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Pete Calandra
@petecalandra.bsky.social
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I used to be a busy NYC performing musician and media composer, now I walk a dog and take photos in the Hudson Valley and NYC 😉
Assoc. Prof. ACSM @QueensCollege, CUNY
Yamaha Endorsed Musical Artist.
Joined BS 11/13/24
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Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · Dec 5
New release. An ambient chamber composition I composed over the summer. Artwork by @my-solastalgia.bsky.social
#scape #soundscape #musicsky #musiciansky #composer #newmusic #nowplaying

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The Stillness Between - Single by Peter Calandra on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
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maireadd100.bsky.social
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#Stunday
#BNWMacro
#ClassicMono
#Columbine
A black and white image of a blooming, multi-hued Columbine flower next to a closed bud, and surrounded by foliage.
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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katherinemancuso.bsky.social
Happy Monday, Bluesky! 💙⛰️

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Mountain #Scape
Mountains with snow and brown winter grass against a mostly blue sky. Rocky Mountain National Park at around 8200 feet in December with no snow on the ground.
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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jillysnaps.bsky.social
Dreaming of Summer Days
It’s a cold start to the week here so I’m revisiting Cornwall for #BlueSkyMonday
Have a good one, friends 💙
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
A rocky outcrop rising from the sea at low tide, silhouetted against a pastel sunset sky, with a small Cornish flag flying on the rock, soft pink and blue clouds above, and their colours reflected in the wet sand as gentle waves roll in.
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots birds with speckled or spotted plumage. The alt theme is #most the bird you think you have most photos of 🪶

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead 🫶

#birds #birding #wildlife #photography #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin
A starling in a birdhouse, looking down. The background is blurred green.
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Early morning moon thru the clouds today. With a hint of #blue for #blueskymonday #photography #moon #nightsky #eastcoastkin
Early morning view of the sky thru barren tree branches. The sky is cloudy with a blue aperture in the center showing a bright moon. The light from the moon make the clouds have an amber hue.
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
View of the Atlantic last winter off of A1A in Manalapan, FL.. #stunday #photograpny #eastcoastkin
View of a beach. Up close there are bushes, Palm trees and a walkway. Than the sandy beach. The ocean is calm and turquoise in color. The sky is blue with many clouds. The sun is shining near the center of the photo but ids behind the clouds.
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Thank you, Alina.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Another view of the #newyear #wolfmoon from my house today. #blueskyartshow #photography #eastcoastkin
Wolf bones in the right hand side of the photo. The shot was taking during blue hour in the morning. The sky is indigo and you can see a cloud line cutting straight across. On the bottom of the photo are some baron trees, and the outline of the Shawangunk Mountains in the distance
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Wolf Moon early this morning. Love the way the colors reflect off the clouds. #newyear #blueskyartshow #photography #wolfmoon #night #bluehour #eastcoastkin
Photo of the early morning sky. The wolf moon is shining brightly illuminating a line of clouds below it and a few scattered clouds above. There are various planets/stars also visible.
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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rina2012.bsky.social
I'm sure you all know #EastCoastKin 😊

For the new year, I'm reposting the FAQ for those who have questions.
If anyone would like to be added to the official list, please feel free to contact me ✌️

#photography #art #ArtChallenges
eastcoastkin-ac.bsky.social EastCoastKin @eastcoastkin-ac.bsky.social · Feb 16
#EastCoastKin (aka ECK) FAQ!! please find the link to the new member Questionnaire in the first comment box!
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January 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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churchstreetimages.com
This year you took the #BlueSkyArtShow from an idea to an institution. Thank you so much to everyone who participates every week. There's more info in the comments. Most heart warming to me is how many people don't just post and run but stay and like others' work. 💙
Thanks to @mangled.me for crunching the numbers every week and @ioneblue.bsky.social for making the graphic Abstract image of a green curve on a black background with text over it: Blue Sky Art Show 2025 Community Engagement 4,026,025 Total Interactions 3,735,345 Total Likes 213,344 Total Reposts 7,336 Total Replies 5,705 Artists Participating 5,301 Artists who post and like other artists' works (~97%)
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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brightmomentsvt.bsky.social
My friend had a birthday this week, and as she is an author, I made miniature versions of her books. Then I just had to make tiny paper bags and add in our local newspaper for the full mini "Barnes & Noble" type experience.... #miniatures
Miniature paper bags overflowing with miniature versions of the books of Kim L. Bruce. My favorite is Pick Your Poison but they're all good! Also I made tiny versions of The Valley Reporter because in the old days a trip to the bookstore always involved a newspaper... In a weird way I had the most fun making the paper bags out of a regular size paper bag. Quarter coin for scale.
January 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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fawn-photo.bsky.social
Happy Friday…

#scape #ocean #pnw #sunset #photohour #photography #eastcoastkin #landscape
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Sometimes words fail us;
a simple symbol often
means and says much more 🫶

#JanuArty #matching #ArtYear #Poetry #Poem #Haiku #showheart #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #FreeVerse #FlyDay #BugSky #wildlife #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin
The image shows two small dragonflies in the unique mating wheel position on a wire rope. The mating wheel is shaped like a heart. The background is green water.
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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aleesia27.bsky.social
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
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albert-ibars.bsky.social
Solitud i supervivència. Cingles d'Arbeca, Garrigues.
#Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Scape #RuralScape #ColorADay #BWFri #EastCoastKin
Un arbre solitari que inexplicablement ha aconseguit arrelar sobre una roca. A Arbreca, les Garrigues, les formacions de cingles de roca enmig dels camps de conreu son habituals, donen al paisatge un matis estrany, gairebé místic.
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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saraflacci.bsky.social
#ForestFriday winter edition ❄️
Happy new year from the #Alps
Snow-covered mountains and coniferous forests under a cloudy sky after a snowfall. The image was taken in Valeille, Aosta Valley.
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
First release of the year. An ambient piece with a touch of neo-classical. Njoy:
#newmusic #composer #ambient #orchestral #neoclassical #musicsky #musiciansky #nowplaying #onlybeautifulthings #scape #soundscape #eastcoastkin
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Moonlight Passage - Single by Peter Calandra on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 1 Song
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January 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
View of a single person above the Columbus Circle Subway entrance last week. #urbangaze #humansofbluesky #newyorkcity #photography #streetphotography #eastcoastkin
View looking up from the subway entrance. There is a circular brick wall with a metal fence on top. Along the fence means a woman. You can see part of the nyc skyline near billionaires row. The sky is a deep blue as the photo was taken in late afternoon in early winter.
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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sdcushing.bsky.social
In a rare convergence of #WackyWednesdayArt and #NewYearsEve, I present to you the Happy Hippopotamus!

(She was a mascot at a store I managed for many holidays!)

🥴🤩🥳

#EastCoastKin
An ornament with a hippopotamus head sits on an unfinished bookcase. She has the torso, arms, and legs of a lady and wears a red and black sequined dress with crinoline underneath it - and on the back of her silly head.
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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lovelycds.bsky.social
Maybe Moonlight ✨ A painting I did earlier in the year. 🎨

#art #artist #joy #nature #painting #dreamscape #landscape #seascape #scape #SensoryArt #ArtAdventCalendar ✨
A painting by Corinna of mountains, sea, & trees. Painted with a palette knife on canvas in her own expressive, somewhat dreamy style. The painting is predominantly blue, with gold metallic, & silver white paints. 2025.
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Happy New Years to all my Blue Sky friends. May your next year be better than the last. 🙏
#newyears #newyear #happynewyear #piano #musicsky #musiciansky #composer #nowplaying
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Comfy pup all tucked in on a cold winter evening. She’s hanging in there with no side effects from her treatments. In no pain and good energy. #dog #dogsky
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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midwestusa.bsky.social
Beautiful Winterscape in Minnesota with BlueSky
Winter across the fields with blue skies and snow in Minnesota.
December 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
August 2023, view from the courtyard of MOMA in NYC. #windowsonwednesday #newyorkcity #museumofmodernart #photography #architecture #eastcoastkin
Photo processed using selective color. There are vibrant blue reflections off of the glass windows on the large building with a teal colored building, reflecting towards the bottom. There is parts of the museum of modern art on the bottom with a water tower on one of the rooftops. The sky is cloudy and in monochrome.
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM