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Inish View @inishview.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A lovely view from the beach at Five Finger Strand in Donegal.

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A reminder from nature to pause, breathe, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us while seeking a perfect balance in life... like this gorgeous male Southern Hawker! 💙🫶📷 Happy Monday everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead. 🕊️🌿 #MacroMonday #Nature #Invert #Dragonflies #UKWildlife #ECK

A close-up photograph of a vibrant male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting vertically on a stalk of purple toadflax flowers.
The dragonfly is positioned head-up, with his long, segmented abdomen extending straight down the flower stem. His thorax is a bright apple-green color, accented by two prominent yellow-green oval patches on top. His abdomen features a pattern of dark brown, black, and bright green spots, transitioning into vivid blue segments at the very tip of his tail. The Southern Hawker has large, shiny compound eyes separated by a bright golden patch on the top of his head. Four translucent, glassy wings are spread fully open and flat to the sides, revealing an incredibly dense, delicate, dark-veined net pattern across their entire surface. The background is completely out of focus, filled with a soft, bright green and yellow bokeh effect created by sunlight filtering through garden foliage.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Doesn’t it feel good: taking care of yourself, Wild Urban? I love a good “stone soup”!

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your favorite time of year? Seeing as you enjoy the liminal spaces…..

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Celebrating bounty and beauty: where does your food come from? Farms cited in Alt.

A 1/2 bushel bag of apples from Morrison Hill Orchard PYO; parsley, 1 bulb of garlic next to plum tomatoes and colored leaves on a teal blue plate, and red onions in a bowl are from Rustic Roots farm CSA, 1 jar of tomatoes from Nezinscot Farm CAA.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chai: my first cup ever! Drank it with lots of honey. No wonder it’s so popular: spicy and very warming. Thanks to Rosemary Gladstar recipe! See Alt for ingredients.

Two mugs filled with brownish tea; one with cream. A stainless pot and small strainer with ingredients: black tea, fresh ginger, black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, coriander, and cardamom-broken up a bit with a coffee grinder.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Totally! It’s one of my favorite daily activities. Just resting. It’s something new for me: always moving. Good for you Pandora.

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julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A Lincoln's sparrow passing through on its migration journey. A lucky find as they are known to skulk low in dense brush and thickets. #Birds #SparrowSunday #Wildlife #Nature #BirdSky #Sparrow #Sparrows

A Lincoln's sparrow is perched on a branch, with blurred branches int eh background. The bird is passing through on its migration journey and was a lucky find as they are known to skulk low in dense brush and thickets. It is notable for its buffy chest band with sharp black streaks and a chestnut-colored crown with black streaks.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth." — Henry David Thoreau

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Tree had the Moon in her sight On a beautiful, star-laden night While declaring her love For Luna above She bathed in her warm, glowing light #stupidpoem #nature #goodmorning #nokings #photography #maui #moon

Single old, bare tree reaching out over the incoming waves of the ocean. The pred-dawn sky is filled with moonlight that is reflecting on the ocean. The muted sky colors are blues and pinks.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m sending lots of best wishes for the journey, that’s for sure!

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No Planet B Photography @noplanetbphoto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Earlier this summer, I got to spend sometime with a Northern Gannet breeding colony or several thousand #seabirds #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #birds #bird #nikon #birdlovers #birdlife #photography #art #animal #🪶 #ukbirding #ECK #noplanetbphotography #Scotland www.noplanetbphotography.art

Large seabird of the Atlantic with long, pointed bill, wings, and tail. Adults bright white with cream-colored head and black wingtips. Takes several years to reach adult plumage; juveniles are all sooty-brown and slowly acquire more white as they mature. Nests in enormous colonies on cliffs in the North Atlantic. Spends most of its life at sea, although often fairly close to land, so they are often visible from shore or on whale watching boats. Dives torpedolike into the ocean for fish. Gathers in large feeding flocks, but sometimes solitary.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s apple day! She shares her love, healing, and peace.

A countertop covered with green and red apples and dessert making ingredients. A red tea towel under a bamboo cutting board.paring knife. Old fashioned apple coring tool.

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This morning's moon Good Saturday morning Wishing you a day of subtle energy and peaceful vibes...

The full moon against a black sky.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I saw a hummingbird today….. whaaaaat?! I can’t believe it.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Most of the migrators have left central Maine…..it’s pretty quiet, but for the nuthatches, ravens, owls, and jays. Oh, and chickadees. :-)

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Monarch Butterfly The umiverse is constantly collaborating, finding new ways to show us the goodness of life and our world...

A Monarch Butterfly is resting on a pink and yellow flower. It is surrounded by blurry flowers of many different colors.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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Lisa Shambrook @lisashambrook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Crystal Grid celebrating Mabon for the Abundance of Nature and Harmony. Mabon brings in the Autumn Solstice and the balance autumn carries during nature's transition.

Crystal Grid on a pale wooden background. Ocean Jasper sphere in the centre. Two oval moss agate stones above and below it. And two Pyromorphite raw stones either side of the sphere. They are surrounded with peridot stones radiating outwards, with tiny herkimer diamonds here and there.

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cool article, thanks for sharing! The apples are lush on the trees this year- I see old trees full of apples everywhere. Now, I wonder even more. Common Ground Fair this weekend!! :-)

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Leaf ombré my daughter made 🍁🌼🌿

Breach leaves in autumn arranged on a tree stump so their colour shifts gently round a circle

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Babs @readingtrees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good reporting. Appreciate Mistler’s work.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” -- Rosalia de Castro

A path curves around grasses and trees in an area I fondly refer to as juniper hill. It is a wonderful place for hiking and the smell of juniper.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm seeing lots of large bees right now. I'm attempting cell phone shots with no zoom, so I've bumped into quite a few bees and the large ones are very forgiving. This is a male eastern carpenter bee on a horsemint flower. #bees 🐝🌿 #pollinators #bugsky #insects #ECK #nature #wildlife #nativeplants