I like that she always looks like she just remembered that she left the stove on. 🪶

In a van down by the river.

White throated Sparrow! Less common around here and fun to see. 🪶 #birds #nature #sparrows

Penstemon secundiflorus, our Sidebells Penstemon, blooming on Tunnel Drive #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to April 22

A Sparrow close up portrait. #sparrow #birds #nature #photography #birdphotograpy

Morning #bird A Coopers Hawk enjoying the warmth of the sun. Mesa AZ. #birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #raptor

Elena Yushina

From the archives for sp👀ky season: a male tarantula wanders his Grand Canyon domain on October 22, 2009. #虫

Coyote this morning near the Reserve (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Yuri Dmitrievich Vasendin (Russian, b.1958) "Sunrise," Oil on canvas #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #raptors — here’s my favorite type of hawk, the Northern Harrier. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Caught this elf in the woods (Eastern Screech-Owl)

Wind From The Sea https://www.wikiart.org/en/andrew-wyeth/wind-from-the-sea-1947-1

Snacks #photography #wildlife

Okay let me weigh in on a couple things: The WH can be restored. The Rose Garden can be restored. However, until we restore democracy in this country and remove the criminals in charge nothing will change. It’s not rocket science people. It’s simple facts.

I really struggle with my own cynicism these days and I try to stay hopeful and this may sound really naive after everything else, but the White House being demolished thing is kinda messing up my head.

"Imagine a world where every new discovery isn’t just about profit, but about improving our collective health and the planet's well-being." Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'll be honest and say the White House demolition thing makes me insane with rage in a way I don't really post about on the internet.

"I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two— and see what worms are eating at the rind." Langston Hughes,

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself and half believed before I was able to walk on the earth as I thought I had a right to be here - James Baldwin

Common darters having a rest in the autumn sunshine. #invertebrates #photography

Mr. Pyrrhuloxia is ready for his closeup ☀️🪶🌵

I can't say I'm delighted by the current state of affairs.

how much of a crime spree does this man have to go on for people to start demanding impeachment jfc

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." ―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

Babylas was the target of a nasty #curse nearly 2,000 years ago. Written on a lead tablet found in Antioch, one of the largest cities in the #Roman empire, the curse calls on the gods to tie up the hapless greengrocer, then “drown and chill” his #soul. #EpigraphyTuesday #History

This demure lady just dropped off a large, empty bag of dry cat food onto the bed. It was so funny to see her holding the corner of the huge bag in her mouth. This is a first as she is incredibly shy and soft-spoken. Apparently she is also career driven. Message received! (Childhood photo attached.)

Astragalus hirticalyx Boiss. & Kotschy Fabaceae Arasbaran, Iran June 2025 The native range of this species is E. Türkiye to NW.

#trailcam #trailcams coyote (canis latrans) #mammals #dogs #coyotes

Anna's hummingbirds enjoying ocotillo flower nectar near the Rass Benchmark above Hellhole Canyon (Photos: Sicco Rood).

I’m really just so sickened by what he is doing, all the time. The debacle of this nation at this moment is so depressing and disturbing and yes a trajectory of our history and also just really way too much to take.

Nothing nicer at this time of year than mellow sunshine and a red admiral nectaring on ivy. Love the blue on its hindwings 😍

Garden Rose and Blue Forget Me Nots in a Vase https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-caillebotte/garden-rose-and-blue-forget-me-nots-in-a-vase

Andrew Wyeth, Wind from the Sea (1947)

Édouard Manet, Pinks and Clematis in a Crystal Vase

#trailcam #trailcams gray wolf (canis lupus) #mammals #dogs #wolves