But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win; for if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in. ~Tim Burton #Photography #Monochrome #BlueskyShow #Sharp #StokesAster #Foto #Art #nativeplant #ClassicMono #Native #macrophotography #Flower #GardenSky #macro #ImageAndVerse

Sometimes it’s the very people that no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine. ~The Imitation Game #BloomScrolling #Macro #StokesAster #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #art #Flower #NativeFlower #NativePlant #Native #GardenSky #Homegrown #Garden #MacroPhotography

In my carefree poverty I squander rhymes and love songs like a lord. When it comes to dreams and visions and castles in the air, I've the soul of a millionaire ~La Bohème #Photography #StreetPhotography #monochrome #ClassicMono #imageandverse #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #UrbanPhotography #scape

Not too shabby for someone who’s never made bread before (I know, I know- I’m late to the band wagon). Still, I’m proud of this one; she’s infused w/ herbs straight from my garden, too! She’s cooling, so I haven’t cut in to her yet. Still…😁 #Homemade #Bread #baking #Blueskybaking #IMadeThis #food

Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call. ~Sylvia Plath #Rose #BloomScrolling #Dying #Photography #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky #Nature #Art #ECK #Macro #MacroPhotography

Here she comes again W/ her eyes like flames Yes, & her silk-like skin She can't keep no rhythm & I can't count no time She's the best thing that I have seen In this joint tonight ~Ray LaMontagne #Sunset #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Seascape #BeachLife #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky

All right, who’s gonna let the cat out of the bag?😏 #Photography #Cat #Caturday #PhotographersOfBluesky #AnimalPhotography #PetPhotography #OrangeTabby #ECK #Foto #Art #Photographer

Let me lie, let me die on thy snow-coloured bosom, I would eat of thy flesh as of delicate fruit, I am drunk of its smell, and the scent of thy tresses Is as flame that devours ~George Moore #BloomScrolling #Photography #Rose #Flower #art #ECK #ImageAndVerse #Macro #photographersofBluesky

If I’m ever known as “The One Who Got Away,” it’ll be from an Asylum. ~Anon #Photography #photographer #NativePlant #Native #Flower #BloomScrolling #Nature #Garden #MyGarden #Homegrown #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK #Art #MacroMonday #Stokesaster

So let go, yeah, let go, just get in Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright 'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown #Photography #art #macro #MacroPhotography #foto #Flower #ECK #Art #Photographer #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBluesky

I think perhaps I will always hold a candle for you – even until it burns my hand. And when the light has long since gone, I will be there in the darkness holding what remains, quite simply because I cannot let go. ~Ranata Suzuk #Photography #BloomScrolling #Stunday #Nature #PhotographersOfBluesky

Every creature is better alive than dead, men & moose & pine trees, & he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. ~Henry David Thoreau #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Squirrel #PhotographersOfBluesky #AnimalPhotography #AnimalPortrait #Photographer #ECK

This day is brought to you by the letters F and U, the number 2, and the word "Volatile" And it's only just begun... (actually it started closer to 4 AM… Which is part of the problem🤬)

You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough. ~George Edward Moore #Photography #Bloomscrolling #QueenOfTheNight #ECK #Photograher #Flower #Cactus #Foto #ImageAdverse #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky Q

So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land! ~J.M. Barrie #QueenOfTheNight #Flower #Cactus #Magic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #Art #Nature #ImageAndVerse #Eck

Dost dream of things beyond the moon, and dost thou hope to dwell there soon? ~Anne Bradstreet #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #PhotographersofBluesky #QueenOfTheNight #Art #Photographer #ImageAndVerse #Foto #eck #Flower #Cactus #Nature

I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget ~Erin Van Vuren #Photography #BloomScrolling #QueenOfTheNight #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #ImageAndVerse #ECK #photographer #Flower #Cactus

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright, Meet in her aspect and her eyes ~Lord Byron #Photography #QueenOfTheNight #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #Photographer #Macro #eck #MacroPhotography #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky #Foto

Behold, The President of the United States of America:

They call me Mellow Yellow…🎶 #AnimalPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK #naturephotography #Foto #Photographer #Art #Yellow #Photography #Turtle #Nature

As Above, so Below; as Below, so Above. So Mote it Be. #Nature #Photography #Monochrome #Blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Bird #Heron #Reflection #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky

the Empty Vessel infused by a Rainbow’s Inspiration as hearts get torn Open by the Muse's seduction Muse & Mage Ravaging each other with Lustful Abandon birthing Creation Until the Muse has her Fill for we are simple Playthings One & All ~Me #Photography #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #macro

I remember, I remember when I lost my mind… There was something so pleasant about that place, Even your emotions have an echo, in so much space ~Gnarles Barkley #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #Art #Foto #ImageAndVerse #Photography #MacroPhotography #Macro #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Hibiscus

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars ~Tom Waits #Photography #monochrome #ClassicMono #Dandelion #PhotographersOfBluesky #Growth #BlueskyArtShow #Wishful #Art #Nature #Flower #Photographer #Foto #imageandverse

If Springtime crawls out of the wild mouths of flowers, then surely, Winter crawls out of mine. ~Cecilia Llompart #Photography #BloomScrolling #art #Flower #Photographer #PhotographersOfBluesky #ImageAndVerse #Foto

