I don’t want to grow the biggest pumpkins. I want to grow the tiniest gourds.

“People keeping asking…” Dude, just be real. No one has ever asked you anything, you’re just making engagement slop.

take me back to my froyo era

📷 Slip below the sky #sunset #lakeerie #greatlakes #photography #landscape #naturalist #naturephotography

Watching the sun dip below Lake Erie #lakeerie #greatlakes #sunset

📷 One day I’ll make some time to get under dark skies again and take some new pictures of the stars (I’ve been saying this for six years) #astrophotography #milkyway #space #astronomy #galaxy #stargazing

I was out stargazing last night for a little bit last night and at any one time there were at least two or three satellites in my field of vision. It used to be fun to spot one but now it’s a bummer knowing most are just more Space X space junk.

you’re browsing your phone but i’m browsing the astral realm

📷 Strange light over the alley

I think a lot about where I would be if most of the adults at my high school didn’t discourage me from the sciences just because I wasn’t an honors math student.

wedding planning is tough as it is and now I have to sift through all this ai generated dog shit

📷 a tiny world on a piece of bark i found on the sidewalk #moss #lichen #macrophotography #photography #naturalist #nature #macro

I’m quoted in this article! Thanks to the Pittsburgh Union Progress for covering our library fundraising initiative and including the larger context of funding cuts to essential services.

it is important to have a nemesis in your hobby

the body of christ

I’m really digging Silksong so far. I never really clicked with the combat in Hollow Knight, but moving around and fighting as Hornet is tremendous fun.

I present you some bugs in honor of the release of Silksong #bugs #insects #invertebrate #macrophotography #macro #caterpillar #bee #isopod #cicada #naturalist #hollowknight #naturephotography

People in Pittsburgh have really strong opinions about which local bakeries are the best but I think we should just be grateful that we have several really good bakeries.

i’m going to post some photos tomorrow

it’s exhausting going to sleep every night after seeing the new ways the worst people in the world are being rewarded

haven’t been on top my photography so here is a newt for the timeline. #herps #amphibians #salamader #pennsylvania #hiking #photography #wildlife #animals #moss #woodland #macrophotography #macro #redeft

The entire Kennedy family needs to put into quarantine until they get this whole curse thing sorted out. We shouldn’t have to be dealing with their weird uncle and his brain worm pilot.

sometimes you open up an old after effects file and you have to really wonder what the hell you were doing

Meteos is the next puzzle game that needs the Tetris Effect/Lumines Arise treatment

one downside of working from home is not having coworkers to commiserate with over the mundane problems that come with your job

When it comes to bogs, swamps and marshes, swamps are the show-stoppers, marshes are tranquil, but bogs are secretly the best because they’re the most fun place to hang out in.

Dragonfly season - a common green darner and widow skimmer at rest on the late summer grass. #photography #macrophotography #dragonfly #insect #bugs #naturalist #naturephotography #pennsylvania #wildlife #macro #statepark

I want to be hypnotized by jellyfish #jellyfish #invertebrate #marinelife #pittsburghzoo #photography #animals #seacreatures #pacificseanettle #cnidaria

the curse of hearing a good song on an instagram reel but discovering that is the only good part of it

this meerkat has the right idea: lounging nips out in a sunbeam #meerkat #photography #animals #mammals #zoo #pittsburghzoo #critters #pgh

@meganzagorski.com and I got engaged last night!

Fucking bleak… we are close to them telling us to delete all our pictures but don’t worry they already trained their models on them and you can just tell AI to remake all those cherished pictures of grandma. Don’t worry why her face looks different each time.

living in the moment (watching TV without my phone nearby and subtitles off)

I’ve been having a frustrating time trying to connect with photography recently. I got to get out hiking for the first time in a while and the only shot I really like was my first.

i think it was a mistake to call software tools

Grumpy people aren’t unique to Pittsburgh but there is a particular kind of shriveled, bitter yinzer that you often encounter across the region.

I’ve made a feed for my photos and only my photos to keep my thoughts and pictures organized. bsky.app/profile/did:...

In high school I wanted to take microbiology but they canceled the class because not enough students signed up. I think if I was able to take that class my life would have gone in a drastically different trajectory.

We need more games/movies/tv set in Pittsburgh

cooper

Towers of Rust - poked around the Carrie Furnaces again a few days ago #pittsburgh #carriefurnaces #abandoned #historical #pennsylvania #swissvale #industrial

it’s exhausting waking up everyday to see the new ways the worst people in the world are being rewarded

Testing out a new ring flash with some shots in the garden #bugs #insects #isopods #beetles #macrophotography #nature #naturalist #garden #pennsylvania #pittsburgh

📷 Went on a firefly hike last night to watch them light up the meadow #firefly #lightingbug #naturephotography #woodland #pennsylvania #pittsburgh #nightphotography #bugs #nature #naturalist

feels like a good day for a dip under a waterfall #naturephotography #woodland #landscapephotography #hiking #pennsylvania #forest #statepark #naturalist #nature #woodlandphotography #longexposure

Red milkweed beetles are really pleasantly shaped bugs. #bugs #insects #macrophotography #macro #beetle #nature #naturalist #naturephotography

“Where’d all the fireflies go?” I don’t know, maybe you should ask your lawn treatment company

i love bugs and spiders of all kinds... my life is improved immeasurably by being in the same world as bugs... people malign them and it's hard not to have some sympathy for that but they are a gift... thinking about bugs is a way into the most interesting bits of the world

It’s a bug’s world #mushroommonday #fungifriends #mushrooms #fungi #macrophotography #macro #naturalist #naturephotography #pennsylvania #hiking