My morning affirmation: “You are a good person, but you deserve every single thing that happens to you in this bathroom today. You brought it on yourself. Own it. Amen!” 🍽️🍜

Sleepy Monkey Beetle (Hoplia dispar) in Snowbrush Ceanothus (Ceanothus velutinus) this morning. I love when this shrub blooms because the beetles be beetles doing what beetles do best. 🌿

Getting closer. 🍅🌱

Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream and Cherry Cobbler… Cake. 🤔🤣 🍽️🍜

Loggerhead shrike with a snack. #birds

Yeh i call bs on me. There had to be baking powder in that. The batter just didnt break though the cherry goo. Too thick? I think i love that. 🍜🍽️

Totally a thing #birdsonconservationsigns 🪶

Is #birdsonconservationsigns a thing? ☺️🙏🏼🪶

Hey, guess what? I made an unleavened cherry cobbler! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Got the baking powder out, forgot to put it in. I guess we’ll see how that goes with ice cream anyway.

I thoroughly enjoyed this and now have a name for those beautiful nature encounters. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Exciting announcement: I am the winner of the 2026 Dogwood Literary Award in Poetry, granted by the highly regarded literary journal, Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. My winning pieces are below. The rest of the 2026 issue of Dogwood can be found at dogwoodliterary.wordpress.com/buy/

Reports of an explosion heard around Boston are believed to be a significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere, a very large flash was detected by GOES-19 satellite that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. https://t.co/MSDGX6ZnMA

Egg salad in a mater for lunch? Lets do it! 🥚🍅🍽️🍜

And tahhhdahhhh. That worked out pretty well. I mixed about three cups of the chili and maybe a cup of rice and a wee taddy bit of cheese and then stuffed the peppers and then then topped the stuffed peppers with another wee bit of cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 and broil to finish. 🌶️🍜🍽️☺️

The chili is made and the spice level has been adjusted accordingly. 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 That Roasted Tom Sauce is just out of this world good.

Man i love Adobo. This one has 6 pepper varities and a whole head of garlic… plus all the other stuff. 🍜🍽️

Here... We... Go... 🍜🍽️

The majority of our Pine Siskins have headed a bit north to nest in the boreal forest. But we still have a few that seem to be making themselves at home. This Pine Siskin was hopping from branch to branch foraging, and seemed very intent on sticking the landing! #Birds 🪶

Late lunch= Biiiiiiiiig salad. 🍽️🍜

Lichen in Canyons of the Ancients today 🌿

A rooster pheasant with his nictitating membrane halfway over his eye. 🪶🧙‍♂️🥰

#WorldRedHeadDay you say? Done. Redheads are the best. 🪶

And i suppose some homemade pastrami and entirely too much havarti is appropriate for thoze loaves. My goodness gracious.🤣 🍽️🍜

These 2 baby Limpkins were mostly being fed separately, one by each parent. However, at this point one got greedy and started a little battle. Slowed don to 1/2 speed so it is easier to see. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #canon 🪶

Well im pretty happy with that. It smells so good in here. Ive gone outside and back in several times just to intensify the aroma! 🤣🍜🍽️

🌱 I made us an arrangement from the garden. Hope you like it.✌🏼

This image just feels like spring - Swainson's thrush. #birds

Well that did pretty well. It doubled in volume in right at 5 hours. Now into the proofing baskets and the fridge til mid morning or so. 🍽️🍜

My Merlin Bird of the Day has been some damn brand of flycatcher for the last week… and then i try to make that into the birds i actually see! Todays BotD was a Willow Flycatcher so i tried real hard to make this Pewee into that! 🤣 🪶

This dough gets three folds before bulk ferment. Pretty nice structure and not as sticky as i remember. Ken Forkish Field Blend #3 from Evolutions in Bread. 🍽️🍜

I havent made sourdough bread loaves in a good minute… lots of sourdough pizza crusts but no loaves. Lets fix that. Ken Forkish’ Field Blend: 50% Unbleached White, 28% Rye, 22% Whole Wheat. 🍽️🍜

Can you tell which one is the dad and which one is the baby boy? They grow up so fast! 🪶

The whole non-singing Least Flycatcher thing has me kind of weirded out to start... and then Merlin tells me this is a yellow-bellied flycatcher. I think it's a Least... probably. I've seen a couple yellows and... ehhh... I think the color comes from the leaves reflection... probably. #birds

Hey there’s one! 🪶

First Pipevine Swallowtail of the year. #inverts

These guys are hanging out here right by the Bald Cypress tree where they made babies last year. Sweet! 🪶

Juvie Chestnut Sided Warbler? Maybe. 🪶

I just had 3 Magnolia Warblers in the bushes outside my office window. Come on, man. Im trying to work.

I hope this video loads!! 2 minutes of Ravi AND Kidlet 🥰 Fluttering wings and all. I figured Ravi might show up early, hopefully with a kid in tow. 8:30, it’s cloudy and cool but there are snacks to be delivered!! #birds

Kidlet!! 🥰 Already has good clacks! No roar yet, sorry Kelly @ok2panic.bsky.social Next, kidlet needs to figure out jumping the little chicken wire fence. Come on, you are as tall as the fence. You can do it! More snacks on this side than your side #birds

Oh nothin, just hanging out on the deck pointing the boat anchor at the trees. 🪶 migration aint over yet. 🤣 (the bird with the Great Crest may stay.)

Im certain i did this wrong! … but the cutest thing ever is a Baby Roadrunner getting fed by the ‘rents. Well done, Pat! ☺️🙏🏼🪶 bsky.app/profile/watc...

Fair warning, this may be an extended Ravi thread 🧵 😊 I walked up to the fence after I thought I saw Ravi hop down from the wood fence. Wondering if he was walking along the backside of the fence. All of a sudden, about 3 feet away - Hi Ravi!! Hopped into the yard towards the snack table. 🪶

This what happens when i’m left unattended. 🤣🍽️🍜

These are looking good, dont really need any more rain tho, thanks. 🌱🍅☺️

A stunning male Cape May warbler! This is only the 2nd time I see this warbler, and first time able to capture some ok shots. What a beauty 😍 #birds

This #WorldBeeDay, learn how to #SaveTheBees! Here in North America, there are over 3600 native species of bees, in all shapes and sizes. Many of them are in trouble, but you help turn things around! Find everything you need to get started 🐝 xerces.org/bring-back-t...

Here's some of my favorite bee pics for #WorldBeeDay including the endangered Southern Plains Bumble. I've only seen one of these guys.

Here’s a sweet little female Downy Woodpecker fledge waiting for Dad to bring snacks. She got scared off by thunder tho… me too! 🤣⚡️⛈️🪶

Dad brought Junior by the buffet to teach him the ropes, today. Didnt see Mom but i bet she shows up with the rest of the kids. 🪶 Beebees! Squeeee!