Matt Maldre

FUN FACT: Stoneflies are important indicators of water quality because they spend most of their life in the water and require very clean, well-oxygenated water to survive. Some have very fine gills under their abdomens. Stonefly nymphs do miniature push-ups on the stream bottom to increase the flow of water (and dissolved oxygen) across their tiny gills and bodies. Apparently, even this tiny, little bug knows it needs a good exercise routine! https://therouge.org/creature-feature-winter-stonefly/

Today starts the five-day microseason, "Hibernating insects surface"

蟄虫啓戸
Sugomori mushito o hiraku

This winter stonefly emerges on the St. Louis Arch on March 28, 2019.

Photograph taken November 27, 2015 Featuring Star Wars' Chief Chirpa Ewok An action figure made in 1983. A fun toy. photo-20151127-151834-full L-70Q.jpg

Sure, let's post a third photo of an Ewok in a hole at an art museum.

Since the Milwaukee Art Museum is on Bluesky, I want to tag them. @milwaukeeart.bsky.social

I wish they scanned the *back* of Vincent van Gogh's "Wheat Field with Cypresses"

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(I originally misidentified this as the Art Institute of Chicago. I deleted that post and reposted the image). Here's another view.

'Protrude' is @britannica.com's Word of the Day today.

Here is an Ewok protruding from a wall at the Milwaukee Art Museum. I think this hole is part of the original museum architecture designed by Eero Saarinen, as a masterpiece of Brutalism.

From "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" at Orlando Science Center. October 13, 2012 – Sunday, April 7, 2013 Photograph taken November 10, 2012 when I was the only person in the exhibit for three hours.

The inside of Vader’s helmet is a lot like the inside of C3PO.

Britannica’s Word of the Day yesterday was ‘intricate’. In my Google Photos, these two images appeared next to each other for a search of ‘intricate’.

#photooftheday

If you float up 1 foot per second... After one billion years, you will have traveled about one light year.

A video of the inversion

Rothko inverted and darkened to show hues and tones.

I like the idea of a pizza existing behind art.

A street art installation from the "Star Wraps" series by Matt Maldre. A vibrant, high-resolution print of the Carina Nebula is wrapped spirally around a bright yellow metal parking bollard in a Chicago alley. The cosmic imagery of the nebula features deep purples, oranges, and celestial clouds dotted with distant stars, contrasting sharply against the industrial yellow paint of the pole. In the blurred background, a row of identical yellow bollards recedes into the distance toward a Chicago city street. The urban scene includes the silhouettes of dark buildings, "L" train tracks, and the red taillights of a car during the evening rush hour commute. The ground is a mix of gray asphalt and a concrete curb. Photographed October 15, 2015

I had a feeling something was going to happen in this Chicago alley while I was carrying around a eight-foot long print of the Carina Nebula.
Read the story on my blog: www.spudart.org/blog...
#blueskyartshow #photooftheday

I haven't really.

I just looked in my account to see the limits.
2,000 contacts and 10,000 sends per month.

I swear that used to be 500 contacts and 1,000 sends/month.

New free accounts are 250 contacts with 500 sends/month. I don't know how mine got so high.

I’m on the very edge of Mailchimp’s free plan. Limit of 500 subscribers, and a limit on how many emails I can send each month. (I forget the exact count)

That would be great! I'm user @spudart on Instagram.

The closeup of the sticky note was the 'Photo of the Day' in Gapers Block Rearview for November 16, 2010 (thanks to @me3dia.bsky.social) gapersblock.com/rearview/arc...

Near this site stood Newberry and Dole's warehouse. On the brig Osceola, in 1839, they shipped the first cargo of wheat from the Port of Chicago. Erected by Chicago's Charter Jubilee. Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society, 1937 The marker is on the side of the Wrigley Building, at the intersection of Water and Rush streets. 41°53'22.3"N 87°37'30.7"W photo-20101021_141834-full L-70Q.jpg Photographed October 21, 2010

Sticky note on plaque that reads, "I like obscure historical landmark signs" If you want to dig more into the history of this sign, check out the details on The Historical Marker Database https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=234629 Photographed October 21, 2010 photo-20101021_141934-1_4_5_tonemapped-full L-70Q.jpg

The "First Wheat Cargo" plaque on the Wrigley Building in Chicago.

I placed the sticky note on the plaque as part of my "I like" street art series.

(In honor of 'Cargo' being Britannica's Word of the Day for today.)

Oh, I have more to add beyond my writing. Ooops! I know you are talking about the siren test, and I'm talking about the weather radio test. Two separate, but related things. But I did think the weather radio test was really long yesterday.

#puregenius

#lowbatterypower

#essenceoftime

#imgonnadothistoo

Now I want my gummi bears to come with a hopping low-rider.

Always looking up.

(From my 2018 series, "Not the Tiffany Dome" at the Chicago Cultural Center. Five more photos at www.flickr.com/photos/spuda...)

Chicago Hot Dog Flag The Chicago Flag is perfect, but I'm gonna propose we use this as a variant. This 36”x 60” wall flag is made of 100% high quality 300d polyester knit and equipped with grommets- perfect for outdoor an...

Flag designed by Anthony Hall of @harebrained.bsky.social

#thecorrectyear

A flag of a Chicago-style hot dog flies from my house. The hot dog is in a poppy seed bun with all the classic trimmings: yellow mustard, bright green relish, chopped onions, tomato wedges, a pickle spear, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt.

Happy 189th birthday to Chicago!

Here's a close-up of the yellow gingko leaf on the loading dock, just in case you don't believe me that this is a yellow gingko leaf. It is. Photographed in Chicago, January 21, 2010 photo-20101121_145220-full L-70Q.jpg

Yellow ginkgo leaf on yellow loading dock

From the series "Yellow ginkgo leaves on ___"
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#blueskyartshow #photooftheday

@aleatory.bsky.social #coolusername

#jampacked

#cleatsvisible