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Margot Foley
@mfoley25.bsky.social
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Four year TNBC survivor 💪. I love nature 🌲, dogs 🐕, horses 🐎, books 📚art 🖼️, photography 📷, the ocean 🌊, living in the PNW.
All images are my own, unless stated otherwise.
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My friend Abby milking one of her Nubian goats on her ranch in CA is the best I can do for #XtraXmas #MilkingMaids 🐐🥛🤷‍♀️
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Goats #CA
#Photography
my friend Abby is hand-milking one of her Nubian goats on a blue milking stand. she is holding a small clear container to catch the milk. a large blue bucket is visible to the right of the goat and the background shows a dry, grassy hillside with some trees.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I posted this a while ago in color. @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social suggested to try it in monochrome. Thanks, Jaycee, I like it!
#ClassicMono
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Ocean #Beach
#Nature #Photography
low tide at the beach in Bandon with intricate sand ripples. the sand patterns, sculpted by the receding tide, create a striking textural contrast with the smooth water. In the background, the ocean extends toward a rocky shoreline dotted with dark boulders and sparse vegetation. a cluster of buildings is visible on the distant shore.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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the simple joys of the season
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Books #Stollen
#Holiday #Christmas
#Photography
the book A Christmas Treasury on a table with a red and green poinsettia table runner. next to the book is a cup of tea and a small white plate with two slices of German Christmas stollen.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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So many windows! The beautiful Benjamin N. Duke House, also known as the Duke-Semans Mansion, located in Manhattan, with two high-rise apartment buildings on each side. I much prefer the mansion 😉
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#EastCoastkin
#Travel #NYC
#Photography
the historic Benjamin N. Duke House (also known as the Duke-Semans Mansion) at 1009 Fifth Avenue in New York City, Is situated between two taller, modern buildings. This Gilded Age mansion is one of the few remaining private mansions along Fifth Avenue and is a designated New York City landmark. The exterior is designed in the Beaux-Arts style, featuring a limestone ground floor, a brick facade, and a distinguishing copper mansard roof. The mansion stands out due to its ornate architectural details, including balconies and a prominent roofline, contrasting sharply with the glass and concrete facades of the adjacent high-rises.
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social
is #BirdsOnTwigs. Here is a beautiful male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) in one of our lilac trees.
#StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Hummingbirds
#Nature #Photography
a tiny hummingbird, perched on a bare branch. it has a vibrant, iridescent orange throat patch, a bronze-green back, and coppery-orange flanks and tail feathers. Its bill is slender, straight, and dark. the bird is perched on a thin lilac branch with small water droplets visible. the background is blurred, with a light gray above and green leaves and clusters of purple flowers below.
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Hey, Bluesky friends, one of our art challenge hosts needs our help. Please join me in donating to their cause. Every little bit helps. Thank you 💙And thank you to Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social for organizing the GoFundMe.
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Hey folks! One of our amazing art challenge hosts is facing a financial crisis and I've organized a GoFundMe for them. If you could even donate $5 or $10, it would really help out. Thank you!
Donate to Support for a Family Facing Urgent Financial Crisis, organized by Robyn Hoke
One of my fellow art challenge hosts on BlueSky needs help to avoid los… Robyn Hoke needs your support for Support for a Family Facing Urgent Financial Crisis
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December 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Don’t forget the important things this season (and always) 🎄☮️🤗
#Holiday #Christmas
#BeKind #Peace
#SpreadTheLove
a Holiday to do list. 1. Be Present 2. Wrap Someone in a Hug 3. Send Peace 4. Donate Food 5. Make Love 6. Be the light
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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stormy sky over the ocean in Bandon.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #ClassicMono
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Nature #Photography
#B&WPhotography
a black and white photograph of the beach in Bandon, Oregon, with waves crashing on the shore and a stormy sky overhead. the foreground shows dark, wet sand and small pebbles where the foamy waves break.
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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a lovely view from the kitchen window at our house in Grants Pass.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#ColorADay #GreenSat
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Photography
a view looking out of a window that is framed by a white sill and yellow walls. the windowsill is lined with a collection of various-sized blue glass bottles. outside a lush, green landscape of trees and hills stretches out under a clear blue sky. a small, colorful mobile hangs in the upper center of the window frame. above the window is a shelf with a collection of vintage sifters.
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social is
#Movement.
Two Hummingbirds on my butterfly bush last Summer.
#ColorADay #GreenSat
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Hummingbirds #Flowers
#Nature #Photography
two hummingbirds are feeding on a large, dense cluster of purple flowers on a butterfly bush. the hummingbird on the left is captured mid-hover with motion blur on its wings, while the one on the right is partially nestled within the blossoms. The background consists of bright, blurred green foliage.
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Today’s #XtraXmas theme is #geese. These six Canada geese at the marsh are walking and eating, but maybe they will be a-laying later 😂🤷‍♀️🪿
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Nature #Photography
a group of six Canada geese (Branta canadensis) at the dry marsh. two are walking and the four on the left seem to be eating.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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from our walk last Sunday.
#FencePostFriday
#ForestFriday
#ColorADay #BWFri
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Nature #Photography
a black and white photograph of a rustic, weathered split-rail fence. the fence is constructed from rough-hewn, uneven wooden logs with visible knots and a grayish, weathered texture. it stretches across a grassy area, receding into the background. trees, foliage and grasses are visible and there is a path in the background.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I much prefer silver, so this is the best I could come up with for today’s #XtraXmas theme of #GoldRings 🤷‍♀️
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Holiday #Christmas
#Photography
four gold hoop earrings and one gold ring with a diamond on a multi colored jewelry pouch with a pagoda, leaves and flowers.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Wishing friends and family across the pond a Fijne Sinterklaas and Einen frohen Nikolaustag 🎅🏻
A little St. Nicholas ornament we brought with us from Holland.
#Holiday #StNicholas
#Tradition #Memories
#Ornaments
a small, handcrafted wooden ornament depicting Saint Nicholas (called Sinterklaas in Holland) riding a white horse hangs in a Christmas tree. it features a red bishop's miter, a red coat, and a gold staff with a green jewel.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Borbs (birds looking round). This little round juvenile Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) fits the theme perfectly I think.
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Sparrow
#Nature #Photography
a small, plump, juvenile sparrow is perched atop a dense bush of lush green ivy leaves. the bird has beige and light brown plumage with a slightly darker crown and is looking towards the right side of the frame. the background is blurry.
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I don’t do lists or starter packs, but every now and then I pick one of my favorite artists to share. Today it’s Neil @rovingrollo.bsky.social
I love his photos (and Alt text) and look forward to them daily. please take a look at Neil’s work. 📷
#Photography
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Day 4 of #MyPhotoAdvent2025, a photo a day of my favourite captures of 2025... with an explanation in Alt Text of my reason for choosing it.

#WindowsonWednesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #EastCoastKin
A beautiful stained glass window in the chapel of the castle that was installed to mark the new millennium in the year 2000. Nicola Hopwood's design features the rock on which the castle stands, as well as the meandering River Wye. Three faces symbolise the three parish communities of Goodrich, Marstow and Welsh Bicknor. Down the centre a red ribbon features the phrase "upon this rock" from Matthew 16:18. I chose this image because of the design of the window and because of the way it casts multicoloured pools of light onto the walls and floor.
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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a #window above the door of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe located in the former mining town of El Triunfo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#ColorADay #YellowThu
#EastCoastkin
#Travel #Mexico
#Church #Photography
the facade of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a historic colonial-style building located in the old mining town of El Triunfo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The church's construction began in 1857 after the discovery of silver and gold deposits in the area. The building features a pale yellow stucco exterior with prominent red trim around the edges, the main arched doorway, and the upper window. The facade shows signs of weathering and peeling paint. A set of stone steps leads up to the intricately carved wooden double doors of the entrance, which is topped by a large arched transom window with a sunburst pattern. Above the entrance, a smaller arched window is centered on the pediment of the building, which is crowned by a small belfry or spire. A portion of a bell tower, also in the same red and yellow color scheme, is visible on the right side of the frame.
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Four birds who either have called already or will be calling soon. Trying to be creative, since this challenge is getting harder by the day. 🤷‍♀️🤔😂
#XtraXmas #CallingBirds
#BirdOfTheDay #SeaBirds
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Gulls
#Nature #Photography
four seagulls standing on a sandy beach. three adults on the left and a juvenile on the right. in the background is the ocean with a few waves.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Here is a sweet White-crowned Sparrow for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Songbirds.
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Sparrow
#Nature #Photography
a white crowned sparrow in a field. it has distinctive black and white stripes on an otherwise gray head and a pale, yellowish bill. the body is mostly gray with a brown and gray streaked back.
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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interesting sculpture at the Botanical Garden in Encinitas, CA 2019
#WackyWednesdayArt
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Sculpture #Garden
#Art #Photography
two whimsical sculptures with exaggerated facial features, such as large eyes and prominent mouths, nestled amongst dense green foliage at the Botanical Garden. the sculptures appear to be made of a dark, textured material, possibly ceramic or metal, and are mounted on dark cylindrical bases or poles.
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Sweet Peas in Bandon; so pretty all decked out for the holidays 🎄
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWindows
#WindowsOnWednesday
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Photography
a walkway lined with bricks and plants leading to a store called Sweet Peas all decked out for the Holiday with lighted windows, a fountain in the front filled with plants and a flag hanging on the right.
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme as suggested by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social
is #OnTheRocks. Here is a turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) on the rocks at the jetty.
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Vulture
#Nature #Photography
a turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) standing on a rocky shore next to a body of water. the turkey vulture is a large bird with predominantly blackish-brown plumage and a small, red, naked head. large, gray rocks and a piece of white driftwood are in the foreground and the background consists of blue water with small ripples and some dark seaweed near the shore.
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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They’re not French, but they were mine when we lived in CA. Here are Laverne (a Black Marans), Shirley (Ameraucana) and Thelma (Rhode Island Red). We also had Louise, but she couldn’t pass an egg and died.
#XtraXmas #FrenchHens
#ColorADay #RedWed
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Chickens
#Photography
three of my chickens in their coop with sand on the ground and a water dispenser on the left. The black chicken is a Black Marans, the lighter one is a Ameraucana, and the red one is a Rhode Island Red. their eggs are very colorful.
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Name three Christmas songs that are like nails on a chalkboard for you. Mine are:

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
Christmas Don't be Late - Alvin and the Chipmunks

I have a few more, but these are the absolute worst for sure. 😝🙅‍♀️🤯
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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one of my favorite Christmas ornaments was given to us by the owner of our favorite Chinese restaurants in Middelburg the week before we moved to CA in September 1978. It was a goodbye gift, but I put it on our tree that first Christmas in CA and ever since.
#Christmas #Holiday #Tradition #Memories
a miniature, gold-toned Chinese palace lantern hanging on a Christmas tree. the sides are covered with white panels featuring a red border and colorful illustrations of figures in traditional attire. red tassels with small green beads and gold caps hang from the bottom and sides of the lantern.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM