curly slurper they call me

go look at Shayne Taylor's murals on the kayak storage boxes at River Park oh my god

finally testing a leash splitter for the first time

my mom 🏍️ biked 🏍️ here from Duluth

Re: iNaturalist AI backlash. I have high trust and confidence in the iNaturalist staff to review community feedback and move forward with a path that makes sense.

La Placita Logan Square

taking turns

Today (5/2) is the last day to apply for the Chicago Park District Natural Areas summer internship program! $22/hr, full time and part time options. Applications here: fa-esjf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

anyone want 2 tickets to Tallest Man on Earth at Thalia Hall April 15th for not $45 each but not totally free?

does anyone have a Garmin Inreach device (or something similar) that my very cool mom could borrow for a month long motorcycle trip through Canada to Alaska this summer? ⛰️🏍️🌟🧭 (late May through June)

Cinder's face hair is long enough to pull into a pony

masterclass in Chicago conference presentation titles right here

I wonder if I will remember to use this again in 2052

why is it looking like that

nonstop fluffy nonstop monster, 6-month-old Cinder

West Ridge 🌱 in The Rundown

fav CDMX spots, tips, etc pls

i think this sums me up p well

long weekend

shortly thereafter stashed in my doggie bag for later

this is stupidly niche but I removed the category "Flora of Illinois" from the white spruce Wikipedia article & my edit was reverted by someone citing Kew's POWO. So I emailed Rafaël (manages POWO) & he fixed it but they only update 1x a week so I'm very impatiently waiting to restore my edit lol 😩

Meeting new people at the Grassland Restoration Network Workshop I realized it's almost painfully joyous to share how much I enjoy my job - I feel so grateful to be where I am surrounded by amazing people 🥰

gn from coyote puplet

i love my doggies

Cinder

The vet wasn't showing me anything on her belly in the 1st pic she was just booping it lol

gmorning

resident chicago swamp lady

The death of piping plover chicks has been really painful 💔 Trying to it in the grand scheme of things - McCormick Place adding bird collision deterrent to their windows is such a big win and hopefully indicative of more bird-friendly design in Chicago news.wttw.com/2024/07/12/m...

park finds

The great American novel is King of the Hill

don't talk to me about my work inbox though

Samosa Stumble at Warren Park today, 1 samosa per 1.1 mile loop!

Has anyone else had this problem where no matter what time you go to sleep, you end up waking up at the same time in the morning? A black-out dark room, earplugs, trying to relax and go back to sleep if I wake up, none of it works. Ideas?

2024 Aldi Gear dropped

my coyote pup

look at it

Kicking off the Chicago Park District's inaugural Community Science and Research Summit at Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park 💚

North Pond

love my mouse

Ogden (Pulaski to Roosevelt) redesign strategy #2 www.improveogdenave.org

Come work with us! Chicago Park District and The Nature Conservancy are hiring a Community Stewardship Program Assistant. This role will coordinate with & support volunteer stewards & community leaders at stewardship workdays at Natural Areas across the city.

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do I know anyone who would enjoy two free tickets to this?

big tree propaganda

I've never had an optometry technician ask if I wanted aspheric lenses, maybe because my prescription is so high I def need them? idk So I asked what aspheric meant and what the differences between the lens types are... she didn't know, so her complete response was to print this out for me lol