Orion, the constellation ... 19 Jan 2026 Safe travels to the astronauts ...

Collage, reflections ...

College - signed up for a US Western History class. First day - saw the syllabus. Uh. Where are the people who were in West already, before we Manifest Destinied the Crap out of them? Professor - native Americans were not relevant to the history of Western expansion. I said, "I'm withdrawing." 😬

A wish, a poem, "Hope Bereft" (c) constance lee menefee

I can FEEL the US national broadcast news trying to twist my brain this morning - "heart warming" video shorts & billionaire Jamie Dimon talking up the wonderful future - a sort of Disney-esque Stupidopia in which we all fly around powered by AI ultraprocessed food farts ...

Bullfrog of the day! Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Different avatar dear ones who need a reminder ...

Wishful thinking at a Undisclosed USCENTCOM location ...

Whiskey Pete limericks - more or less reverse chronological order ... I write 'em to keep rage from consuming my brain.

Log worlds ... collage ...

Last year, blue dasher dragonfly lined up for takeoff #Dragonflies #Inverts

Peonies are so lush ...

Bullfrog of the day! Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026

Through a window (2014) ...

Bullfrog of the day! ... cropped closely ... Monday, 30 Mar 2026

... a few years ago, cherry blossoms ...

Frog in paradise ... from the CLM #PenAndInk Archives

In the deep CLM #Writing Archives ...

Being holier-than-thou about "good deeds" is as obnoxious and socially throttling as being a controlling wanker.

A blustery day in 2015 ...

Bullfrog* of the day! Sunday, 29 Mar 2026 *One of my favorites 😍

Looking down, one leaf on its journey ...

Winter photographs from 2016 - local county park ...

Larger versions of my two favorite pollinator on coneflower photographs: Eastern tiger swallowtail - I love these butterflies! and a bumble bee apparently hugging the cone flower. I think I will go with "coneflower" as one word, not two. Or stick with "echinacea" 😉😊

My neighbor has a huge flock of lamb's-ears & that's where I first encountered wool carder bees. More bees are being made! Bee assignation = male flies in, mates briefly & leaves to beat up any other flying creature in the vicinity. The female bee is quite lovely, I think! #Invertebrates

Poem, "Sunflowers" (c) constance lee menefee

Female wool carder bees have smooth posteriors. The females scrap fuzzy fiber from plants, forming a small ball to carry on their abdomen. They pick a nest cavity and add the collected fiber - adding the egg, they put pollen and nectar in, ready for the larva once the egg hatches. #Invertebrates 🌿

Magnolias - a few seasons ago ...

Rarely will you find such a munificent tail on a young gray squirrel ... #Sqrlpix

I think burr oak acorns are happy nuts!

Chipmunk ⬇️ ... 😆 #Sqrlpix

In the dictionary, the picture next to the word "insouciance" ... #Sqrlpix

Sunflower hug ... 💛💚

Bullfrog of the day! Saturday, 28 Mar 2026

Reflections ...

2022 - one of "my" American Robins landed as soon as I dumped the scoop of nuts & berries with sunflower seeds on the platform. We looked at each other and then the robin rummaged through the mix and picked out a dried berry. It had bits of seed stuff 1/2

Magnolia Aging ... bringing its own beauty ...

Aging is not for the faint of heart ... daisy, magnolia and peony ...

Flowers senescencing ... a different beauty ...

A kerfuffle of inky caps going rogue ... or gooey #Fungi

More reflections (I have so many 😂) ...

Walrus & Northern lights from the CLM #PenAndInk Archives - Original = 11.5 x 8.5 in / 29.2 × 21.6 cm

Orchard orbweaver (Lecauge venusta) in the web, which is built higher and at a slightly different horizontal angle each day + various views of the same spider #Inverts 🌿

Small ellipses ⬭ in a big world ...

Red-winged Blackbirds females can show remarkable coloration differences. 🌿 🪶

Red-winged Blackbird females are one of my favorites! 🌿 🪶

Cooper's Hawk juvenile who frequented my street for several months a few years ago - one foot tucked in soft, warm belly feathers 🪶

Shiny bullfrog collage ... 🐸

We are attached to a self-image that restrains our hearts and souls ... 💚 (two box turtle images digitally clipped from one of my pen and ink drawings and one of my felt applique pictures)

Circularity ....