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@rick8437.bsky.social

#Cascadia photographer, photo artist, digital artist.

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5:00 AM, February First | Bend, Oregon

#Stunday #Sunrise #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #Snow

01.02.2026 13:01 — 👍 34    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

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31.01.2026 13:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Art Challenges: January 26 – February 1 Monday, January 26 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#vice) Tuesday, January 27 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#light) Wednesday, January 28 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#easy) Thursday, January 29 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#GrandEstates) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#sharp) Friday, January 30 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#connection) Saturday, January 31 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#clouds) #JanuArty2026 (#ending) Sunday, February 1 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #FebruArty2026 (#frost) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#floral)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (#industrial) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekDForDramatic) #SensoryArt (#spots) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Art Challenges: January 26 – February 1 Monday, January 26 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#vice) Tuesday, January 27 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#light) Wednesday, January 28 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#easy) Thursday, January 29 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#GrandEstates) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#sharp) Friday, January 30 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#connection) Saturday, January 31 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#clouds) #JanuArty2026 (#ending) Sunday, February 1 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #FebruArty2026 (#frost) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#floral)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (#industrial) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekDForDramatic) #SensoryArt (#spots) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Jan 26–Feb 1 is here!

NEW: #FebruArty2026 #FebruArty (daily prompts)

See comments for host details.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges

26.01.2026 02:15 — 👍 144    🔁 39    💬 9    📌 9
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North Shore | #LakeTahoe, California

#Stunday #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #Snow

25.01.2026 12:49 — 👍 50    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Tongue Sticking Out

#SmallBirdSaturday #Hummingbirds #Nature #Photography #BackyardBirds #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #eastcoastkin

24.01.2026 16:25 — 👍 65    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Barry! Sorry to say that these trees were destroyed in a storm a few years back. They were by the Ghost Trees at Pescadero Point.

23.01.2026 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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3 Sisters | Pebble Beach, California

#Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

23.01.2026 13:50 — 👍 31    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Merisi!

22.01.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Root Octpus

#Abstractia #Nature #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #DailyArt

22.01.2026 19:19 — 👍 28    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Red Tulip

#ColorADay #RedWed #bloomscrolling #flowers #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport #nature

21.01.2026 14:44 — 👍 28    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Art Challenges: January 19–25 Monday, January 19 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#bow) Tuesday, January 20 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#soft) Wednesday, January 21 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#green) Thursday, January 22 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#ThroughTheFrame) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#long) Friday, January 23 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#heavy) Saturday, January 24 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#cold) #JanuArty2026 (#permanent) Sunday, January 25 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty2026 (#season) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#collage)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (nature) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekCforCloseUp) #SensoryArt (#broken) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Art Challenges: January 19–25 Monday, January 19 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#bow) Tuesday, January 20 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#soft) Wednesday, January 21 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#green) Thursday, January 22 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#ThroughTheFrame) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#long) Friday, January 23 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#heavy) Saturday, January 24 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#cold) #JanuArty2026 (#permanent) Sunday, January 25 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty2026 (#season) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#collage)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (nature) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekCforCloseUp) #SensoryArt (#broken) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 19–25!

NEW: #Abstractia (weekly abstract themes)

See comments for host details.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges

19.01.2026 01:32 — 👍 141    🔁 41    💬 9    📌 4

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18.01.2026 21:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Alina! It's always special when the mountains are out.

18.01.2026 21:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

No.

18.01.2026 18:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Mount Baker as seen from the Port Townsend, Washington harbor.

#Stunday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

18.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 35    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Wow..thank you!!

17.01.2026 12:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Nothing special. Just point and shoot.

16.01.2026 22:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Japanese Koi

#FishyFriday #Koai #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #nature

16.01.2026 14:51 — 👍 27    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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King Tides - November, 2025 | Depoe Bay, Oregon

#RockinTuesday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #BlackAndWhite

13.01.2026 14:57 — 👍 32    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks for the compliment! That is the real sky. However, I did adjust the contrast and haze in photoshop.

12.01.2026 18:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Sunrise | #GreatSmokyMountains

#MountainMonday #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #LandscapePhotography

12.01.2026 12:35 — 👍 59    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Oops. This is the art challenge cheat sheet for January 12–18! Too many things to remember to update.

12.01.2026 02:53 — 👍 91    🔁 21    💬 8    📌 2
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Holiday Beach | #OregonCoast

#Stunday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape

11.01.2026 12:34 — 👍 192    🔁 17    💬 6    📌 2
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The Grass Is Always Greener

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky

10.01.2026 13:15 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Cape Cove | #OregonCoast

#Scape #Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

09.01.2026 12:18 — 👍 79    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Frozen Falls Detail | Rock Island State Park, Tennessee

#WaterfallWednesday #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite

07.01.2026 12:42 — 👍 149    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 0
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#OregonCoast

#TidesOutTuesday #Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

06.01.2026 13:50 — 👍 111    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Jilly!!

05.01.2026 18:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#PointLobos | Monterey, #California

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #LandscapePhotography #Sacpe #Seasacpe

05.01.2026 13:27 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Art Challenges: January 5–11 Monday, January 5 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty (#pet) Tuesday, January 6 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty (#brush) Wednesday, January 7 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) JanuArty (#sticky) Thursday, January 8 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#SunriseOrSunset) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty (#flavor) Friday, January 9 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty (#blue) Saturday, January 10 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#vibrant) #JanuArty (#woven) Sunday, January 11 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty (#clothing) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#watercolor or #watercolour)* #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekAforAbstract) #SensoryArt (#fire) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Art Challenges: January 5–11 Monday, January 5 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty (#pet) Tuesday, January 6 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty (#brush) Wednesday, January 7 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) JanuArty (#sticky) Thursday, January 8 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#SunriseOrSunset) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty (#flavor) Friday, January 9 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty (#blue) Saturday, January 10 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#vibrant) #JanuArty (#woven) Sunday, January 11 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty (#clothing) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#watercolor or #watercolour)* #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekAforAbstract) #SensoryArt (#fire) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!

NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

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