And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, Rilke, Letter to Clara (1 Jan 1907)

Last golden rays of sun for this year {the silver moon, far, far away} #happynewyear #eastcoastkin #trees

Glittering Dahlia {shining on into 2026} #bloomscrolling #photography

@robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social Thank you for everything you have done on your #BirdOfTheDay theme. I have had so much fun going through pictures to meet your challenges! Hope you have a good new year #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

#filmsky #moviesky #filmnoir Happy New Year TIME FOR A DRINK 🥳

Henri Matisse ~ The Dessert (Harmony in Red), 1908 #HenriMatisse #BOTD Happy Eve everyone✨

Year of the Rose {pink petal light} #rosewednesday #mobilephotography

Last wednesday of the month AND of the year! Here's my first (and this year's last) jab at joining #BirdWhisperer!! #Art #Bird #birdart

Indigo bunting on a tansy flower. Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar It's impossible to capture just how blue these guys are :) #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #birds #BotanicalArt

Marigolds #art #gardening #nature #flowers

Dear international dogs, happy International Dog Day to you! #art #kunst #nature #animalpainting

Kevin the Kingfisher #BirdOfTheDay #branchingout #birds #ukbirds

Bonne nuit mes amis 🤍 #bluetue #coloraday #eastcoastkin

Friends, I'm wishing for you days filled with love and warmth and hope - they all seem in such short supply lately. ❄️🎄🦌

🎨 Henri Matisse {Seated Woman, Back Turned to the Open Window 1922} #painting

Water and ice ❄️ 📷

nights weathered by darkness now dream of new light

Behave in 2026! Don't make me send over Frank's associates to straighten you out.

Blue Dahlia 🤍 #bluetue #coloraday #eastcoastkin

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." – Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Bigger they are… #indianajones #watercolour #painting #raidersofthelostark #boxingday

Clin-Ton! #art #thesimpsons #xfiles #artwork

A drawing along the Southbank. The Thames Path. Charcoal on paper. 35x38cm

Pretty silver on this Silver-studded blue, from Edmund Sandars, ‘A Butterfly book for the pocket’ (1939).

Midnight in Wisconsin... I *should* have been in bed but then I would have missed this! Moonlight, stars, sparkly snow... Taking the dog out one last time for bed worked out well last night!

Frozen throne

at the end of the day there's no sharp edges left on me... i'm an empty vessel, polished smooth enough to hold the night

first frost #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin

a small window of blue #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin

More from the archives

A Right Royal Bug. Here’s to all those who have been impacted over the Christmas period with bugs of one sort or another…wishing you well and a speedy recovery as we edge towards for the New Year. #christmasbugs

Dreaming of Peony season on this rather dreary Monday in December #pinkmon #coloraday #eastcoastkin

#ColorADay #PinkMon #eastcoastkin #BloomScrolling #FloralEscape #Japan #cherryblossoms #treelovers #shrine

Breakfast with the Birds, 1934 by Expressionist painter Gabriele Münter, #womensart

rain petals #BNWmacro #eastcoastkin #classicmono

#watercolour #painting #sketch #art #trees #watercolorOnPaper

Snowy pup! ❄️

A great egret taking off - a moment of grace frozen in time and reflection 11-2025 #birdoftheday #serenity #favourite #egret #bird #birding #stunday #wildlife #photography #sonyalpha

on light's trail

New York City, 1965 | Joel Meyerowitz

Soir Bleu | Edward Hopper

Iris from May for you in December #stunday #eastcoastkin

Paix, Amour, Bonheur! 🤍 #holiday #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin

#BlueskyArtShow #Holiday A little red cardinal has decided to perch on my tree. 🐦‍🔥

It positively glows, this early 1890s tea gown by Emile Pingat. The variegated black & yellow silk creates a kind of burnished hue, additional drama fashioned in full sleeves & high collar. It seems quite structured for a tea gown but it certainly makes a statement #NatGalleryAus #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

From Spring #classicmono #eastcoastkin

The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. W. B. Yeats