Sandra 🐝🦋

Some days you just have to escape to the quiet places, that nurture the heart and soul
July 2025

Mom & her not so little ducklings 😂
#NatureWalk
#Nature
#Mallards

Our photograph shows a close-up of a fallen autumn leaf resting on a bed of small, smooth pebbles that l took yesterday in my garden here in Ireland. The leaf is golden brown and covered in clear water droplets that glisten like tiny glass beads, catching the light beautifully. Around it, other leaves in shades of deep red and rusty orange are scattered, damp from recent rain. A small patch of green moss adds a burst of color and texture beside the leaf, contrasting with the earthy tones of the stones. The overall mood of the image feels calm and reflective, capturing the quiet beauty of nature after rainfall, a moment suspended in stillness and light. And finally, our picture is finished off with a simple white border frame.

Good morning #BlueSky ☕️ Pebbles are just baby rocks? in this little macro shot from yesterday. Have a wonderful day friends ☺️ #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographyOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#RockinTuesday #ColorADay #CyanTue #MacroPhotography #Leaf #AutumnColours #RainDrops #Nature #Moss

Weeping dreams away…

#macro #macrophotography
#bloomscrolling #photography
#art #nature #EastCoastKin

A close-up photograph of a delicate rosebud with soft pink and cream petals, covered in fresh raindrops. The water droplets glisten on the velvety surface, capturing light and adding a sense of freshness. The rose stands against a softly blurred background of green foliage and muted pavement tones, highlighting the flower’s intricate texture and natural beauty.

Happy Hump day #RoseWednesday - captured on my walk yesterday. #BloomScrolling #flowers #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #EastCoastKin

Roses and Raindrops, what's not to love 😊

The Name of the Rose (2019)

A picture of the northern lights. through the middle there is a brilliant red flanked by green on either sides. There are trees framing it.

Even past the lights in our area.

Beautiful capture 💫✨

A dark red aurora over a beach, with oil rig lights in the distance

Aberdeen, Scotland, 57.2°N, 1:45 AM local time. Taken with a sufficiently ancient & cheap camera that it basically looked like this to the naked eye, no joke.

A photograph from my mom of farmland outside Middleburg, VA, this month. So early in the morning the fog that's collected in every dip and crease of the gentle hills has yet to burn away. (false dawn photograph of a small stone building and a grassy slope, beyond which are only layers of fog extending into the distance, where tree tops can be distantly seen, showing through, and a silver blue sky with rosy light just peeping over the edge of the left of the shot)

Foggy morning

🙏

Beautiful ✨💫 Wow!

Not too many flowers left out there!

#bees #pollinators #nature #photography #bloomscrolling

A #moon and #beach image for #Stunday. This image was made at our local wildlife refuge on a very early morning. The setting moon stole light from the stars. But they are still there. #photography #landscape #stars #nightphotography #EastCoastKin #Astrophotography #lighthouses

Larry the Little Egret #BirdOfTheDay #egrets #ukbirds

A Squirrel eating a peanut that is being held with both front paws. The tail is raised, backit by the Sun and glowing

Happy little fella☺️

Black Pearl Pepper plants are renowned for their striking ornamental beauty and their unique colour-changing capability from black to red.
The flowers are a rich and vibrant purple colour, putting on a show before the peppers even arrive.
#Gardening #GardenJoy

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdsinmygarden. I’ll go with this Cooper’s Hawk who shows up at the feeder once in a while.

#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin

A chipmunk on a sunflower that has gone to seeds. It is standing upright and its cheeks are full of seeds.

This little guy is in heaven with all of the sunflower seeds everywhere. I’ve already saved the ones I’m going to use next year. The rest goes to the local wildlife. Sometimes the birds get frustrated with my presence, like what the hell are you doing in our cafeteria? 😆 #gardening #nature

They are fascinating ⛅️

Clouds are the philosophers of the sky, representing the tenuous, ever-changing nature of life. The concept of clouds as philosophers of the sky is a theme used in art and writing.

The sky is the source of light in nature - and governs everything.
John Constable
#Clouds #Nature

Nahaufnahme eines Allium mit dem halb geöffnetem Hüllblatt. Der Hintergrund ist unscharf.

Happy Sunday 🌿🌸
#FlowersOnSunday
#bloomscrolling
#Stunday

A portrait of a Dalmatian pelican shown in side profile looking down at the water. The lighting is early morning creating shadows and highlights across the birds striking silvery-white plumage. He has a short, scruffy crest, a pale eye and a long bill which is red-orange underneath. The background is blurred, showing deep blue water to the sides and shadowy dark green black in the distance.

A portrait of a wonderful Dalmatian Pelican for #Stunday
They really are fantastic and impressive birds especially in flight... despite their massive size they were surprising elegant! 🤍 🪶 📷

Happy Sunday everyone. 🕊️

#Stunday #Photography #Birds #Nature #EastCoastKin

Good morning. Some pretty clouds at sunset for #StunDay Have a peaceful Sunday. #photography #sunsets #NorthernIreland

I was out in the backyard the other day with my DSLR Nikon camera and got this picture of a squirrel on the fence helping himself to part of the rose bush.

I was out in the backyard the other day with my DSLR Nikon camera and got this picture of a squirrel on the fence helping himself to part of the rose bush.

Sunset of a mountain range. A small lake on the right hand side with reflections. Pink. Huge Skies rain in the front with trees

Good morning. Happy Sunday!
#Stunday
The sunset at the top of a ledge, North Conway New Hampshire.
Have a beautiful day.
#photography #sunsets #landscapephotography #sky #EastCoastKin #NewHampshire

Velvet red sunflower against a pale blue sky.

Something beautiful for this day: Sunflower, Yakima, Washington (August 2025). #sunflowers

Where wildflowers grow man’s soul is fed
and poets grow.
Henry David Thoreau

Wild carrot, also known as Queen Anne's Lace, is considered a #wildflower. As a wildflower, it plays a crucial role in supporting #pollinators.

#Nature
#Wildflowers

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars. - Anaïs Nin detail of white anemone against a black background

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

—William Blake

Although humans see reality in colour, for me, black and white has always been connected to the image's deeper truth, to its most hidden meaning.
Peter Lindbergh

#BlackWhite
#BloomScrolling
#Flowers #Gardening