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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Get into a mellow mood and go out to shoot the yellows, oranges and reds around you tomorrow. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the great outdoors. I'll be thinking of you all. 💛 #MellowYellow #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This time we get into the relaxed and content mood of Donovan‘s „Mellow Yellow“ and celebrate the beginning of autumn. youtu.be/bb3WpOJvsug?... #PalacesandGardens #ECK #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

A promotional announcement graphic with dark blue lettering overlaid on a faded, warm autumn background. The backdrop shows a soft-focus garden setting filled with the glowing golden-yellow light of late afternoon. A few falling amber leaves are visible against the soft silhouettes of park trees. The text is arranged cleanly down the left side, detailing the prompts for the #MellowYellow challenge. The bottom corners read "Everyone is welcome" on the left and "#ECK" on the right.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Styling tip: Always match your outfit to your favorite palace garden. 😉🌸 Tomorrow we are playing #PompAndPatterns! Dive into your archives or grab 1 or 2 photos of a color twin or pattern double on your walk. No faux pas here! #PalacesandGardens #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Time for a matching game with #PompAndPatterns this Thursday. Dive into your archives or take a stroll to match your clothing with your surroundings. Show a color twin or a pattern double in 1 or 2 photos. Let’s get creative! #PalacesandGardens #ECK

An announcement graphic with dark blue lettering overlaid on a faded, cozy garden backdrop. The background photograph features an old, rustic wicker chair that is beautifully weathered and gently falling apart over time. A group of small, lively sparrows are perched comfortably on the woven frame of the chair, using it as a peaceful resting place right next to their garden bird feeder.

The text is arranged cleanly in a legible dark blue font down the left side, detailing the rules for the upcoming fashion and textile matching challenge. The soft textures of the decaying wicker and the organic shapes of the birds create a warm, inviting atmosphere that perfectly contrasts with the organized text. The bottom corners read "Everyone is welcome" on the left and "#ECK" on the right.

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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces Sam Read, Bookseller established 1887, Grasmere, Cumbria. A beautiful location in the English Lake District. Grasmere has many literary connections including William Wordsworth one of the Lake Poets. #grasmere #lakedistrict #cumbria #photography #eastcoastkin

The image shows Sam Read Bookseller, an independent bookshop located in the village of Grasmere in the English Lake District.
It is housed in a traditional Lakeland stone building with slate roofing.
Open since 1887, making it one of the oldest independent bookshops in the north of England.
It stocks a wide range of books including local interest books, guides and maps, and the works of the Lake Poets.
There can be few places in England that can lay claim to so many literary connections, from William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Romantics, to John Ruskin, Beatrix Potter, EM Forster, Arthur Ransome and Malcolm Lowry.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Jane Austen Plaque in Winchester Cathedral was erected in 1872. The inscription begins, “ Jane Austen, known to many by her writings….” Also the last house where Jane Austen lived in Winchester with a blue plaque. #PalacesandGardens #PagesandPalaces #Hampshire #Literature #Photography

Her burial slab is just below this plaque. There is also a memorial stained glass window above the plaque and a bronze statue in the Cathedral’s Inner Close.

The blue plaque says,
“ IN THIS HOUSE JANE AUSTEN LIVED
HER LAST DAYS AND DIED 18TH JULY 1817.”

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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For #PalacesAndGardens, the theme is #PagesAndPalaces. Here is a bronze #sculpture of a Hudson River School painter, Asher Brown Durand, in the Hudson River School Artists Garden at Boscobel House and Gardens. Second photo is a view of the Hudson River from the garden. #newyork #hudsonhighlands

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JulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces The Reading Girl at Manchester Central Library

A photo of a white marble statue of a young girl reading a book. The statue is by Giovanni Ciniselli (1832-1883)
The life size statue shows the seated girl wearing a robed outfit looking down at a book held in her right arm that is resting on her leg.
The statue is on a stairway near the entrance at Central Library Manchester.
The stone stairway has a beautiful arched stained glass window with a crest and red roses. Most of the glass is in blue and white stripes.

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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #ECK From a time before computers. A writing desk with china display cabinet, wall hanging, chairs and many books on shelves, in the study at Standen, an Arts and Crafts inspired house, in Sussex.

A writing desk with china display cabinet, wall hanging, chairs and books on shelving, in the study at Standen, an Arts and Crafts inspired house, in Sussex.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

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Nfknanna @nfknanna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bookcases and shelves holding a National Trust collection of rare books and manuscripts in the Long Gallery at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #Norfolk

A long narrow room with a wide bay window at the far end. The plaster work ceiling is highly decorated and the walls are lined with tall wooden bookcases, low bookshelves and an assortment of chairs. The wooden floor has rugs at intervals along the room, with two yellow sofas either side of the fireplace. People are looking at the bookshelves and the paintings on the walls, or leafing through the books open on small tables.

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Jude 📷 @jude04.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Joseph Priestley’s Laboratory, Bowood House Description in alt. #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #ECK #BowoodHouse #JosephPriestley #Laboratory

A photo of the laboratory in Bowood House Wiltshire in which Joseph Priestley first discovered oxygen. Front and centre is his workbench with a glass front behind which are green curtains. Behind it are a number of bookcases and a window with red curtains.

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Romek66 @romek66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#UrbanGaze when people did not read books, images spoke Duomo di Siena, February 2026 #Tuscany #Italy #Siena #Cathedral #architecture #HumansOfBlueSky #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces

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Sandra Friend @sandrafriend.com · 10/09/2026

He would argue it was no palace, but the manor home William Henry Seward bought from his father-in-law documents a life robustly lived in the service of a young, fractured nation--and his love for reading. #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #ECK #FamousAmericans #AuburnNY #SecretaryofState

One wall of many of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves within the William Henry Seward House Museum in Auburn NY, documenting the statesman's life before and after his service as Secretary of State to President Abraham Lincoln. The cellar of the home served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.

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Robert E. (He/him) @robertemond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#PalacesAndGardens | #PagesAndPalaces Prague Speculum Alchemiae. Evidence from 900 makes it the 2nd oldest building in Prague. An herbal pharmacy in the 1400s by the 16th century, Emperor Rudolf II established it as an alchemical laboratory. #Photography #WCK #ECK

A desk either maps and parchments. A document with a quill is aldo on the desk as well as a writing tray of quills and inks. Photo by Robert Emond.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This month I wanted to join the #campfire community for the first time and yes, you saw it coming, didn’t you, I missed the day. But as you know, I don’t give up so easily, and the #SensoryArt theme #words is a nice loophole to squeeze my story in, as is #ArtYear. 😉🎶 youtu.be/gb6XtyFNawM?...

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Mick Pic @mickpic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy #PalacesandGardens #PagesAndPalaces "Another view from inside the Pittock Mansion. Fantastic bookshelves and places to sit. This was called the Family Room. No TVs back then, so you sat and read and talked. I like the read quietly part." -mick #Photography #MickPic #PNW #WCK #ECK #Portland

This image shows the wood-paneled library inside the historic Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon. Mansion Highlights History: The 16,000-square-foot French Renaissance-style chateau was built in 1914 for Oregon pioneer and publisher Henry Pittock and his wife Georgiana. The Library: Known as a favorite gathering place for the family, this room features rich wood walls, a grand fireplace, and period furnishings. Preservation: Saved from demolition by local residents in 1964, the house was restored and opened as a historic museum in 1965

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Laurie Agard @laurieagard.com · 10/09/2026

Good morning everyone. A photo of Leonardo da Vinci’s work studio for today’s art challenge #PagesAndPalaces #PalacesandGardens #ECK King Francis I invited Da Vinci to live with him in Amboise from 1516 until he died in 1519, working as the king's premier painter, engineer, and architect.

Drawings of inventions and plant life pinned up, candles and papers on a large wooden desk, a large book open, a mannequin, a window for light and a brick wall with a portion of a fireplace showing.

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Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ & welcome to a secret garden & a story in the Alt (staring our own Queen Sabine 👸🏼 🥰 @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social ) Have a beautiful day friends 😌 #ECK #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #Photography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #AltText #BlueSkyStories

After today’s picture description, I’ve written a short story for this capture.

Our photograph shows a beautifully landscaped formal garden on an autumn day. A wide, reddish gravel or paved pathway stretches from the foreground into the distance.

On either side are carefully maintained lawns, rounded ornamental shrubs and numerous mature trees displaying rich autumn colours of gold, copper, russet and deep green.

In the foreground on the left stands an elegant stone statue of a young, robed figure. The figure appears to be reading from an open book, looking down towards the pages. The statue stands on an ornate, weathered pedestal decorated with carved details.

Above the garden is a dramatic sky of turquoise-blue and grey, filled with large, soft clouds. Sunlight falls warmly across the pathway and lawns. Finally our pictures is finished with a white border frame. And now for my story..

I call it…The Statue That Read the Gardens

They said the statue had stood there for generations, always with its book open.

Nobody knew what the words on its pages said. Visitors tried to lean closer, but the writing was too worn by time to read.

One autumn afternoon, a young girl named Sabine wandered into the gardens.

As she passed, she noticed something strange: the statue’s stone eyes seemed to be following the changing leaves.

She stopped.

“What are you reading?” she whispered.

For a moment, nothing happened.

Then a golden leaf drifted from the great tree overhead and landed upon the statue’s book.

Sabine looked down.

The pages had changed.

There, written in delicate letters, was a single sentence:

“I am reading the stories written by the garden.”

From that day onward, Sabine returned every autumn.

She never saw the words again but she began to notice things she had once overlooked.

Birdsong among the branches, sunlight moving across the path, and the quiet stories told by every falling leaf.

And the statue remained there, patiently reading.

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AnnaLois @annalois36.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If Heaven Has a Library... for today's #PalacesAndGardens theme of #PagesAndPalaces Bodleian Libraries and the Divinity School, University of Oxford. #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #UniversityofOxford #knowledge #architecture #library #expandyourmind (iPhone camera)

Photograph taken looking up at the C15th architecture above the entrance to the Divinity School, part of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Yes, not technically a 'palace' but fancy enough and to me the ultimate 'palace of learning'. There were libraries all around a quadrangle...each library for a different subject and one flowing architecturally into the next.

If heaven has a library (and I'm allowed past the pearly gates) I hope it's like this...glowing, beautiful and with lots of reading opportunities inside.

Image shows a building in a rich, golden stone with gothic features. A wrought iron decorative fan above the door. Above carved stone tablet above that explaining (in Latin) its purpose which is set below a highly decorative gothic pointed arch. This sits within a facade of lots of tall, thin gothic arches with also includes a seven-paned very fancy, large windows high up, which is, you guessed it...gothic in style. Gargoyles I think at roof level. Bright blue sky above.

It was 34 degrees that day so being inside the library was amazingly cool, in so many ways.

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Helena Ludwig 🇪🇺🇦🇹🎶📸 @helenaludwig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces What kind of letters might have been written here? 🤔 19th-century Empire-style bureau à gradin from one of the Habsburger State Rooms at the #Albertina museum in Vienna. #desk #19thCentury #museum #ECK #furniture #Photography #history #EmpireStyle

Ein repräsentativer Etagenschreibtisch (Bureau à gradin) im Empire-Stil aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, gefertigt aus Mahagoni- und Maserfurnier mit feinen vergoldeten Bronze- und Messingbeschlägen.

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Marjo Slingerland-Boks @marjosl.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026

I hope this will fits the theme for Queen Sabine @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social and AnnaLois @annalois36.bsky.social #PalacesAndGardens #PacesAndPalaces #ECK More in the Alt.

You see here a view from a old school class back in the late 1950 and early 1960. In the museum In the 20st century.
The book is ready and the Aap Noot Mies reading board on the second school bank. Also the the chalkboard for writing in the early days.
And believe it or not but the first year from my school year, I have also set in this kind of schoolbanks. With my feets high above the ground and needing a pillow to come by the desk.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Henry Ferrers (1549-1633) was known as Henry the Antiquary. He inherited Baddesley Clinton Hall in 1570. The epitaph,”A Vivid and Beautiful imagination.”is the title of the info on the desk in photo 3. #PalacesandGardens #PagesandPalaces #Warwickshire #Photography #HistoricHouses

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Markus Draeger @draegerphotography.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Occasionally, palaces have quite a few lovely pages in the archives. Luckily, I got to see these at Castello di Miramare near Trieste in Italy. It is a really nice place to visit. #PalacesandGardens #PagesAndPalaces #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK #EatCoastKin #Miramare #Italy

The inside of Castello di Miramare near Trieste, Italy in March 2025.

It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico and Empress Carlota of Mexico, based on a design by Carl Junker. (Wikipedia)

A poster for the Ars Botanica exhibition of plant drawings from the library of Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife Charlotte of Belgium.

An example for the wonderful pages exhibited at Miramare Castle.

