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For #FlowersOnFriday, a vibrant orange daylily after a light rain.

#FloralFriday #PhotoHour
#BloomScrolling #flowers
#photography #macro
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
A bright orange daylily flower is open. The 6 stamens are rising out of the center. Yellow pollen is on the dark tips (anthers) of the stamens. There are a few drops of rain from a recent shower. The flower is surrounded by several buds and the background is green foliage. 📷 Nikon D7500, 18-300mm Sigma lens
June 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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#WeekWforWacky
#AlphabetChallenge
A cornucopia of hardware trinkets kept in a jar "just in case"....

#photography #macro
#MacroMonday #wacky
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
A closeup image of nuts, bolts, screws, and various types of hardware fasteners made of metal and plastic. They are multi-colored in silver, gold, copper, brown, and black. Usually kept in a large jar until needed to make a repair. Anyone else have a jar of these "just in case?" 😊 📷 Nikon z6ii, Nikkor Z MC 105mm, 2.8 macro lens.
June 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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The #smArtist theme for today is my favorite flower, the #peony. This bush was bursting with fragrant #flowers on a bright, sunny day. 💙🌞

#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour
#photography #nature #art
#MacroMonday #macro
#BloomScrolling #ArtYear
Closeup of a fully blossomed white peony with pink central carpel (capsules which protect the seeds) and stigma. The featured flower is surrounded by dark green leaves and several white peonies in the background. A tiny insect is exploring the interior petals. Image taken in bright sunlight with a Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300mm. (ISO 100, 57mm, f11, 1/125s)
May 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It's #WorldBeeDay to raise awareness of the wondrous #pollinators that are vital for our plants and food. 🐝
Snapped this honey bee working a redbud tree.

#photography #macro
#BloomScrolling #plants
#wildlife #PhotoHour
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#bees #insects #nature
Closeup of a redbud tree branch with pink blossoms. A honey bee is approaching a bloom. The pollen bags on its back legs are yellow. Today is World Bee Day to raise awareness of the vital importance of bees for ecosystems. 📷 Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300mm macro
May 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A lost slipper on rough concrete #texture found at an #abandoned "ghost town." Silly #Limerick in alt.

#BlueSkyArtShow #blue
#photography #shadow
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#forgotten #lost #decay
A modern-day Cinderella Got online and met a fella. Had a date at this place. Ran from his ghostly face. Lost her slipper like Cinderella. This image emphasizes texture and was taken while exploring a ghost town in Texas. On rough, cracked concrete, there was a woman's Mary Jane style, flat slipper with a bow. It was weathered and worn out with silvery colored fabric. The shoe appears to sit on my shadow while I snap the shot. I adjusted the color to lighten the concrete and make my shadow blue. 📷 Taken in bright sunlight with a Nikon z6ii.
May 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Loaded with pollen, a bee takes off from a prickly pear cactus in #FullBloom.

#MayBlooms #pollenators
#BloomScrolling #flowers
#photography #PhotoHour
#EastCoastKin #nature
#FlowersOnFriday #bees
Closeup of a yellow prickly pear cactus flower in full bloom. A bee is seen midair flying away with yellow pollen on its body. Reddish buds and green cactus nopales (pads) are blurred with a shallow depth of field. This cactus is growing in north Texas.
May 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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#RoseWednesday showcases nature's art work. 🥀

#MayBlooms #red #roses
#photography #PhotoHour
#BloomScrolling #nature
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#macro #art #SensoryArt
Close up of a white and cream colored rose in full bloom with reddish-tipped petals. In the background is a red rosebud and green leaves.
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Early morning for a pair of #sleepy lilies.

#MayBlooms #Stunday
#BloomScrolling #flowers
#photography #macro
#ArtChallenge #botanical
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
Early morning sunlight on a lily plant highlights a closeup image of 2 white lilies. Both have bright pinkish stripes and are bending downward. Dark green foliage is in the background.
May 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow...
#Lines that crisscross.
Northbound dogs leading their hoomans. Lines transmitting East & West.
On the trail, you can hear energy vibrations.

#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#photography #landscape
#hiking #walking #dogs
#PhotoHour #humans
There are multiple lines of electrical power cables connected to many towers which extend to the horizon. In the foreground, there are 2 dogs followed by 2 men walking single file on a trail in an open field. The dogs and men are walking northbound while the power cables crisscross east-west over their path. It's a cloudy day.
May 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The fragrance of my favorite flower, #peony, brings back memories of my mom's garden, especially on this Mother's Day weekend.

#MayBlooms #spring
#FlowersOnFriday #insects
#BloomScrolling #flowers
#photography #PhotoHour
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#macro #nature #pink
Closeup of a pink peony with 2 dark pink buds surrounded by dark green leaves. There are ants crawling throughout the peony, which provides nectar, while the ants protect the peony blossoms from other insects. Mutualism in nature.
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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On the wetlands boardwalk at a wildlife sanctuary, I spotted a lone turtle surrounded by the reflection of tall trees and a bright #BlueSky.

#BlueSkyMonday #ArtYear
#photography #nature #lake
#EastCoastKin #wildlife
#turtle #reflections
A peaceful scene with a lone turtle basking in the sun on a log in a lake. The turtle is surrounded by reflections of trees and the blue sky mirrored in the water. The lake is dotted with green algae and plants. I captured this scene on the wetlands boardwalk at the Heard Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney, TX.
May 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Turquoise window frames stand out on an historic building in the garden courtyard of Sena Plaza, #SantaFe, NM.

#WindowsOnWednesday
#photography #travel
#ArtYear #gardens
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour
A brick sidewalk on one side of the Sena Plaza courtyard in Santa Fe, New Mexico, lies next to an historic adobe building with bright turquoise window frames. On the left side of the courtyard sidewalk is a garden of roses and green plants. The building was originally built in 1831 during the Colonial Era by Major José Sena when Santa Fe was part of Mexico.
April 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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One of my favorite places to visit, Abiquiu, #NewMexico. In 2011, I captured this scene with my first digital camera, a Sony Cyber-shot.

#BlueSkyMonday
#acoloradAyPRIL #beige
#photography #landscape
#MountainMonday
#SensoryArt #contrast
#StormHour #PhotoHour
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
A rustic log cabin sits on the high desert of New Mexico. Rain is falling on the distant mountains beyond Lake Abiquiu. The blue mountains and rain clouds create a contrast to the dry desert foreground with beige sand and sparse green shrubs. The site has served as a film location for several movies.
April 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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This lovely #pollinator chose a perfect spot to sip some nectar and have a portrait. 🦋💐

#acoloradAyPRIL #coral
#MacroMonday #macro
#photography #butterflies
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#nature #flowers
April 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Guard kitty?

#Caturday #cats #CatsOfBlueSky
#photography #nature
#flowers #garden
#BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin
April 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Drifting.
Floating.
Sunrise dreaming.

#BlueSkyArtShow #dream
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#photography #cloudscape
#clouds #skyscape #sunrise
The silhouette of a hot air balloon drifting high in the early morning sky against wispy clouds.
April 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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For #acoloradAyPRIL ...
#white Narcissus looking perky in the #garden. 🤍

#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#macro #photography
#BloomScrolling #flowers
#PhotoHour #nature
#plants #Daffodil
Springtime in the garden. A stem with four white daffodils (also known as Narcissus or jonquils) with bright orange trumpet-shaped coronas. 🤍
April 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A 3-in-One combo 💙
Have a great weekend! 😊
#silhouette #blue #Caturday

#BlueSkyArtShow
#acoloradAyPRIL
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#photography #cats
Silhouette of a lone cat sitting on the tip of a house gable against a deep blue sky. Photo taken in late afternoon.
April 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Recent rains have turned the carpet in this grove of trees to a lush #green #scape. 💚

#acoloradAyPRIL #spring
#photography #nature
#trees #landscape
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
April 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A view of downtown and lunchtime food trucks seen through translucent Chihuly glass on a museum window.

#UrbanGaze #yellow
#StreetPhotography
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#photography #art #urban
#architecture #museum
A Chihuly art glass installation on windows at the Dallas Museum of Art against a background of buildings and food trucks.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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In my garden, a tiny insect explores a #yellow iris in full bloom. 💛
See alt text for 📷 info.

#acoloradAyPRiL
#BloomScrolling #nature
#photography #closeup
#gardens #flowers #plants
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear
Closeup up a tiny insect on a yellow iris with purple beards. It's in full bloom surrounded by dark green leaves. 📷 Nikon z6ii with Nikkor MC 105mm 2.8 S macro lens.
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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A perfectly #BlueSky day back in 1998 at the Highland Light, Truro, MA. It's Cape Cod's oldest and tallest light house opened in 1857.

#BlueSkyMonday
#photography #travel
#EastCoastKin
#lighthouse #CapeCod
Closeup view of a tall white lighthouse in Truro, Cape Cod. An attached cape-style house with a red roof. Set against the background of a deep blue sky.
March 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Claiming her new throne on #Caturday 👑
How did she get up there?!
The armoire doors were hand carved by my aunt.

#CatsOfBluesky #cats
#photography #ArtYear
#woodcarving #art
A silver-haired cat sitting high on top of a hand carved armoire.
March 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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An historical landmark greenhouse in a quiet garden for students and the community to enjoy. 💜 this peaceful respite.

#arch #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #art
#architecture #botanical
#garden #gardening
#BlueSky #ArtYear
#ArchitecturePhotography
A large glass greenhouse with an arched entry. Surrounded by large trees and set against a clear blue sky.
March 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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A brilliant pink #hibiscus reaching for a deep #BlueSky 🩷💙

#photography #macro
#BlossomScrolling
#BlueSkyMonday #nature
#flowers #plants #spring
A pink hibiscus blossom against a deep blue sky.
March 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM