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Rick Smith
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#Cascadia photographer, photo artist, digital artist.
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#Sunset | #WashingtonCoast

#Stunday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Stable Conversion | West #Ireland

#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #Windows
December 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#CrescentBrach, #Oregon

#TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #photography #beach #Scape #PhotographersofBlueSky #travel #landscape
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Art challenges for Dec 29-Jan 4

NEW: #JanuArty #MyBest2025 #SmallBirdSaturday

HELP NEEDED: See comment to help a challenge host

#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #EastCoastKin
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: Dec 29–Jan 4 Monday, December 29 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #XtraXmas (#ChristmasPudding) Tuesday, December 30 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #XtraXmas (#SnowGlobe) Wednesday, December 31 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #XtraXmas (#PolarBear) Thursday, January 1 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#MakeAWish)* #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty (#fresh) Friday, January 2 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty (#matching) Saturday, January 3 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#NewYear) #JanuArty (#tree) Sunday, January 4 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty (#down) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #FestiveDailyRobin (through Dec 31) #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#ThemesWeek) #SensoryArt (#feast) #MyBest2025 (favorite art you created in 2025) *Recommend a future challenge topic Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Escape From Winter | #AmbergrisCaye, #Belize

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #LandscapePhotography #Sacpe
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Snowy Mountain Cabin | #OlympicValley, #California

#Stunday #Snow #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel #BlackAndWhite
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Putting Green | St Andrews, Scotland

#ColorADay ##GreenSat #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel #Golf
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Washington Coast

#Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Yellow Columbine

#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #flowers #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport #nature
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Castlebar, #Ireland

#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #Windows
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#GoldenHour | #OregonCoast

#TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #photography #beach #Scape #PhotographersofBlueSky #travel #landscape
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

#MinimalMonday #BlackAndWhitePhotography #bnw #PhotographersOfBluesky #travel #OregonCoast #Nature
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Your Dec 22–28 art challenge cheat sheet is here!

HELP NEEDED! Have a few $ to help a challenge host in need? See post in comments

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: December 22–28 Monday, December 22 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #XtraXmas (#turkey) Tuesday, December 23 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #XtraXmas (#elf) Wednesday, December 24 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #XtraXmas (#santa) Thursday, December 25 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#PalacePicks) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #XtraXmas (#family) Friday, December 26 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #XtraXmas (#present) Saturday, December 27 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#holiday) #XtraXmas (#snowman) Sunday, December 28 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#FutureSelf)* #XtraXmas (#ChristmasTree) ALL WEEK #ArtAdventCalendar (any original, non-AI art daily through Dec 24) #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #FestiveDailyRobin (through Dec 31) #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekZForZero)* #SensoryArt (#joy) *Imagine who you’ll be in 10 years **The word or numeral 0 is visible
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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#FallColor | East Tennessee

#Stunday #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel #Nature #Autumn
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Mama Black Bear and Cub | #GreatSmokyMountains

#ColorADay #GreenSat #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Wildlife #Nature
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Deschutes National Forest |Oregon

#Scape #ForestFriday #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"Less-ter" | #Chattanooga, Tennessee

#HumansOfBlueSky #StreetPhotography #street #BlackAndWhitePhotography #bnw #PhotographersOfBluesky
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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#Sunset | #OregonCoast

#TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #photography #beach #Scape #PhotographersofBlueSky #travel #landscape
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Large #Green #Caterpillar

#MacroMonday #macro #Photography #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #butterflies #PhotographersUnited
#PhotographersOfTheBlueSky #Nature #TheLittleThings
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Your Dec 15–21 art challenge cheat sheet is here!

HELP NEEDED! Have a few $ to help a challenge host in need? See post in comments

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: December 15–21 Monday, December 15 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #XtraXmas (#tinsel) Tuesday, December 16 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #XtraXmas (#star) Wednesday, December 17 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #XtraXmas (#FairyLights) Thursday, December 18 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#WinterWonderland) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #XtraXmas (#goodwill) Friday, December 19 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #XtraXmas (#gingerbread) Saturday, December 20 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#OpenHouse)* #XtraXmas (#decoration) Sunday, December 21 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#YearInReview) #XtraXmas (#angel) ALL WEEK #ArtAdventCalendar (any original, non-AI art daily through Dec 24) #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #FestiveDailyRobin (through Dec 31) #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekYForYearPast) #SensoryArt (#moments) *Any topic but use #OpenHouse
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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#CrescentBrach, #Oregon

#Stunday #Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel #OregonCoast #Nature
December 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#Winter | #OlympicValley, #California

#XtraXmas #Snow #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #Travel
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Fisherman | #PacificGrove, #California

#ColorADay #BWFri #Scape #Photography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #BlackAndWhitePhotography #bnw #travel #PhotographersOfBluesky #Seascape
December 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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#Yellow #Rose

#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #flowers #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport #nature
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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#Storklings | #Alsace Region, #France

#WackyWednesdayArt #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #Art #streetphotography #blackandwhite #birds
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM