International demand has been high for South #Florida’s newest housing — with shoppers abroad buying up nearly half the region’s newly built residences. (Let's see how President Convicted Felon & Gov. Ron DeSastrous' immigration crackdown affects this.) www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/07/28/i...

A line in SB 180 is being used by developers to try to bully county commissions in Florida to attempt to weaken environmental protections, rural boundaries, and the right to home rule. Orange County could set a precedent with their vote: Email the commissioners TODAY (becaus the vote is tomorrow)👇

Pics from the last demonstration against the detention center in the Everglades! Here are two petitions to sign to oppose it: support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/shut_down_... www.everglades.org/no-alligator... #alligatoralcatraz #florida #protest

A good reminder

Amazing turnout for the Don’t Destroy Th Everglades: Stop “Alligator Alcatraz” demonstration today! Led by Betty Osceola

I volunteered at Leadership Blue (FL Democrat convention) in Ft.Lauderdale yesterday and got to hear part of the talk and eat a hamburger! ^-^ I had fun signing people in.

No Kings protest in Coral Springs!

Hi friends, there’s a proposal to rescind the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, to make destroying habitat not count as harm. Animals can’t survive without habitat! Submit a public comment before the 19th. You can copy and paste the letter: www.kimheise.com/links

Calling all scientists! There's less than one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards in the Endangered Species Act. Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5

Op-ed: Now is the time to fight for #Florida's many endangered species. www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/05/12/e... via @theinvadingsea.bsky.social

Column: #Florida is full of expensive restoration projects. It would be cheaper & better to conserve rather than fix after it breaks. My latest for @floridaphoenix.com includes shout-outs to Noah, Kool-Aid Man & Mr. Incredible. floridaphoenix.com/2025/05/08/f...

Prescribed burns! Amazingly, 70% of conservation lands in Florida rely on regular fire! Some plants don’t even bloom without a fire. Many people don’t know about it, so I made this illustrated zine in 2018 to share some info and I’ve updated it over the years. It’s such a fascinating thing.

#PlantMoreNatives Fogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) is a wonderful native addition to your freedom lawn, plus many butterflies depend on it as their larval food so they can complete their life cycles. For more on freedom lawns, read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2021/05/our-...

Today in cool bug: saw a Rudy Daggerwing!!!! It’s on a saw palmetto #floridabug #butterfly #coolbug

#pleinairpril 25/30 - Pond turtle!! #pleinairpril2025 #art #nature #turtle #spring #aqua

🚨 Amendment filed to the state park protection bill, SB 80, that would NOT PROHIBIT the development of a golf course at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, a resort at Anastasia State Park or other reckless development in our state parks - It’s time to take action again to stand up for our state parks‼️

Scrub Jay with Sand Oak, watercolor, 12x17” Inspired by Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and other at-risk scrub habitats. Florida Scrub Jays are only found in Florida! I’m told they eat the acorns from the sand oak trees! #scrubjay #floridanativeplants #artforparks #botanicalillustration #birds

When people cannot afford to pay for rent or groceries, asking them to help fight against fascism is not going to connect. We must be telling people how we plan on fighting for them and show them who is standing in the way.

Detail from Yuma The Florida Panther! Watercolor 36x42” Gopher tortoises are a keystone species in Florida. They dig burrows that many other species live in, including the burrowing owl (which doesn’t burrow its own holes and is completely dependent on tortoises) #gophertortoiseday

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

For “Draw a bird” day, may I offer you this whistling duck (watercolor, 16x16”) from my series Birds At Play, which were used to create a mural in the Mandel Library in West Palm Beach (info about the series and mural are on my blog!) One of the common bird species we have in South Florida!

#portfolioday I do watercolors of Florida native plants and animals! Here’s a few I haven’t posted yet.

Another for the long list of reasons why this administration is evil

Today my friends and I visited Wakodahatchee wetlands (Delray Beach) to watch the baby birds 🥹 this place is incredible

Awesome event at Dr. Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson state park! I didn’t know this park existed in Ft.Lauderdale until “parksgate”. It’s been great to get to know it.

Today I’m working on this Scrub Jay on Sand Oak painting. Refs for the bird is from Holly Youngblood Cannon. The plant refs I took at Jonathan Dickson State Park in an effort to familiarize myself with the habitat and with one of the parks that was recently at-risk for development #saveourparks

Bidens alba pattern! This is my first attempt at making a pattern and I have a few tweaks to make but I honestly love it. I’m gona paint all the elements then put it back together next. I’m told that Bidens alba is one of the most important pollinator plants in Florida. Attracts 80ish bees right?

This was great!

Such a great idea 😯

Went to Green Cay today ^—^ saw my first common yellowthroat! This red wing blackbird pic is also great. I saw a blue heron EATING A SNAKE and these poofy gallinule chicks!!!

Country Froggy Chair 🐸🪑💕 #art #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #countrycore

Today’s art! Split Oak forest is conservation land in Orange County Florida currently under threat of development. They’ve been fighting a toll road for almost a decade! I’m really proud of all the work they’ve done and are still doing ❤️ watercolor (with scrub jay and gopher tortoise)

It’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Portfolio Is Also Tanking www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

Florida Milkweed (Asclepias feayi). This milkweed is endemic to peninsular Florida and found in sandhill and scrubby flatwood habitats.

Today I got a start sketching this Florida scrub jay on sand oak (reference from Holly Youngblood Cannon - references for the sand oak I took at Jonathan Dickinson!)

#PlantMoreNatives If you need help convincing your HOA, municipality, or other community group that native landscapes are important, we put together a 10-minute presentation that's free to download on why native landscapes are important. Download it from the FNPS website. www.fnps.org/resources/pubs

I’m working on a sketch of a Florida scrub jay on sand oak. (reference for the scrub jay is from Holly Youngblood Cannon) which version do you prefer?

Working on this sketch of cedar waxwings in a strangler fig tree! (Ficus aurea) I’m pretty sure my fig tree reference is the right species, but I’m not familiar with other types of fig trees in the area so I could be wrong 🤔 (this is in Broward county, Florida)

Day-dreaming about giving away native plants to all my neighbors…. One coreopsis plant produces sooooo many seeds!! Too many to pot up!! What should I do with the rest? I could just give away the seeds, but I’d rather give them flowering plants because otherwise they don’t know what they look like.

A rough attempt at an agriculture alignment chart meme. I'd love to hear your thoughts and additions/removals/edits! 🌱 #permaculture #nativeplants #agroforestry #chaosgardening #guerillagardening #antilawn #invasiveplants #vegetablegarden #foodforest #homestead #fruittrees #monoculture

Tillandsia With Miami Native Plants, watercolor 15x15”. This painting is for the Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plants Society and will be available on a shirt this spring! It features their plant mascot and logo image, Tillandsia fasculata, surrounded by plants and animals native to Miami.

Red Rat Snake coloring page I made with The Everglades Foundation in 2023. It’s one of 20 coloring pages of Everglades native plants and animals. It is available as a free download here!: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mo... Happy Year of the Snake!

Biden’s Alba, 10x10”, watercolor, one of my fav paintings from a series of 17 illustrations of common Florida native plants that host butterflies. Bidens alba is considered one of the most important pollinator plant in the state! All 17 images are available as a free download at BoundbyBeauty.org

Here is a Ipomoea indica (blue morning glory) for this Tillandsia bouquet

I’m currently working on a Tillandsia fasciculata painting (with other Miami native plants) here’s what it looks like so far.

Ok, here’s my introduction post: I’m a watercolor artist painting Florida native plants and animals to celebrate them, educate about them, and advocate for their conservation.

It me! Here’s a detail of Corky Stem Passionvine, watercolor, 10x12” Host plant for zebra longing, Julia, and gulf fritillary butterflies. This is one of 17 Illustrations commissioned by Bound by Beauty for their free field guides and posters of common Florida native plants that host butterflies.