Climb To The Clouds

This little woodpecker was the dominate one ;
forced the wren to leave ...
#BirdOfTheDay #MixedPair #Birds #Photography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin

Thank you for the repost!

Hi JB!
I hope you are having a truly great day! 💫✨

Path in a woodland area, a wooden fence runs along the left side beside a narrow pond… trees line both sides of the path…. The sky is bright blue

Good morning, BS 🦋…
Wishing you a beautiful Thursday ☕️☀️🌿💛🌳✨

#Photography
#Photo
#photographic
#美しい風景

@bskyphotos.bsky.social

Thank you, Sabine! I hope your day is going well!

A potted lemon tree in full splendor, laden with plump, sun-yellow fruits at the peak of ripeness alongside a lone green sphere still maturing, would have been the envy of every 18th-century royal court in Europe. The photograph captures a compact citrus tree bowing under the weight of its harvest. Three large, deeply golden lemons crowd a single branch at the center, their textured rinds glowing with an almost luminous warmth. Tucked among dark, waxy leaves in the upper left hangs a solitary unripe fruit, still a vivid chartreuse, a quiet reminder that nature moves at its own pace. The whole composition radiates Mediterranean abundance, a still life that could have stepped straight out of a Baroque painting. In the 17th and 18th centuries, owning a living citrus tree was one of the most extravagant status symbols imaginable. Citrus was considered a near-medicinal luxury, its vitamin C revered and its fruit effectively reserved for royalty and the highest nobility. Louis XIV famously displayed his orange trees in solid silver tubs throughout the state rooms at Versailles, eventually amassing the largest collection in Europe by sourcing specimens from Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Lemon trees held an equally prized place in these grand collections. At Hampton Court, King William III and Queen Mary’s extraordinary exotic plant collection included citrus species transported from their Dutch palaces and sourced through the Dutch East India Company. The Zwinger Palace orangery in Dresden began as a showcase for exactly such coveted citrus trees before evolving into a grand court venue. Baroque garden owners displayed potted specimens in elaborate “plant theatres,” competing to outshine one another with the rarity and beauty of their living collections. A tree simultaneously bearing unripe green fruits and fully golden ripe lemons was living proof of a gardener’s mastery, something that would have drawn gasps of admiration at any 18th-century royal gathering.

Once the ultimate royal status symbol, citrus trees graced the silver-tub orangeries of Versailles & the palace gardens of Europe’s elite. Today, this sun-drenched lemon tree, ripe gold meets unripe green, proves that some fashions never fade.
#PalacesAndGardens #FashionThroughTime #EastCoastKin

Can you see the sleeping painter making an #arch in the circle of the bell tower? #curch and #body #bow #picoftheday #photography #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #archs

Can you see the sleeping painter making an #arch in the circle of the bell tower? #curch #archs and #body #bow
#picoftheday #photography #luiscordobapharchive
#eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow

Gorgeous, Sharon 🤩

The sky is a beautiful orange as the sun disappeared behind some trees and the sky colours are reflected in the lough.

Sunset over Lough Neagh.
#Photography #Sunset #Cloud #NorthernIreland #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #Scape #EastCoastKin

Viña Del Mar, Chile 🇨🇱 #UrbanGaze
#HumansofBluesky #photography

Very pretty, Liv

A yellow, blossoming, hibiscus, in a raining day.

"Waters of March" definitely are here!

#ColorADay
#YellowThu

Awesome

Measuring roughly 1/4 inch long (.6 cm, about the size of a match head), with an oblong, oval shape, similar to a tiny, elongated ladybug, but yellow-green, with three distinct, dark, longitudinal stripes running down their back (the wing covers, or elytra) from the head to the tail. They also have a dark, vertical stripe in the center of their head and a dark spot on the plate just behind their head (the pronotum). Shown holding onto small greenery, against out of focus green background.

Crowded Leaf Beetle
(Ophraella conferta)

Bonita Springs, Florida 3-1-26

As the pre-Spring humidty and temperature increases, seeing more bugs again.

#insectThursday #ColorADay #YellowThu #yellow #eastcoastkin #macro #photography #macrophotography #beetles #Coleoptera #insects #bugs #bugsky #art

Fabulous

#InsectThursday Legs akimbo bumblebee with the sun shining out of its a*se!! Have a fab day folks!!
🌿🐝💜🐝💜🐝💜🐝🌿 #flowers #Gardening #Ancoats #sunshine #springtime #crocuses #SaveTheBees #purple #EastCoastKin #bees #FlowerReport #Manchester #MyBalcony

Good morning, Gabby 😊💫✨

A walk in the woods, but if you were 6 inches tall. Now, THAT would be an experience. I would do it, I would go on that adventure. Seeing the natural world from a different perspective, giving me even more gratitude for this big beautiful place 🩵🌲🌱

I hope you all have the day you want and need 🩵✌️

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The setting sunlight at the ocean's edge.The atmosphere is serene and very radiant A person is cycling, passing right in front of the sun's rays, making her shine even brighter with their shadows. On the left, a row of trees leads to a carousel located directly in view of the water. On the right, a lantern that should light up soon ... Have a pleasant day 📷🌞💙

Air salé au vent léger
Joie simple, bonheur avéré.

Ciel s'embrase aux couleurs d'or
Pédaler zen, sacré confort

Ombres fluides, jour fini
Mémoire solaire et infinie ✨

#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze
#coloraday #yellowthu #sunset
#poetry #photography #words

#ColourADay #YellowThu #ColorADay Tête-à-têtes on the balcony!!
🌿🩵☀️🩵🌿 Have a brilliant Thursday folks!! #EastCoastKin
🌿🩵🌿💛🌿🩵🌿 #flowers #Gardening #Ancoats #Yellow #photography #BlueSky #sunshine #FlowerReport #DailyFlowers #Manchester #springtime #MyBalcony

Across the sea...

#photography #photo #beach #sunset #nature
#dawn #sunrise #sky #landscape #lighthouse

Wonderful image, Den!

A view of a densely packed forest. Filtered light bringing out the beauty of a soft green, earthy brown world.

The serene embrace of trees, away from the beaten paths.

#Hiking #Photography #WoodlandWednesday #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Photograph taken at the Arts & Crafts wonder of Blackwell House overlooking Lake Windermere in Cumbria. The sizeable grand house was designed by architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott in 1900. This is the fireplace in the 'White Drawing Room' (my favourite room in the house). Elsewhere in the room are window seats overlooking the ground, lake and hills beyond, where you can sit and read or relax. Image shows a predominantly white painted room with a grey and white marble geometric tiles hearth with pink accents. The fireplace itself has deep blue glazed tiles and nestles within a clever wooden surround with in-built bookshelves and benches, illuminated display cases and mirrors. Above this is an intricately carved repeating frieze (see post I of II) of vines and grapes, also painted white. On the shelves and in the display cases are a selection of books and ceramic bowls. There are subtle moments of up lighting that really lift and highlight the craftsmanship. For further information and details on how to visit this fantastic place, their website is: www.blackwell.org.uk Be warned, their gift shop is great too and hard to leave without a treat or two.

Ethereal Craftsmanship
for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #FashionThroughTime

(Part I of II)
Details in the alt text.

#EastCoastKin #photography #ArtsAndCrafts #surfacepattern #BlackwellHouse #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
(Android phone camera)

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Football dans la brume

#UnJourUnePhoto
#Photomarch
#Photography

5. À l'extérieur

Gorgeous image, Den 💫✨

The last moments of the sun before it dips below the horizon, beneath the Atlantic ocean.

Dying of the light. Tenerife does get some amazing sunsets.

#Photography #ColorADay #YellowThu #NaturePhotography #Scape #Sunset #EastCoastKin #Tenerife