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@sofiimagines.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 1:46 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

#bloomscrolling #flowers #dailyflowers #photography #nature

A Siberian iris unfurls violet-blue petals, its falls laced with fine indigo veins over cream and gold, standing among slender green leaves and swelling buds in soft morning light.

@actualbob.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 1:07 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Walls

Square photograph of a weathered wooden train bulletin board. The dark gray, weathered wood background is rough and textured, with patches of faded, ochre-colored paint and exposed wood creating irregular, abstract shapes. The board is marked with thin, white horizontal and vertical grid lines. White block letters are stenciled across the top and center, spelling out words like "TRAIN", "BULLETIN", "EAST BOUND", "DUE.", "WILL ARR", "RAIN Nº.", "DUE.", "WILL ARR", and "WEST BOUND". The letters are faded and worn, integrating them into the texture of the board.

@trahias.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 10:25 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Henri Martin (French, 1860–1943)
Title: "Couple in Conversation in Front of the Farm", 1900.
Oil on Canvas, 69 × 56 cm.
Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin in Cahors, France.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

@dinamitteros.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 8:59 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Rudi Hurzlmeier. Artista alemán, nacido en 1952. Cuervo. 2003. Acrílico sobre lienzo montado sobre tabla.

@fravery.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 4:14 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise, 1872 Musée Marmottan Monet

@rfe2025.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 7:40 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Isafjordur, Iceland 😍❤️
#isafjordur #iceland #scandinavia #europe #arcticcircle #fog #cruiselife #cruiseship #virginvoyages #valiantlady #fjord #landscapephotography #mountain #northsea #midwestkin #eastcoastkin #g+circle

@dinamitteros.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 9:26 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Steve Sanderson.

@trahias.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 10:28 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Brigitte Granton (Canadian Contemporary Artist)
"Making Memories", 2022.
Oil on Canvas, 30 × 10 inches.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

@richardmortimer.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 6:44 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

The Absolute Joy of Wall Furniture, Trastevere, Rome
#BlueSkyArtShow #Walls #aofoto

@javiervt.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 12:47 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Parque municipal. Viena

@javiervt.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 12:50 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Viena. Atardecer

@ni9akers.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 2:04 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

@mad7500.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 9:30 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

From yesterday’s Magical Mystery Tour.. 😎😉.. Happy #Scape Day ..
Orford, Suffolk Coast, U.K. ..
It was beautiful ..🌿💚☀️
Orford is a fascinating place, lots of history .. worth a web search..😉
Have a wonderful day.. 🌾⛵️☀️👋
📷 Oct ‘26
#EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography

A view from the path alongside the River Alde, where it meets the North Sea. In the foreground long grasses, lit but the lowering sun. A few boats are scattered on the river. On the right along the horizon a few buildings. The sky is blue to the right with big ominous grey clouds moving across from the left . The photo has a warm glow from the sun, which is behind the camera.

View from the rivers edge. Low down looking towards a derelict boat, with two old timber posts standing upright to the left. Sky is blue with big fluffy clouds moving across from the left.

Landscape River view, with a derelict small wooden boat on the left, and the two timber posts standing upright to the right. Sky is hazy blue as the sun lowers just to the right out of the photo.

View looking along the coastal path with the river to the left and grassland and bushy hedgerows to the right. The skybis hazy blue, and the sun is low in the sky breaking through the clouds on the right, lighting up the photo.

@slowdriver25.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 1:03 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

#Caturday #Cats #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #BlueskyCats #CatSky #CatPics #Black #AltText #NoAI

closeup view of 2 black cats laying on top of a black scooter, the first cat is colored black with a white spot on his chest and is laying, high on the front drivers seat, on his left side, with his head raised looking into the camera with his yellow eyes, the other cat is laying below of the first on top of the rear passenger seat curled up on her right side

@mad7500.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 9:42 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

#ForestFriday 🌲☀️🌲..
Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, U.K.
📷 Oct ‘26
#EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography #Scape

View looking through tall thin conifer trees in a managed forest. Orange pine needles cover the forest floor.

@rjrock.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 9:22 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Crystal Blue Persuasion

More from Lago di Tovel where the water is clear enough that you lose track of where the lake ends and the mountain begins. Hard to beat a lake like this.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Scape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Fuji

A vertical view across a still mountain lake. The top third is clear, deep blue sky with a few faint wisps of cloud near the upper right corner. A ridge slopes diagonally down from the right edge toward the center, its pale gray limestone cliffs showing through dense spruce and fir. On the left, a lower line of conifers has golden, sunlit tops, and a rounded cliff face sits at the far end of the valley. The water is transparent. Near the far shore it reads deep turquoise-green where the forest reflects, and it shifts to light blue across the middle. In the foreground, gray, tan and rust-colored stones are visible on the lake bed, with two darker rocks near the bottom edge. A pale pebble beach curves into the frame at the right.

The reflection is the structure of the image. The mountain’s diagonal is mirrored in the water as a dark wedge, and the golden treetops echo on the left, so the frame reads as sky, ridge and reflected ridge stacked in a vertical column. The clarity of the water lets the lake bed act as a textured foreground, linking the reflected surface to the stones beneath it. Cool blue and teal dominate, with warm gold in the sunlit trees as a small complementary accent. The subject is the water’s transparency, and the calm it implies.

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@ianpaulsieren.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 1:55 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Yucca
#Autumn #flowers #bloomscrolling

@trahias.bsky.social Oct 17, 2026, 10:29 AMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

Igor Dubovoy (Russian Artist, born 1972)
"Before the Rain", 2024.
Oil on Canvas, 22 × 30 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

@saintmaker.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:11 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

“Swallowtail on Red Zinnia”

Our backyard.

#ColorADay #RedWed #ECK #Macro

@saintmaker.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 2:06 PMReposted by @michblack1.bsky.social

“If These Walls Could Scream”

Abandoned church in a New Mexico ghost town.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Walls #ThirtyOneDaysOfOctober #ECK