An old Tulip magnolia tree blooming like mad. Magnolia X soulangeana. 🌱💗 #MagentaMonday #tulipmagnolia #flowers #bloomscrolling #trees #photography

Moonrise. #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #moon #mountainlife #nature #photography

Redwood forest Rhodies. These rhododendrons, Rhododendron macrophyllum, are native to the coastal redwood forest, brightening up the forest each May when the sun is more overhead and the forest canopy keeps trails in more shadow... Exquisite. #ForestFriday #rhododendron #nature #trees #photography

A Band-tailed pigeon came by this week! Haven't seen any for awhile. These pigeons are native to western North America, are quite large, and I think they are lovely. Happy Friday! #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #birds

Yes, a fairly terrible quality photo, but look at the size of that branch the osprey is carrying! In further terrible quality photos, he helps make the nest, and then helps make some babies (which I only realized when I got home and saw the photos up close 😳). #BirdOfTheDay #WideOpenWings #osprey

#Birds-In-Winter A little pop of color among the white. Male Northern Cardinal Middletown Delaware 23 February 2026 #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds

Halloween. Our region has a huge Halloween parade in the middle of the day, where babies-to-elderly dress up and play. Nothing gory, always theatrical. Becomes a fabulously light-hearted Main Street social hour/s. Highlight of the year. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHForHs #Halloween #hats #costume #play

Not really sure how to determine a power pose among the little birds, but, this Junco certainly seems quite comfortable with themselves. I like its expression, as if it's saying to me, "Yes? What do you want?" Just a photo, please. #BirdOfTheDay #PowerPose #juncos #winterbirds #nature #photography

Mary Cassatt, The Letter, 1890. The Impressionist painter and printmaker was inspired by Japanese woodblock prints for the style, layout, and colours of her work in print #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Swainson's hawk seen while up in the high country, around 7300' ~ a bit of ruffled feathers there... We were all quite curious about each other! 🤩🤎 #BirdOfTheDay #Brown #RuffledFeathers #birds #hawk #oregon #nature #photography

Cedar waxwings hanging out in the winter red twig dogwood. #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #birds #nature #photography

Two. #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #dogs #onawalk #nature #photography #mountainlife

Daydreaming 🌱 #snowyday #summer #inthegarden #flowers #photography

Hubs makes things. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGames #chess #chessboard #woodworking #games #photography

A Spotted towhee emerging from a 'snowbank' piled on the outdoor table, its beak covered with snow and food bits. The birdseed was buried and this fella went burrowing in! #BirdOfTheDay #CollectingFood #snowday #birds #nature #photography

Pear blossoms, one of my favorite fruit tree flowers. Love the slight bit of magenta coloring in their centers. 🌱 #MagentaMonday #MacroMonday #flowers #inthegarden #peartree #nature #photography

Red trillium. 🌱 Coming soon! #MagentaMonday #flowers #trillium #inthegarden #photography

🎶 Hello, Scrub jay, whatcha' knowin' Come to watch the flowers growin'? 🎶 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFramed #birds #scrubjay #pnw #nature #photography #oldmusic #iykyk

Honey Perfume rose. 💛 Currently sleeping. 🌱 #SundayYellow #roses #winter #inthegarden #nature #photography

Hubs and I do not do a whole lot for Valentine's Day, but this afternoon I said something all wrong, as happens, and we both started laughing, and laughing, and laughing, until we were teary-eyed, bent over, couldn't stop... and I think that is maybe the best Valentine's gift of all.💕 #Valentines

Troll friends. (Seen at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. 🌱) #BlueSkyArtShow #wood #ThomasDambo #trolls #ReduceReuseRecycle #art #sculpture #photography

To everyone who has that someone special. Give them a hug and tell them you love them today. Those who have lost your loved ones. Remember all those special times. Happy Valentine’s Day. Here’s a true symbol of love and commitment. All info in alt. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #Portrait #EastCoastKin

