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Richard Viker

@rviker.bsky.social
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Father, grandfather, writer, musician, yoga teacher, psychodramatist and long time student of consciousness. Exploring new animism and traditional forms of knowledge. Oslo 🇳🇴 with my wonderful Mari. I write mostly in English. Left leaning. Green values.

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Richard Viker @rviker.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you Luis 😊 The goldeneye is one of the first bird species I remember. Back in the day we had really icy winters and had to help these to survive by feeding them.
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Richard Viker @rviker.bsky.social · 22h
I learned to identify birds before I could read or write. I had a notebook where I recorded their presence with a single line, since I could not yet spell a name. It gave me an ornithologist's brain. A neural network created by birds in flight. 📷:Me #animism #NewAni #NordicAnimism #birds #poem
A female Bucephala clangula or common goldeneye swimming in a lake, creating lines in the water reflecting the blue sky in early spring. There is ice on the water in the background.
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Maurice @windypops.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Some birds fly alone. They are the ones that fly the highest, The ones who can see the most. They can fly so high they vanish— into thin air, like a dream.
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Richard Viker @rviker.bsky.social · 22h
Thank you, Pipa ♥️ Your land looks so beautiful 😍
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Natty @Natasha02783807 @natasha02783807.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Forest magic in the crisp fall air
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jen 💙🤍🕊️ @jenzsky.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Some days I’m #lookingdown and some days I’m #lookingup …and I still can’t escape this persistent woman taking my photo! #birdoftheday #birds #heron #australia #photography #eck #birdphotography #nature
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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) Because of its unique nature—appearing small on the surface while hiding a massive, complex network beneath the soil—it has inspired deep literary metaphors about anxiety, hidden truth, and the unseen scale of nature. 💛 #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi #ECK
A cluster of honey mushrooms grows closely together from a moss-covered, decaying log on the forest floor. The background is a soft, blurred green expanse of dense forest foliage and small leafy shrubs.
The mushrooms vary in size and stage of development. The largest, mature caps are broad and slightly upturned at the edges, revealing a pale, textured underside. Younger caps are smaller, rounded, and button-like. They range in color from a warm honey-yellow to a light tan, with darker, fine, fuzzy spots dotting their top surfaces.
High up on several of the stems, just beneath the caps, there is a distinct, prominent white ring or skirt-like veil with brownish, textured edges.
The mushrooms emerge from a dark, damp piece of rotting wood covered in patches of vibrant, bright green moss. A few scattered, dry, brown leaves lie on the ground around the base.
The scene is illuminated by soft, natural, diffused daylight filtering through the forest canopy, highlighting the textures of the caps and the moss below.
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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Old #art
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 8260: Whatever genre you write, read folklore. Folklore exists because at some point, people cared so much about a certain thing that they put it into a story, and passed it down the centuries in order to keep it alive. That deserves attention.
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026
The Strawberry Moon. Artistic nightscape capturing the full moon isolated in a deep indigo sky. The composition relies on heavy negative space and low-key lighting, documenting twilight mist and sharp silhouettes of trees on the horizon #luiscordobapharchive #moon #scape #night #photography
Vertical orientation night landscape photograph titled Strawberry . The composition features a small, bright, and perfectly circular full moon positioned high in the upper-center of a deep indigo and dark blue twilight sky. Low-hanging, soft, diffused clouds or dark mist occupy the middle section of the frame. Along the bottom edge, the sharp, dark black silhouettes of a distant horizon line and several sparse trees are visible, with one larger, detailed tree silhouette framing the lower right corner. The lighting is low-key, emphasizing the contrast between the glowing lunar disc and the dark, atmospheric negative space. Optimized for full moon nightscapes, atmospheric twilight landscape photography, silhouette tree horizons, and low-key minimalist astrophotography indexing
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Richard Viker @rviker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thank you, Pipa. Love your photo too. That's a nice place, and interesting stone, you got there 😊
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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Some of Heather flower symbolism. 🩷Because the plant thrives in harsh, wind-swept moors and poor, acidic soils, it represents quiet strength and survival. 🩷It reflects self-reliance, quiet confidence, and the peaceful grace of being alone. #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bloomscrolling #photography #ECK
A vibrant, vertical photograph captures a lush patch of common heather blooming amidst a rugged forest floor.
In the foreground and center, a dense, low-growing shrub of heather dominates the view. It features countless small, needle-like green leaves tightly packed along thin, woody branches. Sprouting abundantly from these stems are clusters of delicate, bell-shaped flowers in shades of lavender, mauve, and soft pink, creating a soft blanket of color over the greenery.
Directly behind the heather, a large, weathered gray boulder with patches of rough texture.
In the background, the forest rises with a soft-focused mix of vibrant green foliage and the branches of pine trees. The bright daylight filters through the trees, casting a natural and lively glow over the entire scene.
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jriegs @jriegs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
old damaged tree still hanging on… teaching me #haiku #poetry #photography #ECK #ImageAndVerse
