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Robyn
@handcranked.bsky.social
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Copywriter, silly lyric maker-upper, very amateur photographer, sometimes macrame maker, slow fashion lover, unincorporated person

Creator of #Stunday
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 4d
Art challenges for Dec 29-Jan 4

NEW: #JanuArty #MyBest2025 #SmallBirdSaturday

HELP NEEDED: See comment to help a challenge host

#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #EastCoastKin
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: Dec 29–Jan 4 Monday, December 29 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #XtraXmas (#ChristmasPudding) Tuesday, December 30 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #XtraXmas (#SnowGlobe) Wednesday, December 31 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #XtraXmas (#PolarBear) Thursday, January 1 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#MakeAWish)* #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty (#fresh) Friday, January 2 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty (#matching) Saturday, January 3 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#NewYear) #JanuArty (#tree) Sunday, January 4 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty (#down) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #FestiveDailyRobin (through Dec 31) #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#ThemesWeek) #SensoryArt (#feast) #MyBest2025 (favorite art you created in 2025) *Recommend a future challenge topic Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
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Another of my favorites that I took in 2025 for #MyBest2025 and #JanuArty #matching.

#scape #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
handcranked.bsky.social Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · Aug 15
Copy of a

The view on the way into the Nine Inch Nails show last week

#scape
#SensoryArt #CopyPaste
#ColorADay #BWFri
#ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #MobilePhotography
A black and white photo of two transmission towers in the distance reflected in a canal. There's a chain link fence in the foreground with the transmission towers framed by one section.
January 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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eliharlan.bsky.social
Sorry this is a short week but we gotta start somewhere. Like the card says, post it any time. If it helps your own art journey, add the hashtag #mm52w1 for the specific week. Have fun!
#mm52 #mixedmedia52 #mixedmedia #begin #artchallenge #artonpaper #analogart #digitalart
A flyer for the "Mixed Media 52" weekly mixed media art challenge. The background contains muted letters that spell out mixed media supplies or techniques. There is a yellow puddle of color on the upper right. A grapefruit on the top, right of center. The center of the flyer has the week number and the theme. There are 2 hastags: #mm52 and #mixedmedia52. But also feel free to use the week number hashtag: mm52w1 Rules include: 1 ) create physical or digital art 2) Use at least 2 mediums 3) Employ the theme any way your heart sings. Also: use Alt Text, No AI, New or previous art, Safe for work
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight and Bird capture where you had good lighting conditions, and the Alt Theme is #Gulls

The light hit just right to see this Great Blue Heron in a tree. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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The future looks brighter in 2026! 💜🧡

#Scape #sunrise #clouds #snow #sky #BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear #Stunday
The sun coming up over the Thompson River, in the Interior of British Columbia. The sky is cloudy with beautiful shades of orange and purple. There are snow covered mountains and trees in the distance, and there’s a mirror reflection on the water.
January 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
Another of my favorite photos I took last year for #MyBest2025.

#EastCoastKin #Scape #ColorADay #BWFri
#bloomscrolling #ClassicMono #PhotographersUnited #photography
#ArtYear #MobilePhotography
handcranked.bsky.social Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · Jun 22
A passion flower with an ant for #bnw_macro, which is new on my challenge cheat sheet this week. It's every Saturday and Sunday if you want to join in.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #MobilePhotography
A dark and moody, black and white macro photo of passion flower. There's an ant on one of the stamen.
January 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
A new 52-week mixed media #ArtChallenge starts today. The theme for today through Sunday is #begin
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
#MyBest2025

I got a 4x6 print of this to put on my bookshelf but I need to get a 5x7 instead.

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
handcranked.bsky.social
First block of 2026! Well played, Bluesky.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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billkoechling.bsky.social
Peace and best wishes to all who visit here.
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#HumansOfBluesky

Hikers and their dogs hiking up Cerro San Luis Obispo in the morning fog.

#EastCoastKin #Hiking
A woman and a man are seen hiking up a wide, steep mountain trail with their two dogs. It's a foggy morning, so the top of the mountain is a bit faint in visibility. There are dark green shrubs on the side of the trail. Cerro San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California
January 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
Well, I officially failed at my goal of seeing an owl in 2025. I didn't really make an effort to see one, but I'm still disappointed one didn't just fly into my backyard to say hi.
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
We got some fresh orchids in the backyard a few weeks ago.

I regret not giving that bottom petal a little extra space but oh well.

#JanuArty #fresh
#ColorADay #YellowThu
#PalacesAndGardens #MakeAWish #Macro
#EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #photography #PhotographersUnited
A close-up of a yellow orchid with red at the center. The background is blurred green.
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Robyn
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The Grand emerging from the clouds after a snowstorm, Grand Teton National Park. November, 2020.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 176 mm – 1/110″ – f/11 – ISO 160
🏷️ #NationalParks #Photography #Landscapes
Grand Teton emerging from the clouds after a snowstorm.
January 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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saintmaker.bsky.social
“Jurassic Backyard”

#ColorADay #YellowThu #Macro
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
#JanuArty from @whitneyyoh.bsky.social starts today! New prompts every day during January. Let's go!
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
New Year, new version of this balding scrub jay

Taken with Pixel 8 Pro

#BirdOfTheDay #b&w
#birds #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear
#MobilePhotography
A black and white photo of a puffed-up California scrub jay that's missing a bunch of feathers on its head. It's sitting on a thin branch with a bunch of thin bare branches in the background.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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davemeredith.bsky.social
C for Clouds

Clouds over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for the #AlphabetChallenge #ThemesWeek

#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds #sunrise
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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October 8, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
my favorite #winged wonder, the #hummingbird for #WingedWednesday

#birds #avian #birdphotography
an Anna's hummingbird invaded the Grevillea bush feeding grounds of another hummer and she was not happy about it so she peed on the invader
December 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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oregonrandy.bsky.social
Oh! It's #WaterfallWednesday again! #ChristmasEve version!
Another #MountHood #Waterfall, and a favorite of many in any season. But in #Winter with snow it is absolutely magical!
#TamanawasFalls!
#📷 #Hiking #HappyHolidays #Snow #Ice #ECK #Oregon #Monochrome #Scape
A monochrome (Black and white) photo of a waterfall in Winter with snow and ice, as it drops over a suspended cliff face into a bowl made from ice and snow at it's base. The ice clings to the underside of the cliff, mainly behind the waterfall on it's left. The cliff face dips down from both the left and right, forming a wide "V" shape where the waterfall drops. The edges of the cliff are coated with snow and beyond the edge are tall dark conifers with snow on their branches. The cliff faces are roughly textured in mottled grey stone and dark mosses. There is a cavity behind the falls, below the hanging part of the cliff, where the blown white ice from the freezing waterfall spray collects in a slope down into the built up bowl where the base of the waterfall is hidden inside. In the foreground, a slope of snow descends steeply from center left, then sweeps to the right more gently to the right of center. The slope has some leafless brush visible poking up out of the snow. To the right side in the foreground is a small slim tall conifer standing all the way to the top of the photo on that side.
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
Thanks so much, Craig! So glad you like it. 🙏
December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
It's been a while since I posted for #WaterfallWednesday because I'm running out. But NYE deserves something special.

Natural Bridge at Yoho National Park in Canada

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #landscape #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear
#MobilePhotography
A moody black and white photo of a short waterfall coming through a natural rock bridge with a mountain and conifer trees behind it. The sky is overcast.
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
Trying to figure out if Winona Ryder was always just furrowing her brow and looking confused instead of acting or this is just her thing in Stranger Things.
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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oto2.bsky.social
📷️Nikon Zf
📸smc PENTAX-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited
#photography #fotografía #Nikon #Zf
December 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
handcranked.bsky.social
Huge news! We did it!!! Our art challenge host has just paid off all the back rent with a day to spare thanks to the incredibly generous community here. We're all blown away!

You're the best people I've never met. (Not a typo 😂)
handcranked.bsky.social Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 4d
One of our art challenge hosts is still facing eviction. If you enjoy these art challenges and have $5 or $10 to spare, it could help their family and cats stay in their home.

They need about $1200 by Dec 31. Please share!

#ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts

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December 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM