After a very long of day traveling, I made to Lanai, #Hawaii This was my view from my room last night. I have been to all the other islands. This feels so remotes and is incredibly peaceful. #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Photography #Iphone17ProMax #Lanai

Good Morning! I took this shot on Mokuleia Beach, North Shore of Oahu, #Hawaii #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMsystem #HuntTheGood #Sunset

Good Morning! It is Monday & time for #MacroMonday art challenge. I took this shot on the north shore of Oahu, #Hawaii He was frolicking in the plants around the pool.🦎 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Macro #OMsystem #Gecko

I have to say the 8X zoom on my Iphone 17 is pretty dang good. This shot was taken through my bedroom window. Flicker hanging/standing on the window sill. #BirdOfTheDay theme: #StandingOnThings #BirdPhotography #Iphone17ProMax #EastCoastKin #Photography #ColorADay #PinkMon #Flicker

I know my feed seems to be full of #Hawaii shots I have taken, but I am returning very soon. The anticipation is exciting. Keeping my fingers crossed my flight is NOT cancelled🤞 #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMsystem #Sunset

My shot of sunrise as it sneaks up around the corner on the North Shore of Oahu. Heading back to the islands soon. Happy Sunday for art challenge of #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Mokuleia #Hawaii

Good Morning! I took this photo in the Faroe Islands. It works for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows #EastCoastKin #Photography #Rainbow With me in the center! Because...the rainbow's geometric center is precisely opposite the sun relative to my position, which is where the shadow falls.

My photo for art challenge #BirdOfTheDay theme: #Takeoff #EastCoastKin #Photography #GreatEgret #Bird #BirdPhotography

Good Morning! Sharing an Iphone shot I took of a full moon in Point Reyes National Seashore for #BlueSkyArtsShow theme: #evening art challenge. #EastCoastKin #Photography #moon #Iphone16 #PointReyes

#Evening on North Shore of Oahu for the art challenge of #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #Hawaii

Good Morning Blue Skyers! Here is my photo from the 23rd floor in #Portland, Oregon for a couple of #ArtChallenges #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMon #SensoryArt Theme: #patterns #EastCoastKin #Photography #PDX #OMsystem

Here is my photo for the art challenge #FoodOnFriday This Charcuterie Board that will go fabulous with wine! Hot honey, fruit, blackberries, cheese, meats, olives & crackers. #EastCoastKin #Photography #Food #CameraEatsFirst

Happy #SCAPE day. This is a shot from a flight with my #drone, Jacqueline, over my neighborhood in the Willamette Valley last week at sunset. #EastCoastKin #Photography #PanoChallenge04 #Autumn #Fall #Pano #DJiMiniPro4 #Oregon #Landscape

Good Morning! Today is time for #FoodOnFriday How about some lemon sorbet, chocolate & Fruit from Chef Sara Henstam #EastCoastKin #Photography #Dessert #Food

Fall day in Mingus Park, CoosBay #Oregon #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #ColorADay #YellowThu

The dirty circus has started outside my back door! If this offends anyone let me know. I filmed it with my new iPhone 17 #Deer #EastCoastKin #Nature

Good Morning... I keep digging my archives for #BirdOfTheDay These Downy Woodpeckers at my home are enjoying #LunchTime #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Birds #WoodPecker

Good Morning! Here is my shot of Eilean Donan Castle for the art challenge #PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood in #Scotland #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem

Good Morning! Here is the early morning sky over my neighborhood. Jacqueline, my drone, caught this clear shot of Mary's Peak; the highest peak in the #Oregon Coastal Range. Fall colors are popping here in the #Willamette Valley. #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #Drone #Photography

My photo for #BirdofTheDay theme: #CloseUps This momma is giving me the evil eye. I was hiking at Kaena Point on Oahu that is a renowned natural sanctuary where Laysan Albatross nest and thrive with a count of about 100 pair. #EastCoastKin #Photography #BirdPhotography #Albatross

Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides. North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State. #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography

Good Morning! It is time for #RockinTuesday art challenge. My shot from Nordfjorden Marine in #Norway #EastCoastKin #Photography #Reflection #OMSystem

I am in full review of all my bird shots from my travels thanks to the art challenge #BirdOfTheDay Theme: #Rock for today, November 4th, 2025. Swallow-Tailed Gull in the Galapagos which is their main breeding area. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #OMSystem

A shot from my drone, Jacqueline this week over the Willamette River before the rain started. #BlueSkyMonday #Fall #Autumn #Drone #EastCoastKin #Photography #DJIMiniPro4

