Having fun with for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Here's Victoria Street, Edinburgh - the inspiration for Harry Potter's Diagon Alley (2025). #Scotland #travel #Edinburgh #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

Also sharing this for the #blueskyartshow #bright theme. How about some Murano glass from Venice? (2013)
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #glass #artglass #contemporaryglassart #Venice #Italy #color

Thank you for the kind words!

More for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Mexican street scene (2013). Why can't our cities have such bright colors? #photography #urbanphotography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta

Hope this qualifies for #blueskyartshow #bright theme. Who doesn't love the bright colors of sunflowers? Taken in Minnesota near Lake Pepin along the Mississippi River (2020). #photography #nature #flowers #Minnesota #LakePepin #bloomscroll #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages

Also for #scape Friday, here's a #landscape ( or #riverscape?) of the St. Croix River valley, separating Minnesota and Wisconsin. Love the northwoods! (2020). #forestFriday #minnesota #wisconsin #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

Thank you! I felt--feels--like something out of a Guillermo del Toro movie....

Double duty for #scape Friday and #ForestFriday. This pic from Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument (2025). #newmexico #bandelier #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky

For #forestfriday. Heavy cloud forest near the crater of Costa Rica's Volcán Poás (2009). The morning mist gives it a mystical feel. #Nature #Flowers #Photography #CostaRica #VolcánPoás #Poás

Gorgeous.

Thank you! It's fun to take part in the theme!

Thank you! Immediately after shooting this, I changed the angle a bit and shot one of my favorite photos of my wife, with her face framed by the blossoms. Alas, we're private people in no rush to post photos of ourselves for all the world....

And, has been restored as the Quinta Real hotel, one of my absolute favorite places I've ever stayed!

Thank you! Despite the fact that it's an older photo and a scan, it holds up nicely!

More for #PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders. Water lilies at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida (2021). #Flowers #BloomScrolling #photography #flowersonbluesky #gardening #Sarasota #Florida

Also for #PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders, an older photo (scan) showing the Parthenon in Athens as viewed through a rooftop rose garden (2005). #architecture #photography #Athens #Greece #ruins #AncientBlueSky #BloomScrolling #photography #flowersonbluesky #gardening #Gardenersworld

Also for #PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders, a pic from Santa Catalina de Siena in Oaxaca, Mexico, a former convent built in the 1570s (2011). #Mexico #Oaxaca #travel #photography #architecture #history #PhotographersOfBlueSky #garden #BloomScrolling #photography #gardening #Gardenersworld

For #PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders, I'm sharing a personal photo. After retiring to Florida, my late father in law turned their lanai into an orchid greenhouse. He is missed. #BloomScrolling #photography #flowersonbluesky #gardening #MyGarden #Gardenersworld #orchids

Thank you! The site is stunning... not only are the ruins beautiful, but the setting is incredible. The ancients leveled off the top of a mountain to build the city, and the vistas overlooking the Valley of Oaxaca are breathtaking.

The magical ruins of Monte Alban, in Oaxaca, Mexico (2011). #MonteAlban #Mexico #ruins #ancientbluesky #Oaxaca #photography #photographersofbluesky #archaeology

It's not the best shot of the northern lights, but I was stunned to be able to take it in my backyard in the urban core of Minneapolis. #photography #northernlights #auroraborealis #TheWildImages #Light #Minneapolis #Minnesota

For #rockintuesday. Rocks in the Ionian Sea off of Corfu, Greece, in the Ionian Sea (2013). #Greece #ocean #photography #seascape #corfu

For #stunday. A pair of lion cubs on Maasai Mara, Kenya (2022). #photographersofbluesky #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #lions #kenya #maasaimara #safari #africa

For #stunday. Fajada Butte at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (2025). #NewMexico #nature #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #BlueSkyArtShow #archaeology #chacocanyon #PhotographersOfBlueSky

More for #blueskyartshow theme of #evening. A family gathering while the sun goes down in Florida (2021). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #photography #Florida #seascape #GulfofMexico #ocean #sunset

More for #blueskyartshow theme of #evening. Taking in the happy hour view of Puerto Vallarta from a favorite rooftop restaurant (2023). #photography #urbanphotography #Mexico #PuertoVallarta #sunset #PhotographersOfBlueSky

For #blueskyartshow theme of #evening. Overlooking the village of Fira on Santorini, as the golden light of evening washes the cliff face (2023). #Santorini #Greece #ocean #aegean #landscape #rock #volcano #landscapephotography #seascape

Thank you! It was a gorgeous sunflower field!

For #scape Friday, a floral landscape. Here's photo of wildflowers at the edge of a sunflower field, near Lake Pepin along the Mississippi River (2020). #photography #nature #flowers #Minnesota #LakePepin #bloomscroll #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages

For #scape Friday, a fall landscape. Taken just now while out walking the dog along the Mississippi River. #forestFriday #minnesota #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography