Be the light

Monarda fistulosa and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

It's a great year for Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Climbing Snapdragon (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) and Pink Parachute Abutilon.

Elecampane (Inula helenium) giving a nice home to a Red-winged Blackbird nest.

Nirav Shah just ended his Senate bid in Maine, hours after Shenna Bellows. It will be Troy Jackson versus Susan Collins this fall, to be confirmed at an upcoming convention.

In the works! Pastel pencils, 50x70 cm. Working on these are so meditative. Struggling a lot with my mental health, I can’t tell you how much it means to cathartically and intuitively enter ‘the zone.’ #pastelpencils #drawing #art #blueskyartist #blueskyart #artist

A favorite native wildflower, Verbena hastata, now blooming by the pond.

Today's view from the 'back 40'.

Eat Better and the Earth benefits! Care of the Earth and Care of People ensure the Future using #Permaculture Ethics, Principles, and Design. Eat #Organic heirloom #NonGMO, #Grow using Permaculture then #Thrive, support #Localbusinesses, and #Vote for change. #AllisOne

Black and white? Or color?

Talus... An outward sloping and accumulated heap or mass of rock fragments of any size or shape (usually coarse and angular) derived from and lying at the base of a cliff or very steep, rocky slope, and formed chiefly by gravitational falling, rolling, or sliding.

Beautiful branch of a White Pine

Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower

With smoke, without smoke. Which do you prefer?

JD Vance is not smart. You know who is smart? This guy. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...

Vine of my vine? (hint I love Octavia Butler) Sending Heavenly Blue Morning Glory up a gigantic Trumpet Vine.

Primula poissonii seedlings doing well. This is a species of primrose native to wet areas at altitudes of 2,500–3,100 meters in western Sichuan and central and northern Yunnan, China.

Super excited about this successful graft of a Damson Plum. This cultivar is apparently resistant to the disease called Black Knot. This plum is reported to be very hardy and self fruitful.

You just got a new fan Jordan.

15/16th American Chestnut leaves. Just a dash of Asiatic genetics for disease resistance of chestnut blight.

Remember this? Do you know the historical significance of it? Wstch then read the explanation 1/2

830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s. They knew how damaging their industries are to the climate, environment & biodiversity - their response is greenwashing & gaslighting... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) A little more care was needed to help this character across the road.

Home grown, beautiful and parasite free.

Little Free Library seen in Easthampton, Massachusetts

🥰 Íris-da-praia (Neomarica candida) Família: Iridaceae

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest will be screening at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin for a full week from next Thursday the 23rd. I'll also be doing a Q&A that evening, and saying a few words on the Friday.

Can you guess?

Both parties are hated. Trump is hated. The DSA is rising in popularity. Why on earth are you guys not running independently? AOC and Mamdani won despite the system opposing them. Run independent. Win, with your values intact. Let the enemy be the enemy.

Hard days will come the way weather comes, sometimes predicted and sometimes sudden. When they arrive, try to meet them with a steadier story. Tell yourself that difficulty is part of being alive, not a stain on your character. Tell yourself that you can carry joy like a pocket stone.

We don't need more AI-generated slop. We need more human creativity.

"Susan Collins must be held accountable for funding this terror," said Troy Jackson, one of the Maine Democrats running to oust the Republican senator, after ICE shot an immigrant in Biddeford.

Thou shalt not whitewash a Senator’s lifelong racism and warmongering. You will all be remembered accordingly for your words and deeds.

@organicgay.bsky.social i have been looking for some rose pictures to show you, from a collection of wild species roses by the lake. This is Rosa virginiana.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

My dad's parents in N.Y. in 1918 with their bakery cart. They had come from Germany and lived in Brooklyn at the time. He went to University to become a baker in Germany.

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera) is native to North America and is perfectly hardy here in Vermont. I have never seen any winter damage on my seed grown plants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_se...

My flag is green, white and blue.

Echinacea and Verbena hastata

Middlebury, Vermont.

In France, 3 nuclear reactors have been shut down and 8 others are operating at reduced power due to the heatwave. Nukes produce and release enormous amounts of heat. Wind turbines and solar panels don't - just sayin'. Hey #ontario - let's go renewable! shrlnk.ca/s/BKj4CNrN

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) This is a selection from Missouri that has very large acorns with low tannins present and thus considered 'sweet'.

I'm seeing several Monarch Butterflies every day, sometimes in the process of mating. What are other people's observations? Photo from August 2021

@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social I'm sure you can remind us who this character is!

Organic farming is the only sustainable way to go forward.