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Cape Cod gardening with 🐾 to assist and share the views, soup on the stove, friendship to sweeten the broth 🌱
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Joy @joyf.bsky.social · 11d
#Gardening 🌱
Drenched in snow cover one sign describes who we are
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This is your last chance of the year to post to #ForestFriday!

Post your forest-related photographs or artwork with the hashtag #ForestFriday. Let's end this year with a huge celebration of outdoors and nature. 🤗🌲🌼🍄🌿

#EastCoastKin #Hiking #Nature #Outdoors #Photography #Art
The banner for Forest Friday has a background image of pine trees and ferns covered with snow. The text says, "It is #ForestFriday. A weekly celebration of the outdoors & nature. If you are so inclined, post your forest-related photographs or artwork with the hashtag #ForestFriday. Happy trails, my friends."
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Merry Christmas to all- if you gather, may the time be filled with warmth. May each of you enjoy a hope filled peaceful moment ….and some laughter
Chevy Chase Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Merry Christmas and a most beautiful day everyone.
#ArtAdventCalendar #UrbanGaze
#photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
A tall Christmas tree glows with warm golden lights and tiny red gift ornaments in the middle of a quiet cobbled marketplace. The deep blue morning sky, bare branches of a large tree, and softly lit historic houses in yellow tones create a cozy small‑town atmosphere, with empty benches suggesting a calm pause before the day’s festivities.
December 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Thank you @lifesafeast.bsky.social I’ve made your recipe a few times and my family’s really enjoyed it. After the holidays, a perfect comfort meal.
lifesafeast.bsky.social Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 1d
So my dear friend @mamafoo2000.bsky.social and I lunched in a famous, iconic Parisian brasserie this week and of course had to start with their famous, iconic (French) onion soup. After a few spoonfuls, she said "yours is so much better" and I won't argue.

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Authentic French Onion Soup
Top off your New Year’s Eve revelry the traditional French way.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Beautiful holiday scene Laurette- magical!
laurette1.bsky.social Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 1d
I have a few “Palace Picks”.
This is Hinton Ampner near Winchester one Christmas. Chosen because their theme is usually based on childhood but beautiful for adults too.
#PalacesandGardens
#PalacePicks
#photography
Decorated room in Hinton Ampner. As well as the tree the room was filled with flowers. It is a great place to take grandchildren.
December 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Over the days ahead and into the new year, wishing you an open door to warmth and friendship. Thank you for sharing #food #gardens #flowers and #fun
Evergreen wreath decorated with fruit and pinecones on an open red door beckoning welcome
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Good morning #Bluesky 👋🏻. #Christmas baking has started with mince pies, straight from the #Aga. Marry Christmas!
Home made mince pies straight from the Aga. The mincemeat is homemade too. The pastry topping is a circle topped with a star. Merry Christmas! 🎄
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Exquisite beauty from @gardenopus.bsky.social Look at these blooms!
gardenopus.bsky.social GardenOpus @gardenopus.bsky.social · 5d
🌱❤️Please pardon the rerun - this double Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) NOID asked for another chance - she felt I'd not painted her in the best possible light on the first go-round. So here she is in all her Holiday busyness! Amaryllidaceae
December 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#FirstDayOfWinter #Gardening #Roses
A lovely Heritage bloom to open my first day of winter to what may be possible🌱💖
Budding Heritage Rose bloom in our December garden. Pink petals and new buds contrast with our quiet winter garden landscape. A beautiful winter day with mild temps allows a lovely breath of what awaits in the months ahead
December 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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“If you think that it is only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat.”
~ T. S. Eliot

🐈‍⬛ On this Christmas #Caturday, Willie wants to teach you how to fold a fitted sheet. He's a giver.
Gray cat (Willie) sitting in the middle of an unmade bed, lying on a sage colored fitted sheet
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Ana’s roses are so beautiful- pinks are my favorites! 💖🙏
amstorey.bsky.social Ana @amstorey.bsky.social · 6d
From my morning walk. One of these things is not like the others. 🎶
A collage of four images. Three are dark to pale pink roses and one is a variegated pink and white camellia.
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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As we get closer to holidays I want to wish everyone merry. Thank you for all the kind words, likes and repostings. I appreciate your comments and friendship. May the season of sharing touch your heart ❤️
#Holiday #Sharing #Birds #Gratitude
Male cardinal sporting his stunning red feathers against a light snowfall in our garden
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Merry Christmas! 🔥🎄
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The sun rises and the great blue heron takes flight. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck #Birds #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin
A silhouette of a great blue heron in flight in the early morning light. Seagrass fills the foreground and the pale pink and blue waters of the estuary fill the background.
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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What a lovely day Ruby has had- hope everyone reading and following MJM has enjoyed a great day too 🥰
huntnfish8.bsky.social MJM Grand @huntnfish8.bsky.social · 7d
Happy Friday Eve again all

Ruby’s Big Beautiful Brown Eyes.. deployment in the alt text..
#Joy
She is fully aware of her hypnotic stare . Not merely aware, but deploying them. Those dark, steady, impossibly earnest eyes are locked onto you with the quiet confidence of someone who knows the effect is already working. In her mind, this is not staring; this is influence. This is a carefully calibrated look that says, without urgency or demand, “You and I both know what happens next.” What happens next, of course, is more time outside, more snow exploration, and absolutely no immediate return indoors under any circumstances. Her expression carries just enough softness to suggest innocence, just enough brightness to imply delight, and just enough intensity to make refusal feel morally questionable. She is thinking that if she holds this gaze long enough—tail wagging gently for authenticity—you will suddenly remember an important reason to stay out longer. Perhaps another walk. Perhaps a detour. Perhaps a stick-related activity that has not yet been fully explored. She is patient. She has time. Her eyes do the heavy lifting. Beneath the charm is pure, bubbling happiness. The forest is perfect, the snow is fascinating, and you are clearly under her spell. Ruby is not asking. She is convincing. And judging by her calm confidence, she already knows she’s winning.
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Look at MJM’s wonderfully smiling friend - lightens my heart to see the joy
huntnfish8.bsky.social MJM Grand @huntnfish8.bsky.social · 8d
Bleu wishes all a Goodnight!

A 60’ long limb fell off my 300+ yo fir tree that lines my drive

No electricity for 8+ hours
On a generator to provide limited power and wood for heating but no water.

Breaking out the Coleman stove for coffee and cooking
Welcome to Montana
Keep Grinning that’s Life!
Bleu advances through the snow with the unmistakable confidence of a performer who knows the audience is watching. His expression is pure delight—mouth open in a broad, easy grin, eyes bright with the quiet certainty that this moment is entirely his. Snow lifts and scatters around his legs like stage fog, while his tail, caught mid-sweep, appears to be conducting an invisible orchestra behind him. Most striking is his footwork. His front legs cross delicately as he moves, not by accident, but with the refined precision of a dancer executing a well-rehearsed step. It is less “charging through snow” and more “graceful winter pas de deux,” as if Bleu has decided that trudging is for amateurs and elegance is the only acceptable mode of travel. Each step suggests choreography—one paw placed neatly in front of the other, as though he is counting beats in his head and refusing to rush the rhythm. The result is a performance equal parts joy and comedy. Bleu looks utterly convinced that he is both magnificent and hilarious, and he is correct on both counts. This is not merely a dog running in the snow; it is a golden retriever interpreting winter through dance—lighthearted, exuberant, and blissfully unconcerned with whether anyone else understands the routine, so long as they applaud.
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The light 💙 #CapeCod #TheLight
#Peace #BlueSky #MyView
Pale blue clear, sky meets pale, blue clear salt water. The air is perfectly still ansent even a hint of wind. This is more appreciated knowing big winds are on the horizon. It is quiet. You can feel and hear your own breath. The feeling of peace is full. Every blade of marsh grass stands perfectly in its place. Breathe 🕊️
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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#WinterWonderland #EastCoastKin
The smells, the fun, the laughter heard inside the Christmas markets lights up even a cloudy day in Prague.
Horse drawn carriage moving slowly through cobbled streets of Prague past stalls of food and goods in the festive December Christmas Markets.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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A lovely spot if calm from Guy 🥰
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Don, they are possibly rushing trying to catch the holiday sales 🎄 Great pic!
dwcapecod.bsky.social Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 8d
On the run along the bayside.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#RoseWednesday #Gardens #Gardening 🌱💖
I knew I should have brought those in
Fairy roses daring to bloom into December got covered in a blanket of snow. How surprising their lovely pink color looks peeking out from underneath a snowfall. We had a wonderfully long garden season 🙏
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Exquisite rose from Rebecca🌱 and a tune I’ll be singing and humming all day 🎶😍🥰
rebex.bsky.social Rebecca @rebex.bsky.social · 9d
Good morning!
I’ve loved this album for a decade or more now & here’s one of my favourite tracks from it!
Here Tim Wheeler & Emmy the Great with the very lovely - ‘Snowflakes’ youtu.be/i9LlrUbifpA
#lesserknown
Enjoy!
Out of 5, a high 🎄🎄🎄🎄 for me!
You?
#RoseWednesday
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Good Morning! Time for #TidesOutTuesday art challenge

As a photographer, of course I see opportunities everywhere for an image. I thought this shell looked like the sky leaking out those sunbeams or "solar stilts" as they call them in Iceland.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Yachats #Oregon
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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#BlueSky and sunshine is working today with milder temperatures to begin a thaw. Lovely fresh air. #CapeCod #Nature #ChangingTides
Robin’s egg blue sky is dappled with white slight clouds appearing above a dark blue sea. As the tide changes, the ice is broken by small waves, stirring the ice chips into a bit of a saltwater soup. The rippled patterns in the snow made by the tides combined with the ice and the wintry soup is beautiful and kind of special to see. Glad to share with you 🥰❄️💙
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM