A cerulean blue Steller’s jay perches on a Douglas fir bough. The bird’s feet, legs, shoulders, neck, head, crest, beak, and eyes are ebony. The bird’s belly sides wings and tail are a deep blue. It’s like sky has come down to kiss earth. Just above the jay’s beak is a set of neon blue racing stripes going up the bird’s crest. Green fir fronds surround the jay.

I bring the peanut.
The jay brings the gaze.
#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays

#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Thursjay
#FlyDay

Golden yellow #rose in the sunlight of midday

#Photography #bloom #bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #blueskyphotography
#Nature #artyear #PoetryofNature #photographersunited #WestCoastPhotographers #WestCoastPhotography
#ColorADay
#YellowThu

nothing rushing,
everything alive

#NatureMeditation
#PoetryOfNature
#SlowLooking
#VitaminSea
#WildCalm
#Ocean

currently buffering… please do not splash

#SleepyDuck #WildlifeHumor #Nature #Flyday #PoetryOfNature #OlympiaWA

A lemony yellow daffodil backlit by the sun in an outdoor planter, surrounded by green stalks with purple flowers covering the ground. There is a poem on this photo that reads: Daffodils Spring heralds bid you to kneel at their altar. Their saffron nods delight your snoz which thrills to snug within their frills. Breathe! Earthglow and sunscent trumpet the vernal equinox. The daffodils love us very much. ~ NanLeah

Daffodils
Spring heralds
bid you to kneel
at their altar.
Their saffron nods
delight your snoz
which thrills to snug
within their frills.
Breathe! Earthglow
and sunscent trumpet
the vernal equinox.
The daffodils love
us very much.

~ NanLeah

#BloomScrolling #PoetryOfNature #ImageAndVerse

A female Rufous hummingbird hovers on a bright green background. She has a bright black eye and long black beak. She has a tiny red gorget that looks brown in this photo. She has brownish green freckles on her cheeks and emerald feathers speckle the back of her head and neck. Her body is copper with a white chest and throat. She’s moving so fast and wings are her feet are blurred. Her head is in perfect focus

POV: you moved a fraction and now you’re being evaluated by 3 grams of airborne judgment.

#Hummingbird #RufousHummingbird #PhotographersOfBluesky #FlyDay
#EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin
#PoetryOfNature

Aiden, a heathery gray tabby with jade green eyes and a tiny blep looks directly at you. There’s white fluff coming out of his ears, and his eyes are outlined in light beige. The point of his muzzle and chin are white. His nose is plum colored. His white whiskers stretch beyond the page. You can see a little bit of his main beneath his chin.

Caturday—just this.

#Caturday #PoetryOfNature #Blep #WhiskersWednesday #CatsOfBluesky

Light doesn’t ask permission.

#PoetryOfNature #Daffodil #PetalPoetry #Scape #FlowerScape #LightWithin #BloomScrolling #Spring #Bloom

Quiet council in session.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWay
#SquirrelsOfBluesky
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Reciprocity
#Chickadee
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix

Drew enjoying a lovely whiskers Wednesday.

#WhiskersWednesday
#PoetryOfNature
#CatsOfBluesky
#Caturday

A 22° sun halo floats above the Pacific Ocean on a sky painted with misty clouds and somnolent blues.

Sky does quiet geometry in real time.

#halo
#LookUp
#BlueTue
#CyanTue
#ColorADay
#OceanVibes
#SkyWatching
#PoetryOfNature

POV: I offer peanuts, they offer presence

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWay
#SquirrelsOfBluesky
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Reciprocity
#Chickadee
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix

A small golden daffodil and it's a green shoots back by sun, on a black background. It looks as though the sun decided to grow petals.

POV: the sun decided to grow petals

#Spring
#Daffodil
#StunDay
#bloomscrolling
#PoetryOfNature
#NaturePhotography

POV: you became the perch

#Caturday #CatLife #WhiskersWednesday
#PoetryOfNature

Sasquatch visited with me today because he could.

Each time the space between us stayed intact, yet something in it softened.

What unfolded wasn’t trained or asked for.
It was agreed to, moment by moment.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWay
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Reciprocity
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix

Peanut diplomacy.

It's for the birds.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWay
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Reciprocity
#Chickadee
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix
#Junco

The wild doesn’t rush.
It returns.

This is reciprocity.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWay
#MoreThanHumanWorld
#WhiskersWednesday
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#Reciprocity
#Chickadee in
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix

Vernal rains find me-
In green of my heart
rainlight reflections

#haiku
#Stunday
#Rainlight
#SpringLight
#MicroPoetry
#poetography
#PoetryOfNature
#ImageAndVerse
#EveryDaySacred

A cerulean Steller’s jay poses in a Douglas fir. The Jay's Black crest is fully erect and there's a neon blue racing stripe just above its beak. The bird's crest, head, neck and shoulders are ebony. The bird's deep blue feathers are lined with black bars on its wings. Its chest is a light blue shading into the black.

