Amanda Walker

@aw90.bsky.social

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security & privacy geek by day, decorative artist by night. Not interested in cryptocurrency or gofundme scams, sorry.

A view of the Potomac River, framed by trees and greenery the foreground, and trees on the other side of the river. A blue sky with white puffy clouds. Take from a scenic overlook off of the George Washington Parkway in Virginia.
A photo of the city center of Zürich, Switzerland on a partly cloudy afternoon with the tree-lined Limmat river in the foreground. In the middle ground, the roofs of Zürich HB (main train station) and Landesmuseum Zürich (national museum) show above the trees. In the far background are Zürisee (Lake Zürich) and the Alps.
The San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge on a sunny day with high wispy clouds. Take from an office building at the intersection of the Embarcadero and Harrison Street in San Francisco.
A late twilight aerial photo of Philadelphia, PA (and Camden, NJ). The city lights fill most of the picture, with the Delaware River clearly visible. On the horizon at left is the very last bit of color from the sunset, and in the middle left is the jet engine nacelle of the airliner the picture was taken from.
A freshly baked loaf of whole wheat bread sitting on a decorative wooden cutting board on a white countertop. One end of the loaf has been sliced off, and the bread knife is sitting on the cutting board in front of the loaf.
Tall wide angle view of the rotunda of Bahnhof Enge in Zürich, Switzerland. The circular rotunda has gray stone walls and a wooden ceiling with lights suspended from it, with a high circular light in the center of the ceiling. Hallways lead away from the rotunda to shops, the street, and the train platforms. Taken on December 11, 2025 with an Insta360 X5 camera.
Aerial photo taken on September 26, 2025 of Lake Tahoe, which straddles the border between California and Nevada. It was taken from south of the lake looking north, showing the lake surrounded by mountains. The image has been adjusted to enhance contrast and detail.
A Hewlett Packard HP-41C calculator, dating from 1980.
A retail store display of Christmas trees, ornaments, and other decorations
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge under a cloudless blue sky. The foreground shows palm trees along the Embarcadero, and in the distance is Yerba Buena Island, with the city of Oakland, California on the horizon. June 9, 2025.
The Great Clock of Westminster, commonly called "Big Ben" (which is the name of the bell)
One of the original copies of Magna Carta, on display at the British Library in London, UK
Three sunlit iris blooms with yellow flags and purple falls, against a blurred gray background.
A slow motion video of a fire in a Solo Stove "Bonfire" portable firepit.
A view of of an airplane window, showing the tops of clouds, shy, and s stripe of orange at the horizon.
The GOP "elephant" logo with the caption "These Colors Run"
Early morning photo of an Amtrak Acela train at the platform at Union Station in Washington, DC.
Afternoon view looking east over Lake Zürich, showing blue sky and broken clouds, with sunlight dappling the opposite hillside
Looking south at twilight down Banhofstrasse in Zürich, Switzerland showing lights hung in a grid pattern over the street.
A piece of neon tubing shaped into the electronic symbol for a resistor, sitting on a workbench and hooked up to a high voltage power supply so that it glows bright red.
A view from an upper floor looking northwest along Massachusetts Avenue at dusk, towards the Carnegie library (which is now an Apple Store), showing office buildings, a pink sky, and moderate traffic.
background: sky just after sunset with colors shading from blue a the top to orange at the bottom. foreground: silhouettes of many leafless trees coving most of the image.