Some of my favourites (anatidaephobia, cat fud, Midvale), have already been posted, so I present this all-too-relatable one:

Storm cloudscape for #Scape Friday. Storm clouds over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise. #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #landscape #clouds #sunrise

"This is, first and last, the real value of Christmas; in so far as the mythology remains at all it is a kind of happy mythology. Personally, of course, I believe in Santa Claus; but it is the season of forgiveness, and I will forgive others for not doing so." ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

My most recent tumble! I got more bruising this time on some of them but I'm still generally happy with them.

Best wishes to you all for a really lovely Friday 12 December. I hope you have a lovely day and that this Friday is kind to you :)

"In December ring Every day the chimes; Loud the gleemen sing In the streets their merry rhymes. Let us by the fire Ever higher Sing them till the night expire!" ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It's the most bunderful day of the week! 🖤🖤 It's #blackpompom day AND #bunnybuttfriyay! ~Jet 🖤🐰❤️

I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!

between the cracks of curtains climbing into bed the moonlight ignites a dream #senryu #haiku #dream

I may not have made a wreath for my door yet, but I have been busy creating a border for my latest embroidery. It’s a work in progress and there’s still a long way to go, but I’m busy stitching… 😉🪡🌿 I’ll try to keep you updated. 🌺 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

Little Green Canal One of those scenes that has the car screeching to a halt, crazed photographer grabbing bits and pieces in a mad dash to capture the moment before it twists away and is gone. - Twizel, New Zealand - #Aurora #SouthernLights #Nightscape #EastCoastKin #Scape #bucketlist #BestWork

Husband accidentally sent me a five minute voice memo of him trying to find where he parked his car. I listened to the whole thing because that’s what I signed up for when I made my wedding vows.

The Watcher - Porto, Portugal #Photography #Monochrome #BlackandWhite #Architecture #Porto 📷

"It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view." ~ George Eliot

flying into burbank is lax evasion

Morning ☕ Let's get into it like we know what we're doing.

flu = 🤒 flew = 🦅 flue = 🏠🎅

Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families (Washington)

Greetings from Kyiv, where I’m having a warcoffee in a bookstore and waiting for something I want to show you soon.

Good morning 👋 no photo today just a little video of yesterday’s visitors. TGIF!!

With me in her kerchief and in my cap Had just settled in for a long winter's nap...

Seen at the Christmas market. A vyshyvanka - traditional 🇺🇦 Ukrainian embroidery

Good morning gorgeous Star ⭐️ Good morning gorgeous Bluesky Stars ⭐️ I hope everyone is doing well ❤️ “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” - Pablo Picasso Take care of yourself and each other ✨🌹 Have a day that’s perfect for you ⭐️💛🤗

Clustered. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #naturelovers #forestfloor #macroshot #woodland #mushroomhunting #shroomatnoon #fungus #naturetextures #autumnvibes #decay #smartphonephotography #photography

In my Crystal Advent Calendar this morning, I got a piece of raw Citrine! It a stone of joy and good vibes! It also cleanses negativity and brings happiness. #Crystal ##Advent #citrine

I find myself resenting the colloquialism of "has the flu" meaning generically sick. I have Influenza Variant A, thank you very much. My icky illness has PEDIGREE

#StreetArt & #Rihanna by #njo972 in #Paris 20th 2024

Knitting is too big for regular needles. So, OH made me these extra long ones yesterday afternoon 🧶😊

“I am glad you have an hour for books, those enthralling friends, the immortalities … ” ~ Emily Dickinson, letter to Maria Whitney (1883) #Painting by Sarah Spencer.

One a day for 2025 #vambo365 344/365 … Perfect rainbow - with a faint double - over Soldiers Field, Roundhay Park, Leeds #rainbow #roundhaypark #roundhay #leeds #soldiersfield

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 Sharing my art from this year. A postcard-sized abstract landscape called Distant Glimmer. It's painted in acrylics, and oil paint, with some collage elements thrown in. #visualart #artists #paintedbyhumans #noAI #oilpainting #smalllandscapes #smallworks #art #table

....the eternal struggle between needing to get things done, but also needing to not disturb the cat currently napping on your legs.

Another photo of the newborn Orca in Washington State. Look for the pinkish color of the small one right in the center of the image. 📸Hongming Zhen

For the love of God DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts. Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter . A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many sacrifices. Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.

I waited for the moon, the drifting cloud, and the branches to line up — one of those night-photography moments that only lasts a heartbeat. If you enjoy seeing the world through new perspectives, stick around for more. #Photography #NightPhotography #ScottKissPhoto

“There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness & soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.” ~Ida Tarbell Image: Ida Tarbell in 1904. Public domain.

Our Christmas Lights colorway has been restocked! This yarn will micro stripe between red and white with lovely festive speckles. It’s consistently one of our best selling colorways. hartfordyarnworksllc.etsy.com #yarn #fiberart #ChristmasCrafts #Knitting #Crochet

Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center

Greetings from Kyiv, where I’m having a warcoffee and getting ready to edit photos for the Sunday Letter and more. It’s surprisingly warm outside, a little rain earlier. Calm.

It was difficult getting into this book as my brain is more familiar with arts than sciences. However it was worth it. Our forests have been mismanaged for years&vital networks among plants/trees have been disrupted. It’s a story as old as time. Can an industry be created by manipulating nature? 🇨🇦

National Defence invests $120M to clean up northern #Ontario site contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ The PFAS family of chemicals linked to liver and prostate cancer and other health issues www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Baking for the school Christmas fair... Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, gingerbread sandwich cookies and millionaires shortbread with dark & white chocolate tree #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #foodiesky #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️🍰

Lilies In The Night Rain #photography #art #flowers

♫ CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON ♫

‘Birch,’ ‘Unplowed’ & ‘Winter Light.’ #Painting by Magnus Petersson #art

Sunset last night across the field in Minnesota❄️ #Photography #Photographers #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Winter #Nature #Minnesota

A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb

To my Canadian pals, just had my first nanaimo bar and it was delicious

Tree colours #autumn #woodland #TreeClub

The United States, Ukraine, and European partners are negotiating a comprehensive 20‑point peace plan. The proposal is divided into three core documents: - A peace framework, - Long‑term security guarantees, - A post‑war economic recovery strategy.