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A library is is not complete without a tea tray in it. for #PagesAndPalaces #PalacesandGardens

One of my favourite country house libraries is the one at Shugborough Hall. It looks cozy and smart at the same time, with the furniture's striped fabric in warm red hues, and the book shelves painted white. It has 3000 books, though looks much larger due to the clever usage of a large mirror above the fire place. The ornate rococo plasterwork of the ceiling was created by Francesco Vassalli (1701–1771). A tea tray with red-and-white porcelain cups with Saugers and 2 silver pots was placed on a small table near the archway.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yess! So much more inviting, so welcome to the comfort zone.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Opening chapter 64 of #PalacesandGardens tomorrow, thanks to you all we’re are still going strong. Sharpen your quills, dust the bookshelves and have lots of fun! #PalacesAndGardens #PagesAndPalaces #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Open the book on #PagesAndPalaces! 📚✨ Spot stories in stone, poetry written with golden fountain pens, or your own cozy reading nook at home. Join our weekly challenge! #PalacesandGardens #ECK

An announcement poster for the Bluesky challenge #PalacesandGardens on Thursday, 10 September 2026. The theme is #PagesAndPalaces.

Dark blue text covers the left side of the graphic. In the center background stands a prominent stone statue of King Frederick II of Prussia as a young man against a light blue, cloudy sky.

At the bottom right, it says that everyone is welcome and the hashtag #ECK is visible.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The frustration of having to deal with incompetent medical authorities made me write down this story just to get it all out of my system and set a warning example to everybody experiencing the same. The Blind Spots of Medical Authority: A 9-Part Public Healthcare Nightmare See photos below.

A decaying corridor in Beelitz Heilstätten—a turn-of-the-century hospital and world-famous lost place. Today, its rundown state perfectly mirrors the shape of our public healthcare system: crumbling under endless government financial cuts.

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Palace style, but make it avant-garde! 🌿✨ Think beyond clothing and see nature as fabric—from silk water to lace spiderwebs. Join our weekly challenge. #PalacesandGardens #PalaceRunway #ECK #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

Next week, we explore the world of fashion and textiles within palaces and gardens. We want to see the interplay of clothing, historical costumes, interior fabrics, or botanical-inspired patterns.

The Twist: Let's treat the entire estate as a high-fashion runway!

Bring your designer's eye to the challenge and find "textiles", "textures", and "accessories" in unexpected places.

Our poster image this week is a perfect example: look closely at the weathered garden ornament, where nature has spun delicate spiderwebs that look exactly like intricate, fine lace draped over a structure.

Let your creative imagination run wild:Capture the fluid, rippling water textures of a palace fountain looking like shimmering runway silk.

See the intricate, lace-like shadow patterns cast by historic wrought-iron gates across a garden path.

View the rhythmic shadows of palace colonnades as a sharply pleated designer skirt.Frame a dense bed of moss over an old stone fountain like a heavy luxury velvet cloak.

Look at delicate ivy on a brick wall or morning frost on a greenhouse pane as intricate embroidery.

Or view the heavy canvas wraps tied around winterized garden statues as avant-garde, haute-couture sculptures.

No palace nearby? Bring your creative vision to your own garden, balcony, or favorite local green space and show us your fashion-forward discoveries!

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good morning everyone and happy Sunday . Today is my I-only-do-what-I-want-or-nothing-at -all Sunday. Who’s with me? 😀 #Stunday #boattrip #outandabout #landscape #summertime #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

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Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The clock had just struck 3:00 AM, the exact hour when the boundary between the human world and the feline spirit realm becomes thinnest. Ginger had been resting peacefully on the back of the sofa when it happened. More in alt. 🐾 #caturday #catsofbluesky #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK

A single, glowing red dot materialized on the living room rug.

It didn't make a sound. It didn't cast a shadow. It just sat there, mocking the laws of physics. For months, Ginger had suspected that her humans were harboring a tiny, elusive alien entity.

Every time she got close to pinning it down, it would vanish into thin air, leaving no scent trail behind.

But tonight was different. The red dot wasn't darting frantically across the floor. It was perfectly still, glowing brightly right in front of the television cabinet.

Ginger slowly lowered her chest, her yellow eyes dilating until they took up nearly her entire face. She stopped breathing. She calculated the trajectory, the wind resistance of the ceiling fan, and the exact spring load needed in her hind legs.

This was the moment. The final showdown between apex predator and the glowing invader.

She was ready to leap.

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Shibui Shashin @shibui-shashin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

View of working garden and orangery from the shade of a big tree - Ham House, Ham, London #garden #orangery #tree #hamHouse #PalacesAndGardens #TheWorkingGarden #classicMono

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Shibui Shashin @shibui-shashin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Gravel path between vegetable patches lined with fruit trees in a working garden - Chiswick House, Chiswick, London #garden #chiswickHouse #PalacesAndGardens #TheWorkingGarden #classicMono

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