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lauren e💙
@learls.bsky.social
Here for beauty and community
Photographer 📷 animal & nature lover🐦‍⬛
Mom & wife of some great humans
Cat mom 🐈
Democrat ◽️ #Indivisible
PhD psychologist
Bookish 📚 musician 🎶
#Michigan and #Florida
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No DMs, please.
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If you cannot be a lighthouse
Be a candle of light
—North African Proverb

#PoncedeLeonInletLighthouse #lighthouse #scape #landscape #sky #clouds #beach #photography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin
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January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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African Mahogany(Entandrophragma excelsum) is a tall deciduous tree native to forests across eastern Africa. It holds the title of Africa’s tallest tree, with specimens reaching 81.5m(267 ft) on the southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. It remains rare and is not commercially exploited.
#ai #nature
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Golden hour gave way to something fierier last night
1-2026

📷Pixel
#Stunday #sunset #oaktrees #smartphonephoto
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Ok folks going to get through as many #BirdOfTheDay entries as I can. Bear with me. Here’s one for #MacroMonday #photography #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Winterlight , any bird highlighted by winter sunlight. The alt theme is #birdsyoulove , birds you love to see and why ( eg endangered, cute, character) #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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A Robin in memory of Janet, Graham’s @oldmanrambling.bsky.social dear wife who passed last week. If you have one you’d like to post under the #WinterRobin #ForJanet please do. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind pairs of the same bird, and the Alt theme is #Paridea any of the Tits, Chickadees & Titmice species. So I’m going with two female Sparrows. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #Stunday
January 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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My last #WinterRobin and I won’t post another till the season rolls round again. Taken yesterday. Have a wonderful day wherever you are in the world. 🌍 Please excuse the romanticised Irish alt 😁 #birds #Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees…
—LeoTolstoy

#ColorADay #PinkMon #WeekCforCloseup #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #bee #flower #bloomscrolling #photography #photographersofbluesky
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Rob’s @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdoftheDay theme today is #TwoOfAKind -
Here are two sea ducks that I cropped from a photo showing the entire family- had to include it as well, as they stole my heart! 😂 #birds #seaducks #photography
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January 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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“If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy but still the same amount of snow.” ❄️🤍☀️
—Margaret Loxton
#stunday #sundayyellow #trees #sky #sun #snowday #hudsonvalley #newyork #photography
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!"
-J. R. R. Tolkien

till we meet again🤍🎶💃🤍
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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#BlueBrewBooks

Recommending two of my favorite books of 2025:

“Still Life” by Sarah Winman

“Atlantis Travelers” by Bonnie Brooks

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January 18, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Hello friends! Happy #StunDay, #ImageAndVerse, & #BlueBrewBooks Sunday! How are you? 🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:20am 🕡 EST here, and ❄️, so I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew in the coffeehouse. Who’d like a cup? ☕️

In any case, please do stop by & say hello! 👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EST 😊

#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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January 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Are you ready for #BlueBrewBooks?

Sunday during
#BlueBrew Coffee Hours:
6:30-10:30 EST

Share a book or a pile.

•A Favorite Book,
•A New Book,
•A Recommendation,
•What You’re Reading, or
•To Be Read (TBR)!

Please don’t forget to use the hashtag #BlueBrewBooks

Have fun!

#BookSky #EastCoastKin
a black and white photo of an open book and a cup of tea on a wooden table
ALT: a black and white photo of an open book and a cup of tea on a wooden table
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January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Cloud at sunset. Oxford Island Nature Reserve. Enjoy your weekend. 🤍
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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#WeekBforBooks
#AlphabetChallenge

The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. Part 3.

Finally, happier events 🤍 The ugly duckling joins a group of #Swans and is surprised being welcome. Then bending over in the water, sees own reflection 🦢

#Birds #Nature #BlueSkyArtShow #One #EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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About the same here. Roads are generally good- I’m out taking pics right now, of course! 😂❄️🤍
January 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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🦋 Good Night Everyone 🦋
~~~ Sweet Dreams ~~~

#Photography
#Nature
#NorthEastUK
#Rivers
#SkyScape
#Sunrise

EVERY SUNRISE GIVES US A NEW BEGINNING……
SUNRISE OVER THE TYNE 🌅
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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#ThreeGratitudes

Phone call with my daughter

Homemade tuna casserole

Chill time.with my love
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM