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Photo57 • AndreaM 🍁
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Photographer. Artist. Seeking nature’s peace, and capturing the beauty of everyday life. #CanadaStrong #TeamCanada 🍁🇨🇦
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December 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar
Dec. 13
A male common grackle in mid display trying to impress the females.
I think he may have achieved peak iridescence!
#Birds #photography #wildlife
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A male common grackle in a spruce tree displaying. His feathers are ruffled out and show vivid iridescent purple, blue and bronze colours!
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13.
’The Raven Tree’... water colour, ink and digital art.
A Christmas tree decorated with gold and blue ornaments, and a red ribbon at the top. A raven holding a gold ornament in its beak, and wearing a red Santa hat, sits at the upper R of the tree.
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12.
’Woodland Visit’... water colour, ink and digital art.
Two magpies, one perched on tree stump on R of image, second standing on ground to L of tree stump. Behind, are 3 Christmas trees decorated in black ribbon with white and gold beads.
December 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Louie enjoying a little improv with my son 😁
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11.
Trying something new, combining photography with digital art.
Snow covered red ornament hanging on a spruce tree. Red bow at top, and a white breasted nuthatch peeking down from the upper R.
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Ha, ha! Someone sent me this ‘Is your dog on the naughty or nice list?’. Merlin was concerned he wasn’t on the list at all, but I assured him Santa has an updated ‘nice’ list with his name on it. Louie, unfortunately, has been correctly placed on the list, and seems to be OK with it 😂
Two dachshunds sitting on grey sofa. Black/tan coloured (Louie) on L, tan coloured (Merlin) on R. Santa’s list of dog names split into naughty (L) and nice (R).
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10.
’In the Silence of the Night’... digital art.
Three differently shaped snowflakes, in shades of blue and pink, falling in a snowy night sky.
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9. Just like the weather we’re having here tonight... ‘Snowy Night’ (digital art).
A Christmas tree in falling snow, decorated with red flowers and black ribbon with red beads. A snowy owl sits at the top R of the tree.
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8.
’Pine Siskin in a Tree’... water colour, ink and digital art.
A Christmas tree decorated with round green, blue and gold ornaments. Star on top of the tree; and a pine siskin (with holly on it’s head), sitting in the upper half of the tree on the R.
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Colourful sunset, making up for short days. Sunset at 4:14pm today.
Orange coloured sunset seen over snowy house rooftops, and between 2 spruce trees (black lamppost in front of tree on R).
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7.
’The Singing Tree’... digital art.
A Christmas tree decorated with red ornaments and ribbon. The ribbon has music notes attached to it, and a red-winged blackbird sits, singing at the very top tip of the tree.
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6.
’Santa’s Hat’... watercolour/ ink/ & digital art.
Christmas tree topped with Santa’s red hat. A chickadee sits on tree ribbon to the lower right of the tree.
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Joining into the #ArtAdventCalendar a bit late with a new little piece that will be in the annual Postcard Show at Portland's Brassworks Gallery!

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Mixed media on card, 4 x 6"
#collage #art #BskyArt #artists #PDXArt #ArtLovers #Owl #OwlArt #ArtYear #ArtOnBlueSky
Collage of an abstract owl made with found and hand-painted papers.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5.
‘Partridge in a Pear Tree'... watercolour & digital art.
Christmas tree made of green leaves and yellow pears topped with holly. Partridge sitting at the top to the tree on the L. Mouse on the ground looking up, under the tree on L.
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Along for the ride, and some people watching.
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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☹️ So much wet snow falling earlier today and 2˚c. No problem when it’s spring and melts quickly. But... being December, the temp has now dropped to -7˚c (-15˚c with windchill) and EVERYWHERE is now a skating rink 😒
Wet, slushy snow covered street and boulevards. Slush and puddles on sidewalk.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4.
An owl ornament for the tree... watercolour/ ink/ & digital art.
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3.
‘Winter Night’... an older watercolour/ ink/ & digital piece.
Snow falling, night scene. Snowman in black top hat and striped blue/white scarf seen lower L. Full moon upper L. Large tree with curled brown branches on R of image, with owl, wings outstretched, flying below the lower L tree branches.
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Family walk on a grey, snowy afternoon.
Man wearing black jacket & bluejeans, at centre of image, walking away from camera with 2 dogs (black one on L, tan on R). Shrubs seen on both sides of snowy path (and snow currently falling). Houses in background. Trees seen on both sides of a snowy path (and snow currently falling). Black lamppost seen on R of path, at centre of image. Tall condos also seen on far R.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2.
‘Visitors’... from a few years ago. Watercolour/ ink/ digital.
Art drawing/painting. A snowman wearing a striped blue, green and white scarf and tuque. Snowman has 2 brown, branched arms, with a magpie sitting on the tip of its R arm, and 2 red cardinals sitting on its L arm. Two blue/green trees behind snowman with looped blue lines and silver/white, gold and pale green ball decorations.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Came across this coyote and his magpie friends, as I walked my dogs around the pond this afternoon. Thankfully, it was headed in the opposite direction to hunt, but it turned to look at us as Merlin decided to give it a low, deep growl 😬
A coyote walking away from the camera, crossing a frozen, snow covered pond. Two magpies seen, one flying directly above the coyote, the other to its R. Reeds, bushes and trees seen at back of pond (a few tree branches also seen in foreground) A coyote standing on a frozen, snow covered pond, turned, looking towards the camera. Reeds, bushes and trees seen in background. A coyote walking away from the camera, looking towards the R. Reeds, bushes and trees seen immediately behind the coyote. Snow covered ground. A hunting coyote walking towards the R of the image, through bushy/treed area, on snow covered ground. Golden coloured reeds and edge of pond in foreground. Three magpies seen sitting in the trees above the coyote.
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1.
A watercolour & ink piece I did a few years ago:
‘Keeping an Eye on the Christmas Tree’.
Abstract watercolour and ink art. Green/blue Christmas tree on L with gold/white ball decorations and looped black lines. Taller blue tree on R, with swirled black lines and ladder shapes; eyeball with lashes hanging at bottom L of blue tree.
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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The last couple minutes of the setting sun, casting an orangey glow to the upper branches of a tree, on this last day of November 2025.
Sunset casting orangey glow on upper branches of a tree, seen against a blue sky, with a few scattered white clouds.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Cold air, vibrant sunsets, and short days as we get closer to winter solstice. Sun currently setting at 4:19pm.
Last bit of light from the setting sun, casting an orangey glow on a snow covered house rooftop and dormer window. Windows seen below rooftop on L of image. Snowy pine tree lower centre of image. Branched tree seen to R of image. Snow covered residential street scene. Yellow and blue houses with grey fences on L, 6 story red condo building behind. Lamp posts lining street. Orange sunset sky seen at end of street, on L. Tree branches also seen on L. Chimney smoke from condo roof glowing orange from the sunset. Bright orange and yellow sunset clouds seen over snowy rooftops. Snow covered spruce tree on left.
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM