A black swan swimming in one of the small ponds at Chartwell, the former home of wartime leader Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine. The waters of the pond ripple where the swan has been swimming and reflect both the green shrubs that surround the area and the blue sky above. The swan’s graceful neck is also caught in reflection. In the foreground grey pavings form the edges of the pond, which also contains many small goldfish. The house and gardens are now run by the English National Trust charity and are open to the public. Black swans (Cygnus atratus) are waterbirds, breeding mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. They are large birds with black plumage and a red bill.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke and
belated nod to last week’s #WeekJforJetBlack with this stunning black swan we saw during our visit to Chartwell this week. I’m not saying this one was white originally but my song is … Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones.

Oops! Last week was crazy and I totally missed posting my #AlphabetChallenge This was the September 1 entry. Black sky background for the Disney fireworks. #photography #artphotography #fireworks #WeekJforJetBlack
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A triptych of puffins from the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The 1st is a 6-7 foot tall puffin sculpture by made by the art collective Washed Ashore. It is made of plastic from the ocean. The other two are real puffins swimming in the pond in the aviary. Photos by Robert Emond.

#AlphabetChallenge | #WeekJforJetBlack

“Puffin Along”

#Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #PNW
#Oregon #Newport
#Art #Sculpture #WildLife #Birds
#ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts
@orcoastaquarium.bsky.social

#Stunday
This bee is really getting into the pollen! 🙂
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow
#Macro #FlowersOnSunday #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings
#WeekJforJetBlack #AlphabetChallenge
#Focus #SensoryArt
#EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography
#BrooklynBotanicGarden

#WeekJforJetBlack

One of these is not like the other... one is a cat!

Sun setting on the sea #WeekJforJetBlack #AlphabetChallenge

#Black #Elderberry Bush in Bloom
Almost #WeekJForJetBlack
#Photography #PlantSky

Downtown Calgary city lights reflected in water.

City lights #WeekJforJetBlack #AlphabetChallenge

📍 St Patrick's Island, in the Bow River, Calgary 🇨🇦

The orange glow of the zTgames Barrier. A cruise ship piloted on the black waters of the Thames glowing with a green blue light.

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekJForJetBlack
#photography

Passing through the Thames Barrier in Greenwich in the black of the night.

J E T B L A C K
- sea glass, with touches of green & some whites

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #JetBlack #Badalona #SeaGlass #BlackAndWhite #YinYang #BeachFinds #EastCoastKin #EuroConnect

Jusepe de Ribera, Blind Man with a Lazarillo, at Allen Art Museum, Oberlin

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack
Jusepe de Ribera, Blind Man with a Lazarillo

A regency style high-waisted black dress with gold ribbon stripes on the bodice. It is displayed in front of a mirror which enables a view of the back of the dress.

One from the V&A collection for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #photography #dailyphoto #costume #history

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack Cartier exhibit at Dallas Museum of Art

A black, sleeveless shift dress from the late 1980s, covered with large black paillettes, on a hanger.

Vintage, late 1980s
(Only yesterday, kids!)
A 1920s pastiche by Adrienne Vittadini.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #1980sFashion

Black and white photo of Eduardo sitting in front of a gradient backround, dressed in a black jacket and t-shirt, with his right are resting on a nearby counter. Eduardo C. Corral is a critically acclaimed American poet whose work seamlessly blends cultural heritage with modern sensibilities. Born on February 25, 1973, in Casa Grande, Arizona, Corral has emerged as a powerful voice in contemporary poetry and Latino literature. His pioneering achievements—most notably as the first Latino poet to win the prestigious Yale Younger Series Poets award for his collection Slow Lightning—have cemented his place in the literary canon while inspiring a new generation of writers.

Eduardo C Corral: Arizona-Born Poet, Educator, and Trailblazer in Contemporary Latino Literature

-from a shoot, a few years back.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

Jet Black Beast...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

A group of tall trees that had burned at one time. Some trees have a black section. There is greenery on the forest floor and some trees have some new growth.

A small young green tree

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJetBlack
Many burned or partially burned trees look JetBlack. It seems like there are many pockets of burned trees in the park. I also saw young trees growing.
Yosemite National Park

A bright blue sky and ocean create a wonderful horizontal view out a very dark room.

#WeekJforJetBlack
#Scape
#Stunday

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A black haired terrier named Fonzie looking at the camera

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

My sister's dog Fonzie (2011 - 2025)

Tomb made of black stone, a small fence around it

Tomb of family Hense
📍 Südfriedhof Kiel

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJetBlack #cemetery

black tombstone with cross between green plants

Tomb of family Richter
📍 Südfriedhof Kiel

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJetBlack #cemetery

A lone tree silhouette against a sunset sky.

Golden skies meet twilight silhouettes
🧡🩵🖤

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack
#photography #landscape #EastCoastKin
#SkySunday #stundayp

a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) resting on a rocky, barnacle-covered shoreline, with ocean waves breaking in the background. the sea lion is dark in color and is seen with its head tilted upwards, showcasing its prominent whiskers.

a very handsome black California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at Cape Arago. my last entry for the
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#SeaLion #SeaScape
#Nature #Photography

Black dog silhouette called Dora

#WeekJForJetBlack #AlphabetChallange

Met the pirate Blackbeard in Heaton park, its been a long Summer on the fair so he was just having a sit down. Is it me or does he look like George Harrison in his lovely jacket and hat
#alphabetchallenge
#WeekJforJetblack
#pirate #Heatonpark #SummerFair
#Blackbeard

Street scene with pops of orange throughout. Bar window reflection of a street with parked cars, trees, bike wheel and a brick apartment building across the street. A sign in the window reads MOTEL. There's an orange couch and lampshade inside, and a woman in an orange dress on the street outside. There's a tag sticker on the barfront with an orange stripe, and an orange building reflected in the door.

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #SignsonSunday

In, out and across - 2025

#Phonetography
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #icountsixorangethingseightifyoucountthebrickandwood #strollandpark #warmaccomodations #treeflecty

Looking up from the ground to the tops of some redwood trees. It's all black, white and gray because of the fog, which still shrouds the top of some trees.

Last one for the week. Actually a 'color' photo where there was no color to be found. Looking up to the top of some redwoods in the fog, in Northern California. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

I had same idea for #WeekJforJetBlack 😀

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#photography

The font of All Saints Church, East Meon, in black Tournai marble. It is carved on all 4 faces and on the top face with scenes from the story of Adam and Eve https://www.hampshire-history.com/tournai-font-east-meon/

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

The font of All Saints Church, East Meon which tells the story of Adam and Eve in jet black carved Tournais marble. #Stunday

One for #FontsOnFriday or #FridayFonts, better late than never 😁
#Hampshire has 4 of these fonts, of only 7 in the country