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7 small motorboats float anchored just off shore, in a line.

#Summer in Maine, 2007.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #boats #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

A small boy sits on the bright yellow rim of a large tractor wheel.

A boy and his tractor in August.

#summer

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #farming #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #ArtYear #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

Yeah, I’ve heard tales of the dusty sensor, which… what am I missing? It’s a fixed lens. How is the design taking in so much dust? Also, how long before that killed it?

I just bought the LX100. What’s your favorite thing about it?

Table umbrella silhouetted against a blue sky filled with patches of white clouds.

Summer has been full! Travels, visitors, camping. Right at the beginning of summer we traveled to New England for my college reunion and then visited family in Vermont. Took this overlooking Lake Champlain.

#blueskymonday #eastcoastkin #photography #clouds #Vermont #umbrella #lakechamplain

Same. I love a good road trip. So many stories.

Pass it on. I don’t know this person, just helping someone pay their bills with their art.

Close up of a tree with a branch cut off. A smiley face with the word “Hi” is drawn onto the flat surface of the branch stump.

🫶 Heehee! A fun one for #ThicktrunkTuesday, found on a walk in #NewMexico. “Hi!” 👋🏼

#Trees #photography #L
#landscape #outdoors #nature #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin #smileyface

A pair of jeaned legs and socked feet standing close to the camera, and in the background a trail of wet footprints on a paved driveway.

This shot always conjures #joy for me. My daughter’s wet footprints on a gorgeous Fall day in #Vermont.

#BlueSkyArtShow #joy #EastCoastKin

Yeah, I’m used to lake kayaking back home. I miss the water so much!

Is this your photo? I love it!

Unrelated, you mention kayaking in your profile. Looking for good kayaking in NM!

I loved this book. Been a while since I read it, but 👍🏻

Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.

“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”

“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”

Empty liquor bottles lay among muddy debris after flood waters recede.

After the storm.

#blueskyartshow #Texture
#eastcoastkin #photography #hurricane

Hurricane Irene caused damage as far North as Massachusetts. Mostly significant flooding.

😎☀️

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Old iron window frames with grid pattern in the city. Colorful vases sit behind the glass.

Another for #blueskyartshow, theme #lines.

#photography #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin

Crisp lines of light are cast on the floor through vertical blinds. A potted plant sits on the right.

Lines made by light is a frequent subject I love to capture. Who else loves morning light “lines”?

#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines #photography #PhotographersUnited #ArtYear #photohour #EastCoastKin

Love it!

She is back home, on the mend. 😊

Same. I don’t want to do it for a living. I don’t want the pressure. I like picking up the camera when I feel inspired—which IS often, but it’s on my time.

Landscape photo of mountains partly obscured by low lying clouds. Sky above is clear blue. Light covering of snow.

My mother is in the hospital this morning. It is unclear what’s going on. This photo is from one year ago, but my view is the same as I wait for updates from afar. The waiting, the distance…ouch.

#BlueSkyMonday #bluesky #mountainmonday #mountains #eastcoastkin #sandias #newmexico

I’ve been to the summit on foot, by car, gondola, and train! Great shot. Love the three levels of waves.

Art Challenges: April 28–may 4 Monday, April 28: #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #acoloradAyPRIL (#beige) #smArtist (#abyss) #MinimalMonday Tuesday, April 29: acoloradAyPRIL (#rose) #smArtist (#coastal) #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) Wednesday, April 30: #acoloradAyPRIL (#charcoal) #smArtist (#large) #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday Thursday, May 1: #smArtist (favorite flower) #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) Friday, May 2: #scape (any kind of scape) #smArtist (national or state flower) #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday Saturday, May 3: #BlueSkyArtShow (#green) #smArtist (best-smelling flower) Sunday, May 4: #Stunday (stunning) #SelfPortraitSunday (#multiplicity) #smArtist (#LilyOfTheValley) All week: #SensoryArt (#contrast) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekRforRoads) #ArtYear (any art) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #smArtist (purposeful art, daily prompts optional) Want a challenge added? Reply to @handcranked.bsky.social

Find it challenging to keep up with all the art challenges? Here's next week's list!

Feel free to save it to your phone. And repost to help others keep up!

#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompts

Gorgeous! I’ve done some similar small pieces. I’ll share if I can find it. 🤗

Oh gosh, they are soooo gorgeous. So many colors.

Closeup of a bunch of yellow and pink ranunculus.

Among my favorite flowers are the lush ranunculus (which also dry beautifully). Even if I find the name less beautiful than the flower.

#ranunculus
#photography #ArtYear #onlybeautifulthings #Bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #thelittlethings #womensart #EastCoastKin

A view of Bryce Canyon, with orange rock formations jutting up from the earth in a curving line, fading into the background. Valley is filled with trees.

Late to #blueskyartshow. Spent the day in the garden. 🪏 🪴 🌞

When I saw the prompt was #Earth, I knew it had to be #Utah. There are so many fantastical, other-worldly landscapes in Utah, you think you’ve left earth. 🧐

#LandscapePhotography
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersofBlueSky

A woman’s hand holds a naturally dyed teal Easter egg up to the camera. A soft imprint of leaves is centered.

Teal is one of my favorite colors. Of all things that produced this natural color? Red cabbage. 🧐

#acoloradAyPRIL #teal #photography #eastcoastkin #naturaldye #easteregg #spring

Close up of the bow of a small, green rowboat from above. Two black, corded ropes lay across the top on either side, loop through metal fastenings, and the trail off camera.

One of my favorites, taken on the pond at #smithcollege 2007. I was the only one there, and the pond was still and quiet.

#BlueSkyArtshow #Peaceful
#EastCoastKin #photography #boat