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Misty

@purplestarrynight.bsky.social

Cats. Gardening, esp. orchids roses. Books. Art. Hiking. All posted pics are my own. Orchid feed https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:is4ontinoqtfvmhsk6b7d7e5/feed/aaae7edemonz2 Plus feeds for just cats or gardening too. Left but no politics here.

created October 22, 2024

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Profile picture VenetiaJane’s Garden (@venetiajane.bsky.social) reposted

In ancient Greece, it was said mushrooms sprang up where Zeus, the King of the Gods, cast his lightning bolts. Modern studies show that strikes can indeed boost mushroom growth, even doubling yields on spore-laden logs. The myth may have held some truth after all! #FolkloreSunday

A collage of nine woodland mushrooms: red fly agarics with white spots, pale brown caps in clusters, a broad parasol mushroom, and violet gills. They grow among moss, logs, and autumn leaves, showing the variety of fungi in forest habitats.
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Profile picture 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 (@pierpaolo.bsky.social) reposted

Madruzzo (Trento) Colazione a Castel Toblino

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14/9/2025, 7:36:36 AM | 204 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

😻 beautiful 👍 perfect box choice. Happy Cat Box Sunday!

14/9/2025, 6:40:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, looks delish. 🩷🩷🩷 huckleberry pie!

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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Got to this post too late to opine, but I feel like you must have made the correct decision to eat it. Yes? 😁

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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣🤣 Yes. Here's another grey also doing a puzzle! It's been blurred to avoid spoilers if anyone happens to be doing this one. (The jigsaw does not match the picture under his tail, you need to figure it out.) #Cats #CatsofBluesky #Catsky #Catpics

A grey cat rolling around a covered jigsaw in progress, trying to get the pieces underneath. Many chirrups of annoyance later, gives up.
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Profile picture Atty Epi (@attyepi.bsky.social) reposted

Your Weekend Encouragement With Her Excellency #Cats #CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky #BlackCats #WEWHE

Her Excellency and The Smaller Minion are sitting by an open sliding glass door blocked by a baby gate. Her Excellency is sitting almost in loaf position with just her front paws and a bit of her tail showing. She is facing the camera with the door to our left (her right). Her eyes are partially squinted and she has an intensely intimidating expression. Behind her The Smaller Minion sits in loaf position on top of a 15
14/9/2025, 12:41:26 AM | 80 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GeoDrew (@geodrew.bsky.social) reposted

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1985 20>1 7 Heaven, Bryan Adams Rel. 09/04/1985 Maybe the best power ballad by a male artist? The balance of melody & bombast is spot on 👌❤️‍🔥🎶 Love this vid too 🔥 "Once in your life, you find someone Who will turn your world around" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT4...

14/9/2025, 12:47:08 AM | 49 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

😻 🩷 Thank you, your Excellency!!

14/9/2025, 1:11:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

❤️‍🔥 Power ballad. SO.GOOD. ❤️‍🔥

14/9/2025, 1:10:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mary (@mjwyatt.bsky.social) reposted

VanDusen Botanical Gardens. Vancouver BC. 🇨🇦❤️

13/9/2025, 4:17:36 PM | 571 57 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

👋 😻

13/9/2025, 5:14:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

😻😻😻 🩷 poses, beautiful kitties 🩷 Happy Caturday to you all too!

13/9/2025, 4:34:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🙏💚

13/9/2025, 4:18:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Always fun! 🎶🎤 😁

13/9/2025, 4:16:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social)

Loki sez, look deep into my eyes and be Zen like me. Have a great #Caturday. #Cats #CatsofBluesky #Catsky #Catpics

Close-up of grey cat staring contemplatively beyond, paws tucked in front
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Profile picture Vanishing and Endangered Cultures (@nowaykgn.bsky.social) reposted

The Kuang Si Falls, sometimes spelled Kuang Xi or known as Tat Kuang Si Waterfalls, is a three-tier waterfall about 29 kilometers south of Luang Prabang. The water collects in numerous turquoise blue pools as it flows downstream. The many cascades that result are typical of travertine waterfalls.

