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My name is Matt. Enthusiast of nature, photographer of moments, aspirational above average cyclist, and proudest of our cancer awareness cause. Bluesky is GREAT! #BlueskyIsGreat #nature #photography #cycling #cancer #kindness

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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have to step away for a bit longer, but can’t wait to catch up when I free up. Be well, friends.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Shielded above.🛡️ Grounded below. 🪾 #photography #nature #classicmono #forestFriday #tree
Washington, DC
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
#TheCampfire I was pregnant with my second child, sitting on the couch with thoughts of anticipation for our second child. My son was two years old, and I thought how nice it would be to have a girl this time. (Cont. alt text) #ECK
This was back in the day when it was not common to know the gender of your child before birth. It was possible, but we decided we didn't want to know. So, there I sat on the couch pondering what the second one would bring.

As I sat there I started to imagine a 7-month old child, female, just pulling herself to standing position at the coffee table in front of me. She had blond hair and blue eyes. I scolded myself for raising expectations and tried to put the thought and vision out of my head. However, it would not leave my mind. It only grew stronger until I felt like it had taken control of me and wouldn't go away. "This is silly! Stop imagining this! You have no idea, and you shouldn't be thinking like this for fear of betraying the 'real' child that would be born!" The feeling and vision lasted for what seemed much too long to be a passing thought or daydream; it was extraordinarily stronger than anything I had experienced. 

Eventually the thoughts subsided and no longer had such a grip on me, but I continued to wonder why that moment was so intense.

Fast forward to seven months after the birth of my second child. I happened to be sitting on the couch in the same place when my daughter crawled over to the coffee table in front of me, pulled herself up to standing at the table. It was the identical sight I had seen earlier. She was blond and blue-eyed, and looked exactly the way I had seen her. It was then that I realized why that strong sensation came over me while pregnant. I have had other instances of seeing things I thought to be impossible, only to have them happen, but it's very rare, and I haven't experienced it anymore. 

I wanted to find a photo of my daughter close to the age of 7 mo., but they are not accessible. This is Cheryl when she was about 3 years old...my blond, blue-eyed daughter.
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Dwight @dwightreads.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The sky this evening 🧡 #clouds #sky #ColorADay #YellowThu #nature #outdoors #photography #scape #photohour #ECK
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026
'Inner Chambers' (2026) -- Farnsworth Homestead Atrium, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME #Architecture ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #UrbanGaze ✨ #Scape ✨ #Stunday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Light gleams softly off the floor and hangs delicately in the air through beautifully ornate church windows and stunningly minimal architecture
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning, friends. Some good news, Luis is not gone, he has a new home @cordobaluis.eurosky.social Check him out, follow along, and enjoy the great photos, stories, and positive camaraderie. Feel free to repost away. Have a great Monday! #photography Also big thanks to @voxrox.bsky.social
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Aleesia @aleesia27.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Find some calm in the #chaos. 🕊️ #Scape #BlueSkyArtShow #sunrise #sky #photography #clouds #nature #Stunday
The sun coming up over the Thompson River in the Interior of British Columbia. The sky is cloudy with beautiful shades of red, blue, pink, orange and yellow, and there are dark mountains and trees in the distance. There’s a perfect mirror image reflecting off the water.
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Climb To The Clouds @climbtotheclouds.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good morning. Happy Sunday. Summer's halo dims, revealing a hint nature's magic. #Stunday #photography #landscapephotography #sunsets #sky #skyscape #mountains #clouds #trees #ECK #EastCoastKin #newhampshire
A landscape shot of a tree on the left hand side.
 mountains in the vista.
Red and purple shaded above the mountain range 
Green grass along the bottom of the picture
North Conway New Hampshire
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rising together.☀️ #photography #flowers #nature #stunday #yellow
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jen 💙🤍🕊️ @jenzsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Two hearts beat as one…” 🎶 #showheart #alphabetchallenge #weekHforHearts #birds #nature #photographersofbluesky #eck #photographersunited #Australia
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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 🇪🇺 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Valfurva (Sondrio) Vista panoramica della Val Zebrù dalla Baita del Pastore
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Framing perspective. #photography #classicmono #urbangaze #dc
Washington, DC

A black-and-white low-angle shot framing a modern multistory building through a sharp cutout in dark surrounding structures. Silhouette foliage on the periphery looked cool to me.
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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#imageandverse #orangesun #coloraday #poetry #poem #writingcommunity it’s not anything you can take with you into the next world this dawn — Jim Moore
A soft orange sun sets on Lake Michigan with gentle waves bringing in smooth pebbles to a sandy beach.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Honeyed light. 🐝 #photography #nature #flowers #bee #stunday #macro #macromonday #dc
Washington, DC
The little things around us often make a big difference 😃
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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ✨✨✨ —Edith Wharton Wishing you all a peaceful Friday 🕊️ #Scape #sky #clouds #sun #catskills #water #ashokanreservoir #newyork #photography
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026
#ForestFriday #Scape Sierra Nevada mountains, California #ECK #LandscapePhotography #SierraNevada #Forest
Sierra Nevada forest and Red Lake from Hwy 88, California. The elevation is higher, so the perspective is more looking down upon the forest and lake. There are a variety of trees in the foreground including a Bristlecone Pine tree, Aspen, assorted conifers. The sky is cloudy overhead, but far into the distance there is some blue sky.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026
'Moments of Reflection' (2026) -- Cathance River, Head of the Tide Park, Topsham, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #Stunday ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
standing at the river's edge under a large tree, the surface gently flowing, the branches bending down, suspended a few feet above the shimmering semi reflective surface
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When you see the light. #photography #urbangaze #classicmono #HumansOfBluesky #dc
Dupont Circle Metro Station in Washington, DC
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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
late summer deadheading this crumbling petunia #haiku
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Act cool, we definitely didn't just chew through that fence." Maaaaaa 😃 #photography #farm #goats #smile
Charming Hill Farm, Virginia
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A moment in time. #photography #dc #urbangaze #BlueskyMonday
Georgetown in Washington, D.C. 
I have been pretty busy of late and will be less present for a bit. I look forward to seeing so many wonderful posts and images (soon).  😃
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026
'Traversing Huguenot' (2022) -- In Between Steep, Ascending Segments, a Level Path & Good Amounts of Cooling Shade, Mount Huguenot, Acadia National Park, ME #Scape #ForestFriday #Stunday #MountainMonday #RockinTuesday #ImageAndVerse #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A hewn stone path cuts narrowly through the dim forested ledge of the mountain, to the left a granite face, to the right a steep drop off... Ahead the path continues up the mountain and into open sky
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
#WackyWednesdayArt #ClassicMono A metal sculpture of various metal scraps in sunburst patterns and the words "Sunny Acres" on this rural property. They sell pumpkins at Halloween. #ECK #Sculpture #WestCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #SLO
Monochrome image with a slight sepia cast showing a farm property that has a tall, vertical sculpture of metal scraps in two sunburst shapes, one above the other on the left edge of the image. In the background a house and outbuildings sit in the dry, brown grass and vegetation with a dirt driveway making its way from the main road to the house. In the distance are two mountains. The one on the right and most prominent is Cerro San Luis Obispo, and the one on the left and a bit hidden is Bishop Peak. San Luis Obispo, California
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jen 💙🤍🕊️ @jenzsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Amber glow upon the horizon beckoning lost souls… #sunsets #sensoryart #silhouettes #artyear #sunsetlovers #sunset #seascape #scape #stunday #eck #photographersunited #nature #photographersofbluesky #sea #photography #imageandverse
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Emerald slopes and gravity. #photography #nature #scape #waterfall #WaterfallWednesday
Along the coast of Northern Ireland this beautiful spectacle appeared while biking down the road.
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"...In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." Khalil Gibran 🌅Good morning! Wishing you a beautiful day! 💙 #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #macro Agapanthus buds bursting out from a dry, papery brown bract.
Blue Agapanthus buds bursting out from a dry, papery brown bract, and green foliage
Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. 
June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
classical lines meet an open sky #photography #classicmono #minimalMonday #bluesky
Del Ray Baptist Church, Virginia
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Nature’s confetti. 🎉 #photography #nature #flowers #scape #ireland
Riding my bike you can sometimes just smell the flowers. I stopped to do it some more. Ireland.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pure happiness. #photography #portrait #streetphotography #urbangaze #BlueTue #ireland
When walking through Dublin, I had a brief encounter with this lovely woman on her wedding day. Just a wonderful moment.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Caught between the branches. #photography #nature #classicmono #moon #dc
Washington, DC
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A frame within a frame. #photography #scape #urbangaze #cleveland #bluesky
Cleveland, Ohio
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lucindasoon @lucindasoon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDark Reasons to love London’s South Bank at night. 5. The Shadows. #ECK #urbangaze #classicmono
Black and white night-time photograph of the geometric concrete steps on London’s South Bank leading up to Waterloo Bridge, with artificial lights casting shadows across the textured concrete surfaces.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
'Painted By Light' (2026) -- Mill Street Canoe Portage, Brunswick, ME Even If You Find Yourself In the Midst of Darkness, There Can Be the Most Wonderful Light... #Scape #ForestFriday #BWFri #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #PaintByWords #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
Several minutes after sundown, the still river's surface reflects the gentle ambient light painted across the sky as opposing river banks meet together on the dark horizon
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Beauty gathers in the overlooked. #photography #classicmono #dc #urbangaze #streetphotography #kindness
An alley in Washington, DC.
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My granddaughter's photo of sunset from last evening while on the family road trip. Looking southwest toward the prominent hills of Northern California. Would this qualify for a dark setting? 😀 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark #ECK #scape
A sunset and the US flag.
July 2026. My granddaughter's photo.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Let the noise fall away. #photography #nature #waterfall #WaterfallWednesday #classicmono
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Blooming into #bluesky #photography #nature #flowers #BlueTue #dc
Flowers shot today on my Nikon with a 10mm lens outside of DC.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Meanwhile, I’m still waiting to cross🚦 Happy Monday! #photography #flowers #urbangaze #MacroMonday #cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026
#BlueskyArtShow #Glass #ColorADay #GreenSat #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCForCurves Antique banker's lamp #ECK #Antique #BankersLight #GreenGlass #Lamp #TableLamp #MinimalMonday
Close up and cropped image of an antique Emeralite blankers lamp. It has a brass body and base and with two pull-chains (it has two light bulbs). The shade is emerald green glass in a simple half circle dome shape. A white wall is behind the lamp. There are some reflections in the glass shade of a window and some artwork.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Where sacrifice meets the sky. #photography #classicmono #urbangaze #stunday #cleveland
The Fountain of Eternal Life in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Dedicated in 1964, it stands as the city's primary monument to honor Greater Clevelanders who served, died, or went missing in military action.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If lost, meet me here. #photography #classicmono #urbangaze #dc
The Dupont Circle Fountain is a graceful, double-tiered white marble fountain that stands at the center of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It was completed in 1921 as a memorial to Civil War naval officer Samuel Francis Du Pont.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A gentle breeze, grazing sheep, and the ocean. #photography #scape #landscape #nature #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #BlueTue #ireland
The coast of Northern Ireland between Bushmills and Derry.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Reach for the sky. #photography #nature #flowers #dc #BlueskyMonday
Washington, DC
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Each day I see his face. Each day I hear his voice. “I wait for you there.” youtu.be/qpLQv5xL9Dc?... #chriscornell #Alt&Grunge #MusicChallenge
A print of Chris Cornell in my office.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Purple rain. #photography #flowers #nature #garden #ireland #prince #BlueskyArtShow #growing
Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
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Sparty® @young-spartacus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'All Are Welcome' Among the forest undergrowth, in the shade of the canopy, these beauties still shine on like droplets of golden sun. Sparty 🙏🏼💛🪰 #ECK #Photography #AltText #Art #YellowThu #InsectThursday #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Flowers #TheLittleThings #BloomScrolling
A vibrant, close-up photograph captures a bright yellow wildflower in crisp focus, serving as the central subject against a beautifully blurred background of similar blooms. The main flower dominates the middle of the frame, tilted slightly upward and to the left. Its daisy-like appearance features a large, dome-shaped central disc composed of hundreds of tiny, tightly packed, golden-yellow disc florets. This central mound creates a textured, bumpy surface that contrasts with the surrounding petals. Radiating outward from this centre are approximately twenty to twenty-five ray florets, or petals, in a matching shade of rich, sun-kissed yellow. The petals are elongated with slightly notched or rounded tips, and some show minor imperfections, such as small tears or creases, adding a realistic, natural quality to the blossom. Perched near the top of the central golden dome is a small, dark insect, likely a common fly. The fly is rendered in detail, showing its translucent wings folded over its back, its dark, segmented body, and its slender legs resting delicately on the florets. The flower is supported by a smooth, slender, green stem that curves elegantly up from the lower left corner before attaching to the base of the flower head. The background consists of a soft, dramatic depth of field, rendering the rest of the meadow into a painterly blur of deep greens and dark shadows. Several other yellow flowers are scattered throughout the background, appearing as soft, glowing orbs of light and colour that mimic the shape of the main subject without distracting from it. The lighting is focused and dramatic, illuminating the central flower with a warm, natural glow while the surroundings fall into shadow, creating a strong sense of depth and highlighting the intricate textures of the petals, the central disc, and the tiny insect visitor. The dark atmosphere framing the bright flora creates an evocative, intimate glimpse into the natural world.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Keep calm and lily on. #photography #nature #flowers #dc
Washington, DC
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🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Happy #Macromonday #MonoMonday B&W coneflower #macro 🤍🩶🖤
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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Here’s a lovely pink dahlia to mark the day!~ #pinkmon #ColorADay #Macromonday #flowers #dahlias #plants #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography
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