Cathey

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Love my life and those who share it/nature photographer/logophile/grammar nut/chocolate-chip ice cream cognoscente/wanna-be chef/dog lover/3+ MBC https://go.bsky.app/GVSNVWf #EastCoastKin

A brilliant early morning sun on the horizon lights a path across a sandy beach as low waves gently wash ashore. In the distance, buildings and beachgoers can be seen along the shoreline as it curves from the left to the center of the photo.
Close-up of a ruffled pink Rose of Sharon (a type of hibiscus) on a branch filled with scalloped green leaves and purple-tipped buds. Another flower is behind it facing in the opposite direction. The background is a blur of leaves and branches.
New fuzzy leaves growing on an infamous kudzu plant. Kudzu can grow rapidly in the summer and, left unattended, the vines will eventually grow over other plants and even cover stands of trees.
Close-up of a blue star kalmaris, a daisy-like flower with long faintly blue blade-shaped petals and a center of yellow disk florets on a deep green stem against a dark background.
The center of a Formosa azalea flows as the afternoon sunlight hits the backside of the flower.
A small black, tan, and gray bird - a chipping sparrow - looks up toward the sky from a patch of sandy soil with leaf debris, rocks, and just a smidge of grass.
Ducks glide across the glassy surface of a lake creating ripples in their wake. Green trees on the distant shoreline and a pale blue sky overhead are reflected on the water's surface.
Black and white close-up of petals of a peppermint swirl dahlia.
Calm, peaceful blue water beckons visitors to sit for a quiet moment on a wooden bench at water's edge. A tree blurred in the foreground hangs over the scene from the right. The water turns to a dark green mirrored surface in the distance edged by a shoreline of clay red dirt and greenery.
A kinetic wind spinner hangs from a green azalea bush with random spots of rusty orange leaves. It has a bronze patina and hangs from a chain, interspersed with decorative glass balls, which catch the light from the afternoon sun.
Small bird, a yellow-rumped warbler (AKA butter butt) with a mix of gray, white, and black feathers, a white faintly streaked abdomen, and yellow under the wings and above the tail (not shown) looks up from the branch of a flowering pear tree. White flowers, green leaves, and branches are out of focus against a blue sky in the background.
Raindrops cling to the smooth petals of a bell-shaped flower after a late afternoon rain. One petal's edge is lifted skyward.
Deep pink cosmos with its large fluted petals provides a bright contrast against a grayish-green background. Magenta buds and fern-like green leaves surround it.
The glowing sun, surrounded by feathery orange and muted purple clouds, creates a shimmering reflection over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
A variety of tomatoes - Better Boys, husky cherries, and sungold cherries, and peppers - jalapenos, lunchbox orange, and Mad Hatter, from the garden.
A red rose leans left with a few raindrops still glazing its petals while its apple green leaves, seen from the underside, lean right. A bright spot of sun glows in the corner of the soft green background.
A large bird mostly black, with an orange and white chest, and red eyes has caught a worm in his black beak. He's grasping a slim branch of a Sweetgum tree with new, light green leaves. More branches are blurred in the background against a light blue sky.
Clouds appear to be exploding from the treetops with a center line of puffy blue and white clouds and sprays of feathery white clouds on either side all framed by deep green treetops.
A fully opened pink Cosmos flower with its yellow disk-floret center glowing in the afternoon sun. A stem of Cosmos with fern-like leaves and two magenta buds grows on the left. The background is a glorious bokeh of pink, white and green mandevilla flowers and leaves.
A green katydid nymph with a black stripe down its back, large back legs built for jumping, and long antennae looks ready to spring from the edge of a Carolina petunia petal. The petunia has petals that are purple, rippled, and gradually turn transparent as they age (they only last a few days). The background is green from leaves of other petunias.
Stalks of purple bell-shaped hosta flowers are in full bloom with the large green saucer leaves of the hostas creating a carpet below. Green azaleas are the background covered with passion flower vines covered in raindrops. Blurred gray-purple and red leaves of a Japanese maple tree create the color at the photo's top margin.
Brilliant orange Tiny Double Dutch lilies with double layers of long petals and dark green leaves as a backdrop, and a magenta mandevilla photobombing.
A black and white close-up of Tiny Double Dutch lilies with their double layers of petals. Each flower has serpentine stamens and a dark red tipped style in the center surrounded by long, fluted petals, each of which has a deep ridge down the middle. Raindrops still linger on the petals from an afternoon rain.
Autumn colors along a tree-lined highway are highlighted by the early evening sun. High feathery clouds overhead meet a yellow sky in the distance.
A small brown bird with a white eyebrow stripe and chin, and a buff and orange chest (a Carolina wren) grips the curved top of a feeder pole as it surveys the area. Green foliage of various shades fills the background.
Beautifully textured with their deep ridges, dark green hosta leaves covered in raindrops show off the light and shadows in the garden.
A fully-opened magenta rose catches a beam of sunlight in a shady spot in a garden with dark green leaves and thorny stems surrounding it. Bright yellow, orange, and green bokeh fills the background on the left and a blur of dark greens fill the background on the right.
Clouds overlook a quiet beach with the sun out of frame creating a silvery shimmer on the water below. While gentle swells slowly subside on the shoreline, where tire tracks are etched in the sand, sea oats and bitter panicum sway in a light breeze in the foreground.
A black bee with a fuzzy yellow abdomen and a vibrant orange pollen sac (that's cracking, it's so full) on her leg extracts pollen from the anthers of a hosta flower. The bell-shaped hosta flower is purple with random white accents on its pointed petals, long white curved stamens, and mustard-colored anthers. A few tiny raindrops cling to the petals from an earlier rain. The background is a blur of green stalks and leaves and spots of purple from other hosta flowers.
A weathered fence adorned with green ivy provides the perfect backdrop for tall violet and magenta Cosmos flowers, seen from the back, to show off their colors. There are blurred green trees in the background interspersed with yellow leaves.
Backed by beautiful deep green glossy leaves growing along a brick wall, a pale pink Mandevilla flower reaches from its vine with two lime green buds - one on either side. When fully bloomed, the flower will turn white.
A tiny hoverfly with an amber and black striped thorax, yellow legs, large reddish-brown eyes, and dark transparent wings ( Margined calligrapher - Toxomerus marginatus) climbs along a yellow-green vine of a mandevilla plant.
A small bird with a white and buff chest, gray wings and tail, a gray tuft, and black beak and eye(s) - a tufted titmouse - relaxes on the mottled gray branch of a tree. Blurry green leaves and blue, green, and white bokeh fill the background. If you expand the photo, you'll see a barely-there thread of a spider web caught on the titmouse's tuft.
A beautiful day at the beach with a softly striated blue sky above dunes of white sand decorated with juniper, rusty sea oats, and green beach grass. A portion of a weathered dark wood fence covered in sand and dry grass is in the foreground on the left.
A black and white close-up of a Mandevilla bud unfurling. One fluted petal at top resembles a wing with its ruffled edge and rounded point. The other petals are stacked on the left as they curve around the center opening. Dark leaves fill the background.
A red-bellied woodpecker with his bright red cap, long black beak, white neck and chest, and black and white striped wings hangs onto a suet cage. The background is mottled green.
A crape myrtle with hundreds of tiny curly flowers and long curved stamens spotlighted by the sun with lots of bokeh in the background.
A welcoming Southern front porch painted white with Greek-revival columns and a Colonial-style balustrade along the front (right side of photo) offers a shady respite from the summertime sun. Two black rocking chairs sitting along the front wall of the home beckon visitors to sit and rest. At the far end of the porch, a gas lantern hangs above a staircase with black wrought-iron railings leading to a tree-covered walk and a weathered wood gate.
Gulls perch on a rock outcropping in Lake Erie while others fly in and out of the water or walk the shoreline.
Small bright red star-shaped flowers with white centers (pentas) cluster above heavily veined green leaves.
Sunrise is reflected in early morning waves coming ashore.
Raindrops cling to the tips of several tepals of a hosta raceme. The flowers on the lower end are beginning to emerge. Another raceme is blurred in the background.
A small brown and white bird with an long black beak and black legs (sanderling juvenile) strides across sparkling pink-tinted sand in the mid-day sun.
A black and white close-up of a funnel-shaped flower with delicate, fluted petals (Mandevilla), covered in raindrops.
A pelargonium geranium, Calliope Medium Crimson Flame, showing off its hot pink and red fluted petals. Two buds just below the flower are partially opening with several more hanging from the stem below. The background is filled with blurred green leaves.
White shipping containers painted with the words Faith, Hope and Love, line a dirt patch along the highway in Chimney Rock, NC (Dec 2025). The gravel-covered shoulder of the road is in the foreground and a stand of bare trees interspersed with evergreen bushes is behind the shipping containers. Barely see at the top of the frame is Chimney Rock.
An American Robin, orange-breasted with black and gray feathers, dips its foot into a birdbath as it looks straight into the camera. Green leaves of an azalea bush fill the background.
A black-spotted orange squash beetle sheltered in a peachy orange squash blossom during a light rain.
Pink flowers arranged in nosegay clusters fill a large bush with dark green foliage.
Rich blue blossoms with subtle hints of pink hang in large clusters (hydrangeas) along a wall filled with dark green foliage.
A close-up of a red lily with raindrop-sprinkled black-spotted glossy petals and a thick green stem. The flower had several orange-red stamens in the center and tan and orange anthers. (Summer Scarlet lily)
Sun glitter on the Gulf of Mexico at Rosemary Beach with slow waves coming ashore under a bright blue sky.
A vibrant red rose with large petals, some of which have dark patches on their tips, and a gold center (Miracle on the Hudson rose) surrounded by dark green and yellow leaves and thick greenish-brown stems. Another rose tried to photobomb in the bottom left corner.
A woodpecker with black and white striped feathers, a white chest, a red crown and nape, and a long black beak (a red-bellied woodpecker) takes over a suet feeder - no sharing as far as he's concerned.
Trees with green and golden backlit leaves cast shadows on a gravel pathway with stone steps leading downhill to Slippery Rock Creek. The Creek, bright from the sun and lined with boulders on both sides, passes beneath the covered bridge at McConnell's Mill, which is obscured in the background.
Deep neon pink geranium buds (Pelargonium Calliope Medium Crimson Flame Geranium) starting to peak out from their apple green sepals. Curly green leaves and a turquoise pot are blurred in the background.
A small gray and white bird (an immature Eastern Phoebe) faces right, with its right eye focused on the camera, as it perches on twisted cables. Green and blue bokeh fills the background.
A black and white close-up of a small white flower of a pepper plant with its pointed petals facing the ground and dark leaves and stalks filling the frame.
A small brown and tan bird sings as it perches on a bare limb of a maple tree with blue sky in the background.