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Susan Cushing
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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. ♎️
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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 15h
Hello friends! Happy #Scape Day #FoodOnFriday, #ForestFriday, and #FlyDay. How are you?🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EST here & ☁️ so I’m making our rich and aromatic #BlueBrew coffee for all! Who’d like a cup?☕️

In any case, please do stop by and 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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Jam cakes
When you can a lot of your food, you usually end up with left overs at the end of the year; this old recipe is great to use it up and not waste.
They come out like a moist spice cake, what ever jam you use, so it is rather perfect.
#FoodOnFriday #jamcake #spices #photography #EastCoastKin
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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radareyda.bsky.social
Harvest wreath is hung,
Woven ears of corn are shucked,
Gardens put to sleep.

#BNWFriday #woven #kitchenwalls #oldbarnboard #decorative #shadows #photography #photograph #earsofcorn #harvesttime #sleepinggardens #flowers #classicmono #simplicity #haiku #poetry #poem
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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radareyda.bsky.social
Shasta
The classically trained tom turkey.
Shasta was the Tom turkey we had while living in the little cabin on the mountainside. Alt
#birdsonbluesky #turkey #barnyardromeo #strutter #tempermentaltom #tom #watercolor #illustration #classicalmusuc #turkeymusic #traditionalart #illustrator
Watercolor of Shasta, our giant pet brown turkey. Left and right views of him. A orange pumpkin is in the middle, off tune musical notes are floating all around the picture- he loved to sing turkey tunes. He had three girlfriend hens, but had to be separated from them as he outweighed them three times over. A regular Romeo of the barnyard he was! The girls were separated by a wire fence in the pens, so he was right besides them. He was known to make love to his food dish as a replacement for his hens. The thing about Shasta, was that he was a temperamental Tom; there really is a condition Tom turkeys get called that. We were clued in on his odd behavior by local farmers. The toms will just drop and lay there lifeless; it could be a day or up or over three days. A type of depression - he was very sensitive. They get stressed out and have to recover. When this happened, we would cover his head with a light cloth and he would get up when relaxed enough. Health issues, injuries were ruled out. It was interesting finding older farmers who had delt with this in the past. His nutrition was on point- no breathing problems, no leg injuries, etc. And why would he get so wound up? It was the Romeo he was! In addition to being a stud, he loved classical music! We would drive up the long drive up the mountainside, windows open on the truck, playing classical ( it had to be classical) music. He would put his head up, start strutting, and sing his version of the music; that’s why the music in painting is not correct- it’s turkey music. Long story short, he lived a good life and on a super hot summer day, dropped for the last time while making hot love to his food bowl after singing his heart out to some good music when we pulled up the drive. A classical way to go. FYI- we weighed him, over 80 pounds! Not overweight, he was the biggest turkey we had ever seen. Sure miss that guy. Left pose is him hearing the music playing- right pose, all worked up, strutting and singing.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Alternate #BirdoftheDay is birds on #Posts I believe this is a cormorant- but I have been wrong before 😂 #FlyDay
Cormorant on a post spreading its wings
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#FlyDay 🦋
Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly resting in some lush greenery
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Acorn woodpecker in my backyard in California for #Flyday
#birds
Woodpecker flying in profile with his wings raised. His body is white with a black tail and black on the back of the wings. His chest is black, extending to a patch around his white eye. The top of his head is red, and there is a cream-colored ring around the base of his black beak.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Taking off for FlyDay FriYay
Weekend Energy

#scape #seascape #birds #beach #flyhigh #FlyDay #wings #FriYay #photography #EastCoastKin #seaside #WeekendEve #photographyofbluesky
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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If it could be like this more often during the cold weather it would be great! #landscape #photography #CTShoreline #reflections #clouds #BlueSkies
The wind died down a bit and the reflections on the water were calling out for a picture. Blue skies with white puffy clouds dancing in the sky. The water is fairly calm reflecting the landscape and sky.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Jane Mulvaney @loscctgl.bsky.social shares a lovely painting she created, on #Scape Friday:
loscctgl.bsky.social Jane Mulvaney @loscctgl.bsky.social · 11h
Not shared much lately, but this is a quick little painting I did as a birthday card for my cousin. Have a great weekend everyone! 🍁🧡🌞 #scape #beach #acrylics #EastCoastKin
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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My #BirdOfTheDay is this #BlackSwan
#birds #birding #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin
Ein Schwarzschwan schwimmt auf einem See
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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I can make a cappuccino, but I can't decorate it. It still tastes good, though.
#Coffee
Eine Tasse Cappuccino steht auf dem Tisch
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Das ganze Leben ist ein ewiges Wiederanfangen.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#FlowersOnFriday
White water lily flowers. White water lily flowers. White water lily flowers. White water lily flowers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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#ForestFriday in Oregon.

#Photography #Hiking #Forests #Trees #Outdoors
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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You will never feel like you have done enough…
But enough already…
Realize in life all you have done…
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Watch this and suddenly your own problems won’t feel so heavy. The good news: people stepped up and raised about $246 k+ on GoFundMe to help this woman and her baby.

There really are good people out there.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Proof the sky likes to show off.

#photography #sunset #beach #landscape #clouds #sky #ocean #cayman
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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The bakehouse at Rittenhouse Town (c.1743), Philadelphia 2025

B+J “Grover” 8x10, Wollaston 125mm f1.6 meniscus lens, Lupex contact paper (rated at .02iso!), ~6s exposure at f2

Channeling some soft pictorialist landscapes! 😅

#BelieveInFilm #Pictorialism #LargeFormat
A black and white image of an old building in the distance with a dimly visible stream in the foreground. The image is very soft and dreamy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Sorry been out with my camera all day. Temperature here feels like -4°C 🥶🥶Coming to check as many #BirdOfTheDay posts as I can. #birds #post #photography #EastCoastKin
A small black-and-white wagtail stands sideways on a weathered wooden post, its long tail held straight behind it. The bird’s crisp monochrome plumage contrasts with the smooth green, softly blurred background, giving the portrait a clean and elegant look.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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In Case You Somehow Missed It:
alan678.bsky.social Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 21h
Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #swans and the alternative is #posts birds perched on any type of post. Obviously I am so skilled at the art of concealment neither swan saw me. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
Two white swans glide calmly across perfectly still blue water, each one mirrored clearly in the glass-like surface. The swan on the left faces right with its neck gently curved, while the swan on the right faces left, its head slightly lowered. Both birds are softly lit by warm sunlight, creating golden highlights on their feathers and reflections.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Low tide at Marahau. I concentrated on capturing the “S” curve formed in the mud flats by the retreating sea.
#photography #marahau #newzealand #sonycamera #christchurchphotographer #mudflats #lowtide
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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A water droplet upon a fern frond. I set this shot up inside our kitchen as it proved too hard to control the movement of the frond ( plus the water droplet) outside. Bronica etrsi, Zenzanon 75mm plus 14 extension and ilford HP5.
#photography #waterdrop #ilfordfilm #believeinfilm #blackandwhite
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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I find that ferns make great subjects for my photography, here’s a couple of fronds inside the “fernery” at Mona Vale garden. Bronica etrsi, 75mm lens and Ilford HP5 film
#photography #ilfordfilm #christchurchphotographer #believeinfilm #blackandwhite #fern #bronica #newzealand #greengarden
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Incoming atmospheric river #Clouds
Western sunset view of incoming multi day rain storm
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Bangkok Rush Hour – Motorbike Life by Lumpini Park, Rama IV Road in Thailand Southeast Asia
Follow for more street scenes, travel stories, and life moments from Bangkok and Southeast Asia
#photography #streetphotography #Thailand #travelphotography
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM