Blue Sky Art Show, theme 'growing'

photographyJul 18, 202633515,497

Blue Sky Art Show, theme "growing," is a weekly community showcase inviting work tied to growth and renewal under the hashtag #growing. Submissions focus on plants, flowers, fungi, birds, insects, and landscapes, often shown in closeup macro photography or sweeping vistas. Concrete examples include an oak tree planted about 25 years ago with a nap taken beneath it, a spiraled Hooker's Inula bud described as a "bird nest" before blooming, and a brimstone butterfly sitting on a thistle. Look through the gallery for garden fruits like a growing cantaloupe, young wood ducklings and a fawn named Dessie, and a smoky Priest Lake sunrise dated 07/18/2026, then tag your own work #growing to join in.

Magpie

@magpieofthesea.bsky.social

I planted this oak tree about 25 years ago. I had a nice nap under yesterday. #BlueskyArtShow #growing #oakTree

A look up at the bright blue sky and sun rays through a canopy of oak leaves

259144d ago

Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦

@tenoaks6.bsky.social

May your hearts be light & your day filled with sweet, simple joys💕 #bloomscrolling #photography #nature #growing #flowers #gardens #salutations #gratitude #lifeisbeautiful

Highlighted, a bunch of vibrant deep fuchsia lilies growing tall and leaning towards the path in a community garden. They are practically screaming to be noticed! I noticed! Beyond the pushy featured flowers a garden bed boasts many different colours of lilies planted closely together and enjoying a partially cloudy day.

76744d ago

Ty McBrayer3

Dang it. I was about to launch an ad hominem attack on Stephen Miller. Your lilies neutralized me like kryptonite. Curses, foiled again.

Mo2

Good morning G 🤍 Happy Saturday, I hope you are doing great my dear friend 💚🌿🍀

Nature, Preserved

@simonecannon.bsky.social

This unique, spiraled bud belongs to the Hooker's Inula which is known for its "bird nest" appearance before blooming into bright yellow daisies #BlueskyArtShow #Growing #PlantSky #BloomScrolling

46445d ago

m&m (Mike)3

There is a profound stillness in this bud— A testament to the patience required for true beauty to unfurl. A breathtaking capture of geometry in motion. ☁️

Eric Olson Photography3

That’s astounding. Thanks for sharing this!

Rita1

I love flowers. I love nature. I love learning something new. This lovely image combines all that, PLUS ART!!!!!! Truly awesome. Big thanks!

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

Wishing you a beautiful day 🫶 #BlueSkyArtShow #growing #ColorADay #GreenSat #flowers #MacroMonday #photography #closeup #Art #nature #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #ECK

A delicate apricot-coloured poppy has raindrops on its delicate petals. It is curved like an umbrella. The background is a dark, natural green.

39845d ago

Tom1

Love the perspective and composition, Rina!! 💙🦋

Jason1

Beautifully taken capture Rina and let me wish you a beautiful day and weekend my friend 🥰👌🏼

Rebecca, House of Ogg1

Beautiful gesture, colour and lighting, Rina✨

AnnaLois1

Such a precious photograph Rina!

Mo🦋1

Guten Tag, liebe Rina🌸...wünsche dir ebenfalls einen wunderschönen Samstag🧡

Eine rosa Rose1

Moin Rina, dir auch einen schönen Tag 🫶🏻

Romek66

@romek66.bsky.social

#ButterflyWeek during my bike ride through the Silesian forests today #cycling #Silesia #Poland #ColorADay #GreenSat #FlowerScape #bloomscrolling #butterflies #wildflowers #BlueSkyArtShow #growing

32344d ago

Roxanne Darling 🌱

@roxannedarling.bsky.social

Hello #BlueSkyArtShow! Look at this tree #Growing out of a nurse stump that had been logged. And a tiny green fern getting in on the life action. Trees are amazing.

color photo of a massive cedar stump that has been logged, with a very tall tree growing off the top of it, thick roots wrapped all around the base of the cedar, filtered sunlight in the British Columbia forest. A tiny green fern growing at the base.

27944d ago

Levon Dymond

@levondymond.bsky.social

Brimstone on a thistle, which appears to be their favourite. #ButterflyWeek #brimstonebutterfly #butterflies #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #insects #bugsky #sonyalpha #photography

a greenish yellow butterfly with wings like leaves, feeds on a purple thistle flower.

28945d ago

MiddlePillar1

Look at how this butterfly has wings that look like leaves. Great camouflage. Wonderful shot, thanks.

Wendy1

Bees all over thistles in my garden. 🐝

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸

@alinagrafik.eurosky.social

#BlueskyArtShow #Growing Growing thunder clouds seen from above. #ECK #Clouds #Flying #Thunderstorm #Weather

The view from my jet window shows exploding popcorn thunderstorm clouds all around, growing taller and darker. Above is blue sky, below it's dark and pouring rain. In the lower right corner is a small portion of one of the engines. Over North Carolina.

24244d ago

Alan H2

Fabulous. Oh they are going to deliver something mighty Alina. Great shot.

Champion Awareness2

I feel like we are traveling through a Tim Burton movie!🍿 Super cool.😎

AnnaLois2

Those are seriously billowing clouds Alina 😳

Ana1

Wow, that is so cool, Alina! Thank you for sharing.

Pam Brown1

Now that’s a view we don’t see everyday! So billowy 🤩

Holger Seidl1

Great photo Alina 👏👏📷😍 Looks so soft and peaceful… amazing you didn’t have some fairly bad bumps!

Loretta Robinson

@lorettarobinson.bsky.social

Good morning from Oregon! Growing in my garden! #BlueSkyArtShow #Growing #ColorADay #GreenSat #ECK #Dahlia #Macro #OMSystem

23545d ago

Val in Real Life1

Killer detail and DOF! 🤩

Marjan Knippenberg Photography1

That is very beautiful, Loretta. I love it a lot 🧡💚

Witchspace1

Dreamlike softness in all the right spots, delightful

BelleAB

@belleab.bsky.social

Colorful stonecrop growing out of the rock~ #BlueSkyArtShow #growing #RockinTuesday #stonecrop #plants #sedum #succulents #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #summer #photography

22245d ago

JMikePhotog

@jmikephotog.bsky.social

Panoramic vista of today’s smoky sunrise, Priest Lake, Idaho, 07/18/2026. Touch on the image to see the full frame. #smokeseason #wildfires #ClimateChaos #PNW #Idahome #Photography #WestCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Sunrise #Amanecer #Panorama #PanoPhoto #Stillness

19044d ago

mjlinde.bsky.social

@mjlinde.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Growing #SmallBirdSaturday #birds #heron @julielfrost.bsky.social

A great red heron
and her chicks getting acclimated.

19945d ago

Aural Sturgeon4

"Raise a family, they said. It'll be fun, they said."

julielfrost.bsky.social1

@mjlinde.bsky.social Thanks for this post,/share!

Keri1

Look at the fuzzy stabby little dinosaurs!! I love herons.

Dorota

@dorotapawlak.bsky.social

After a rainy, dark winter, I love when first spring blossoms appear. #BlueSkyArtShow #growing #photography #nature #EastCoastKin #flowers #bloomscrolling #PhotographersOfBlueSky

16345d ago

Gina

@createnewpaths.bsky.social

“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive” ~Eleonora Duse Listen to Nature #BlueSkyArtShow#growing #ColorADay#GreenSat