Gary W. Thomas

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Floral Friday melange

A close-up of a dahlia with many deep red colored petals with lighter colored stripes on some of them and a yellow center

It’s Friday, we did it! A dahlia to help us celebrate 🎉

#Flowers #Dahlias #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #Photography #FridayFlowers

He’s not ICE, he’s NICE!👇

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A common eastern bumblebee on a knapweed flower

Good morning friends ☕️
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #photography

A fledgling Steller’s jay singing a quick pretty little song for you from a past spring 🤭

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Singing #BlueSkyMonday #Corvids #BackyardBirds #Jays #PNW #Edmonds

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A yellow-and-black-striped Buff-tailed Bumble bee huddles down in the centre of a pink/purple Aster flower, its thin petals streaming out in a sunny border at Ightham Mote National Trust near Sevenoaks, Kent. The gardens are attached to the medieval moated mansion that has a hall that dates back to 1320 and many other historic features.

#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MagentaMonday
#Bees #InsectsOfBluesky
#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
A very focused Bumble bee we saw during our visit to Ightham Mote in Kent today. The garden was buzzing with late activity as the temperature reached 20°C.

One large dark pink colored ebb tide rose surrounded by three other blooms and two additional buds that have not yet bloomed. They all vary in various shades of pink. There are green leaves around the flowers and the background is blurred.

A cluster of ebb tide roses from our garden earlier this summer

#Flowers #Roses #MagentaMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Edmonds #BackyardBlooms

Bright burgundy dahlia enjoying the unique warmth of October in the garden

"In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be
possible.”🌱 ~ Elizabeth George Speare
#flowers #nature #gardening #October #flowerphotography #Dahlias #bloomscrolling

Good morning Bluesky. I hope that everyone has a beautiful day😊.

#birds #bluebird

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A Halloween zombie decoration with long purple hair and a freaked-out, glowing-eyed expression.

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Dude, #Relax !

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Some Mexican snowball flowers 🌺 💛
#flower

Good Friday morning everybody.

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Rainy day bellflowers ☔️💛
#rain

Jackie Cleveland.
Autumn Sunflower.
Oil on Canvas.

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A small exotic green, yellow, and orange frog sits inside a lotus flower with purple petals and a yellow center. There are water droplets on some petals. 📸: David Clode.

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#frog
#flower
#NaturePhotography
#WildlifePhotography
#WildlifeWednesday

A silhouette of a tree in the foreground and the sun setting behind it with the sky glowing orange.

Happy October

#autumn #sunset

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. ~L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables 🌻
#haveabeautifulday #hello #october #fallingforfall #autumn #sunflowers #suntome #bloomscrolling #sunflowerseason #nature #beauty #magicmonth #allforone #andoneforfall

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A vase filled with dahlias, zinnias, marigolds and celosia. The vase is sitting on a log in front of the forest

I brought you some flowers. I hope you are having a nice Tuesday. ✌️😎 #bloomscrolling #gardening #photography

Good Tuesday morning everybody.

There is no art in this White House. There is no literature or poetry in this White House. No music. No Kennedy Center award celebrations. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man's best friend. No Socks the family cat. No kids' science fairs. No times when this president takes off his blue suit-red tie uniform and becomes human, except when he puts on his white shirt - khaki pants uniform and hides from Americans to play golf. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation. No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments, or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape. I was thinking the other day of the summer when George H couldn't catch a fish and all the grand kids made signs and counted the fish-less days. And somehow, even if you didn't even like GHB, you got caught up in the joy of a family that loved each other and had fun. Where did that country go? Where did all of the fun and joy and expressions of love and happiness go? We used to be a country that did the ice bucket challenge and raised millions for charity. We used to have a president that calmed and soothed the nation instead of dividing it. A First Lady that planted a garden instead of ripping one out. We are rudderless and joyless. We have lost the cultural aspects of society that make America great. We have lost our mojo. Our fun, our happiness. The cheering on of others. The shared experiences of humanity that makes it all worth it. The challenges that we shared and celebrated. The unique can-do spirit Americans have always been known for. We have lost so much in so short a time. - Elayne Griffin Baker

Oh, this is one of the saddest things I have read for some time.

A great way to spend the afternoon, taking photos of random dogs and talking about them with their owners..

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"Taking random photos of unfamiliar dogs, another day healed by dogs"

#photography #stories
#dogphotography #pets #dogtherapy