Barb Bengela
@barbbengela.bsky.social
Love books, collect angels, Grandma and GGma, political junkie, Hillary Clinton fan, adore babies, writing is one of my passions
"The Grand Heron of Ballet on Water"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · yesterdayToday's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Black&White. This is yet another image of the stunningly beautiful tricolored heron I photographed recently. It was fishing. Successfully I might add. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
"I am with you, if not in body, in spirit."
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3d agoThis giant chair sits on the rocks overlooking the water at Marginal Way, in Ogunquit Maine. There's a beautiful walkway along the bay with numerous stops for setting down the tripod. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome
"Oh, my, this water is cold!"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3d agoToday's #BirdoftheDay theme #BestOfTheMonth. I've already posted a few images of this stunning tricolored heron. But I like this one too. And besides, I only got out once to photograph birds this month. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
"The Enchanting Estuary"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · last wk.Today is #ForestFriday. This forest was photographed with a full spectrum conversion and a 720nm filter. It was processed with Lightroom and DxO Silver Efex. This is the St. Marks River in the Florida Panhandle. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhite
"Mighty Whiteys in the Sky"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · last wk.Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheDivers. Terns are definitely diverse. This is what they look like right before they dive. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology
One question, Bill Kristol, did you vote for him? I'm sure you didn't vote for Hillary Clinton. Had you done so, supported her we wouldn't even give a care about who trump is. we wouldn't have known him.
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · last wk.NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, BILL.......
"On the March into the Abyss"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · last wk.This image was made in the spring in a pristine bog in the Apalachicola National Forest. Pitcher plants are carnivorous and collect insects in their water filled modified leaves where they are digested for their nutrients. #photography #landscape #ECK #biodiversity #ecology #conservation #nature
My first thought when I saw him being taken from his home by wheelchair, "He's living while deceased."
Scootrbum@scootrbum.bsky.social · 2w ago
"Hailing the Cab in the Clouds"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 2w agoToday's #BlueskyArtShow theme is #golden. What better way to celebrate it than with a post of my favorite snag. Golden hour along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico on the Florida Panhandle. I love this spot. #photography #landscape #ECK #sunrise #ocean #GulfOfMexico #nature #GoldenHour
The graceful lift off is swift and bold of snow-white egret with feet of gold.
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 2w agoToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #elegant. When i saw the theme, I immediately thought of the snowy egret. This is the last of the images I made of this beauty on this morning. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #nature #biodiversity #ecology
NOV. 3rd VOTE BLUE This we can do. The most important, patriotic thing we can do is on NOV. 3rd we VOTE BLUE!💙
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w agoWith 45 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
"Good Fortune's Hideaway"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 2w agoI made this infrared image in such a beautiful place here on this earth. It's a hidden gem that few know. When I stand on the banks of this spring and watch the water rush by, I often wonder, how can I be so lucky. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #monochrome #biodiversity
"Hopscotch on the Rocks"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoFor #TidesOutTuesday. This image of the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Acadia National Park was made when the tide was way out. Which allowed scurrying around on big boulders to get lots of shots. No broken ankles were had. #photography #landscape #ECK #lighthouses #Maine #NationalParks
Congratulations, George and Brad. May you have many, many more happy anniversaries to celebrate.❤️
George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 3w agoBrad and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today, September 14, 2026, in New York City. Brad and I were married on Sept 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
"The Lone Conductor of the Celestial Orchestra.
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoIts #BlueskyMonday. I know. I post a lot of images of this lonely old pine snag that sits just offshore on a North Florida beach. I don't know what draws me to it. There's a certain elegance in its curves. It's a piece of nature's art. #photography #landscape #ECK #longexposure #sunrise
This is sheer insanity. I wonder how many of these people are teachers, our kids football coaches, dentists, etc. or are they really all unemployed, uneducated, apt to follow a Pied Piper in diapers. Everything he touches ceases to exist as it once was. Just look at them they all support pedophiles.
Dr K@dockim.bsky.social · 3w ago😳 These are grown people. Guessing they have jobs, own businesses, have very nice homes, probably have grandchildren. They reluctantly pay their taxes and they might even go to church on Christmas and Easter. But they have lost their damn minds. How embarrassing.
👏👏My applause and admiration for this young man who I hope gives other people the courage to say "Stop the Hate". Hate is why this world is in such a mess. Hate is what put trump in the White House and it is destroying our American way of life. Be a Michael Massaroli and Stop the Hate.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3w ago9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
"Whatever Floats Your Boat!"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoToday's #BlueskyArtShow theme is #undulating. When I saw the theme I immediately thought of water. I shoot over water most of the time. This image was made in a little marina somewhere in southern coastal Maine. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome
"Mother Nature's shining avian boomerang."
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInAbstract. I processed this image to look like this beautiful tern is glowing. I have no idea why I did that. It was early morning as golden sunlight flooded the pond. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #terns
Will someone please listen to her. She has always been right. She warned us in 2016. Wrote a book, "Something Lost, Something Gained", she warned us again. Women have always been better with diplomacy, they have great intuition. Hillary Clinton is wise, intelligent. Listen to her, for our survival.
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 3w agoHillary Is Spot On.......
"Reflection of Topsy-Turvy"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoI have another twofer. Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #Mouthfull and #Black. This black skimmer has a mouthful of pond debris in its mouth. I'm sure it was hoping for a fish. I opened the shutter a thousand times while photographing these beauties. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight
"A Tree Afloat in the Froth of an Azure Sky"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoThis infrared image was made in July on a wonderful hike around Little Chebeague Island. At low tide you can walk across a sandbar from Chebeague Island and enjoy a nice trail. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #ir #Maine #IslandLife
🎶See the pretty bird in the mirror there. Who can that attractive bird be? Such a pretty me.🎶
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD with the ALT theme of #RSTU. Apparently, according to @alan678.bsky.social, I get bonus points for hitting both themes. Does this Black Skimmer qualify, and how are the bonus points sent to me? 😎 #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #birdsinflight #Birdsky #birders
Some of the old, tried and true ways are the best ways. It takes some people so long to learn this.
Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸@mimapleman.bsky.social · 3w agoImagine that…
Keep them poor, uneducated, only recreation watching FOX NEWS, you have them eating out of your hand.
Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸@mimapleman.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd they keep stealing your money, Daily
"The Donna Kay Enshrined in the Milky Way"
Michael R Photography 🌿@msriffle.bsky.social · 3w agoToday's #ColorADay theme is #RedWed. The shrimper Donna Kay ran aground years ago on Cape San Blas in Florida. This beauty sat in the sand a couple years and then was scrapped and taken away. #photography #landscape #ECK #AstroPhotography #MilkyWay #stars #astronomy #space #science #ShipWreck
