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Cathey
@cathey.bsky.social
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Love my life and those who share it/nature photographer/logophile/grammar nut/chocolate-chip ice cream cognoscente/wanna-be chef/dog lover/3+ MBC
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There is absolutely nothing like a delicate rose ... 🌹 #ArtAdventCalendar Day 8
#MacroMonday #FlowerPhotography #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Roses #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
A close-up of a softly blurred red rose bud opening with yellow-green sepals gently curving outward from beneath the red petals. The background is a blur of peachy-pink, dark and light greens, green leaves and petals of another red rose in the upper right corner. A white vignette finishes off the edges of the frame.
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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#Stunday ✨✨ #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #Sunset #Lake #EastCoastKin #Layers
A gold and orange sunset with layers of dark clouds reflects its light onto the dark blue water of a lake (Lake Erie). Rock outcroppings along the shore are silhouetted on the bottom left.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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“Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.” – Faith Baldwin
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7 ❤️🍁🤍 #Stunday #Bokeh #JapaneseMaple #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin
#Foliage #Trees #SundayVibes
Vibrant red Japanese maple leaves hang against a backdrop of gold and orange leaves, dark trees, and bright white bokeh of sunlit bushes.
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A cardinal on a mission. 🐦 #BirdOfTheDay #Movement
#Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
A red bird with a black mask (Northern cardinal) and wings spread flies toward a clear hanging feeder. The background is a bokeh of green leaves and a tall tree.
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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“Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov 🌿🖤🤍
#bnwmacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #Flowers #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin #Wildflowers #Honeysuckle #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling
A black and white close-up of a white trumpet-shaped flower facing to the left with multiple stamens reaching out from the center (honeysuckle). It's surrounded by more flowers and buds clustered with small dark leaves in the center.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6
#NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Foliage #Raindrops #Foliage
Green pointed leaves bordered in red (nandina) are highlighted by glittering raindrops. Darker green and red leaves hang below. The background is a blur of more leaves and raindrops against a foggy gray-white mist.
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Sometimes you just need a photo that brings back special memories ...
#BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #EastCoastKin #Sunset #Scape #LakeErie #PhotographersofBlueSky
A brilliant sunset reflects a beam of sunlight across the water of a lake (Lake Erie) with pink, yellow, and blue sky and soft blue clouds above enhancing the tranquil scene.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A chilly cardinal for the #BirdOfTheDay #Borb theme. 🐦
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
A vibrant red bird with a black mask and a spiky crest (a Northern cardinal) in floof mode tightly grasps a thin branch on a windy afternoon.
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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“I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves.” – Joanne Harris

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5
#FoliageFriday
#NaturePhotography
#EastCoastKin
#Scape
#Treescape
#Trees
#OakLeaves
Fiery orange oak leaves caught in a stream of late afternoon sunlight glow against a background of blurry yellow hickory leaves, a dark brown oak tree trunk, and a green ivy-covered tree.
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #EastCoastKin #Itstheholidayseason
A window is adorned with a wreath covered in bows, bells and a felt Santa.
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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#WordlessWednesday
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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A sweet downy woodpecker with a bright red ❤️ #ArtAdventCalendar Day 3
#Birds #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #RedWed #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small black and white downy woodpecker with a bright red heart on the back of his head feeds from a block of suet.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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A red-bellied woodpecker showing his #Stripes for #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
A large bird with a black beak, a red head and nape, a white chest, black and white striped wings, and large gnarled feet (a male red-bellied woodpecker), hangs on a green suet cage containing a yellow sunflower-seed-filled suet block. The background is mottled green lawn and spots of bokeh.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2
Japanese maple ready for the season! 🍁
#NaturePhotography #ArtYear#EastCoastKin #Trees
Stunningly bright red Japanese maple leaves glow against a blurred background of red, green, white, and yellow.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Thought I'd inspire myself with this amazing dahlia for Day 1 of #ArtAdventCalendar. It's called Peppermint Swirl - so apropos for the season, don't you think? Happy December! ❤️🤍🌿
#Flowers #Garden #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling
A stunning red and white dahlia with its profusion of bi-colored petals and gold disk florets at center lights up against a mottled background of golds, greens, and pops of red.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#bnwmacro #BlackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Roses #Flowers #PhotographersofBlueSky
A black and white close-up of a luscious orange rose with dark edges on its outer petals. In front and behind it are blue sea holly, a plant that looks like a pine cone with spiky leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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“ #Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”– Marianne Williamson
#Stunday #EastCoastKin #Flowers #Roses #ColorADay #OrangeSun #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling
A rose to outshine all others - vibrant shades of red and orange with purple edges - with salmon, orange, and yellow roses and green leaves in the background. Silver-blue thistle with its spiky foliage is to the right of the rose and below it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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A bouquet of orange and red roses with a Happy Thanksgiving message.
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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A Carolina wren #OnTheEdge before and after. 💦
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small brown bird with a tan and white breast and a white brow stripe (Carolina wren) stands on the edge of a water bowl that's sitting on a wooden bench. The background is mottled green lawn. The photo was taken through a porch window. A small brown bird (Carolina wren) emerges quickly from its bath in a water bowl that's sitting on a wooden bench. The background is mottled green lawn. The photo was taken through a porch window.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#WordlessWednesday #WaterWednesday
#EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #McConnellsMillSP #PhotographersofBlueSky
A small stream runs through the center of the photo bordered by rocks and light green vegetation in the foreground. A large boulder rests on the opposite side with smaller rocks along the shoreline and overhanging evergreens and beach trees.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A bright spot on a dreary day. 🍁
#ColorADay #RedWed #Autumn #EastCoastKin #Trees #JapaneseMaple #ArtYear
A Japanese maple shows off glowing red leaves alongside fading purple leaves and transparent samaras.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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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
Two cedar waxwings eat berries from a green waxed-leaf privet. They are in mirror image positions and one has orange tail feathers while the other has yellow tail feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Winding down ... 🍂💛
#ColorADay #CyanTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #Trees
#NaturePhotography
Yellow and orange leaves of a maple tree glow against a pale blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A hoverfly on holly for #BlueSkyArtShow #Small theme. 🍃
#ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Insects
A hoverfly with brown eyes and a black and yellow striped abdomen stands on the tip of a deep green holly leaf with a bright lime-green border. Branches of holly leaves and green berries fill the frame.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Happy #bnwmacro Saturday! There are still a few #flowers lingering - they're enjoying the Indian summer weather we're having. 🖤🌸 #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Garden #Bloomscrolling
A black and white close-up of a Formosa azalea with large, softly draping petals, some with dark spots and stains of shaded areas, and multiple stamens growing from the flower's center. Long, dark, fuzzy leaves surround the flower.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM