Benton Lawrence, nom de plume for Whit Bell

Yes, thank you!

Pic of Jasmine Crockett

I voted for Jasmine Crockett. I knew TX would vote for the white guy. 😡
The TX Republicans illegally stopped Dallas voters by separating parties and where they vote. Confusion lost votes.

I will now support James Talarico in his bid for Senator.
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShedi

ICE just grabbed NASHVILLE Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez outside of a gym.

“She was with her husband, a 🇺🇸 citizen — her attorney says she came legally, sponsored by her husband, has a pending green card application.”

She also has a daughter.

www.wsmv.com/2026/03/05/n...

Awake to birdsong…it’s idiotically early, light only just beginning to seep into the margins of the sky, but I don’t mind a bit! After the darkness of winter, I’ll take every suggestion of light possible!
Wishing you a lovely day, dear early birds (human and winged!)

A long tailed bird with a bright red bill and feet.

Red billed blue magpie.
#BirdOfTheDay
#ColourfulCaptures

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Thank you, Sir, for speaking plain truth.

Flying over Mt. Shasta this morning. #WindowsOnWednesday #Photography #Mountains #California #Landscape 📷

Untitled | Abraham Manievich

Sea and Cliffs, ca. 1885 Auguste Renoir Oil on canvas #art #painting

Sea and Cliffs, ca. 1885
Auguste Renoir
Oil on canvas
#ArtSky

My painting SONORAN DESERT

I’m giving away 20 free mini prints this weekend! Enter on my site!

Good Evening #Bluesky
Photo by Daniel Wells. @pexels

Anna’s Hummingbird in Southern Oregon

🪶 🐦🌿 Sat still for a while and this little flash of color finally landed close enough for a shot. Moments like this are why I love being out here. 📍 Oregon, USA

#hummingbird #naturephotography #birdphotography #birding #birdsofbsky

When the world is frantic, it’s good to take a moment to pause.

‘Tree and Mountains’ is simple, minimal, contemplative.

Perhaps you’ll pause here a moment and reconnect with now.

Ink on Watercolour Paper
42cm x 60cm (A2)

#calm #art #ink #contemplative #meditation

A budget is a moral document.

Sierra Nevada mountains just north of LA, CA, USA. Jagged snow covered peaks rise above green trees and a yellowish plain. A small blue lake peeks around a bend.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel -Maya Angelou

Pic of the day

#photography

Very happy to have placed in the Outdoor Alabama photo contest (birds)! 🪶

www.outdooralabama.com/articles/adc...

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Another painting of parrot tulips, this time a pastel. These are in a favourite vintage glass jug which is a bit wonky and I like that. This was framed and sold and I think I probably pastelled out the white blank area top right

Another painting of parrot tulips, this time a pastel. These are in a favourite vintage glass jug which is a bit wonky and I like that. This was framed and sold and I think I probably pastelled out the white blank area top right.
#pastel #flowers #tulips

A watercolour with mixed flowers and a couple of apples

Mixed flowers with apples, watercolour 2020
#watercolour #nasturtiums #apples #stilllife

I’m not hiking for the cardio; I’m hiking for the tiny miracles.

I’m obsessed with the tiny signs of hope hidden on the trail, like the first flowers of early spring. In a loud world, these small, persistent cycles are where I find my peace.

#SlowHiking #NatureMiracles #SpringFlowers

When judges have to cite Orwell in their rulings, our descent into dystopia is self-evident • Kansas Reflector MAGA-inspired legislation kicking around in the U.S. House and Senate would, if passed, impose onerous new rules that require proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate.

kansasreflector.com/2026/02/22/w...

Sometimes fiction tells truths that facts cannot. It was true of Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and it's true of Larwence Wright's t heartfelt novel of the days leading up to the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. THE HUMAN SCALE is suspenseful, hard to put down, even harder to forget.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Official Trailer - In Theaters Worldwide February 27 YouTube video by NEON

Forget everything you thought you knew about Elvis. The new film EPIC is one of the greatest concert films ever made. Up there with Stop Making Sense and Last Waltz.
It captures Elvis at the top of his game.
This is an out of control freight train of energy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s_d...

Macro photograph of a purple flower with a yellow center

Violet
Today in Dash Point, Washington
#flower #photography #art #macro

My bus poem :)