The large Willow gets a moment of reflective grace in the lake 📷🕊️ …

Good morning and happy New Year’s Eve, BS! 🦋 👋…. thank you so much for all the kindness this year, it’s been really lovely getting to know some of you ✨…. sharing a winter memory and wishing you all a happy and wonderful 2026 … I hope it’s full of all good things for you! ☕️🌿🍂🌳🌱💛🎄🥂❤️✨

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou

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

The Santiam River flows west out of Mill City, Oregon

#BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut

stout creek

“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

The tender-hearted have to cover themselves up, layer by layer. Wishing you a happy new week 🫶 #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #photography #flowers #photohour #MinimalMonday #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #Poetry #Poem #Haiku #MicroPoem #FreeVerse #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

"No matter how big your window is, what determines the light you get is how much open your eyes are!" -Mehmet Murat ildan 🤍🎶💃🎶🤍

Hey little birdie, enjoy your day 🪶 #HolidayRobin #FestiveDailyRobin #birds #birding #photography #SensoryArt #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

The Winter Solstice arrived with the magic of sunshine and mist last year 📷🕊️ ….

Good morning and happy midweek, BS! 🦋 … We’re halfway there ✨…. I hope it’s a great one! ☕️🌿☀️🍁💛🌳🍂

Good morning and happy Tuesday, BS 🦋 … an autumn memory to bring warmth to the day … I hope it’s a lovely one for you ☕️🌿☀️🍂🌳💛🍁✨

In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background! #birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant

❄️ Frozen #moments ❄️ #ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 Have a great start to the new week 🫶 #ColorADay #PinkMon #SensoryArt #closeup #photography #flowers #MacroMonday #FineArt #PhotographersUnited #scape #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

...Boating on this lake, we make an oval track on the surface; and, gazing at rapeseed flowering yellow along the shore, we suspend but do not dissipate the anguish of this world. taken from- Qinghai Lake by Arthur Sze

Unterwegs On the way. #eastcoastkin #blueskymonday #bluetue

Erinnerungen ⛅️ Memories #eastcoastkin #tidesouttuesday

Manchmal brauchen wir einen Menschen, der unsere Seele streichelt. Roswitha Bloch

Der Dezember ist die Stille, in der wir die Ewigkeit berühren. Elise Green

Möge mein Herz stets offen sein für kleine Vögel, die die Geheimnisse des Lebens bergen. Was immer sie singen, ist besser, als es zu wissen... Edward Estlin Cummings

Im Grunde sind es immer die Verbindungen mit Menschen, die dem Leben seinen Wert geben. Wilhelm von Humboldt

"Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow." -Robert Louis Stevenson

blue monday

Avvento a Santarcangelo di Romagna

“You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.” — CS Lewis enjoying the simple things💜

This evening out back

“Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then” -Jerry Cantrell #photography #macromonday #macro #flowers #nature #bloomscrolling #aliceinchains #would #music

Good morning and happy Monday, BS 🦋… Wishing you a great day and an easy week ahead ☕️🌿☀️🌳🍂💛🎄✨

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson

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ダリアと言えば、花弁が折り重なるように咲く「万重咲き」の花姿を思い出しますが、一重咲でシンプル！可愛い花姿です♥️🌿 #和名・天竺牡丹（てんじくぼたん #ダリア

#風景写真 #色づく紅葉

Dzień dobry ☀️ Pięknej niedzieli Guten Morgen ☕ Schönen Sonntag 🏔️ Tien-Shan, Zailiyskiy Alatau, Almaty region, Kasachstan (Archiv)

i can see clearly now

#stunday #orangesun

Vergiss nie das Kind in dir! Es zeigt dir das Sprechen ohne Worte, das Sehen mit dem Herzen und das Lieben ohne Bedingungen. Roswitha Bloch

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ― Marcel Proust 🧡🌞🌛🧡 till next time

Standing tall 🍂🌳 #ColorADay #YellowThu I 💛 #trees

Before the sun reaches the valley... 📷 Ötztal Alps, Tyrol, Austria Happy #Scape Friday 🫶 #photography #landscape #SensoryArt #Lines #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." -James Taylor

Silence in the snow-covered #forest Happy #Scape Friday 🫶 #ForestFriday #photography #landscape #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

Good morning and happy Friday, BS! 🦋 … Wishing you a great end to the week and an even better weekend … I hope it’s kind to you! ☕️🍁🌳💛🌲🌿🍂✨ #nature #ForestFriday

Herbst… das letzte, schönste Lächeln des Jahres. William Cullen Bryant

sun in fog

Flowers to brighten up your day... Have a lovely Sunday 🫶 #FlowersOnSunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #closeup #photography #flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs #stunday