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Vicki

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Wife, mother who cares for 2 sons with autism, amateur photographer, mother of a golden retreiver, love nature and reading. Have recently been adopted by a stray cat. No DMs. No posts=blocked.

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Vicki @vickclicked.bsky.social · 1d

I'm happy not to be traveling this Thanksgiving. We are under a blizzard warning with significant snowfall here near Lake Superior's south shore in Wisconsin.
#snow

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"Gratitude is the quiet spark that turns ordinary moments into a flame of peace and contentment."
-Joseph Meyering Sr
🧡🤗🧡

November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM

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Gelena 🤍🏔️

@gelena.bsky.social

Dzień dobry ☀️ Bardzo udanego czwartku

Guten Morgen ☕ Habt einen wunderbaren Donnerstag

🏔️ Tien-Shan, Zailiyskiy Alatau, Almaty region, Kasachstan
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November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM

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Mary

@mjwyatt.bsky.social

Mt. Hood (Wy’east) at dawn. November 21. Have a beautiful day. 💛🩶🫶🏻

Mt. Hood. Dawn. Dark landscape and mountain in the distance, creamy yellow sky, topped with layers of partly illuminated light gray clouds turning darker gray at top, some pale blue-gray sky between the clouds.

November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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Mamady

@mamady.bsky.social

For a fleeting moment, the clouds perfectly mirrored the peaks of Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world).

#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky

A black and white photo of Mount Manaslu framed by a plume of cloud drifting upward, echoing the mountain’s peaks. Light and wind carve a temporary silhouette that hangs for only a heartbeat.

November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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Rüm Hart

@luvundlee.bsky.social

Mücken tanzten im Sonnenschein und abends gab es Farbe am Himmel. 🌅

Mosquitoes danced in the sunshine and in the evening there was colour in the sky. #eastcoastkin

Das Bild zeigt das Wattenmeer bei einem Sonnenuntergang mit einer Buhne aus dunklen Steinen, die sich horizontal durch die Bildmitte zieht. Das Wasser im Watt spiegelt die Farben Gelb, Orange und Rot des Himmels wider, der von dichten, grauen Wolken bedeckt ist. Im Vordergrund sind weitere Steine am Ufer sichtbar, die das Watt begrenzen.

November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM

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Ela Schneider

@elaschneider43.bsky.social

Due to bad weather...from the archives.

Let me coloring the timeline.

#photo #photography #EastCoastKin
#sunrise #nature #Foto #Fotografie

Sunrise over a hill with several trees as black sillouettes. The valley filled with foh. The horizon is glowing orange and red while the clouds are purple covered.

November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OnTheEdge , any bird at the edge of a body of water. The alternative is #pigeons

I saw these common Merganser at #LakeConstance

#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #scape #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

Three common Merganser sitting on a moss-covered tree trunk lying in the water. One is sitting on the left in the water, another in the middle on the trunk, and the third on the top right of the trunk.

November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it."
-Paulo Coelho

a view in the Klamath Wildlife Refuge. There are bushes in the foreground followed by dry grasses with mountains in the background.
The moon is up.

September 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM

Vicki

@vickclicked.bsky.social

I'm happy not to be traveling this Thanksgiving. We are under a blizzard warning with significant snowfall here near Lake Superior's south shore in Wisconsin.
#snow

November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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JennaBlue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈⚢🟦🟧

@jennablue01.bsky.social

Great Egrets in love
This has the feeling of a painting to me.
#Birds #Wildlife #Egrets

November 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM

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MJM Grand

@huntnfish8.bsky.social

Grin!!!
Because Monday is about over!

Bleu and Ruby playing tug-of-stick. Taken back in April
#Joy

In the bright Montana snow, Bleu and Ruby look like two fluffy Olympians competing in the prestigious Stick-Wrestling Winter Classic, a sport they have invented, perfected, and taken very seriously.

Bleu — eyes squinted in bliss, ears flapping like victory flags — is clearly convinced he is the undefeated champion of the northern territories. The stick is wedged proudly in his jaws, and he’s already imagining his name engraved on a golden retriever trophy.

Ruby, however, has entered the arena with the energy of a cinnamon-colored comet. Her tail is a blur of determination, her stance pure athletic drama. She has declared, silently but boldly, “Today, brother… I take the title.”

Snow sprays. Paws scramble. The stick wobbles like a referee who’s had enough.

And somewhere in the cold, crisp air you can almost hear their simultaneous battle cry:Mine!

November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM

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MJM Grand

@huntnfish8.bsky.social

One Two Three.. turn your head to the right!!!

A little fun with the alt..

Rose:

“Alright team… on my count… one, two, three — turn your heads to the right! Perfect. Nailed it. We look like a synchronized snow-walking squad. I swear, if humans don’t applaud this coordination, I’m filing a complaint.”

⸻

Ruby:

“I’m doing it, Rose! I’m doing it! Look how professional I am. My head is exactly the right amount of turned. My ears are artistically wind-swept. This is basically a Vogue winter cover shoot.”

⸻

Bleu:

“Hold on. HOLD ON. I turned my head but—wait—there’s something amazing over here. It smells like… adventure. Or lunch. Possibly both. You two keep posing; I’ll handle the investigative journalism.”

November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM

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MJM Grand

@huntnfish8.bsky.social

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

Long Knife Peak the tallest peak on the US side of the Border Mountain Range Glacier National Park

It’s reflected perfectly in Kintla Lake where the world folds in half
#mountains #scape #landscape #artyear #eastcoastkin #kayak

Drifting in a kayak on Kintla Lake at sunset , Long Knife Peak rose across the water like a serrated crest catching the last of the day’s light. The western sun angled low, striking the ridge and turning its blade-like edges a warm gold while the slopes below settled into deep blues and greens. The reflection stretched across the still lake, the shapes of the cliffs softening into wavering bands of color that followed every tiny movement of my kayak.

The dark line of standing timber reaching toward the point where the mountain’s shadow touched the water. Farther out, the whole scene held a sense of evening settling in — not dramatic, just steady, the kind of calm that lets the peaks show their contours without hurry.

The lake, the light, and Long Knife Peak all aligned for a moment, and from the surface of Kintla it felt like I was paddling through a mirror that led straight into the mountain’s face.

November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be."
-Ursula K. Le Guin

Photo of a small footbridge with trees and plants all around it.

November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

It's a glorious day! ✨ We're having a bit of Indian summer in mid-November. And nothing beats the #autumn colors. 🍁💛🍂🌳🧡 #SundayYellow #Trees #Stunday #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #FallFoliage #PhotographersofBlueSky #SundayVibes

A cross-section of a yard showing off the mesmerizing autumn foliage highlighted by the sun. From the left is a rusty oak tree, beneath that a deep red Japanese maple, a bright yellow hickory tree peeking through at top left, center is a red dogwood tree, and on the right, two oak trees with a mix of green and orange leaves. A perfect autumn palette!

November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM

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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

"He would make a #bouquet for a lovely lady; a bouquet gathered off the cheeks of the morning.... " ― Willa Cather, A Lost Lady ✨🧡🌹💛 #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Flowers #Roses #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #ArtYear #PhotographersofBlueSky

A bouquet with an orange-red rose at front center, orange and soft red roses on the right and behind it, blue spiky sea holly to the left, and yellow Craspedia in the left background. A bit of goldenrod peeks from below on the left.

November 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM

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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #HangingAround or 'Birds at Unusual Angles', here are two cedar waxwings eating berries from a waxed-leaf privet. They appear to be mirror images but note the different colored tail feathers. 🧡💛 #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky