Finished Shifter & Shadow (after re-reading the previous 5 in the series). A+ recommended! @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social, I'm so glad you decided to tell Kirra and Donnal's story at Dorrin Isle. I enjoyed the re-reading and the new book very much! You have such a beautiful writing voice. #books

Plains, MT #roadtrip #nature #montana

She’s definitely plotting something. #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky

Noxon, MT #roadtrip #nature

I have no idea why, but…ok, cool! Clark Fork, ID. #roadtrip #Idaho

NE corner of WA almost to the Idaho border. Skookum Creek free DNR campground. #roadtrip #nature #PNW

Overnighted at Hog Canyon Lake, which sadly had no lake access for vehicles, but it was nice and quiet. #roadtrip #nature

30 minutes east of Spokane. The wildfire smoke west of here was awful, but I’m finally out of that and next to this. #roadtrip #nature

Tricyrtis formosana (toad lily) flowers are so intricate and beautiful. #flower #bloomscrolling #nature #PNWgardening

Your daily dose of botanical drawings from the Botanical Magazine. Virginian tradescantia or spiderwort (Tradescantia virginica) Plate 105 in volume 3, 1790. #magazine #artist #plants #curtis #botany

Clerodendrum trichotomum (Harlequin glorybower) is such a cool plant. The leaves smell like peanut butter when bruised, the flowers smell like jasmine, and the pollen is purple. #garden #PNW #PNWGardening #nature

Tiny tuxie adorableness. #cat #kitten #catsofbluesky

I got to visit a friend's foster kittens today. 3 were playful but shy. This one, though, was super floppy and friendly (but even more murdery than the others when the feather toy was out). Just look at those tiny toe beans! #cat #kitten #catsofbluesky

Caught a criminal in the act. #raccoon #pond #nature

Your daily dose of botanical drawings from the Botanical Magazine. Perennial lupine (Lupinus perennis) Plate 202 in volume 6, 1793. #magazine #artist #plants #curtis #botany

The Skykomish River being dazzling. #nature #PNW

OMG, *so* many of my favorite authors are here in Seattle for Worldcon! I'm a crowds=nope person, but I'm fangirling here at home just knowing they're all nearby. I hope you all have a lovely visit: @annaleen.bsky.social , @brandonsanderson.com , @mathcat.bsky.social , #books #booksky #WorldCon

I wish I'd known this when I was caught in a rip current off Bocas Del Toro 20 years ago. I didn't die, but it was a near thing and unbelievably terrifying to be unable to get closer to land no matter how hard I swam.

Sniffing all the things! #cats #catsofbluesky

There are a few series that I reread every 3-5 years. It's time for Elizabeth Moon's 'Heris Serrano' now, and they are just so good. 💕 #books #militarysci-fi #booksky

Blue twelve spotted skimmer. #nature #PNW

Blue heron

The hummingbirds love the salvias. #birds #nature #PNWgardening #flower

I just finished @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social's 'Long Live Evil', and it was absolutely brilliant. The publisher blurb calls it a send up of fantasy/romantasy, but to me it reads more as a scathing (and hilarious and heart-wrenching) commentary on society & loneliness. #books #booksky

Adding the word ‘fucking’ to your Google search query disables the unwanted AI summary at the top of the results page.

I sadly didn’t note the name of this Iris, but it sure is a stunner! At Schreiner’s Gardens in Salem, Oregon. #bloomscrolling #flower #PNW

Iris ‘Wonders Never Cease’ at Schreiner’s Gardens. #bloomscrolling #flower #PNW

Iris ‘Celebration Song’ at Schreiner’s Gardens just north of Salem, Oregon. #bloomscrolling #flower #PNW

Terrestrial orchid at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, OR. #bloomscrolling #plants #PNW #flower

Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit, spathe. I love the colors and pattern as it emerges. #nature #bloomscrolling #PNW

Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum var. pictum. #nature #PNW

Skagit River in Mt. Vernon. #nature #PNW

Towhee having an indecisive bath in the stream. #nature #bird #birds #PNW

The sun has a crazy rainbow ring going on. #nature #PNW

Darlingtonia californica (Cobra lily) flower. #bloomscrolling #flower #carnivores #nature #PNW

Adam Mansbach’s ‘The Golem of Brooklyn’ is funny and philisophical and heart-rending and captivating. The writing feels like home and connection and shared generational trauma. Highly recommended. #books #booksky

Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, looking nicely cottage-y. I started this one from seed a couple of years ago but now can’t remember the variety. There was once a label, I swear! #bloomscrolling #flower #pnwgardening #PNW

The first of the blue flax, Linus perenne, opened today! #bloomscrolling #flowers #pnwgardening

The new growth on Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' is stunning. And the name makes me smile. #gardens #plants #PNWgardening #botany

Our gorgeous native Corydalis scouleri near Murdock Beach on the Olympic Peninsula. #bloom #flower #nature #PNW

Mossy pathway at Department of Natural Resources camping area near Lyre River at the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula. #moss #nature

Another beautiful NW native, Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding-heart), near Lyre River on the Olympic Peninsula. #bloom #flower #nature #PNW

#moss at Poel near Lake Crescent

Murdock Beach (formerly Canonball Beach) on the #OlympicPeninsula. There are supposed to be fossils there, but I didn't find any this trip. #nature #beach

A nice little den in the woods. #moss #nature #forest

Sun beams in a forest on the Olympic Peninsula. #forest #light #roadtrip #nature

Bonus.

Just finishing Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen. It's frustrating to read a book with high-quality writing, interesting characters, complex world-building... and it's all so coarsely emotionally brutal and physically violent that I won't read this author again. #books

Forget-me-nots doing their spring thing. #pnwgardening #PNW #flower #bloom

I think I might have missed my window for harvesting this asparagus. 😭#pnwgardening