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Handcrafted paper, ink, and multimedia mandalas + observations by T Jacobs in AZ.
Graphic designer in real life.
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We have a lovely view of the aurora tonight in Prescott, Arizona!

#NorthernLights #Aurora #AZ #Yavapai #PrescottAZ
Northern Lights in vibrant greens and reds. Photo taken in Prescott, Arizona on November 11, 2025 by T Jacobs.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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"I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves."
- Ann Drake

#Stunday #Autumn #Fall #VelvetAsh #EastCoastKin #Leaves #Yavapai
Looking up the trunk of a Velvet Ash tree with crisp yellow leaves clinging to the late days of autumn. Blue sky is peeking through the leaves. Photo by T Jacobs.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.
- Joseph Campbell

#Joy #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Jalepenos #ChooseJoy #Harvest #PickledFire
Fresh cut jalapeños from the garden. These vibrant green peppers are destined for pickling and sharing with family members who love the heat! Photo by T Jacobs.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Cheers to the weekend. May it bring you the peace you need to recharge.

#Caturday #Caturday #Cats #Recharge
Tabby cat sleeping in a carpet tube upside down without a care in the world. Photo by T Jacobs.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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"How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?"
- Brian Greene

#BlueskyArtShow #Evening #EastCoastKin #Dusk #Stars #Expanse #Yavapai #AZ
Arizona dusk with the black silhouette of trees in the foreground, a power pylon with power lines extending past left and right edges, and mountains in the distant horizon. City lights twinkle on the low horizon as the stars begin to show themselves in the fading blue sky above. Photo by T Jacobs.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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"You know me, I think there ought to be a big old tree right there. And let's give him a friend. Everybody needs a friend."
- Bob Ross

#ForestFriday #Scape #EastCoastKin #FriendshipFriday #Path #Ferns #Breathe #SmellOVision
A dirt path leads through dense green ferns, vegetation, and tall trees whose dark trunks contrast against the green forest. Photo taken on a path near the Columbia river in Washington state by T Jacobs.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.”
- Elizabeth Peters

#WhiskersWednesday #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
White flame point Siamese cat with long white whiskers and pale blue eyes. He is laying on a dark purple fuzzy blanket in front of a bright orange wall. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise."
- Maya Angelou

#TidesOutTuesday #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #Seascape #PNW #Beach
Washington state beach with wet sand reflecting the blue sky. The silhouette of a forested hill is in the distance, beyond cold white-capped waves and mist. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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"The world is only a mirror. You will only see in the world what you're prepared to see in yourself-nothing more and nothing less."
- Robert Holden

#Stunday #Reflection #Forest #EastCoastKin #Walkabout
Pine trees reflected in a nearly still lake in Washington state. Vegetation pokes up through the shallow water on the edge. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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“Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.”
- Monica Edwards

#Caturday #HappyCat #Purring #CatsOfBluesky #ToeBeans
Brown tabby cat snuggled under the crook of a plaid flannel-covered arm. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Every child can remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

#ForestFriday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Trees #Magical
Looking up the side of a towering dead tree teeming with life growing from its sides. The trunk is covered with mushrooms, fungus, ferns, and moss. The sun is shining from behind adjacent trees. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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“When the winds of change blow, remember… sometimes what appears dead is simply preparing for a new season.”
- Jane Lee Logan

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #Change #WindsOfChange #Autumn #Leaves #NewSeason
Bright red autumn oak leaves against a deep blue sky. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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“Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing.”
- Izey Victoria Odiase

#Caturday #LessonsFromCats #BlueskyCats #Recharge #EastCoastKin #Relax
A white flame point Siamese relaxes in a spot of sunshine pouring in through a window. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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“Life isn’t some vertical or horizontal line – you have your own interior world, and it’s not neat.”
- Patti Smith

#BlueskyArtShow #Vertical #EastCoastKin #Powerlines #Angles #Perspective
Power lines in the distance, viewed through the black silhouette of a power pylon in the foreground. There are storm clouds above with blue sky in the distance. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Now THAT’S an impressive pickle!

#BlueskyArtShow #Vertical #EastCoastKin #Garden #Greens #JustKiddingItsACucumber
13 inch cucumber, fresh from the garden with a measuring tape beside it. Cucumber and photo by TJacobs.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“To really feel a forest canopy, we must use different senses. And often the most useful one is the sense of imagination.”
- Joan Maloof

Can you smell the rich earth and vegetation this photo? Feel the dense humidity in the air? Hear the hum of life?

#Scape #ForestFriday #Moss #Magical #5Senses
Moss covered rocks and fallen log below bright green plants and trees. You can almost smell the decaying leaves and feel the dense humidity in this forest. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #AutumnLeaves #Fall #Yavapai #Sunshine #Leaves #Photography
Red autumn leaves shine with droplets of rain in the early morning light. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the top of a leaf.”
- Rabindranath Tagore

#Autumn #Leaves #Fall #EastCoastKin #ImageAndVerse #Raindrops #Yavapai #PrescottAZ
Rain droplets shining in the sun on red oak leaves in autumn. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."
- James Herriot

Happy #Caturday!
Flame point Siamese cat sitting on a blanket and bright, colorful pillow on a wicker chair. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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"The sun`s glow had given way to a brilliant twilight that colored the great mountains with violet and orange rivers."
- Michael R. Hicks

#BlueskyArtShow #Glow #EastCoastKin #Colorado #ImageAndVerse #FireInTheSky #Clouds #Sunset
A glowing cloud catches the final light of the day over a sage covered hill in Gunnison, Colorado. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down."
- Lily Tomlin

#Scape #UrbanGaze #TrashDay #VancouverWA #Sunrise #EastCoastKin #Clouds #AltocumulusUndulatus
Sunrise in a quiet Vancouver, Washington neighborhood under golden and orange altocumulus undulatus clouds. It’s trash day with everyone’s bins at the end of their driveways. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."
- Oprah Winfrey

#Mandala #MandalaArt #BlueskyArt #EastCoastKin #CutPaper #Art #Breathe #Meditation #Joy
Blue and green mandala made of cut stacked paper. Details in black ink and blue, white, and yellow paint. Made by T Jacobs.
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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“Autumn teaches us the beauty of letting go. Growth requires release—it’s what the trees do.”
- Ka’ala

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #Autumn #LetGo #PortlandJapaneseGarden #JapaneseMaple #Trees #Nature
Twisting black trunk of a Japanese Maple tree with yellowish green leaves at the beginning of autumn. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means, keep moving.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

#Scape #KeepMoving #EastCoastKin #Journey #Path #Yavapai #Sky #Clouds #GraniteDells #WillowLake #AZ
A dirt path through dry vegetation to green trees and granite outcrops in the distance. The big blue sky has billowing gray and white clouds that cast shadows over the earth. Photo by T Jacobs.
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
- Marilyn Monroe

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling #FallFlowers #Sunflowers #Nature #Yavapai
Yellow wild sunflowers in an early fall field of drying grasses with cottonwood trees in the distance and partly cloudy skies overhead. Photo by T Jacobs.
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM