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shlead.bsky.social
“Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?
But I could never sell.
If you would like to borrow...
Why, I will lend until just then,
But not an hour more!” - Emily Dickinson.

#macro
#ImageAndVerse

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
This close-up image captures the intricate center of a pink peony. The flower features numerous soft, delicate petals in a coral hue, which gradually fade to a creamy white toward the center. The petals appear layered and ruffled, creating a full appearance. The heart of the bloom has a cluster of bright yellow stamens and large pistils of light, pinkish-tan color. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a florist.
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
burrddoh.bsky.social
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain & I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
‘Til the landslide brought me down

#CyanTue #EastCoastKin #ArtYear
#NaturePhotography #ImageAndVerse
Autumnal mountain forest & blue skies reflected against fallen leaves in a puddle TN 2025
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
vegypower.bsky.social
Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

- Kahlil Gibran

#poetry #gibran #mysticpoetry
#gratituesday #imageandverse
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
ainekeenan.bsky.social
Truly I tell you, he said,
unless you turn and
become like little children,
you will never enter
the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew, 1st century

#Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #Children #Wedding #Nepal #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
A short-haired child in a knee-length red floral dress, white stockings and multicoloured shoes gazes innocently between two women in red-patterned silk saris at a wedding in Kathmandu, Nepal.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
rusty-17.bsky.social
~photo & poem by me

Pretties Please

pretties please
past perennial pretties
previously potted on my patio
possibly,
preferably,
perhaps will persevere
propagate
popping up
planted in their new plot

pretties please

#bloomscrolling
#gardening
#poetry
#alliteration
#imageandverse
#photography
A fuchsia cornflower hiding Below white Veronica
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
readingraindoe.bsky.social
winter nests
in the barren wood
awaiting the promise of spring

#♡ᝰ.🖋️
#poetrysky
#poem #poetry
#blueskypoets
#imageandverse
#naturepoetry
Bare branches against a clear blue sky, a nest visible on the right. A day moon hovers in the background
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
readingraindoe.bsky.social
my frozen breath and
a twinkle of frosted stars
on the wooden bridge

#♡ᝰ.🖋️
#poetrysky
#poem #poetry
#blueskypoets
#imageandverse
#naturepoetry
#haiku
A cold November morning. Sunbeams and slanting shadows across the frost-coated planks of a wooden bridge
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
pippilngstkg.bsky.social
lustrous white daisies
jarring in the velvet dark
the world awakens

#haikufeels #imageandverse
my photo in black and white. Glowing daisies abloom against a shadowy backdrop
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
keyserlauze.bsky.social
Goodnight my #bluesky friends! I leave you with another #ImageAndVerse! Dream sweetly✨️💙😴✌️🦋✨️

"The sweet juice
drowns the ocean
under the ripe sunset
for the horizon to smile"

- Sookdeo Manansingh

#OrangeSun #eastcoastkin #ColorADay #photography #nature #sunset #ALTpoetry #silhouettes #poetry
Fire burning, everlasting flame, always turning, gifting us our day. Perched over peaks, radiant in red, half the world's asleep, soundly in their bed. Waves changing color, careening to the shore, mountains made of amber, silhouettes made to explore. Sherbet skyline, starlight sea, sunset smoldering, sailing off to sleep.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
ainekeenan.bsky.social
To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream:
ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death
what dreams may come
when we have shuffled
off this mortal coil,
must give us pause.

Shakespeare, 16th century

#Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
Sadhu with matted locks and wearing an orange dhoti lies on a black and purple checked towel on a pavement. His head is on a pillow and a saffron cloth covers his bicycle behind. Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
alinagrafik.bsky.social
Updated cheat sheet for November 10-16

Here are the hashtags and themes for the art challenges November 10-16. Compiled by Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social

#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Photography #Art
Monday, November 10 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #NightmareNov (#horrific) Tuesday, November 11 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #NightmareNov (#claws) Wednesday, November 12 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #WallsOnWednesday #ColorADay (#RedWed) #NightmareNov (#blue) Thursday, November 13 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#BotanicalWonders) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #NightmareNov (#unnatural) Friday, November 14 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #NightmareNov (#cosmic) Saturday, November 15 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#bright) #NightmareNov (#pain) Sunday, November 16 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#LightInTheDark) #NightmareNov #grotesque) All Week #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #FestiveDailyRobin (robin pics through December 31) #smARTIST (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekTForTelevision)* #SensoryArt (#loud) *Caption with name of TV show
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
handcranked.bsky.social
Here are the art challenges creators and hosts that I know of. Everything is in the alt text.
Art Challenges: Hosts #AlphabetChallenge: @sheena-mck.bsky.social #AnimalArtTuesday: @mikecoffeyart.bsky.social #ArtOfSelfPortraiture: @lotuscarroll.bsky.social + @biggaboss.bsky.social #ArtYear: @annalarssonstudio.bsky.social #BlueSkyArtShow: @churchstreetimages.com #BlueSkyMonday: @arminausejo.com #BNWmacro: @geraldmfoto.bsky.social‬ #ClassicMono: @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social + rotating hosts #ColorADay: @wealiearts.bsky.social‬ #FishyFriday: @victoriapfeiffer.bsky.social‬ #FlyDay: @grays.art #FoodOnFriday: @lorettarobinson.bsky.social‬ #ForestFriday: @chrisclougholy.bsky.social #HolidayRobin: @robcrank68.bsky.social #HumansOfBlueSky: @luiscordoba.bsky.social #ImageAndVerse: @niamhie.bsky.social + team #MacroMonday: @elaschneider43.bsky.social + @freyasnowball.bsky.social #MountainMonday: @rouxroamer.bsky.social #PalacesAndGardens: @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social‬ #RockinTuesday: @xobreex3.bsky.social #scape: @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social + @rina2012.bsky.social‬ #SelfPortraitSunday: @lotuscarroll.bsky.social + @biggaboss.bsky.social #SensoryArt: @subicrn.bsky.social #smArtist: @kelseycarnellart.bsky.social‬ #Spooktober: @wealiearts.bsky.social‬ #Stunday: @handcranked.bsky.social + @alinagrafik.bsky.social #TheCampfire: @pmgibbs.bsky.social‬ #TidesOutTuesday: @runningpast.bsky.social #UrbanGaze: @rnantel.bsky.social #WackyWednesdayArt: @itsmtntime.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
bookish33.bsky.social
Tonight’s evening sky,
Moody blues and shooting hearts,
Grab one if you need

🍭💭🌖
#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
#ImageAndVerse #poetry
A cloudy evening sky in shades of blue from the sunset. Silhouettes of tree branches and a utility pole line the bottom of the frame. Some clouds in the middle resemble hearts, ascending into the sky. The scene conveys a peaceful yet mysterious atmosphere.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
tripupstairs.bsky.social
#ImageAndVerse
ellionthego.bsky.social ElliOnTheGo @ellionthego.bsky.social · 2d
The end of the season isn’t really an ending at all.
It’s the world pulling a warm blanket over itself, slowing down to remember what matters.
— Lago Caldaro, South Tyrol
#AltoAdige #Autumn
#landscapephotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky 📷
#ThePhotoHour #EastCoastKin
#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday
A calm autumn scene at Lake Caldaro in South Tyrol. A wooden pier stretches over still, reflective water, with two metal ladders descending into the lake. On the pier, a woman sits relaxed near one of the ladders, facing the water. Golden reeds glow softly on the right side, while broad mountain slopes in blue and gray rise in the background. Warm autumn colors line the shore, and thin, wispy clouds drift across a clear sky, giving the scene a peaceful, quiet atmosphere.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
rusty-17.bsky.social
Looking death in the eye.

Normandy, France

📸 by me

#photography #imageandverse

The Longest Day

~by Iron Maiden

Sliding we go, only fear on our side
To the edge of the wire and we rush with the tide
Oh, the water is red with the blood of the dead Oh, but I'm still alive, pray to God I survive
Looking into a battle bunker- Normandy, France
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
rusty-17.bsky.social
Juno Beach, Normandy, France

📸 by me

#imageandverse #photography

Recessional

~ by Rudyard Kipling

God of our fathers, known of old—
Lord of our far-flung battle-line—
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget!
Juno Beach
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
infiniteishq.bsky.social
#Stunday
#ImageAndVerse

“With your advent roses burst into flame:
you were the artist of dried-up leaves, sorceress who flicked her wrist
to change dust into soot.
You lacquered the night black.”

- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Before You Came
(Translation by Naomi Lazard)
A twilight sky in autumn, bending time before the night sky blankets us in charcoaled soot. 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
suzannevtw.bsky.social
#ImageAndVerse #Autumn
#BNWmacro #EastCoastKin #Photography #VT

Tiny empty nest
Covered with fresh falling snow
Slip into silence
An abandoned nest sits in a leafless tree covered with a dusting of white snow.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
shlead.bsky.social
"They shine upon my table there,
A constellation mimic sweet,
No stars in Heaven could shine more fair,
Nor Earth has beauty more complete..." - William Gay

#SundayYellow

#ImageAndVerse

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Yellow primroses and green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation) March 2024. At a local nursery.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
vegypower.bsky.social
#ImageAndVerse

I watch the sunset's pastel stripes as evening's chill descends
And sounds of twilight celebrations play in my ear--the noise offends!

How can you have a party, drink beer and carry on
When I'm so cold and alone, and my mother's almost gone?

vp

photo @drippingwithwords.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
young-spartacus.bsky.social
'Turkish Sage'

There lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him.

More in #AltText

Sparty 🙏🏼

#EastCoastKin #Photography #StunDay #Nature #Art #Poetry #PhotographersofBluesky #SensoryArt #BloomScrolling #ImageandVerse
A macro photo of a dried seed head of a sage plant. It's centrally framed against a dramatic, almost entirely black, soft-focus background, which accentuates its complex structure and vibrant, desiccated colour. The seed head forms a spherical, architectural whorl composed of numerous angular, star-shaped calyces that once held the flowers. These individual, cup-like segments have sharp, pointed tips & a geometric, honeycomb-like arrangement. They're a striking combination of golden-yellow & a softer, silver-grey, with a textured, aged appearance. Fine, white, fuzzy hairs cover the inner surfaces of the dried calyces, providing a soft contrast to their sharp outer points. Two large leaves flank the seed head. The leaf on the upper left is dark and mostly out of focus, while the one on the right is in slightly sharper focus and features a more prominent dark green, sage-like colour with a slightly curled edge. The stem supporting the seed head is thin and yellowish-brown. The stark contrast between the bright, detailed subject & the dark, blurred environment creates a moody, intimate portrait of the plant's autumnal beauty. 'A Tragic Story' poem by William Makepeace Thackeray There lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him. Says he, "The mystery I've found,— I'll turn me round,"—he turned him round; But still it hung behind him. Then round, and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin; In vain—it mattered not a pin,— The pigtail hung behind him. And right, and left, and round about, And up, and down, and in, and out, He turned; but still the pigtail stout Hung steadily behind him. And though his efforts never slack, And though he twist, and twirl, and tack, Alas! still faithful to his back The pigtail hangs behind him.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
jglass8.bsky.social
The sky is blue, serenely calm and fair,
No cloud across its solemn arch is flying
- Agnes Neale

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse #bluesky #sky #blue #SimpleSunday #peace #poetry #photography #EastCoastKin #desert #photographersofbluesky
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
nowbreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 10min):
💨x39 - jags
💨x1* - democracy 🔓
💨x34 - jaguars
💨x34 - caving
💨x1* - gaza 🔓
💨x33 - cave
💨x30 - voicemail
💨x27 - primaried
💨x27 - axios
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
*🔓 = Unlocked Emergency Words (see img)

