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Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

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I'm always looking for the wonders of nature and love #thelittlethings

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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 3h

Life often has cracks;
these are the basis for change
as time goes by.

#MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #ArtYear #FungiFriends #photography #woodland #scape #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #Poetry #Poem #Haiku #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #FreeVerse #EastCoastKin

You can see a tree stump with deep cracks on the surface. Several mushrooms are growing out of these cracks, clustered closely together. They have thin, long stems and a lamellar cap. The background is a blurred photograph of a forest.

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EastCoastKin

@eastcoastkin-ac.bsky.social

#BirdofTheDay #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #birds #wildlife

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning. 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. Good luck. Here’s a Starling taken yesterday. Ps don’t forget to put the theme hashtag too #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A European starling stands upright on a low ridge of fresh white snow, photographed in close-up from the side. Its dark plumage is densely speckled with small cream-white spots, and subtle iridescent tones of green and purple shimmer across its neck and chest. The bird’s long, pointed bill faces to the right, closed, with a calm but alert expression. One reddish leg is faintly visible beneath the feathers. The background is softly blurred in muted grey and olive tones, creating a moody winter atmosphere that contrasts with the crisp snow and highlights the starling’s intricate feather patterns.

January 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM

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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

“Tulips are the poets of the garden, whispering tales of strength and beauty to those who listen with their hearts.” – Alice Hoffman 🖤🤍🌷
#bnwmacro #ClassicMono #BlackandWhitePhotography #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Flowers #Tulips #SundayVibes

A black and white close-up of a delicate white tulip. A leaf is nestled up against the left bottom edge of the flower and there are blurred flowers below and in the background.

January 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM

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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

A song sparrow in late afternoon light for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #goldenhour (the alternate theme is #snowy). #Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Sparrows

A brown and white streaked bird (song sparrow) stares at the camera from the top of a wooden fence in the early evening light. A green ivy vine curves into the photo from the right, providing a bit of bright contrast.

January 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM

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Yamagata

@yamagata-art.bsky.social

Fantasy horizon

#photo #photography #bluesky #thephotohour #nature #landscapephotography #minimal #Joy #skyphotography

January 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM

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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦

@lorichirp.bsky.social

The first #MallardMonday of 2026! All waterfowl is welcome but I see so many Mallards at every park I go to that I usually post them. I'm going to (try to) break out of that rut this year and I'll start with a male Ring-necked Duck! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

January 5, 2026 at 3:57 AM

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Albert Ibars

@albert-ibars.bsky.social

De vegades es ben cert que les parets tenen ulls. Portes obertes que donen pas a espais inquietants.
#Fotografia #Color #Stunday #EastCoastKin

Una porta oberta que dona accés a una habitació fosca. Al fons, una finestra amb una persiana envellida que deixa passar una mica de llum exterior. Runa i deixalles per terra i, a la paret, graffitis mal fets que representen cares i ulls.

January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM

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photoblair.bsky.social

@photoblair.bsky.social

Eglinton LRTree.

#Toronto #EglIntonLRT #Photography

A STILL NOT YET IN SERVICE EGLINTON LRT glides through Hakimi Lebovic Station as a leafless tree stands watch, just as it has since this thing started to be built FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.

January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM

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photoblair.bsky.social

@photoblair.bsky.social

Golden Miler.

#Toronto #EglintonLRT #Dork #Photography

Reflection of Dork in the window of the Golden Mile Mall, with an Eglinton LRT in the background

January 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM

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John

@krantzj.bsky.social

A little better image of the first full moon of the year, the Wolf Moon. Also Jupiter in the area. #NewYear #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #moon #fullmoon #WolfMoon #Jupiter

January 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM

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Zdravka

@meliorism-78.bsky.social

We spend a good part of our lives…
dreaming…
awake…

A close up photo of a dandelion. One of the seeds is about to flow away

January 4, 2026 at 7:46 AM

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Zdravka

@meliorism-78.bsky.social

The embrace…

A photo of two entwined grasses against the setting sun

January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM

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Ela Schneider

@elaschneider43.bsky.social

'Dämmerung'
#FotoVorschlag

Gras in der Dämmerung.
Hintergrund ist orange-rot eingefärbt.

January 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM

Rina

@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

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Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

January 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM

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🇬🇧PhotographyFunGuy🇬🇷

@photographyguy28.bsky.social

#NaturePhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#Stunday #SkySunday
#Photography #Nature
#GetOutside #SeizeTheDay
Good Evening and Goodnight Bluesky Folks! Here is a Picture of a Stunning Sunset that I saw a few days ago while I was Walking home from My Marathon Walk.
Captured on a iPhone 17 pro

This photo captures a calm sunset scene with a line of bare trees silhouetted against a warm, glowing sky. The sky fades from deep golden orange near the horizon to softer, muted tones higher up, with thin, wispy clouds stretching across it. The trees are dark and delicate in outline, their branches reaching upward and creating a striking contrast with the light behind them. In the foreground, a shadowy grassy field adds depth and grounds the image, giving the whole scene a quiet, peaceful, almost winter-evening feel.

January 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci

@saraflacci.bsky.social

Snowy #MountainMonday 🤍
Happy new week 🍀

Along the trail to the Tzecore Pass.
Snowy alpine landscape with blue sky and conifers with, in the foreground, snowshoe tracks.

January 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM

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Aj d'Wit (Audrey)

@audjde.bsky.social

We each traverse grief differently, and this is as it should be. I sometimes wonder what my late husband, and my parents who died only a little before him, would say how I'm writing this new chapter of the story of me. Perhaps you wonder the same about your departed loved ones.

#Poem #Grief #Loss

January 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM

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Miya115

@miya1156.bsky.social

This sunset
Mt. Fuji

January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!"

-Langston Hughes