Just like the smiling bumblebee balloon, we rise and shine ourselves upon the new week ahead! 😊 #sunrise #RiseAndShine #TeamLight "Colorful Bumblebee Balloon Rises Skyward" by Jesse James (CC BY 4.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
IT DAWNED ON ME
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Watch the Good News video report in 🍀 encouraging verse 😊 at www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/... #NewDay #NewHope #WildlifePopulations #TeamLight
WWF Living Planet Report 2026 reveals "rational basis for hope” | Discover Wildlife
The take-home message from the 2026 Living Planet Report is one of hope, with tiger, sea otter and African elephant populations all stable or growing.
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The state of New Hampshire has only 18 miles of Atlantic shoreline. It's popular. 😊 #sunrise #NewHampshireUSA #SeacoastRegion #AppreciateYourGifts #TeamLight "P8280010-Sunday Sunrise in Hampton Beach, NH" by Gail Frederick (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Since I find cemeteries peaceful places to be, I wonder if what seems spooky, especially around Halloween, is just nature watching over nature. Check out the center tree. 😊 #MetaphoricalSunrise #DifferentPerspective #HavingFunWithEditing #TeamLight "Guard Dog on Duty" by Annette Croad
A sunrise can color one's entire day when something about it cues a state of mind, a direction, or an action. 😊 #sunrise #Donegal #Ireland #LookForMeaning #TeamLight "Sunrise Buncrana Pier" by Greg Clarke (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Framing our view of the sunrise, is a perfect time to recalibrate our life-balance and plan the day! 😊 #sunrise #Germany #BlackForest #LifeBalance #PlanTheDay #TeamLight "Baiersbronn sunrise from Hotel Bareiss" by RB Photo (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
The up, up, and away birds capture our eyes first in this lively sunrise over the Atlantic. 😊 #sunrise #Delaware #priority #TeamLight "Early Risers at Cape Henlopen" by Andrew Parlette (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
A glance at the garden, and Nature spoke to me: We may shrink physically, but the volume of our spirit is our choice to make! 😊 #MetaphoricalSunrise #AhaMoment #ReadingTheSigns #SpiritShine #TeamLight "A Star at any Stage" (2026) by Annette Croad
Dawn is exciting; this one in Jacksonville could have us wondering what bridges we'll cross today! 😁 #sunrise #Florida #anticipation #FromHereToThere #TeamLight "311" by wilB (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Over the past weeks, when I've wanted to fall asleep quickly and sleep at length, I've played this nature sound tape near my bed--to great success! 😊 It's simple Rx from @dreamwaveyoutube.bsky.social 💛 #Sleep #RainSounds
DreamWave Ambient@dreamwaveyoutube.bsky.social · 3mo ago🌧️ Many of you asked for pure rain sounds with no music... so we listened. 💙 Your new music-free rain ambience is here. We hope it brings you peaceful sleep, focus, and calm wherever you are. 🌿 youtu.be/iqIeD_xSC-Q
This sunrise extends a clear invitation to rise up and Be. Let's accept! 😁 #sunrise #Maine #NewOpportunity #SayYesToBe #TeamLight "Rockland fishing boat at sunrise" by Susan Bell (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Call me crazy, but I find cemeteries creatively inspiring places to be! 😊 #MetaphoricalSunrise #ThePositiveLens #CueTheNew #TeamLight "Direction Sign" by Annette Croad
And how do we make a positive difference in our world? Light demonstrates: It finds the door. 😊 #sunrise #LookForTheDoor #Netherlands #DeBiesboschNationalPark "The sun invites itself" by Paul van de Velde (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Just a thought that might resonate with others... Until we see beyond the bunkers of fear and self-interest to the rolling plains of empathy and compassion for those our actions affect, we will have the world we see today. Why not do our part to make the landscape safer? 😊 #TeamLight
The gray is only temporary; this sunrise wills a brighter day! 😊 #sunrise #BrighterDay #Determination #TeamLight "Cloudy sky reflected on the calm water of the Lake Võrtsjärv, Valma, Viljandimaa, Estonia, June 2019" by Sergei Gussev (CC BY 4.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
At sunrise, we join a feathered gatecrasher at the races! 😁 #sunrise #NewOpportunity #TeamLight "Reno Balloon Races 9-10-2011 - 83" by Wheeler Cowperthwaite (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
The iconic bell tower building at Pemaquid Light, shown before heavy storm damage in 2024, was restored within eight months! 😊 #sunrise #Maine #NewDay #Opportunity #Will #TeamLight "Pemaquid Point at dawn." by Susan Bell (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
I told good buddies, Repetition and Reconfiguration, that I thought my shot of seasonal foliage could be more; and they made it into a handsome hanging planter! For the castle, y'know. 😁 #MetaphoricalSunrise #AhaMoment #UseWhatYouHave #TeamLight "Imperial Planter" by Annette Croad
The Everson is considered the most important ceramics museum in the nation. Visit when in Syracuse, and have a cuppa served in "functional art" at Louise Café. 😊 #SyracuseNewYork #TheEverson #CeramicsCollection #LouiseRosenfield #FunctionalArt www.localsyr.com/video/at-a-c...
At a ceramic afficionado's café, you can put your hands and lips on an art collection
Inside the "functional art" at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse.
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Sunrise is a good model for how everything happens...gradually. 😊 #sunrise #Maine #NatureAsTeacher #TeamLight "Camden Hills State Park Sunrise" by Andy Thrasher (Public domain CCO 1.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
A connected rooftop garden in the shape of a ship carries us off into the new day! 😊 #sunrise #TeamLight "Marina Bay Sands resort reflected in the water during sunrise, Singapore, February 2019" by Sergei Gussev (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr
My 26" x 36" mini-mural near the computer reminds me all year of how it feels to be in the midst of nature. It is time-release Rx as I navigate day-to-day life, mostly inside. #MetaphoricalSunrise #AhaMoment #NatureHeals #TeamLight "September Creek" by Annette Croad
Nature is the original Old Master artist, we think...unsure of our exact location but certain that we are standing in Beauty! 😊 #dawn #NatureAsArtist #TeamLight "Before sunrise" by Tomsk (CC BY 4.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Starting the day in a safe harbor steadies the mind, which can make the day! 😊 #sunrise #CoastalMaine #FoundationIsEverything #TeamLight "An amazing sunrise......just not today :)" by Susan Bell (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
From Maine's Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land, we see that the early light is far-reaching today! 😊 #sunrise #ShineTheDistance #TeamLight "Downeast Sunrise" by Andy Thrasher (Public domain); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
Beep, beep! Luminosity coming through! There's no holding back the day over Yellowstone National Park; but, then, who would want to! 😁 #sunrise #Wyoming #NewDay #TeamLight
From the savanna, we greet the sun and Mt. Kenya through the shimmer of this glorious morning. 😊 #sunrise #TeamLight "Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya" by Ninara (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
We search the sky for color and enhance it in our minds, for our world is what we see! ☺️ #sunrise #WashingtonState #EnhanceTheColor #TeamLight "Float 20 at Westport" by Cindy Shebley (CC BY 2.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
To early emigrant travelers, sighting Pilot Butte meant that the Green River was near. 😊 #sunrise #Wyoming #Watch4Signs #TeamLight "Pilot Butte viewed from Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge" by USFWS Mountain-Prairie/Tom Koerner (Public domain PDM 1.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.
