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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 · 16d
New Release, available on all digital platforms. Open Windows, a jazz/samba I wrote for piano, bass, percussion and synths.. njoy..
#musicsky #musiciansky #jazz #composer #piano #newmusic #nowplaying

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Open Window
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lorraineinglisd.bsky.social
An old tree, a quiet lane and a dramatic silhouette 🪾💙💛

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic
#photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #winter #Devon
A winter tree silhouette against an evening sky with water glistening on the lane beside.
January 28, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Being quite expressive
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Jan 28, 1991. 35 years ago, first day of cast rehearsal for Miss Saigon on Broadway. I played piano for the show for a decade. This is the original cast during the rehearsal period at 680 Studios in nyc. I’m in the back in the left. @broadwayworld.com #broadway #musicaltheater #theater #musicsky
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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maireadd100.bsky.social
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#WordlessWednesday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
#Sky
The dramatic pink sky is reflected by the damp asphalt pathway. Bare trees line this ascending walkway at the reservoir park. From April, 2025.
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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dorotapawlak.bsky.social
Dreamy foggy morning. Have a peaceful Sunday.

#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #scape #seascape #PhotographersOfBlueSky
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Crimson flames tied thru my ears, Rollin’ high and mighty traps. Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps. #coloraday #redwed #alphabetchallenge #dfordramatic #photography #sunrise #eastcoastkin
Sunrise at the Ocean Beach in South Florida. The tide is very calm. There is a long peer chatting diagonally from the right towards the center of the photo. The sky is filled with clouds, reflecting, reds yellows, oranges, and purples. These colors are also being reflected by the ocean.
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Moody sunrise in south Florida for #tidesouttuesday #sunrise #photography #beach #snowbird #eastcoastkin
Sunrise at Lake Worth Beach. The shore cuts diagonally from the lower left up a little bit towards the right. There are two people in the lower center of the photo looking at the sunrise. There is a pier that shuts out from the right side of the photo about 1/3 from the bottomthe horizon sees the color go from the bluish water to the golden orange of the horizon and the sun and the sky. At the top of the photo are some very dark clouds. Really great contrast in color in this scene.
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Celebrating Mozart’s birthday with some Bach 🙂 #MusicianSky #MusicSky #Piano #Bach #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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shot from a moving boat on the Amazon River. the extreme distance to the tree, the handheld long lens, and the gunflash was a challenging but rewarding shot
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#stunning #sunday #gucamayas #luiscordobapharchive #birds
shot from a moving boat on the Amazon River. the extreme distance to the tree, the handheld long lens, and the gunflash was a challenging but rewarding shot 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁▶️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gkdzhhasll5lweby2pnakh3c/feed/aaahz57tkb3re 𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔▶️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gkdzhhasll5lweby2pnakh3c/feed/aaabby22ehomq #stunning #sunday #gucamayas #luiscordobapharchive #birds
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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mjwyatt.bsky.social
Stacked lenticular clouds! October 19, 2024
@bdoucette.bsky.social
Stacked lenticular clouds above Mt. Hood at sunrise.
January 27, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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saraflacci.bsky.social
The ideal of freedom is a creation of every spirit; it is an unforgivable error to consider freedom from a historicist, instrumental, and utilitarian perspective. Freedom is an eternal and absolute value.
[Carlo Rosselli 1899-1937]
Don't give up🕊
#MountainMonday
#BlueSkyMonday
#Freedom
#EastCoastKin
B/W photo of a narrow trail left by hikers in the snow in a winter Alpine landscape characterized by a strong contrast between light and shadow, typical of sunny days in the high mountains.
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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mitchseaver.bsky.social
Sugarloaf Mountain - Marquette, Michigan

#Photography #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #WestCoastKin
#EastCoastKin #Michigan #PhotographersOfBlueSky #UpperPeninsula #Scape #Autumn #fall #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #BlueskyArtShow
Top of Sugarloaf Mountain at sunset.
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
Happy 270th Birthday, Wolferl!

"January 27, 2026 marks the 270th anniversary of Mozart's birth."
#Mozart #Birthday
Mozart Birthday Bash
January 27, 2026, marks the 270th anniversary of Mozart's birth. We'll celebrate with music by the composer throughout the day ...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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mollyploofkins.bsky.social
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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aleesia27.bsky.social
“Bluesky reminds me that no matter how dark the clouds may be, there is always light beyond them.” -unknown 🕊️

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #sky
The snow capped mountains high above Whistler, British Columbia on a clear blue day.
January 26, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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lady-rain.bsky.social
A bouquet of kind words,
tied with sincerity,
placed gently in this moment…

#BloomOnPurpose #photography
#nature #ArtInNature
Marigold from my garden shown in detail, softly glowing and expressing kindness in bloom.
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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learls.bsky.social
Happy #BlueSkyMonday!

As always, wishing you well as you begin the weekly climb ✨

#MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #mountainscape #photography #photographersofbluesky #CoconinoNationalForest #Arizona
The sunlit buttes and mesas of the Mongollon Rim stand, at dusk, under a darkening blue sky with white horizontal clouds. In the foreground is the red dirt of Oak Creek Canyon and some yellow and lots of green foliage.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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marysunshineisgone.bsky.social
Wasp from October for #MacroMonday
Wasp hanging from a white aster.
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social
'the White, Frozen Shallows' (2026) -- Brunswick Bike Path, Brunswick, ME

'Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood' -- Andrew Goldsworthy

#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #ClassicMono ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
A grouping of gangly young birch cling to each other on the riverbank, one has fallen over, it's top branches resting inches deep in the frozen shoreline
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
petecalandra.bsky.social
A bit of good news to brighten my mood a little. 2 new tracks from my 2025 release, Night Mist have been added to the rotation on the SiriusXM Spa channel. They had their first airing this morning. #musicsky #musiciansky #newmusic #nowplaying #composer. @siriusxm
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
Have a great start to the new week 🫶
Enjoy #thelittlethings

#ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #scape #photography #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #EastCoastKin
Close-up of the blossom of a winter viburnum, the background is blurred
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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pmgibbs.bsky.social
#Stunday
#EastCoastKin
Lake Drummond in the Dismal Swamp. After a three mile paddle down the feeder ditch, portage around a spillway, you come out to the wide open.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 PM
petecalandra.bsky.social
Too sad today from recent events to post for #stunday. Take care all. xo.
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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saraflacci.bsky.social
...The sky belongs to all eyes, and each eye, if it wants, can take in the entire moon, the stars, the sun.
Every eye takes in everything and nothing is ever missing: he who looks at the sky last finds it no less brilliant...
Gianni Rodari
#Stunday #EastCoastKin
#ImageAndVerses
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
The light of dawn illuminates the clouds above Aosta. In the foreground, the slate roofs of the historic center, and in the background, the cathedral with its two bell towers and the snow-capped mountains. The lines are taken from the poem "The Sky Belongs to Everyone" by Gianni Rodari, an Italian writer and educator.
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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my-solastalgia.bsky.social
If you’re in the path of the storm tracking across the US this weekend, stay safe & warm! ❄️☕️❄️ #cold #blueskyartshow #abstractlandscape #mixedmedia #watercolor #stark #minimalism #eastcoastkin #traditionalart #winter #classicmono #painting
Painting: A monochromatic abstract landscape in a minimalist style, suggestive of winter. Payne’s grey & charcoal on paper
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM