Take note: Flowering Dogwood has a new binomial. #missouri #nativeplants

Life changing decisions are being passed down from on high. At the grassroots level, life changing decisions must also now be made. Myself, I have decided to seek citizenship abroad. I have lived abroad previously; it is fathomable.

Male Green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) on palmetto 10-26-25 Barefoot beach preserve Collier county, Florida #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin #blue #bugSky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #native #insects #bugs #dragonflies #nature #art #wildlife #dragonflyweek

My new favorite place on the planet

I haven't seen any Common Buckeyes for several weeks but this one showed up today. We had frost overnight, but it should be warm for a few more weeks. #butterflies #lepidoptera 🦋 🌱 #gardening

🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay is #heron, and this is a great blue from the Chicago area. I posted a larger and closer view a bit ago, so this is the in-between. #birds #photography

This is one of my favorite heron pictures I took this year at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Heron #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

Moon chasing the sun over the Gulf of Mexico. #stunday #sunset #moonrise #eastcoastkin #gulfofmexico #photography #beach #shore #water

🌋 Local photographer @jillkbriggs has several images of koa'e kea/white-tailed #tropicbirds soaring mysteriously & majestically around active vents & #lava fountains of #KīlaueaVolcano. You can see more of her images & other photographers at the Volcano Art Center in #HVNP. #JillBriggs #Birdtober

White-breasted Nuthatch Schmeeckle Reserve #Birds #Wisconsin

Philadelphia vireo; I had not even realized that it was a lifer when I saw it in September! #birds #nature #naturephotography #philadelphiavireo #lifer

#NativePlants Iliamna remota (Kanakee Mallow) still trying to throw a few late blooms in my #UrbsInHorto #Chicago rain garden. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱

If you or a relative have property with lawns, please consider xeriscaping. Use native plants or region friendly ground cover. Usually a lot cheaper to maintain and more drought tolerant.

Tomorrow (October 29th) at 7:00 pm EDT, join the @ganativeplants.bsky.social's virtual event with @jaapderoode.bsky.social, where he will discuss his book, Doctors by Nature, and how animals discover and harness medicine in nature. Register for this free event here: gnps.org/calendar-eve...

Civic infrastructure is native plants; native plants are civic infrastructure

Today we're gathering seeds from whorled milkweed (pictured), anise hyssop, and horsemint in order to replant in other parts of the prairie. #NativePlants #SupportPollinators

When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions. n.pr/4nswTDm

Common Eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis) rosettes growing in the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard, shot 2 days ago.

Vibrant fall colours of Tremblant 🍁 (Quebec, Canada) #canada #autumn #fall #Tremblant #quebec #travel #photography

Night sky over a church in northern Minnesota #minnesota #nightsky #milkyway #night #church #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #photography

Petosky, Michigan 🍂 October, 2025 “A lake is a landscape composed chiefly of water and reflection.” ~ Joseph Roux #michigan #puremichigan #photography #nature #scape #landscape #stunday #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #clouds #reflections #landscapephotography #photographersunited

I was going to take a photo of our garden wall for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock but got distracted by all the nice lichen and moss. #MossMonday #FungiFriends #Lichen #Moss

One For Sorrow. Small print, lots of details, low price. #halloween #printsky #artsky #occult www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/product/one-...

No, It's not a Girl! Colours aren't gendered, yet in the western world there is a persistent, if not particularly old, tradition that it is so. Why? It puzzles me. I feel a new rabbit hole dive approaching... #art #abstractart #pink #pinkmon #colouraday #printmaking #colours

#monoprint #abstract #gellprint

Found out today that I'm a descendant of a "Fille du Roi". King Louis XIV offered young women of good virtue a dowry of 50 francs and passage to New France to marry settlers in order to expand the colonies. From 1663-1673, roughly 1000 women embarked on the crossing; 800 arrived.

Entire Kansas congressional delegation voluntarily halts their paychecks amid shutdown | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

5 days left to grab a print of my latest oil painting! This is a region in the Eagle Nebula near the Pillars of Creation originally imaged by Hubble Telescope 🐡🔭🧪 stellerarts.com/pages/leviat...

3D solar tower increases capacity factor 50%, triples solar surface area – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/3...

37% of people on SNAP are elderly and/or disabled. Standing in a long line at a food bank may be impossible for them. It would be impossible for me. We need robust networks of community care. If you know someone who’s housebound or has limited mobility, offer to bring them groceries.

New Season Ahead. Read the full story here: buff.ly/4fz7G65 Photo by Krisztina Balotay Photo This is an encounter from 2024 #WhaleTales #orca

These builds continue Habitat’s long-standing commitment to strengthen the metro area through affordable homeownership.

Time to begin crowdsourcing #accessibility features for our communities. Accessibility isn't "optional" - it's essential for the health of our society. Also time to keep our school districts out of the hands of eugenicists. Vet local candidates. Run for council. Ask students what they need & want.

Here's a summary of this government's agenda concerning elections, drawn from Project 2025: www.commoncause.org/articles/pro... And here is the source document, hosted on the Heritage Foundation website: static.heritage.org/project2025/...

Overfatigue leads to maudlinism. After a week like this, there's no room for it. And what is a week but the blink of an eye? There is much to do.

forget digital, i miss my old cheap yellowed from the sun paper #printmaking #print #cat #traditional #ink

Silver Stripes 1 Size: 8 x 8 x 1.5 in Medium: Encaustic Monotype on Mulberry Mounted on panel #monotype #worksonpaper #blacksndsilver

Riverside Tree--Redux" hand printed serigraph screenprint. Sheet size is 22" x 30"; image depicts a scene in Western Pennsylvania's Cook Forest; Signed and numbered in an edition of 10. Available here printsnat.etsy.com/listing/7014... #art #printmaking #screenprint #printsky #pittsburghartist

Oscar Droege (German, 1898-1983). Riverside, 1960. #OscarDroege #OscarDröge #PaulOscarDroege #art #woodcut #printmaking #landscape #river #tree #autumn

Day 25 of 30 days of mini prints! Only five days left, and these lil strawberries are just dying to be printed in color #art #blockprinting #printmaking

There have been some lovely skies here lately. I hope you’re seeing some too #SkySky 🌿

I find that I keep looking and waiting and watching so I can keep sharing in the primordial gladness of the birds 🪶

Greene Valley #Hawkwatch 10/26/25 Results Blue dome and east winds. 1-Bald Eagle 2-Red-shouldered Hawk 1-Red-tailed Hawk ebird.org/checklist/S2... #birds Too cold to wear the new shirt from wearthemout so turned into a seat cover. A handicapped Kestrel?

Crimson-collard tanager from Alajuela, Costa Rica. #birds #birding #costarica

Snowy in Corte Madera creek #birds #hunting #marin

Sunday #stunday. #photography #travel #moutains #wildatheartphotography

Many people don’t realise how subtle disability discrimination is. No workplace or organisation would just admit to it outright. Instead, they might: - not take your needs seriously - deny you accommodations - have inaccessible processes - give vague reasons as to why they chose not to hire you

If you're wondering who lets North Side neighborhoods rot, wonder no longer. Thanks for the exposition, Doug. #STL

Strictly separating personal and professional life can hurt people with mental illness — and for many, it’s simply unrealistic. Identifying a trusted colleague, supervisor or human resources representative can be an important first step in managing your mental health at work.

Gorgeous veggies today at the farmer’s market.