It’s honey season. #shanatova #bloomscrolling #flowers #pollinators

Bee time. #bloomscrolling #flowers #pollinators

pronounces Yosemite like “dynamite”

#art, but make it #plants #gardens

Yellow orchids. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardens

#gardens mean full employment for bees. #flowers #pollinators #bloomscrolling

Bee at work. #flowers #bloomscrolling #garden #pollinators

Pleroma. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardens

Orchids. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Shy flower. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardens #plants

Glimpses from the exhibit hall at #smallpressexpo #spx #art #comics #books

Peekaboo #flowers #bloomscrolling

Orchids. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Some very old socks, and who probably wore them. (Source: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107787/pair-of-socks-unknown/)

They who eat more ice cream win.

Hibiscus time.

Blue. #flowers #bloomscrolling

#art, but make it #cats #catsofmastodon

Who was that masked cat? #cats #catsofmastodon

White orchids. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Red spider lily. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Alocasia after rain. #plants #gardens #photography

The mighty huntress #cats #catsofmastodon

Japanese laurel, after the rain. #plants #garden #photography

The word of the day is “glabella.” #wotd

Apropos of nothing in the news today: the Yinhe incident. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinhe_incident

Death can only be postponed a little while, gentlemen. At best. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hot-mic-picks-up-putin-xi-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality-2025-09-03/

Hibiscus. Good focus for once! #flowers #bloomscrolling

Well, the figs keep coming and they don’t stop coming

An intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. #oldsayings

Leopard as flower. #flowers #bloomscrolling

🎶 fig time 🎶

It’s that time. (Source: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3f05218/?co=wpapos)

I like coffee. Big import taxes on Brazilian beans, not so much. #coffee ☕️💸

Angels’ trumpets. #flowers #bloomscrolling

Plant with striking leaves. I’m not sure what sort.

Dunno about you, but I’m in close contact with humans every day, and I want my vaccines. #vaccines

The word of the day is Lysenkoism. #wotd

Bench lilies. #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

I can stop anytime I want. #figs

Pachystachys lutea

Luce preciosa la Via Láctea sobre el parque natural de Els Ports. Nuestro sistema solar se encuentra en el brazo galáctico de Orión, en esta epoca del año podemos ver Sagitario y el centro de nuestra galaxia, Sagitario A. (Canon RP 35mm en una sola toma) #astronomy […] [Original post on masto.es]

Washington, DC

When you think about it, nothing is creepier than a “lifetime guarantee.”

It’s the first day of school here in DC with a surge of federal officers and the National Guard on the streets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/08/24/dc-schools-trump-police-crackdown/

What the world needs now is more fresh figs.

Philodendron. Rather large, too. #garden #plants

Move over, Cocaine Bear. Here comes Strawberry Ice Cream Bear. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/bear-lake-tahoe-ice-cream-shop.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gE8.gTEq.IHX6nmGZ4dbV&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Raindrops. #flowers #bloomscrolling