost on all of the plants, throwing the tree and Queen Anne's Lace into partial silhouette, and warming the looks of the landscape.

Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tuesday

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#Scape day: bamboo in snow. Atop the solidified ice/sleet block that is our current landscape, we've received an additional inch of fluff today. It's pretty and adds traction, at least. #Landscape #BWFri #ColorADay #ClassicMono #iPhonePhotography #Photography #Monochrome Mo #EastCoastKin

Monochrome image of bamboo in snow. A clear white snow path is open in front of us; several battered leaves dusted with snow are nearest to us; bamboo fills the frame on each side of the path.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#ForestFriday is a little magical this week with ice, sleet, snow, and the warmth of the rising sun. #iPhonePhotography #Photography #Bokeh #EastCoastKin

Close up image of cedar trees (Juniper) coated in ice. In the upper left corner of the background is an amber rising sun which is also twinkling like so many lights upon the ice-covered cedar branches. Lots of amber bokeh populates the left side of the frame.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#Caturday on a Hudson Bay. #iPhonePhotography #CatsOfBluesky #Feline #SootySprite #BlackCats #EastCoastKin

Looking straight down at a shiny black cat curled up on a Hudson Bay blanket. The cat is solid black, shiny, and a little bit dusty; his back is to the left, tail curled from the bottom of the frame up to the right around his belly, and his head is at the top, nose buried in the blanket. The wool blanket is cream with black, yellow, and red stripes arranged diagonally beneath the cat.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Need a reset? This'll do it.

Feral Maui Hermit@mauigreg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The dam is breaking. It takes millions of raindrops to make a deluge, and every drop matters. The power of the people will never be defeated! youtu.be/LH0-WXUFY2k?...

David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Don’t accept evil in your life #MLKDay

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This handsome babe was scuttling around my kitchen one morning so I quickly photographed and carried them to a safe place outdoors. Phileurus valgus, a member of the Rhinoceros Beetle fam. #BNWmacro #BlueSkyArtShow #One #JanuArty2026 #Insect #Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #EastCoastKin

Black beetle on a white background–– a macro image. The beetle is large and takes up most of the frame. It's sporting a hard, shiny shell; wing coverings have a nice corrugated texture; the legs are spiky and built for rough terrain.

Natasha @nathasquestions.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Good night, everyone. It feels like our so-called "leaders" have all but abandoned us, but we still have each other. I didn't know what else to do, so I made a little painting. Stay safe out there 💛

A yellow bird singing the words "despair is a tool of your enemies" -audre lorde

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This winter's amaryllis represents strength and resilience––something we could all use right now. #JanuArty2026 #Flower #ClassicMono #Monochrome #iPhonePhotography #Photography #Resist #PushBack #StandUpForYourRights #StrongerTogether #EastCoastKin

Macro image in black and white. A white amaryllis blossom flows into the frame from the left side, petals extending to the right side, pistil and stamens spike out from the center. A couple of triangles of solid black background are visible on the right side, between the petals. The white flower is lightly speckled with pink and has a green center which, in monochrome, add tonal interest to the image.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Taking a look back at photos from last spring. I climbed to the top of our property to hug this old friend. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Photography #Landscape #Trees #EastCoastKin

Vertical (portrait) photograph in muted tones. A very tall tree emerges from the bottom right corner of the frame, traveling diagonally toward the top left,, branches emerging 2/3rds of the way up. The bark is deeply furrowed, the limbs are few and gnarled, the spring foliage is just barely emerging against a very pale blue sky mottled with light cloud cover. This tree lives at the top of the highest knob on our property.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Unearthed whiskey bottle, water, light, straight outta the camera. Sometimes the most humble items can look so interesting. #WeekAforAbstract #AlphabetChallenge #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #Photography #Abstract #Monochrome #Lumix #EastCoastKin

Vertical (portrait) monochrome image. The top 1/3 is inky black. Then the light appears, fanning out below illuminating the water and the degraded, foggy glass of the old whisky bottle. A line of water is visible, drawing a pale grey line across the frame. The overall effect is painterly as if created by an artist's brush. The image feels mysterious and moody with a kick of noir lurking around the edges. It's a good exercise in looking at the objects around oneself with a new perspective.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Enjoy the dark, seek the light, and always look up when you feel the least like doing so. #LightInTheDarkness #Scape #Landscape #ForestFriday #Photography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin

Monochrome view looking up into the top of a curved tree trunk and branches. Neighboring tree branches appear all around, filling the grey sky. The rising sun is bursting through, highlighting the frost-coated twigs and placing the tree in silhouette.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#BNWmacro #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Photography #EastCoastKin

Monochrome photograph of the waxy teardrop shaped leaves of a succulent plant holding water droplets from a recent watering.