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Pipa💙 @pipapipia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We must take care of and love rivers. They are life and they are beauty. We must respect them.💙
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Open your door for the God of Love! Au clair de la lune. A documentary nightscape tracking a sailboat aligned with the glowing full moon over Lake Michigan. Pure artistic nocturne composition.#luiscordobapharchive #chicago #lake #clairdelune #moon #landscape #sailing #nightphotography
Horizontal orientation night photograph tracking a white sailboat on the dark blue choppy waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago. A bright, luminous full moon glows in the dark blue night sky directly behind the boat, partially illuminating its tall white mainsail and jib. The sailboat, bearing identification numbers on its sail, carries visible passengers on deck. The vast horizon divides the deep blue water from the wide night sky, capturing a poetic and documentary maritime scene. Optimized for Lake Michigan sailing, Chicago night photography, maritime landscapes, full moon compositions, and nautical nocturnes indexing.
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#Art: Bodegón de naranjas (1863) #Artist: #RafaelRomeroBarros (b. 1832/d. 1895; #🇪🇸) #ArtMovement/Style: #StillLife #Costumbrismo Medium: Oil on canvas 68 x 54 cm (26.7 x 21.2 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt 314
#Art: Bodegón de naranjas (1863)
#Artist: Rafael Romero Barros
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#Art: Sisyphus Rests (2022) #Artist: #TimOBrien (b. 1964) #ArtMovement/Style: #MagicRealism Medium: Oil on panel 40.6 x 40.6 cm (16 x 16 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt  317
#Art: Sisyphus Rests (2022)
#Artist: Tim O'Brien
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#Art: Asé (2019) #Artist: #HarmoniaRosales (b. 1984; #🇨🇺 #🇯🇲) #ArtMovement/Style: #PostcolonialArt #FeministArt Medium: Oil on linen #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt #ArtHerstory #WomensArt 319
#Art: Asé (2019) 
#Artist: Harmonia Rosales
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#Art: The Abduction of Proserpina (2026) #Artist: #SungjuHam (b. 1990; #🇰🇷) #ArtMovement/Style: #KoreanRealism #Contemporary Medium: Oil on canvas 146 × 112 cm (57 1/2 × 44 1/10 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt  #FriezeSeoul2026 327
#Art: The Abduction of Proserpina (2026) 
#Artist: Sungju Ham
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#Art: Wet Hair (2025) #Artist: #JulietteVaissière (b. 1995; #🇫🇷) #ArtMovement/Style: ##VisualArt #Contemporary Medium: Oil on linen mounted on panel 30.5 × 22.9 cm (12 × 9 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt #ArtHerstory #WomensArt 336
#Art: Wet Hair (2025)
#Artist: Juliette Vaissière
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Art: Enigma (2025) #Artist: #MarekOsedowski (b. 1998;#🇨🇦) #ArtMovement/Style: #VisualArt #Surrealism Medium: Oil and hand embroidery with equins and glass beads on canvas 30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt 343
#Art: Enigma (2025)
#Artist: Marek Osedowski
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Art: The Crested Lark (2026) #Artist: #EthanMurrow (b. 1975) #ArtMovement/Style: #VisualArt Medium: Acrylic on panel 91.4 × 91.4 cm (36 × 36 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt 346
#Art: The Crested Lark (2026)
#Artist: Ethan Murrow
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Art: To foam and bloom (2019) #Artist: #JessieMakinson (b. 1985; #🇬🇧) #ArtMovement/Style: #ContemporaryFiguration #FeministArt #Surrealism Medium: Oil on canvas 190 x 165 cm #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt #ArtHerstory #WomensArt 348
#Art: To foam and bloom (2019)
#Artist: Jessie Makinson
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Photography: The Apotheosis of Lucumí (2022) #Artist: #Elliot&ErickJiménez (b. 1989; #🇨🇺) #ArtMovement/Style: #VisualAr #Mythology #Yoruba #Lucumí Medium: Archival photo print 152.4 × 111.8 cm (60 × 44 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt 353
#Photography: The Apotheosis of Lucumí (2022)
#Artist: Elliot & Erick Jiménez
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M. @mfreud27.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Art: Golden Hour (2023) #Artist: #JayChung (b. 1986; #🇰🇷) #ArtMovement/Style: #ContemporarySurrealism  #FigurativeAbstraction Medium: Oil on Canvas 121.9 x 101.6 cm (40 x 48 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy  #ArtPost #FineArt 357
#Art: Golden Hour (2023)
#Artist: Jay Chung
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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I deloricated quietude all my life only to discover the calm within was a gossamer thread that held me together all along #Vss365 #Calm #Poetry #AcrylicOnCanvas #AbstracArt #ECK my 🎨
An abstract black and white painting with flowing shapes and delicate, thread-like lines.
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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The year is growing older yet the world has never looked so young… #AutumnDream #Travel #ArtInNature #Colorado #photography #Autumn
The world growing younger in the golden arms of autumn.
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Ash @desertbloomhealing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some Shaggy Manes getting ready to turn to ink #fungifriends
The shaggy mane mushroom is commonly found in North American and European grasslands. Some peoples foraged for its young egg-shaped caps, but it has more recently been found to be a bioaccumulator of heavy metals, meaning it pulls toxic metals up from the soil where it grows. As a result, shaggy manes should not be eaten. The mushrooms usually appear in clusters or “fairy rings.”
- from the Picture Mushroom app
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Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Bog Creature These branches looked like an walking ent somehow. Well maybe I've got too much fantasy when it comes to trees and fog. Added a crop to show you the details of this shot. Upper Bavaria, Germany #landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog
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ande91.bsky.social @ande91.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The artwork is titled "Time Killer (Memento Munch).". It was created by the contemporary pop-surrealist artist Dolce Paganne (also known as Ceren Aksungur). The piece is composed using traditional, physical mediums including soft pastels, colored pencils, and oil on 300g
Arches Paper.

Dolce Paganne is the artistic pseudonym of Ceren Aksungur (born 1982), an internationally acclaimed Istanbul-born visual artist, illustrator, and painter currently based in Antwerp, Belgium. Self-described as a "voodoo artist," her distinct work bridges the gap between fairytales and nightmares, utilizing both traditional and digital mediums to explore the subconscious, sleep paralysis, and psychological horror.

Artistic Style and Philosophy:

The "Sweet and Sinister" Duality: Her work balances delicate, whimsical, and innocent aesthetics with dark, unsettling undertones.

She utilizes soft, milky tints and smooth vintage textures, juxtaposed with sharp shocks of blood-red and imagery exploring mental health, death, and human vulnerability.
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ЗИТА. @zinoky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Yenisei flows through my city. Autumn on the Yenisei is a riot of color; the forested banks blaze with gold and ochre. The river is home to many fish species, among which sturgeon, whitefish, and salmon are highly prized.
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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Celebrating  🪶 🌞 Indigenous Peoples  Day 🌞 🪶 Honoring Indigenous Peoples and their contributions to culture, history, language, art, science, and environmental stewardship. #indigenous 🌞 First Nation  Tribal #dancer James Jones 🪶 “ Notorious Cree” 🌞
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Albert Ibars @albert-ibars.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Escenaris de tardor. Llocs on no hi passa mai res. #Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Scape #RuralScape #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather #ECK
Fotografia d'un camí vora el canal d'Urgell. Un grup nombrós d'estornells busquen aliments i refugi en un camp llaurat i en els arbres al marge del camí.
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jen 💙🤍🕊️ @jenzsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Let’s cross the bridge that leads to hope No need to run nor fear a distant glimmer awaits… #manhattan #scape #hope #bridge #monochrome #classicmono #eck #bnw #mono #photography #urban #photographersofbluesky #bridges
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“If you want to have peace on this planet full of stress and turmoil, go to a tree, and hug it. Go to them as if, you are visiting a temple or church...” ~Banani Ray (Quote in Alt) I visited with my tree friend Fingers yesterday, we sat together and she brought me peace💚😌 #eastcoastkin #stunday
“If you want to have peace on this planet full of stress and turmoil, go to a tree, and hug it.
Go to them as if, you are visiting a temple or church. Walk barefoot and touch them in reverence with both your hands.”

From
Meditation Walking the Path of Peace: A Guidebook for Stress Free Living by Banani Ray.
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Richard Viker @rviker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thank you 😊
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SeaLevelOslo @sealeveloslo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Autumn Red wild blueberry heather and yellow mountain birch #ColorADay #RedWed #mountains #photography
A photo of the late sun lighting up the autumn colors in the mountain: Red heather of wild blueberry (bilberry), green juniper and evergreens, and yellow leaves on mountain birch trees.
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Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Bundoran, this afternoon. The sculpture is Carraige na Nean, (Rock of the Birds). The monolith is 2m tall and the arch is 3m tall. The work incorporates limestone, sandstone, lead, and granite. It was created by Brendan McGloin, who sadly died in 2025. #Donegal #Ireland
Landscape oriented,  16:9 image. 

On the left in the foreground, a public sculpture on a seaside promenade. A monolith decorated in Celtic designs is seen through a stone arch.

The Atlantic Ocean is in the background, with large waves creating foaming white breakers.

A stone bench in the foreground on the right. In the background to it, the ocean and grass topped cliffs.

The sky is filled with large, turbulent clouds, both white and in various shades of grey. There is some blue sky visible just above the horizon. Despite the changeable weather,  the scene at this moment is bright and sunny.
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Sanat Tarihi @sanatintarihi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stanisław Masłowski - Moonrise 1884 (National Museum in Kraków)
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Will Hulbert @whulbert-photos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Autumn Fall
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Indigrassy @indigrassy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Spirit guide #nature #photography #AnimalArtTuesday #deer #ArtYear #EastCoastKin
A deer stands in silhouette amid dense, dark green foliage, framed by overlapping leaves and branches. Warm sunlight glows behind it, creating a dramatic contrast between the shadowy vegetation and the bright orange and white light in the background.
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Pirritin @pirritin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wish you a lovely Sunday 🤍 #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks&GeeseInFlight #Mallards #Birds #Nature #sinisorsa #ECK
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Marchpane's Ghost 🍬👻 @marchpaneglass.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#blackandwhite #classicmono #water #architecture #river #ny #Canada #rocks #metal
Old, ruined metal and stone pilings sticking up out of the water a couple of yards from the rocky shore. The metal has rivets and is waterstained at different levels. Beyond this, the shore of Canada is a distant line on the horizon.
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Katrina Coombs @klcoombs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just a bit of a stretch after a splendid dream about bananas. #baterday #melbourne #bats #batsofbluesky #flyingfox #ECK #westcoastkin #nature #stunday #photography #nature #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #australia #wildlife #flyday
An Australian fruit bat hangs upside down from a tree branch. The Flying Fox, with brown-black wings, grey head, and red nape, unwraps himself and stretches out his wings. His large finger-like claws holds tightly to a gum tree.
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
#BlueskyArtShow #Weather Swirling fog blowing up the mountain and across the trail. #ECK #Hiking #Fog #WestCoastKin
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gruffyfarr668.bsky.social @gruffyfarr668.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holiday Memories #32 The lucky butt statue in Cyprus. It’s actually a tribute to the goddess Aphrodite, but peeps just be rubbing her butt for luck.
A bronze statue of a woman is draped over the rocks near the sea. Oxidisation has caused her to take on the classic blue/green, but she’s gold where people touch her. The golden butt of luck! Yes, I did.
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gruffyfarr668.bsky.social @gruffyfarr668.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What if none of us go back to work tomorrow? What if we all just shamble out of the treeline, and wander back into the sea.. What then?
A Cyprus shoreline. There are bare twigs and sun scorched grass and shrubs leading to a lovely turquoise sea. The clouds boil above.
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Liv Junqueira @junqueiraliv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Hope and Memory have one daughter and her name is Art, and she has built her dwelling far from the desperate field where men hang out their garments upon forked boughs to be banners of battle. Oh, beloved daughter of Hope and Memory, be with me for a while." William Butler Yeats
Rubber fig plant with raindrops.
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Space Oleandr✨ @oleandr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Witching Hour Collection 🌙 Four little watercolor spells under the autumn moon, just in time for Halloween✨ Originals in my shop🎃 spaceoleandrart.etsy.com #halloween #witchyart #autumn #watercolorpainting #UkrainianArtist #blueskyart
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Maurice @windypops.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Seeing a kōwhai tree in North London half a world from Aotearoa, Nina Mingya Powles writes, “I breathe yellow, I breathe myself home” “here I would have never breathed an ocean, never held mountains in my hands, except in almost-dreams in which long white clouds drift almost close enough to touch”
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