Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) / Redsky

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Glad you liked it! 🙂

1/9/2025, 2:04:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Ha, thank you Steve, glad someone has read a few 😂

1/9/2025, 2:01:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Lucked out with perfect weather to watch the Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival this weekend #Stunday #Colors #SensoryArt #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #BestAbstract #AbstractAug #smArtist #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin #Photography #HotAirBalloon #BalloonFestHV

As a colorful hot air balloon is blown up, the rope makes an indent to make it look the shape of a heart for a minute. The sky is blue with white clouds, there are many people on the grass and trees behind them.

1/9/2025, 2:00:24 AM | 39 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Amazing shot Kevin!

31/8/2025, 1:23:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😍😍😍

30/8/2025, 9:02:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He did, so much that he didn’t use them 🤣

30/8/2025, 9:01:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Another at the Entheon Sanctuary of Visionary Art today - link in Alt Text From their collab with TOOL #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #Colors #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography And now I’m off to take pics of hot air balloons. Enjoy your day!

https://www.cosm.org/entheon TOOL POSTER COLLECTION Loan of Rod Rohrs and the Reach Out and Beyond Gallery The progressive metal band TOOL released their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum on August 30, 2019. Hailed by music reviewers and fans alike, the Song /empest won a Grammy for best metal performance. For their Fear Inoculum Tour, Tool's lead guitarist and art director, Adam Jones, planned a special limited edition silkscreen poster for each of the 104 concert dates from 2019-2022. Adam invited dozens of artists to be part of the series. The posters became instant collector's items and sometimes incited near riots at venues as they sold out. Collector Rod Rohrs traveled to each venue waiting in lines for hours and many times overnight so that he could get choice and unique posters signed by the band and doodled on by Adam Jones. Many of the posters were customized later with remarques by the original artists. We are grateful to display thirty-three posters loaned from the amazing collection of Rod Rohrs in the Visionary Vine stairwell gallery of Entheon.

30/8/2025, 6:52:21 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

I visited Entheon Sanctuary of Visionary Art today - link in Alt Text Wild details in all the works! #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny #Colors #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography

https://www.cosm.org/entheon PAINTING Alex Grey, 1998, oil on linen A translucent artist from an elevated perspective is Painting a canvas, palette in one hand, the other holds a brush. The miracle of how consciousness moves the body-or, in this case, controls a paintbrush-is suggested by the glow in the brain, bones, muscles, circulatory and nervous systems, as well as the subtle energies of acupuncture meridians and points, chakras, and auric thoughtforms. A funnel of spiritual light swirls into the top of the head, bringing flames of vision, suffusing the brain with radiance. Spiritual or spectral figures surround and influence the painter. Renowned artists hovering above the artists head, Michelangelo, Blake, van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Bosch, Tchelitchew, and Delville, observe and offer encouragement. A guardian angel behind the artist focuses the light of idealism on the artist's pineal gland, or third eye, a light-responsive endocrine gland deep in the brain that regulates the circadian rhythm by neurochemical secretions of melatonin. It is speculated that the pineal gland may also play a part in the regulation of the visionary imagination by secreting dimethytryptamine and related psychoactive compounds. Darker psychological forces in the artist's auric field are symbolized by a leering, grotesquely sexual thanatopic animal phantasm that represents the passions and fears driving our actions. Light as consciousness flows through the body of the artist, pouring forth from the colored chakras and orchestrating emotion, thought, intuition, devotion, will, and higher visions. The eyes of the artist guide the artist's hand, simultaneously beaming rays of perception and imagination toward the canvas.

30/8/2025, 6:39:56 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks Steve 😍

30/8/2025, 6:26:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent Karen! 😍

30/8/2025, 6:25:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😍

30/8/2025, 1:05:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

I like the way the sun shines on The Vessel #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #Colors #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Cityscape #NYCPhotography #NYC_Photographers #Meetup

At sunset, the sun shines on the Vessel which is in front of the Empire State Building. The buildings reflect the light and go from light blue to reds.

30/8/2025, 11:51:51 AM | 90 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Gift for grandpa ❤️ After my mom died, my dad used paper plates a lot so I had my kids decorate some to brighten his day. #MixedMedia #AbstractAug #smArtist #Colors #SensoryArt #Shiny #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Paper plates are decorated by my kids using markers, colored pencils and stickers. A nice gift for a man that wanted nothing. :-)

30/8/2025, 11:46:23 AM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

1932 Ford V8 #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #Colors #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Photography #CarPhotography #ClassicCars #CarShow

30/8/2025, 11:30:37 AM | 25 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

A shirt Prince wore during his 1984 Purple Rain tour #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #TheMet #EastCoastKin #Photography

Closeup of the neck and ruffled collar of Prince’s shirt. “Straddling divisions of race, gender, and sexuality, legendary musician Prince used dress to disrupt expectations and push the boundaries of identity and artistry. Influenced by the sartorial theatrics of musicians like Little Richard and James Brown, he incorporated traditionally

30/8/2025, 11:23:15 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Head from a Female Sphinx #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny Carved from chlorite, a dark green stone, ca. 1876–1842 B.C.E. (see Alt text) #BrooklynMuseum #ColorADay #GreenSat #Colors #SensoryArt #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #OnlyBeautifulThings #EastCoastKin #Photography

Small details sometimes provide crucial clues to understanding a sculpture. On this object, for example, the back of the wig extends horizontally instead of downward, indicating that the head originally belonged to a sphinx, a mythological creature with a human head and a lion’s body. Sphinxes represented the king’s ability to crush Egypt’s enemies. Although sphinxes were usually male, the heavy striated wig shown here only appears on representations of women. This statue’s inlaid eyes, probably of metal and colored stones, were pried out in antiquity, resulting in extensive damage. Repairs to the eyes, lips, and chin were apparently made in the eighteenth century. Depicting a queen or princess, this striking green head is one of the earliest representations of a female sphinx. Its size and powerful presence contrast with its smooth and delicate features. The face and neck, once attached to a sphinx’s reclining body, reveal evidence of ancient damage and more modern repairs. The empty eyes originally held stone inlays. The head’s journey to Brooklyn is a storied tale, extending many miles and millennia. It was first described in 1764 CE in one of the earliest treatises on ancient art. The text notes that the “sublime” head was part of Cardinal Alessandro Albani’s antiquities collection in Rome. How it came to Italy remains a mystery. The Romans might have brought it in the first century CE, possibly installing it in Emperor Hadrian’s villa. In 1772, the Marquess of Lansdowne purchased the head; the family kept it until a 1930 estate sale. For 20 years, its location was unknown. In 1955, a Sotheby’s employee noticed the piece outside an Essex shop and purchased it on a whim. He sold the head for a mere 500 pounds, claiming he was bamboozled by his boss. The next thing he knew, Sotheby’s had sold it to the Brooklyn Museum, where it continues to awe and inspire. https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/3623

30/8/2025, 11:06:46 AM | 32 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

When I like a recipe, I put it in a Word doc and try to simplify the instructions. Here’s one for a colorful Mexican Salad w Avocado Lime Dressing for #FoodOnFriday & #Colors #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography Enjoy your night!

Mexican Salad w Avocado Lime Dressing Based on http://www.superhealthykids.com/taco-bowl-avocado-lime-dressing/ Salad 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 large orange bell pepper, diced 12 oz (1 pint) cherry tomatoes, quartered 2 cups corn (I use Trader Joe’s frozen roasted corn) 1/3 cup red onion, very finely diced Dressing 1/3 cup water Juice from 1 lime 1 avocado 2 Tbsp cilantro, finely chopped 1 garlic clove 1/2 tsp salt (I used kosher) 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper Serve with Romaine lettuce (3 jumbo hearts of romaine = 22 oz) Avocado Lime Prep Salad ingredients and place in large bowl Put all Dressing ingredients into a mini food processor, blend until fully combined (I have a Black & Decker 1.5 cup capacity Handy Chopper) Pour Dressing over Salad, use spatula to gently mix ingredients If bringing to a party, put Salad with Dressing in large zip lock bag and refrigerate Right before serving, wash and chop romaine, and place in a large serving bowl Add Salad with Dressing on top of center of romaine Garnish with avocado slices and lime wedges Enjoy!

30/8/2025, 1:06:47 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you Lu! 😍

29/8/2025, 11:15:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t it?! 😍

29/8/2025, 10:08:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#ForestFriday #Scape I love the muted #Colors in the background. #SensoryArt #OnlyBeautifulThings #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography

What might be a Gray Catbird bird sits on top of an evergreen. The background is blurred thin tree branches that have green, red and pink leaves. Bayard Cutting Arboretum in May.

29/8/2025, 7:11:36 PM | 52 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Gorgeous photo!

29/8/2025, 3:32:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Such a pretty pic Jerry!

29/8/2025, 12:21:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Spectacular pic!

29/8/2025, 12:15:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m definitely glad I was able to take a vacation day for it. Hope to see you at the next!

29/8/2025, 12:12:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks Sabine! 😍

29/8/2025, 9:03:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😍

29/8/2025, 9:02:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Trim Castle, built in 1172 When we were young we walked on top of its curtain wall - scary but fun! #Colors #SensoryArt #Towers #PalacesAndGardens #UrbanGaze #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #AdoorableThursday #Ireland #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography

Trim Castle, Ireland, at night with white, purple and green lights shining on it. The sky is black. The movie Braveheart was filmed here. “Trim Castle was built in 1172, shortly after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland. King Henry II granted his baron Hugh de Lacy the Kingdom of Meath, along with custody of Dublin. The King feared that another of his barons Richard de Clare (also known as Strongbow) might set up a rival Anglo-Norman kingdom in Ireland, and gave de Lacy Meath as a counterbalance to Strongbow's powerbase in the south of Leinster.” https://www.meath.ie/discover/heritage/heritage-sites/trim-castle “The castle is the largest Anglo-Norman fortification in Ireland. Hugh de Lacy and his successors took 30 years to build it. The central fortification is a monumental three-story keep. This massive 20-sided tower, which is cruciform in shape, was all but impregnable in its day. It was protected by a ditch, curtain wall and water-filled moat. The castle is often called King John’s Castle although when he visited the town he preferred to stay in his tent on the other side of the river. Richard II visited Trim in 1399 and left Prince Hal later Henry V as a prisoner in the castle.” https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/trim-castle/

29/8/2025, 1:11:23 AM | 31 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Here we find the elusive #NYC_Photographers #Meetup leader @chrislord.bsky.social hunting a butterfly to shoot #HumansOfBluesky #BrooklynBotanicGarden #EastCoastKin #Photography #Colors #SensoryArt #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #Flowers #AbstractAug #smArtist #BloomScrolling

Chris has a backpack and hat on, he is watching a butterfly waiting for it to land to take a pic.

29/8/2025, 12:44:30 AM | 38 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

From a palace to a garden #Towers #PalacesAndGardens Cleopatra’s Needle The Obelisk was created roughly 3,500 years ago in Egypt and was dedicated in Central Park in 1881 #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography #NYCPhotography

The Obelisk was created around 1425 BCE in Heliopolis, Egypt, an area north of modern-day Cairo. Central Park is the third location for this 220-ton monolith, a single piece of stone carved out of granite at the quarries of Aswan, a major source of stone for Egyptian antiquities. It was one of two obelisks commissioned by Pharaoh Thutmose III for the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis, near modern-day Cairo. Scholars believe that obelisks represented eternity and immortality, and their long, tapering form functioned to connect the heavens and the earth. Their pinnacles were typically covered in gold to reflect the sunlight. When the Romans discovered the two obelisks in 12 BCE, both had toppled and were lying partially buried in the sand. The Romans transported the obelisks to Alexandria and installed them at an entrance to a temple dedicated to Julius Caesar. The temple had been built by Cleopatra, which is one theory of how they came to be called “Cleopatra’s Needles,” a name that still endures. The Romans created the bronze crabs as supports for the damaged obelisks. In Roman mythology, crabs are associated with Apollo, the sun god, thus continuing the solar connection. In the 1870s, the Egyptian government gave one obelisk to England, and the second obelisk was gifted to the United States by the Khedive Ismail Pasha in commemoration of the opening of the Suez Canal. The removal of the Obelisk and its transportation to New York took over a year, and was a significant feat of logistics, diplomacy, and engineering. It was installed in Central Park in January 1881. https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/obelisk#:~:text=Standing%20between%20the%20Great%20Lawn,oldest%20outdoor%20monument%20in%20NYC.&text=In%20the%201870s%2C%20the%20Egyptian,opening%20of%20the%20Suez%20Canal.

29/8/2025, 12:03:18 AM | 25 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Yayoi Kusama robot in Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Ave, NYC #Colors #SensoryArt #ColorADay #RedWed #smArtist #WeekIforIconic #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #NYCPhotography #WackyWednesdayArt #WackyWednesday #WindowWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday

28/8/2025, 12:51:42 AM | 37 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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😜

27/8/2025, 8:31:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty pic! I’m definitely going to check out the new hashtags for some more beauty in my feed, thanks for sharing!

27/8/2025, 7:14:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Roses are not in season, but this fragile beauty is standing strong, as we all are – keep rockin peeps! #RoseWednesday #Colors #SensoryArt #Macro #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography

Macro of a pink rose with greenery in the background at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY

27/8/2025, 9:56:21 AM | 25 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

The #Sky through the bright #Colors on the windows at the Jamaica, NY train station Radiant Memories by James Little #MTAArts #SensoryArt #AbstractAug #WindowWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NYCPhotography

Windows are covered in colorful stripes, and you can see the sky through them – the sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. Radiant Memories by James Little 2020, Laminated glass, Fabricated by Glasmalerei Peters Studios Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and Long Island Rail Road

27/8/2025, 9:19:16 AM | 39 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

We were at the Botanic Garden, you should have come! (I took a vacation day for it)

27/8/2025, 12:05:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Gorgeous pic!

25/8/2025, 1:11:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Have a good one Duke! 🙂

25/8/2025, 1:10:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Robyn (@handcranked.bsky.social) reposted

Here's your art challenge cheat sheet for August 25–31! (Sorry I'm late.) See comments for host list + their posts for more info. #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts

Art Challenges: August 25-31 onday, August 25 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #smArtist (#sweat) #AbstractAug (#holidays) Tuesday, August 26 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #smArtist (#fuss) #AbstractAug (#animals) Wednesday, August 27 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #smArtist (#humid) #AbstractAug (#sky) Thursday, August 28 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#towers) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #smArtist (#condensation) #AbstractAug (#flowers) Friday, August 29 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FiveMinFri (quick projects & WIP) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #smArtist (#stifle) #AbstractAug (#pattern) Saturday, AuguSt 30 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#shiny) #smArtist (#exhaustion) #AbstractAug (#MixedMedia) SUNday, August 31 #Stunday (stunning) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#WorkInProgress)* #smArtist (#revive) #AbstractAug (#BestAbstract) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ClassicMono (monochrome) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekIforIconic)** #SensoryArt (#colors) *Raw, unfinished looks to show growth **Anything, anyone, or anyplace that’s instantly recognizable all over the world — landmarks, celebs, pop culture

25/8/2025, 2:25:31 AM | 184 58 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Great shot Matthias!

25/8/2025, 11:35:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no! I hope it’s not hitting you too hard! 💞

25/8/2025, 11:34:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow!! Beautiful pic!

25/8/2025, 11:33:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Happy #MossyMonday! #EastCoastKin #Photography #MobilePhotography

Two bricks are covered in moss and are laying on leaves that have fallen in fall.

25/8/2025, 10:35:34 AM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Good #BlueskyMonday morning! #Colors #SensoryArt #ColorADay #PinkMon #MagentaMonday #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #Flowers #DailyFlowers #TheLittleThings #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday #Macro #Photography #MobilePhotography #NYCPhotography

Looking up at a lily, the sky is blue with a cloud

25/8/2025, 10:20:39 AM | 44 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m safe.

25/8/2025, 1:45:08 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pretty!

25/8/2025, 1:33:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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💞

25/8/2025, 1:32:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#Stunday Hard Hat Tour of unrestored Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital Complex #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #Photography #Abandoned #NYCPhotography

People wearing hard hats walk in a hallway that has paint chipping. New York Ellis Island Hard Hat Tour https://www.cityexperiences.com/new-york/city-cruises/statue/new-york-hard-hat-reserve/

An actual phot from Ellis Island is on the wall. It shoes a man in a hat with a suitcase and a child holding a big bag over his shoulder.

24/8/2025, 11:01:05 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#Stunday Unbelievable that this sign is needed in 2025. #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #ColorADay #OrangeSun #EastCoastKin #Photography #NYCPhotography #StreetPhotography

At the Hands Off march, NYC April 5, 2025, a woman dressed as a character from A Handmaid's Tale talks with someone holding a sign with a uterus that says Hands Off

24/8/2025, 9:28:00 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#Stunday Electro Shock Therapy! And some cool hats! It’s a #Mystery to me how the Tough Mudders choose to get electrocuted - 10,000 volts #SensoryArt #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography

People roll over hay under wires that have 10,000 volts going through them. Perhaps Tough Mudder’s most controversial obstacle, this simple structure remains largely unchanged from its inception and earliest days on course. A field of wires dangling from a rectangular frame, clicking as 10,000 volts crackle through them. Over the years, mud, trenches, rows of hay and even a grandstand have been added to enhance the spectacle. A right of passage for most participants and favorite amongst spectators who enjoy watching the carnage. https://toughmudder.com/obstacles/electroshock-therapy/

People covered in mud are walking, the guy in front is wearing a Viking helmet.

24/8/2025, 9:12:21 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Thrones of the gods #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #Mystery #SensoryArt #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #Photography #Cityscape #NYCPhotography

Giant green cranes resemble chairs in the cargo container terminal in Brooklyn. The sky is blue with soft clouds. The cranes are used in ports to load and unload cargo, primarily shipping containers, from vessels.

23/8/2025, 1:22:51 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Is this Mars? #Mystery #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

The walk to Dettifoss waterfall on Ring Road in Iceland “Land around Dettifoss is a desolate, rugged landscape of black rock, boulders, and basalt columns shaped by powerful glacial megafloods. The area features canyons and terraces formed by cataclysmic glacial outburst floods, creating a stark and otherworldly

23/8/2025, 1:11:12 PM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Can’t have a #BlueSkyArtShow #Skyline theme without the Empire State Building 😊 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Cityscape #Architecture #NYCPhotography #Red #smArtist

Sunset looking at the city, the Empire State Building is on the right, the water reflects the reds and yellows of the sky.

23/8/2025, 12:53:50 PM | 31 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

They'll never take our freedom! #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #Ireland #ColorADay #GreenSat #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography

Trim Castle, Ireland, at night with white, purple and green lights shining on it. The sky is black. The movie Braveheart was filmed here.

23/8/2025, 12:45:45 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Troll of the North It’s a #Mystery why he didn’t notice the sun rising (see alt text) #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BnW #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Iceland #RingRoad #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

“Folklore of Hvítserkur It should come as no surprise that Hvítserkur is often referred to as a troll—most distinctive Icelandic rocks are. Folklore says that Hvítserkur was originally a troll from the peninsula, determined to rip the bells down from Þingeyraklaustur convent; trolls, unlike elves, are said to be terrified of Christianity. The beast was so enraged and persistent that it did not notice the rising sun, and was instantly petrified for eternity in its rays. In hindsight, like most of Iceland’s folktales, it seems this one had a Christian message not so subtly weaved into it. It is likely that the story was an allusion to the people’s stoic resistance to the Christianisation of Iceland, implying those who held onto the view were as stubborn, stupid, violent and wicked as trolls, and perhaps on their way to a similar fate. Iceland converted to Christianity in 1000 AD under the threat of invasion from Norway, and the transition was not easy; those who practised the religion of the Old Norse Gods were ostracised and punished for the millennium that followed.” https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/hvitserkur

