I think I'm gonna follow the example and take a miniDarth hibernation by logging off until after New Year's. Thanks to everyone who enjoys my photos and profile. Best wishes and I hope you find meaning in the real world. Hopeful about 2026!

The brother in law whose house we're occurring for Thanksgiving has THREE trampolines buried out back.

I gave the boys a haircut today so now I have a new pet.

The sky was doin' stuff tonight.

Speaking of mismatched phenology, the predators are turning white, too. These little sh*ts are impossible to track with a cellphone camera, they are like mammal electrons. Bring on some snow! 🦊 #wx

I don't normally cross post stuff from Reddit, but trust me, you're gonna want to see this. There can't possibly be enough data to steal for this to be fake. Absolutely stunning experience AND videography. Volume up! www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/c...

I'm trying to decide if the color break on the upper petals of this orchid that I bought in spike is because it has a virus or not. If the former, I'll have to throw it away once it's done blooming. If the latter, I'll probably give it away because I'm terrible with Cattleyas. 🌱🪴 #orchids

I'm completely mesmerized by this century-long visualization of climate change/glacial retreat. I've never seen anything quite like it. I can't stop watching. ALT: a video of a 100-year time series at various glaciers, where you see them gradually receding into waterfalls as the landscape greens.

The American Society of Pediatrics: Don't feed popcorn to a child under the age of 4 The American Ornithological Society: It could take up to ten attempts before you finally manage to wedge this entire crustacean down your gullet

Confirmed world record. #Hurricane #Melissa produced a wind gust reading of 252mph. A Hurricane Hunter dropsonde recorded this gust at 657 feet above the sea, breaking the old record of Typhoon Megi (248 mph in 2010). #wx

Poor bunnies...their phenology is completely mismatched this year because there is no snow anywhere. I hope they don't get wiped out by predators! Come on snow! bsky.app/profile/fish... #wx 🦊🌎 #climate

#Wisdom is back! The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds

What to make of the phlox that blooms out of season, mere moments before killing frosts, when with no hope of fitness, no rhyme and no reason, brings beauty regardless of costs? #nativeplants 🌱🌿

Wow! Wolves are raiding crab traps for fish by pulling the buoy line until the trap comes ashore and then shredding it. Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎 www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...

It's been extremely warm recently so despite the wet weather there is no snow in the mountains. On the bright side, there are 100 mushrooms. Look how festive! #wx #MushroomMonday 🍄📷

This is fantastically nerdy - check his blog for how he samples/cultures insect pupae for a YEAR to find out if they've been parasitized (including protecting the host walnuts from angry squirrels). I love it when people fall completely & unapologetically down science rabbitholes. #invert 🦊

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Awesome shots, happy falconry day! ALT image 1: a fierce brown buteo with feathers raised. Common buzzard maybe? 2: a black Harris hawk looks to the left. It has a yellow cere. 3: A wedgie closeup? A formidable looking raptor at least 4: a pale morph goshawk? @tinylongwing.bsky.social plz help

I made a fun food for the kid's birthday party yesterday: toad in a hole! 🍜 I think it's just normal British food, but it was new for us. He loved it, although I just made plain brown gravy instead of the onion marmalade gravy (wtf is onion marmalade? WW2 starvation food?) for obvious reasons. 🤮

I love this uplifting story about American crocodiles in south Florida benefitting from ESA and warm water discharges from a nuclear power plant. I would absolutely pay to go net these sweet little babes for science, although the colorblindness wouldn't help. 🐍🌎🧪 www.biographic.com/the-comeback...

Fascinating & foreboding that the mammal-contagious variant of bird flu that's killed thousands of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere hasn't made its way north yet. I guess birds aren't carrying that strain & the tropical oceans are a mammal migratory barrier? 🦊🪶🧪🌎 www.latimes.com/science/stor...

My almost eleven year old wants to have a magical/wizard themed birthday party this Saturday and so I made him this wand for candy balloon darts. 1/3

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Some members' #orchids from last night's club meeting. One of the best show and tells we've had for a long time. Also a wonderful guest lecture about terrarium orchids and companion plants by Michael from Mizu Mori Tropicals and great snacks and treats. 10/10 evening overall. 🪴🌱

A rope swing below Mooney Falls...

I've never ridden on a real train before, but I'm taking the Amtrak down the Columbia River Gorge to Portland right now in the 43rd year of my life. This is a very different, pleasant vibe. Also watching across the river at a freeway packed with long distance drivers & just...wondering.

Finally reading Braiding Sweetgrass (thanks for the book, @saimihanma.bsky.social). 🌱 #nativeplants "Wild strawberry shortcake was the best possible present...it was a gift that could never be bought." That line particularly touched me & reminded me of this gift from my son:

I caught a cute little stickleback in a dipnet! I've never seen one even though they're native to the Inland Northwest because I'm rarely mucking around in the little backwater swamps that they prefer, but it made me feel like I found a little gold nugget. 🐟

A gorgeous, calm autumn day in the Selkirks.

I had a terrible wild mushroom season this fall after the Inland Northwest had the driest summer in recorded history, but I sometimes like to look at this picture from a couple years ago to remind myself of how beautiful the fall mushrooms can be. 📷 #FungiFriday

Someone asked me for a time series of the Monstera I just rehomed, so I made this. Not sure how Bluesky is going to handle the photo format, but 🤷. 🌱🪴

Which newly described froglet factory are you? I'm Udzungwa glandular tree toad.

This is how we do bird feeders in our small #UrbsInHorto #Chicago garden. #gardening #NativePlants #birds #ecosystem #GrowYourOwn 🌱

They've got amazing flowers if you can manage to get your Echeveria to try it. 🪴🌱

I went to the local park to visit the (probable) tallest American chestnuts on earth. The city recently installed a barrier to reduce foot traffic, but they're also inexplicably raking all the leaves and detritus away without mulch replacement. I wish they wouldn't. 🌱🌿 @tomkimmerer.bsky.social

Rise and shine! It’s time for whimsy! #WhimsyWednesday

Hahaha, this moth made me laugh out loud. I didn't know a bug could sploot, it's SO ADORABLE.

In 2022 our first freeze of the year came astonishingly late, on Nov 4th during a snowstorm. None of the trees were dormant & my apricot tree was obliterated. That was the first year I had harvested any apricots from it. I've replaced the tree but the new one hasn't ripened any fruit yet.🤞for 2026🌱

Update: things are getting crowded in the orchid terrarium. 🪴🌱🟢 bsky.app/profile/fish...

A haiku inspired by this festive fall scene. yesterday falling feeds today's decomposers while tomorrow waits 🍄📷

Parasites? pah!.... Here the bunnies have proper enemies, from the Wild Wood - stoats, weasels & crows. And decent parents - kind, rural country folks, who look out for their kits and who do their best by them.

Finally brought the rest of the tender houseplants inside from the greenhouse. Some of them were secretly beautiful! The only things left outside are things that need a cool winter rest like Dendrobium & Cymbidium orchids, jungle cacti, Hippeastrum, & Clivia. Fingers crossed for spring blooms! 🪴🌱

A hole in a bedrock stream deep enough to hide who knows what...but probably westslope cutthroat trout. 🐟 #hydrology

@cageyratfish.bsky.social How are you doing? We've missed you...

I love a bedrock stream. Imagine taking what is already the most beautiful part of a landscape and magically infusing it with whimsy and architectural zen. #hydrology

Does anybody need a lucky rabbit's foot? Make sure you choose the right costume this Halloween or climate change means your pelage phenology will be mismatched and the boogeyman will find you. HAPPY HALLOWEEN CREEPERS 🦊🌎

I learned a new word today from this spooky @biographic.bsky.social article: inquiline It describes organisms that are squatters; not quite parasites, but camp out in someone else's niche (e.g., spiders that intercept insects lured by plants) www.biographic.com/a-novel-demi... #nativeplants #虫 🌎🐍

I love autumn larches because they make it feel sunny even when it's not. Truly a tree to live by. #nativeplants 🌱🌿

Looking at the figures, it appears big ass homes with lavish landscaping are the main drivers, which makes sense. I wonder how rich people feel about these data, though. Is there a correlation between income and invertebrate tolerance? #invert 🌎🌱