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Blue sky with white clouds and a blooming white Bradford pear tree

#BlueSkyMonday

Our Bradford Pear trees are blooming now.

#photography #blue #skies
#ECK #Skyscapes #clouds
#trees #Bradfordpear

This photo by Milin John shows meadow wildflowers with tiny white-petaled daisies on tall slender green stems among dense green foliage.

Wildflowers 🌼🌼🌼

Beautiful

This photo by Alexander Lunyov shows a silhouetted leafless tree on a sandy dune beside a calm sea at sunset; bare branches reach upward as the sky fades from orange near the horizon to deep blue overhead.

Leafless Tree at Sunset

Viewing the top of Bishop Peak from Cerro San Luis mountain, there is a cloud sitting on top of Bishop Peak that is gray and resembles smoke in its color and form. It looks like the mountain could be erupting. Otherwise, the sky is blue with some clouds off in the distance. The mountains and hills are green. A shadow falls across the bottom of the image, silhouetting the nearby vegetation. San Luis Obispo, California

#BlueskyMonay #MountainMonday #AlphabetChallenge #SeekJforJuxtaposition

I was amused how the cloud juxtaposed on top of Bishop Peak looked like the mountain was erupting. 🌋😁 The peak is actually a volcanic plug.

#ECK #Hiking #LandscapePhotography #BishopPeak #WestCoastKin

Art Challenges: March 9-15 Monday, March 9 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) Tuesday, March 10 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) Wednesday, March 11 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) Thursday, March 12 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (See Sabine for prompt) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) Friday, March 13 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) Saturday, March 14 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#horizontal) Sunday, March 15 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone else) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) All Week #ArtYear 
(any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#paisley)* #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#flames) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekJforJuxtaposition) #SensoryArt (#animals) *2 or more mediums

Your art challenge cheat sheet for March 9-15 is here!
Make art, have fun!

Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social
See comments for host list

#EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography #Art #Drawing #Painting #Crafts #ArtChallenges #ArtPrompt

A clear blue lake under a clear blue sky. The lough is big enough to have a shoreline with a few scattered trees. A small branch can been seen growing in the foreground. Small forests and hills visible in the distance.

A view across Lough Dan in Wicklow, Ireland. We had some great Spring weather here last week.

#Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Scape #Landscape #Ireland

Ein Foto von vielen weißen Blüten an dünnen Zweigen, mit ein paar wenigen sehr kleinen, sprießenden grünen Blättern; im Hintergrund strahlend blauer Himmel.

Guten Morgen, happy day 🌞
#BlueSkyMonday 💙🤍 #FlowersOfBluesky
#bloomscrolling #flowers #scape #nature #photography

Eine Salzwiese mit einem Priel unter einem wolkenlosen Himmel, während die Sonne sich am Horizont neigt.

Im Sommer in den Salzwiesen der Nordsee. 🌊
In summer in the salt meadows of the North Sea.
#eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow
#flowing #blueskymonday #stunday

Love this

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
black and white
This sweet cat hangs out at our community garden #cats

A sprawling blooming plant with white flowers growing in the stony streets of Valletta, Malta. Urban/Nature.

#WeekJforJuxtaposition
#AlphabetChallenge

Flowers blooming in the street. Nature prevails. 🌱

Wide coastal view of the Ballyhalbert shoreline in Northern Ireland during bright daylight. The sun sits high in a vivid blue sky near the center of the image, glowing through scattered, soft white and pale pink clouds. Sunlight reflects across the wet sand, creating a bright, shimmering path that stretches from the foreground toward the distant horizon. On the left side, calm sea water rolls gently onto the beach in thin, shallow waves. The middle foreground shows smooth, rippled wet sand with small dark pebbles scattered across it. On the right side of the image, a wide strip of rounded grey and dark stones forms a pebble-covered beach that curves away into the distance. Farther along the right edge of the shoreline, a row of small coastal houses and buildings lines the coast, sitting just above the beach. The coastline gradually bends toward a distant headland in the background. High above, faint airplane contrails streak diagonally across the sky, adding thin white lines against the blue. The overall scene feels open, bright, and tranquil, capturing a sweeping view of the shoreline, sky, and sea.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Ireland #NorthernIreland

Have a safe start to the week you splendid people

Sand and Stone

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
Manchester.
📷 #photography #urbanphotography
#shadows #highrise

A high-contrast, black and white photograph showing the massive "Anthem of the Seas" cruise ship docked at a pier, viewed from the rear and side. To the right, the historic paddle steamer Waverley, identifiable by its twin red, white, and black funnels, cruises across the water. The massive scale of the modern cruise liner looms over the much smaller, traditional steamship. In the background, the hilly coastline of the Firth of Clyde sits under an overcast sky. The composition emphasizes the dramatic contrast between centuries of maritime engineering.

Beauty and the Beast

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition #Photography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #ECK #Lumix

Thanks for the tips

Old sandstone buildings alternating with modern glass buildings. Another old building is reflected in the glass opposite

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
Old and New - Glasgow

Lovely

a deserted tropical sandy beach lined with tall, gently leaning palm trees looks out over the ocean to an island on the humid horizon

'Paradisiacal Still-Life w/ Palm Trees' (2024) -- Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia

'To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise' -- Emilia Wickstead

#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

Iconic Sounds of Spring YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

SPRING IS COMING! Birds singing, frogs eeping, bees buzzing!! After the muffled hush of winter I can’t wait!

#birds 🌿

Beautiful

Black and white photo of a row of tiny icicles glistening in late winter sun

Frozen flow.
The #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Flowing all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #ClassicMono #icicles #sunlight

The closer we are to the soil, the healthier we are.

🤤

Last year the woman who runs our local food pantry gave me the idea of making giveaways. Mentioned she liked to have something to give the kids at Christmas. I expanded it to major holidays. It gives me joy and keeps me busy so win win 🎉

Attention Alphabetters!
This is your reminder that Monday 9 Mar is the beginning of Week J and the #AlphabetChallenge theme is Juxtaposition. Not as scary as it sounds! Old v New, Big v Small, Nature v Manmade -pics of any contrasting things. Help is below if needed!
Use the # below and have fun😊

Last one for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors - this is in the bar of Belfast Grand Opera House. Thanks all once again for all your great pics. I’ve loved them

A high-contrast, black and white photograph of the interior of the Dumfries railway station waiting room at night, viewed through a window. The scene is moody and atmospheric, with deep shadows and sharp highlights. A row of empty, modern metal benches runs along the bottom left, partially illuminated by light streaming in from a large window at the far end of the narrow room. The right wall is adorned with several framed pictures of varying sizes, their glass surfaces catching reflections. A large reflection on the right foreground window shows the station platform and lights outside, creating a layered, translucent effect. The composition is linear, leading the eye down the dark corridor toward the bright window at the end, which reveals a glimpse of the station's architecture and outdoor lighting.

Interiors

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors #Photography #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Pixel8a #MobilePhotography

Crochet Easter Bunny Garland | Free Pattern - The Knotted Nest The possibilities for this adorable crochet easter bunny pattern are up to you! They are a fast and easy Easter basket gift or a festive spring garland!

Forgot to credit The Knotted Nest. Here is the pattern knottednest.com/easter-bunny...

#SundayYellow
Crocheting these mini bunnies to give away at the food pantry for Easter. #crochet #fiberarts