Scrub jays are around every day in the garden. Intelligent and curious little things, and more civilized than the Steller's jays, imho, another of the ubiquitous bird neighbors. #BirdOfTheDay #EverydayBirds #ScrubJay #birds #nature #inthegarden #redtwigdogwood #photography

Raven and Turkey vulture having a beach day. Someone looks a bit covetous. #BirdOfTheDay #OddCouples #birds #raven #turkeyvulture #nature #photography

Hello, Spotted towhee! #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds #nature #photography #backyardwildlife

Morning light in the forest. #BlueSkyArtShow #sunlight #stunday #forest #nature #camping #photography

Hellebores are blooming! 🌱 Must be February. #flowers #inthegarden #bloomscrolling #lentenrose #hellebore #photography #beautyintheworld

Sunset at the sea stack. Where the birds all land for the evening. #BlueSkyArtShow #sunlight #sunshine #sunset #OregonCoast #birds #nature #photography

Cedar waxwing. #BirdOfTheDay #FavouriteOfTheMonth #birds #nature #photography

Compassion rose. 🌱 #FlowersOnFriday #inthegarden #wecouldusemore

Mourning dove in the cherry tree. #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #birds #nature #photography

Winter. #ForestFriday #trees #landscape #scape #nature #photography #snow

That smoky day at the coast. Pelican in a mood. #BirdOfTheDay #Walking #PacificOcean #photography #nature #birds #seascape #scape

Cedar waxwings. First sighting in years today! They swooped in in a crowd, got the other birds all in a flutter, and took off. Hard to focus on these fast-moving birds! I seem to have no singing birds around here so using alternate theme, bird with bowed head. #BirdOfTheDay #Bowed #CedarWaxwing

Camellia sinensis flower. 🌱 From whence cometh our tea. ☕ 🫖 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCloseUp #tea #inthegarden #flowers #photography

There was this wonderful whooshing and high activity among the backyard birds today ~ the robber birds flew in! Been years since I've seen the Cedar waxwings.. so hard to get a clear shot, they swooped in, gobbled rowan berries and moved on in seconds, it seemed. Glorious! #BirdOfTheDay #FeedingTime

It’s almost #NewYear2026 🥂 and this will be my last post of the year, so I thought I’d share some of my favourite photos taken throughout the year. I’d also like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! #HappyNewYear2026 🎉

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 12 Jan is the start of Week B and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Books. Pics of books, pics that the word “book(s)” appears in, match a pic to a book title (you must say which book and by whom) - just anything to do with books! Use the # below and have fun😊

I see echoes of dinosaur in there. Camera caught an unusually sharp shot at the bird snack bar (only open random hours). 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #finches #nature #photography #birds

Frosty morning for Calendula. 🌱 #January #SundayYellow #inthegarden #photography

Steller's jay ~ looking part moody, part alien. 🤭 #BirdOfTheDay #MoodyFaces

One of my favorite sights at the Halloween parade this year. Thought their facial expressions almost as vibrant as her flowers! 🧡❤️🖤🧡 #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #dayofthedead #friendship #women #halloween #photography

Dahlias. 💗🌱 #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #inthegarden #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

Autumn vibrant. #BlueSkyArtShow #vibrant #autumn #fall #nature

‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday January 10, 2026 The theme is #Vibrant Dig deep in those archives and show us your colors! Use both tags to be included in the feed #art #artists #supportartists #makeart #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching

Mourning dove all puffed up in the cold. 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers&Form #nature #photography

Redwood forest floor. Looking down rather than up for a change. This is Oxalis, a clover-like edible plant, with vitamin C, too! on a quite decomposed old redwood log. #ForestFriday #coastalredwoodforest #nature #photography

Catching up with yesterday's (?) ... Acorn woodpecker. For some reason I've called them clown woodpeckers for years, only recently realized their actual name. With all the Oregon white oaks in our region, these birds are everywhere! 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite #birds

Sunrise. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract

Sunset. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAForAbstract