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Mary Ellen
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Politics. Birds. Watercolor. Random stuff. Postcarding keeps me sane.
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Marsh Marigolds and their #bright color is such a welcome sight in early spring. #BlueSkyArtShow
Small, low growing flowers with 5 petals and spiky stamens, the vivid yellow Marsh Marigold cluster glows against their dark green leaves.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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A just past full #moon rising in the #Evening over a neighbor's #barn. #BlueSkyArtShow
Seen through a tangle of tree limbs, the full moon is rising just above the rooftop of a large red barn.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#Autumn #BlueSkyArtShow
#Photography #Flowers
Blowing in the wind...
Against a background of fading greenery, small white seedheads are gently blown off their flowerhead.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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How many Starlings can fit #inside the birdbath?
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Birds
A concrete birdbath is filled with Starlings. The dozen or so birds are facing in different directions and water drops are flung everywhere as they empty the bath of water.
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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A #vertical lift bridge between Houghton and Hancock in the #UpperPeninsula of #Michigan #BlueSkyArtShow
Spanning the river below, a bridge with two uprights and strong cables to lift the adjoining roadway when needed to allow boats to continue their journey.
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#Vertical #BlueSkyArtShow
The tops of trees with various fall colored leaves against a blue sky, looking up from the ground.
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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#Glow #BlueSkyArtShow #Milkweed
A milkweed seedpod catched the sun on the individual seeds and their delicate tendrils.
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The sun makes a soft #Glow in a shady cove.
#BlueSkyArtShow
A woodland cove with a small stream. The sun is lighting the stream as it tumbles over rocks making the center if the photo glow while the outer edges remain in the dark.
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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#Relax #BlueSkyArtShow #Squirrel
A Fox Squirrel soaks up some sun in the early spring. It is lying on a bare limb, supported by a smaller branch, with its tall hanging down and it's visible eye just barely opened.
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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#TheRoad from below #BlueSkyArtShow
#Photography #Bridges
A concrete divided highway from underneath. The bottom is a river. Pairs of large concrete posts support the multi-land highway with a gap between the 2 sections that are the lanes heading in opposite directions. Scattered greenery lines the riverbank on either side and a blue sky is the upper background.
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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#Angles #BlueSkyArtShow
Wild grasses of various kinds grow in multiple directions. The grasses are mostly in silhouette against a golden background.
September 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#Angles #BlueSkyArtShow
#Birds
Against a cloudy, grey background, 2 parallel electrical lines cross the frame from left to right. Between the lines, a flock of 7 Canada Geese fly in a line, each bird at a different angle.
September 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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#Summer #sunflower
#MixedMedia #BlueSkyArtShow
A 3/4 view of a sunflower drawn in black pen with a background ofgold/orange glitter watercolor paint.
September 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow
#Summer
A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird approaching a Hosta flower for some nectar. The green flower stem angles from the lower right to near the top center of the frame. The lily shaped flowers surround the stalk and vary in shape and color from brown and drooping near the bottom, to white and drooping above them, then white and open, and small green buds at the top. The bird is facing right-wing a green body, white neck and throat (only the males have a red throat, and darker green head. The background is black.
September 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Shiny #BlueSkyArtShow
Sun shining through hoarfrost.
Pine needles with the tips covered in hoarfrost. One tip is illuminated by the sun and shines with a bright light.
August 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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#Shiny #BlueSkyArtShow
Distant headlights surrounded by refracted rays of light in rainbow colors.
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Early morning #Skyline featuring a fogbow at Shiawassee NWR in #Michigan. #BlueSkyArtShow
A fall field of green and brown grasses with a misty view of trees on the horizon. The blue sky has an arched fogbow from the center of the frame to the upper left corner.
August 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow
#Storm #Beach
A sandy beach in the foreground, water in various shades of browns and greens, and a very dark grey sky with an incoming storm on the top.
August 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#Pieces, making up pieces. #BlueSkyArtShow
Inspired by VA Arts.
#Pen #Drawing
A square mandala done in black pen. The square is divided into quarters, then each area into 4 triangles. Different patterns are drawn into each of the smaller triangles. It is not strictly a mandala as it is not symmetrical.
August 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Can something be #Jagged and soft at the same time? Why, certainly, as this Guinea Fowl shows #BlueSkyArtShow
A Guinea Fowl caught mid shake. The black with white spotted feathers are ruffled out on its body, some blurred by the motion. The head has a rather prehistoric feel to it with a prominent white face that looks molded from plastic, a reddish beard below a large beak, black eye, and brown horn on the top of its head.
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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So many #Jagged points in this sunflower blossom. #BlueSkyArtShow #bloomscrolling
An unopened sunflower blossom from the side, facing to the right. The many green sepals are opening and pointing in all directions. Some are straight and others curl on the ends. There are very fine hairs on all the sepals as well.
August 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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For the everyday beauty that surrounds us. #Gratitude #BlueSkyArtShow #Birds
A House Sparrow looking over its right shoulder at the viewer. Its feathers are floofed up because of the cold, showing the lovely layers of browns, greys, and blacks.
August 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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#Alternating ruffled petals and stripes in the #daylily. #BlueSkyArtShow #bloomscrolling
A peach daylily. The back 3 petals are fairly uniform in color with gently curving edges. The front 3 petals have very ruffles edges and magenta striping. The throat of the flower is lime green changing to yellow and then forms a ragged circle in a pinky peach color. There is a small insect on the bottom petals and an almost ready to open bud below the flower.
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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#Smooth #BlueSkyArtShow
A section of a foot bridge over #TahquamenonFalls in the ##UpperPeninsula of #Michigan.
Smooth aluminum section of a foot bridge held together with a series of 12 bolts, likely stainless steel.
July 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Few things say #SummerDaze as much as a #Beach scene. #BlueSkyArtShow
A sandy beach with grasses across the frame. In the foreground are assorted sand toys, a beach towel, and shoes.
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM