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Amateur photographer. This is my creative space, no politics please! Nature 🌿 art, traveler, music, storyteller, dreamer, hsp, animal & yoga lover - Seattle, WA

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · Nov 18

Wanted to mention, my feed is a #safe space 💜 Much love ~ keep looking up!

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you so much Áine 🥹

Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

This is stunning Jeff! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving 🍁🍂🍁🍂

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Jeff Day @thejeffday.bsky.social · 19h

Autumn colours along a creek in Alberta, Canada's Bow Valley. It's Canada's Thanksgiving tomorrow but we are celebrating today. I remain thankful for love, joy, compassion, and the strength to keep moving and seeing scenes like this.
#Stunday
#Autumn
#Nature
#Reflections
#Photography
#Beautiful

Autumn colours along a creek in Alberta, Canada's Bow Valley, looking west from a bridge.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

Wow this is amazing Gray 🥹💛🧡💛

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Gray @grays.art · 1d

Female Dilemma Orchid Bee
(Euglossa dilemma)

on Firebush (Hamelia patens)
yesterday afternoon visit
to the Naples Botanical Garden

#stunday #eastcoastkin #bees #pollinators #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardens #gardening #naplesBontanicalGarden #insects #macro #photography #macroPhotography #art 🐝 🪴

Emerald bee with yellow pollen saddlebag, nectaring long orange trumpet flower.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

I couldn't love this more Mary! 💛💛💛

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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀 @marysunshineisgone.bsky.social · 21h

Happy #Stunday

And, because I like the energy
4th Day Prayer

youtu.be/MC5cyIMNjlw?...

Bee covered in pollen, and my admiration, flying towards white asters.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

This is fantastic Sabine! The silhouettes of those statues against that beautiful sunrise are stunning 🧡

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning and happy #Stunday everyone! Autumn sunrise at the Neues Palais in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam.
#31DaysOfHalloween #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#SensoryArt #shadow
#EastCoastKin

A crisp autumn sunrise bathes the Neues Palais in Potsdam in gentle golden light, casting long shadows across the elaborate rooftop balustrade. The statues stand silhouetted against a dramatic sky streaked with warm amber and soft grey, their forms outlined sharply amidst the glow of morning. Contrasting hues and delicate cloud patterns create a tranquil, almost ethereal atmosphere as the first light touches the historic facade, blending architectural grandeur with the soft promise of a new day.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

This is 100% stunning! Thank you so much for sharing it. I hope we have a wonderful day ✨

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 19h

Walking up on a heron quietly looking for a snack is a stop in your tracks experience no matter how many times it happens. It's #StunDay Sunday. What have you got that's stunning.
#photography #wildlife #birds

A great blue heron standing in front of some tall marsh grass looking for a snack before bedtime as the last light of day angles down on the water

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

So gorgeous Page! I'm glad you had such a wonderful time on your birthday trip 🥳

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Page @pagejpdx.bsky.social · 20h

I finally got to visit the redwoods… it was my bday wish for this year. We did so much hiking and I have so many pics, but I’m starting with this one… the amazing drive on Howland Hill Rd in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP.
#Stunday #redwoods #trees #treemagic #naturalbeauty #getoutside #photography

A brown and tan dirt road leads through a forest grove of extremely tall redwood trees. Shorter green foliage lines the road on both sides at the feet of the trees. Golden morning sunlight is shining through foggy trees in the distance.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

Absolutely beautiful Jilly! Happy Sunday 💛

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Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social · 22h

The Delights of Autumn

#StunDay
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#EastCoastKin

#ImageAndVerse
“And of such fineness as October airs,
There after harvest could I glean my life“
Full poem by Henry David Thoreau included in Alt Text.

After the descriptive alt text is a poem to go with the scene.

Alt Text: A scenic autumn landscape with golden sunlight streaming through the branches of a large tree in the foreground. The leaves are turning shades of orange and yellow, and the sky glows warmly with a mix of sunlight and soft clouds. In the distance, a forest stretches across the horizon, creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere.

Poem for #ImageAndVerse

On fields o'er which the reaper's hand has pass'd
Lit by the harvest moon and autumn sun,
My thoughts like stubble floating in the wind
And of such fineness as October airs,
There after harvest could I glean my life
A richer harvest reaping without toil,
And weaving gorgeous fancies at my will
In subtler webs than finest summer haze.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

My goodness Lee! This is magical 🩷✨🩷

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Lee @my-liquid-head.bsky.social · 2d

The soft, warm #glow of sunlight filtered through trees 🌳🌳🌳

Notre-Dame de Capelou shot with a 530nm filter.

#BlueSkyArtShow #infrared #Stunday

An infrared photo of trees in the grounds of a church. The light below is soft and diffuse. This is Notre-Dame de Capelou in Dordogne, France.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

What a beautiful scene Lori! Thank you for this 💛

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Lori @lrlowe.bsky.social · 1d

Standing Still
#stunday #blueskyartshow
#insomnia

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing this Alan 🍂🍁🍂🍁

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 1d

Irish Autumnal/ Fall capture for #Stunday May you have a very restful and peaceful Sunday.

"And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings".

WB Yeats.

#photography #Ireland #EastCoastKin

A serene autumn Irish woodland scene with tall trees standing on a gently sloping hill. Their leaves glow in rich shades of copper, orange, and deep brown, carpeting the forest floor beneath them. Through the trees, a few sheep graze in the distance under a soft, misty sky, adding a peaceful, pastoral touch to the golden landscape.

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

This is such a beautiful autumn photo Dorota! Thank you for sharing 🍁🍂🌰🍄‍🟫🍂🍁

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Dorota @dorotapawlak.bsky.social · 1d

Rays of sunlight on an otherwise gloomy winter day. Dec/24

#BlueSkyArtShow #glow #EastCoastKin #photography #scape #nature #treescape #VancouverIsland #Stunday #PhotographersOfBlueSky

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Debbie O'Riley Pics @debbieo.bsky.social · 17h

These are fantastic M! Be safe, take care, and completely enjoy yourself 💯

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 2d

I’m off to Nepal - hiking & reconnecting with nature. 
Leaving you with a few of my favorite mountains! (Minus Mt. Fuji) 🫣

Catch you all again in Nov.
 ✌🏽❤️

#photography #scape #eastcoastkin #nature #coloraday #BWFri #art #stunday #landscape #mountains #classicmono #blackandwhite #b&w #monochrome

A black and white photo of Salkantay Mountain in Peru. Its icy summit looms above a stark, rocky valley, mirrored perfectly in a still patch of meltwater, all beneath a partially cloudy Andean sky.

Face to face with natures raw power, under a canopy of stars, Volcán de Fuego pours incandescent lava down its flanks as a brooding column of ash ascends.

From the summit of Mt. Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok, the rising sun paints the ridges gold while the mountain’s shadow pierces the horizon, forming a fleeting pyramid in the sky. A still, blue crater lake and a smaller volcano can be seen below.

View atop Huayna Potosí (6,088m / 19,974ft), where a snow covered mountain peak reveals jagged dark rocks piercing the thick white snow. The foreground showcases a vast expanse of Penitente ice formations. A carved path used by hikers is visible across the bottom.

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