Cultural illiteracy is at an all time high

"Immersed in the flora of Cape Town’s Table Mountain as a child, artist Shannon Clegg has always had an affinity for unembellished, humble materials, particularly those harvested naturally and shaped into innovative forms." www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/07/shan...

Wise words from #SaltyBirds

Flowers coming in hard this year

Today is Tanabata, "known as the Star Festival, traditional Japanese holiday celebrating annual reunion of two celestial lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair). Separated by the Milky Way, they are allowed to meet only once a year on the 7th day of the 7th month."

It’s the corruption, stupid

The only kind of fireworks I want to see today

Folks in Toledo doing cool things 👇🏻

I have so many thoughts. In another life I worked at DAR headquarters in their museum

Woke up and realized that I should have planned better and took a trip to Canada this week 🙉🎆🧨🎇

"Be the bigger person" is just code for "sacrifice your boundaries for someone else's comfort

First lightning bug of the season. Summer has officially arrived ☀️

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Do things get better? Or do we get better at dealing with things?

Wild Ones' Greater Cleveland chapter contributes to a growing movement in Greater Cleveland to ditch old-school landscaping techniques and embrace Ohio’s natural ecosystem. https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/one-local-organization-is-transforming-how-we-think-about-lawns/

Happy Loving Day 🖤🤍

Thankfully, I finally deleted the CNN app off of my phone after having not looked at it for years

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS ESCAPISM

🌸Pinkladies in Cleveland Metroparks #nativeplants #flowers

Happy Pride 🌈 This month and every month!

Weekend reading 🌱

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Today’s message 👇🏻

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In dark times, “I grew a plant from seed” seems like a small miracle

CLASS STRUCTURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC

Mother's Day means flowers. Flowers come in pots. Flower pots do not belong in your curbside recycling mix. Find a special drop-off or a reuse for plastic flower pots and flats. Otherwise, the plastic goes in the trash. See cuyahogarecycles.org/recyclables/flower_pots/

Ohio voted today 🗳️ Did you?

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Tuesday is primary Election Day in Ohio. I’m on the ballot, but so are many other great candidates Please get out and vote 🗳️

"We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone." -- Robert M. Pirsig

Infrastructure 🤷🏻‍♀️

More spring ephemerals

Timeline cleanser (Spring edition) #gardenshour

Can you imagine being so arrogant that you think you know more about theology than the pope?

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Please stop calling that woman Melanie. It’s an insult to all Melanies Signed, Melanie

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TACO Tuesday 🌮

"Pink covered M.24 Chaffee Tank." 2006, by Danish artist Marianne Joergensen and various helpers.... Created as an anti war atwork #WomensArt

Hate the fact that we are living through the Middle Ages, but can’t wait for the Renaissance

Gah! I love humor but hate April Fool’s Day. Brands have made it cringe

News is too fraught right now. Don’t screw around with April Fools garbage today.

Progress is 1 step forward and 2 steps back - and often painful af

Spring is blooming 🌸

No one talks enough about the emotional toll living in this country takes on you