Peanut diplomacy.
The ambassador has arrived.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#BlueskyMonday
#PoetryOfNature
#BackyardBirds
#StellersJay
#Thursjay
#FlyJay

The sound of little feets in the snow.😁❄️❤️

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#EasternGraySquirrel
#squirrelsOfBlueSky
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#SnowDay
#Sqrlpix

#BlueSky, when can we make cover photos for our vids?🙏

A female Rufus hummingbird hovers in front of the window. Her head and neck are still while her body and wings are moving in a soft blur. On her throat is a secret ruby patch lit from the snow light beneath her. She has a white belly, and copper colored sides and wings. Her cheeks are mottled with greenish brown feathers, and the crown of her head is greenish brown.

Snowlight: First Rufus

Female Rufus –
glints with the snowlight
I am

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#RufusHummingbird
#ImageAndVerse
#BirdsOfBlueSky
#PoetryOfNature
#Poetography
#SnowDay
#FlyDay

Snow dusts the deck
Sparrows pirouette.
Carry me away…

#FlyDay
#SnowDay
#SparrowWatch
#PoetryOfNature
#ImageAndVerse
#MindfulMoments

Peanut diplomacy in progress.
Terms: trust, patience, and one peanut at a time.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#NatureConnection
#PeanutDiplomacy
#BackyardBirding
#PoetryOfNature
#Chickadee
#Squirrel
#Sqrlpix

I bring the peanut.
The jay brings the gaze.
#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays

#BlueTue #CyanTue #FlyDay #Thursjay #PeanutDiplomacy #PoetryOfNature

A deep blue Steller’s jay poses on a plush Douglas fir branch above me. This jay has a dark blue body, and black stripes are visible on its wing feathers. Its shoulders, neck, head, beak and crest are ebony. This jay is looking directly at the camera and two neon blue racing stripes are visible on her crest. She has white eyelashes and a smattering of white feathers beneath her beak on her throat. The background is a mix of green with white bokeh.

Negotiator of Peanut Diplomacy

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#BlueSkyMondayc #PoetryOfNature #Thursjay #FlyDay #PeanutDiplomacy
#NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

Peanut diplomacy update:
The chickadees have entered the negotiations.

#sitspot
#StunDay
#WildTrust
#Chickadee
#PoetryOfNature
#BackyardWildlife
#PeanutDiplomacy
#NatureConnection
#EasternGraySquirrel
#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays

Caturday Exhibition
“Untitled (Cow Cat on Pedestal), 2026.”
Mixed media: fur, attitude, and quiet judgment.

#Caturday
#CowCat
#PoetryOfNature
#CatPhotography
#WhiskersWednesday

A Steller’s jay perched on a Douglas fir branch. The bird is lit from the left, making its feathers more powdery blue than sky blue. The jay's shoulders, neck, head, crest, and beak are ebony. Two neon blue racing stripes are barely visible between its eyes going up its crest. There is a sprinkling of white feathers beneath this jay's beak. The background of this photo is a Douglas fir bark.

Ambassador Jay reports:
Peanut negotiations successful.

#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#PeanutDiplomacy
#PacificNorthwest
#BackyardBirding
#PoetryOfNature
#StellersJay
#Thursjay 
#FlyDay

A bright blue Steller's jay lit by sunlight, stands on the ground, looking directly at the viewer. The top of its shoulders, its neck, head beak, and crest ebony. Its legs look like two black toothpicks. The jay has two fluorescent blue racing stripes above its beak.

Tiny nut, colossal ego.

#PeanutDiplomacy
#PoetryOfNature
#BirdsOfBlueSky
#StellersJay
#Thursjay
#FlyDay

A sky blue Steller’s jay purchase on a square wooden post. There are black bars on the birds wing and tail feathers. The bird's shoulders, neck, head, beak and crest are ebony. The bird is looking back over its right shoulder at the viewer, its crest is erect. A tiny beam of sunlight bounces off of its right eye. The right side of the bird is lit by sun. The left side turned towards shadow. The background is many tones of evergreen. There is a senryu poem on this photo entitled "Idyll" it reads: "Idle jay / monarch of mischief / royal blue patience".

Idyll
#BirdwatchingGoesBothWays
#PoetryOfNature
#ImageAndVerse
#Poetography
#HaikuFeels
#Senryu
#Prompt
#Idyll
#Idle