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Ms Discus

@msdiscus.bsky.social
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Photographer, lapsed attorney, childless cat lady, student of light & color. Photography all my own except reposts.

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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Took a break from packing away winter clothes. I think the cats want a little attention 😹
Two cats laying on top of a plastic under bed storage container.  One cat is a ragamese and the cat on the right is a non standard color ragdoll.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Seasons Greetings and Merry Christmas from the boys.
Two cats sleeping on a Christmas quilt.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Happy #caturday with Harley in his new sleigh.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Mid November at Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs, AR. Sunrise Bridge in the Garden of the Pine Wind. The Bridge to Autumn #photography #blueskyartshow #fallcolor #asiangarden #aftertherain
Colorful fall trees surrounding a traditional Asian bridge.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Training Harley to stay off the kitchen table is taking a little longer than anticipated 🙀. However, he is always up for a little birdwatching 😹. #rescuecat #ragdollcat #bicolorragdoll #CatsofBlueSky #cats #WhiskersWednesday More about Harley’s journey in the alt text.
Harley is a bi-color Ragdoll cat who is a non standard color. He was rescued from an overcrowded ragdoll breeder who was trying to fix a black/white bi-color coat which is a non-standard Ragdoll Color.  The breeder had gotten older to the point she couldn’t take care of the cats and they were overcrowded and not in great shape. 

A cat rescue organization worked for months to coax the older breeder to let them take some of the cats and find them a home.  Harley is as one of the stud cats and they removed him first and then neutered and fed him and got him healthy again.  They wanted to place him with an experienced ragdoll owner.  I drove 5 hours to pick him up and he has been nothing but joy. 

Here he is, a black and white ragdoll cat loaf on the kitchen table!
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A true architectural wonder, Anthony Chapel at Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas. See alt text for more details. #WeekGforGlass #WindowsonWednesday #GlassChapel #photography #architecture #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #Magic #Fairytale
Interior of Anthony Chapel in Arkansas.  The chapel is made of huge custom glass panels with native yellow pine and rocks ( including the flooring.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#BlueSkyMonday #blueskyartshow “I’ve Looked at Clouds from Both Sides Now”
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Legos Lawnmower at Magnolia Plantation &Gardens, Charleston SC 90 Hours to build using 35,250 LEGO blocks. Part of the Nature Pop exhibition that ends Aug 17, 2025! Really different traveling exhibit definitely worth a look. #ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow
Lego Lawnmower 90 hours to build using 35,250 Lego blocks.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Summer sunflowers in all their wild beauty. #BlueSkyArtShow #jagged #Sunflowers #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky Sunflowers Dancing
Summer Sunflowers.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Happy International Cat Day from Fernando and Harley in their catio. #Internationalcatday #CatsofBlueSky #RagdollCat #Siamese #Ragamese #ohotography #CatsRule “Here’s Looking at You”
Two cats sitting side by side in their catio. On the left is Fernando, a seal point Ragamese, and on the right is Harley, a non standard bicolor Ragdoll.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Live oaks with Spanish moss drifting in the breeze. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens-Charleston. Take a walk with me down to the Ashley River. These oaks are centuries old with the land grant of 400 acres of land dating back to the 1600s. #ThickTrunkThursday #photography #history #eastcoastkin
Magnificent live oaks with Spanish moss alongside a path to the Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Charleston, SC
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Dodo bird made out of Lego Bricks at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens through 8/17/26. It has 29,750 Lego bricks and took 76 hours to build. It was a wonderful afternoon today seeing the Dodo and over 25 other Lego creations #ColorADay #OrangeSun #BlueSkyArtShow #Legos #SensoryArt #BreakingthrRules
Multi color Dodo Bird made out of Legos.  It is  it is 29,750 Lego Bricks and took 76 hours to build.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Flashback to early spring and all its lovely offerings. One of the great bonuses of working in a garden is picture perfect scenes that are totally happenstance. #stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #WeekEforEasyE #smArtist #japanesecherry #koifish #ArtYear #gardenmagic “Under the Magic Cherry Tree “
A very early spring image of an old pink Japanese Cherry Tree with a girl in pink sitting under it feeding koi fish on a still pond at #GarvanGardens in Arkansas.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
#ColorADay #RedTuesday #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photography #tulips #bloomscrolling
A group of red tulips.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Another dahlia image from the garden. Dahlias are such show-offs! They always seem to preen and pose, waiting to have their picture made. #ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #bloomscrolling #gardenmagic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky #FlowerPhotography
Dark pink Dahlia with yellow undertones.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDrivetime #Blueskyartshow #photography #classiccars #eastcoastkin The Years Look Good on You
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Time Tunnel #alternating #BlueSkyArtShow #ColorADay #GreenSat #CheapCameraTricks #abstractPhotography #photography #nikonD5200 Light & Color
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
#Alternating bands of colored tulips on a beautiful spring day. #BlueSkyArtShow #bloomscrolling #tulips Rivers of Color
Alternating bands of bright colored tulips on the side of a woodland hill with historic wood and stone pavilion in the background
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
#FishyFriday #blueskyartshow #photography #eastcoastkin #koi #asiangarden Meditations on koi fish. Pause your day and listen to the quiet.
A white with orange markings koi fish photographed resting in still water pond.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#WhiskersWednesday Fernando is showing off his extra long whiskers. Plus who can resist those blue eyes! #Rescuecat #Ragamese #Ragdoll #Siamese #cats #CatsofBlueSky #sealpoint
A seal point Ragamese cat sitting on a moving box showing off his really long whiskers and his blue eyes.  The so called Ragamese is a cross between a Ragdoll cat and a Siamese cat.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Garvan Woodland Gardens Tulip Extravaganza “Garden Magic” #scape #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtShow #Tulips #bloomscrolling #photography #gardenwalk
Winding path through a field of red and deep pink tulips.  Part of the #GarvanGardens Tulip Extravaganza in the spring.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Superior Bathhouse Brewery located in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. The only brewery located in a US national park. Beautifully restored and repurposed historic bathhouse. #WindowsOnWednesday #BlueskyArtShow #twilight #photography #EastCoastKin
Superior Bathhouse Brewery in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Beautifully restored brick bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, with large windows at dusk.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesoutTuesday #BlueskyArtShow #Eastcoastkin #photography #perfectday #tidepools Looking for Treasure
Two people and a lot of seagulls looking for treasure in tide pools with waves in the distance.   Beautiful blue Pacific Ocean in Southern California.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
#ColorADay #PinkMon #BlueSkyArtShow #JuliArty #pleasure #Eastcoastkin #flowerphotography #gardenwalk #dahlia
Summer Dahlia with 2 shades of pink. Image taken in the garden.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
“I Gotta Do What” #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunication #smArtist #humanity #candidphotography #WeddingPhotography #BlueSkyArtShow One of the joys of my previous job was getting to witness moments like these!
Flower girl explains to the ring bearer that he has to stand up in front of all those people!
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Smooth waters on Lake Hamilton reflecting as sunset goes into twilight. The single boat in the distance glides home as a memory of someone much loved. “I’m Still Here” #smooth #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #Listen #twilight #sunset #EastCoastKin #LakeHamilton
Smooth lake reflecting the sunset sky. Photo is shot through trees and other vegetation on the bank and features a lone boater in the distance gliding home as a memory of someone much loved.   For you, Alan
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Catching the Last Waves Pacific coast beach sunset. #summerdaze #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #sunset #surfers #reflectedcolor
Pacific coast beach sunset with surfers looking for the last wave.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Fernando has decided it’s too hot for the screened in catio, even with the ceiling fan going. #Caturday #Ragdoll #Siamese #CatsofBlueSky #RescueCat
Ragamese cat laying on his back on a tile floor.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Orange “parrot” tulip. They are quite striking as they open up further and show their purple and green markings #ColorADay #OrangeSun #blueskyartshow #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin
Orange Parrot tulip with green and purple markings on it.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Bridge of the Full Moon in the Garvan Gardens Asian Garden. The “special effects” were done in camera with my old Nikon D5200. #ColorADay #GreenSat #blueskyartshow #photography #LLIP #OnTheJob #EastCoastKin #smArtist
A photo of the Full Moon Bridge, built in the Asian tradition surrounded by green trees and grasses.  Bridge is located in Garvan Woodland Gardens Japanese Garden.  The photo was made with some in camera special effects found in many older Nikon mid range DSLRs.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBars #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #Architecture #Treehouse #lensflare Sunset viewed through the Evans Tree House in Garvan Gardens, Hot Springs, AR.
Sunset viewed through the Evans Tree House in Hot Springs, AR.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Two-fer Tulip in a tux! #ColorADay #BWFri #FlowersonFriday #FloralFriday #ClassicMono #BW #BlackandWhite #B&W #tulip
Black and white tulip looking very formal, as if it is wearing a tux.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Koi Fish pond reflections with large koi gliding through their 3/4 acre pond #FishyFriday #photography #reflections #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Koi #CherryBlossoms
A trio of large koi fish gliding through their pond.   A cherry blossom tree above them and beautiful reflections of the sky and tall pines.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Autumn reminds us that changes can be beautiful. #ColorADay #YellowThu #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #Architecture
A lovely fall scene with trees wearing their autumn colors.  The trees surround the Verna Garvan Pavilion.  Architect - E Fay Jones
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Tulips are the poets of the garden, whispering tales of strength and beauty to those who listen with their hearts. - Alice Hoffman #ColorADay #RedWed #BlueSkyArtShow #tulips #bloomscrolling #photography #eastcoastkin Follow your own path, but don’t forget to bring beauty with you.
A path through a sea of red tulips.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Harley shows off for #WhiskersWednesday while exploring the cat carrier. He is a rescue cat that was removed from an over crowded cattery. He is a non standard colored ragdoll and sweet as he can be. He has no idea how to bite or scratch a person. #ragdoll #ragdollcat #rescuecat #WhiskersWed
A black and white bicolored ragdoll cat with non standard coloring coming out of a cat carrier. He has very long whiskers.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depth it has pearls too -Vincent Van Gogh #TidesOutTuesday #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #CardiffStateBeach #California
Sundown on the beach with the tide out and a few people on the beach.  Taken at Cardiff State Park, California
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
#ColorADay #BluTue #blueskyartshow #photography #eastcoastkin #Peacock #GarvanGardens #PhotographersUnited A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another Turkey. George the peacock struts toward the camera. He knows a peanut and cashew treat just walked into his garden.
Colorful Indian Blue Peacock walking toward the photographer with yellow tulips in the background.  This is George, the #GarvanGardens peacock.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#ColorADay #PinkMon #blueskyartshow #Pollinator #Vivid #EastCoastKin #photography #bloomscrolling Coming in for a Landing
Vivid hot pink flower with a bee flying in to land in its yellow center.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#Stunday #flowerphotography #blueskyartshow #photography #bloomscrolling #dramatic #vivid #dahlias I love this shot. It was taken outside with the dahlias in their garden bed. Sun was going down and the light was magic.
Three dramatic Dahlias on a dark background. Flowers are yellow and purple.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
#sideways look at Fernando in his fav sink for #Caturday. He loves to surprise and ambush people from what he thinks is a camouflaged hiding place. #blueskyartshow #ragdoll #siamese #ragamese #cats #cat #photography #eastcoastlkin #rescuecat #catsofbluesky
Ragamese cat curled up in a round bathroom sink.  He has his face looking at the camera and is showing off his blue eyes and long whiskers.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Every time I see daffodils I’m reminded of strength and renewal. #sideways #blueskyartshow #smArtist #photography #daffodil # photography
A beautiful heirloom daffodil photographed from the side on a dark background
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The maple leaf at the center of the Canadas flag is one of the most recognized symbols representing Canadas natural beauty as well as peace and unity. Canada Day 2025 #JuliArty #maple #blueskyartshow #OhCanada #CanadaDay2025 #Canada #eastcoastkin #photography
Multi-colored maple leaves after a rain.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#Tulips #TulipTuesday #Bloomscrolling #Scape #photography #Blueskyartshow #EastCoastKin #GetOutside The earth laughs in flowers - Ralph Waldo Emerson Take an enchanted walk through the tulips and the forest.
A curving path surrounded by many different colors of tulips.   Springtime at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Snowflakes silently swirl in the soft quiet of a fairytale chapel in the woods. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration #blueskyartshow #smArtist #transience #photography #GetOutside #Architecture #AnthonyChapel #GarvanGardens
Snowflakes silently swirl around Anthony Chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Fernando loves #Caturday in the Catio. He loves to #GetOutside every chance he gets. #Catio #BlueSkyArtShow #cats #catsofbluesky #photography #photographersofbluesky #Eastcoastkin
Ragamese cat on the ledge of his outdoor catio with greenery outside the screen.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside Forgot both hashtags in earlier post!
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#GetOutside #photography #photographersofbluesky #GarvanGardens #AsianGarden #eastcoastkin #GardenMagic The enchanted Asian Garden at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs Arkansas. Spring time with lots of azaleas blooming.
An enchanting path going up a hill in the Asian Garden at Garvan Woodland Gardens. Named one of the top 5 Asian Gardens in North America. Lots of azaleas along the curving path
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is the amazing million dollar treehouse in the Evans Children’s Garden at #GarvanGardens in Hot Springs, AR. It has 3 stories and has won numerous architectural awards. #TreehouseThursday #treehouse #photography #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
The million dollar treehouse in Evans Children’s Garden at Garvan Woodland Gardens has n Hot Springs Arkansas.  It has 3 stories including the “crows nest “ lookout at the top.
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Ms Discus @msdiscus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
#Stunday #photography #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #garvangardens #Sunset #lakehamilton #hotspringsAR A colorful moody sunset as the sun drops behind a ridge over Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Colorful moody sunset on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, AR. Photographed from Garvan Woodland Gardens.
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