23/8/2025, 12:35:27 PM | 30 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Pano at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #OnlyBeautifulThings #Iceland #RingRoad #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

Panoramic view from a boat on the lagoon looking at an iceberg and mountains w clouds and a blue sky

23/8/2025, 12:27:24 PM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Lovely place we stayed at Amish Country, PA many moons ago. #Skyline #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #LandscapePhotography

From the road looking at a barn, silo and house at farm in Pennsylvania.

23/8/2025, 12:12:55 PM | 25 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Cool sky tonight. From this spot, there should be no water in this pic, but the ocean went all the way to the boardwalk. #HumansOfBluesky #ColorADay #YellowThu #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

People are on the boardwalk checking out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin at Jones Beach, NY. The sun just set and the sky is yellow, orange and red.

22/8/2025, 3:38:11 AM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

From this spot, there should be no water in this pic, but the ocean went all the way to the boardwalk at Jones Beach, NY. #HumansOfBluesky #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

22/8/2025, 3:32:32 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

We ran like children when the waves came over the sand - a good laugh each time. #HumansOfBluesky checking out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin at Jones Beach, NY. #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

People are laughing after running back from the big waves.

22/8/2025, 3:26:12 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

The ocean covered the sand all the way to the boardwalk at Jones Beach, NY. #HumansOfBluesky #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

Water is up to the boardwalk due to Hurricane Erin. Everything has a red tint due to it being after sunset.

22/8/2025, 3:21:43 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#HumansOfBluesky checking out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin at Jones Beach, NY. May need to click to see. #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

3 people walk toward the boardwalk through the water that is covering the sand

22/8/2025, 3:15:33 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

This scene seems a bit surreal to me. #HumansOfBluesky checking out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin at Jones Beach, NY. #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

A person stands in the water. There are huge waves in front of them, the sky is dark and cloudy.

22/8/2025, 3:10:02 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

#HumansOfBluesky checking out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin at Jones Beach, NY. #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

A man holds up his tripod as the waves reach him.

22/8/2025, 3:06:57 AM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

All the #HumansOfBluesky took care not to step on the crabs that were displaced by Hurricane Erin tonight at Jones Beach, NY #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

A crab walks on the sand in front of two people.

22/8/2025, 3:01:52 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Jones Beach, NY tonight Many #HumansOfBluesky there to check out the waves caused by Hurricane Erin. It was cold so most are wearing hats! #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #Splatter #AbstractAug #Shock #smArtist #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

People are on sand that is higher so did not get covered in water from the Atlantic Ocean.

22/8/2025, 2:56:00 AM | 26 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a beautiful drawing Ela! 💞

21/8/2025, 10:41:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

😍😍😍

21/8/2025, 10:40:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Poor kids 🤣

21/8/2025, 10:39:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

I’d support that.

21/8/2025, 10:38:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Right?! 🤣🤣🤣

21/8/2025, 10:10:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

It is! I just went to Central Park to take some phone pics. I'm happy when it's not hot out! 🙂

21/8/2025, 7:16:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

The pic has to be done. 🙂

21/8/2025, 7:03:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

😍

21/8/2025, 6:51:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

True, nice shot!

21/8/2025, 3:52:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Cool shot Luis, could be an album cover!

21/8/2025, 2:48:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you Sabine 😂

21/8/2025, 2:44:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

😍

21/8/2025, 2:43:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh goodness Jack! 😂

21/8/2025, 2:43:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Fake snow for a movie and tulips for today's #PalacesAndGardens prompt #Seasons These little spots around trees make cute gardens throughout NYC 💚 #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography #MobilePhotography #NYCPhotography

fake snow is being put around the bottom of a tree for a movie

Yellow and pink tulips are around trees on a city street.

21/8/2025, 2:42:55 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

It’s always beautiful at Bow Bridge Central Park, NY #Seasons #PalacesAndGardens #HumansOfBluesky #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #smArtist #Architecture #Photography #NYCPhotography

Mobile photo of a person sitting on a rock drawing, looking toward Bow Bridge, another person is laying on the rock. “Because of its low-lying and graceful curve that resembles the bow of an archer or violinist, it’s widely considered a masterpiece of Victorian-era design. Created as one of the major entrances to the Ramble, and a connection to a path toward Bethesda Terrace, it’s a prominent spot that offers expansive views of the Lake and surrounding landscapes. It’s one of the most photographed Park features and one of the most romantic, serving as the site of numerous wedding proposals.” https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/bow-bridge

Bow bridge with the fall colored trees reflecting on the still water.

21/8/2025, 1:57:41 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Beautiful photo!

21/8/2025, 1:37:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

I may or may not have climbed out a window to a roof to take these 😊 Thanksgiving Parade prep and today for #PalacesAndGardens prompt #Seasons #HumansOfBluesky #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography #WeekHforHats #AlphabetChallenge #ColorADay #YellowThu #smArtist #AMNH

The day before the Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are being blown up in front of the fountain garden at the American Museum of Natural History.

Today it is raining a bit and the fountain is on.

21/8/2025, 1:34:43 PM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for clarifying 😃 cute shot

21/8/2025, 11:06:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Amazing pic, thanks for taking us along!

21/8/2025, 11:04:51 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣🤣🤣

21/8/2025, 4:39:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

😍

21/8/2025, 2:13:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks! ❤️

21/8/2025, 2:12:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

I'm lucky that I get to see these #Faces at work #AMNH #AbstractAug #smArtist #EastCoastKin

It's in the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples. This site says it is not smiling but in a war scream - I did not know this, guess it is not a happy face lol. https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/ancestor-mask-chambri-people/

This artifact is identified as a Late Classic Remojadas style ceramic head from Veracruz, Mexico, dating back to approximately 600-800 AD. It is part of the Mesoamerican collection exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York City

21/8/2025, 2:09:18 AM | 23 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

For today’s #AbstractAug theme: #Faces, I present my brother. It is a #Mystery what our parents were thinking with that haircut. This would be a good Caption Contest pic 😊 #WackyWednesday #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin

My brother in a suit with tie and a poorly done bowl haircut.

21/8/2025, 1:51:38 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

It now has new meaning for me 😍🤣 thanks for sharing, that’s awesome!

20/8/2025, 9:27:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

She’s beautiful. So sorry 💞

20/8/2025, 2:07:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep

19/8/2025, 9:04:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

Don’t like to do political posts but this pic is perfect. Yes Bernice!

A pic of Dr Martin Luther King Jr with the correct expression for the line Bernice King wrote on this post: Now, do the Epstein files. This is after tRump released records surrounding her iconic father's 1968 assassination.

19/8/2025, 11:44:25 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

#facts

19/8/2025, 11:29:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Looking forward to hearing Pete!I saw her a very long time ago, maybe you were playing! 😃

19/8/2025, 10:52:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

I have connections...

19/8/2025, 10:36:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, one of my favorite surprises!

19/8/2025, 10:36:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social) reply parent

😍

19/8/2025, 10:35:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

I hope you find beauty in your day 💜 Love the purple tulip with a touch of blue #ColorADay #BlueTue #TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #EastCoastKin #Photography #MobilePhotography #NYCPhotography

Various colored tulips among greenery. This was in Central Park, NY

19/8/2025, 10:34:39 AM | 91 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Michelle (@trailtotoday.bsky.social)

For #SensoryArt theme #Mystery How did I end up working on the Enterprise? 🖖 #TrekTuesday #StarTrek #smArtist #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #NYCPhotography #LLAP

I'm in sickbay on the Enterprise scanning someone with a medical tricorder.

19/8/2025, 10:27:42 AM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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