The turquoise or aqua color you see at Kuang Si Falls is a result of the light reflecting off the white calcium carbonate at the bottom and then back up through the mineral-rich water. Breathtaking cascades of water make the Kuang Si one of Luang Prabang’s most popular tourist attractions. The bottom of the falls are made up of an array of shallow pools, each one overflowing into the one below it. Kuang Si Falls is a stunning three-tiered waterfall located approximately 29 kilometers south of Luang Prabang, Laos. Famous for its milky turquoise pools cascading over limestone formations, it is a popular destination for swimming and exploring the surrounding jungle.
13/9/2025, 2:55:37 PM | 317 40 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

😹 that look, 😻 kitty!

13/9/2025, 6:59:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

🎶not much longer would you be mine 🎶 Hmmm, now I want grapes.

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Profile picture Breezie (@breeze420.bsky.social) reposted

"Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men." -Laozi

swirling orange clouds in a blue sky
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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social)

Was about to prune this dormant bush when a bright flash of green caught my eye. No prob, little cricket. Can tidy up tomorrow.

Bright green cricket on brown bush
13/9/2025, 12:09:25 AM | 51 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you for DJing, had a lovely time!

12/9/2025, 11:46:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bob loves succulents (@boblovessucculents.bsky.social) reposted

This young "fire barrel" cactus (Ferocactus gracilis) has grown wider and rounder this year. They're mostly round until 5 years old when they start becoming cylindrical and can reach 5 feet tall. I'm really enjoying this size though. 🌵 #cactus #plantsky #succulent #gardensky

A young fire barrel cactus. It is globular in shape and has numerous ribs with bright red spines coming out of wooly areoles. It's in a blue pot.
12/9/2025, 11:37:40 PM | 39 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rikki and Kiki (@leetrikki90.bsky.social) reposted

#KikiTheDJ here! While my human’s away the next four days, I’ll play (between naps) my vast kitty PLAYLIST! Here’s Shirley Șerban with a wonderful parody of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It’s called “Bohemian Catsody - A Rhapsody Parody Song for Every Cat Queen and King”! youtu.be/pXezLv_5RaY?...

12/9/2025, 4:32:26 PM | 41 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Love this pick! 😂

12/9/2025, 9:41:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mary Ellen (@maryellenuk.bsky.social) reposted

The weather doesn’t know what it’s doing today 🌧️ ☀️ 🌈

A bright full rainbow, grey skies and some traffic underneath.
12/9/2025, 6:04:44 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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🎶 [Flowers] smiling at me 🎶 Pretty!!

12/9/2025, 9:35:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

This.Is.Hilarious!!! 🩷 Kiri Te Kanawa and first time seeing this. Thx for posting!!

12/9/2025, 9:27:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Photo 📸 Amiyo (@gyou1.bsky.social) reposted

Good morning my friends. Have a nice day.

ピンク色の合歓の木の花々
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Profile picture Voyage en Douce 📸 (@webzinevoyage.com) reposted

Paysage de verdure étendue sur le Lignon Beautiful day 🌸 #UnJourUnePhoto #photography #scape #ForestFriday #InArdeche

Depuis le pont de l'Echelette, vue sur le Lignon, les orgues basaltiques et la forêt / photo Voyage en Douce
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Profile picture Mike Melton (@mikemelton.bsky.social) reposted

Keel-billed Toucan at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature #toucans

A colorful toucan perched on a branch, showing its bright green, orange, and maroon bill with a vivid yellow throat against a blurred green background.
12/9/2025, 6:08:30 AM | 434 63 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mary (@mjwyatt.bsky.social) reposted

Sunset tonight on the ferry from Victoria BC. 🧡🌅🇨🇦

Sunset. Victoria BC. Water view from the ferry, the sun illuminating on the water orange center, dark mountains behind, partially obscured by dark gray clouds above the mountains, white clouds high above with blue sky between them.
12/9/2025, 3:30:39 AM | 593 55 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

You're right, yes it is! Good growing 👍 A month-ish to wait.

