An arched, lichen-covered twig in a tree. Most of the lichen is a bright yellow sunburst lichen, with its little alien-like disc shapes all up and down the twig. There is also a tuft of pale sea-green oakmoss or cartilage lichen at the top of the arch.

I have not forgotten that it’s #HotStickSaturday. Here’s a lively bit in a twig in the sun after a rain. #Lichen #LichenSubscribe #Fungi #FungiFriends #Trees #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepLooking

First snake of the year is a baby brown snake!
Fun fact: a lot of Pokemon are based on REAL LIFE ANIMALS #gooutside

Sunrise over the Willamette valley: Layers of horizontal orange, yellow, purple, pink, lavender, and a bit of blue at the top left make a stunning sunrise with the silhouette of a lone Douglas fir tree in the left center and a more distant, smaller cluster of silhouetted firs in the lower right corner. Definitely worth getting up early.

Love the fiery #horizontal layers of clouds this #sunrise was rocking a couple of weeks ago. #BlueSkyArtShow #PNW #NatureIsArt #Photography #Layers #OverTheValley #Tree #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Looking up a green, foggy, scraggly, evergreen-tree-covered hill into the whitish, overcast sky. The tree trunks are thickly covered in mosses and lichens. Somewhere in the Oregon Coast Range.

A #foggy #ForestFriday to you all! (My favorite conditions.) Look at all the #lichen and #moss on the trunks! #Trees #PNW #NatureIsArt #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Closeup of a puddle in the rain. Multiple rings show where raindrops have hit, and one drop on the right is showing that reverb with a tiny stream of water going up, one drop of water suspended in the air just above it. I’ve been sick lately, so I haven’t had the energy to go out and take pictures. Today I had a bit more energy, so I tried, but found myself feeling a little impatient with myself and the process, which reminded me how much creative energy really goes into taking a photo. Also, I need to be patient with myself as I heal. Happy to get a puddle picture in the rain today, and that’s good enough.

Enjoying a #RainyDay, as we #pluviophiles do. Meditation and description in the alt text. #Puddles #Rain #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

A photograph of an Ivy draped trunk of a tree to its left and more focused. To the right a more fully vertical post, I think possibly a lamp example. Between them a river flows and in lower focus. The principal subject however is the afternoon sunlight both bathing the scene and highlighting aspects as it shines through trees and from an out of shot direction. Spring time!

A Forest Friday POST (Sort Of) or Through a Wardrobe in SpringTime 🌳 #ForestFriday #Canon #Spring #Photography #Fotografia #Light #EKC #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #River #Kent #GoOutside #Nature #ThickTrunk #March #Scape #FTFOI #Ivy #LampPost

Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with wings open on the Floor/Water but not flying, the Alt theme is #Black&White, birds with black & white feathers.
I've got both covered with this photo. 😁 #BonapartesGull
#birdphotography #CanonR10 #GoOutside

Landscape of yellows and browns with a tree with an eagle nest dominating the image. Painted in an expressionist style. No songs birds were hurt at this spot in real life.

Eagles' nest
There are a number of eagles' nests one can see, walk near, in the #trempealeaunationalwildliferefuge .
Winter provides clear viewing and less chance of upsetting the inhabitants.
#landscape #eagles #expressionism #kunst #blueskyartshow #analogart
#staywell #bekind #gooutside

A pale pink, backlit cherry blossom against a blurry green background. A new leaf sticks out on the right, and a darker pink blossom hides in the foreground shade.

This illness has really sapped my strength, and I haven’t had energy to take pictures in a few days. So, another blossom it is… #CherryBlossoms #Blossoms #BloomScrolling #ForgotWhatDayItWas #NatureIsArt #Photography #PNW #Spring #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #SelfCare

Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles, any bird side on to the camera, the Alt theme is #Robins, any Robin will do.
Here's an #AmericanTreeSparrow showing me it's side as it's looking for some lunch.
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #CanonR10 #BackYardBirds #GoOutside

The scraggly black silhouette of a giant Oregon white oak tree on the right half of the picture stands against the backdrop of a stunning, rippled peach, pink, purple, and sky blue sunrise that covers the rest of the picture. Now that daylight savings time requires me to get up an hour early, I’ll get to see a couple more weeks of potential sunrises. We shall see.

This #Sunrise is perfect for #StunDay, and it’s the only good thing about #SpringForward that I can think of. It is pretty amazing, though. #Spring #NatureIsArt #PNW #Trees #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

A section of cherry tree twig covered in different types of lichen and some dark green moss (on the bottom). On the upper right, there is some pale, sea-green oakmoss lichen. In the middle is the grayish-white outward-looking rosette lichen with its little black discs. Down to the left is some bright yellow sunburst lichen, along with some pale bluish green shield lichen.

This #HotStickSaturday offering is still part of a cherry tree. Some of my favorite outward-looking rosette lichen with other species and some moss! #Lichen #Fungi #FungiFriends #LichenSubscribe #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

The flowing surface of this creek is reflecting the blue sky, black-looking branches, and bright green leaves on the trees above it. The fluid dynamics of it make all these colors swirl and wiggle like a crazy tie-dye shirt.

My eye is always drawn to the patterns reflected on #flowing #water like this #creek last spring. #BlueSkyArtShow #Nature’sTieDye #NatureIsArt #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

A dark brown tree branch covered in very pale pink cherry blossoms with dark pink centers against a cloudy sky with blurred out, more distant branches. The background almost looks like white marble with gray inclusions.

Sorry for the profusion of #blossoms. I just can’t stop myself from snapping pics. #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling #Spring #NatureIsArt #PNW #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #NatureTherapy #Don’tGiveUp

Tree hugging with the amazing @julyabond.bsky.social in the Netherlands
#artnude #nudeisnoporn #naturalnude #onewithnature #gooutside #enjoynature #summerfeeling #nudegirl #nudemodel #artmodel #aktmodel

Sunlight filters down through water rushing over a large rock in a creek bottom. The rock has a few orange-ish stripes going diagonally across it, and the sunlight through the water makes alternating bright golden and darker shadow ripples.

Another sunlight-through-water picture. Dazzles my eyeballs. #Water #Sunlight #NatureArt #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

10 habits for creative people (how to get out of a creative rut) YouTube video by Madisyn Brown

Madisyn Brown: "10 habits for creative people (how to get out of a creative rut)" | #SelfCare #Meditation #Exercise #Structure #GoOutside #Tips #LifeTips #GettingOutOfARut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxiT...

Tree hugging with the amazing @julyabond.bsky.social in the Netherlands
#artnude #nudeisnoporn #naturalnude #onewithnature #gooutside #enjoynature #summerfeeling #nudegirl #nudemodel #artmodel #aktmodel

A cluster of pinkish-white cherry blossoms dripping with rain. Moss-covered, blurred out tree branches behind it on the backdrop of an overcast sky.

Blossoms drinking in the rain. A moment of respite in a mad world. #Spring #Blossoms #BloomScrolling #PNW #NatureIsArt #Rain #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #MentalHealthBreak

A man wearing blue jeans and a gray hoodie sits on top of a large rock formation in the middle of a small body of water. Fall foliage is seen in the background.

Fresh air heals.

Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee side, 10/2025.

🌞🍂🌾🍁🌳🧚‍♂️

#gooutside #explorenature #humansofbluesky #rockintuesday #coloraday #bluetue #rocks #naturefriends #shadow #fallfoliage #tennessee #nikon

A pinkish, wing-shaped cloud flares up into a pale, twilight blue sky with gray clouds along the horizon at the beach. The pink reflects off the ocean water too. The sunset is actually off screen to the right, which is why the sky is lighter in that direction, but the real show was this cloud over here.

Sending a moment of peace out for everyone who needs it this #TidesOutTuesday. #PacificOcean #Beach #HI #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

30 second Nature Therapy break... take a deep breath in.... unclench your jaw... and slowly exhale as you focus on the sounds of Nature. ~Gretchen

#nature #naturetherapy #naturephotography #gooutside #waterfall #hiking #pittsburghpennsylvania #fallrun

A great blue heron stands on a railing, looking majestic.

A pelican flies low over seawater, feathers glistening in the sun.

A great egret stands in the water, several cormorants sunning their wings on the rocks behind it.

17 signed us up for a guided salt marsh bird tour and it was really very nice to escape all the things for a few hours and look at water. #Birdsky #GoOutside

Selfie in the woods after a fresh layee of snow

A fresh layer of snow makes the winter forest even more baeutiful.
#SnowshoeSunday #gooutside #embracewinter

A branch fell out of a tree during the last storm. Here it is, - damp, dark purplish-brown wood lying in the dark brown bark on the park path. The stick is covered in pale sea-green oakmoss lichen, some cartilage lichen and tufts of bright, happy, Kelly-green moss.

A larger #HotStickSaturday entry than usual. It’s covered in #Oakmoss #lichen and fluffy #moss. #ISeeMoss #LichenSubscribe #ISeeMoss #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #MentalHealthBreak

A vibrant, kelly green, 1-centimeter ball of moss growing on a concrete curb. It’s sparkling in the sunlight from all the tiny crystal, orb shaped dewdrops on it.

An adorable #round tuft of #moss with tiny spheres of sparkly #dewdrops. #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Photography #NatureIsArt #ISeeMoss #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

A squirrel nest in a tree standing beside a large dead tree full of holes in a forest covered in snow

Came across a little forest critter community while snowshoeing. #explorenature #gooutside #winterforest

We went out on a little adventure. I'll post the photos soon! ❤️

#Adventure #ExploreMore
#GoOutside #Wanderlust
#GoAdventuring #CarpeDiem #TheGreatOutdoors #Winter2026 #OutdoorTherapy #Photography
#ILovePhotography #LiveInColor
#Mountains

Tonight’s #sunset with a chorus of tiny Pacific tree #frogs as the soundtrack. We’ll try again tomorrow. #NatureSounds #PNW #NatureTherapy #Trees #NatureIsArt #PacificTreeFrogs #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

A great blue heron is in the process of taking off across the rocky tide pools of Seal Rock, OR. Ripples flow out from where our friend is lifting a foot out of the water, and its wings are stretched out wide brown seaweed covers the rock in front of the heron, and other rocks in the background have brown and dark green seaweed on them. You can tell it’s a bit foggy on the beach here, but the morning sun was trying to burn it away.

Caught this friend about to take #flight last summer at some #OregonCoast #TidePools. #Februarty #Birds #GreatBlueHeron #LooksLikeADinosaur #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp