“Be strong enough to be gentle.” ― Larry Cullen #Photography #CassicMono #BirdOfTheDay #Winter

"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" ~ From ‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot (1871) #Sculpture, mammoth ivory, this carving of a water bird was created c. 33,000 years ago. Found in a cave in Germany, it may be the earliest representation of a bird.

beneath our fragile layers a quiet grace remains a pulse— still beating still loving #photography #innergrace #quietstrength

Eva Roemer

#ThankfulThursday ❄️

“Every instant is a new universe.” ― Joan Tollifson, #Photography #WindowsOnWednesday #ClassicMono #Window #EastCoastKin #Moody #PhotoStory

"Summer Night in the Garden" or "Cottage at Night" by British artist Nicholas Hely Hutchinson.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad to be alive

True. © J. R. R Tolkien

Thankful for tender souls.

"Elegant Woman on a Winter’s Walk", Oil on canvas, 41.2 x 31.1 cm, - Louise Abbéma, French (1858 - 1927) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

‘The Book of Disquiet’ by Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)... #Photography

‘The Poet Reclining.’ #Painting by Marc Chagall (1915) #art

“My poems are more my silence than my speech. Just as music is a kind of quiet. Sounds are needed only to unveil the various layers of silence.” ~ ‘Astonishments: Selected Poems’ by Anna Kamienska (1920-1986) #Photography, Zébulon Rouge.

A Poem for Someone Who Is Juggling Her Life

in the silvered hush of morning mist clouds drift like whispered things— a warm and gentle sun-kissed touch gently lifts the haze on birdsong wings #photography

'When we cultivate the code of kindness, comrades, we find the inner peace place, the sacred soul space of other-centered blessed grace.'

Softness survives by bending, not breaking, by trusting the quiet to carry it through…

Winter woods #trees #woodland #treeclub

5/ and for some that may look very solitary. For me the person I needed to connect with most was myself. The activities that recharged me were often lone activities, putting me in nature and surrounding me with quiet. Rest gave me time to set new boundaries and consider what I needed to recharge.

it doesn't arrive in flames— it seeps in quietly and you find yourself longing for a quiet room where your name isn't spoken where your only company is birdsong sky and whispering trees #liminalpause #quietelsewhere #roomforthought 📷 laura makabresku

#acrylics #acrylicart #abstractartist #abstractexpressionism #abstract #abstractart #acryliconcanvas #art #blueskyartshow #artistonbluesky

#WordlessWednesday #WingsWednesday #WeekDforDramatic #SensoryArt #spots #EastCoastKin #Seagulls #birds #GoldenHour #photography #photographersofbluesky #Florida

Morning light doing what it does best. Slow, golden, and unbothered. I love #sunrises. Photo credit: @madp03t.bsky.social :) #photography #photo #landscapephotography #nature

ESA/Hubble photo of a distant stellar birthplace, region of the N159 star-forming complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 160 000 light-years away. Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Indebetouw Link for more information: esahubble.org/images/potw2...

the sky is there teaching us to reach— our body learning how to thin itself into light something within, beyond remembering we are born of stars and the ground holds our name with every footfall the bones of silent groves still humming beneath our heels

"Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them." ~ William James The Road to Marly-le-Roi 🎨 Alfred Sisley (1875)

A bouquet of kind words, tied with sincerity, placed gently in this moment… #BloomOnPurpose #photography #nature #ArtInNature

..from beautiful hearts.. the musical sound.. of kindness falling like rain.. ..i hear your raindrops.. ©️ -dww #quotes #kind #rain #writer #music #zen #indiesongwriter #songstress #rock #philosophy #nature #musicsky

Looking up #photography, #potd2026, #photoaday, #pad2026-028, #sky, #goldenhour, #trees, #lookingup, #dutchangle

“Compass”, 12x12 inch acrylic on panel

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” — Alice Walker

Artist: Elisabeth Sommerville

David Lloyd Evans (British, b.1916) "Three Swans in Flight," 1945 Pastels on paper 24.5 x 18.5 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Just out of the oven, my first pound cake. Added 🍋 zest for a twist. 4 eggs and 2 sticks of butter...no baking soda or powder, but I think it has a nice lift...👩‍🍳 #baking

From about 10 years ago, sunrise, fog and horse for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #photography Amagansett, NY

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

#StreetArt by #DANK in #Waterford Irland

Let's play some 'difficult' Vivaldi. The Four Seasons - L'estate #streetmusic #vivaldi #classical #fun #music

this. 💯

An unusual cloud shadow (perhaps a crepuscular ray or something similar?) and the more usual—but—beautiful bird silhouettes Sending out warm and peaceful vibes to ya all on this cold harsh day ☀️ cc: @earthskyscience.bsky.social #birds #photography

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." —Carl Jung

Things be a-happening...

William Kurelek (Canadian, 1927–1977) "Balsam Avenue after Heavy Snowfall", 1972. Mixed Media, 59.7 × 60.3 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Fuuka (wip) #ペルソナ3 #persona3 #art