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Standing on the summit at Samuel Lewis State Park to welcome the sublime sunrise; streaking across the landscape in an instant, unlike the dawn in Discworld, syrup like, flowing across the landscape #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #Photography #ECK

The sun peeks across the Lancaster County landscape, its glint barely visible on the river as I watched from the top of Mount Pisgah in the heart of Samuel Lewis State Park. Bottom third of the image in darkness bar the merest sliver just below the sun as the light hits the river. Band of bright amber and orange and scattered high cloud, rising up into blue, etched with the vapor trails of early morning transits and arrivals into the east coast

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Late start on here, work things needed me, but welcome to Monday! Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is chasing #Brown and #Blue things for today's #BirdOfTheDay. I suspect this sparrow just doing sparrow things fits the former. #Birds #ECK #Photography #Nature

Sparrow atop a concrete wall at Kiwanis Park in York, PA

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Your art challenge cheat sheet for Oct 12-18 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Oct 12–18

Monday, October 12
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, October 13
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, October 14
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 15
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #LastWords (see poster)
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 16
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 17
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #walls
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 18
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

Compiled by @handcranked

All Week Art Prompts: Oct 12–18

#31DaysOfHalloween (Halloween, fall, or spooky)

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See @WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #gothic

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekOForOpaque

#MixedMedia52 + #hope

#PaintByWords + #gossamer or #shadow
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #abstract
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #one

Compiled by @handcranked

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A few more steam traction engine snaps from Rough and Tumble in the hope that the sandman catches up with me and drags me off to the land of nod. #Photography #ECK #Steam

Steam traction engine with in black with a full length canopy, red water tank, wheels and tender, and green accents.

Steam traction engine in black with a boiler set higher than normal, and red spoked wheels, piston gear and flywheel below, a short stubby smokestack and a cab canopy in green.

Front on view of a steam traction engine with prominent headlamp above the boiler

Steam traction engine with half canopy, in black with red spoked wheels using its belt to turn a threshing dummy

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There are many sheds full of stationary engines, from small utility ones to massive maritime and pumping engines, gas and steam. Unlike some museum collections where they sit, brass shining and in glass cabinets; these are all kept operating, resulting in a wonderful form of ASMR #Photography #ECK

Number of stationary engines operating, flywheels spinning, belts attached, steam and sounds a plenty

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A few of the traction engines active during the weekend's "Time of Harvest" event #Photography #ECK #Steam

Steam road roller, repurposed to Rough and Tumble, with a sign mentioning "Road under construction, travel at your own risk" in front of it

Steam traction engine, disengaging its belt from a sawmill, dark brown/grey body with water and oil marks, with red spoked wheels and pipework

Line of steam traction engines of varying types and makes in a line, all steamed up, closest on the right, furthest on the left

Steam traction engine black with vivid red spokes and flywheel and piston, and green accents

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So I've been mentioning Rough and Tumble. What is it? Its both a who and a where. The Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, and their home deep in Amish country. Amazing place, full of historic engines, traction and stationary. #Photography #Steam #Pennsylvania roughandtumble.org

One of many belt driven lathes and tools in the workshop

Traction engines under steam lined up in the background while a train formed of oil drums with holes cut out, and seats and wheels added, for children, snakes through the foreground

The steam driven Shay railroad that runs around the Rough and Tumble site; black steam locomotive with a large light on its smokestack and a large 4 on the boiler

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I felt a great disturbance in the Sky, as if millions of balls suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly burst.

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Yeah, that's definitely today

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Ah instant memories and homesickness. As a child heading to my grandparents, that was the marker that we were 30 minutes away. With childlike naivety, I always thought it was real smart to name a town after the little guy on the clock... 😜

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thank you, not going to argue; quite proud of that one 🤗

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It's #Stunday. This milky way image took some work. Walked through swamps to get to this spot. Had snake boots on. Starting tomorrow, I will be without cell and internet service for a few days. See you on the flipside. #photography #landscape #ECK #MilkyWay #stars #astronomy #space #science

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Rob's forwarded the #BirdOfTheDay theme selected by Alan @alan678.bsky.social of #Ducks&GeeseInFlight which is apt as yesterday morning there were ducks a plenty escaping as the sunrise was punctuated by the sound of shotguns on the first day of duck season 📷🐦🦉 #Birds #ECK #Photography #Nature

Couple of ducks taking flight in the early morning light on the Susquehanna amidst the boats all setting sale on the opening day of duck season; surreal juxtaposition for the next week or so

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Watching F1 and processing images from yesterday's Rough and Tumble on what is a soggy day thanks to the remnants of Isaias which will be drifting through for the next 24 hours. In the meantime, here's a vintage #Stunday #BenchOfTheDay dating back to ... yesterday morning 🤪😜 #Photography #ECK

Lonely bench looking out on the Lake Charles section of the Susquehanna River at Long Level and across to Turkey Hill and its wind turbines on the Lancaster County side, sun rising on the right

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Misty mornings in Pennsylvania's woodlands are wonderful. Alas the woods near me rarely catch the mist, if you want to see images that truly show those PA's misty woodlands to perfection, checkout the work of @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather #ECK

Mist gathering amongst the trees atop Martic's hilltops

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There are those days though, when the weather just makes Victorian picture postcards. Susquehanna River in mid-winter putting me in mind of the Dickensian tales of the frozen Thames and its ice fairs. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #ECK #Weather

View across the frozen Susquehanna River at Columbia, Lancaster County, with the Veteran's Memorial Bridge on the right

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Today's adventures have kept me from posting for the #BlueskyArtShow #weather. So here's a few as I moan about Pennsylvania's. Spring and Fall are great, but alas for the other 10 months .... not so much! Hot and humid summers, bitter winters; ah the joys of more temperate days. #Photography #ECK

One of those winter days as you open the garage and prepare to dig out the 18 inches of snow around the house.

Storm clouds gather in the humid late afternoon over the UCC church in New Salem, PA.

Summer evening with the sky on fire from the setting sun and the massive clouds building up from the rising moisture.

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Witchspace @witchspace.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

Long, fun Saturday. Early start to catch the sun as it set the sky on fire, definitely shepherds' warning. Morning coffee chilling at Long Level and then .... - 10 year olds driving bulldozers? - Dogs in straw hats standing on cats? All part of a place called Rough and Tumble #Photography #ECK

Sun about to rise over the Susquehanna Valley, setting the sky ablaze in deep oranges and salmons from the cloud banks, with random vapor trails above

10 year old girl at the controls of large yellow vintage bulldozer having the time of her life

Dachshund wearing a straw hat, standing atop the seat of a Caterpillar bullsozer.

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Looking south across York County and the Lake Charles section of the Susquehanna River to the Safe Harbor dam while the morning mists snuggle into the headlands and hillsides. Hard to see at this resolution, but above the dam, the birds wheel in the sky #Scape #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #ECK

Black and white view of the southern section of Lake Charles on the Susquehanna, the headlands of Lancaster County reaching into it, and the morning mist clinging to the valley. In the mist the top of the dam that marks the southern boundary of the lake section, and the hills of York County rising up behind as the river heads to Indian Rocks

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

The Friday feeling in full effect here, looking forward to the weekend. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is in the hands of @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, and for their #Waders selection, here's a Great Blue Heron balletically paddling at Lake Marburg's Black Rock Flats. #Birds #ECK #FlyDay

Great Blue Heron wading on the shore of Lake Marburg's Black Rock Flats; standing out from the largely featureless sandy shoreline and green hued waters.

I don't get down there enough, the roads are a pain, but Lake Marburg is the centerpiece of Codorus State Park on the southern edge of York County, PA

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'In Advance of Stormy Skies' (2026) -- Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, ME I'm Out On am #ECK Photo Walk 🥰 - But Will Be Back Later! #Scape ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford

a narrow, wooden boardwalk leads to a small lighthouse on a rocky peninsula at low tide, above the clouds gather for an incoming storm

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Happy Friday and good luck to the teams and drivers taking part in the F1 Singapore Grand Prix beneath the iconic Marina Bay resort. Tough weekend, limited practice, night race, great spectacle. Stunning image from Mike Enerio on Unsplash #Scape #Singapore #F1 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon

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Amazing night view across the water to the iconic buildings of Marina Bay, Singapore by Mike Enerio on Unsplash via Pixidia. Foreground blurred rippling water shimmering with the reflections of buildings, with the high rise lit buildings across the lower third and a dramatic blue hour sky behind.

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Last of the local 'neon' neon; including one hinting at one culture shift that it took me a while to adjust to. That east coast agrarian early rising ... which means an evening out winds down by 9pm where in the UK, we would just be getting started #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK

Very colorful signage for Dave's Hot Chicken; wonderful blazing white letters backlit in red in a fun font, and plenty of smaller neon signs; very eye catching in reds and yellows

A little chiller vibe in this gas station window, neon signs proclaiming "feel free" and "smoke shop" in neon, the latter having red and yellow letters, red rimmed sunglasses, a green leafy spiky neon afro and a plume of white/cyan neon smoke, love it.

Red LED sign for a 'deli' and a purple rimmed with green lettered neon 'open' - one thing I did notice drifting around collecting these ... the number of 'open' signs turned on, for stores that weren't ;)

Very eye catching nail parlor signage 'sky' in neon blue capitals, above 'nails' in neon red capitals, with an unlit script neon 'open' below

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Cleaning up some of my unprocessed snaps, and came across this pansy; its a real one, that much I remember, but boy it looks metallic. Can't be water can it, wouldn't think it strong enough to sheen like this without falling apart. #ColorADay #YellowThu #Photography #Flowers #BloomScrolling #ECK

Pansy bloom from back in the spring, and from the date, likely one from my garden; why its shiny like this .... no clue. Dark red inner splodges

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Not neon, but harking back to something I missed with my woes over the summer, York State Fair, oldest in the US and a delight for wonderful night time lights, including these delightful Ferris wheels from last year. #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK

Spinning ferris wheel as a long exposure, with its lights turning into concentric circles.

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Jumping on the wonderful #BenchOfTheDay tag from @chriswielga.bsky.social with this historic image from York County's Samuel Lewis Park taken .... oh at least four hours ago 😜 #Photography #ECK

Hazy morning in Samuel Lewis State Park, York County, PA. View across one of its benches looking out east over the Susquehanna River valley.

Sepia toned with a lot of negative 'white' space above and white vignette framing, with some trees and a silo in the mid-ground, and a blurred horizon into Lancaster County

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Thursday child has far to go, and on this day in the past, they went, James Cook landing in NZ in a terrible fashion 😬 When you decide to do a night time photo wander, especially in October ... 'ware the locals. Artful King Street in York never fails. #Photography #31DaysOfOctober #UrbanGaze #ECK

Door guardian in the form of a 12 ft tall skeleton outside a home on King St, York, PA last night, houses all decked out with white LED lights around their door, window, roof and wall edges.

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Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is in the #BirdOfTheDay chair today, chasing #crooners or birds #Eating; I'll take the latter of the two, with this male cardinal seed munching on the Lake Redmond shore back in the spring. 🦉🐦📷 #Photography #Birds #Nature #ECK

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Sleep is not coming easily, side effect of my jaw feeling like its gone five rounds with Mike Tyson. Went on a little drive earlier, thought I would try hunting out the little remaining true neon locally, and this .... just too apt not to post. #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK

"Dentista Medicaid" in green neon capital letters on a local storefront

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Reflective insanity, neon lit keycrafter across from the edge-lit arts shops on King Street #Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon

Shop window of a local locksmith, lit red by a large neon key, reflecting from other glass inside, and reflecting properties across the street, largely art related businesses, edgelit in white LEDs

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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not neon, but rather further proof that South Central PA has been infected by a colony of mind flayers; there is no I. #Photography #ColorADay #RedWed #NotSureIf

Illuminated Weis markets signage, but the light behind the i has failed

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#StreetArt #SiloArt “The Legend of Giants”

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Thanks for the kind wishes folks, and for stopping by, liking and reposting (oh yeuch, that sounded so ... influencer), thank you! 🤗 When we were looking in windows the other week, I posted a sign in the back of this florist's shop; here's who they were. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK

Pink/purple neon script sign in front of a florist window in York, PA. "Plant Box Co"

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And yes .... welcome folks to Wednesday. Not ... thinking ... straight

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Experiments with in-camera pano handling and wide angle lenses ... so much for the straight fascia on this building. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon #ECK

Curved distortion from using a wide angle lens with a camera's in built panoramic stitching. This was a straight neon shop frontage on the "creative york" gallery, blue neon letters on a concrete backing, with a rainbow colored O

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Earlier fun had them brittle and shattering, but had to wait to get them seen to. Was due to happen in May ... which is when I fell at the waterfall shattering my leg ... and then had to wait until I was mobile again a few weeks back. Its ... been a roller coaster year

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Shock horror, can't sleep at the moment, which gives me a chance to welcome folks to Tuesday, and investigate the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueWater, as selected by Alan @alan678.bsky.social (via Rob). One of the few snaps from the weekend, this mallard at Long Level 🦉🐦📷 #Birds #Photography #ECK

Female mallard afloat close to shore on the Susquehanna River at Long Level, with a strand of weed on its beak, surrounded by blue gently rippled water. Taken last weekend

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