A wet desert lily flowering with a grand view while storm clouds are moving in from the west this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Good morning! 🪶

From our family to yours, merry Christmas! We hope your day is filled with good people and good food.

Here’s my parents’ cat Purrcy taking his present to go.

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating! Best wishes from me and this tiny bundle of joy and feathers who reminds us to appreciate the little things

A little holiday humor. 😺❤️💚

We live in turbulent times and we can't predict what might happen in 2026, but we can all aim to be kind, tolerant, honest and decent human beings. Hope all of you have a great Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. #HolidayRobin #birds #EastCoastKin #Christmas p.s. - feed the birds ☺️

Wishing everyone who celebrates, a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season to those that celebrate other festivities! My heartfelt thanks to all of you that chose to follow my work and provide me with encouragement along the way! May peace be with you!

I got this card for a family member and since it’s so cute, thought I’d share it with my BlueSky friends too.🥰 I hope you’ve all had a wonderful day!✨✨✨ Card by artist Scott Church

I know I'm supposed to represent Christmas but is there no privacy anywhere?? Even when I'm taking a bath? Happy Christmas everyone #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography

Home for Christmas Maud Lewis c. 1958

Hope everyone is having a safe, healthy and happy holiday season! This is my #Contrast #BirdoftheDay post. A Northern mockingbird sits in a flowering bush. #PalmSprings #Nature #Photography

Female Lineated Woodpecker at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #woodpeckers #nature

Merry Christmas Eve 🎄 🪶

However you spend your days ahead I wish you calm, peace and joy! 📷🕊️ ….

⚠️ Photosensitivity caution But wait, there's more! One last video from the 2025 Blossoms of Light festival. #SensoryArt #Moments #Stunday #VideoVignette 📽 White Wonderland, Home for the Holidays (Epidemic Sound)

Wishing my friends here the happiest of holidays! ✨✨✨

Over the days ahead and into the new year, wishing you an open door to warmth and friendship. Thank you for sharing #food #gardens #flowers and #fun

For my final #ArtAdventCalendar entry: a mighty feast with family and friends. I pity any poor fish cruising by beneath this pelican clan, on the Red River just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. #birds

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec. 23 Crossbills love spruce and pine seeds. In the winter, when the trees are loaded with cones, flocks of crossbills will sometimes arrive in our area. This male White-winged Crossbill has plucked a spruce cone and is very focused on getting out all the seeds! #Birds 🪶

I’m not in #PlayadelCarmen #Mexico this year, but I thought I’d pass along the joy I feel when I look at this photo-taken on Christmas Day a few years back. Wishing you Happy Holidays, friends💙 #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #SensoryArt #Joy #EastCoastKin #photography #photographersofbluesky

We’re in the busiest time of the year for food pantries — and the combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.

Christmas tree ornaments, PNW style. Dozens of Bald Eagles adorn a tree along the Skookumchuck River in Washington State. 📸Conley Photography

🎶 Snow is falling all around us, children playing having fun. Just trying to leave those who celebrate it in the holiday spirit. To anyone else doing Christmas shopping today. Good luck!!! 🤞 #photography #snow #Ireland #EastCoastKin

The Catmas tree is now up and purring. 🎄🐾

A little Christmas purr for you. 🐾🎄🤍

It's national Robins day on the winter solstice December 21st shortest day of the year. A beautiful Robin singing on this day.

Bird Of The Day - (Quiet Moments) Robin on the bird feeder... Galway, Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #QuietMoments #Robin #HolidayRobin #FestiveRobin #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #BirdingIreland #Birding #NaturePhotography #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

I think I will wear my Epstein files T-shirt today.

Thought this made a nice Christmas pic. Happy holidays! ❄️

Golden hour in the forest. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Nature #GoldenHour #Dublin #Ireland

Felt compelled to post a dove as a sign of hope. We are all connected. Please don’t give up hope. 🕊️ “White Dove” by Mary Gregory

A happy Heron on the top of a tall tree for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #QuietObservers 📷 🪶 💙 Sorry I've been quiet for a little while... hope everyone is keeping well 🕊️👋

Sunrise on frozen #LakeMichigan and #LittleTraverseBay #PalacesandGardens #WinterWonderland #ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #goldenhour #snowscape #snow #photography #photographersofbluesky #Michigan

Trump's face droops as he struggles to stay awake during another on-camera event

I'm always thrilled when I see a beautiful female Northern Cardinal--especially in the snow! This one is particularly spectacular, don't you think? 🧡❤️🧡 #Cardinal #CentralPark #birding

Sunny but very cold day here in Virginia's Middle Peninsula! #birdwatching #nature #photography

#BirdOfTheDay #WinterBirds #ukbirds #birds

Things you see at this time of year 🎄 🎶 …

When it is icy out, instead of salt and calcium I spread cracked corn. Gives great traction and when not needed the cleanup crew comes and takes care of it.

Lunch Break 🦌🍃🌱🦌 #AnimalArtTuesday #deer #plants #trees #nature #snow #december #housemates #feedingtime #hudsonvalley #newyork #photography

A Lincoln’s Sparrow catching the soft morning light. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.

Central Park remains blanketed with snow--the perfect setting for capturing the beauty of a Northern Cardinal! Looks like he's been doing a little foraging this morning. ❤️❤️❤️ #Cardinal #CentralPark #birding

Rob Reiner’s documentary “God & Country" looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism. What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism? tv.apple.com/us/movie/god...

A family of River Otters on a beach #mammals #otters

BREAKING: 2 elderly people found dead at Los Angeles home of film director Rob Reiner. Identities not yet confirmed. Detectives investigating - NBCLA

Hi friends! I’d like to introduce you to my new baby, Nala. ❤️

Every day is a new adventure. Hoping yours is landing softly ❄️ #FirstSnow #CapeCod #Nature #DogsOfBlueSky

Local women crochet/knit woolly PJs for rescued vulnerable, ill and formally abused elephants to shield them from the nighttime cold, Elephant Conservation Care Center, India #UnravellingWomensArt