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Sand trap!

In the forest at winter https://www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan/in-the-forest-at-winter-1885

Gerhard Munthe. 1849-1929. Norwegian painter. Idyll. 1886

The Vladimir's road https://www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan/the-vladimir-s-road-1892-1

Road at Eragny, Winter https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16280

Cape Cod Evening , 1939 Edward Hopper ,1882-1967 American oil on canvas

Star Basin, Sawtooth Wilderness,WA #wilderness #mountains #wildflowers

John Constable, Stoke-by-Nayland, 1810 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112150

'Sleeping Feet' by UK sculptor Sophie Ryder #womensart #Sunday

A leucistic Bald Eagle🦅 📸credit in frame

Oak wood #trees #woodland #treeclub

On the seashore. Sestroreck https://botfrens.com/collections/210/contents/49563

Arkhip Kuindzhi His legacy faced tragedy when the Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, which housed many of his works, was destroyed in a Russian airstrike in 2022.

A peaceful morning at Red Rock Point along McDonald Creek, Glacier National Park. #BlueskyArtShow #Quiet #ColorADay #GreenSat #Nature #Landscape #NationalParks #Montana #ECK

Owl 2016 Bronze, signed, dated & numbered limited edition sculpture hamishmackie.com/sculptures/m... #owl #birdsculpture #landscapeart #gardensculpture #outdoorsculpture

Timeless art from Minoan Crete! Some 3,500 years ago, a Minoan sculptor transformed a piece of ivory into this dynamic and graceful figurine of a bull leaper! From Knossos Palace. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Today’s Canadian painting is “Oblique Fields # 1” painted by Illingworth Kerr in 1950.

Edge of the Forest https://botfrens.com/collections/210/contents/49383

Image from the floor of the Wychus Creek Canyon. #Photography #Landscape #Trees #Canyons #Oregon 📷

Morecambe Bay View 8 July 2026 - 0715 10cm x 10cm, Oil on wood. #Bare #morecambebay #pleinair #landscape #skyscape #seascape #painting #skypainters #oilpainting #plywood #michaelhardingpaints #jacksonsartsupplies

Technically not a forest, but these Ponderosa Pines have found refuge from the desert conditions inside Wychus Creek canyon, Oregon #ForestFriday #Photography #Landscape #Trees #Desert #Oregon 📷

Haavoittunut soturi hangessa, Wounded Warrior in the Snow (1880), Finnish painter, Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) Oil on canvas 39 x 60 cm Ateneum, Helsinki #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Amaldus Nielsen ( 1838 - 1932 ) Norwegian painter "Hylandsfossen, Vinje, Telemark" oil on canvas 48 x 69 cm, 1893 private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Should you find yourself at the grocery store this weekend protect yourself from cyclospora culprits: raspberries and basil, salad mixes and cilantro, snow peas and berry mixes; and while you’re there wear a mask for cyclospora isn’t the only thing that’s making people ill.

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

"In the U.S., indirect water consumption for data centers has historically been about 12 times as great as the amount they directly consume." TWELVE TIMES. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...

The virtual exhibition page for the OPA National Salon show is live. Here is a link: cassensfineart.com/2026-oil-pai... My painting Piece of the Pie will be part of the exhibition. brianbelfield.com #oilpaintersofameria #CassensFineArt #lajollacove #lajolla #waves #seascape #beach #impressionism

A Blue Jay perches on the side of the tree to be ready for when peanuts will be offered. Love their blues 💙

The limpid water. Gloomy day. Crimea https://www.wikiart.org/en/arkhip-kuindzhi/the-limpid-water-gloomy-day-crimea

Stepan Fedorovich Kolesnikov (Russian, 1879-1955). Apple Feast of the Savior (oil on canvas).

Who needs to "drill baby drill"? This is how you turn solar into night-time power.

Joan Eardley - Summer Fields (c1961)

The Totem at the Port Orchard, Washington marina

"Watchtower" Painting study

Wide angle perspective of the puffins on the cliffs of Ireland. I sat there for a while in the evening light just enjoying the moment.

Windy Day - 1938 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104278

Found on the shoreline of Kootenay Lake, #canada. #arrowhead

Isamu Noguchi, My Pacific (Polynesian Culture), 1942 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136796

Ernst Barlach, Singing Man, 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136721

In the mountains near Gurzuf https://botfrens.com/collections/210/contents/48739

Maple Bushes, Lawren S. Harris 1920

Summer monsoon rain over Warner Springs, East County San Diego, California. #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #landscapeart #landsapephotography #sandiego #california #southerncalifornia #storm #rain #monochrome #photography #photographer

Richard Claremont (Australian, b.1965) “Cloud country” Acrylic on board, 60 x 60 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Old Ice Pond at Nyack - 1897 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105364

Congratulations to National Park Service workers at Glacier National Park, who unionized with @nteunational.bsky.social! Welcome to the fam, we are thrilled to have you in the union ranks. via @dailymontanan.com @unionstrong @supportfederalworkers dailymontanan.com/2026/07/07/g...

Here is the start of a painting of waves crashing at Windansea Beach, La Jolla. (Drawing and start of lay-in.) brianbelfield.com #workinprogress #wip #windanseabeach #lajolla #waves #seascape #beach #impressionism

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