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Cathey
@cathey.bsky.social
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Love my life and those who share it/nature photographer/logophile/grammar nut/chocolate-chip ice cream cognoscente/wanna-be chef/dog lover/3+ MBC
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#bnwmacro #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Roses #Flowers #PhotographersofBlueSky
A black and white close-up of a luscious orange rose with dark edges on its outer petals. In front and behind it are blue sea holly, a plant that looks like a pine cone with spiky leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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“ #Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”– Marianne Williamson
#Stunday #EastCoastKin #Flowers #Roses #ColorADay #OrangeSun #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling
A rose to outshine all others - vibrant shades of red and orange with purple edges - with salmon, orange, and yellow roses and green leaves in the background. Silver-blue thistle with its spiky foliage is to the right of the rose and below it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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A bouquet of orange and red roses with a Happy Thanksgiving message.
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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A Carolina wren #OnTheEdge before and after. 💦
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small brown bird with a tan and white breast and a white brow stripe (Carolina wren) stands on the edge of a water bowl that's sitting on a wooden bench. The background is mottled green lawn. The photo was taken through a porch window. A small brown bird (Carolina wren) emerges quickly from its bath in a water bowl that's sitting on a wooden bench. The background is mottled green lawn. The photo was taken through a porch window.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#WordlessWednesday #WaterWednesday
#EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #McConnellsMillSP #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small stream runs through the center of the photo bordered by rocks and light green vegetation in the foreground. A large boulder rests on the opposite side with smaller rocks along the shoreline and overhanging evergreens and beach trees.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A bright spot on a dreary day. 🍁
#ColorADay #RedWed #Autumn #EastCoastKin #Trees #JapaneseMaple #ArtYear
A Japanese maple shows off glowing red leaves alongside fading purple leaves and transparent samaras.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #HangingAround or 'Birds at Unusual Angles', here are two cedar waxwings eating berries from a waxed-leaf privet. They appear to be mirror images but note the different colored tail feathers. 🧡💛 #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
Two cedar waxwings eat berries from a green waxed-leaf privet. They are in mirror image positions and one has orange tail feathers while the other has yellow tail feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Winding down ... 🍂💛
#ColorADay #CyanTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #Trees
#NaturePhotography
Yellow and orange leaves of a maple tree glow against a pale blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A hoverfly on holly for #BlueSkyArtShow #Small theme. 🍃
#ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Insects
A hoverfly with brown eyes and a black and yellow striped abdomen stands on the tip of a deep green holly leaf with a bright lime-green border. Branches of holly leaves and green berries fill the frame.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Happy #bnwmacro Saturday! There are still a few #flowers lingering - they're enjoying the Indian summer weather we're having. 🖤🌸 #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Garden #Bloomscrolling
A black and white close-up of a Formosa azalea with large, softly draping petals, some with dark spots and stains of shaded areas, and multiple stamens growing from the flower's center. Long, dark, fuzzy leaves surround the flower.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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"He would make a #bouquet for a lovely lady; a bouquet gathered off the cheeks of the morning.... " ― Willa Cather, A Lost Lady ✨🧡🌹💛 #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Flowers #Roses #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #ArtYear #PhotographersofBlueSky
A bouquet with an orange-red rose at front center, orange and soft red roses on the right and behind it, blue spiky sea holly to the left, and yellow Craspedia in the left background. A bit of goldenrod peeks from below on the left.
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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#Scape #Treescape #Landscape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Trees #Autumn 🌳🍁🍂
A canopy of trees - oaks, maples, beech, tulip poplar - in fall colors against a robin's- egg-blue sky.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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An orange-tipped oakworm moth caterpillar for #NightmareNov. 🖤 #Black #InsectThursday #Caterpillar #Insects #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
A black caterpillar with orange lines running along the length of its dorsal side (an Orange-tipped oakworm moth caterpillar | Anisota senatoria) slowly crawls on a dogwood tree.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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A red-bellied woodpecker giving me a #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay. 🪶 #Birds #EastCoastKin #Woodpecker #NaturePhotography
A bird with a red cap, pinkish breast, black and white spotted wings, and large gray feet (a red-bellied woodpecker) stands on the railing of a wooden porch and stares right into the camera. The background is mottled green and reddish-brown.
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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A cotton-candy sky at sunset 🩷💙
#BlueSkyMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Clouds #EastCoastKin #Sky #Sunset #Cloudscape
Pink clouds in a blue sky at sunset.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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It's a glorious day! ✨ We're having a bit of Indian summer in mid-November. And nothing beats the #autumn colors. 🍁💛🍂🌳🧡 #SundayYellow #Trees #Stunday #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #FallFoliage #PhotographersofBlueSky #SundayVibes
A cross-section of a yard showing off the mesmerizing autumn foliage highlighted by the sun. From the left is a rusty oak tree, beneath that a deep red Japanese maple, a bright yellow hickory tree peeking through at top left, center is a red dogwood tree, and on the right, two oak trees with a mix of green and orange leaves. A perfect autumn palette!
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #beakopen #shadesofgrey #EastCoastKin #Birds #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
A gray bird with black eyes (tufted titmouse), a black patch between its eyes, and a white abdomen, grasps a suet cage as the cage sways in the wind. The bird's beak is open as it tries to pluck a piece of the suet block contained in the cage. The background is mottled green and white.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#bnwmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #Roses #Flowers #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #BlackandWhitePhotography #NaturePhotography 🖤🤍
A black and white close-up of a lush orange rose with dark edges on its outer petals. In front and behind it are blue sea holly, a plant that resembles a pine cone with spiky leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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💚 🌿 #ColorADay #GreenSat #Foliage #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
A laceleaf Japanese maple tree stands in dappled late afternoon sunlight. The sun backlights portions of the tree that almost glow lime green against the lacier darker leaves in the shade. Two tree trunks are in the background on the right with spots of highlighted green.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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“The heart of #autumn must have broken here, and poured its treasure upon the leaves.” – Charlotte Bates ❤️🍁✨❤️
#BlueskyArtShow #Bright #Leaves #EastCoastKin #Treescape #ArtYear #FallFoliage #JapaneseMaple #PhotographersofBlueSky #ArtYear
One of our Japanese maple trees late this afternoon as sunshine streamed through its fiery red-orange leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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“Allow yourself to trust #joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson ✨✨
#Scape #Escape #Landscape #Treescape #EastCoastKin #Trees #MingoCreekSP #Autumn #ForestFriday
Golden beech trees sway in a soft breeze. Mingo Creek State Park, PA.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Happy Thursday, Susan! Drinking my first ☕️ and looking at the ☀️ lighting up the front yard. Much warmer this morning than the 20° windchill on Monday. Have a fabulous day! 😊☕️
Red Japanese maple tree
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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“Some of the days in #November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moon rise.”— Gladys Taber ✨✨

#ColorADay #BlueTue #TuesdayBlue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #Golden #Leaves #Foliage #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
The brilliant afternoon sun peeks through the golden leaves of a Japanese maple tree with a beautiful clear blue sky above.
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least or #rainyday birds. Since the photos of the bird I have the least of are terrible, I'm going with #rainyday #birds. Here's a Carolina Chickadee in the #rain. #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
A Carolina Chickadee in the rain.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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#bnwmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #blackandwhitephotography
A Japanese cedar with immature flower-shaped cones and more fully-formed mature round cones on branches filled with short needles.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM