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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bloomin' Lovely Wooden shoe like to see a field of flowers like this? #BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Clog #Photography

A giant, yellow clog sits in front of a field of purple and pink lupine flowers, with forested mountains in the background and a blue summer sky with wispy white clouds.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sun Halo Even on a hot summer day, there can be ice in the sky. This sun halo was created by sunlight refracting through ice crystals in high-altitude clouds. Isn't it something? #BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Sun #Halo #Clouds #Sky #Photography

A blue sky with wispy clouds and the sun with a large circle around it. The inside of the circle appears darker than the sky around it.

The green dot is a lens flare caused by pointing the camera at the sun.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Climb Every Mountain It's always so nice to see a family enjoying a summer day, isn't it? #BlueSkyArtShow #Summer #Beach #Ocean #Climbing #Boulder #Photography

On a rocky ocean beach sits a large glacial erratic boulder, painted white. Two driftwood logs are leaned up against one side. A young girl climbs one of the logs, her dad close by with his arms up to catch her if she falls. Her mom stands nearby and her younger brother is already on top of the boulder, looking back at her with one arm stretched out.

"P'Quals", the White Rock, is over 4 metres (13 feet) high and weighs 486 tonnes (536 tons). It has been kept white by paint since the early 1900s, but before that, it was white on top due to the guano from seagulls perching on it. This made it a good landmark for First Nations and 19th century sailors, including Captain Vancouver. In the photo you can see some of the paint chipped away at the back of the rock, revealing its natural grey colour.

In the background of the photo is Canada's longest pier, which is 470 metres (1,540 feet) long.

White Rock, BC, Canada 🇨🇦

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

World's Largest Tandem Axle Truck It doesn't get much bigger than that, does it? Those aren't kids posing for a photo ... those are adults. #BlueSkyArtShow #Big #Truck #Photography

A ridiculously large, green, rear dump hauler sits in the sun, defying attempts to do it justice and also get the whole thing in the picture. Some adults pose for pictures against its tires; they are about half as tall as the tires are.

The Titan 33-19 can carry 350 tonnes, and is 17 m (56 ft) high with the box raised in dumping position. Built in 1974, it is the only one of its kind, and was used in mining until it was retired in 1990.

Sparwood, BC, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Peruvian Lily What can I say? I'm a sucker for sunshine on flowers with a dark background. #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Photography

Three yellow lilies and their leaves are brightly lit by sunshine; everything behind them is in dark shadows. They look very bold and dramatic.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Friendly Faces The Golden Tree in The International Friendship Garden has three women in its branches. It's a sight to see when the sunlight hits it just right in the middle of this beautiful garden. #Stunday #golden #tree #garden #park #statue #photography

The trunk of the tree is made to look more realistic, while the branches are golden and shining, with emerald-coloured leaves. The three main limbs have women's faces; one of them is facing the viewer. Her torso has bark, her arms are branches, and her hair is leaves.

There are benches and a sign nearby. The tree is a monument to farm workers, and in particular to three women who lost their lives due to an unsafe work van and dangerous driving.

For more details, see www.goldentree.ca

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Pancakes Please Who wouldn't like a stack of pancakes this big for breakfast? #BlueSkyArtShow #Morning #Breakfast #Pancakes #Photography

A statue of a stack of four pancakes, covered with syrup and a pat of butter, and a large fork sticking into the top. There is a crowd and a large building in the background.

Photo taken at the Calgary Stampede, Alberta, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy Earth Day Let's not forget how precious our Planet Earth is ... and how beautiful. #EarthDay #Nature #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Daffodil #Photography

A daffodil has curly orange petals in the center with large white petals radiating outward. It's backlit, so the sun makes the white petals glow brightly against a dark background. It almost looks like it's shining.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Chasing Waterfalls Darn right I'll chase waterfalls. But if I ever go back to Kakabeka Falls, I'm bringing extra bug spray. Gorgeous place. Horrendous mosquitoes. #BlueSkyArtShow #Edge #Waterfall #Nature #Water #Photography

To the left the river looks calm and smooth, but the water turns white as it falls over the sharp edges of rock and becomes a waterfall. In the background there are trees, and the sky is blue with white clouds.

Kakabeka Falls, Ontario, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Multiflowering Tulip There has been so much to see lately, from the amazing photos from Artemis II to the flowers of spring at our own feet. Whether you're looking up or looking down, there's beauty everywhere. #Stunday #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Tulips #Spring #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography

Two large orange tulips are the focus of the photo, with smaller red tulips behind them. The tulips are cup-shaped and have six large petals with pointed tips. They remind me of stars.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Brand-new Butterfly Newly emerged with pristine wings, just waiting for some company. #BlueSkyArtShow #New #Butterfly #Chrysalis #Insect #Photography

A young, female Great Eggfly Butterfly, black with white spots, sits in an enclosure where many chrysalises are waiting to hatch.

Photo taken at the Newfoundland Insectarium in Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

FIREFLY!! I have no idea how many times I've watched the show. I absolutely love it. And if we can bring it back, you know what that makes us? Big damn heroes! #BringBackFirefly #Firefly

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Guns N' Flowers From firing cannonballs to pushing up the daisies. #BlueSkyArtShow #Horizontal #Cannon #Flowers #Photography

Three 32-pounder smooth-bore guns lie on the ground with white and yellow wildflowers growing around them. They have the royal cypher of Queen Victoria on them, and two of them say 1841 and one says 1844. The red brick building in the background is the powder magazine, restored in 2001.

They are usually mounted on reproduction oak carriages at Prince Edward Battery, PEI, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Reversing Falls At low tide, as seen here, the Saint John River flows into the Bay of Fundy. Naturally, right? But at high tide, it reverses, and the river flows backwards! More info in the alt text! #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing #River #Tide #BayofFundy #Canada #Photography

The river flows from bottom right to top left, past a rocky point of land with sparse vegetation and a few small trees. Barely connected to the land is a large, dark chunk of rock with nothing growing on it.

The rock is bare because it gets submerged when the tide comes in. The difference between low and high tide is 8.5 meters (28 feet)!

The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the whole world. At its highest point, the tide reaches 17 meters (56 feet); the height of a five storey building!

Reversing Falls Rapids, St John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Toonie Tuesday Actually I took the photo on a Wednesday. It would've been cool if it had been a Tuesday though. Anybody else miss the days when two bucks could buy you a cheap lunch? #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #Coin #Money #Monument #Statue #Canada #Photography

A monument of a Canadian toonie on a pedestal. The giant two-dollar coin is 27 ft (8.23 m) high. Photo shows the tails side, with CANADA 2 DOLLARS on the silver-coloured outer circle and the polar bear in the golden-coloured middle. It's in a park with pathways and tall trees.

Campbellford, Ontario, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Brave Little Butterfly Time to celebrate another hundred followers with a butterfly! This is a female Great Eggfly Butterfly. Don't forget to check out the alt text for more! #Butterfly #insect #photography

A black butterfly with white spots sits on my hand, wings together. There are large green leaves in the background and I am holding a pamphlet with a parrot visible on it.

The edges of the butterfly's wings are tattered, showing that it is not very young. It's possible that somebody tried to pick it up. Please, if you visit a butterfly garden, do not attempt to pick up the butterflies!

Victoria Butterfly Gardens, BC, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Two Of A Kind It's easy to see why these beauties are called Tiger Lilies. #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #Flowers #Lilies #Bloomscrolling

Two tiger lily flowers on a stem. They are orange with dark spots, and their petals curl upward while the long stamens fall downward. It had rained recently, and the slender leaves are wet while raindrops cling to the flowers.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Talk About Talon-t Terrible pun aside, this was an impressive statue and I wish the photo did it better justice. #BlueSkyArtShow #Wood #Eagle #Statue #Carving

A carved wooden statue of an eagle, wings spread upward and talons reaching forward, with two large fish below it. The tips of the wings reach almost to the ceiling.

Hell's Gate Airtram, BC, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Millions Of Pounds The average weight of a cumulus cloud is 1.1 million pounds, or 500,000 kilograms. But they still look like cotton candy to me. #BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds #Sky #Ocean #Beach #Photography

Photo shows an ocean bay, calm and flat, with a rocky beach and large white clouds in a blue sky. An ideal summer day that looks a bit like a child's drawing.

Holyrood, Newfoundland, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Loonie Where do you find loonies this big? The dollar store! I'll see myself out. #BlueSkyArtShow #One #Dollar #Money #Statue #Monument #Canada #Photography

A fifteen-foot high loonie (dollar coin in Canada) stands on a pedestal. It has the iconic loon on it, with the year 1987 and the words CANADA DOLLAR.

This monument is in Echo Bay, Ontario, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A Peaceful Pond #Vibrant can mean 'full of life' as well as 'colourful', so I thought this photo would be especially apt for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Koi #Pond #Waterfall #Photography

An indoor pond with koi fish and a waterfall is surrounded by many colourful flowers and large green leaves.

Photo taken at Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, BC, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Sad Little King Of A Sad Little Hill For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #MoodyFaces, a Cackling Goose who doesn't feel like cackling. Maybe they got tired of being mistaken for a Canada Goose. Maybe the other goose got tired of hearing about it. Who knows. #bird #goose #water #reflection #photography

A Cackling Goose, very similar to a Canada Goose, stands on one leg on a rock in shallow water and gazes into the distance. Another goose in the background is swimming away.

The title is a quote from the show Firefly.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Synchronized Dabbling Can I do a video for #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts? The quality isn't great but I love it anyway. #mallard #duck #birds

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

A Different Point Of View We've all seen a peacock's majestic tail feathers, but have you seen a peacock's majestic butt? #BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts #peacock #birds #photography

A peacock standing in a road with tail fully fanned out. The view is from behind; the backs of the tail feathers are white, and the body is grey and brown. The head and front of the body are not visible.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The World's Largest Axe It's 15m tall and 7m wide. Can you imagine Paul Bunyan swinging it? #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #Axe #Statue #Photography

An enormous recreation of a double bit axe with a yellow shaft. The metal head shines in the sunlight and appears to be partly buried in the ground. It is in a park, with flowers in the foreground and trees in the background.

It's in Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Rainbow Splash One of the many different light displays at Niagara Falls! Well worth staying up to see! #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening #Night #Waterfall #Rainbow #Lights #NiagaraFalls #Photography

A view of the American and Bridal Veil Falls, seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, at night. The falls are lit up in the colours of the rainbow. The Bridal Veil Falls are in purple.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Time Is Short When sunset is before five p.m., you run to make the most of the daylight. #Stunday #timechange #fallback #daylightsavings #fall #autumn #leaves #photography

A little girl and her small dog run downhill to the park. There are tall trees on both sides and brown leaves on the ground. Above and ahead of her, the sun shines on yellow leaves on the trees.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

In The Spotlight The sun fell practically perfectly on this golden maple leaf. It was a special moment that I couldn't quite do justice to, but I tried. #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #Fall #Maple #Tree #Leaves #Yellow #Photography

Looking upwards at a maple tree with large, mostly yellow leaves. The largest leaf is almost completely yellow and lit by the sunlight against a darker background, shining like gold.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Itty Bitty Living Space Ever wonder what it would be like to have a room in a round lighthouse? This should give you an idea! To be fair, the lighthouse keepers did also have a proper home nearby. But I'd need a nap after all those stairs, too! #BlueSkyArtShow #Inside #Lighthouse #Photography

A round room in a lighthouse with a square post in the middle. There is a bed with a quilt, two large photos of the lighthouse, a small table, and two display cabinets on the wall filled with seashells. On the left the stairs go up, and on the right the stairs go down. A sign on the post warns that the stairs are steep. In fact, you have to descend by going backwards, like a ladder!

The lighthouse is Point Prim Lighthouse in PEI, Canada, and is unusual among brick lighthouses in Canada for being round instead of square.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Thunderbird My favourite of the totem poles at Thunderbird Park isn't the tallest, but it really grabbed me. #BlueSkyArtShow #Vertical #TotemPole #Indigenous #Art #Photography

A totem pole, painted dark with mostly red and green accents. The bird on top has outspread wings and a face on its chest.

Photo taken at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Ammonite or Ammolite? Fossil? Gemstone? It's both! In southwestern Alberta, Canada, millions of years of pressure, heat, and mineralization created this beauty. Isn't it something! #BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #Fossil #Gemstone #Museum #Photography #Ammonite #Ammolite

The large ammonite is on display surrounded by small lights that reveal its colourful iridescence, mostly green and red. Below it is my finger on a metal strip, keeping the lights turned on.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Big Stretch This polar bear was making the most of a sunny day with some cardboard to shred and grass to roll around in. Simple pleasures are the best way to relax, no? #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #Bear #Zoo #Photography

A polar bear lies on their back, front legs outstretched. There are shreds of cardboard in the grass.

Photo taken at Assiniboine Park Zoo, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Goodnight, Mountains When you really should be focusing on getting off the road before dark, but what are you going to do? Stop taking pictures of the mountains? Ridiculous. #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #Mountains #Photography

Photo was taken from the side of the highway in a mountain pass. There are tall mountains with snow on them in the background, and it is beginning to grow dark. A semi truck is barely visible in the distance but the highway is otherwise empty.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

A Doorway Of Sunshine This patch of sunlight bordered by darkness is like the season of summer. Beautiful, but brief. #BlueSkyArtShow #Summer #Trees #Spiderweb #Sunshine #Photography

The sun shines through a gap in some trees, illuminating a spider's web in the middle.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Playing With Rocks I made a different balance that was much more impressive, but the wind picked up and knocked it over right before I could take a picture, so this is the one you get to see. #RockinTuesday #RockBalancing #RockBalance #Rocks #Lake #Photography

Several small rocks are balanced on a log in a lake. The shape is somewhat similar to a double pan balance scale. On the left side of the balance, the sky and lake are blue, and on the right, the trees and lake are green.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Big Nickel At thirty feet high and two feet thick, this is the world's largest depiction of a coin. It was completed in 1964. #BlueSkyArtShow #Shiny #Coin #Monument #Photography

The Big Nickel is modeled after a 1951 Canadian nickel. It says:
CANADA
NICKEL
1751 - 1951
5 CENTS
and it has a refinery above three maple leaves.
It is located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, and is a popular spot for selfies.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Stop And Smell The Roses Don't get overwhelmed. Self-care is important too. #Bloomscrolling #Flower #Rose #Pink #Photography

A pink rose in full bloom, surrounded by its green, pointy leaves.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Sleeping Giant It doesn't take much imagination to see him! #BlueSkyArtShow #Skyline #Lake #Photography

Some hills in Lake Superior resemble a giant sleeping on his back. There are clouds in the sky and trees in the foreground.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Bridge Over Troubled Water Can you see it through the rain? Confederation Bridge links Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick. At 12.9 km long, it is the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. #BlueSkyArtShow #Skyline #Bridge #Ocean #Clouds #Storm #Photography

Confederation Bridge looks very small in the distance and is partly obscured by dark storm clouds and rain.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Five-Leaf Clover Why do I love photography? Mostly so I can trip down memory lane later, but it's also great for those moments when you think no one will believe you otherwise. #WorldPhotographyDay #Clover #Luck #Rare #Photography

I am holding a freshly picked clover with five leaves. The leaves are not perfectly symmetrical; one leaf is growing at an angle, and another leaf is growing behind the others.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Your Move I'm a sucker for giant chess sets. Anybody else? #BlueSkyArtShow #Pieces #Game #Chess #Photography

A large outdoor chess set, viewed diagonally, with Black's rook closest to the camera. In the background are trees and a bench.

Photo taken at Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, BC, Canada

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Leaf Me Alone Sometimes I find the leaves almost as interesting as the #flower. I tried to take pictures of the leaves of a tree one day, but I moved on because people were stopping and staring into the tree with me, looking for the bird or squirrel. #BlueSkyArtShow #Jagged #Bloomscrolling

A pink (or possibly magenta) dahlia, surrounded by its deeply veined leaves with jagged edges.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Orange Tiger Celebrating another hundred followers with another butterfly! #Butterfly #Flower #Insect #Photography

The aptly named Orange Tiger Butterfly has black and orange striped wings. It sits on a purple flower, surrounded by green leaves.

Photo taken at the Newfoundland Insectarium.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World A winter pic in memory of the three or four kind people who left their vehicles to give my car a push when it was stuck on compacted snow, and were very nice about it. #BlueSkyArtShow #Gratitude #Snow #Winter #Sunset

Photo shows a field with a light covering of snow. The setting sun casts orange light across it, but the snow appears blue on both sides. In the middle of the light is a young tree. There are more trees in the background, and dark clouds in the sky.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The Last Rose This rosebush was full of flowers, but now this brave bloom is the last. Until next summer, roses! #Bloomscrolling #Flower #Rose #Photography

A full, open, yellow rose blooms at the end of its branch. Other branches have the dead brown remnants of flowers, but the leaves of the bush are still green. In the background there is grass with small white flower petals scattered around.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Beloved Antique The #alternating black and white keys of this pump organ are looking pretty good, considering it's from 1887! #BlueSkyArtShow #Antique #Organ #Museum #Photography

A pump organ in a museum has a kerosene lamp and old family photos sitting on it. A sign says that the organ has been in the St. Laurent-Hilborn family since 1887.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Brobdingnagian Bubbles Haven't we all spent a summer day trying to blow a bubble this big? Time well spent, am I right? #BlueSkyArtShow #Smooth #Bubbles #Art #Sculpture #Urban #Photography

A large art sculpture in the city with skyscrapers in the background. The artwork consists of four giant bubbles, three on the ground and one on top of the others. They are iridescent and colourful, and each bubble is much taller than a person.

There is also a sign which asks people to be gentle with the artwork and to supervise their children.

Photo taken in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Street Festival My favourite part is getting henna done! Isn't it pretty? #BlueSkyArtShow #SummerDaze #Henna #Festival #Summer #Urban #Photography

A henna design covers the back of my hand and fingers. In the background are some of the food trucks and crowds of the festival.

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Liz 🇨🇦 @16553km.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Blow Me Down The wind coming off the ocean here is so strong that this tree had to grow sideways. #BlueSkyArtShow #Sideways #Tree #Ocean #Photography

Beside the ocean, a small evergreen tree grows sideways. The branches facing the sea are stripped bare of foliage.

Photo taken at Cape Spear, the easternmost point of North America.

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