. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #New My neighbor just across the road has about 15 spring lambs and I am dying from cuteness overload! #EastCoastKin #photography #farm #Montana

Tobacco and Lobelia inflata doing well.

Lots of teams contributing to different parts of the Artemis II mission. Here the parachute team ⬇️

1-Practice art not war. 2-Keep hope and joy alive. 3-Sending blessings. Enjoying this weather and giving thanks for you. #visionarygrowingsolutions #gardensky #farmsky #herbsky

⚡️#Rural #Teacher Spotlight⚡️“My students can see how science works in real life… They’re not just learning about water quality in a textbook. They’re protecting their own community.” — Linda Rost, a science teacher in rural Baker, Montana, has built a model of rural #STEM education. 🔗

"with big batteries consistently dispatching more energy than the nation’s open-cycle gas turbine fleet." reneweconomy.com.au/wind-power-s...

I was frustrated that CDC no longer issues many health alert network (HAN) alerts, so I started my own. Weekly outbreak updates + as needed info for clinicians. As seen on Medscape, NPR. Most recent alert on extended RSV season. www.foiclinical.com

Please impeach this seriously impaired President. Members of U.S. Congress www.congress.gov/members Members of U.S. House www.house.gov/representati... Congress main switchboard 202-224-3121

Love these 6-celled seed starting trays. Can be sterilized in the dishwasher. Easy to move around into different trays.

Good morning Blue Sky. Dandelion breakfast

This is patchouli. Well one of them. There are 80-93 species of Pogostemon. This is P. cablin, which was introduced into China for perfume and medicinal products. It's been cultivated for centuries and has now evolved diverse morphological characteristics. powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...

It's one thing to think about the commander in chief maybe not being all there, but on top of that there is also what he is simultaneously doing to the U.S. military.

mama is feeding the chicks right now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...

Blackberry lily Will be trying to grow Iris domestica syn. Belamcanda chinensis. In the lily family, so it might take a few years to flower. Gardening teaches patience.

War is good for absolutely nothing.

“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”

Hmm. #prion #wildlife #plants #soil

The mission had a live YouTube channel. It’ll be a good one to have on tomorrow.

The Streamer, Anticlea derivata. Flies April-May. Common and widely distributed. Main larval foodplant is Dog-rose.

Happy Easter 💛 #flowersonsunday

Easter Sunday Irises in the front garden on the sunny side of the house. Okay, not exactly sunny today, but I did go out at least long enough to take this photo! 🌱 #FlowerReport

First sign of 2026 blooming from Bonneville Shootingstar. This is a common wildflower in western Montana (fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetai...) blooming from early April into the summer (higher elevations). Typically associated with seasonally wet habitat of grassland/open forest.

It's National Native Plant Month nationalnativeplantmonth.org

Use these free lesson plans and activities to teach students about plant science—hands-on STEM options for all grade levels! | Science Buddies Blog www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/10-acti... via @sciencebuddies.bsky.social #STEM #SciEd #PlantScience #SciChat

. The remains of a smelter built in 1903 in Basin, #Montana. Montana is littered with such structures. 50 years ago, I'd have run right in there! For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Openings #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #photography

Bloodroot seed (Sanguinaria canadensis).

It's pussy willow time! I don't know who the photographer is and some of the names seem questionable, but what a brilliant depiction of the different varieties. Each would have had unique properties for basket weavers.

You would think it's not hard to grow licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Well...it is for me for some reason. So. Try try again. I've also got G. uralensis started. Maybe that species will do better. Although, the map kind of explains why. powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...

Actual planting lettuce in the garden is still two months off. So..let's try this...

Obviously, I believe in climate warming. I'm Zone 4.

Could this be a new thing? Creating your own herbarium? Pressed Plants www.nhbs.com/pressed-plan... University of Chicago Press press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... (back ordered)

I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.

A rogue mushroom? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

See if your state has a Citizen Botanist Program. Search on your Natural Heritage Program site or native plant society website. mtnativeplants.org/conservation...

Plants have awesome stories. www.npr.org/sections/the...

Parenting is so much work! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...

Never give up.

April 3, now recognized as Jane Goodall Day, is a day of action to carry forward the habits and responsibilities she encouraged, rather than simply commemorate her A long-time @mongabay.com advisory board member, we got to know this legend & bask in her glow, and carry her message of hope forward:

Relentless, science looks ahead. 😘

I love evolution of plants. It gives me hope they'll survive humans.

Five year old girl on BBC News in item on Artemis II hopes we can find life on other planets so "we can be family with them.." Wish politicians would share her attitude to those who are different.

At this moment, no humans are farther from Donald Trump than the Artemis II crew. Honestly… I’m jelly.

Rhodiola rhodantha trying to give us hope that nature will win in the end.

I can't stand it. I try to post positive things, because you don't need me re-posting all the evil those in power are doing, but one too many reprehensible actions pushed me over the edge, and then I see this, which CLEARLY summarizes their stupidity.

Hope is there, it’s in the egg in the nest, it’s in the seed in the ground. It’s in the mouse in the dark of the night who is sniffing the air waiting for the safe moment to appear. Hope is there holding our hands

This YT feed is showing live coverage of the Artemis II mission, so do check it out to see what the crew are currently up to. About an hour ago, they completed the "proximity operations demonstration", where they separated Orion from the ICPS (interim cryogenic propulsion stage).