#йобанарусня 🇺🇦

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Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): jags, democracy*, jaguars, caving, gaza*, cave, voicemail, primaried, axios, ukraine*, ossoff, peters, durbin, @schumer.senate.gov, mills, davie, caucus, seahawks, 202, snowing, yoshi, senators, schumer, saygı, enem, @durbin.senate.gov, texans, pinky, gameday, daboll, aca, @padilla.senate.gov, @democrats.senate.gov, mustafa, durbin's, davis, sevgi, panorama, kemal, dg, capitulate, @markwarner.bsky.social, @kaine.senate.gov, @booker.senate.gov, 11/10, switchboard, slotkin, shaheen, kaine, fumble, özlemle, wreath, voicemails, vlatko, undo, tammy, schumer's, resigns, ravens, niners, chuck, caved, bbc's, @warren.senate.gov, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, @baldwin.senate.gov, 224-3121, 1﹐605, wochenende, surrender, subsidies, stancil, snatching, reopen, redação, receivers, qbs, padilla, jacksonville, herzlichen, gilligan, gillibrand, funko, fold, dart, cr, constituent, concessions, caves, caleb, brissett, bbc, atatürk, anıyoruz, @schiff.senate.gov, @ossoff.senate.gov, 2﹐000, 月曜日, yuki, yarder, vm, vikings, turness, turbulence, touchdowns, tagliabue, squishes, shelton, senator, schiff, reopening, rams, ortiz, jaws, jacoby, gibb, emailed, demarcus, deborah, collards, ceará, capitulation, betraying, baldwin, atc, atatürk'ü, @warnock.senate.gov, @murray.senate.gov, @hassan.senate.gov, 6-3, 202-224-6542, 1938, 14-0, 09, 今週, ツイ, zenos, wynn, vlakov, vilma, unaffordable, tyrice, trevor, treveyon, td, survive﹐your, surrendering, stap, snowed, sheppard, sevilla, senator's, senate, scouts, saygıyla, rotterdam, riders, resignations, resign, reopens, remembrance, redeem, re-open, promises, programmes, primaries, pillsbury, outkast, offices, nederlaag, māori, minnetle, lernen, lawrence, koc, kirby, jj, jaxson, jacky, interpretations, inteligência, hearth, grinch, glenn, giants, gadget, froh, fluminense, fitzgerald, feyenoord, fetterman, face/the, extending, discouraged, destroyer, cruzeiro, consists, concession, commanders, clase Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): nfl, forgotten80s, texans, ffxiv, dabears, 10kasım, world, seahawks, painting, bbc, gop, gohawks, frankenstein, cop30, onepride, nwsl, nintendo, mutualaid, commanders, bears, rpg, rockets, newcities, nba, musica, kofi, holdtheline, helpsky, hairy, gaysex, fpl, ff14, discover, browns, bg3, webcam, stunday, spotify, soccer, skol, silentsunday, shutdown, shindanmaker, riotwomen, qp, predatorbadlands, paris, newmusic, naturephotography, goth, goonette, gamer, gameofwool, france, finance, feet, dragracees, chuckschumer, christmas, brazil, baonpdx, atatürk, architecture, alastor, うちの子, いい腋の日, warhammercommunity, warhammer40k, vinylsky, vikings, uav, tck, sony, snow, ravensflock, pnw, playstation, petplay, olpsg, nflsky, mustafakemalatatürk, moon, montana, mobilephotography, mexico, mciliv, mafsuk, lions, lestweforget, kirbyairriders, jolie, jaxvshou, imageandverse, hockey, gonefishing, gohabsgo, feyenoord, drone, dolphins, deadlock, cnckink, brazilgp, brasileirão, birdoftheday, 882, 오프, 短歌, ポートレート, ゲーム, イマソラ#イマソラ, womenintech, winterten, winter, win, webtoon, webcomics, warhammer, vtubers, vprepost, voteblue, vocaloid, vgencomm, vance, valx, uknews, ukbudget, twitchstreaming, tummy, trumpepsteinfiles, trump's, trespasses, trendingnow, teamrick, tax, tavember, tattoos, tanka, taboo, supermario, sundayvibes, sundaycinema, sunday, sunars, studiovoetbal, streetfighter6, streetfighter, stopgreenwashing, starvingartist, standingonthings, ssn, sprache, sports, socialdemocracy, smocs, smallartist, simonandgarfunkel, sgem05, selfportrait, sega, scifiart, sciencefiction, saopaulogp, royal, robot, rip, remembranceday, ravens, raisehail, radiko, rachelreeves, r34, pup, publicbating, progrock, profit, predator, portugal, playstation5, pixel, photos, pc, patriots, pasta, paintingwarhammer, p2000, outdoors, orain, onthisday, ocean, nygiants, notknownenough, nonbinary, nn, nfolee, newwavenovember, naughty, naturalboobs, naruto, myweekcounted, mytipme Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): ♾️, 🪨, 🦜, 👌🏽, 🐦‍⬛, ↘️, ↗️, 🪡, 🪓, 🛸, 🖼️, 🕳️, 🐻, 🐬, 🐥, 🏈, 🎅, ❄️, ♾, 🫴, 🫥, 🪴, 🧾, 🧼, 🧶, 🧘, 🧎, 🧁, 🦧, 🦤, 🦕, 🦁, 🤦🏼‍♂️, 🤞🏾, 🤞, 🛐, 🚲, 🚢, 🚔, 🙆, 😽, 😚, 🗞, 🖕🏻, 🕹️, 🔽, 📿, 📽, 📜, 💼, 💪🏾, 👿, 👸, 👯, 👮, 👩‍🔬, 👉🏻, 🐕, 🏥, 🎷, 🎮, 🎄, 🎁, 🍛, 🍇, 🌫️, 🌪️, 🌨️, 🌖, 🌏, 🌃, 🇹🇷, 🇵🇹, 🇳🇴, 🇲🇦, 🇮🇳, ⬅️, ➡, ❇️, ❄, ✡, ✌🏻, ✋, ⚰️, ⚫, ⚙️, ☝🏽, ☎️, ▪️, ↕, ↔️ Emoji Legend 💨x# | "Increased Trending Rate" for a Word (meaningful value; "💨x8 - burger" will mean "burger" is trending at 8 times its own normal rate for this time of day) 🔓 | "Unlocked" Ongoing Emergency Word (such words are not weighted down by their own previous usage; their *ongoing* increased usage--weeks, months, years--would otherwise move them down the list.) [PREVIOUSLY USED] ⚠️💨# | "Trend Strength Rating" ⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above) ⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane] 💬# | 10min Post Count 🆎# | 10min Word Count 🙂# | 10min Emoji Count
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
witchspace.bsky.social
I came from the sunny valleys
And sought for the open sea,
For I thought in its gray expanses
My peace would come to me.

I came at last to the ocean
And found it wild and black,
And I cried to the windless valleys,
"Be kind and take me back!"
-- Sara Teasdale

#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
Color photograph of the view upstream toward Garden Island and the Veterans Memorial Bridge across the Susquehanna River from the midst of Lake Clarke, PA at the beginning of October
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ
𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠, "𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒"

#BirdOfTheDay theme for the day | #StandingOnThings (except the floor)
Alternative theme | #Gulls
#ImageAndVerse
#mobilephotography #photography
#birds #nature
#haiku #shahai
A lone gull sitting on an old pipe at Mellons Bay Beach. In the background, the sweep of the inland strait into Auckland proper shines and glints in the sun. The "local volcano" - Rangitoto" - quietly holds court in the distance. The sky is a soft blue with higher, fluffy clouds.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM