Took a walk @ the Ringling Museum this morning. These 2 were either doing Tai Chi, or learning traditional dance choreography - I couldn’t tell. They were beautiful to watch though. #StreetPhotography #Foto #CandidPhotography #RinglingMuseum #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Nature #Photographer

Sometimes I wake up and lie still enough to hear a petal drop from the vase of flowers. Sometimes I lie awake and wish there was someone to hear my falling. ~Simon Van Booy #photography #macro #macrophotography #art #photographer #bloomscrolling #macromonday #anemone #photographersofbluesky #foto

We ask ourselves Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? ~Marianne Williamson #Stunday #Photography #ImageAndVerse #BloomScrolling #Flower #Art #Foto #Lily #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Words flow like rivers, over waves of rhyme and rhythm, searching for destinies around blind corners of time #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing #Foto #Art #Macro #MacroPhotography#Bloomscrolling #Lavender #Bokeh #Flower #Photographer

and I feel right at home in this stunning monochrome alone in my way #photography #imageandverse #photographer #Foto #art #photographersofbluesky #bloomscrolling #narcissus #daffodil #flower #classicmono #monochrome

Hands down, the BEST thing about having a smart phone is this daily conversation: Me: Hey Siri! Siri: Mmhmm? Me: Where are you? Siri: I’m here…🎯 *actually finds phone.*😊

Men have called me mad, but the question is not yet settled ~Edgar Allan Poe #Monochrome #Photography #ClassicMono #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #Nature #Flower #Photographer

to the soul made of fire, and the character that bends but does not break... I am ever tender and true. ~Charlotte Bronte #Photography #BloomScrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky #Daffodil #Narcissus #Flower #Foto #Spring #Photographer #Yellow #ImageAndVerse #Art

I live in a country where someone needs to fact check the president BEFORE following one of his orders, or we start ww3 and innocent people die. NO ONE HAS FACT CHECKED THE PRESIDENT SINCE 2024

We have art so that we shall not die of reality. ~Friedrich Nietzsche #Photography #Daffodil #Art #Narcissus #Photographer #Monochrome #classicmono #PhotographersOfBluesky #ImageAndVerse #Foto #BloomScrolling #Stunday

Fresh, #Round Garden Booty. Still wet from last night’s rain. 🥰 #GardenFeed #Photography #Tomatoes #Garden #Food #Veggies #Homegrown #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer #Organic #Art #Cooking #Gardening #Foto

If you in the morning Throw minutes away, You can't pick them up In the course of a day. You may hurry and scurry, And flurry and worry, You've lost them forever, Forever and aye. ~Anna Sewell #Photography #Bee #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #MustLoveBees #Photographer #Nature #BloomScrolling #Macro

Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery #Photography #BloomScrolling #Orchid #Photographer #PhotographersOfBluesky #ImageAndVerse #Art #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #Foto

I find it funny that we judged, even rolled our eyes and laughed at people who watched Kid Rock instead of Bad Bunny, but boast that we watched the alternate SOTU instead of the president, not realizing the similarities in action. America is so Fucked.

“Love” is overestimating the difference between one woman and another. ~George Bernard Shaw #Photography #BloomScrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky #StreetPhotography #Roses #Flowers #Bouquet #Foto #ImageAndVerse #Photographer

It’s a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It’s much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all. ~Sylvia Plath #photography #foto #photographer #art #photographersofbluesky #flower #simple #carnation

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. ~Russell Baker #Photography #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #GoldenHour #Silhouette #Lizard #Photographer #Nature

I still recall the taste of your tears Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore Scraping through my head 'til I don't wanna sleep Anymore ~NIN #Photography #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #Red #Foto #BloomScrolling #Macro

Lyin' in my bed, I hear the clock tick and think of you Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new Flashback, warm nights almost left behind Suitcase of memories Time after… ~Cyndi Lauper #Photography #Macro #MacroPhotography #Close-up #Photographer #foto #Art #Shell #photographersofBluesky

Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside And don't bother leaving the light on ~Fiona Apple #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #Photography #Red #Flower #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #Macro #Art #Photographer #Foto

Words flow like Rivers Through White Waters of Rhythm Crashing into Destines around Blind Corners of Time #Photography #Art #Foto #BloomScrolling #Lily #Poetry #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photographer #ImageAndverse

Remember kids, “taking someone out” could mean anything from food, to dating, to murder- so be careful when someone says they want to “take you out tonight!”😉 #HappyValentine’sDay #Photography #Flower #Rose #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer #Foto #Art #BloomScrolling #Gothic #Dark

Refurbished an old table top fountain today. Succulents were on sale at the local succulent garden down the street- I couldn’t resist. Now I feel like a crafty green goddess. Lol #Crafting #Succulents #Plants #UpCycle #art

After these next 3 years are done and gone and over, I swear, I NEVER want to hear the word “Unpresidented,” ever again.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood #Photography #Close-up#PhotographersOfBluesky #Mushrooms #Earth #MicroPhotography #Macro #Photographer #ImageAndVerse #Foto #Art

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~Shakespeare #photography #nature #foto #art #imageandverse #photographer #photographersofbluesky #bee #mustlovebees #bloomscrolling

Tell me what your heart wants Such a simple thing My heart is like paper Yours is like a flame ~Ray Lagmontagne #Photography #Bloomscrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer #Nature #Bee #Sunshine #Foto #Art #ImageAndVerse #Macro #MacroPhotography

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…. #photography #bloomscrolling #sunshine #sunlight #foto #photographersofBlueSky #photographer #art #imageandverse

Narrated by a present day Englishman, an Englishman of Yesteryear speaks through the ages and across the oceans, for America Today. #politics #america #Shakespeare #monologue

And if we all could spread a little #Sunshine All could think before we strike We all would be a little closer To the world we'd like ~Pippen #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomGrowing #MustLoveBees #Bee #Photography #Nature #Photographer #Foto #Art #ImageAndVerse

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. ~Elie Wiesel #sunlight #blueskyartshow #bloomscrolling #photography #imageandverse #art #foto #photographersofbluesky #photographer #morninglight

Downtown camera meanderings. Ran into this sweet homeless (unhoused? Between rooves?) guy. Great conversation. Why do I instantly feel safer w/ the homeless people in srq than I do w/ anyone who “wants my number & to buy me a drink?”🤨 #streetphotography #classicmono #portrait #urbanphotography

Yours is the light by which my spirit's born- you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars. ― E.E. Cummings #Photography #art #Foto #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #Photographer #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Flower #PhotographersOfBluesky #LightandShadow

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure; it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. ~Marianne Williamson #Photography #BloomScrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer #Art #Classicmono #Monochrome #ImageAndVerse

What do people see in me on the first impression? Can they still see what I was until not long ago? Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark? ~David Grossman #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #Art #Photographer #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Foto #LightAndShadow

I am a work in progress dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding. ~Ani DiFranco #yellow #macro #foto #art #photographer #bloomscrolling #photography #lightandshadow #photographersofbluesky #macrophotography

Light up the night, wild one. Your smile is going to save someone' s life. - Erin Van Vuren #macro #macrophotography #classicmono #monochrome #photographer #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #art #photography #foto #photographersofbluesky

All I heard was an unearthly silence Apart from the violence, explode in my head Where all at once was this moment of beauty No more since it slew me, no never again, again, again ~Flogging Molly #imageandverse #stunday #photographersofbluesky #photography #bloomscrolling #mustlovebees #bee #art

A day once dawned and it was beautiful A day once dawned from the ground Then the night she fell and the air was beautiful The night she fell all around ~Nick Drake #clouds #blueskyartshow #Photography #Nature #Sunset #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer#foto

There's somethin' happenin' here But what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there A-tellin' me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down ~Buffalo Springfield #BlueskyArtShow #Sky #Clouds #USA #MonoChrome #ClassicMono

I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness. — E.E. Cummings #photography #foto #imageandverse #macrophotography #closeup #nature #flower #bloomscrolling #photographer #yellow #art #macro #photographersofbluesky

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore. ~Edgar Allan Poe #ImageAndVerse #Photography #MacroPhotography #Macro #Nature #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. ~Russell Baker #photography #bloomscrolling #art #photographersofbluesky #foto #photographer #imageandverse #flowers

Greed is for amateurs. Disorder, chaos, anarchy—now that’s fun! ~The Crow #Macro #Macrophotography #Photography #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Foto #ImageandVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #Photographer #Nature

“To be a Republican, we certainly shouldn’t say they’re all Racist, but if you’re Racist, you probably are a Republican.” ~Bill Maher

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities. ~Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki #MacroPhotography #Macro #MonochromeMonday #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #Photographer #imageandverse #Bloomscrolling #Foto

Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself. ~Virginia Woolf #photography #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #stunday #art #photographersofbluesky #foto #photographer

In a City of Cold Calculation, In a World of Subversive Intent, Home is where the Heart Resides, Even as it's Beaten and Dies, In those that Walk beside Me, By those that have Run Away. #Photography #ImageandVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky #dark #BloomScrolling #Art #poetry #Photographer #Foto

So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. ~Peter Pan (TGIF, BlueSky! 😁) #Bee #mustlovebees #macro #photographer #foto #art #nature #macrophotography #closeup #photographersofbluesky #photography #imageandverse

Dwell on the beauty of life. ~Marcus Aurelius #photography #bloomscrolling #bee #mustlovebees #foto #Imageandverse #macro #photographer #art #nature #macrophotography #photographersofbluesky