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Gray

@grays.art

Happy Fly-day. We made it!

Male long-legged fly
(Condylostylus mundus)

yesterday in Bonita Springs, Florida
Size: <4mm long.

In Chicago they’re metallic green 🤯

#flyDay #EastCoastKin #macro #photography #native #insects #diptera #pollinators #nature #art #stunday #blueskyMonday #gardening #blue

Overhead view of purple-blue, highly reflective fly with long legs, and transparent wings.

They’re gardeners’ friends, eat aphids and other pests like mites.

October 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Amelia

@urchef.bsky.social

How old are you really — down to the day? 🤔
And when can you retire comfortably? 💰
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#bloomscrolling #nature #gardeningfeed #flowers #photography #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #spring #BlueskyLaunch #WebTools

October 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM Everybody can reply

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos

@tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social

It's a group that has themes like RedWed, ColorADay, BlueSkyMonday, MountainMonday, RockInTuesday etc. So when posting with those themes, we also use eastcoastkin as the origin of the theme ideas. Alina Hagen often posts the weekly charts for them that shows what the current week's themes will be.

October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM Everybody can reply

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quotedays.bsky.social

@quotedays.bsky.social

"Monday motivation Start the day with these power quotes. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt What's your morning mantra?" #BlueskyMonday #MorningQuotes #Motivati... you can buy cheap groceries from amazon: https://zort.my/ska

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October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM Everybody can reply

shaniatwain94.bsky.social

@shaniatwain94.bsky.social

Finally I’m here #blueskymonday #blue #beach #eastcoastkin #seascape #scape

October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Michael Thompson

@michaelthompson63.bsky.social

The mountains embracing Lake McDonald after the storm are beautiful in their new snowcaps.
#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #TheWildImages #BlueskyArtShow #Nature #NationalParks #GetOutside #LakeLife #Autumn #Fall #SeasonalWork

October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Nesrin Erol

@nbherol.bsky.social

#Blueskymonday #Stpetersburg
#streetphotography #urbanphotography #lensculture #streetpic #travelphotography #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #Bluesky

October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Nesrin Erol

@nbherol.bsky.social

#BlueSkyMonday #Istanbul #Goldenhorn #Photography #EastCoastKin #CityScape #StreetPhotography #travelphotography #Bluesky

October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM Everybody can reply

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Nesrin Erol

@nbherol.bsky.social

#BlueSkyMonday #Istanbul #Bosphorus #Photography #EastCoastKin #CityScape #StreetPhotography #travelphotography #Bluesky

October 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM Everybody can reply

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past

@lucidillusions.in

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is Long Neck.

Here's some chaos for Tuesday - Greater Flamingo, Intermediate Egret and a Little Cormorant!

#Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

p.s. want this as a sticker? www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ku...

in the background, an intermediate egret (white bird with long neck) looking towards the madness in front, where it looks like a flying little cormorant (black bird) has resulted in the greater fflamingo to lost track of what it was trying to do and its legs are moving randomly.

(the flamingo is a varying shade of black brown and white with very big beak)

October 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM Everybody can reply

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Indigrassy

@indigrassy.bsky.social

Outerly spaced #nature #photography #BlueSkyMonday #ArtYear #smArtist #reflections

The image depicts a serene view of lily pads floating on a dark blue body of water. The water's surface reflects a cloud, adding a soft pinkish hue to the scene. The lily pads are primarily green, with some showing yellowish and brown edges, indicating natural wear. They are scattered unevenly across the water, with some leaves overlapping. The image captures a tranquil and natural environment, with the smooth water enhancing the reflective effect.

October 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM Everybody can reply

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Pixels&AlchemyPhotography

@pixelsandalchemy.bsky.social

Very old picture of my granddaughters ready to say #TrickOrTreat
#SpookTober and #BlueSkyMonday #Photography

October 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM Everybody can reply

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Jacquie 🇨🇦 🍁👩🏻‍💻

@prairiecanuck.bsky.social

#BlueSkyMonday

October 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Rock

@rjrock.bsky.social

“Between Seasons”

The air was cool but not yet cold—the kind of day when fall hints at summer remembered. I loved the mix of Aspen color and Evergreen amongst the rocky terrain.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #RockinTuesday #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday
#Colorado #Fujifilm

A wide mountain meadow stretches out under a deep blue sky flecked with thin white clouds. The grass in the foreground is golden brown, dotted with small green pines. At the far edge of the field, a band of aspen trees glows in autumn color—bright yellow blending into orange and red, framed by dark evergreens that climb the surrounding hills. Rocky outcrops rise on the left, and the landscape narrows toward distant forested ridges. The light is crisp and clear, with long shadows hinting at early afternoon.
The photograph holds the quiet tension between seasons—the last warmth of summer light meeting the color and stillness of fall. It feels like a pause before the first frost.

October 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM Everybody can reply

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Rock

@rjrock.bsky.social

“Seat at the Summit”

After the climb, I sat here—just me, this boulder and the quiet stretch of mountains rolling forever.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #RockinTuesday #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Colorado #Fujifilm

A rounded granite boulder sits near the edge of a mountain ridge under an open blue sky streaked with long white clouds. The reddish stone catches the afternoon light, surrounded by loose soil and patches of grass. Beyond it, the San Isabel Mountains unfold in layered shades of blue and brown, their slopes fading toward a wide valley in the distance. A few evergreens lean into the wind, small against the vast horizon. The air looks thin, the light sharp but gentle.
The image feels like a pause at the end of effort—a moment of earned stillness. The boulder was a seat for reflection, a quiet place to breathe before heading back down.

October 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM Everybody can reply

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Clover

@clovers-spin.bsky.social

#blueskymonday

#painting #food #nature #art

October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM Everybody can reply

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Jamie Glass

@jglass8.bsky.social

A pink sunset is magical

#WeekPforPink #alphabetchallenge
#sunset #pinkclouds #goodnight #BlueskyMonday #photography #EastCoastKin #peace #desert #photographersofbluesky

October 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Rock

@rjrock.bsky.social

“River of Gold"

Autumn aspens flow through the evergreens like a river of golden light winding down the mountainside.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #Fujifilm #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Colorado

A vast Colorado mountainside fills the frame, its steep ridges densely covered in conifers. Cutting through the dark forest are bright bands of golden aspen trees, following the natural gullies and draws like flowing streams of color. The late-afternoon light catches their upper leaves, making them shimmer against the deep greens and muted browns of the surrounding pines. In the distance, layered ridges fade to blue beneath a softly clouded sky.
The scene captures autumn in motion—where color behaves like water, cascading through the forest in luminous waves that mark the season’s slow descent.

October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM Everybody can reply

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Michele

@funnymichele.bsky.social

Cool shot I took from my old office window of the moon in the Seattle morning sky over the Olympic Mountains 😍 #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #photography #pnw