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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. F. Scott Fitzgerald
#blueskyphotography #milkweed #milkweedpods
#macrophotography #autumnphotography
Milkweed pods that have dried and split open. Delicate, fluffy white milkweed seeds are peeking out of the split pods, about to blow away on the autumn breeze.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Happy Halloween from the Canine Crew!🎃
#blueskydogs #dogsincostume #happyhalloween #dogs #halloween #happyfriday #furryfriday #halloweendogs
Zellie is a medium-sized black dog with a white chest and toes. She’s wearing a shark hat for Halloween. 🎃 Dottie is a Great Dane who is gray and white spotted. She’s dressed like a Diva for Halloween wearing sparkly hot-pink sunglasses and a floral headband.
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Happy No Kings Day
Attending the No Kings March on a sunny Saturday. Holding two signs: No Kings (with a crown X-ed out) and Old Enough To Remember When We All Agreed That Nazis Are The Bad Guys -Gen X. Hubby sadly not in photo, he’s taking the pic.
October 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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May your Monday BEE as lovely as you are 🐝
#bloomscrolling #bumblebee #dahlias #blueskymonday #bees #blooms
A black and yellow striped bumblebee gathers pollen from the golden center of a blush-pink dahlia.
September 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Just look at this gorgeous lady! She’s super polished and refined even on the job. 🐝
#blueskysaturday #bumblebee #photography #macrophotography #longwoodgardens #longwood #bloomscrolling #redflowers
Closeup of a bumblebee with glossy wings and a fuzzy yellow and black thorax. She is clinging to a bright red flower cluster.
September 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Sunday night dinner when you’re a Monarch Caterpillar.
#monarchcaterpillar #Monarchcat #caterpillar #milkweed #milkweedplant #photography#blueskysunday #caterpillardinner #monarchbutterflycaterpillar
A Monarch butterfly caterpillar hangs upside down while munching on a milkweed plant’s leaf. It has the classic yellow, black and white stripes ringing its body, and its feet are clinging to the top portion of the leaf it’s eating.
August 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Happy Sunday, Bluesky!
Bringing you this bright pink hottie straight from Cape Cod National Seashore 🌺 Rugosa Rose
#blueskysunday #bloomscrolling #photography #rugosarose #capecodnationalseashore #capecod #flowerphotography
Bright pink Rugosa Rose bloom with a creamy yellow center surrounded by lovely green leaves.
August 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I’ve never been so happy to have a critter eating one of my plants! This guy and a friend are munching their way through one of my milkweeds, and I couldn’t be happier. 🐛
Frontal view of a Monarch caterpillar who is munching on a bright green milkweed pod. The caterpillar has thin yellow, white, and black stripes the ring its body. It has two long black antennas on display.
August 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My milkweed had a midday visitor. Missing a wing tip, but still very active. I hope it’s a female laying eggs, but I’m very new at this and can’t tell yet.
#monarch #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #milkweed #butterflyphotography #nativeplants
A monarch butterfly rests on a milkweed plant. The milkweed has a cluster of sunny-orange flowers in bloom and ripening seed pods. The monarch has her(?) wings on display and is missing the tip of her upper left wing.
August 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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This little wonder is a pleated inkcap which graced our dewy grass this morning. Happy Sunday 🍄‍🟫
#blueskysunday #photography #mushroomphotography #mushrooms #pleatedinkcap #morningdew
Small greyish-white mushroom growing up through the dewy morning grass on a very slender stalk. The mushroom’s cap is made up of tiny ridges, like pleats of a dress radiating out from the center.
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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“Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
#seashell #shell #shellphotography #macrophotography #downtheshore #beachphotography #bubbles #bubblephotography
Fragment of a shell that’s been tumbled smooth by the ocean. It lays on the sand with a few pearlescent bubbles clinging to the edge. The sun was low in the sky, so the left edges of the shell and bubbles are glowing a bit.
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Good morning, Bluesky! I need to know if I’m just being paranoid or if one of these Swamp milkweed blossoms is staring directly at my Macro lens. Lol! 😆 Can’t decide if the effect is cute or creepy. #swampmilkweed #blueskyblooms #bloomscrolling #macrophotography #milkweed #savethemonarchs
Close-up picture of Swamp milkweed flowers. Three blossoms on the bud cluster have already opened. The blooms are white to pink in color with fuchsia flecks on the petals and little black accents at the center. The rest of the unopened buds are a darker pink.
July 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Popping in to say HAPPY FRIDAY!
#blueskyfriday #friday #happyfriday
#naturephotography #chipmunk #easternchipmunk
Eastern chipmunk peeking up behind a stack of terracotta-colored pavers. There is moss and leaves tucked between the pavers too. There’s on old brick wall behind the bright-eyed, alert little critter.
July 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This little garden gremlin is hanging out on my hydrangea. It looks soooo innocent. 😇 👿 At least it’s not a Popillia japonica.
#anomalaorientalis #orientalbeetle #beetle #gardenphotography #macrophotography #insectphotography
A scarab beetle 🪲 with shiny black head and legs. Its wing covers are mottled brown and black. This Oriental Beetle (Anomala orientalis) is sitting on a bright green hydrangea leaf.
July 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Puffed dandelion up close and personal with my Macro lens. Nature’s mini fireworks 🙂
#macrophotography #photography #bloomscrolling #dandelion #dandelionseeds
Close up picture of a dandelion seed head in its puffed stage. The little white puffs at the ends of the individual seeds look like little fireworks. The brown seeds themselves still cling to the center of the flower itself. The yellowish green grass in the background is blurred due to the Macro focus.
July 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Rainy Wednesday
#raindrops #rainyday #photography #wetwednesday #rainonbluesky #leaves
Close-up picture of a bright green leaf with shiny raindrops clinging to it. The veins in the leaves are visible and look like the street map of an old city from before the days of the grid layout.
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Definitely not using the macro lens today for this beauty! These blossoms are typically enormous I’m just lucky this one bloomed on a low branch of our Sweetbay Magnolia tree.
#bloomscrolling #magnolia #bloomsofbluesky #blooms #photography #flowerphotography
Magnolia blossom that has creamy white petals that gently curve. The outer six petals have already opened while three inner petals are still wrapped around each other forming the center.
June 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Good morning and happy Sunday, Bluesky! Have a pretty little Crane’s Bill geranium to brighten your day.
#bloomscrolling #happysunday #macrophotography #macro #photography #bloomsofbluesky #geranium
Close up of a Crane’s Bill geranium. Five rounded purple petals which become lighter towards the center of the flower. Dark red streaks radiate out from the center and the stamen and pistols are rusty red too.
June 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Check out this sweet bumble. Her wings are amazing! She’s hard at work on a gray-sky day.
#flowerfriday #bloomscrolling #bee #beesofbluesky #macro #photography
Close up of a fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee collecting pollen from a stalk with light lavender flowers.
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Coneflower close up reminds me of fireworks. This Macro lens is too much fun! So much texture 🌺
#bloomscrolling #summerblooms #closeupflowers #blooms #macrolens #flowersofbluesky
Close up of the center of a coneflower. The color starts with a light orange at the center and slowly deepens to a deep, rich red towards the edges.
June 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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The petunias are still standing up to the heat here in NJ. Check in on your family, friends, and pets though. They might not be looking quite so fresh and lively in this blistering weather.
Close-up of a bright red petunia blossom with delicate yellow stamens in the center.
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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First photo with my new birthday present. (Thanks to my hubby) A 75mm macro mobile lens for my iPhone. My sea holly plants have finally turned purple, so happy! 😀 #bloomscrolling #macrophotography #seaholly #bloomsofbluesky #ulanzi #ulanzi75mmmacrolens
Lovely purple sea holly blossom photographed close up with a bee pollinating it. Sea holly’s have bluish gray spiky leaves and petals with a thistle-like center. When mature, the petals turn purple, as seen in the photo.
June 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Happy Friday, Bluesky! #furryfriendsfriday #furryfriend #dogsofbluesky #gooddog #gooddoggo #dogsmile
Black dog lying upside down on tiled floor. She’s smiling with her mouth open showing teeth and tongue. One ear is flopped out and the other is tucked under her head.
June 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Hard not to believe in fairies when you encounter a fabulous fungi like this.
#mushroom #fungi #toadstool
Mushroom nestled in the bright green grass. Its cream-colored gills are on display and its tan-colored top is concave with a little pool of rain water trapped in it.
June 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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My gardening buddy! Not sure which type of bee she is, but I love hanging out with her here by the milkweed. #beesofbluesky #bee #milkweed #bloomscrolling #gardening #floweringmilkweed #pollinators
A bee gathering pollen from an orange milkweed flower.
June 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM