Maria Clara

6 raku vases in a grid with a white background in two rows of three. There is a vase name in black text under each image, from left to, to right bottom, the names are Lagoon Nebula, Draconis, Skyfire, Pinwheel, Persueus'Cloud, Tethy's Tide.

A closeup of 3 vases glowing in the reduction firing of the raku process.

The world feels very unsettled, and art isn’t always the priority in these trying times. Even so, I'm here and keep on making.

These are my latest one-of-a-kind raku vessels available now. A share or like to help them find their people would mean a great deal. 🙏

White spring blossoms in front of green and blue sky background.

Two days of ☀️☀️ and #spring #blossoms on trees for #scape day - seen during a #woodland walk. 🌸

Does the gentle awakening of nature also lift your spirits? 🌳🌼 🙂 🌱

#photography #nature #trees #Blueskykin #EastCoastKin #photography #bloomscrolling #ForestFriday #FloralFriday #FlowersonFriday

3 varieties of lichen together on a stick in the snow

We are better together. 🥰🙏

#nature #love #trees #lichen

Black cat with her mouth open wide and the works fuk ice to the right

Drusilla has a special #caturday message. 🖤

staring cat plushie hiding in a bush

staring cat plushie is no longer hiding, it’s staring into your soul

always watching

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Long cylindrical shaped body with four legs and flat spiral shaped tail. Applied eye on each side of head.

Goldweight [Quadruped with Spiral Tail] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/30293/

Skylights - 1926
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104513

My handsome boy 🐾

Happy #caturday

#blackcats #cats

Such a beautiful puffball!!!

An orange, black, and white tiger lying down with its front paws crossed, looking directly into the camera with green grass behind it

Happy Caturday to all who celebrate 😻 🐅

#Caturday #Tiger @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social #Tacoma #PointDefiance #PNW #Washington #Photography #Purr #BigCat #StrikeAPose #Vogue

Mossy Tree Frogs will sit below the waterline, waiting to ambush their prey. They are both aquatic and arboreal, blending into their mossy environment.

#naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps #eastcoastkin #photography

An image of a raku fired vase that has a tiered pedestal. It has shimmery irridescent greens, gold, blues reds and violets and some matte black areas from the reduction material.

A close up view of the lower right portion of the same vase where you can see the blues/purples and reddish hues.

A view of the other side of the vase.

This is a photo of the raku process. Several vases being placed in the flames, in a reduction bin. They are all on fire, as is the material in the bin.

Inspired by the cosmos. Born from the flames of raku. A symphony of light and movement captured.

'Skyfire' draws it inspiration from the shimmery irridescent greens, reds, golds and violets of the northern lights.

That is so beautiful!

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Wikipedia, more info about the topic
"The Almagest t) is ......by Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek....."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest #astronomy #history

My current favourite post. ❤️

Plenty of Earthshine in this capture of the Moon.

First sight this cycle! Tonight's waxing crescent Moon a few hours ago. Just 13% through a very brief gap in the cloud curtain 🙂
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

The whole world knows he is a war criminal.

At the heart of the Virgo Cluster is the Markarian's Chain, a string of a dozen galaxies. My image contains it and dozens more outside it. The cluster contains nearly 2000. 🤩

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #galaxy #eastcoastkin #photography

Gorgeous!!

#Astrophotography🔭

Frog break

Tadpole Nebula NGC 1893, Data from 2021.

Close crop. Processed in HOO
Esprit 100ED ASI294 MC Pro, L-eXtreme Filter

#astronomy #astrophotography

Oliver, an orange and white cat, is lying contentedly on my chest

Oliver made it difficult to get up out of bed this morning

A farm worker pruning grapevines

"Rafa" sent us this photo from where he was pruning grapevines in Santa Ynez, CA earlier this month, telling us, "It's been hailing a lot in the mornings. It's very cold and this makes the work harder." #WeFeedYou

NGC 2264-The Christmas Tree Cluster.

Data from 2024 reprocessed in HOO

Esprit 100ED, ASI294 MC Pro, Optolong L-Ultimate dual narrowband filter.

#astronomy #astrophotography

A sunset of Pink clouds with a slight blue sky.

August 28, 2025
Sunset in Knoxville, Tennessee

#ColorADay #PinkMon
#EastCoastKin #sunsets
#photography #sky #clouds

I was always looking
outside myself for
strength and confidence,
comes from within.
It is there all the time.
- ANNA FREUD

A blue sky, a mountain range and trees

#BlueSkyMonday
#MountainMonday

So wear your strongest posture now,
and see your hardest time
as more than just
the times you fell
but a range of mountains
you learned to climb.
—Morgan Harper Nichols

#photography #EastCoastKin
#mountains #blue #sky
#nature #EastTennessee

Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.