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Two after-action fire reports point to severe lapses in communications, including failures to properly issue emergency alerts and evacuation orders. As we welcome more megaevent visitors to the region in the coming years, who is responsible for sounding the alarms about fire risk and extreme heat?

The cat came to the usual meadow. It comes here because the breeze feels so nice. And it loves the town visible from here. Plus, playing in the meadow and seeing KOKEDAMACHAN and friends has become one of its favorite things to do. #Illustration #LineArt #CommentPls

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 09,1952

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 09,1948

environment practice

Cozy and stylish ✨ #art #cuteart #gouache

Anemone nuttalliana, our Nuttall's Pasqueflower, blooming at Joder Ranch open space #nativeplants with bees 🐝 #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 9 🌿

Finally working thru some pics from April 2024. Cretan frogs, Mili Gorge, Crete, Greece. Classified as endangered, esp. due to competition with invasive American bullfrogs. I was lucky to see them. Note the color variations and the vocal sacs. It was breeding season. #herps 🐸 🌿 #frog #crete

Anemone nuttalliana, our Nuttall's Pasqueflower, blooming at Joder Ranch open space #nativeplants. This one has an older timey feel. #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 9 🌿

maps.apple/p/Lu8yfo_Qzs... 7. , alert for tsunami!

🌻 orange coneflower 🌿 Rudbeckia fulgida #nativeplants #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #bloomsky

Lots of birds chomping on fruit around. I think this cardinal has a pokeberry. #birds 🌿

A close up of Red-Wattled Lapwing for #ColorADay theme: #RedWed #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #Birds 🪶 🌿🖌️ #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography

😖I find most of the verbiage describing a Red-naped Sapsucker's belly plumage woefully inadequate...😍🕸️ 👇So tell me, wordsmiths, how would YOU Alt text her. This should be fun! #WoodpeckerWednesday 🪶 📸 Sphyrapicus nuchalis female 🌿 #Woodpeckers #LookingAtYou #BirdLovers #Photography #EastCoastKin

Lichen and moss cover the rock in Eldorado Canyon #nativeplants 🌿

One of many beautiful Cedar Waxwings who were eating Pacific Madrone berries this week.💚 Tree info. here... calscape.org/Arbutus-menz... #Birds #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat 📷🌱

we had low-tide this week, but I wanted to wrap some of my pending work, so no new Octopus photos for #WorldOctopusDay but here's one from last year's shore walk. #Photography 🦑 🌿 🖌️ #EastCoastKin #Nature

We die only once, and for such a long time ~Molière 🕉️ #WaderWednesday #WaterWednesday #WildlifeWednesday #ThinkAboutThatForHumpDay 🌿

Physaria bellii, our endemic Front Range Twinpod, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to April 8 🌿

Anemone nuttalliana, our Nuttall's Pasqueflower, blooming along the Gregory Canyon Trail #nativeplants #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 8 🌿

A white nonnative Corydalis in PK’s garden #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 8 🌿

I just finished my course on wildlife drawing walking my students through this drawing of a blue-flag iris. It was a lot of fun. My next course is coming up in November. We will be drawing, crows, ravens, and jays. 🌿

Ok technically it’s no longer #WoodpeckerWednesday but I’m sharing this Hairy Woodpecker at the suet feeder anyway! #birds 🌿

Sea pups in the waters of the Sea of Cortez. 🌿🦑🦭 #sealions #baja #mexico #underwaterphotography #padi #photography

Iridescent California Pipevine Swallowtail resting in a sunny spot in the woods this week. Their only host plant is California Pipevine (Aristolochia californica).💚 Plant info. here... calscape.org/Aristolochia... #InsectThursday #Butterflies #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Throwback pic from October '21 of a female Golden Orb Weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) at Green Swamp Preserve, NC. The background shows a hint of the habitat, longleaf pine savanna. I love this shot because it reminds me of a gorgeous day; I saw only one other person in six hours. #Arachtober 🌿🐙📷

#Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) for #BirdOfTheDay. 💚 #Birds #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🪶

More desert beauty at sunrise this morning. 🌿

Anemone nuttalliana, our Nuttall's Pasqueflower, blooming at Joder Ranch open space #nativeplants with bees 🐝 #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 9 🌿

i’m with you! 🙏

There's an idea:

Tariffs don't do damn thing for her...or us either.

What I was thinking.....

The other red hat.

What they don't know:

Louder for the folks in the back.

The thing people don't acknowledge:

That aged well.

Wake up.

No doubt.

Isn’t that the cold truth?!!! disgraceful disgusting, and a total insult to anybody’s intelligence in the military! Or for that matter, anybody that can think clearly!

Here's the thing:

We're in the same battle: The fight for Democracy. #SlavaUkraini

People have been fired over this. WTF!