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Cathey
@cathey.bsky.social
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Love my life and those who share it/nature photographer/logophile/grammar nut/chocolate-chip ice cream cognoscente/wanna-be chef/dog lover/3+ MBC
https://go.bsky.app/GVSNVWf #EastCoastKin
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cathey.bsky.social
A bright spot on a dreary day. 🍁
#ColorADay #RedWed #Autumn #EastCoastKin #Trees #JapaneseMaple #ArtYear
A Japanese maple shows off glowing red leaves alongside fading purple leaves and transparent samaras.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
here's some #oak #leaves for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowel

#nature #trees
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
now for some #tulips from Filoli also pretending to be light bulbs for #TulipTuesday
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
#DailyFlowers for a relaxing evening ✨️🫶✨️

#ColorADay #PinkMon #closeup #photography #flowers #MacroMonday #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
Close-up of a pink hydrangea covered in frost. The flower is illuminated by the sun and glows.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
cathey.bsky.social
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #HangingAround or 'Birds at Unusual Angles', here are two cedar waxwings eating berries from a waxed-leaf privet. They appear to be mirror images but note the different colored tail feathers. 🧡💛 #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
Two cedar waxwings eat berries from a green waxed-leaf privet. They are in mirror image positions and one has orange tail feathers while the other has yellow tail feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Good Morning my Friends

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround, which is 'Birds at Unusual Angles'
The Alternative for you is #Sparrows

I've gone with a Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch & Coal Tit

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
cathey.bsky.social
Winding down ... 🍂💛
#ColorADay #CyanTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #Trees
#NaturePhotography
Yellow and orange leaves of a maple tree glow against a pale blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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davesadventures.bsky.social
Out in the bush this afternoon...watching the milkweed spread its seeds to provide nourishment to next year's Monarch population! #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
milkweed seeds leaving the pod
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
I have found one or two Clapper Rails at this coastal South Carolina inlet (audio only)

#birds
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
I did a #scape thing with the Navigator today up to Lake Siskiyou & the S Fork Sacramento River.

#nature #reflections #mountains #volcano #rivers #landscape #waterscape #EastCoastKin
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
cathey.bsky.social
A hoverfly on holly for #BlueSkyArtShow #Small theme. 🍃
#ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Insects
A hoverfly with brown eyes and a black and yellow striped abdomen stands on the tip of a deep green holly leaf with a bright lime-green border. Branches of holly leaves and green berries fill the frame.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
cathey.bsky.social
Happy #bnwmacro Saturday! There are still a few #flowers lingering - they're enjoying the Indian summer weather we're having. 🖤🌸 #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Garden #Bloomscrolling
A black and white close-up of a Formosa azalea with large, softly draping petals, some with dark spots and stains of shaded areas, and multiple stamens growing from the flower's center. Long, dark, fuzzy leaves surround the flower.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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photodog.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Small
#photography #PhotographyOfBluesky
#nature #bees #bugs #macro

To Bee or Not To Bee
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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ok2panic.bsky.social
Let’s roast some tomatoes for sauce.🌱🍅🍽️🍜
Thick slices of Cherokee purple and Comstock tomatoes on a pan sheet.
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
cathey.bsky.social
"He would make a #bouquet for a lovely lady; a bouquet gathered off the cheeks of the morning.... " ― Willa Cather, A Lost Lady ✨🧡🌹💛 #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Flowers #Roses #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #ArtYear #PhotographersofBlueSky
A bouquet with an orange-red rose at front center, orange and soft red roses on the right and behind it, blue spiky sea holly to the left, and yellow Craspedia in the left background. A bit of goldenrod peeks from below on the left.
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
cathey.bsky.social
#Scape #Treescape #Landscape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Trees #Autumn 🌳🍁🍂
A canopy of trees - oaks, maples, beech, tulip poplar - in fall colors against a robin's- egg-blue sky.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
cathey.bsky.social
An orange-tipped oakworm moth caterpillar for #NightmareNov. 🖤 #Black #InsectThursday #Caterpillar #Insects #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
A black caterpillar with orange lines running along the length of its dorsal side (an Orange-tipped oakworm moth caterpillar | Anisota senatoria) slowly crawls on a dogwood tree.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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soph0517.bsky.social
Happy Tuesday peeps
#macro #macrophotography #photography #wellbeing #mindfulness

Hope you are not just hanging by a thread today like this wee raindrop 😊
A close-up macro photograph shows a bright green leaf tip with a single, perfectly round raindrop hanging from it. The droplet is suspended by several fine, silken threads—likely spider silk—giving it a delicate, floating appearance. Inside the raindrop, the surrounding greenery is reflected in a soft, distorted, jewel-like pattern. Tiny white specks cling to the silk near the droplet. The background is a smooth, dark green blur, emphasizing the sharp, glossy clarity of the droplet and the vibrant texture of the leaf.
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
cathey.bsky.social
A red-bellied woodpecker giving me a #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay. 🪶 #Birds #EastCoastKin #Woodpecker #NaturePhotography
A bird with a red cap, pinkish breast, black and white spotted wings, and large gray feet (a red-bellied woodpecker) stands on the railing of a wooden porch and stares right into the camera. The background is mottled green and reddish-brown.
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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dptbirder.bsky.social
I think this has to be absolutely my closest warbler #staredown for #BirdOfTheDay

Black-throated Gray Warbler 📷🌿🪶
Black throated gray warbler staring down observer
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
cathey.bsky.social
A cotton-candy sky at sunset 🩷💙
#BlueSkyMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Clouds #EastCoastKin #Sky #Sunset #Cloudscape
Pink clouds in a blue sky at sunset.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Club-mosses are so cool. Descendants of the most ancient vascular plants, these tiny forest dwellers are the legacy of giant plants of the Devonian period. They reproduce through spores. I think these two are Prickly Tree Clubmoss and Interrupted Clubmoss 🌿
Bright green plants in snow. They look like miniature trees. Spiky green plants with tiny leaves and yellow cones at the tips are poking out of a snowy forest floor.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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amaya3121.bsky.social
#Stunday #Photography #sunset #SoCal
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
here's a wet #RedWed #rose from the San Jose Rose Garden for #RoseWednesday
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower #ColorADay #WetWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
here's a #scenic #scenery #Stunday scene from Brandy Creek yesterday.

#nature #creeks #rocks #trees
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM