"Textured sunrise" A thin line of explosive warm colors sneaks in through the horizon, underneath a dense cloud cover, only to be filtered by bare trees. #Morning #Sunrise #BlueHour #Photography #Abstract #PhotoHour

The #BlueSkyArtShow theme of this week, #Small, is making me really happy. #Macrophotography is my favorite photography genre! To start really small, here is a Lacewing egg on its stalk. It is barely bigger than a hair. #Insects #Arthropods #Invertebrates #BugSky #SciArt

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"Stalactice" I love nature's ephemeral art, melting snow and ice forming all kinds of shapes and patterns. They only last a few hours, so one must learn to look for them and enjoy them during their brief existence. #Ice #Cold #NaruralArt #BeautyEverywhere #Pattern #Winter #PhotoHour

The colors on the face of the Bufflehead are incredible 🎨👌🏼 📷 Canon 5D Mark III Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Canon EF 1.4x III M, f/8, 1/60, ISO 250, 560mm 1/21/23 Northern Oregon Coast #birds #ornithology #birdphotos #nature 🦉 🪶 🐤 🦜 📸

"Sky Light" Last week's celestial light show, shot from my deck. The sky was partly cloudy, I wasn't sure how it would come out, but in the end, I quite like the little cloud there. #AuroraBorealis #Astronomy #Colors #NaturalWonder #LongExposure #Photography #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Staring contest" Lately, a couple of White-tailed Deer have taken to hanging around my house. They are very cautious and scamper whenever I open the door. That's fine, I'd rather they didn't develop a taste for my garden plants! #Wildlife #Nature #Mammals #Fall #LifeInTheWoods #PhotoHour

"Who goes there?" I met this little guy while watering my potted plants last summer. He was NOT happy with my attempts to take his picture. There, there, lil'buddy, I am duly impressed by your size and attitude. #DefenseMechanism #Herps #Toads #Amphibians #Animals #GardenFriend #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Fallen" Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) tree leaf, among other remnants of summer. #Trees #Leaves #Botany #Forest #Autumn #PhotoHour

"Warm colors geyser" Things are really (extra) depressing here today, so I thought I'd throw a tiny drop of happy colors in this ocean of dark grey. #Flowers #Blooms #BloomScrolling #Hibiscus #SciArt #PhotoHour

The blue hour in Charlevoix, Québec #Evening #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotoHour #StLawrenceRiver #Clouds #LandscapePhotography

#Evening #BlueSkyArtShow

Iiiiiiit's #FlyDay! Enjoy this handsome Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata), chilling on a bell pepper plant leaf. #BugSky #Diptera #Insects #Arthropods #Invertebrates #SciArt #PhotoHour

"At dusk" The blue hour is taking on pinkish shades this evening. #Sunset #BlueHour #Landscape #Waterfront #TravelPhotography #PhotoHour

"Autumn star" This pretty Aster is the last flower to bloom in my yard. The bright lilac-shaded flowers are the only spot of color left in the sad, grey November landscape. #Blooms #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Horticulture #Gardening #PhotoHour

The color palette of #Autumn in its full glory. #BlueSkyArtShow #Foliage #Trees #PhotoHour

One of the joys of #Autumn in these parts is watching the landscape transform with every day. It's like nature is putting out a fireworks finale before the greyness of early winter. #BlueSkyArtShow #Trees #Foliage #Landscape #PhotoHour

#Autumn is really when the Ruffed Grouse's plumage helps it stay safe from predators and hunters. With the background of fallen leaves and its careful gait, it is easy to miss in the landscape. #Birds #BirdSky #Leaves #SciArt #PhotoHour #BlueSkyArtShow

Here is my offering for this #FlyDay, this doozie of a horsefly catching some rays on my deck. Not taken today, obvs, as it is the wettest day of the year around here. #Diptera #Insects #BugSky #Arthropods #Invertebrates #SciArt

A beautiful sunset along the Washington Coast. #photography #art #nature

"Mrs Sparklenose's day out" Rare (for me, at least!) sighting of a Spotted Salamander in broad daylight. What a thrill! I tremendously enjoyed meeting her. #Amphibians #Herps #Urodela #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Chip!" Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) in his "seduction suit" (mating plumage). #Birds #BirdSky #BirdWatching #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Morning glory" At least, we still have mornings like these. Sunrise over the St. Lawrence river on a crisp autumn morning. #Sunrise #Landscape #Morning #WarmAndCool #PhotoHour

#Caturday Nice chap I met while in Dublin. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #TravelCats #PhotoHour

The outside of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia is impressive enough in itself, but nothing can prepare you from what awaits you #Inside it. No words, no photo can adequately do it justice. It is a feeling that must be experienced. #BlueSkyArtShow #TravelPhotography #Barcelona #Spain #PhotoHour

#Inside the inner sanctum of this outwardly unassuming church in the heart of Athens. Stepping in from the bustling street to this peaceful sanctuary was quite the awe-inspiring experience. #BlueSkyArtShow #Spirituality #TravelPhotography #Greece #PhotoHour

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How is "White House demolition" not trending? It seems like something people would care about... No?

"Hardy beauty" I encountered Rock Sea-Spurrey (Spergularia rupicola), a plant native to Europe, during last summer's trip to Ireland. This tiny beauty can thrive in unhospitable environments, an inspiration in these hard times. #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Macrophotography #Botany #SciArt #PhotoHour

#TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #PicMagnets #sunset #photography

"Study in blue" Seagull looking quite regal on its lamp post. Regal or judgy. You decide. #Birds #BirdSky #StraightLines #UrbanWildlife #PhotoHour

AND THE JAYS DID IT!!!!! 🇨🇦

"The Masked Bandit strikes again!" My potted tomatoes have been pillaged by at least one fat racoon. Not "eaten", mind you. The fiend takes a couple of bites from the most perfectly ripe fruit, then leaves the evidence in plain sight. #Gardening #Footprints #AnimalTracks #PhotoHour #UrbanWildlife

If I were you, Mike, I would listen to Wonder Woman.

"Over the rainbow" Pretty waterfall in a Dublin park, with a rainbow at the bottom. #Water #LongExposure #TravelPhotography #Ireland #PhotoHour

MAGA is really embarrassing itself with trying to convince the American public that “Antifa,” as they describe, it is a real threat. GOP leaders spent last week claiming the No Kings protests would be fonts of radical terror. They should be forced to answer for that for the foreseeable future, imo.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

"To the sky" The Piazza San Marco in Venice is a study in #Vertical lines, with the Campanile as its central axis. Add to that the church steeples, the Lion on its column and, as a finishing touch, the flag mast from the ship the photo was taken from. #BlueSkyArtShow #TravelPhotography #PhotoHour

"Woodblock" I took his photo of a Cormorant perched in a dead tree in Ueno Park, Tokyo. It looks like a japanese woodblock print to me, which seems appropriate. Minimal edits, the cloudy sky produced a perfect white backdrop! #BlueSkyArtShow #Vertical #Birds #Japan #PhotoHour #TravelPhotography

"Sweet tooth" Ant foraging on flower head. #Insects #Arthropods #Invertebrates #BugSky #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Fluffy but not cuddly" Wooly aphids are not exactly welcome visitors in my yard, but they are distant third menace, after the Mammoth-sized aphids that suck on my Lupins and, my personal nemesis, the ones that pile up on my Bell Pepper plants. #Hemiptera #Insects #Arthropods #Invertebrates #BugSky

Agreed.

When the setting sun makes the clouds #glow like a raging fire. #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunset #Dramatic #Rural #Landscape #PhotoHour

Feeling the #glow of the waning #autumn sun. #BlueSkyArtShow #sun #warm #autumnleaves #PhotoHour

Here's a nice yellow (Imperial?) moth for #Mothober. #Moths #Lepidoptera #Insects #Arthropods #Invertebrates #BugSky #SciArt #PhotoHour

"Hanging loose" Orb weaver waiting for action in a sunny greenhouse. #Spiders #Arachnids #Arthropods #Invertebrates #Macrophotography #BugSky #SciArt #PhotoHour