Jonathan From Chicago

@mullin1mac.bsky.social

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Traveler. Hiker. Love dogs and all things aviation-related. Kindness matters. Wish you good health and joy. ❤️ to all 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️! He/him

A tiny green praying mantis insect is seen on a gray laptop that’s sitting on a picnic table.
The sun sets behind a distant mountain chain. The foreground is dark with shadow as night creeps in, but a single telephone pole and the outline of a barn can be seen. The mountain tops outline the horizon. Above, the few clouds are ablaze in a golden orange hue from the setting sun.
A view of the north side of Chicago at night from an airplane window. The lights of downtown skyscrapers shown at the bottom of the picture. The streetlights stretch to the horizon. The dark outline of Lake Michigan is on the right of the picture.
A joshua tree stands in front of a light brown rock formation at Joshua Tree National Park in California. The sky is mostly cloudy with white, wispy clouds. The desert floor is a dry, sandy brown.
A few gray stone, partially snow covered, rugged mountains rise above the thick pine tree forest. There is a calm, blue lake in the foreground, and a gray mountain almost perfectly reflects off the clear surface of the lake. The sky is a completely clear light blue.
The face of a large brown horse stares directly at the camera as though the horse is investigating what the camera is. The horse is standing in front of a ranch barn, and you can see the barn’s rafters in the background.
A distant mountain range covered in the shadow of sunset rises in the background. In the foreground, flat farm fields stretch for miles. The sunset illuminates the clouds with yellow, orange, and light blue hues.
A small log cabin rises out of a thick forest of pine trees. Mountains and hills are seen in the background, and the light of dawn awakens the forest.
A picture of a coffee shop counter. There is an espresso coffee bean grinder that has a red coffee cup holder taped to it that reads “Consent Is Hot”. The rest of the counter has usually coffee items and a bowl of dog biscuits as treats for furry friends.
A picture overlooking a golf course green. There’s a small pond to the left, and groups of trees clustered together in the golf course. In the distance, several mountains rise and are bathed in the golden sunlight of a setting sun. The sky is mostly cloudy as a storm is moving out. However, there’s just enough sky clearing to have the golden light.
A two lane country road curves off to the right in foreground. Just beyond the road, a field of green stretches out. A hazy, partially snow covered mountain range rises beyond the field. The sky is clear blue with a few puffy cumulus clouds dotting the sky.
It’s a picture of several small baby bunnies crowded in a nest. The nest is surrounded by tall grass and chucks of wood shavings. The bunnies are camouflaged well and barely visible.
Picture of a gray laptop covered in stickers. One sticker has a rainbow flag and says “The Future Is Inclusive”. There is a second circular sticker shown of a mountain scene in the colors of the bisexual pride flag. There’s also a sticker of an American Airlines jet and part of a sticker of the Space Needle in Seattle.
Two distant tree covered and rounded mountains rise in the middle of the picture. In the foreground, a flat, brown, grassy field lays at the side of a road. The field gives way to forest at the other end and the mountains in the distance. It’s a perfectly clear, sunny day and the view looks like it could stretch for miles.
A picture of a cemetery with unmarked tombstones and USA national flags at every tombstone.
A picture of a mountain valley as storm clouds depart and the sun sets in a clear sky in the distance. There is a mountain covered in green trees that rises on the left. A dirt street with several cars parked and surrounded by log cabins sits in the bottom of the valley in the center. Gray storm clouds fill the sky at the top of the photo, and the sunset casts an orange glow in the sky in the distance.
The snow covered tops of the Olympic Mountains form a line across the middle of the picture. Above the mountains, the sky is a crystal clear blue. The mountains rise from the valley and are tree covered most of the way up. In the foreground right, a field of green grass slopes gently down to the valley below.
A picture of coastal California. In the foreground, gold, deep burgundy, and green manicured bushes grow. A small white lighthouse with a red metal roof rises in the middle left. The blue water of the Pacific Ocean is seen in the center and right of the picture. The coastal mountains rise in the distance in the center top of the picture. They are mostly shrouded in coastal fog and gray haze.
Red, yellow, pink, and reddish-orange tulips grow and bloom in a circle around a think tree trunk. Some green grass near the tree is visible, as is the street concrete passing just beyond the tree and flowers.
A look down Walker Drive in downtown Chicago as the sun sets and the sky is a pastel blue. The shimmering golden skyscrapers rise on both sides of the street, and the last few cars leaving for the evening fill Wacker Drive.
A view of a distant hazy valley between two mostly brown mountains on the right and left. The foreground has green spring grasses growing with some small purple flowers. A series of pine trees rise in the middle of the picture, and the sky is a smoky, hazy brown.
A picture of the black and white album cover of Linkin Park’s 2007 album “Minutes To Midnight”. It features the black silhouettes of the six members of the band standing at the ocean shore.
A view looking to the west from the Chateau de Beynac in south central France. The muddy brown Dordogne River is visible in the left of the photo. In the foreground sits some old storage buildings associated with the historic castle. Beyond lies the green mountains and French farmland of the countryside. The sky is mostly cloudy.
A picture from a desert overlook in California. In the foreground, scrub brush is beginning to turn green, and the brown, rocky desert ground is visible. The mountains give way to a distant valley, and beyond two snow capped mountains rise on the right and left of the picture. The sky is clear and desert blue.
A picture of blooming yellow daffodil flowers in a garden outlined by paver stones. The grass outside the garden bed is starting to turn green in spring.
The shores of a glacial lake out west are illuminated in the golden light of sunset. Green pastures fill the foreground, and a solitary red horse barn sits to the right on the bank of the lake. In the distance across the lake, snow covered mountains rise. The clouds shade some mountains in a dark hue. Other puffy white clouds rise above the lake.
A picture of a calm, crystal clear body of water in the foreground, part of the Pacific Ocean. In the distance, the brownish green Hawaiian island of Molokai rises from the water. The top peaks of Molokai generate a few cumulus clouds in the distance. The sky is otherwise clear and deep blue. A single palm tree frames the photo on the right.
A panorama of the stone walls of the old city of Carcassonne in southern France. It is dusk, and the sky is a dark blue with the last remnants of daylight. The city walls are lit with spotlights that illuminate the brown stone castle walls and the turrets built for defense.
A picture of the album cover for the song Bad Boy by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. Gloria is on the left, looking at the camera and wearing a frilly white nighty with a bow on her neck. The words “Miami Sound Machine” and “Bad Boy” are on the right.
A distant brown mountain range rises from the immediate valley floor. It is Joshua Tree National Park in California. The trail, a dry, sandy brown creek bed is in the foreground. Beyond, green desert scrub, cactus, and a few Joshua Trees dot the landscape. The mountains rise in the middle of the photo, and the sky has many puffy cumulus clouds creating shadows and breaking up the deep blue sky.
It’s a clear blue sky day with views for miles from the top of a mountain at historic Cherokee Ranch, south of Denver, CO. Various scrubby pine trees grow in the foreground. A large brown and occasionally green with trees valley lays out in the middle of the photo. A thin ribbon of dark blue hazy Rocky Mountains tower off in the distance.
Picture of the flag of Poland. It is a white bar on the top half of the flag and a red bar on the bottom half.
A picture taken in Patagonia, a region of Argentina (and Chile). The picture was taken at the shore of Lake Viedma, a light green colored lake due to the glaciers nearby. There are bushes that frame the bottom of the photo. In the middle of the photo, snow covered mountains are seen. The big mountain on the left is Cerro Torre, and Mount Fitz Roy can be seen just to the right. Other mountains can be seen in the distance on the right. The sky is mostly clear, with only a few clouds over the mountains.
A picture from Kerry Park in Seattle with a view of downtown Seattle high rises, the iconic Space Needle, and snow-covered Mount Rainier rises in the background. The sky is a rare for Seattle crystal clear blue.
This picture is taken from a plane leaving Seattle, Washington. The view looks toward the south, with the forested Cascade Mountains in the foreground. Because of the distance and light, the mountains have a pale blue glow. Snow covered Mount Rainier rises in the middle of the picture. Off to the right in the far distance, Mount St. Helens is visible and off to the left Mount Adams (both snow covered as well) is visible. The sky is a crystal clear blue.
A picture of the marina in Cassis, France on the Mediterranean Sea taken at dusk. In the foreground, you see jet skis, docks, and boats floating in the calm water. Surrounding the marina, the old town rises with shops, apartments, and condos. Some mountains rise in the distance behind the town. The sky is dusky with high thin, cirrus clouds.
