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Red Leaf Studio

@redleafstudio.bsky.social
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Creativity across photos, writing, illustration, the art of gifting, and the art of enchantment. Stationary-head, fountain pen nerd, inks and watercolors. Whole foodie, nature lover, and community organizer.

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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Boat in the Smith College pond, ~2004. #edge #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #photography #boat #green
Overhead of the bow of a wooden boat. 
Green paint is beginning to lift and peel. Two black ropes thread through metal holders.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Lancey Letters - essays and photos from the liminal. Grief, death, ritual, ceremony, and rites of passage. open.substack.com/pub/jalancey... #eastcoastkin #grief #deathdoula #ritesofpassage #ceremony
Black and white photo of a white woman’s hand under running water. Overlaid with text that reads, “Launching the Lancey Letters. A new Substack on ritual, ceremony, and rites of passage. Includes:  A Year of Mimi - a grief project weaving loss, grief, ancestral work, shadow work, memory, and legacy. Balances.substack.com
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
When my grandmother lived on the big lake, she would take me every summer morning down to its pebble beach. She didn’t set up on a towel to sun bathe and watch me swim as the other adults did. 🧵1/5 #grief #grandmother #watermother #water #griefproject
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Mesa in New Mexico. Though I don’t remember exactly where. #BlueSkyArtShow #Stone #newmexico #eastcoastkin #clouds #mesa #highdesert
A small house in the bottom right corner is dwarfed by a massive mesa in the background. Blue skies and fluffy white clouds above.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Albie is up early, and therefore, I am up early. The house is quiet. I let Albie outside to do his business while I prepare his breakfast. Birdsong drifts in through the open door, along with early morning sun. #grief #griefwork #plumtree #pinkblossoms #eastcoastkin
A view out a window. In the foreground a tree covered in pink blossoms.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The day of my grandmother’s funeral it was bitterly cold. There were warnings on the radio, on the weather apps. A cold snap just ahead of a historic snowstorm that stretched from the Southwest all the way to the East Coast. 1/5 #vermont #burlington #eastcoastkin #stunday #photographersofbluesky
The inside of an old time diner. Booths line the right. On the left a long countertop with classic metal stools upholstered in red vinyl. An older couple sits in one of the booths. The woman faces away from the camera across from the man. He wears a flat cap and a green winter coat and is listening to something the woman is saying. His hair is white and he has a white mustache and white goatee. A young white woman stands in the center walkway. She has long, dark blonde hair and is bending slightly forward holding a heavy industrial rubber mat meant to soak up water and slush. Through the windows you can see a snowy winter scene.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
New Mexico peaches. 🍑 #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #BlueSkyPhotography #photographersofbluesky
Buckets of peaches underneath a rustic wagon wheel window set into yellow brick.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Strange clouds over the farm. #BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #eastcoastkin #Vermont
Low clouds in the sky. A fence with a white gate, and fall foliage in the background.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Corrales, NM 2024 #fire #light #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #SensoryArt #newmexico #hotairballoon
Hot air balloon on the ground. A group of people are gathered around the basket as the pilot fires the burner.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Montpelier, Vermont, 2017. #EastCoastKin #StunDay #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhite #B&W #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBlueSky
Black and white photo of a brick, multi story building set against a stormy sky.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Been absent because….NEW PUPPY! #puppy #standardpoodle #blueskypets
A tri-colored standard poodle puppy with a holiday bandana around his neck sits on a stair, looking at the camera. Next to him is a large, red Christmas ball.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
#Summer in Maine, 2007. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #boats #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
7 small motorboats float anchored just off shore, in a line.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A boy and his tractor in August. #summer #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #farming #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #ArtYear #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin
A small boy sits on the bright yellow rim of a large tractor wheel.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Summer has been full! Travels, visitors, camping. Right at the beginning of summer we traveled to New England for my college reunion and then visited family in Vermont. Took this overlooking Lake Champlain. #blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #photography #clouds #Vermont #umbrella #lakechamplain
Table umbrella silhouetted against a blue sky filled with patches of white clouds.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Pass it on. I don’t know this person, just helping someone pay their bills with their art.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🫶 Heehee! A fun one for #ThicktrunkTuesday, found on a walk in #NewMexico. “Hi!” 👋🏼 #Trees #photography #L #landscape #outdoors #nature #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin #smileyface
Close up of a tree with a branch cut off. A smiley face with the word “Hi” is drawn onto the flat surface of the branch stump.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This shot always conjures #joy for me. My daughter’s wet footprints on a gorgeous Fall day in #Vermont. #BlueSkyArtShow #joy #EastCoastKin
A pair of jeaned legs and socked feet standing close to the camera, and in the background a trail of wet footprints on a paved driveway.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
After the storm. #blueskyartshow #Texture #eastcoastkin #photography #hurricane Hurricane Irene caused damage as far North as Massachusetts. Mostly significant flooding.
Empty liquor bottles lay among muddy debris after flood waters recede.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Another for #blueskyartshow, theme #lines. #photography #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin
Old iron window frames with grid pattern in the city. Colorful vases sit behind the glass.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Lines made by light is a frequent subject I love to capture. Who else loves morning light “lines”? #BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin
Crisp lines of light are cast on the floor through vertical blinds. A potted plant sits on the right.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My mother is in the hospital this morning. It is unclear what’s going on. This photo is from one year ago, but my view is the same as I wait for updates from afar. The waiting, the distance…ouch. #BlueSkyMonday #bluesky #mountainmonday #mountains #eastcoastkin #sandias #newmexico
Landscape photo of mountains partly obscured by low lying clouds. Sky above is clear blue. Light covering of snow.
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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Find it challenging to keep up with all the art challenges? Here's next week's list! Feel free to save it to your phone. And repost to help others keep up! #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts
Art Challenges:
April 28–may 4

Monday, April 28:
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#beige)
#smArtist (#abyss)
#MinimalMonday

Tuesday, April 29:
acoloradAyPRIL (#rose)
#smArtist (#coastal)
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday 
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) 

Wednesday, April 30:
#acoloradAyPRIL (#charcoal)
#smArtist (#large)
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

Thursday, May 1:
#smArtist (favorite flower)
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)

Friday, May 2:
#scape (any kind of scape)
#smArtist (national or state flower)
#ForestFriday
#FloralFriday 
#FlowersOnFriday

Saturday, May 3:
#BlueSkyArtShow (#green)
#smArtist (best-smelling flower)

Sunday, May 4:
#Stunday (stunning)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#multiplicity)
#smArtist (#LilyOfTheValley)

All week:
#SensoryArt (#contrast)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekRforRoads)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#smArtist (purposeful art, daily prompts optional)

Want a challenge added? Reply to @handcranked.bsky.social
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Among my favorite flowers are the lush ranunculus (which also dry beautifully). Even if I find the name less beautiful than the flower. #ranunculus #photography #ArtYear #onlybeautifulthings #Bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #thelittlethings #womensart #EastCoastKin
Closeup of a bunch of yellow and pink ranunculus.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Late to #blueskyartshow. Spent the day in the garden. 🪏 🪴 🌞 When I saw the prompt was #Earth, I knew it had to be #Utah. There are so many fantastical, other-worldly landscapes in Utah, you think you’ve left earth. 🧐 #LandscapePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBlueSky
A view of Bryce Canyon, with orange rock formations jutting up from the earth in a curving line, fading into the background. Valley is filled with trees.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Teal is one of my favorite colors. Of all things that produced this natural color? Red cabbage. 🧐 #acoloradAyPRIL #teal #photography #eastcoastkin #naturaldye #easteregg #spring
A woman’s hand holds a naturally dyed teal Easter egg up to the camera. A soft imprint of leaves is centered.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
One of my favorites, taken on the pond at #smithcollege 2007. I was the only one there, and the pond was still and quiet. #BlueSkyArtshow #Peaceful #EastCoastKin #photography #boat
Close up of the bow of a small, green rowboat from above. Two black, corded ropes lay across the top on either side, loop through metal fastenings, and the trail off camera.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A bit of fun for #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette April, 2015 - Canon EOS20D #EastCoastKin #Photography #sandiamountains #newmexico #albuquerque #nature #mountains #bigsky
A young girl stands on a rock outcrop atop a mountain, overlooking a hazy city. Her figure is in silhouette and she is posed with hands in fun positions at shoulder height. She is back-lit by a blue sky with white clouds.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Happy #Stunday Bluesky fam. Hope you’re enjoying some R&R, or doing something you love. 🕺 #bloomscrolling #onlybeautifulthings #rose #flower #blooms #macro #photography #artyear #bloomscroll #sundaybloom #pink
Close up of dark pink rose, fully bloomed, set against a black background.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Siena Duomo, Italy. Of all the historical architecture I’ve seen, this is among my favorites. The black and white marble constructed into perfect stripes is stunning. #arcitecture #arch #arches #italy #sienaitaly #sienna #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #stripes #church #photography
Interior of the Siena Duomo in Italy, zoomed in on part of the dome, supported by ornate columns constructed by black and white marble in stripes.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Moody Mountains ⛰️ The day I took this, the sky over the mountains was changing every few minutes. Shot with iPhone 13 Pro #moutainmonday #blueskymonday #scape #skyscape #phonephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
Photo of a stormy sky with blue clouds above a blue mountain range.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Another one from the Utah trip. What is it about vintage trucks? Shot on iPhone 13Pro #stunday #vintagetruck #roadtrip #utah #eastcoastkin #rust #red #firetruck #vintagefiretruck #ruralphotography #iphonephotography
Closeup of front of vintage fire truck with a white metal bumper, and large white grill. The word “International” is embossed in metal above the grill.
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Impermanent Beauty Captured (David Bricklin-Small) @impermanentbeauty.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
we don’t know where we are #EastCoastKin #urbanphotography #streetphotography #streetscenes #photography #photographersunited #snow #winter
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Ben @benksyphoto.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Sunday Street art, #Madrid #streetphotography #urban #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #Spain #España #Sonyalpha
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Utah - 2023 Family road trip to see The Big 5 (highly recommend). National Parks are a treasure, let’s protect them. #stunday #naturephotography #scape #landscape #utah #nationalpark #eastcoastkin #roadtrip #saveournationalparks
