I am a native of California's Monterey Peninsula, a fairly good photographer, occasional blogger, and creator of The Monterey Peninsula Toy Box, a website providing fun and useful information about my community.https://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3m6buvcj2js2lhttps://www.hsrail.org/blog/ask-sec-duffy-to-expedite-superliner-replacement/ I signed.23 Nov 2025 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6buvcj2js2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3m5dokbxtik2phttps://james-toy.pixels.com/featured/sunset-at-bird-rock-james-b-toy.html Shot through a coin‑op telescope, this sunset turns a simple gadget into a secret photographer’s trick. Bold streaks of orange and red light up the Pacific sky, while pelicans strike their silhouette poses on Bird Rock in Pebble Beach.11 Nov 2025 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dokbxtik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3m4ugd6icc226https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/why-trump-tore-down-the-east-wing05 Nov 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ugd6icc226https://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lyk5dmujzk2uhttps://mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com/2025/09/yes-on-50-to-balance-scales.html #California #elections #congress Vote YES on Pop 50. Here's why.11 Sep 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyk5dmujzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lxm3qkli7c2jhttps://james-toy.pixels.com/featured/breaking-wave-at-pacific-grove-james-b-toy.html #photography #wallart #homedecor #gifts #Monterey #Carmel Labor Day Weekend Sale! Everything in my gallery is 20% off this weekend only.30 Aug 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxm3qkli7c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lxelqmsx3c2ihttps://pixels.com/featured/rusty-plates-james-b-toy.html #photography #wallart #homedecor Now available for sale.27 Aug 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxelqmsx3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lx4voa6jas24https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/california-redistricting-mailer-draws-criticism-for-misleading-endorsements/103-c87a8d60-6d4e-48ef-8387-ef5a07fc0c70 Why am I not surprised? #poltics #California #elections #redistricting24 Aug 2025 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx4voa6jas24https://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lwsvt7mte22iA new addition to my gallery. https://pixels.com/featured/courthouse-steps-santa-barbara-james-b-toy.html20 Aug 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwsvt7mte22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lurlrfb6uc2c25 Jul 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurlrfb6uc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lrzcz4m6ws2uOn sale! 16x20 canvas prints of Stewart's Cove at Sunset are half price until June 25th. https://james-toy.pixels.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=287773 #photography #carmel #beach #sunset #montereycounty #wallart #homedecor20 Jun 2025 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrzcz4m6ws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lrwsywno6k2vhttps://james-toy.pixels.com/featured/air-oregon-metroliner-james-b-toy.html Photographed in February 1980, this Air Oregon Metroliner is about to depart Salem. Prints and other merchandise are available. Use discount code BFVSST to save a little money #Airline #Airliner #Aviation #Oregon #Salem #WallArt #HomeDecor #BuyIntoArt19 Jun 2025 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwsywno6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lrf76wdg722iIt is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Democrats, for some reason, need to answer for every teen who throws a rock, rather than hold the Trump administration accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.-AOC12 Jun 2025 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrf76wdg722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lrbko2axpc2sLeviticus 19:33-34 NET [33] When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. [34] The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.10 Jun 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbko2axpc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lraao7eavs2mI've released a new Mental Note into the world. https://mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com/2025/06/does-tradition-trump-public-safety. #Guns #SecondAmendment #SCOTUS https://mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com/2025/06/does-tradition-trump-public-safety.html10 Jun 2025 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lraao7eavs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lq7mtvdivs2bThe perfect comeback.28 May 2025 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7mtvdivs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lmsgblb3ec2jI have no problem with celebrities taking rides into space because when they come back they tell us what it was like, how it made them feel, and we all learn something from it.14 Apr 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmsgblb3ec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lmjcq4xmss2k11 Apr 2025 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjcq4xmss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3llqc3sza6k2chttps://james-toy.pixels.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=287041 Get 'em while you can!! I'm offering ready-to-hang 16x20 canvas prints of Bixby Bridge for half-price until April 6. #Photography #BigSur #CaliforniaCoast #California #MontereyCounty #PCH #PacificCoastHighway #WallArt #HomeDecor #BuiyIntoArt01 Apr 2025 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqc3sza6k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lk337py5c225I'm starting to realize that the phrase "unscheduled rapid disassembly" is not just a cute euphemism for a Space X Rocket explosion. It appears to be Elon Musk's business model.11 Mar 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk337py5c225https://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3ljtzur43tc2o08 Mar 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljtzur43tc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3ljdteyhtjk2hhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2021304/norway-fuel-giant-refuses-fill Good for them!01 Mar 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdteyhtjk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3livsug52ak25https://james-toy.pixels.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=286742 My latest Half-Price Special. Sale ends March 1st.24 Feb 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3livsug52ak25https://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3livsgqufls2nhttps://mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com/2025/02/elons-fraud.html Elon's Fraud, a new Mental Note.24 Feb 2025 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3livsgqufls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3likk5el64s2a19 Feb 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3likk5el64s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3lij5rji4zc2phttps://mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com/2025/02/eliminating-middleman.html How #Trump is making Congress irrelevant.19 Feb 2025 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3lij5rji4zc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3li3p5lmao22j#DOGE is not an official government agency, so who is paying DOGE staff salaries?13 Feb 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3p5lmao22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrtoymry.bsky.social/post/3li3owhn6bs2jSince #DOGE is not an official government agency, they have no legal authority to access non-public records or to manage or close any government agency or program. Legally the only thing they can do is advise the president and Congress, who can then follow their advice or ignore it as they see fit.13 Feb 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:4tygezvwa3sfc636zosvefle/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3owhn6bs2j