A copy of the cover of the book We All Have Parts by Colleen West. The cover features an illustration of a woman looking at a mirror of her younger, child self looking back at her.
A picture taken at the Buena Vista Social Club in Havana, Cuba prior to the pandemic. Audience members are looking up at the stage, where two women are singing, and a third woman with a big smile dances behind them. Two men playing trumpets are shown off to the left of the photo, and a man playing drums is cutoff on the right. The lights illuminate the stage in pink and blue hues.
A picture from a plaza in the center of Bogota, Colombia (the Plaza de Bolivar). The historic National Cathedral rises in the foreground, and a green, tree covered mountain (Monserrate) rises behind the Cathedral. The mostly cloudy gray sky can be seen above the mountain.
A two-lane country road winds through a dry, sandy desert. Beige, weathered rocks rise in the middle of the picture, and the road curves to avoid the mountains. The sky is a bright light blue.
A rocky, steep hill is covered in a dusting of light snow. There are sparse pine trees that dot the steep hill. The sky at the top of the hill is a beautiful light blue.
A calm mountain lake reflects the surrounding mountains of the surface. The mountain rocks are dark gray and black, and the snow is melting off the mountain and the water drains into the lake. The clear blue sky can be seen in the upper right.
A picture of the shore on the island of Maui in Hawaii. Two tall palm trees frame the sides of the picture, and green trees and grasses rise up from the shore. The shore is black rocks jutting out of the ocean, and the waves create white bubbles on the surface. The sky is a perfect light blue.
A picture of a Joshua Tree located in Joshua Tree National Park in California. There is a Joshua Tree in the far left providing a frame to the picture. The desert is flat, mostly brown with flecks of green and yellow plants. Mountains rise in the far distance in the center of the pic. The sky is a crystal clear blue.
A person is standing against an orange brick wall with their upper arm showing out of a gray shirt. The upper arm and bicep features a small tattoo with a tree outline surrounded by a circle.
A picture of several trees decorated in holiday lights in the foreground. In the distance, some lights can be seen of buildings or holiday decorations. The mountains are completely black as the sunset has cast deep shadows as the light disappears. The sky is mostly dark with the final rays of twilight appearing over the mountains. There is one cloud at the top illuminated by the twilight sky.
A picture of a dog sitting on a brown tile floor looking up at the camera expectantly. The dog is mostly brown and black with a short coat of fur.
Three people walk a wide path lined by giant white snowflake type light sculptures. The trees are illuminated with purple and blue lights.
Marketing photo of a bottle of green label Sliquid Sea personal lubricant.
A pic of a gray water bottle with a sticker that says “Pegging Is The Best Birth Control”
The rocky shore of the Mediterranean Sea appears at the foreground. Much of the picture shows the calm, blue-green water of the Mediterranean in southern France. Around the bay in the middle of the picture rise cliffs and distant mountains. The sky is clear with a pale blue color.
Pic taken at Joshua Tree National Park in California. The foreground shows dry desert scrub brush and a single, gnarly looking Joshua Tree. Behind rise some light brown boulders and rocks that form a cliff. The sky is filled with lots of high, thin clouds.
A pic of brown, slightly green mountains in the distance. The photo is taken by the side of the road and you can see the road and gray metal barrier in the foreground. The sky is a beautiful clear blue.
A picture of comedian Fortune Feimster waving at the audience at the end of her show at the Chicago Theater.
A residential street corner in Chicago, featuring parked cars down one street and the fall colors of gold, red, and some remaining green on the trees lining the street.
A picture of a brown squirrel running past with an acorn in its mouth and a brick building as a backdrop.
Picture from the top of a mountain in Shenandoah National Park during fall. The trees and bushes are shades of brown and red with some distant green in the valley. The sky is mostly overcast.
A close up photo of some red flowers (celosia perhaps?) and green leaves. There are two honeybees that can be seen gathering nectar from the flowers on the left and right of the photo.
Multiple pretty flowers are blooming with white, red, and purple most prominently. Most of the photo is green leaves of the flowers. In the background, a brown privacy fence can be seen, against which the flowers grow.
It’s a picture of the pink to go cup of Angelina hot chocolate in the foreground. In the background, the green grounds of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris can be seen. The sky is mostly cloudy.