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Misty

@purplestarrynight.bsky.social

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2 Cats. Orchids. Gardening. Hiking. Books. Art. I repost any Bsky goodness that interests me, and want to see your shares too! Click my media/feeds tab to see only my photos (but why? 😁) All posted pics are my own.

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Misty @purplestarrynight.bsky.social · 2d

Chilly, but beautiful. Good hike today, quiets my brain. Deep breaths.

#BlueSkyMonday #nature #woodland

Cold January day hike up hill. Vivid blue sky. Graceful, gnarled tree in foreground with sun shining thru, oak woodland habitat.

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci

@saraflacci.bsky.social

🎶 Sapessi com'è strano
sentirsi innamorati
a Milano 🎶
#Milano #Milan
#UrbanGaze #YellowThu
#EastCoastKin
From Italy with ❤️
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Naviglio Grande in Milan.
The Navigli are a system of navigable and irrigation canals that connected Milan to the Ticino, Adda, and Po rivers.
Love locks are often hung on the bridges spanning the canals, like the one in the foreground.
The quote is from a 1974 song by Memo Remigi: 🎶 If only you knew how strange it is to feel in love in Milan 🎶

January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank

January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM

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sei.ende

@seiende.bsky.social

梅の花
Plum blossoms

#photograph #flower
#梅　 #風景
#plum　#landscape
#photoJapan #xperiaphoto

January 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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@lululeigh.bsky.social

Tree peony love 💗
#flowers #bloomscrolling #peony #KingofFlowers #beauty #transformation

Side view of a showy bright pink peony flower surrounded by green foliage.

January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM

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CatsAreGods

@catsaregods.bsky.social

Apparently there's no such thing as a "Good Hair Day" for an #emu

#birds #photography

January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM

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Meandering M🌿

@pathwaymoments.bsky.social

When light awakens the day, the gold hues of the season get woken! 📷🕊️ ….

As the Sun breaks through the morning mist nature awakens along the river with the wonderful hues of Winter golds. There is hope of blue sky ahead!

January 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM

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Anita Sagastegui Photography (she/her)

@anitasagastegui.bsky.social

For #JanuArty2026, #green, I give you beautiful #Iseltwald, #Switzerland

#landscapephotography #travel #WestCoastKin #UnJourUnePhoto #landscapes #travelphotography #paysage #landscape #nikon #scenery #travelphoto #wander #roam #voyage #photography #naturescenery #outdoors

A much, green hillside of the village of Iseltwald, Switzerland, rises from Brienz Lake in Interlaken. Trees hug little cabin homes on an overcast day.

January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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Rien and his photos ☮️

@riende.bsky.social

Have a great rest of the day dear BS friends. Roses to bring some color to you. Took this photo in August

#photography #fotografie #fotografía #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #macrophotography #macro #blueskyphotographers
#Natuurfotografie #Naturephotography
#SonyAlpha #SaveTheBees

January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM

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Eric

@mountainscalling.me

Leave it alone.

This place is already complete, bound together in ways no hand can improve.

Enter it gently, and it will give you more than you came for.

#Yosemite

January 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM

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Photo 📸 Amiyo

@gyou1.bsky.social

Good morning my friends.
Have a nice day.

January 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM

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jane phượng (she/her) Ngunnawal Country

@janephuong.bsky.social

#WaterWednesday

January 21, 2026 at 7:34 AM

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Linda

@lindacdolan.bsky.social

🌱 #roseWednesday
As winter rolls on (much colder weather predicted for next week) and the rain keeps falling, I am so glad I have photographic memories that I can share with you.
I’m off for a posh lunch with my volunteering friends!

Two beautiful pink roses next to each other. They are fully open and have the classic English rose shape.

January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦

@tenoaks6.bsky.social

You climb a mountain, then you see a bigger mountain & it dawns on you that you're likely not going to conquer all the mountains, there will always be more challenges. So you sit in sweet surrender & allow a moment of acceptance knowing tomorrow you climb again

#words #WaterWednesday #photography

From the top of a mountain looking outward across the sea to San Juan Island, WA and like a beacon, a snow covered Mt. Baker. Tall robust evergreens greet the foreground in celebration of the hiker who reaches the top of the mountain....grateful for their enthusiasm..it was a good hike!

January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM

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TraceyT

@traceytaylor.bsky.social

🌱Today’s flower/plant is Linaria
aka Toadflax.This particular variety is the very aptly named “Fairy Bouquets” and it is both a perfect name and description for them. Linaria come in an assortment of colours and are favourites of bees and butterflies. One of my absolute favourites, highly recommend❤️

Photo depicts several clumps of the very aptly named “Fairy Bouquets” variety of Linaria aka Toadflax, with thin, mid-green, almost spindly stems and even thinner spike shaped leaves, bearing flowers resembling tiny Snapdragon flowers, in multiple colours and combinations. The clumps of flowers shown here are coloured mauve with yellow and white, hot pink with golden yellow and mid-pink with yellow. They are prolific seed producers and will reseed themselves if the soil is not too wet for too long. These are one of my absolute favourites, truly magical. They are beloved by butterflies and bees, especially (at least in our gardens here) Mason Bees.

January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM

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R. Pangan

@rmpangan.bsky.social

Double the beauty to start you day!💕 Good morning! Let's make it a fantastic day!💖🌄
#RoseWednesday
#MyGarden
#rosesofbluesky
#Flowers
#gardening
#MyRoseGarden
#PrettyInPink
#bloomscrolling
#gardenersofbluesky
#ColorADay
#eastcoastkin

📸 June 23, 2025

Two pink roses in full bloom from June 2025 in my garden. Fully double cup-shaped, medium sized, mid pink that fades to pale pink as they mature. The one in front - closer to the camera has a few more petals in the middle still unopened while the one at the back is fully opened revealing a yellow stamen. Green leaves in background and blurred grass. A petal of another rose to the left also caught in camera. I love this shade of pink! I bought and planted myself but I can't remember its name. 🤔 Medium frangrance.

January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM

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Postcard From The Past

@pastpostcard.bsky.social

I've had enough.

January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM

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Jaz Oldham

@oldhamjaz.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp

Raindrops

January 20, 2026 at 8:47 PM

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plesnercph🇩🇰

@plesnercph.bsky.social

🐸Lake Titicaca frogs (Telmatobius culeus).

Found in and around Lake Titicaca.

Max. body length 20 cm (8"), max. total length 60cm (2').

Threatened by pollution, human consumption, chytridiomycosis and introduced trout.

Considered Endangered by the IUCN.

📷by Joseph Sharp on Unsplash

A mostly grey aquatic frog under water near a sandy bottom. The frog has a few brown markings on its head and body. It has a white ring around each eye. Both eyes are directed forwards. The frog is looking at something slightly to the left of the camera.

January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM

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JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

here's a throwback Tuesday pic, hmmm let's see, all the way back to noon today on North Fork Castle Creek for #RockinTuesday

#creek #rocks #forest

a small rapid on North Fork Castle Creek in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest

January 20, 2026 at 11:46 PM

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E.C.Teodoro Photography - Traveling The Road Images

@travelingtheroad.bsky.social

San Diego, California

Have a good night and rest well.

Calm rises with the last light of day.
Serenity lingers on the water, unhurried and sure.
Tranquility holds the horizon in quiet hands.
Good night. May peace follow you into sleep.

#photography #sandiego #California #sunset #tunaharbor

January 21, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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Andy Lowe

@lowekeyone.bsky.social

Elk friends. #Twosday #photography #wildlife

Two female elk with their heads close together.

January 21, 2026 at 12:45 AM

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auggiethebeck.bsky.social

@auggiethebeck.bsky.social

Gud ebbening all. Tuonites KBECK 1 trak 18 iz wun youse hear an lot all obber. Well itz an gud song. An itz got wun of tha bezt guitarists in tha werld in it. Loved by Human an Soulmate here is Stray Cat Strut by tha Stray Cats
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