I'd rather let my heart turn black, my body ache, my mind collapse, than spend a single minute with those of which I can't relate, with a stranger behind a familiar face. ~Anon #Photography #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographer #Monochrome #Macro #Rose #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse

Apropos of nothing, except speaking of nostalgia, I was just texted this image from… 20 years ago or more? Just me & a well known movie/stage actress (if you’ve seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith, you’ve seen her on the big screen)😉 – who is also, coincidentally, my ex sister-in-law’s sister. #flashbackfriday

Followed my feet on adventure yesterday. Like Alice In Wonderland, I ended up in a place (European Market) I’ve never been before. Found my childhood. White Rabbits Not Included… sadly. #Nostalgia #Chocolate #iykyk #Childhood #Memories #Croatia

Squint your eyes and look closer, I’m not between you and your ambition. I am a poster girl with no poster- I am 32 flavors and then some. ~Ani Difranco #Photography #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #BlacknWhite #Lily #Nature

Strange as angels Dancing in the deepest oceans Twisting in the water You're just like a dream Just like a dream ~The Cure #Photography #Monochrome #ClassicMono #flower #Hibiscus #Nature #Art #Foto #ImageAndVerse #Macro #Macrophotography #blackandwhite #PhotographPhotographersOfBluesky

Find the edges, before you forget the shape of your very own life. ~Anon #Photography #Monochrome #BloomScrolling #Nature #Lily #Flower #Whimsy #Photographer #Art #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BlacknWhite #Foto #photographersofBluesky

For those who have experienced the joy of being alone w/ nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty & eternity that come, suddenly, & all unexpected. ~Jane Goodall #nature

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. ~Walt Whitman #Flower #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #Art #Nature #ImageAndVerse #Foto

You rhapsodize about beauty, and my eyes glaze. Everything that I love is ugly. I mean really, you would be amazed. ~Ani Difranco #Macrophotography #Macro #Photography #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #Moth #Nature #Decay #Death #Monochrome #MacroMonday #ClassicMono #Photographer

I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley #Photography #Monochrome #StunDay #ClassicMono #PhotographersOfBluesky #Tulip #Flower #art #Photographer #ImageAndVerse #Foto #BloomScrolling

The things you find for sale on the streets these days… (quite the steal- only $1500🤨) #StreetPhotography #Pup #Dog #Photography #PuppyPortrait #PetPortrait #Portrait #blueeyes #lightandshadow #Frenchie #urban #FrenchBulldog #PhotographersOfBluesky #urbanphotography #Art

So for those of you who don’t live in the States, and are wondering how we’re doing over here, here’s a spot-on synopsis of the past couple of years:

Alright this gave me a much needed chuckle. 😏

This administration is making me agoraphobic. Also, I think I need to plant more flowers asap. #mustlovebees #bees #nature #politics #america #news #headline #beekeeping #pollinators

And god help you if you are a phoenix And you dare to rise up from the ash A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy While you are just flying past ~Ani Difranco #Photography #Art #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #Macro #ImageAndVerse #Photographer #Flower #MacroPhotography

Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears. ~Tom Waits #ImageAndVerse #Photography #Flower #BloomScrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photographer #Tulip #Art #TomWaits #Foto

Are you forever looking back at the past, between the cracks? Inventing sense when none is at, throwing sparks into the black ~Depeche Mode #Monochrome #Photography #ClassicMono #Tulip #BloomScrolling #Flower #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #Photographer #ImageAndVerse #TulipTuesday

I think perhaps I will always hold a candle for you – even until it burns my hand. And when the light has long since gone, I will be there in the darkness holding what remains, quite simply because I cannot let go. ~Ranata Suzuki #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse

In my carefree poverty I squander rhymes and love songs like a lord. When it comes to dreams and visions and castles in the air, I've the soul of a millionaire. ~La Bohème #Photography #Tulip #Flower #BloomScrolling #Macro #Art #PhotographersOfBluesfy #Macro #ImageAndVerse #Stunday #MacroPhotography

People have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky #ImageAndVerse #Stunday #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Photography #Foto #Rose #flower #BloomScrolling #Photographer #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky

You are a guest of Nature - Behave. ~Friedensreich Hundertwasser #Nature #Photography #Tortoise #Friend #Art #Animal #Photographer #Foto #PhotographersOfBluesky

Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and everything you do… ~Coldplay #Photography #Art #PhotographersOfBluesky #eck #Flower #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #Coldplay #Foto #Nature

& 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 (Dedicated to the bit…Woman in the Walmart parking lot who snapped at me for existing today) #Photography #Art #Bloomscrolling #peace #PhotographersOfBluesky

Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie. -Shakespeare #PhotographersOfBluesky #Bloomscrolling #art #photography #ClassicMono #Macro #MacroPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ImageAndVerse #Shakespeare #Flower

Oh don't talk of love, the shadows purr Murmuring me away from you Don't talk of worlds that never were The end is all that's ever true ~The Cure #ImageAndVerse #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #Art #Foto #MonochromeMonday #ClassicMono #Photographer #BlackAndWhite #BloomScrolling