Raye Lee (she/they) 🏳️‍⚧️💜🏳️‍🌈

A spectacular view of PMR 1, the “Exposed Cranium Nebula”, sculpted by multiple outbursts from a dying star.

Its final fate is still uncertain: it could explode as a supernova or settle into a quiet white dwarf

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Beautiful sunrise this morning 🌄

Looks like I've forgotten to post the latest astro photos!

Here you go. First is the Crab Nebula, then the Iris Nebula, Monkey Head Nebula, and finally the Pinwheel Galaxy.

All shot with the #SeestarS50 in #VictoriaBC, Bortle 6.

mushrooms growing in wood chips and forest debris

"I've always thought fairies are like mushrooms, you trip over them when you're not thinking about them, but they're hard to spot when you're searching for them."

-Jo Walton

🖤📱 #photography
Pop of color for the day ☺️

the flowers of Hamamelis virginiana, witch hazel. they're yellow-orange with long thing twisting petals. Notably it blooms late fall to early winter after the leaves have fallen off.

the leaves of witch hazel, Hamamelis virginiana beginning to turn yellow. you can see a seed capsule by my fingers.

witch hazel!

A bee of some sort flying by a New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) and its white flowers

Bee friends!!

Close-up of pink flowers on a branch

Have a beautiful evening 🫶
I hope your day was full of wonders ✨️

#ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #scape #FineArt #photography #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

Greenfinch & Blue Tit..Poole. Dorset #birdsseenin2026 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social

Fine Art Pregnancy Photography Studio: Fine art maternity portrait with a focus on the mother’s glowing beauty

Embrace the Moment
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#pregnancy #maternity #bodyposiitive #intimate #sensual #creative #glamour #curves #fineart #phoenixmaternityphotographer

“You are different now, and that is a beautiful thing, and all of this is a part of the journey of becoming who you were meant to be.”
- MHN

Close-up of bright yellow daffodils blooming in my garden, with a small cluster in sharp focus at the centre. Their trumpet-shaped coronas and star-like petals glow against deep green, blade-like leaves. More daffodils fill the background in a soft blur, creating a wash of yellow and green that suggests a dense, cheerful spring display.

Just showing you that the wildish bit of my garden is coming to life. Have a great day. Now I’m walking the dog in 30 mins but I will be back in the afternoon and will be looking through all of the #BirdOfTheDay posts. #Flowers #Daffodils #photography #EastCoastKin

On the way to work this morning.

Woooaaa there ickle one
Stop licking the bowl, it's rude Coral's #bee

Hello my lovely friends. 👋🏻☕️🌞 Happy Monday! I hope you all have a beautiful day! 🫶🏻

Bottom part of a beech tree, with circular patches of moss on the bark.

The polkadot moss tree I often pass.
#naturephotography #trees

Blossoms In The Park
Spring is here.
Kinda.
#nikon #nature

Signatures still have no legal status in China. Only when a vermillion seal has been affixed with a chop made of metal, stone, bone, or wood is a document recognized as genuine. In ancient times, a person’s chop was attached to his waist sash to prevent misuse. Only a prime minister or his representative was allowed to use a gold chop. Su Ch’in, who lived in the fourth century B.C., was an architect of the coalition of six states that opposed the encroachment of the state of Ch’i. The great authority that he wielded, however, depended on his constant travel among the different states, and he was rarely able to visit his home in Loyang. He was murdered while living as a guest … Unlike his teacher, the Taoist Kuei Ku, who slipped quietly away and lived out his days in anonymity. To spend one’s final years in the countryside was the dream of most officials in ancient China.

Gold Chop

Su Ch’in whipped his horse harder
he lived on the wind of six states
authority dangled at his elbow
alas no country retreat

—Sung Po-jen, (13th cent.),
tr. Red Pine, Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom

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Nice to see a dipper nearby last weekend, my first for the year. Love watching them bobbing up and down!

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland

Kristin, June 2024

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“New Broom” • Studio

#photography #macro #closeup #broom #spring #flower #nature #studio

A color photo of a single pink flower with wide delicate petals. Taken under a canopy of thick bamboo on a very sunny summer day. The sunlight is shining brightly in the background. Photo by me on my Android camera phone

Under the canopy with a poppy on a very hot August afternoon
#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography

These two varieties of Crocus seem to be the toughest and brightest in my garden. I thought that I would share them this morning before they fade!
🌱 #PNWGardening

Dark eyed junco bird, Columbus Ohio, 3/1/26, by Chet Kresiak

Dianella caerulea Flax Lilly

chorizema varium

Waking up to footage of the smoking remains of Hakim Children's Hospital and Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school, confirms this is just Gaza again. The news is celebrating the killing of 86 year old Khamenei. Do you have to be a parent to know the value of a childs life? Just heartbreaking :(

I DID NOT TAKE THIS VIDEO… a dear friend sent it to me Saturday morning. Mt. Hood from her home. If you have time, please listen to her sweet message. ♥️

Summer 2025 - High contrast close-up of a deep red rose in dramatic low light against a dark blurred background.

a simple beauty
nature and light cooperate
I forget my fears

#dailyhaikuprompt #WildRose #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Roses #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #EastCoastKin

#ColorADay
#PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#FleurisTonFil

Papillon floral
#LundiFleuri #macro
🦋🌺

Square-format high contrast B&W photo of blindingly bright beams of light shining through the trees in a misty forest.

Rays of hope...

#MorningWalk #MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #BlackAndWhite #NoirCountry #Forest #Light