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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon. Sarah Addison Allen #NatureWalk #Nature #Autumn #NatureBeauty #NatureLovers

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon. Sarah Addison Allen #NatureWalk #Nature #Autumn #NatureBeauty #NatureLovers

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Stay close to those who give peace to your soul

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

A good book is never finished—it goes on whispering to you from the wall. Virginia Woolf

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Humbleness; such an attractive trait

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Some days you just have to escape to the quiet places, that nurture the heart and soul July 2025 Mom & her not so little ducklings 😂 #NatureWalk #Nature #Mallards

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Black Pearl Pepper plants are renowned for their striking ornamental beauty and their unique colour-changing capability from black to red. The flowers are a rich and vibrant purple colour, putting on a show before the peppers even arrive. #Gardening #GardenJoy

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Clouds are the philosophers of the sky, representing the tenuous, ever-changing nature of life. The concept of clouds as philosophers of the sky is a theme used in art and writing. The sky is the source of light in nature - and governs everything. John Constable #Clouds #Nature

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Where wildflowers grow man’s soul is fed and poets grow. Henry David Thoreau Wild carrot, also known as Queen Anne's Lace, is considered a #wildflower. As a wildflower, it plays a crucial role in supporting #pollinators. #Nature #Wildflowers

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Although humans see reality in colour, for me, black and white has always been connected to the image's deeper truth, to its most hidden meaning. Peter Lindbergh #BlackWhite #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Gardening

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I hope there are days when your coffee tastes like magic, your playlist makes you dance, strangers make you smile, and the night sky touches your soul. I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive. Brooke Hampton #RoseWednesday #RedWed #BloomScrolling #Flowers

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

For #SundayYellow my first photo of a monarch butterfly Little things do make a difference. Can you imagine a world without butterflies? Katrina Mayer #Butterflies #SaveTheMonarchs #Nature #Pollinators

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A smile, a wave, a thank you and a hug... It's often the smallest things that make the biggest difference. Katrina Mayer In literature, sunflowers symbolise personal growth and inner strength. In many cultures, the sunflower represents hope and optimism. #SundayYellow #BloomScrolling

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night. Lady Gaga Fragrant blooms and delicate beauty - #Peonies #BloomScrolling #GardenJoy #Gardening #Quotes #Flowers

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention John O'Donohue #Bunnies #Nature #NatureLovers

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

As this guy is much more popular on here than me. Here’s Sam running yesterday. Labrador looks, greyhound speed. 😂 #doglovers #photography #EastCoastKin

A Labrador Retriever running at pace through shallow water. Splashes of water from where his paws have just been.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Japanese, Wabi-sabi celebrates the beauty of flaws, such as irregular shapes, uneven stems, or slight imperfections in the petals. Wabi-sabi teaches us to appreciate the beauty in humble simplicity. It reminds us that nothing lasts and nothing is perfect. #BloomScrolling #GardenJoy #Gardening

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Jingle Dress Dance is a Native North American women's pow wow dance. The regalia worn for this dance is the jingle dress, which includes ornamentation with multiple rows of metal cones that create a jingling sound as the dancer moves.

The origin of the jingle dress is attributed to three different Ojibwa communities: the Mille Lacs, Red Lake Band of Chippewa, and the Whitefish Bay Ojibwe. The most common narrative surrounding the jingle dress involves a grandfather who, while seeking a way to heal his granddaughter, received a vision. This vision included the design of the dress, the specific sounds it would make, and the dance steps to be performed.

The jingling sound of the cones as the dancer moves is a key element of the dance and is believed to have a powerful spiritual and healing effect. While rooted in Ojibwe traditions, the jingle dress dance has spread to other First Nations and is now a common sight at powwows across North America.

Contemporary jingle dresses, introduced in the 1980s, are made from multi-coloured fabric decorated with tin jingles, originally made from lids of chewing tobacco cans, but now frequently constructed of other metals.

The original dresses were crafted with rows of metal cones, traditionally made from tobacco tin lids, attached to the dress. The jingle dress dance is not only a healing ritual but also a celebration of community and cultural pride.

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

It’s time for #MountainMonday A different view from the mountain I hike most days. Binevenagh, it’s not big but it sure has great views. #Ireland #NorthernIreland #photography #EastCoastKin

A dramatic landscape featuring a rugged cliff edge in the foreground, overlooking a vast expanse of green fields and rolling hills. The sky is overcast with moody, textured clouds casting diffused light across the scene. In the distance, a flat-topped mountain rises against the horizon, and beyond that, a glimpse of the sea is visible under the cloud-covered sky. The overall atmosphere is serene and wild, evoking the beauty of untamed countryside.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Where the most beautiful flowers grow, there man’s spirit is fed and poets grow. Henry David Thoreau #FlowersOnSunday #BloomScrolling #GardenJoy #Gardening

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The Dong people, also known as Kam people or Dongzu, are an ethnic minority group in China, mainly residing in Guizhou province, as well as in neighboring Hunan and Guangxi provinces. They are famous for their "bright cloth," also called liangbu.

The Dong people are known for their "bright cloth," which is made through a unique process of dip-dyeing, drying, and hammering. This cloth has a shiny, almost metallic, appearance and is waterproof. The final step in making their clothing is to starch the cloth with glue made from cattle skin so that the fabric is made durable and the color is made fade-resistant. The brightness of the cloth will vary, depending upon the duration of crafting and beating. The more it shines, the more precious the cloth is deemed to be.

Women typically roll their hair into a bun or coil and use silver hairpins. They may wear pleated skirts or trousers, often with leg wrappings. The process of creating the cloth is painstaking and exacting. The raw cotton is harvested from Dong farmland, cleaned, and woven into cloth. The Dong women mix indigo plants with lime water to make dyestuff. The cloth is dyed, then washed. After the cloth dries, it is again dyed and washed. This process may be repeated three or four times before the color is deemed to be perfect. Then persimmon peels and chestnut shells are pounded into liquid and Ardisia crenata is added to the juice. Again, the cloth is dyed, and a deep blue with radiant rosy accents is achieved. After again drying, the cloth will be folded, coated with egg white, and intermittently beaten with a mallet over the course of two weeks until the cloth shines.

Dong women tailor the cloth in particular ways. Crafting a Dong girl's skirt, with its accordion pleats, is especially time-consuming. From the weaving of the cloth to completing the dress requires almost six months and dozens of procedures.

Today, due to the complicated and arduous process, Dong girls are not so inclined to make their own clothes. Many girls have completely dropped the practice and wear casual clothes purchased downtown.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature. Penelope Hobhouse #PeonyLove #BloomScrolling #GardenJoy #Flowers #Gardening

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My 23-year-old Miao guide had a crush on a 17-year-old Gejia girl named Ms. Yu Xiaoying. It was raining when we arrived at her home and continued all day. Her mother agreed that I could photograph her. My guide asked if he could date Ms.Yu❤️ She told him to ask again when she turned 18.☺️

Ms. Yu Xiaoying allowed me to photograph her in the rain. The Gejia wear a unique costume and speak a language unintelligible to surrounding communities. My young Miao guide could speak her dialect.

My guide and Ms. Yu conversed through the photographic shoot. She laughed and giggled continuously. It must have been a language of love. The Ge language - which has six tones - is a member of the Western Hmongic branch, similar to some Miao varieties spoken in Yunnan.

Inside the home, the fire had just gone out. The Ge Jia are expert embroiderers using rich coloured threads - usually of silk - as well as artists with the wax knife creating very fine white and indigo fabric using a wax resist. The Chinese authorities classify the Ge Jia as a Miao sub-group but they like to think of themselves as a separate group.

Ms. Yu is a beautiful young lady. Her colourful clothing is worn daily as well as special attire for festivals. Very little is known about the Gejia apart from the fact that they specialize in batik and silver. I was very fortunate to have this opportunity because of my guide to photograph her.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul. John Keats #BloomScrolling #BlueSky #GardeningJoy #Flower

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully about their placement in relation to each other. Elisabeth Murdoch #BloomScrolling #Gardening #BlueSky #PeonyLove

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Good morning. Sometimes when you’re young and tired from battling the currents you just need a little piggy back from mum. I watched the Cygnet struggle out on the Lough yesterday until mum intervened and gave baby a lift to the calm waters of a river nearby. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A baby cygnet nestles under the wings of an adult female Swan.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The Royal Star Magnolia white blooms symbolise purity and nobility in China, while in Japan, Hanakotoba (the language of flowers) they represent a love for nature and dignity. May small beautiful things remind you that the little things you do matter... Morgan Harper Nichols

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

White anemones symbolise sincerity, purity, and innocence, making them a popular choice for weddings and other special occasions. I can lose myself completely in beautiful landscapes. Wim van de Wege #BlueSky #BloomScrolling

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hiking, no problem. Dog, small problem 😂, carrying this up and down a mountain, big problem.

A very tanned Irishman ( yes really!! An Irishman) 🤷‍♂️ holding an extremely heavy piece of camera kit.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Cherry blossoms are the smile of spring #BloomScrolling #Spring #BlueSky

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Yesterday I watched as a mum Sparrow left and came back with food for her young twenty times in the space of an hour. Meanwhile……….Dad had found a feather. 😂😂😂 #birds 🪶 #photography #EastCoastKin

A mother Sparrow feeds her young. Green foliage background.

A young fledgling Sparrow with mouth wide open awaits food from mum.

A tender moment between a young sparrow and mum.

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Gertrude Jekyll #BloomScrolling #BlueSky #SundayYellow #Spring

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Tour CN Tower @tourcntower.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Tonight the #CNTower will dim for 5 minutes at the top of each hour in honour of the victims of the attack in Vancouver / Ce soir, la #TourCN sera éteinte pendant 5 minutes au début de chaque heure en hommage aux victimes de l'attentat de Vancouver

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms. Truman Capote Yellow pansies are often associated with positive emotions, joy, and exuberance. #SundayYellow #BloomScrolling #BlueSky #Spring #SundayMorning

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Sandra @sandrabkind.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Sometimes we get to be the sunshine on someone else's cloudy day. Katrina Mayer Pale yellow tulips symbolise happiness, cheerfulness, and friendship. They are often associated with joy, sunshine, and positive emotions. #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci @saraflacci.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

2:45pm #Stunday in La Salle Châtelard 13th century Italian #Alps #Castles

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

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evacassidy-talk @evacassidy-talk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Eva Cassidy Cassidy's interpretation evokes a sense of nostalgia and peace, highlighting her exceptional ability to convey emotion through music. Her voice, paired with the gentle guitar accompaniment, creates an atmosphere that feels both intimate and timeless www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDuy...

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Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

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