Orange rock formations seem to push up toward the blue sky.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Montreal, circa 1999. Another one from the Miksang #photography intensive with Michael Wood. Trusty Pentax K1000, shot on slide film. #michaelwood #stunday #eastcoastkin #yellow #autumn #fall #montreal #urbannature #streetnature #leaves
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Bree🌸 @xobreex3.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Good morning 🦎 #Stunday #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature
An anole lizard on a metal railing with the background black. I used the light to focus on the railing and anole colors.
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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
For #Stunday post number two, here's another #longexposure #infrared image taken along a spring run deep in the woods of North Florida. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #blackandwhitephotography
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Lis (MRHSfan) @mrhsfan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#BlueskyArtShow #TheJourney The one iron bridge we have fiercely preserved. War Eagle Bridge. Parker ThroughTruss built in 1907. The War Eagle Mill, a grist mill still running today, stands next to it. #historicbridges #historicmill #photography #Nikon
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Another memory for #caturday. She was just waking up from a nap to greet me at the door. #monochrome #bwphotography #photography
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MG @mgerspix.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#BlueSkyArtShow theme #Windows "Window Cat" Historic District, Savannah, GA Prints: mgerspix.com/featured/win... #photography #cats #savannah #reflection #omsystem ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #mgerspix
Cat in a window of a house in historic downtown Savannah, Georgia.  The ripple reflection and squinting cat just begged for a picture.
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tb @tb1952.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The Journey #TheJourney #blueskyartshow #photography #people #legs #walking
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John Meyer @johnme23.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Last lap on #TheJourney - #BlueSkyArtShow #oldtruck #derelict #mountainpass #abandoned #blackandwhite #ford #colorado
An old abandoned truck at the base of La Veta Pass in southern Colorado. The front tire is missing and there's a number 56 stenciled on the front of the hood. In the background we can glimpse a bit of snow on the upper slopes of the mountain. In the middle ground are some trees and bushes. The windshield of the truck has bullet holes and cracks.
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
#MakersmARTch Day 22 = #Draw #BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney Observing a table for two - today, quick sketch, ink pen & watercolour on paper #sketchy #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #CafesofFrederictonNB #twocupsandabag #themuse #stripey
A cappuccino cup with saucer, a coffee in a striped cup, and a wax paper pastry bag with the words "THE MUSE .  COFFEE .  DRINKS .  MUSIC" arranged in a circle around a coffee cup logo
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Kemi (she / her) @bokemian.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The Wheels On The Bus Go ‘Round And ‘Round #CantonTX2025 #Rusted #Photography #MobileOnly #PhotographyBrat #BSAS #TheKemiPerspective #EastCoastKin #Abandoned #TheJourney #BlueSkyArtShow
An abandoned, vintage, faded blue, Chevrolet school bus with white accents and lots of rust and dilapidation. Sits in a closely cropped grass field with some sparse trees in the background and a brilliant blue sky overhead. There’s a pop of orange color in the reflectors that are on the top above the front window and the side mirror. The bus is facing towards the left and the white, peeling bumper is bent outward on one end to the right.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Speaking of journeys…and #Caturday … This precious creature was only with us for a short time. This was gotcha day, after a long road trip to get her and her sister, who both spent the ride home sniffling, sick, and grateful. #TheJourney #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #kitten
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
On my Way - 2003 On a trip to Montreal with three friends back in 2003, sporting my old Pentax. Pentax K1000 #TheJourney #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #pentax #film #StreetPhotography #montreal #travel
Young woman steps of bus wearing jeans, sneakers, a long cardigan, and a backpack. Her hair is wrapped in a bandana.
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Waiting -2007 Canon EOS20D #ThursdayChairs #photography #amateurphotography #thephotohour #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #canon #rust #emptychair #mARTch
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Red Leaf Studio @redleafstudio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Sunflower - 2017 iPhone 7 #macromonday #macro #photography #PhotographersofBluesky #ArtYear #onlybeautifulthings #Bloomscrolling #flowers #Nature #thelittlethings #sunflower #mobilephotography
Closeup of sunflower with monarch butterfly.
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