Both the hawk and I were staring at the last super #Moon together. 👀 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Oregon

Band-tailed Pigeon on top of my bird feeder. #BirdOfTheDay Love the art challenges here on Blue Sky...keeps my #photography fresh. I consulted posts by @robcrank68.bsky.social and I believe today Nov 3, the theme is #Pigeons #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OMSystem

Thanks @alinagrafik.bsky.social for encouraging me to participate in #SelfPortraitSunday #Cozy&Warm #EastCoastKin #Yachats #Oregon

The Shepherd of Sondum, located in Sandavágur, Faroe Islands. The statue was unveiled in 2021 and is made of Faroese basalt and iron. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography #FaroeIslands #PublicArt

Sunday is the day for the art challenge of #BNWmacro (Black and White Macro) With fall all around us now popping in brilliant colors, it is hard to think in monochrome, but it is a good challenge. #EastCoastKin #Photography #BlackandWhite #Macro #Monochrome #ClassicMono

I am usually in bed by now, but I flew Jacqueline, my drone, at sunset in my neighborhood & this shot fit couple of the art challenges for today. 🤞🍁🍃 #ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow theme: #Autumn #HDR #EastCoastKin #Photography #Drone

Another one of my photos for the #BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Autumn at the Portland Japanese Garden. It pops with color this time of year! #EastCoastKin #Photography #Portland #Oregon #OMSystem #PDX #Fall

Another image for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock This the North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment. I am usually there for King Tides. This was just a nice day. #LongExposure #LongBeach #OMSystem #EastCoastKin #Photography #CapeDisappointment

Happy Saturday! Time for the #BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #autumn My photo from the Portland Japanese Garden #EastCoastKin #Photography #Portland #OMSystem #PDX

Friday is #SCAPE day. This my drone, Jacqueline's view of the Willamette River in Oregon. #Fall is her favorite time to fly. #Drone #PanoChallenge04 #Autumn #EastCoastKin #Photography #Pano #PanoPhotos #DJIMiniPro4

Celebrating 3 months of the art challenge for #FoodOnFriday with some chocolate mouse! #EastCoastKin #Photography #CameraEatsFirst #Dessert

Ok Friends.... it is time for #FoodOnFriday Mama's meatballs with toast and micro greens! #EastCoastKin #Photography #CameraEatsFirst

Good Morning! I can tell you that fall has arrived in Oregon. Enjoy my shot from the Portland Japanese Garden. #PalacesAndGardens theme: #EnchantedAutumn #EastCoastKin #Photography #Portland #OMSystem #Fall

Good Morning. Here is a my shot taken in Greenland, August 2025 for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock and #UrbanGaze in the fishing village of #Qaqortoq population 3,050. Here they share their beach with icebergs. #EastCoastKin #Photography #OmSystem

Te sun is up over Lake Michigan! Taken from the waterfront in #Racine #Wisconsin #ColorADay #YellowThu #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem

Here my capture for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #funny This goofy puffin lives on the Island of Mykines, population 13 in the #FaroeIslands Did you know some of these birds can live to be 30 years old? #EastCoastKin #Photography #BirdPhotography #AtlanticPuffin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock

Good Morning Blue Skyers! Here is a wall in the Faroe Islands for #WallsOnWednesday & #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #Photography #FaroeIslands #OMsystem #Sheep

Don't ever think that wonderful things don't happen on social media. I share photos I take around our community with the Next Door App. A stranger asked if she could paint one of my posts. Yesterday, we met for the first time and she gave me her original watercolor. Her name is Marilyn Merrill. 🎨 📷

A view from Isafjordur, #Iceland for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMsystem

Good Morning! It time for #TidesOutTuesday in North Strome, #Scotland I like how the sheep are hanging out by old boat on land. #EastCoastKin #Photography #ColorADay #BlueTue

Big rocks and waves in Sea Otter Game refuge in #California #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMsystem #LongExposure

Another image for #BlueSkyMonday from my drone, Jacqueline! Sunset over the coastal range in #Oregon #EastCoastKin #Photography #MarysPeak #WillametteValley

I am not much of a bird photographer, but this Yellow-Crowned Night Heron in the #Galapagos was really showing off! #BirdOfTheDay #Heron #BirdScrolling #EastCoastKin #Photography

Good Morning! It is #BlueSkyMonday in this shot taken in northern #Iceland #EastCoastKin #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #RoadTrip

Smokey sunrise in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. My camera and long lens really did not know how to meter this light and neither did I! #StunDay #EastCoatKin #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet #Silhouette #Sunrise