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passionate gardener, defender of democracy…I strive daily to pay attention, and to brew a perfect cup of tea🌿
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kms @karmso.bsky.social · May 12

What could be more perfect for #BlueSkyMonday than the magnificent bluebells at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…🌱

#BloomScrolling #gardens #flowers #FlowerPhotography #EastCoastKin #brooklyn

I look forward all year to this… seemingly endless glens of bluebells flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Surrounded by lush green foliage of the mature trees, I linger, contemplating the beauty and peacefulness.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography

@jocelynanderson.bsky.social

A Great Blue Heron in one of the local rivers. Most of these birds migrate but a few will stay and hang around the open waters.

January 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM

kms

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a few minutes later, a veil of rain clouds swept in….

#clouds #rain #wondrous #oceans #LandscapePhotography
#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #AtlanticOcean

Cloud and water scapes…late afternoon walk along the Atlantic Ocean shore… a magnificent veil of rain clouds in tones of soft slate gray and lavender, casting a deep charcoal gray light onto the calm ocean water. Above are drifts of soft pink clouds and pale sky.

January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

Ever take a walk and the clouds take your breath away? Happened to me yesterday.

#clouds #wondrous #oceans #LandscapePhotography #BlueskyMonday #bluemonday #EastCoastKin #AtlanticOcean

Cloud and water scapes…a late afternoon walk along the Atlantic ocean shore…magnificent columns and drifts of clouds in shades of lavender, pearly pink, opalescent blues and grays. The calm ocean water is bathed by the light through the clouds. In the foreground are dunes of buff colored beach grass.

January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM

kms

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silent sunday

#BloomScrolling #flowers #gardens #FlowerPhotography #StillLife #breathe 🌱

Two flower portraits…on the left are gerbera daisies, with soft buttery cream petals and gold/ brown centers…the light casts a pale green glow. On the right are ranunculus blossoms with layers and layers of pale yellow petals. In the center is a lime-green flower bud, yet to unfurl, with a bright gold center.

January 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM

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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us

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January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM

kms

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winter beauty moment…

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #flowers #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling 🌱

Morning sunlight illuminating the salmon-orange petals of an amaryllis flower. The petals are feathered with creamy white stripes.

January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM

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for this moment 🌱

#seeds #gardens #bloomsrolling #embroidery #resistance #DefendDemocracy #growth

A handkerchief with a creamy white background and a quote from Sinead O’Connor embroidered in black thread,” They tried to bury me…They didn’t realize I was a seed.”
The words are surrounded with red roses and green foliage. This is from the amazing IG account of tinypricksproject.

January 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM

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The Dogs of 2025

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The Dogs of 2025

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December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM

kms

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silent Sunday

#Stunday #ProspectPark #winter #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #brooklyn 🌱

Winter afternoon at the pond near the Boathouse in Prospect Park. Setting sun casts pearly-gray shimmering light over the dappled pewter colored water surface. In the background are the black silhouettes of bare-branched trees, in the foreground ducks float in the late afternoon sparkle.

January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

need a touch of brightness this morn?

#BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Gardens #Flowers #FlowerPhtography
#breathe 🌱

From summer past, a zinnia flower grow from seed. The layered petals are are soft, buttery yellow with a blush of pale lime-green and peach. The center is a whirl of saffron colored stamens. Sage-green foliage surrounds.

January 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

🥂cheers & happy new year🎉
Thank you to all who share such a rich mix of photos, poetry,humor…angst, joy…and more.
And especially to all the BloomScrollers, TY for your follows and likes and sharing the beauty of your gardens and flowers 🌱
#NewYear #Bloomscrolling #gardens #sharing #gratitude

A drawing from 1884, “Pilgrimage of the Comet”
On a inky black background and sky, comets burst and stars shine around a fantastical woman in a white gown with tails. In the upper night sky are suns and planets, hanging lights with globes and stars in colors of pale pink, blue, silver and gold.

January 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

…through the trees in Prospect Park, Happy New Year light….

#brooklyn #HappyNewYear #fireworks #trees #EastCoastKin #light #hope 🌱

January 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

Great story, great quote—

“It’s harvest season: The birds are gathering nuts, the squirrels are gathering nuts and we are, as well,” Over explained. “But from the plant’s perspective, it’s like a season of giving.”

#gardens #seeds #UrbanGardening
#StatenIsland #Brooklyn #BotanicalGardens 🌱

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 15d

Meet the Parks Seed Seekers Who Cultivate Spring in the Cold

www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/31/p...

Meet the Parks Seed Seekers Who Cultivate Spring in the Cold

At a Staten Island plant nursery, Parks Department horticulturalists nurture the nubs of future plants and trees through hard winter, rebooting life’s cycle.

www.thecity.nyc

December 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM

kms

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🌱

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 15d

Washington, DC, has incredibly restrictive rules about taking down mature trees as part of even private construction projects—people pay huge sums to relocate them under the law. Why do I feel like Trump was not out there measuring trunks trees.dc.gov/pages/tree-p...

December 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

First, cementing over the Rose Garden, now this. The concrete can be removed but these mature Great Oaks are lost forever.
🌱 #trees #gardens #DefendDemocracy

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15d

complete lawless vandalism — and a desecration not only of the building but of the great oaks and other trees growing around it that were butchered and chipped for this wastrel's tacky self-aggrandizing man cave
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New images offer closer look at demolition for the White House ballroom

The project reflects Trump’s expansive view of presidential authority — even over the White House itself.

wapo.st

December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?

December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

🐝🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

#bees 🧡 #gardens🌱 #flowers 🌻

Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 16d

All the buzz

December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM

kms

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my friend and her dog on one of their dress-alike days…
#dogs #DogsOfBluesky #adorable #BlueSkyMonday

On the left, my friend wearing black pants and socks, and caramel color lace-up boots with cream colored soles and white furry top edges…and her dog, Walter, with similar color paws and legs.

December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

Gracie, with her snow boots on ❄️ 🌱 ❄️

#DogsOfBluesky #dogs #snowstorm #snow #winter

Gracie, a friend’s dog…after a snowstorm,her cream colored fur is perfectly complemented by white fluffy “snow boots” on her four legs.

December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

birthday peonies…swoon…

#BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #flowers #gardens #FlowerPhotography #EastCoastKin #MyJoyfulPlace #StillLife #dreamy 🌱

luscious layers of petals on a peony flower..the colors are raspberry-pink with blushes of white along the edges, and a saffron orange center.
In a clear glass vase on a patterned cream color table

December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

…they are nestled under the soil right now, but last spring’s tulip beauty still delights…🌱
🌲Merry merry to all.🌹

#MyJoyfulPlace #gardening #TulipThursday #MerryHolidays #BloomScrolling #FlowerPhotography

From the spring garden, tulip flowers in colors of bright apple-red and outer petals of soft bluish green.

December 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM

kms

@karmso.bsky.social

🌱 #WeFeedYou 🍅
#farms #farmworkers #giving #gardens #food #DefendDemocracy

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 29d

As the holiday season approaches, there’s no better time to support the work the people who labor so hard to feed us. Make a donation and help fund change all year long. act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou