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mandy-m-andersen.bsky.social
@mandy-m-andersen.bsky.social
International nomad.
Travel, museums, photography, volunteering, writing, and researching family history. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸
Happily married to the same man for 36 years.

All photos are my own unless otherwise indicated (eg. reposts), and copyrighted.
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar, and this is my ‘Norfolk Coast’ necklace, inspired by an extended stay in deep ancestral areas of East Anglia, in the UK.

Ongoing learning process.

#art #creativity #jewelry #beading #survivorship #artglass #semi-precious #metallic #lapislazuli

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December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One of the joys of a culture that respects history is the wealth of #architecture for education and enjoyment by all.

A summer #Stunday scene from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK.

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#Tewkesbury #BlueSkyphotography #photography #UK #Tudor #waterway #EastCoastKin #history
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Day five of #ArtAdventCalendar.

Here’s a stone I painted a reeeeeally long time ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar: I was watching this Grizzly Bear and her cub when she stopped for a moment, sat up, and seemed to just take in the view as the sun began to set. #wildlife
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar

‘My original ‘Day Dreaming’ 16x20

Lovingly made with rainbow fabric, hand embroidery and a collection of handmade glass beads made by my daughter Maya when she was in high school

LauraBundesen.com

#NeuroArt #FiberArt #MixedMedia
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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✨ Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture 🐙 Clay & Paint 🎨

#ArtAdventCalendar
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar #art #creativity #jewelry #cancer-survivor #beading #survivorship
Several years ago I started making my own jewelry. Fast forward a few years, after surviving breast cancer, I decided to making shorter pieces to remind who I am, rather than what I had lost.

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December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar: It's always hard to find the perfect tree-topper, but I think I've done it! #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Orange Leaves in Fog
#ArtAdventCalendar #Day1
#Sweetgum #Leaves outside my window on a foggy day in Jan 2025.
#PNW #Photography
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Four days late to the #ArtAdventCalendar, I’d love to participate by sharing some of my favorites that make me smile.
#creativity #color #art #photography #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #abstract-photography #contrasts #shadowplay

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December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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In case you're wondering what I'm talking about...
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar all aboard the posting beautiful things train! Let's make everyone's timelines joyful and inspiring!
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I love the intensity and texture of this rendering. 😮Makes me want to try to reproduce it in clay!
Let's get #ArtAdventCalendar rolling!

It's December 1 somewhere right now.

Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40in 81x102cm
Oil on Canvas
2019

#Art #Painting
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A dynamic Oregon coast shot.
Good Morning...it is time for the #BlueSkyMonday art challenge!

I really enjoy photographing lighthouses!

Jacqueline, my drone, got this shot of the Coquille River #Lighthouse in #Bandon #Oregon on the Oregon coast.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Drone #DJIMiniPro4
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Snapshot of a moment in time in #Baja #warmth even though I know I missed the deadline for the #BlueSkyArtShow; I had this lined up - and then forgot to post.

#LaPaz
#Mexico
#beachvolleyball
#sports
#paddleboard
#athletes
#photography
#EastCoastKin
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And how could I forget the gyre of indecision and the pea-souper fog of imposter syndrome?
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
An #Evening stroll through the park as the sun drops toward sunset
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Norwich #England #Spring #photography #parks #silhouette #shadows #goldenhour #public-art #bandstands
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November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 8, 2025
The theme is #Evening

Any art, any interpretation
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included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome

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#photography #drawing #painting #sketching #poetry
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Light extinguishes the dark.
May we all find the courage to add to the great beacon of light - be it physical, financial, spiritual, emotional support, or kind word.

#light #hope #kindness #love #Spain #gardens
#courage #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Stunday
#photography

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November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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