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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
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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
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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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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 · 1d
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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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.
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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#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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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
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luvundlee.bsky.social
Zwischen Dorf und Deich. ❄️
Between the village and the dike.
#eastcoastkin #trees #tuesdaytrees
Ein Schneebedeckter Weg mit kahlen Bäumen an beiden Seiten unter bewölktem Himmel.
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Male American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)....takes grasshoppers, dragonflies, voles, mice...they're almost everywhere from Alaska and Canada all the way south to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of S. America. #birds #nature #ecology #photo
A palm-sized falcon with a sharp, hooked beak and dark "mustache" stripes on a white face. Males have striking slate-blue wings, a rusty-red back, and a warm buff chest with black spots. They are built for agility, often seen hovering perfectly still in mid-air or perching on wires. Their call is a shrill, rapid "klee-klee-klee." Despite their small size, they are fierce hunters, using UV vision to track prey through open fields. Bold, colorful, and compact.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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dcfitzgerald.bsky.social
Goldens have been called "sunshine in dog form." #dogs #humor #nature #animals
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
cathey.bsky.social
Despite the cold, Mother Nature has blessed us with a sunny patch of #Daffodils. ✨💛🌿 #ColorADay #YellowThu
#Flowers #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #SpringisComing
A yellow daffodil bows its bell-shaped head in the afternoon sun as the green blade-like leaves that surround it on the right cradle a small, fallen twig. The background is a blur of ivy, fallen branches and rusty leaf litter with spots of bokeh in the mix.
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 PM
cathey.bsky.social
Fulton County, Georgia officials are asking what will happen with their data - it's been reported that the FBI took 700 boxes of election data from the facility.
A post from Ed Krassenstein on his X account of Senator Mark Warner speaking about the FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia: BREAKING: Senator Mark Warner reports that the FBI raid in Fulton County has some suddenly suspicious things going on. The FBI head of the field office in Atlanta has suddenly quit or been fired, likely because he didn't think this search warrant was warranted. The US attorney who signed on the search warrant is also from Missouri, not Georgia, which is extremely odd. Meanwhile, Tulsi Gabbard was there, and she's been taking apart the intel community that was in charge of looking at voter interference. Trump is trying to rig the election!
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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amyklobuchar.com
Thank you Bruce Springsteen for “Streets of Minneapolis,” a powerful tribute to Renee Good and Alex Pretti and to the strength of the people of Minnesota.
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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leighw.photos
Wild seas!
So wild that when a rogue wave got me I managed to drop my DJI Osmo Pocket 3 into the water!
Insurance might be employed, it's not at all happy with me...
#Photography #Landscape #Seaside #Coast #Mood #LongExposure #SilentSunday #Sunday #Weekend
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 AM