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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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Happy Saturday! Some daisy poms to make you smile. 🖤🤍
#BNWMacro #BlackandWhiteMacro #ClassicMono #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #Flowers #WaitingforSpring #BlackandWhitePhotography
A black and white close-up of lavender daisy poms - a type of chrysanthemum. Layers of long, delicate, fluted petals surround a center full of disk florets.
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM
cathey.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity and the alt is #blurred captures of birds in movement. Here's a gray #catbird serenely surveying the world from atop a fence and a female house #finch with blurred wings flying in to join the party. #Birds #EastCoastKin #SmallBirdSaturday #NaturePhotography
A gray catbird surveys its surroundings from atop a weathered fence partially adorned with ivy vines. A brown female house finch with blurred wings flies toward a seed-filled feeder to join a red-headed male house finch (partially obscured) and a brown-headed nuthatch.
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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alan678.bsky.social
So I think Rob may be resting after having problems with his back so I'm going to announce today's
#BirdOfTheDay theme and it's #Serenity serene bird captures. The alt is #blurred blurry captures of birds in movement. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A juvenile swan floats on calm blue water, its brown-tinged feathers and pale neck glowing in warm golden light. A thin strand of aquatic weed hangs from the side of its pink-and-black bill, with small droplets of water falling back to the surface. Gentle ripples surround its body, and a soft reflection shimmers beneath it, while the smooth, dark water behind forms a clean, uncluttered background.
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
cathey.bsky.social
The spring snowflakes are emerging! 🌱🌼 #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #Sunshine #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
Bright green Spring Snowflake sprouts emerge from the leaf-littered ground in a beam of sunlight. It won't be long before their sweet white flowers start to bloom!
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday February 7, 2026
The theme is #Sunlight

We could all use a little more sun this time of year.

Use both tags to be included in the feed
#art #artists #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of sunlight falling on a round white flower with text reading: Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday February 7, 2026 The theme is #Sunlight Any Art. Any interpretation. Use both tags to be included in our feed. Multiple entries welcome.
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social
'The Offering' (2021) -- Early Fall Morning Stillness at Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, ME

'The future depends on what we do in the present' — Mahatma Gandhi

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight ✨ #Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
white pine tree silhouettes rise from the southern banks in the foreground as the lake's surface, a perfect mirror, reflects the morning light's radiant hills on the opposite shoreline
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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maryltrump.bsky.social
Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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visionsabound.bsky.social
Pretty winter.

#photography #winter #ForestFriday #scape #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #BWFri
A snow covered scene of trees and a log cabin.
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
cathey.bsky.social
Wishing for #Springtime and #Garden friends. 🐝🌼
#Scape #Gardenscape #FebruArty2026 #Fuzzy #ColorADay #BWFri #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Bees #Flowers #Wildflowers #Sunflowers #NaturePhotography
A black and white close-up of a fuzzy bee feeding from a woodland sunflower. The flower has long ray petals sloping outward and the flower's center is filled with multiple disk florets with hooked tips.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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sdcushing.bsky.social
Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social shares a stunning shot of a cemetery at night for PalacesandGardens SecretSpaces Ghosts&Phantoms with great story in the ALT:
bloodraynes.bsky.social Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social · 2d
Morning #BlueSky ☕️ Dare you walk the Glasnevin Cemetery at night? 😳 (Spooky story in the Alt) Have a great day friends ☺️ #EastCoastKin #Ireland
#PalacesAndGardens #SecretSpaces
#Ghosts&Phantoms #Photography #AltText #SpookyStory #Cemetery #PhotographyOfBlueSky #GraveYard
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
After the short photograph description, I’ve written a ghost story to go with scene. Our photograph shows an ornate stone mausoleum in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The structure is octagonal in shape and raised on a low, stepped platform. It is built from pale grey and beige stone, darkened in places by age and weather. Our picture is finished with a white border frame. Now for our spooky tale… I call it…The Ghosts of Glasnevin Cemetery They say Glasnevin never truly sleeps. On certain evenings, when the clouds hang low & the wind whispers through the yew trees, the dead remember how to walk. It was on such a night that Seán wandered past the old mausoleum with the angels on its roof. He had meant only to take a shortcut home, but something drew his eyes upward to the cross silhouetted against the bruised sky. From beneath the arches came the faint sound of footsteps. Seán froze. At first, he thought it was his own echo. Then he saw them: pale figures drifting between the columns, their forms soft as fog, their faces blurred. A woman in Victorian black glided past the tomb, her veil lifting in a breeze that Seán could not feel. An old man leaned on an invisible cane, staring into the distance as though still waiting for someone who never arrived. They did not look at him. One by one, more shapes emerged from the shadows of the graves. Children chasing laughter that no longer existed, soldiers standing to quiet attention, lovers walking hand in hand through paths that led nowhere. Seán backed away slowly, heart pounding. As he turned to leave, he felt a gentle touch on his shoulder. Behind him stood a young boy, eyes glowing softly in the dark. “Don’t be afraid,” the child whispered. “We only come out to remember.” Then the wind rose, the clouds shifted, & the figures faded back into the cemetery’s ancient silence. Seán hurried home and never took that shortcut. When you pass Glasnevin at dusk, you might notice movement at the corner of your eye.
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Officials in Georgia filed a court challenge seeking the return of election records seized by federal agents in Fulton County, which has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories about President Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Fulton County demands return of ballots seized by federal officials
Fulton County officials go to court to demand return of ballots and other election materials seized by federal agents last week.
wapo.st
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
cathey.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, any bird reflection, the Alt theme is #Paridae any of the Paridae Species (Tits). I don't have any bird reflections, just shadows, so I went with this Carolina Chickadee (Paridae). #Birds #EastCoastKin #AnimalArtTuesday
A small bird with a black and white head, gray feathers and a white abdomen stands atop a feeder pole. The bird's back is to the camera and its head is turned left in profile. In the background is a blurred Japanese spindle bush and yellow, white, and green bokeh.
February 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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mcoupephotography.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. I think this greater yellowlegs fits the bill.

#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #yellowlegs #greateryellowlegs #shorebirds #mcoupephotography
Greater yellow legs standing on an icy shoreline with it's reflection in the water.
February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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bluestein.bsky.social
An unmistakable pall hangs over the Georgia’s Capitol, with leaders earnestly asking one another whether the FBI’s raid was a prelude to election officials being frogmarched out in handcuffs. Democrats were in no mood to tiptoe around the moment. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
‘Groundhog Day’: FBI raid reignites Georgia’s voting wars
Following last week's seizure of ballots, old wounds from the 2020 election have reopened for Democrats and Republicans in Georgia.
www.ajc.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
cathey.bsky.social
It's #BNWMacro Sunday. Hope you're looking forward to a great week ahead. #BlackandWhiteMacro #FebruArty2026 #Frost #EastCoastKin #BlackandWhitePhotography #NaturePhotography
Black and white close-up of nandina leaves covered in frost.
February 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
cathey.bsky.social
Happy February! 🧡💜💛🩷 #Stunday #Sunset #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin #SundayYellow #Scape #NaturePhotography #Trees #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic
A fiery sunset glows through the tree line and creates soft reflections on the clouds above.
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Tonight's Waxing Gibbous Moon (January 31st) at 98%, early evening against a dark blue sky with silhouetted trees. Galway, Ireland. #Moon #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #MoonShot #Luna #SkyAtNight #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography
Tonight's Waxing Gibbous Moon (January 31st) at 98% Early evening against a dark blue sky with silhouetted trees. Galway, Ireland.
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...
'Going home': Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and father arrive in Minneapolis after release from detention center
The child and his father spoke exclusively to ABC News after their release from an immigration detention center.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
ARMY COMBAT VET @caitfornewyork.bsky.social (Running for Congress in NY): “After everything I’ve fought and defended this country from, I never thought I would feel the greatest threat to 🇺🇸 and to our future would come from within our own borders.” #AbolishICE
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
there should have been an eleventh commandment:
thy shalt go forth and plant #flowers wherever thy are able and thy shall not forget to ooohhhith & aaahhhith over them.
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#JBCFlowers #dahlias #DahliaDell
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
cathey.bsky.social
#Clouds and treetops bathed in #moonlight. #BlueSkyArtShow #JanuArty2026 #Ending #EastCoastKin #NightSky
Feathery white clouds lit by a bright January moon look down on the bare treetops below.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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"In a #forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same #path are alike."― Paulo Coelho #ForestFriday #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Trees #NaturePhotography
A narrow leaf-dusted path through the trees with patches of sun and shadow leading the way through russet beech leaves, deep green ivy-covered trunks, and other forest greenery.
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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pathwaymoments.bsky.social
Seasons are softly meshed and draped with Winter’s frosting.
Winter’s frosting provides highlights as a lone leaf sits cradled among the grasses still holding onto to yellow hues.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is critically important news & not getting the coverage it merits. Read my most recent piece to get the download & understand why this is such a significant development. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Operation Center.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 AM