Go ahead and slam journalists when they deserve it. I certainly do. But also realize that New York Times journalists Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi willingly traveled to an Ebola ward in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to inform the world. Many journalists are heroes. (NYT gift link)

Some people have it Some people don’t … The Barack Obama Presidential Center Reflecting Pond

I am celebrating one year on BlueSky🎉 I never anticipated I would be in a community that shares such magnificent artistry of words & photos, while also showing so much kindness & support -and joy & fun!! You are awesome people Thank you my friends I posted this tree my first day on BlueSky

🔥surrounded by Grey-headed Albatross chicks

⛲🪷🐸🐢🦠🐟🌱 at the #Huntsville #Botanical #Garden Aquatic Garden we had an #algae problem in a similar setting. Organic black dye solved it and the frogs and koi were hidden from the Herons. www.lakerestoration.com/product/refl...

🌱 #Rudbeckia maxima with flower stems to 8' high.

🌱 #Lilium 'Golden Splendor' in the tomatoes.

#ForestFriday the heatwave is coming, it’s time to hide in the forest fields of wild bear’s garlic on the Beskid slopes #hiking #Beskid #mountains #Poland #forest #wildflowers #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape

Today's Old Rose is the Gallica 'Tricolore de Fandre' (Parmentier, 1844). An eye-catching compact 3ft bush with intensely striped medium double blooms of blackberry purple & raspberry pink on cream. Very pretty & sweetly fragrant. I am surprised it is not more widely known. 🌹🌱 #Roses

🌱 #Daylily #Hemerocallis 'Little Grapette' is just over twelve inches tall and 2-1/2" in diameter

🌱 #Zephyranthes tubispathacea or Rio Grande Copperlily have naturalized here and there in the garden.

#California is testing water conservation and #renewableenergy generation. Instead of building solar farms on new land, engineers are installing #solarpanels above irrigation canals, allowing the same space to produce electricity while helping reduce water loss. #ActOnClimate #Renewables

There are exactly three known species of sea dragons, all of which are found only in the coastal waters of southern and western Australia. They are close relatives of seahorses, known for their elaborate camouflage and graceful, drifting movements. This is the Weedy sea dragon

No lies detected.

Michelle Obama appreciation post just because.

A shepherd films his flock under a dense hailstorm:

For those who want to donate land such as this, ALWAYS remember to check whether the holder of these Conservation Easements have included a stipulation indicating whether or not these agreements can be AMENDED AT THE DISCRETION of these so-called "conservancies" www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Death Comes Quietly www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

…“catch” or be infected with DWV from honey bees via flowers. YOU can help by planting flowers! More flowers, less spread!🌱🐝 (Cornell University repeat research - it is depressing how many beekeepers do not know this, and ask for proof). Worth watching! youtu.be/i1WUxk9HZU8 More on varroa later!

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

So very true “It's not mud or grass or sand... It's the barriers that we put in. We design people out of nature. "We don't think who we're excluding when we put up some kind of boundary... padlocked gates, stiles or tiny kissing gates which are all barriers." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Defenders not only keep Ukrainians physically safe but also help protect their mental well-being, offering moments of humor and recreation that provide relief for both themselves and others amid hardship.

🌱 #Spiderlily #Hymenocallis pimana has been in flower since late May. It grows from central Mexico into the Caribbean islands. Found in damp places but tolerates drier gardens.

🌱 #Salvia officinalis purple-leaf #Sage and golden leaf forms have grown to 4 feet in diameter.

This is moss agate from Indonesia, the ''moss'' is actually iron and other mineral inclusions in the stone that make it look like it contains a forest

🌱⚒️🪏🐕progressing to with #Archie and the new stone retaining wall.

This makes me miss my Great Dane. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. 🤣😂😂😭😭 #GreatDane

🌱 Eurasian #Ruscus aculeata 'Wheeler' is a self-fertile form of Butcher's Broom. Tolerates dry shade. The fake leaves (cladodes) are tipped with sharp prickles.

Aria Upon the Water #Art #SynthArt #Nature #Birds #ProthonotaryWarbler

Here’s the finished birthday card I did for a friend of a friend. I didn’t realize it at the time but the person it’s for is the restorer who did the Salvatore Mundi by DaVinci 😅

🌱🌹 #Rosa 'Gold Medal' from several years ago. At my cousin's funeral I took a stem and grew her family a plant.

🌱🌵 Brazilian #Discocactus crystallophyllus flowers several times during the summer. Sweetly scented of lemon magnolia and marigold tagetes foliage, the blooms will be wilted by dawn.

A little girl came to her dad on her graduation day. Damn this war. 📹: oksankaborukh / Instagram

🌱 #native #Hypericum aureum (frondosum) starting the summer season. It grows mainly along the upper Cumberland escatpment here. Small shrubs with flaky mahogany stems are attractive in winter.

🌱 Asiatic hybrid #Lilium 'Orange Ton' or Tone? with #Clematis texensis 'Gravetye Beauty' still going.

🌱 New England #native Silverling #Paronychia in flower with Spanish #Sempervivum minutum (nevadensis). Conditions are too lush here for Hen and Chicks to color up.

🌱 #Lilium x 'Courier' in its fourth year now has a ring of young flowering stems around the main plant.

First white spider lily blooms of the year. Benefit of the rain we’ve been getting! 🌱 #FlowerReport #CoastalSouthTexas

🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌲🌿🐡🌴🖌️Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) inspired 1883 wallpaper design by May Morris, daughter of William & Jane Morris. Popular design still available today. The design, with some writing about printing it, is on the left, and the finished wallpaper on the right. #BUC2026

🌱 #Crinum 'Big Baby Boy' first flowers at three years old. Should remain about 24" tall.

🌱 #Parthenium auriculatum with perennial #Lamium orvale at top amid grassy leaved Carex.

🌱🐕 #Pepe with yellow #Hemerocallis 'Suzie Wong' by Grady Kennedy and the Tawny Orange Daylily H. fulva.

“It’s just burning. I just wanted to try to keep people safe.” ICE fired pepper spray at Senator Andy Kim and protesters outside a detention facility in New Jersey. Not another penny should go to these out-of-control agencies — and when we regain power, we will hold all of these thugs accountable.

Fun fact: Crows 🐦‍⬛ wag their tails when they’re happy.😃