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#birds One last group photo of our Virginia cardinals who supported our return to a blue state government. Lots of them!

#birds 10-plus cardinals in Virginia celebrating our return to BLUE!

#birds Nine Virginia Cardinals (7 male, 2 female) are encouraging Virginians to Vote for Sanity and old-fashioned Statesmanship.

#birds 8 Virginia cardinals on the day before elections, waiting patiently for a blue win! Sorry it's so hard to see but the cardinals would not cluster closer in order for the picture to be more clear! Obviously these are independents!

#birds Still counting on our Virginia cardinals to go blue! Here are 7 (for sure, there's an 8th that might be a female cardinal but she's mostly hidden so I couldn't tell). A couple other birds joined in this time.

#blueskyartshow #autumn Arlington cemetery in Autumn.

#birds In the countdown to next week's elections, six Virginia cardinals are lining up to encourage voters to go BLUE. Let's regain sanity in government!

#birds Virginia is moving to Blue and our cardinals are moving with us. Here are five who've come together! (don't miss the female though of course it's much easier to spot the males)

#birds The proponents for a blue vote are gathering. Up to 4 cardinals, 3 female and 1 male. The females want to reclaim orange as a good color. (Pardon the snow, that's when the cardinals come en masse.)

#birds Three female Virginia cardinals, coming in together to support democracy.

#birds Two cardinals. Let's turn our Virginia red birds into Blue supporters.

#birds Virginia is cardinal strong! We will win and join the resistance of the blue states.

#birds All of us against fascism need to gather together in a community. Here's a community of birds: a chickadee, a female cardinal, a male cardinal, and a red-bellied woodpecker.

#blueskyartshow.bsky.social #inside A medieval staircase in a turret of a castle (Bunratty, Ireland)

#birds A tufted titmouse sloppily drinking.

#birds Big bird-mourning dove. Little bird-female rose-breasted grosbeak.

#birds Two finches - a goldfinch and a house finch

#birds It's hard to find things to smile about some days. But carolina wrens always make me smile. They are the happiest birds imaginable.

#birds A pensive mourning dove.

#birds A blue jay is looking for his chance at the tray feeder, waiting for the rose-breasted grosbeak pair to head out.

#birds At this time of year, we have just a very few birds at the feeders. But we do have 5-6 cardinals--they stay in pairs. They are lovely to see.

#birds The summer tanager is singing "NO KINGS!" at the top of his lungs!

#blueskyartshow #vertical From Ireland, Cashel

#birds Let's fly-day! An explosion of eastern bluebirds at our feeder.

#birds The chickens are ready for their picnic now.

#birds It's a woodpecker Wednesday. Here's a pileated.

#birds Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are so colorful around the face, maybe to contrast the plain black and white of the rest of the body.

#birds It's a blue(bird) Monday.

#birds On a trip to a nearby mountain town a few years back we saw a rarity for us--a gorgeous tree swallow.

#birds A gull in Ireland standing against stormy skies. I gulls can do, so can we.

#blueskyartshow #glow Every fall, a local park sponsors "Maymont Glow" which features all sorts of glowing lights and structures. Here's one of my favorites (the colors changed but I loved this combination).

#birds From a couple of years ago, this little chickadee is getting off all the last little bits from one of the birdhouses coated with seed. He then made a nest in the box.

#birds With all the news lately, I may be driven to drinking like this bluebird.

#birds One of my favorite bird names: a yellow-rumped warbler. Have a giggle, then go back to the serious stuff.

#birds A house finch in cheerful array. Take a moment to smile, then you can get back to the serious stuff.

#birds I love when I'm able to get a bluebird and a cardinal in one photo.

#brds A Rose-breasted Grosbeak stealing from the woodpeckers, but he is beautiful doing it!

#blueskyartshow #Relax One way I relax is to stitch an autobiographical quilt. Here is one square showing the various things my youngest daughter wanted to be when she grew up. Made up of patches from her old baby and toddler clothes.

#birds I need a bluebird right now. They always help remind me of beauty in the midst of ugliness.

#birds A pushme-pullyou mourning dove.

#birds This morning a ruby throated hummingbird was passing through and stopped to tank up.

#birds A brown thrasher is a great fall color, perfect for October 1.

#birds Two for Tuesday--a cardinal pair

#birds Aliright, say the young downy woodpeckers to the bluebird, let's get going on this action! Let's face down the Trump machine.

#birds A squirrel for Sunday, enjoying the leftovers from the messy birds (jays and mourning doves).

#bird Let's protest our way into the catbird seat for America's sake!

#blueskyartshow #theroad Train, road, river in Norway. Riding the Flam Railway.

#birds Last of my "simple" series: A young blue jay, simple and thirsty.

#birds Simple and fluffy Ruby-throated hummingbird