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Bernard Doucette @bdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

#GreenSaturday
A sunsplashed variety of greenery near the top of Looking Glass Rock.
#Forests #Photography

Morning sun highlights the forest and rock formations.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 8h

Another fall dahlia bloom from our garden 💕

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #BackyardBlooms #Photography #Edmonds #PNW #Anthophile

A close-up of a large pink and peach colored Dahlia up against a stained fence with green leaves underneath it

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 8h

What beautiful blooms! 😍

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you so very much, Alan 🫶

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 9h

They are fun little birds, super quick, and kind of silly. 😊

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 9h

The Hypogeum, the large underground substructure of the Roman Colosseum. A labyrinth filled with tunnels, passages, and chambers.

#Rome #Travel #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #Italy #Architecture #Underground #Gladiators #Ancient #Creepy #31DaysOfHalloween #Shadows #Photography

An underground tunnel in the Roman Colosseum, with small lights on the floor illuminated and glowing on the ancient stone walls. At the end of the corridor, a sunlit opening is visible on the other side of a small waist-high wrought iron gate.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Aww, so furry and snuggly 🤭

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Well, it has been thus far... 🤭

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Ha ha! I love Halloween 😈

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

A red-breasted nuthatch and its newly snatched seed 😋

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Beakful #BackyardBirds #ColorADay #GreenSat #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #Birdscrolling

A red-breasted nuthatch on a green metal feeder; it is holding onto the feeder with its feet, facing downward, and arching its head until it is parallel with the ground as it looks away from the feeder while holding a seed in its beak. There is a red stained fence blurred in the background.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Awesome capture, Alex!

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

A golden-crowned sparrow proudly showing you its lovely golden crown 👑

#Birds #Sparrows #ColorADay #GreenSat #BackyardBirds #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #FeatheredFriends #Birdscrolling

A golden-crowned sparrow, with a gray chest, brownish wings with white edges, and a yellow crown on its head. It is looking at the camera with its head tilted downward, showing off the crown. It stands on a green metal bird feeder and the background is a blurred stained fence.

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks so much!

Yes, same! It still freaks me out every time I see it! I can't help but ask them 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' as if they'll answer 🤭

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 11h

Incredible capture, Pat!

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 11h

It’s my maiden name.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 11h

A scene from the Tropical dome at the Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#ColorADay #Green #Garden #Frog #Photography #Koi #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow

A pond in the middle of a tropical plant garden that is full of green plants, palms, and some plants highlighted with yellow and orange. The pond has a stone statue of a frog partially submerged in it, and there are Koi visible swimming in the pond as well.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you so much, Alan 😁

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 11h

The friendly spider currently lurking in our bathroom 🕷️

#Spooktober #Spider #31DaysOfHalloween #Festive #BNWMacro #BNW #Edmonds #Halloween #Photography #SpookySaturday

A black and white image, and reflection, of a close-up of a large fake spider that’s hung up on a bathroom mirror; the wall and a window can also be seen reflected in the mirror.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 12h

A gull trying to eat a sea star that might be a tad too big to gulp down 😋

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Beakful #Hungry #Gulls #PugetSound #PNW #Birdscrolling #Brunch #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Edmonds

A gray and white gull standing on rocks with a large sea star stuffed in its mouth. Its beak is yellow and its tongue is also visible while trying to wrangle the sea star.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Rob!

Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 1d

A fledging crow from earlier this summer, squawking at Mom for more food

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Juvenile #Fledgling #Crows #Corvids #BackyardBirds #BabyBirds #Edmonds #Photography #FeatheredFriday #FlyDay #PNW

A fledgling crow standing on a fence with its wings outstretched and its mouth wide open; a bit of food is hanging off of the bottom of its beak. There is blurred greenery in the background.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of World Squid Day, here's a Moroteuthopsis longimana fr #SouthSandwichIslands. International cephalopod awareness days happen each year in Oct — we celebrate octopuses on the 8th, in honor of their 8 arms, and squid on the 10th, to acknowledge their ten appendages (8 arms and 2 tentacles).

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that would be the photographer, me! 🤣💚🤭

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 1d

A vintage vinyl Ozzy Osbourne interview picture disc for today’s #Spooktober theme of #Vampire 🧛

#31DaysOfHalloween #Ozzy #SharpTeeth #Fangs #Rocker #Vinyl #Photography #FridayFun

A vinyl picture disc that has a picture of Ozzy Osbourne dressed in a tuxedo with a medal draped around his neck. He is a vampire with an open mouth and sharp fangs, including not just his incisors, but some of his front teeth as well. The album is labeled on the bottom as being an interview picture disc Limited Edition made in England.

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Andrea Peterson @andreapeterson.bsky.social · 1d

The dahlias are still cranking out some beautiful blooms 💖

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #FloralFriday #FridayFlowers #BackyardBlooms #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #Pink

A fully bloomed Dahlia flower that is white in the center, and then slowly fades into a dark pink. By the time it hits the outer petals. It is surrounded by green leaves.

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