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Susan Cushing
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#EastCoastKin Arts Collective member
#BlueBrew Coffeehouse Host
Relentless arts and photography advocate. Eclectic and inveterate sharer. Retired arts administrator. Former dancer. Occasional quilter. Bookish. ♎️
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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 4h
Good Morning friends! Happy #Tuesday! How are you?🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EST here & ☁️. I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee for the community. Who’d like a cup? ☕️

In any case, please do stop by & say hello; perhaps chat, like, & share posts! 👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EST 😊

#EastCoastKin
a cup of coffee with a spoon in it is sitting on a tiled counter .
Alt: Coffee is being poured into a bottomless cup!
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learls.bsky.social
To slip the bonds of Earth
and fly on white wings...

Wishing you a wonderful #Twosday !

#BirdOfTheDay #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #AnimalArtTuesday #SensoryArt #lines #EastCoastKin #SnowyEgrets #birds #photography #photographersofbluesky #Florida
Two Snowy Egrets fly together, one chasing the other, just above the steel gray bars and wooden planks of a pier extending from the lower right corner to left upper upper mid-ground. Below the pier are black and gray boulders in the lower left. Above the pier is the gray Atlantic Ocean and a commercial fishing boat under a hazy blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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artmyoldfriend.bsky.social
“Automne dans la Baie” by Christian Bergeron
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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artmyoldfriend.bsky.social
“Falling Leaves” by Christian Bergeron
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
sdcushing.bsky.social
Had to share this, from J*adore Magritte @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social :
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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thecraigmancometh.bsky.social
The first rays of light

#photography #naturephotography #landscape
Bright orange cypress foliage glows in the first rays of light, leaning over calm water that carries the reflection of the trees and supports a thin veil of mist.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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billkoechling.bsky.social
cut onion
© 2018 William Koechling
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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billkoechling.bsky.social
four apples
© 2018 William Koechling
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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nigelstanley.bsky.social
2/5 #Autumn

Here's a late afternoon shot from #WansteadPark - this is the well known bluebell site, Chalet Wood, but it's gorgeous this time of year too.

#photography #goldenhour #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
A serene autumn woodland scene with tall, slender trees creating natural corridors through the forest. The forest floor is completely blanketed in rich brown fallen leaves, while the canopy above displays golden and yellow foliage still clinging to the branches. Late afternoon sunlight filters through the trees from the left, creating warm, dappled lighting that illuminates the textured bark of the trees in the foreground. The composition draws the eye down a natural pathway between the tree trunks, creating depth and perspective in this peaceful deciduous forest setting.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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rumiwhitcher.bsky.social
~Living on the edge~ ☀️🌊💛💙

At low tide in Cornwall, the shore reveals some live gems - shiny blue little mussels and the intricate shells of limpets.

#Bluesky #TidesOutTuesday #shore #coast #nature #photography #sea #shells #moluscs #blue #Cornwall #naturephotography
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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jasonfinkphotography.com
Blue Heron and Red Autumn Leaves
lehighvalleylandscapes.com/featured/blu...

#photography #wildlife #art
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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dwbliss.bsky.social
For #rockinTuesday, ocean rocks just before sunrise
“Water, rocks, sky”

Tag spam: #photography #landscape #seascape #scape
#EastCoastKin #westCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky
Water, rocks, sky. Copyright dwbliss.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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krantzj.bsky.social
The Pleiades and Uranus from Nov 22. A clean and labeled image. More in alt. #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #ThePleiades #Pleiades #Uranus #Planets #Taurus
The Pleiades on the left with Uranus on the right as a blue dot. Taken with a Nikon Z5 and a 150mm lens with 60 sec exposures tracked with MoveShootMove Nomad. Processed in PixInsight with 49 out of 62 frames used. This images labels various object using the plate solver script in PixInsight. It is easier to find Uranus here.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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headbaby.com
The pod is dressed in winter’s veil,
A crown of fluff, a silent tale.
It doesn’t mourn the bloom it lost,
It celebrates the coming frost.

A star-shaped seed pod with feathery filaments glows against a dark backdrop, capturing quiet beauty and the moment before dispersal.

#photography
A dried seed pod or flower head hangs suspended from a slender, slightly curved branch against a deep, shadowed background. The central structure is brown and star-shaped, with a rough, textured surface that hints at its former vitality. Surrounding it is a halo of delicate, feathery white filaments that radiate outward in a near-perfect circle. These filaments resemble the pappus of a dandelion, each one fine and wispy, catching subtle light and creating a soft glow that contrasts with the darkness behind. The composition is both intricate and ethereal, with the filaments appearing almost weightless as they extend from the core. The image captures a moment of stillness and transition, evoking themes of dispersal, decay, and quiet resilience in nature’s cycle. The interplay of light and shadow emphasizes the fragile beauty of the subject, making it feel both intimate and expansive.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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neilpitchford.bsky.social
Ben Lomond light. Sometimes a single point of light can make an image.

#throughmyeyes #benlomond #landscape #mountains #scotland #nikonzf
Brief light above Ben Lomond was enough for me to take this image.
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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nadinthomson.co.uk
Three grams of fluff, zero patience. (Blue Tit, Scotland)

Caught this one this morning... nice performance :) Ballet dancing on a twig!

#bluetit #bird #birding #birdphotography #blaumeise
a small bird with a blue head, white face and yellow tummy seems to be dancing on a twig
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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thecraigmancometh.bsky.social
Can't just paddle by a tree without a capture. A mid-lake tupelo anticipating the warmth of the morning sun.

#photography #naturephotography #landscape
A lone tree stands in silhouette against rising light of pre-dawn. Bare branches reflect in the smooth surface of the lake. A soft gradient of orange and violet glows along the horizon, casting faint light across the water.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Reddish Egret
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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landsil.net
#AlwaysCarryaCameraWithYou

📷 #FujiFilm #X-T5
🔭XF18-135mm

#Photography #GoldenHour
Old style brick house with two big chimneys bathed in golden light.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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rjrock.bsky.social
“Tideglass”

Low tide scatters blue ice across the black sand as the surf lifts and breaks against drifting jade.

#TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Iceland #DiamondBeach #Fujifilm
The photo shows large, blue-green chunks of glacial ice sitting in the shallow surf of Iceland’s Diamond Beach. Waves wash around the ice in long, soft streaks, with one wave breaking against a big chunk and sending a faint plume of spray upward. In the foreground, smaller, crystal-clear ice pieces rest on black volcanic sand among scattered smooth stones. The sky is dramatic—heavy gray clouds layered with warm pink and orange light from the rising or setting sun, with distant mountains along the horizon. The scene blends opposites: cold ancient ice against warm sky, stillness against motion. It feels like a moment caught between tides, when the shoreline reshapes itself with every passing wave.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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rovingrollo.bsky.social
@robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme it is #HangingAround, which is 'Birds at Unusual Angles'

Greater Spotted Woodpecker, our garden in #EastAnglia, UK. January 2025

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
A female woodpecker hanging from the bottom of a fat ball feeder. The low, winter sunshine adds warmth to the image.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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billthoo.bsky.social
Adventures with an Anamorphic lens

The Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Fesitval
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A7rV + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic x1.6

#Photography
#Anamorphic
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Anamorphic vertical panoramic photo of the Ebisukō fireworks festival.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Focus and commitment of the Osprey...
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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dmimaging.bsky.social
Size of your rocks. 😳😬
Good morning Tuesday.
Big honking rock at Taylor Reservoir, Cottonwood Pass, between Buena Vista and Crested Butte.
#colorado
#rockintuesday
#photography
#eastcoastkin
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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oleadam.bsky.social
A magnificent swan in the rays of the morning sun #Bradford #birdphotography #landscapephotography #photography
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM