Finding hearts among the cactus was a favorite game in Mesa, AZ. 🌵💚 #plantlover #cactus #photography

Is there anything sweeter than the unfurling of baby fern fronds? Maybe, but in this moment, it makes my heart melt. 🪴💚 #photography #ferns #plantlover #pnw #naturegirl #plantparenthood

No fungus on today's hike but instead the lovely glow of fresh, new moss growing on the trees. #photography #naturegirl #plantlover #pnw #moss

Where are my fellow 1975'ers at?! I am actually pretty stoked to turn 50 towards the end of the year. How rad is it that we have lived half our life in the 20th century and now half in the 21st?? Think of the amazing changes #GenX has witnessed! What do you think about 50? #thisis50 #80skid

Little Brown Mottlegill from the yard, different perspective. 🤎 #photography #fungus #naturegirl #mushrooms

Found a mushroom in my parent's lawn and wanted to get the ant perspective. #fungus #naturegirl #mushrooms

Gorgeous day snowshoeing on the Mckenzie! The perfect way to say good bye to 2024. ❄️

It feels wonderful to have been welcomed by so many of you here on BlueSky... especially the sticking it to Leon part. 😛

Trump taps Project 2025 architect Ross Vought to lead the budget office. Here was Vought during the campaign saying he didn't blame Trump for disavowing Project 2025 because he knew it was a good political move.

I’m sorry to start the day with something so sobering, but Robert F. Kennedy is about to completely weaken global health - and people will die because of it. Here’s how. 🧵

The more informed you are, the less likely you are to vote Republican. Who agrees? 🤚

Bromeliad Wolf Gang, looking fresh after a summer shower in Yelapa, Mexico, June 2024. Dreaming of steamy, warm climates on this frosty Central Oregon morning of 24*. #naturephotographer #plantlover #plantlady #Yelapa #naturegirl

The Three Sisters Mtns, Cascade Range, OR as seen from the view point on the highway between Sisters and Bend. Local Native American story in the comments. #oregonbeauty #oregon #3sisters #bendoregon #nature #mountains

Mt Washington looking spectacular on this lovely Oregon winter day! #oregongirl #pnw #oregongirl #mountains #cascaderange

My kitty with the extra toes was very cozy this morning. It was hard to leave for a 9.5 hour day instead of just curling up beside her. 😺

Yeti for this sweet pupper? My Avery needed sleeves to protect an area she was licking and the baby department is much less expensive than dog clothes! 😁

The last of the glorious fall foliage and the winter sun shining through the leaves. 💛🍂

Came across this little beauty, amethyst deceiver, while hiking last week in the mid Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Brand new, but I like what I see! 💙 Any tips for a newbie? I love dogs, hiking, birds, photography, & being an ally to my LGBTQ+ family & friends. I'm sad about the election but ready to roll up my sleeves and keep fighting for democracy and equity.