David W. Jones

@dancingtreefrog
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Writer of fiction, poetry, music, and maker of photographs and art.
Ant-like dweller in your subconscious.
Member, Grand Gathering of Moss Gatherers™
Member, First Church of the True Vacuum (Episcopal). Thank you, St. Stephen Baxter for your holy book, Manifold: Time.
#nobot #noindex
"Wassup?"
"The sky, man."
#Hawaii #photo #sky
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings The rainstorms stopped and plants behind our unit went crazy with flowers, so here are three flower pictures to brighten your day.
Today the gardening crew weed wacked the first and last ones down. The hibiscus is still there.
All made with Sony A7R4A camera, Minolta 70-210mm telezoom lens. They're all small crops from very large frames!
#hawaii #flowers #photography
Small waves wash up from a grey-green ocean onto a golden beach. A cluster of bushes sits where the beach meets the horizon. Above the horizon, a bank of white and grey clouds into which two thin streams of clouds appear to be blowing down into it. A blue sky behind the clouds shades into haze on the right side. A bare tree branch projects from the upper left corner and looks like a hand conducting the cloud streams. Image copyright (C) 2025 David W. Jones. #WavyWednesday #photography #Hawaii
And here's a bird for you from my walk Monday. A red-vented bulbul photographed sitting on top of a cement wall. The bird's head, beak and eyes are in focus. The head is dark, the neck fades down to a pattern of dark and white that fades further down to finish with white feathers. Under its bill is a dusting of what looks like yellow pollen. The bird looks a little fierce for a small bird!
Photograph copyright 2026 David W. Jones
#bird #Hawaii
Three joke memes I made 16 years ago after scanning selected images from a LOTR desk calendar I had at the time.
#LOTR #joke #meme
Four joke memes I made 16 years ago after scanning selected images from a LOTR desk calendar I had at the time.
#LOTR #joke #meme
Today's Sunday wasn't silent, but an airliner flying over our church service today was remarkably quiet as it dropped CO2 on us. The plane looks very small in the middle of the picture, silhouetted against scattered clouds and a few patches of blue sky. Made with Pixel 7.
#SilentSunday #sky #clouds #Hawaii

Rethinking polygamy – new research upends conventional thinking about the advantages of monogamous marriage

https://theconversation.com/rethinking-polygamy-new-research-upends-conventional-thinking-about-the-advantages-of-monogamous-marriage-267201

> Simplistic stories about the dangers of polygamy can be compelling and intuitive. But new research suggests some arguments about its harms don’t hold up.

#anthropology #research

Massive lava fountains return to Halemaumau crater | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/17/breaking-news/massive-lava-fountains-return-to-halemaumau-crater/

> Kilauea volcano reawakened in spectacular fashion Friday night with massive lava fountains returning to Halemaumau crater.

#Kilauea #Halemaumau #volcano #lava #fountains

The view behind our church service today.

A slow pan from left to right over the beach at Camp Mokuleia in Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. The sky is light blue with scattered clouds. The ocean shades from dark blue at the horizon to light blue green near the shore. There are waves breaking with white tops. Some people are in the water at various places. A few wooden beach chairs on a raised area above the beach are colored a faded greenish blue.

#Hawaii #beach #oahu #mokuleia