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Susan Cushing

@sdcushing.bsky.social

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#EastCoastKin Arts Collective member #BlueBrew Coffeehouse Host Relentless arts and photography advocate. Eclectic and inveterate sharer. Retired arts administrator. Former dancer. Occasional quilter. Bookish. ♎️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQIA+ friendly

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 3h

Hello friends! Happy #WackyWednesday! How are you?🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EDT here & ☀️. I’m making rich & aromatic #BlueBrewMugs of coffee for the community. Who’d like a cup?☕️

In any case, please do stop by & say hello - perhaps chat/like/share posts!👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EDT😊

#EastCoastKin

a cup of coffee is being poured into a bowl on a table .

Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a bottomless cup!

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EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social · 7h

Just a lamp 🤣

#Photography #Nikon

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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 7h

Mute Swan #BirdOfTheDay #ukbirds #birds #wildlife

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Merisi Vienna @merisi-vienna.bsky.social · 6h

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Woman with Yellow Rubber Gloves
Evoking Vermeer at the Agora Art Mile
Danube Canal at Leopoldstadt, 2nd District
Photographed 16 July 2016 © Merisi Vienna
#EastCoastKin #Photography #StreetArt
#WindowsOnWednesday

Street Art, schowing a woman with yellow rubber gloves cleaning a large window.

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 6h

The first clear sky in a while. 07:15, Upper Loch Torridon.

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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 6h

Harriet the House Sparrow #BirdOfTheDay #birdinabush #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

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EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social · 6h

Bars.
#Photography #Nikon

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jen @jenzsky.bsky.social · 6h

Yin and yang
Opposites attract…🤍🖤

#BirdOfTheDay
#reflection #birds #photography
#birdphotography

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Marie @squarebizz.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning 😊

"Treasure the moments
That captures our hearts"

#OakTree #ancient #nature #moments
#life #love #FreeSpirit #peace

A black and white image.

An ancient oak tree, still full of autumn leaves
With a thick trunk and thick branches reaching out and curving upwards leaving a central space that I should have sat in,( next time I'll lay there 😊) The branches are gnarled and the base of the trunk is nobbly. There are fallen leaves all over the ground and a wooden bench on the right.
Such a magical and beautiful tree.

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paulst001.bsky.social @paulst001.bsky.social · 6h

Colourful autumn leaves from our local park

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 2m

Good Morning Anna! Enjoy your day! 🌞 Thanks for checking in!

Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 4m

Mimi @mimitlrife.bsky.social shares a lovely photos and quote on #RoseWednesday:

Mimi_TlRife💙☕️📸🍊🏈🐻⛺️🧳🎮 @mimitlrife.bsky.social · 15m

“If the rose is beautiful flower, it is also because it opens itself.” – Charles De Leusse

#RoseWednesday #Roses
#BloomScrolling #Flowers
#Photography #Pink
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPink

A large pink rose in a bouquet of flowers.

Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 6m

Awesome shot from Keeli @keeli.bsky.social that would work well for #WackyWednesdayArt:

Keeli @keeli.bsky.social · 9m

Good morning everyone ☕️ Kapella hopes you enjoy your day 🐾🐾💕🐾🐾

#Dachshund having a sip of a root beer float 🐾🐾🐾🐾

Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 8m

Good morning Keeli, and happy Wednesday to you! ☕️ 😊 🦋

Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 9m

Good Morning Mimi! I hope you’re doing well, wacky or not! ☕️ 🫶 😊

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Gary C @gkc62.bsky.social · 6h

Grey Heron at Derwentwater, Cumbria.

#BirdOfTheDay
#Reflection
#Birds #UKBirds
#EastCoastKin
#Cumbria
#Derwentwater
#Olympus #E-M10
#photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky

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paulst001.bsky.social @paulst001.bsky.social · 6h

Close up of early autumn colour

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Mo🦋 @monikamazick.bsky.social · 6h

Guten Morgen
guten Tag

#nature

Draufsicht auf drei doldenförmigen Blüten, eine befindet sich am rechten unteren Bildrand, die nächste fast in der Bildmitte während die Dritte oben rechts nur noch knapp zu sehen ist, umgeben sind sie mit spitzen Blättern

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 12m

Spectacular!

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Steve Batch @stevebatch.bsky.social · 6h

A dew covered red rose for this weeks #RoseWednesday #Roses #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed

A single open rain drenched red rose against a blurred green background.

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Soph0571 @soph0517.bsky.social · 5h

Have a splendid #RoseWednesday lovelies
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink #flowers #BloomScrolling #EastCoastKin

Dusky pink rose speaks in soft tones of memory,
of love that lingers gently, touched by time and grace.

A close-up photograph of a single pink rose in bloom. The rose’s petals are layered delicately, showing shades ranging from soft pastel pink to deeper rose pink near the centre. The petals have a slightly velvety texture, with faint natural imperfections and tiny water droplets visible on their surface. The lighting highlights the petal edges and subtle colour gradients, creating depth and contrast against a blurred dark green and grey background of foliage and shadows.

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Nesrin Erol @nbherol.bsky.social · 5h

#RoseWednesday #ColorADay #nature #photography #photographersofbluesky #PhotographersUnited #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #roses

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 5h

Cobweb with raindrops, from 2019
The remains of a cobweb with some early morning dew making it look like a necklace of precious diamonds!

#Spooktober #cobweb #gardens

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 14m

My pleasure, Marjo!

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 5h

Out on a mountain trail yesterday, spider webs everywhere. A cloud covered the top of the mountain so everything was dripping wet like this.

#hiking #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #Spooktober #Ireland

An elaborate spider web covered in water droplets sitting on the Autumn faded pea flowers of yellow gorse.

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Damian Ward @damianward.bsky.social · 4h

An image from a another misty wander on Monday.

#photography
#monochrome
#blackandwhite

A black and white image of a misty woodland scene.

© Damian Ward 2025.

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