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Kats Peterson
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Birder, amateur naturalist, secular humanist, home cook, reader, picture-taker and for a few years, jewelry-maker. Know this: >>>no bio = no follow-back<<<. Simple as that.
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The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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For a couple generations, at the least. Us guys suck at it and only tend to make the world worse, not better.
January 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Mutant H3N2 Influenza Surges Across the U.S.

A sharp spike in activity has been reported, with 7.5 million illnesses, 81,000 hospitalizations, and 3,100 deaths as the flu’s impact triples in just one week.

Wear a respirator (N95/KN95) when going outdoors or into crowded indoor spaces.
December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Just about any #Holiday one can think of involves special foods, symbolic of that particular celebration. A Buche de Noel is a special treat and is a multi-day project. This was my first attempt at making one. #BlueSkyArtShow
A buche de noel is a special cake, made in the likeness of a fallen log, often festooned with marzipan (almond paste) decorations, in this case mushrooms, holly leaves and berries, pine needles and cones. This one is a chocolate sponge cake, rolled around mocha filling and iced in dark chocolate buttercream.
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Cioppino is the closest I get to the "7 Fishes" Xmas Eve supper. This one has calamari, mussels, clams, cod, shrimp, shredded "crab" and lobster claws. Happy Holidays! 🍽️
In a large, white, round pasta dish is my seafood cioppino. The base is basically a marinara, with a half-cup of white wine and 2 cups of seafood stock added, then reduced for about a half-hour before adding the various shellfish and fish. Once the mussels open, the rest is added and simmered until *just* cooked, about 5-8 minutes more.
December 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Working with molten glass is definitely #warm work! #BlueSkyArtShow #glassworking #WheatonArts More about this process in ALT.
This photo was taken by my S.O. at Wheaton Arts in Millville, NJ. They were in the beginning stages of creating a cornucopia in glass. This slug of glass was so heavy, it took a couple of workers to move it back and forth into the furnace and at one point, they almost lost it before saving it from contacting the floor at the last minute. It was truly amazing to watch the whole process. There were other teams working on all the little fruits to put into the mouth of the cornucopia, which made it increasingly heavy with each fruit applied.
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Hope everyone who celebrated enjoyed their day!
Meme of a very portly pussycat with a double-chin saying, "Maybe I ate all the turkey and maybe I didn't..."
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Western Kingbird, juvenile. #birds #birding #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
The Western Kingbird is generally an unusual bird to see here in NJ, This one is a juvenile, with its bluish-gray head and back plumage still coming in, contrasting with a white throat and belly. It bears a heavy flycatcher bill and slightly longer wings and tail than its eastern counterpart. They love to hunt for insects in open fields lined with hedgerows, perching on outer branches and taller objects within the fields. Observed at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR on Nov.24, 2025.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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A trio of #small but vigorous nestling Eastern Wood Pewees. Taken with a zoom lens from a good distance away, so as not to disturb them in any way. #BlueSkyArtShow
This little trio of nestling Eastern Wood Pewees with their bright yellow bills and gapes was taken in June 2020, located high up in the crotch of an oak tree branch in our SNJ yard. They are so young that their eyes are still closed, and wouldn't open for another few days. The nest was successful.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#Bright -eyed and bushy-tailed for #BlueSkyArtShow ! #photography #squirrels #nature #EastCoastKin
A photo of a very precocious Red Squirrel sitting on a rock in Maine in bright morning light. Literally bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This rage is the cost of failed leadership. When you mobilize an army and then surrender without a fight, you don't just lose a policy battle. You break the covenant with the people who trusted you with their time, money, and courage. The capital is spent. The trust is gone.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Sea kayakers enjoying the #evening in Bar Harbor. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #seakayaking
Under the vivid glow of a setting sun, sea kayakers are paddling in for the evening in Bar Harbor, Maine. The thin cloud layer diffuses the light, and makes an alleyway of glittering golden reflection on the water.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Can a Golden-crowned Kinglet be angry? Maybe not, but this one was very serious. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin 🦉
This Golden-crowned Kinglet paused very briefly on our old apple tree, with its gnarled, swirly, rough bark - a great place to find tiny prey hiding. They are tiny, busy birds, with their golden-yellow "crown" bordered by black. On th e males, there is a patch of bright red nestled in the gold which can only usually be seen when they raise their crest a bit. SNJ; Nov. 2014
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🍽️ Perfect night for some comfort food. Chicken Cobbler with a biscuit topping and lots of veg.
Chicken Cobbler, basically a pot pie filling with about three cups of bite-sized pieces of rotisserie chicken, carrots from our garden, celery, onion, peas and chopped green beans. The sauce includes homemade stock, butter and flour, thyme, sage and parsley from the garden, salt and pepper. The top is a basic buttermilk drop biscuit, baked until crispy on top and fluffy underneath.
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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#Autumn is the time to fatten up to prepare for winter's harshness. #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #EastCoastKin #naturephotography
This little hen Ruffed Grouse entertained us while we rented a camp in Maine on Moosehead Lake last October. She's sitting in a Spindle Bush, aflame in bright red and bearing tasty berries in pairs. She and her mate visited for most of the week we were there.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Lots of falling leaves for the theme of #Autumn on #BlueSkyArtShow. Description in ALT, as always. #photography #nature #EastCoastKin
This colorful swirl of fallen bayberry leaves lies in a calm little backwater in Cape May Point State Park, NJ. I think it would make a very challenging jigsaw puzzle, don't you?
November 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Samhain. A time to honor your ancestors, hold close those around you, and celebrate the end ing of the year and the turning of the Wheel. Blessed Be.
A nearly-monochrome artwork of a rising moon, a woman dressed in a form-fitting black gown with draping fringed sleeves, appearing to cup a sliver-moon in each hand. She wears antlers on her head, symbolizing death and renewal.
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Pay attention to Senators in the Republican Party attempting to move into Governor seats. Tommy Tuberville, Alabama. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee. Nancy Mace in S.C. There's a political restructuring in the south. Senators shifting to positions of Governors for control of state military forces.
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#Sunsets #EastCoastKin #CapeMay
A wide beam of red-orange light cast by the setting sun through a break in the clouds. The little brilliant spot of light down near the water is the actual position of the sun, nearly set. Taken in Cape May, NJ, October 2025
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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#Inside a seed capsule of Jimsonweed are the seeds awaiting dispersal. Datura stramonium is a toxic plant when ingested. #BlueSkyArtShow Further description in ALT
Datura stramonium, a.k.a. Jimsonweed, Thorn-apple or Devil's Trumpet has a pleasantly fragrant white, elongated, trumpet-shaped bloom, which belies is high toxicity when ingested. In the United States, the plant commonly known as "Jimsonweed" (or, more rarely, "Jamestown weed"). This name derives from Jamestown, Virginia, where soldiers sent to suppress Bacon's Rebellion in the English colony of Virginia reportedly consumed the plant and spent eleven days in altered mental states! This is a picture of it's dry seed capsule, a very spiky, 4-chambered body about the size of a ping-pong ball, and is filled with black seeds resembling little chunks of charcoal. Taken in Cape May, NJ.
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Few things bring joy and a bit of whimsy like the #glow of the holiday light displays at Longwood Gardens in December. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #holidays #nightphotography
A nighttime photo of lighted trees floating in a lake, viewed through another series of lights closer-up on the shore. Taken at Longwood Gardens, PA in 2017.
October 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A sleepy American White Pelican in Santa Barbara. #Relax #BlueSkyArtShow
This large ball of white fluff is an American White Pelican at rest. Its long yellow beak is nestled along its back, with just a sleepy eye, rimmed in bright yellow, peeping out. They are one of America's largest birds.
October 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #angles #sculpture #LongwoodGardens
For this week's theme of angles, I choose a photo I took in 2021 at Longwood Gardens in PA. We are standing inside a structure called The Grotto, looking out through a diamond-pierced window made of cement. Looking out of the center of the window is some of the sculptures in one of the many fountains in this section of the extensive gardens.
September 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I admit I enjoy playing along with Jeopardy. It's a bit challenging yet mindless at the same time (is that possible?). Sigh. Nothing is fun anymore.
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM