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Bill Montei @billmontei.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#Growth of Ballooning in Turkey #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Butchart Gardens near Victoria, BC. A very proper, gorgeous garden grown on a former limestone quarry. #BlueSkyArtShow #Growth

Butchart Gardens near Victoria, BC. A colorful garden nestled in the mountains

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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Rafał Olbiński. Polaco, nacido en 1943. Pueblo tranquilo, pueblo alegre. 2012

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It's #ForestFriday. This image of yellow pitcher plants was made in the Apalachicola National Forest on a beautiful foggy morning earlier this month. It's a unique environment in which they are well adapted. #photography #landscape #ECK #PitcherPlants #Sarracenia #CarnivorousPlants #Forests #NikonZ8

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Washington DC wildlife: Very small baby false map turtle this morning in Washington Channel by the Municipal Fish Market. 🐢

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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Homecoming by N.C. Wyeth - A Tribute to Soldiers Returning from World War II

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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies...” 🧡🩷💛💜 — Paul Coelho #scape #sky #sunset #purplefriday #trees #nature #spring #woodstock #newyork #photography

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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"Self Portrait; through the Water" by American artist Samantha French.

A young woman floats on her back, her face breaking the water's surface with closed eyes and a calm expression. Surroundings: Green leaves scatter across the water, framing her head and floating over her white clothing. Lighting: Bright sunlight filters through overhead trees, casting dappled, shimmering light patterns across her skin and the water.

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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

#Nature #ART by Anna & the Willow. The Huntress of Skipton Castle Woods #SkiptonCastle in #NorthYorkshire, #England.

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

'Tamed Wild' Art by Von Wolfe oil on canvas 2026 #MenWithCats

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This way to Porthcothan Bay

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🖌 Myandra sez: 🖍 Impeach the MF'er soon. We're waiting. @myandra.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

William Hawkins (1895-1990) American Artist

A landscape with voluminous cloudy skies.

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Donnie Dania took this brilliant photo in 2025. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Goodnight

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Andrea della Robbia, The Adoration of the Child, after 1477 (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Melissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Wings of Desire (1987) dir: Wim Wenders

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Maryam Lamei Harvani (Iran) : Redemption, n.d. Acrylic & watercolor on cardboard 97x 67 cm More info in the alt text 👇

Harvani was born in historical Sarab, Iran. After graduating in Graphic Design, she was awarded the National Art Prize and the art award from the Ministry of Science Research.

Her work is inspired by the Iranian Golo Morgh (Flower and Bird) paintings, a traditional Persian way of painting in which the flower is the beloved and the bird is the lover.

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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Vincent van Gogh : A Pair of Boots, 1887 Oil on canvas 73 x 45.1 cm l 28.7 x 17.7 in Baltimore Museum of Art

Van Gogh painted shoes, clogs and old boots as if they were portals to paradise. A pilgrim who painted, he liked walking; and a pilgrim needs sturdy boots to progress.

Don’t take them for granted, van Gogh decided. Observe them. Attend to them. Let them be an aid to prayer.

Van Gogh had read — and repeatedly referred to — the Scottish Calvinist author Thomas Carlyle, who argued that what marked the poet, painter or man of genius was the ability to see spiritual loveliness in the most ordinary, workaday objects.

Hence, these beat-up boots, which are on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Van Gogh painted them in 1887, during his final months in Paris, just before his momentous move to the South of France. According to one acquaintance, he would buy pairs of old work shoes at flea markets and walk them through the mud. Only then did he consider them interesting enough to paint.

We are a long way here from the color explosion of Arles and the South, where van Gogh moved in 1888, with tremendous repercussions for his art. But already in this picture, you can feel his palette beginning to brighten. Notice especially the touches of green on the exposed sole (as if stained by grass) and the rich, brushy blue of the cloth on which he carefully arranged the boots, like a priest placing the chalice on the altar.

The stiff laces that corkscrew across the foreground create the sensation that we could reach out and yank them toward us. And the flaps of leather for the upright shoe’s tongue and shaft exude deep character. Most conspicuous of all are the glinting hobnails in the sole of the boot on the left. (A few also protrude, like the teeth of a fox cub, from the tip of the upright boot.)

Hobnails hold a shoe together. They also provide grip. Grip is what we need — all of us — to stop the world sliding out from under our feet. It’s what van Gogh sought with all his heart.

~ WAPO, article by Sebastian Smee Oct. 31, 2019, (edited for length)

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gregcatar.bsky.social @gregcatar.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"The swans are gone. Still the river remembers how white they were. It strives after them with its lights. It finds their shapes in a cloud." •Sylvia Plath Josephine Grundy - Snowy River

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Just Julie @justjulie.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

To break up your tl here's a little hedgehog wearing a wee toque.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

'Moon at Musashino' - Tonouchi Misho, ca. 1937. From the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art collection. #FullMoon #JapaneseArt

A huge bright full moon in an inky sky fading to pale blue at the horizon and then to a green field.

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

🌿👑🌿In Herefordshire, a crown of blackthorn woven on New Year's morning, would be scorched and hung up with the mistletoe for luck. In Worcestershire the crown was made before sunrise, then burnt and scattered over the fields to ensure a good harvest. #HappyNewYear #Folklore

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

'Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi' - Kawase Hasui, 1957. This was Hasui's final work before his death later the same year. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

A lone priest is walking through the snow towards a temple building. The path is lined with snow-laden trees and snow is falling.

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Bluebeauty ~ she/her/human being @bluebeauty.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Blessings, peace and love to us all ♥️

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

‘We all have forests in our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.’ ~ Ursula K. Le Guin. #BookWormSat 🖼️ Moonlight in the Forest, Joséphine Bowes.