Good morning! #Trees #Sunshine

Japanese Zelkova Elm @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #thicktrunktuesday

A bee visiting the blooms of "Mouse Ears" hosta.🌱

Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I hang on to my water molecules for an average of 99 years. Lake Superior is 191 years. Translation for humans = don’t put stuff in the Great Lakes (your freshwater supply) Clean water is life 🌊🌊

Japanese Cutleaf Maple Bonsai, Chicago Botanic Garden. 🌳 #bonsai

Mid June in Chicago ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"It was June, and the world smelled of roses." - Maud Hart Lovelace

Clematis "Henryi." Huge, 7-8" blooms holding up well through recent storms.🌱

Teneral damselfly on mare's-tail, reflected in the water of the pond it just emerged from 🌱 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWater #bugsky #GardensHour

Transformation of a wild flower meadow April-June

I'll take the data's word for it -- and I've never for a millisecond regretted becoming a father and raising my two kids -- but brother, nothin' made me feel dumber and more mentally messed up than being a dad. Eventually you get wisdom out of it, but it works like an 18-year brain-ectomy.

Mountain laurel in full bloom.🌱

Yesterday, I attended a Brian Eno talk about the nature of creativity and art based on *What Art Does*, the short book he published with Bette Adriaanse last year: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780... 1/

No shortage of spring blooms on this beautiful prairie trail 😍😍😍 📍Mines of Spain State Park, Dubuque Iowa #hiking #iowa #nativeplants

Mountain Laurel "Olympic Fire" getting ready. 🌱

Great Waterleaf @mortonarboretum.bsky.social east woods this morning. 🌱#nativeplants 🌿

Satsuki Azalea #bonsai at The Chicago Botanic Garden 🌳🌱

america's reactionaries would love nothing more to nullify the reconstruction amendments and render them a dead letter of the constitution. this was as true in 1873 as it is today.

Field geometry

miniature ents are bred in captivity and prized for their small size, but some say keeping them as pets is cruel

Studio Gang-designed towers www.flickr.com/photos/james...

Oaks in mist along a footpath near Sheepstor, I hope to see them again soon. Taken April 2024, #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #oaks

"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." — Pamela Hansford Johnson

New leaves of Virginia Creeper on spruce. April 2024 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 🌿🌳 #spring

My blog post today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/04/know...

My column on page two of the Sun-Times today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/04/we-l...

Tiny oak leaves and catkins 🌳 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social

Prairie trillium flowering, Maple Grove Forest Preserve this morning

Prunus spinosa #bonsai with flowers #marosbonsai

A white oak surrounded by Spring Beauties. 🌱 #nativeplants #thicktrunktuesday

Spring Beauties in a bit of concrete. 🌱 #nativeplants @mortonarboretum.bsky.social

Pennsylvania Sedge blooming amid new leaves of waldsteinia (barren strawberry). It's been rewarding adding native sedges to the garden. 🌱 #nativeplants

At last 🎶🌱

the realest part of The Metamorphosis is how on top of everything he is still expected to show up at the office somehow

Warm and sunny day before a rainy stretch.🌱

Trees proudly presenting their surroundings

Great take on our bullshit. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Sunlight hitting the peak of the tallest Michigan mountain this morning, our very own alpenglow

Let's normalize people that don't vaccinate their kids as terrible parents.

Konsta Punkka, 2026, Spring day in Finnish Lapland

The Onion’s 2026 Oscars Best Picture Guide https://theonion.com/the-onions-2026-oscars-best-picture-guide/

The wild west gunslinger-themed bakery called The Quiche and the Bread

DuPage River and clouds © 2022 William Koechling