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ione blue

@ioneblue.bsky.social

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artist. painter. photographer. she/her #ExPost #ExPostNews finder [of things]. appreciator [of the overlooked]. all photos are my own. if not, duly noted.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1h

thank you, friend! appreciate!! 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1h

neither can i! but it's so nice to have when feeling stuck.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 1h

white dianthus with green
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#imageandverse
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

"A light here requires a shadow there."
— Virginia Woolf

Always.

photograph

macrophotograph of a white dianthus with yellow-green accents and yellow stamens, filling the frame. hard to see but they are there. more dianthus behind it plus a purple mum at the furthers back on the top left. with a Virginia Woolf quote about shadow and light. so true.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 3h

LOL! glad you do. 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 3h

thanks. i started as a painter [still am but doing less these days due to time and space] so color is and always has been a big deal with me. when i buy flowers, i choose for the camera!

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 6h

that's so nice. especially as it's one of my simplest images. i must be doing something right.

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 6h

thank you, niamh... appreciate!! 💙💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 7h

thank you, Niamh. rain. flowers. I still remember how wonderful it smelled taking that photo. 💙

ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not surprised!! 😊
It's from Three Things to Remember. I wish I'd had enough characters left to put the whole title in. Ah well, it's in the ALT text. and now here. I love her work. 💙

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 7h

three things
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#imageandverse
#stunday
#flowers

one more from Mary Oliver:

As long as you're dancing, you can
break the rules.

Sometimes breaking the rules is just
extending the rules.

Sometimes there are no rules.

photograph

macrophotograph of three purple-edged clematis petals. in the background, a bright yellow green flower is glowing. they appear to be worshipping it. as they should be when put together with the Three Things to Remember of Mary Oliver's verse.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 7h

raindrops on dahlias
#photography
#macrophotography
#photographersofbluesky
#eastcoastkin
#imageandverse
#stunday
#flowers
#art
#bloomscrolling

"Rain is grace;
rain is the sky descending to the earth;
without rain, there would be no life."

- John Updike
truer words...

photograph

macrophotograph of a dark pink dahlia in the rain. drops on the petals. some bit of light on some bits of petals. dark, dark green background. taken at the chicago botanic garden.

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · 8h

thanks, so much for that, Alina. and also...thank you for posting the BlueSky Art Challenges. I can't keep up without a cheat sheet ☺️

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