12/9/2025, 3:26:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

😹😹 Yup. Me too, TiffyFone. Me too.

11/9/2025, 7:50:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Francis (@birdhistory.bsky.social) reposted

This isn't how birding is supposed to work!

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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Very well camouflaged! 😂

11/9/2025, 6:40:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🩷👋

11/9/2025, 6:08:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kizuどん bs (@kizu-kagoshima.bsky.social) reposted

9/11 Thu. #KizuJapan 📸 高知市 針木浄水場 運動・自然公園 Autumn on the Walking Path 🍁 Kochi City

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Profile picture 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 (@pierpaolo.bsky.social) reposted

Molveno (Trento)

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10/9/2025, 5:01:29 PM | 768 185 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Get well soon!!

11/9/2025, 6:49:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justsmudge (@justsmudge.bsky.social) reposted

🌿☕Morning🌞 Not all rainforests are tropical🌿 The UK is home to rare temperate rainforest, even more threatened than tropical rainforest This deciduous woodland is wet & humid & one of the UK's most biodiverse environments giving habitat for lichens, liverworts & mosses & other flora and fauna🌿💚💚💚

Borrowdale, English Lake District. River flowing through Celtic Rainforest
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Profile picture Brent Mail (@brentmail.bsky.social) reposted

This is Yellow-Billed Hornbill is often nicknamed the “flying banana” because of its oversized yellow beak. Do you know? Hornbills are often seen foraging alongside mongoose troops. They benefit each other, mongoose stir up insects from the ground, and hornbills warn them of predators from above.

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11/9/2025, 4:34:56 AM | 71 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

💗💗

11/9/2025, 5:17:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

All the best for the next 3 weeks, and hope to see you back soon!!

11/9/2025, 2:01:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😻😻

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👍🥰

10/9/2025, 11:24:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Loving the simplicity (and humour!) Def bangers 😂

10/9/2025, 11:24:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤣

10/9/2025, 10:27:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed (@notdred.bsky.social) reposted

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly
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🙏💖

10/9/2025, 10:08:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mr. Snarky Pantalones (@mrsnarkypantalones.bsky.social) reposted

Copenhagen, Denmark. Sept. 2025. #iphone #market #openair #openfacedsandwich #yummy #foodporn #lunch #copenhagen #urbangaze #denmark #salmon #eastcoastkin

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Profile picture JBC (@johnbcaddell.bsky.social) reposted

on a rainy foggy day, Upper Yosemite Falls is reflected in the Merced River for #WaterfallWednesday #nature #waterfall #river #YosemiteNP

under a sky filled with clouds & fog, Upper Yosemite Falls roars off the top of the mountain dropping 1430' to its base during the snow melt runoff. the falls are reflected in the Merced River, viewed from the bridge at the Swinging Bridge Picnic Area. raindrops hit the river sporadically.
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🤣

10/9/2025, 8:36:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🙀 yes, your Mum's right!! 💗

10/9/2025, 8:15:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no, how stressful! Your Mum must be so relieved to get you home, and you'll get better faster too. 🤞🤞 anemia resolves. And it sure does feel like a ransom!!

10/9/2025, 7:51:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Voyage en Douce 📸 (@webzinevoyage.com) reposted

Ravissement extérieur de cyclamens Happy day 🌸 #UnJourUnePhoto #flower #InArdeche #photography #landscape

Tapis de cyclamens mauves sur le chemin de la Corniche à Aubenas sous le ciel bleu / photo Voyage en Douce
10/9/2025, 6:46:45 AM | 237 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Islander (@dhiislander.bsky.camera) reposted

#233 #Maldives #Thulusdhoo #visitMaldives #noon #sharkpoint #shark #beach #sea #lagoon #sun #sky #clouds #island #photography #guesthouse #travel #PhotographersOfBlueSky #LumixS9 #LUMIX #LUMIXJAPAN

Thulusdhoo, Maldives. Noon at Sharkpoint Beach. It’s a shallow, calm beach with a total depth of around a meter, even after wading 30 meters towards the reef. It’s a great spot for kids, as the beach is usually quiet and empty. Sunset Beach is to the right, and Thulusdhoo Pond is to the left. You can walk in the sea to both spots from here. The sea transitions from white to turquoise as the depth increases. The blue sky is dotted with white clouds, and one cloud in the center resembles a Hershey’s Kiss.
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Profile picture Hugh Harrop (@hughharrop.bsky.social) reposted

A welcome arrival of continental migrants to our Shetland shores over the last couple of days. Several Wrynecks made landfall including this one in the Sumburgh Hotel garden. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Profile picture 🩷🕊 Sara Flacci (@saraflacci.bsky.social) reposted

One of the Bellecombe lakes in La Thuile In the distance, the Italian side of Mont Blanc #Alps #Landscape #Mountain Happy #WaterWednesday 💙

An intense blue Alpine lake surrounded by a rocky landscape. In the background, Mont Blanc with its glaciers and a blue sky with a cirrostratus clouds.
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What a talent she was 💖

10/9/2025, 3:53:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🎶 many years have passed since those summer days 🎶

10/9/2025, 3:45:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ (@charlespiroth.bsky.social) reposted

Hiroshi Yoshida, “Twelve Views of Tokyo, Kagurazaka Street After the Rain", 1929 (Showa 4), Woodblock print, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

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Profile picture Dano Loves Music (@danolovesmusic.bsky.social) reposted

“Carnival” by Natalie Merchant was a US #10 hit in 1995. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #nataliemerchant #vinylcommunity #90s #EveryHitSongEver

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10/9/2025, 1:04:06 AM | 44 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social)

Tuesday. My darling-est Willow and her fluffy tail. #Cats #CatsofBluesky #Catsky #Catpics

Grey long-haired cat sitting on haunches, looking down, fluffy tail arranged prettily on the right
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Profile picture JBC (@johnbcaddell.bsky.social) reposted

hi, folks. thunderstorm passed over my house yesterday evening. sharp lightning, big thunder, & a good downpour. my dog lifted his head & woofed a few times then back to nap. here's a #waterlily for #ColorADay & #BlueTue 🌱 #JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower

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Profile picture California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy.bsky.social) reposted

It’s another Claude Trivia Tuesday! Claude is a poikilotherm, so he relies on environmental conditions to regulate his body temperature. To warm up, he'll bask on his heated rock. To cool down, he'll take a dip in the water. Claude loves to lounge, utilizing a "sit-and-wait" hunting strategy.

Claude rests on his heated rock.
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Profile picture Dano Loves Music (@danolovesmusic.bsky.social) reposted

“Caribbean Blue” by Enya was a US #79 hit in 1992. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 #enya #90s #shelivesinafreakingcastle #vinylcommunity

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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Glad it went successfully, smooth healing!

9/9/2025, 4:56:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM (@shlead.bsky.social) reposted

"The most wasted of days is one without laughter." — E.E. Cummings Wishing you all an evening filled with laughter and a fabulous Tuesday. #MagentaMonday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

A magenta dahlia and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. From a neighborhood walk.
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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Gnite! 💤

9/9/2025, 4:35:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mr. Snarky Pantalones (@mrsnarkypantalones.bsky.social) reposted

Copenhagen, Sept. 2025.

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Profile picture Breezie (@breeze420.bsky.social) reposted

"The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane." -Mahatma Gandhi

dark blue sky with white wispy clouds over a small barn roof.
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Profile picture P Pekka (@prepekka98.bsky.social) reposted

#Bloomscrolling #ColorADay #PinkMon #Photography 📷 🌱

A bee resting inside a pink cosmos flower.
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Profile picture 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐞 🌵 (@davidleegardens.bsky.social) reposted

Oh, hello!

8/9/2025, 6:43:47 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦 (@tenoaks6.bsky.social) reposted

So Monday....we meet again #mindset #gratitude #photography #nature #sunrise #choices #daybyday

Two crows sit on a gigantic boulder on a sandy beach at the edge of the ocean. Seagulls line the waters edge. The sun is making it's way into the day and announcing its arrival with the warmest colours. A quiet picture, a gentle dawn
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Profile picture Gina (@createnewpaths.bsky.social) reposted

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~Desmond Tutu Yes! Today I live in the light, filled with hope. I wish this amazing BlueSky Community a Happy Saturday💜💜💜💜 #EastCoastKin #Sunrise #Clouds

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Profile picture Bluesky (@bsky.app) reposted

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

Da Birbs!! Da birbs!! 🩷🩷Love Love Love you guys. 🩷🩷

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Profile picture paulst001.bsky.social (@paulst001.bsky.social) reposted

Taken in the troutbeck valley in the English lake District

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Profile picture Quick Photography (@quickphotography.bsky.social) reposted

Montecchiello View Tuscany, Italy #travel #italy #PhotographersofBlueSky #photography

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Profile picture Andrew 📷 (@vixcomplex.bsky.social) reposted

California Scrub-Jay 5-2025 #BlueSkyMonday #Spring #Scape #Photography #Art #写真 #風景 #Foto #Fotografia #LandscapePhotography #BlueJay #Bird #Blue #Green #Trees #Birding #Trail #SonyAlpha

A California Scrub-Jay perched on a lichen-covered branch among green foliage and small white flowers. The bird displays bright blue plumage on its head, wings, and tail, with a grayish-brown back, white underparts, and a dark collar across its chest. The background shows lush green vegetation in soft focus.
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Profile picture Christoph Fischer (@beautysurroundsyou.com) reposted

Deep in the arid lands of northern Namibia, a miraculous artery of water traces the western and central border to Angola, and graces one of our planet's most beautiful waterfalls in a desert environment. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature

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Profile picture Kizuどん bs (@kizu-kagoshima.bsky.social) reposted

9/8 Mon. #KizuJapan 📸 秋田県由利本荘市 善神沼(鳥海山中) Autumn in the primeval forest 🍁 Yurihonjo City Akita Prefecture

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Profile picture 🩷🕊 Sara Flacci (@saraflacci.bsky.social) reposted

Lights and shadows around and inside me. #Alps #Landscape #Mood Have a good week with the #MountainMonday and Amorphis 🤘🏻 youtu.be/8aF80ycx5JQ?...

Mountain landscape at sunset. The sun's rays filter through the clouds and illuminate the valleys below. A few conifers frame the scene, while below, typical, very dry mountain vegetation.
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Profile picture This Many Years Ago (@thismanyyearsago.bsky.social) reposted

59 years ago, on the 8th of September 1966, 'The Man Trap' aired as the first ever episode of Star Trek on NBC, despite being the 6th episode filmed. It received mixed reviews with Variety saying it "won't work" and dubbing it "an incredible and dreary mess of confusion and complexities". #otd 🗃️

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Profile picture Kizuどん bs (@kizu-kagoshima.bsky.social) reposted

🦋〜 📸🐒♪

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Profile picture paulst001.bsky.social (@paulst001.bsky.social) reposted

Close up of a flower from a friend's garden

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Profile picture Dylan O’Donnell (@dylanodonnell.bsky.social) reposted

Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.

Is it nap time yet?
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Profile picture Will Gater (@willgater.bsky.social) reposted

The umbral shadow slipping away as the Moon rises during tonight’s lunar eclipse. Photographed from Teignmouth, Devon. #lunareclipse

A photograph of the Moon rising over a seascape. A wave-filled horizon and a golden glitter path from the overexposed Moon fills the bottom two thirds of the frame. Above sits the Moon’s disc, itself above thin wisps of colourful clouds scattering its light. The coppery-red colour of the Earth’s umbral shadow appears on the right of the Moon’s disc while the overexposed portion of the disc on the left appears as a thick, glowing crescent.
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Profile picture Brent Mail (@brentmail.bsky.social) reposted

This is the Nyala, one of Africa’s most secretive antelopes. Males transform from plain youngsters into majestic figures with dark manes and spiralled horns. Silent and elusive, they slip through the bush like ghosts of the forest. The shyest creatures with the most breathtaking beauty. #wildlife

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Profile picture Mary (@mjwyatt.bsky.social) reposted

Moonrise tonight over the Cascades. 🧡🫶🏻

Moonrise over the Cascades. Dark conifer trees, orange full moon rising thru the trees, gray blue sky above.
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Profile picture Misty (@purplestarrynight.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣 Oh boy, you're on a roll with this one!

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Profile picture Vanishing and Endangered Cultures (@nowaykgn.bsky.social) reposted

The Wind and Rain Bridges are iconic structures built by the Dong people, an ethnic group primarily residing in the mountainous regions of southern China, particularly in Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces. These covered bridges, also known as "Flower Bridges" due to their intricate carvings.

These bridges span rivers and streams, providing safe passage and shelter from wind, rain, and sun. They typically feature wooden structures with long corridors, multiple pavilions, and tiered, tiled roofs resembling pagodas. The roofs often have quadrangular or hexagonal eaves, adorned with carvings of dragons, phoenixes, cranes, or other auspicious symbols. Remarkably, these bridges are built without nails, utilizing precise groove joints and mortise-and-tenon techniques, which showcase the Dong’s advanced carpentry skills. They are primarily made of local wood, such as fir, supported by stone piers. Beyond their practical use, Wind and Rain Bridges serve as communal spaces for socializing, resting, and hosting markets or festivals. They are often seen as sacred, believed to house guardian spirits that protect travelers and the community. Myths associate the bridges with harmony, connecting villages and symbolizing balance with nature, where wind represents transformation and rain signifies fertility. The most famous Wind and Rain Bridge is the Chengyang Bridge (also called Yongji or Panlong Bridge) in Sanjiang County, Guangxi. Built in 1912 and completed in 1924, it spans 64.4 meters across the Linxi River, supported by five stone piers, with five multi-eaved pavilions. It’s one of the largest and best-preserved, recognized as a global architectural treasure and part of the Chengyang Eight Villages Scenic Area.
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Profile picture maskflowerprince.bsky.social (@maskflowerprince.bsky.social) reposted

Another for #stunday. Giraffe taking in the morning light near Pilanesberg in South Africa, 2018. #SouthAfrica #photography #travel #wildlife #griaffes #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #thewildimages #giraffe

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Profile picture Alison (@alisontolley.bsky.social) reposted

Hummingbird feeder defender!! ❤️

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Profile picture BookEnd2🇨🇦 (@bookend2.bsky.social) reposted

#SundayYellow brings my chrysanthemums into the sunshine 🌞

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Profile picture thediversedahlia 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@thediversedalia.bsky.social) reposted

"Rainbow Silence" #canadagardens #gardensky #dahlias #dailydahlia #flowerscrolling #bloomscrolling #gaygardeners #queergardeners #dahliasfordiversity #flowerfeed

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Profile picture Carmamore (@carmamore.bsky.social) reposted

Sunday peace.

Solitary figure standing looking out to sea over the calm water with blue sky and clouds on the horizon.
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Profile picture 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼. 🌎 (@davidpmolina.com) reposted

Orographic fog, or "waterfall clouds", cascades over the Rocky mountains at Glacier National Park in Montana. July 2025. #Stunday #OrographicFog #Rockies #Glacier #NationalParks #photography #travel #camping #clouds #mountains

Orographic fog, or
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Profile picture Rafi's Capture 📸 (@rafiscapture.bsky.social) reposted

Grace in motion 🦋🌸 This butterfly brings a pop of life and color to the garden air.☺️

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