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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 1d

together in long reach and stride

silhouette loblolly pines lace across the view and reach up to the peach mauve sky and mirrored too reach across the peach mauve water that shimmers at our feet

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mark156.bsky.social @mark156.bsky.social · 23h

Morning skies and mist,a way to start the weekend,october mornings,happy trails all

As the sun comes up,red and grey and pink lit clouds,an orange yellow band a blue sky,a bank of mist surrounds the trees and woods in the distance

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RiddleyThomas @0ffkilter.bsky.social · 22h

Today I saw red russet leaves, ground adorned in golden tones.
Of those that had already fallen in a slow graceful dance.
Silently making their way
to lie at their feet.
Nourishing earth, their voices quieted by a sweet melody.
Only they can hear, as she softly sings them home.
#BlueSkyArtShow #poem

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Herdwick Sheep @herdwicksheep.bsky.social · 22h

It's been a whole year since the Northern Lights lit up the Lake District skies.. and what a sight it was! 💚

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 23h

Great Witcombe villa in Gloucestershire was built c. AD 250, and lived in until the 5th century. The remains include a bathhouse complex and perhaps the shrine of a water spirit. Mosaic pavemen hint that the symmetrical U-shape villa was opulent in Roman times. #RomanSiteSaturday

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning. Time for the #BirdOfTheDay theme and it is #Beakful , so anything in the beak from food to nest material and the alternative is #wading Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A female European Stonechat with a warm orange-brown breast and a light brown head perches among green leaves, holding a few wisps of dried grass or straw in its beak. The soft, blurred background highlights the bird’s detailed plumage and the delicate strands it carries, giving a sense of nesting activity in a calm natural setting.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 22h

St. Wilfrid’s Church at Ribchester in Lancashire. The main body of the church is mostly 13th century in date, while the tower dates to the late 15th century. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #StWilfrids #Ribchester #Lancashire

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Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social · 22h

Canal-side plants

Mallow (pink)

Amid the smouldering
Autumnal blaze
Pink mallow peeps out
And seems to say
"There are still days enough
For me to add
Spring and summer flame
To the towpath's fire of praise."

"And the bush was not consumed by the fire."

#nature #poetry #ukcanals #plants

The cerise pink blush of mallow's trumpet flowers peeping through a tangle of grasses just below bridge 65.

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Jamie Scott @jcsctoan.bsky.social · 21h

Dunnock in the sunshine. Have a good day folks #rspb.bsky.social #rspb.scotland.bsky.social🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching

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Edith Ⓥ 🌱 Pigoneer 𓃟 @edithh72.bsky.social · 2d

Schönen Freitag, happy Friday 🌳🌞
#ForestFriday 🌳📷 #trees #woodland #scape #photography #nature

Zweige einer Eiche mit grünen, gelben und bräunlichen Eicheln inmitten grüner Blätter, der unscharfe Hintergrund ist grün mit etwas Blau dazwischen;

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Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB @vickyoutenphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Oystercatcher portrait - older posting

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#ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #birds #birdphotography #oystercatcher

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 1d

Every morn is the world made new.
You who are weary of sorrow and sinning,
Here is a beautiful hope for you,
A hope for me and a hope for you.

Susan Coolidge (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey)

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 1d

Tales of the Riverbank

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
October (Shell Guide, 1957)
Artist: SR Badmin

Finally detailed mixed media illustration looking down into a mature glade of autumn trees. In the foreground the picture is framed by leaves and fruit of the same trees.

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Tsarskoe Selo @tsarskoeselo.bsky.social · 1d

🇬🇧 Golden Autumn in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo
📷 Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina Novak
🇷🇺 Золотая осень в Екатерининском парке Царского Села
#thephotohour #stormhour #worldheritagesite

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Foxes Afloat @foxesafloat.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn sunrise on the croft. ☀️🍂
That golden hour when everything glows. The trees, the hives, even the hens. The light feels softer this time of year, like it knows it’s got to work harder before the long winter sets in. I’ll never get tired of mornings like this. ❤️

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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 1d

Good morning!
Finally Friday. I’ve decided to take it slow today, like this ladybird, to preserve my mental health. Most of the things that have to be done will get done, and the rest can wait.

A ladybird climbing a fern, slowly but resolutely. One of the black spot on its back looks like an inverted heart.

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 21d

🪬🧿Sgorr Nam Fiannaidh Scottish Highlands
#landscape #mountain #clouds #nature #scenery #highlands #scotland #photography

Sgorr Nam Fiannaidh A landscape shot of a mountain with a cloudy sky overhead, with some buildings and cars in the foreground. The mountain is green and brown, with a few patches of snow. The sky is gray and cloudy. The buildings are white with gray roofs. The cars are parked in front of the buildings. There are some trees and grass in the foreground. A play structure is adjacent to the parking lot.

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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 4d

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#RockInTuesday
Grasmere, Cumbria (July 2025)
Tree in full leaf behind a small section of a traditional dry stone wall with a glimpse of a lake (Grasmere) and fells behind it.
#grasmere #lakedistrict #cumbria #heritage #craft #nature #trees #walls #photography #eastcoastkin

A Lakeland view above Grasmere on a cloudy summers day.
In the foreground is a small section of the top layer of a traditional dry stone wall. Behind this is a large green tree in full leaf.
In the distance is a glimpse of Grasmere lake. And behind this are fells covered in green vegetation with some patches of exposed rock.
A dry stone wall is built without using mortar or cement, relying on the careful placement and interlocking of stones for stability.

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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 5d

everybody’s moon

October’s moon rises soft and low in the sky’s pastel marsh where we stand amidst the green gold grass

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yoda2035.bsky.social @yoda2035.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure you’re tired of my endless sky photos, but look! So beautiful!!!

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StrongLines @stronglines.bsky.social · 3d

The morning drifts
#photography #calm #reflection

Two swans glide slowly across calm blue water at dawn beside a long wooden sea wall stretching into mist. The sky glows softly in pastel tones of blue, pink, and gold, reflected in the still surface below.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 3d

I think I'd cycle 80 miles in a headwind to see Ely Cathedral. No other cathedral feels so organically grown from the earth itself - it's lantern tower is one of the most verdant wonders of the medieval world. #thread

Ely Cathedral’s octagon and spires rise above the town’s tiled rooftops, their weathered stone and intricate pinnacles catching morning light beneath a pale blue Fenland sky.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 2d

A Saxon doorway from the south side of the tower of All Saints’ Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Using recycled Roman tiles, the doorway was originally internal and led to a now demolished cell. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Brixworth #Northamptonshire

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Norwegian troll @mikilelek.bsky.social · 2d

Have a nice day 💝

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