Karen Costner
25kc.bsky.social
Karen Costner
@25kc.bsky.social
Mom, USAF veteran, retired. Beginner watercolor. Goal: To be calm as a glass of water. = > ÷
The Red Bird of Paradise. The flowers are a brilliant mix of #orange to red clusters and fern like leaves. I love the tropical look in my landscape in Arizona, USA. I used my phone camera to take this picture in August 2024.
#photography #FebruArty #onlybeautifulthings #Bluesky #beautiful
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#FebruArty
#Puzzle

This is a puzzle from the phone app. It is another fun and/or challenging activity.
February 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I had a live seahorse named after Seabiscuit, a champion thoroughbred racehorse (1933-1947). Watch Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. George Woolf - Canadian-born racehorse jockey nicknamed "Iceman"
#FishyFeb #watercolor #watercolour #FebruArty #art
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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So we dance on, on the fine line between yesterday and tomorrow, between forgetting and remembering. Our hearts beat to the rhythm of the universe and we smile because we know that change is life: Change is life.
a ballerina is surrounded by a dandelion and the name rosiemay is on the bottom right
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February 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"My EYES Adored You" is a 1974 song written by Bob Crew and Kenny Nolan. Franki Valli 1974-75 # 1 US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, # 5 UK Singles, # 2 Australia

Adorable #watercolor Bambi. EYE have a soft spot for deer.

#FebruArty Day 6 #ArtYear #Bluesky #watercolour #workinprogressart
February 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
February 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Purple Heart for #purple #FebruArty #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow #Bluesky #watercolor #watercolor Thank you to all of our American Heroes. Thank you to all of our allies, especially our brothers and sisters of Canada. Thank you for always being there for us! We love you! We NEED you!
February 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
February 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
AMERICAN HISTORY #bluesky
To honor Black History Month, I'm starting with Miss Rosa Parks.
#blackhistorymonth #bhm #watercolor
February 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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February 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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A snowcapped winter scene from my frozen collection—winter in its purest form🙂 #nature #winter
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Normal isn't normal anymore, but you are not alone. You find the like-minded and seek solutions. Isolation and despair are not options when so much is at stake. Take a moment for yourself, breathe, then get cracking. Shit is broken! Time is of the essence! #photography #blackandwhite #existentialism
November 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM
A section of a saltwater aquarium. I took this picture with my phone camera.
January 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Fractured but not broken 💙 #watercolour #watercolor #art #painting
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Please read this, peeps.
January 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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✨Painting Jelly Hair ✨
I was inspired by Edwardian hairstyles and it turned into a jellyfish. This is why I love artist brains—we are so random and weird.
Make more weird shit!!!!
#art #watercolor #mermaid #weirdart
January 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
January 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
January 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Traditional Dancer
The Ojibwe or Chippewa are the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the second-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree.
#Canada #powwow #firstnations
January 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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To end the day, I’ll leave you with this. I like to think that somewhere out there somewhere in the energy of time and space remains the good soul of a man, father and a husband, and that he still gets a laugh out of all this attention. TG.. You are missed.
January 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Fairy light
A favorite image of mine from
Ffos Noddun / Fairy Glen in Eryri, North Wales
Capturing the light rays is such a pleasure to witness
November 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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I call this the "Fairy Tree" because it grows in Fairy Lake, here on Vancouver Island. It has been photographed by thousands of people, this is my version from 2016. On my second trip I went out in a kayak to touch the tree...

#nature #photography #trees #NeverGiveUp #naturephotography
November 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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“Winter Lagoon”

Winter is perfect for black and white photography, don’t you think? 🤔
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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It took my breath away when I stepped on a ledge and saw this mind blowing landscape below. The magnificent mountains of Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies cradle turquoise lakes illuminated in intense light as the setting sun colors low lying clouds.📷

#photography #art #photoreel #nature
March 5, 2024 at 5:40 PM