I am William: an INFP man into art, music, photography, handsome men, Turkish Van cats, 🌱growing and photographing Rhododendrons, enlightened souls, Tibetan Book of the Dead, psychology, cosmology, and more. South Puget Sound. Queerart🏳️🌈
"Lord Chumley"
My dad took this summer boating photo in 1961-62. It could be on Puget sound, or more likely in British Columbia. I recognize all but one of the people.
L to R: Mary (Marzano) Durgin, my brother Bobby, an unknown man who looks familiar, Stan Durgin, and Fred Dewer. 1/x
"Unknown Location"
Photographer W. H. Joyner shot this in October 1964. Perhaps as I go through his many slides that came into my possession, I will know more about where he was in fall 1964.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada.
🧐Learn more here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompso...
Kodachrome slide, scanned. 2/end
"Thompson River Canyon Below Nicome"
The mystery photographer W. H. Joyner (the name is hand written on several of the slides) shot this, around 1960-61.
The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing 1/x
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The Huntington is one of the great places to visit in the greater Los Angeles area, and well worth a two day visit. You still will not have seen everything to see.
🧐More information is here huntington.org/mausoleum
Constructed of Colorado Yule marble, the mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington overlooks the gardens from a knoll west of the orange groves. Mr. Huntington selected John Russell Pope, one of Amer...
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"Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington"
Shot in December 1981 at the Huntington Museum, art gallery and themed gardens, in San Marino, California. It is "A Greek temple dedicated to eternal love." 1/x
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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QP something from your gallery without comment
Beautiful. I would jump on and go at a moment's notice.
S is for "Scarlet Witch" and for "Space Needle"
#WeekS
#AlphabetChallenge
#Rhododendron 'Cranberry Swirl'
Another unusual flower, seven petals on a rather waxy looking, flat flower, with Cranberry in the center. Hybridized in Sumner, Washington.
Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
You would love running tour fingers through it. I know that I certainly do.
Here is a link showing Frank and some of his creations! 2/end
rhododendra.com/hybridizer/p86
#Rhododendron 'Starbright Champagne'⛩️
An unusual flower, star shaped with raspberry in the center. Hybridized by Frank Fujioka, a master rhododendron gardener on Whidbey Island. 1/x
Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
Hibiscus, the sound of the word, is much like the word Hollyhock. It sounds poetic, and evokes dream images in one's mind of something in England.
😻She would modestly thank you, if she could.
She is pure blood Turkish Van. Vans always have color on the top of their head, and tail. Their fur is a single layer, and silky like cashmere. My other two cats are also Vans.
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"Serious Maxine"
Classic Maxine Gee, staring into my camera lense. September 20, 2020.
#art #Photography #Gayartist #ManicMondayCats #TurkishVanCats
"You Can't Paint This"
Tony's family did not like the fact that some of his paintings portrayed nude subjects, and asked him to hide them before they paid him a visit. FFS🫣
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo1999 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"Pacific Center, Downtown"
Does Los Angeles have an actual downtown? 🤔
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"Fire In The Forest"
Tony's family did not like the fact that some of his paintings portrayed nude male subjects, and asked him to hide them before they paid him a visit. 🙄Oy vey.
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo2002 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"Who Will Be The Last?"
Tony was thinking of the Aids plague as it killed endless numbers of humans. Today, it could be Covid-19. Or bird flu, or germ warfare unleashed on the planet, or Plutonium-239, or ???
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo2001 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"The Boating Lifestyle"
My dad took this 1961 photo from our boat, where I spent a large chunk of my childhood. Might be in British Columbian waters.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
#art #Film #Photography
Summer Comes to an End"
My brother had just flown in from North Carolina, where he lives. This is looking north from Salt Water State Park, on Puget Sound, in Washington State.
🧐Map www.google.com/maps/place/S...
September 10, 2018
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#Rhododendron "davidsonianum 'Ruth Lyons form'
Photo taken on my way out to the mail box, off my kitchen porch. The two balls of light are garden fairies, come to visit me. April 25, 2018.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
"Boating Life"
Photo taken with my visiting brother Bobby, at Quartermaster Harbor, on Maury Island. The beautiful light is that of "beginning of autumn", with leaves beginning to show fall colors.
🧐Map www.google.com/maps/place/Q...
September 28, 2018
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"Boating"
Photo taken with my visiting brother Bobby, at Quartermaster Harbor, on Maury Island. The beautiful light is that of "beginning of autumn", with leaves beginning to show fall colors.
Photo taken September 28, 2018 from Point Ruston.
#Art #Photography #Gayartist
"My Private Volcano"
When I first moved to San Francisco in 1984, my new coworkers mistakenly believed that Mount Rainier was named after one of my ancestors (my family name is extremely similar). I let them believe.
Photo taken September 28, 2018 from Point Ruston.
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"My Private Volcano"
When I first moved to San Francisco, my new coworkers mistakenly believe that Mount Rainier was named after one of my ancestors (my family name is extremely similar).
Photo taken September 28, 2018 from Point Ruston.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
" #Bonsai Pear Tree"
Photo taken April 12, 2018, at the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, Washington.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
He forgot about it within 12 minutes. Your photo lives forever.
😇It is the sound in English, and the imagery which is universal.
I would run Purge Program on the whole lot of them. Especially if they are religious or political cultists.
"PLEASE WRITE OUR STORY"
Citizens: we were found a box of old 1950s #HongKong slides. What do you think our story is? Are we refugees fleeing something? What became of us? Are we still alive?
Here are two colorized, and the B&W versions.
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"7A Barton via Oxford"
During a UK business trip, I spent a Sunday randomly walking around Oxford, England. I have already posted "Gargoyles and Bric-a-Brac", taken at Magdalen College.
Sunday in April, 1989.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"Athena Promachos"
This depicts the goddess Athena, proceeding into battle.
Shot at the Huntington Hartford Museum in Pasadena, during a December 1981 trip to Los Angeles, California.
Kodachrome Transparency, scanned.
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"K'ómoks Totem"
A totem is a sacred object spirit being that serves as an emblem of a tribe. Taken in Comox, British Columbia, while on a road trip exploring childhood memories with my brother.
September 16, 2018
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Damn. Sounds like Yellowstone National Park which is a giant hot spot with multiple magma pools lurking below it.
I did exactly that. I found something that looked like it, including the sauce.
My mom made it once, for Christmas.🎄 She used a double boiler for making the beige sauce. So, I believe it may have been a Christmas thing.