BrokenPromiseland @brokenpromisedland.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Good morning, America. Just another war for oil, nothing to see here. You MAGA voted for this. AND If you didn’t vote, then you voted for this too.

Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10mo ago

people are so incredibly dumb, I'm mad that I felt pressured to be smart my entire life

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Friday #Scape day... foggy pond and brambly edge in winter. #Landscape #Winter #Photography #Lumix #EastCoastKin

Horizontal landscape/pondscape in winter. In the foreground are deep burgundy colored dried weeds and blackberry canes; midground carries a vaguely reflective surface of pond water; the background is the foggy silhouette of cedar (juniper) trees and deciduous trees bare of leaves, save for one oak with leaves that cling throughout the winter the season–– a marcescent tree. The feeling of the photograph is of a silent, calm, and damp day.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Second day of the year; feeling stalked. #CatsOfBluesky #Photography #SnapShot #iPhonePhotography #Mirth #SootySprite #EastCoastKin

Color photo. Looking through the glass of an old door at my black cat who is outside staring back at me with dilated pupils like he's on the hunt. He's sitting on a dirt-filled rubber mat on a porch. Seconds later, he jumped up and hung on the window ledge, peering inside from the dark. It's his not-so-subtle way of asking to come inside. Morning rituals. lol

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This, the accompanying image, and the comment thread explain perfectly how I feel about Photoshop vs AI. AI lacks heart, commitment, and limits the creative human hand in favor of a cold version of the idea regurgitated by computers. #Art

KAMEN RHYDO: JRR Tokon@dorknessdevil.bsky.social · 9mo ago

i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results that human element elevates the work

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

For some of you it’s heat and traffic. For some it’s rain tapping your window. For some it’s a café, a corner store, a borrowed quiet. Different places. Same pause. Wherever you’re standing— hope the day loosens its grip for a sec.

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 9mo ago

While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Healthcare not wealthcare.

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Photographer unknown; blue ocean, pale blue sky; the back of a dark haired woman treading water. Beneath the image is the following quote: "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."––Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

Angela Avera Selter @artemiskick.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#Warmth for #BlueSkyArtShow. Check the ALT text for info. The Off Season. #Photography #Lumix #EastCoastKin

Color photo. The photo's color and saturation are not manipulated and the image shown here reflects very closely how it appeared to my eyes on this cold morning. An aluminum rowboat is turned upside down in preparation for the upcoming cold season. This was photographed today– early winter at sunrise; the warm light of the sun gave surrounding hills and knobs their mountain-glow tops and one section of light warmed this small hillside scene. A large, dark cedar (juniper) tree fills the left side of the view and shelters the overturned boat; assorted oak trees with their clinging dried leaves make up the remaining background. They're on a grassy hillside and you can just glimpse the approaching thick cloud blanket from the west peeking through the tree tops. In contrast to the warm light of the eastern sun, it looks steely blue-grey. The light lasted only a half hour and now everything has gone nearly monochrome as the rainy/sleet/snowy weather moves in.

Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Learn to trust your voice. Notice the nudges that matter. Become braver with what feels true for you. 🧡 #SelfTrust #kindness Picture by simply_anxious

An illustrated image with the words “Sometimes you just gotta trust…” at the top. In the centre is a hand-drawn figure sitting cross-legged, looking thoughtful. A small robin sits beside them and a few autumn leaves float around. Surrounding the figure is a circle of soft blush and neutral shapes, each containing a different word: “yourself,” “the uncertainty,” “the timing,” “your gut,” “the slower pace,” “the pauses,” “the energy,” “the lessons,” “the redirections,” and “the process.” The layout feels gentle and reflective, highlighting the many small things we learn to trust within ourselves. Picture by simply_anxious