Stop. Read this.

She's back!

City: Leaves the big old tree alone, measures height to lowest limbs, creates and installs signage to warn drivers. Drivers: How tall is this truck? (crunch, scrape)

Bird photography tips, an oldie that is hopefully useful for spring migration right now.

@rosemarymosco.com Just started reading The Birding Dictionary and am reminded of Ambrose Bierce. I've laughed aloud at the American Robin definition and then stopped to search to learn more about the Anhinga b/c my curiosity was piqued. Small book that's big on fun and learning.

Bumblebee in the azalea flowers. Timeline cleanse.

Shaped entire generations

Just in case you're also/still on Facebook; www.facebook.com/fakehistoryh... How many followers I have isn't that important to me but boy does having 9.9k followers in stead of 10 annoy me ;)

Mystery photo - what's this? (I know, but just putting this out there for a fun time for those who might not be sure.)

Timeline freshener. Ice chunk rotating in the river. Upstate NY a few years ago.

I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or

Superb owl for today #SuperbOwl #Florida

All good fun until someone says, "let's see how fast it can go"

Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction.

Walked to the river for sunrise, before the forecasted wind and cold arrives. Won't last long but getting out now will alleviate cabin fever. Might make cookies today. Can you find the bird in one of these pics?

A dozen neighborhood kids were playing in the woods at the back of a city park just before sunset. No photo b/c privacy, but I can remember their fun back there, running and hiding and whatnot. Just good old unsupervised wildness happening in a benevolent way.

Lichen growing on a metal bench. I don't recall seeing them growing on much of anything besides rocks, bricks, concrete, or tree trunks, so this is a first for me. In northern Florida USA. #lichen

just a reminder: if fire hydrants near where you live are buried in snow after this week’s storms, it’s a mitzvah (and a gooooood workout!) to dig out around that hydrant so fire crews can get to it faster if need be.

It's easy to search to find your US congress members, and to click "contact" to send them a message. I just did. Not a long message, but to the point. After writing the first one I just copied/pasted it into the other ones. You can do it too. www.congress.gov/members/find...

So what can be done when the "armed militia" is acting on behalf of a renegade government that they're *supposed* to be protecting us from?

Rare white squirrel in the park. Not sure if it's albino (red eyes) or leucistic (black eyes) but still quite a sight! #squirrel #squirrels #albino #leucistic

“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”

I've been saying to get rid of your ring for years, but SERIOUSLY. Get rid of your ring!!!

New “this is fine” dog just dropped

The strength of that branch! Live oak in a 100 year old park in FL. #trees

These old live oaks are so "common" around here but each one is extraordinary. Contradiction I know, but that's how it is. #trees

I sincerely hope Ken Jennings has good home security and is cautious when leaving home.

Barred owl at dawn. Timeline cleanser, take as needed, rinse and repeat. And zoom in, always zoom in. #birds #birbs

Zoom in to see a flying mechanical bird toy. New to me, yet it looks like something Leonardo da Vinci invented centuries ago.

Two views of the same old tree, host of a community of multiple botanical beings. So much life going on up there. So many different kinds. And there has been for a long long time. Respect.

Texture and color of one tree, with shadows from another creating a new overlay.

Cooked up two kinds of field peas at once, the Black-eyed and Blue Goose, seasoned with fresh ginger root and sage from my garden (plus some kombu), alongside two kinds of kale to which I added a touch of cider vinegar. Shared with family. Yum. Lucky New Year, all! #ranchogordo

Pocket park for the public, peeking at the St. John River, Jacksonville FL USA.

Caption this! (hawk on what looks like an enormous white egg) #birds #bird

Christmas Eve moon, enhanced by sculpture. #Florida

Florida, huge old oak (?) draped with lots of moss... beautiful. #trees

White ibis buddies all standing on one leg on the iron fence, with their white duck friends in the water. #birds #Florida

that time of the year when this little species (Habronattus ustulatus) becomes active found this little male yesterday in eastern San Diego County, In-Ko-Pah County park, perched on little pieces of granite and quartz along wash edges

Having introvert friends is great because even if you make plans by accident you can always be all "hey I checked the forecast and it's supposed to be really late out tonight" and then they'll be like "yeah you shouldn't be out in weather like that" and then nobody has to leave their blanket cocoons

The letters aren’t formed all that well, but a pretty good effort for a slime mold. There’s a couple of special characters in there so I suspect it’s a password. (Species name, Physarum bivalve) #myxo #slime #fungifriends #language #linguist

'Verbindung' #FotoVorschlag Wir gehören zusammen ...

BEHOLD THE OLD SPOOD SHAMAN WHOSE WISDOM GOES BEYOND HIS TEEF, WHOSE BEARD REACHES FARTHER THAN HIS LEGS.

Dawn sky behind the dogwoods, laden with slushballs. They'll be melting off by afternoon. Watch your neck while out walking!

Uritica dioica trichomes (hairs): The tip is glass-like, & the base of the hair is flexible. Press onto the hair, & the tip breaks as it penetrates flesh. Flexing squeezes the hair’s contents (histamines, etc.) into the wound. 📷: Jerome Prohaska CCBYSA3 #Uriticaceae #trichome #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

View from the upstairs window.

Some little furry person found their way under the snow, on the woodchipped path, around the kitchen garden. 🐭

First snow of the season, very sticky, made a fun pattern on the tree fence. (I lost a redbud to buck deer rubbing their antlers on the trunk, stripping the bark all the way around. So I planted another one. Not gonna happen again, nope.)

Demodex mites live in your facial pores and have lost some of the genes that respond to daylight. They cannot make their own melatonin, so they use the melatonin your skin releases at night as a cue to crawl out and mate on your face. You're never truly alone. ❤️ 🧪 #entomology #invert 🪲🪳

DO NOT GIVE COOKED TURKEY/CHICKEN BONES TO PETS OR WILDLIFE UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY FROM PUNCTURED INTESTINES. Cooked bones are brittle and easily splintered which is a death sentence. Put the bones in the trash.