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Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

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I love to ramble/explore with camera in hand, both near and far; back roads are the best. Sharing beauty from around the world.
All photos are mine, unless reposted.
Motto: Take the day you are given and find the beauty in it! ✈️🚗📸

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Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

#RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #photography

Black rocks in a stream with blurred water movement that has a blue cast to it

December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #photography #PNW #MtRainier

Mt Rainier in the background with a lake and scattered houses ( and trees) in the foreground

December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

#trees are some of my very most #FavoriteThings #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography

A beautiful tree with green leaves beside a body of water

December 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM

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Jos Buurmans | New Zealand

@josbuurmans.bsky.social

Rapids to Mount Taranaki - Taranaki, NZ.

Golden-purple evening light bathes the river as it rushes over smooth rocks, guiding the eye toward the majestic Mount Taranaki. A tranquil moment where the movement of water meets the still grandeur of the mountain.

#photography #landscape #newzealand

December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

Old #barns are some of my #FavoriteThings to photograph #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin

An old weathered barn on a winter's day (traces of snow in the background hills)

December 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM

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Anna B.

@bornforart.bsky.social

Wings Bound for the Purple Sun
#Art #nature #AfricanSavanna #Flamingo

December 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM

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Pauline

@paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social

Another one of my favourite drawings from this year for both #artAdventCalendar and #Blueskyartshow #FavoriteThings 💛

I think it also might be the one i have been working on over the longest period of time 🌱

#artyear #art #caturday #catsky #pigeonsky

A digital drawing showing a house front with six large windows and some ivy growing between them. Inside the windows, cats are engaging in different activities in front of differently designed backgrounds. On the left side of the house, A cat-mom has just baked cookies in what looks to be a window and her child is lowering something on a line desceding from their window. Next to them, a cat in a straw hat is tending to flowers on their balcony, to the right, an orange cat is balancing in a stool, hanging up a prideflag while her roommate is watching from a bench at the window. On the second row of windows, a small cat is grabbing a red bucket with a "cookies" label that is lowered by their friend while its sister watches from the top of a bunkbed. Next to them a cat looking similar to them is reading in a large book, in a room decorated with stars and a telescope. They also have a foto showing a smiling lucky cat. In the last window a similar looking lucky cat is painting something on an easle.
Between the different windows, small other animals are drawn, with two tiny windows with mice, one hiding and one blowing bubbles and two sparrows and a pigeon sitting on different window frames.

December 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Charles Scott

@magneticred.bsky.social

Hello #BlueSkyArtShow one of my #FavoriteThings is watching a #thunderstorm roll over the #MojaveDesert at #night . #clouds #storm #desert #JoshuaTrees #lightning #stars #landscapephotography #scapes

December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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Katharine Hill

@katharinehillphoto.bsky.social

One of my #favouritethings is walking in the winter woodland.
#BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography #winter

Mist breaks through the trees on a sunny winter's morning lighting the path covered in frost.

December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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maskflowerprince.bsky.social

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social

More for #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings. My favorite leopard. We tracked this beautiful girl for several days. From Sabi Sands, at Kreuger National Park, South Africa. (2019) #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlife #nature #photography #SouthAfrica #Africa #wildlifephotography #leopard #EastCoastKin

December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

A peaceful snowy scene. One of my #FavoriteThings #BlueSkyArtShow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas #EastCoastKin #photography #snow

A horse drawn sleigh in a snowy field surrounded by evergreen trees

December 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

A #RoadTrip to explore new places is definitely one of my #FavoriteThings #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #TravelPhotography

A road curves away in the left corner. Grassy fields on the right, golden shadows in the late sun. A glimpse of water and then soft hills with blue sky beyond.

December 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Photography by Ruth Middlebrook

@rubertofoly.bsky.social

Happier Times. Thinking of #Leavenworth this weekend as everything is shut down due to insane weather in the #PNW #scape Friday #EastCoastKin #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXForXmas

Nighttime. A gazebo lit up with people gathered. Surrounded by festive trees covered with Christmas lights.

December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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Armand Sarlangue

@armandsarlangue.bsky.social

Golden light over infinite dunes in the Empty Quarter, UAE. Near Oman border, last month.

#photography #nature #art #landscape #desert

December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

A favorite haunt. I'm in this spot all the time. Sometimes I have to pick up my jaw. Especially in the fall. This big pool is where the water emerges from the ground like magic. Then it runs for a quarter mile and plunges back underground. Like magic. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #rivers