We had brunch downtown #Yuma at an adorable place called The Garden, where the birds sing in mature trees with beautiful flowers all around you as you eat. It was fabulous. They are a seasonal restaurant and will close now, until October, but we will definitely be back.

ミヤマ(深山)エンレイソウ Trillium tschonoskii

Scenes from our little #MonarchRanch past. One flies above, one showing off her iridescent blue legs, and one was yet to metamorphosize. #PlantMilkweed #SaveTheMonarchs

Grandma's blackberries. I am working on getting the one pot-full I have of these into a sunnier location, and I am hopeful to get fruit next year. I got the giant pot and dirt today. Just have to mix in the perlite and get some acid-y fertilizer. #heirloom #gardening

A study in purple. Morning glory, Jacaranda, and Pansy.

It was twelve years ago on this date that cancer got sweet Sumo. I wrote this poem in sobs right after his human called to tell me. He was a very good dog. For Sumo: With love, we send you On to the other side, where We will meet again #Haiku #poetry #StupidCancer #FuckCancer

Flowers, plants, Monarchs, and a kittyface from over the last decade on this date.

Le Perv Landscaping 🤣

That time the canyon hillsides around Marian Bear Memorial Park in #SanDiego were full of Nasturtium🥰. My old stomping grounds as a kid. #Clairemont #UniversityCity

Does anyone know if dog hospice support is a thing? Not euthanasia. Someone who can observe the dog and offer up suggestions and resources for a comfy last year or so. Any leads appreciated.

#birds Mama coot with her little guy swimming at Danny Lopez Park in west Tucson. We don't get too many exciting waterfowl at this park, but the coots and mallards are pretty dependable and there is safe nesting area for them all.

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is currently the world's most endangered porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal on Earth. #SaveTheVaquita #BanGillNets #EndangeredSpeciesDay #ExtinctionlsForever

The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is currently the world's most endangered porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal on Earth. #SaveTheVaquita #BanGillNets #EndangeredSpeciesDay #ExtinctionlsForever

I’m Sam Forstag - I’m a smokejumper, a union leader, and I’m running for Congress because for too long, Montanans have been breaking their backs just to fall further behind. Together, we can build an economy that works for working people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHia...

My dear friend and fierce elephant advocate Joyce R. could use a little help. Please give if you are able. Even a few dollars can be meaningful. All of our small donations could add up to a whole lot. Thank you. And kindly share in your network www.gofundme.com/f/help-joyce...

Y’all know I love dolphins so here is a mother with her calves. There were actually two mothers tending to the babies as we watched them pass by. Love it so much. 😍 🐬 #Nature #MarineLife

In summary - Bret Baier: Did you mean to tell the American people to fuck off? Trump: I said fuck off. I meant for the American people to fuck off and I'm telling them again: fuck off.

Look up in the sky. It's Squeezy! I was standing outside the bump-out, on a recent camping trip, trying to get pics of him when I realized I could still faintly see him through the reflection of trees. #Caturday

I saw my first (ever) Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) today! It was about eighteen inches long. When it saw me, it stood its tail straight up in the air (trying to look bigger?). #Arizona

Found a very small spider today, who did not want to leave my hand🥰. Found it on the car window at dog groomer. I always am torn as to how to relocate spiders. Did it ride there w/ me and actually live in the car? Did he live where I found him and crawled up? I left her there in shade of the shop.

Plumeria. Then and now. My post from a year ago said the first two flowers had juat opened up. So that means they bloomed at least a week earlier this year. #Arizona #heirloom #gardening

A study in pink. Hydrangea, Martha Washington, and Black-eyed geraniums.

Four years ago we had a lunar eclipse

Teeny-tiny Monarch caterpillars. #MonarchRanch #PlantMilkweed

Try and find the beauty every day. Amaryllis. #BloomScrolling #FlowerFriday

"In administrative cases before DOI, Interior Secretary Burgum intervened to make policy changes that involved or benefited the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies." www.sej.org/headlines/bu...

Our #SongOfTheDay was also the number one hit 50 years ago. The Sylvers - Boogie Feever youtu.be/tVVJB9LsCS0?... 🎵🎶I think it's going around and around and around 🎶🎵

Is America great again yet? #Arizona How much is gasoline where you live?

It's #EndangeredSpeciesDay Find the #endangered species live near you, learn their story and find out how you can help fws.gov/endangered/

My dear friend and fierce elephant advocate Joyce R. could use a little help. Please give if you are able. Even a few dollars can be meaningful. All of our small donations could add up to a whole lot. Thank you. And kindly share in your network. www.gofundme.com/f/help-joyce...

Letterman took Colbert up on the roof of the studio, and they threw Stephen's set furniture and watermelons over the edge onto the street below. Then, when Colbert asked Dave if he had any final words he said "Good night and good luck, motherfuckers." Which I am quite sure was directed at CBS.

David Letterman is on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Dave is in fine form, and I sure am gonna miss The Late Show.

My first Sunflower is open! They are in a half wine barrel size pot, but they definitely aren't the big-faced ones shown on the seed package. Last year I had them in the earth, but a tree has grown a lot, and that area gets little sun now. The seeds I put there are barely a foot tall and scrawny.

Walter Anderson's in Poway, California, has an awesome model train that travels around the back part of the nursery. I was so happy to see the Virginia & Truckee cars. I bought a lot of milkweed at Walter Anderson's over the 10 years I raised Monarch butterflies.

Was it a portal?

Western giant swallowtail (Papilio rumiko) in flight.

**warning** deceased bird in photo I grow weary of burying dead birds. Can anyone identify this bird? I thought it was a Verdin, but it has some dark colors Verdins don't. I would have moved it for a better photo but I was bawling my eyes out. I buried in my little graveyard in the park out back.

I helped many Monarchs make it from egg to butterfly. #MonarchRanch #PlantMilkweed.

Try and find the beauty every day. Iris.

Gladiolus at our house-before-last.

Seeking a Lifeline for Carter Reservoir, Buckhorn, and Coppersmith Wild Horses: Preliminary Injunction Filed. These are CALIFORNIA wild horses! wildhorseeducation.org/2026/05/13/s...

For the record, I have seen no ladybugs in the pool to rescue the past two days this year. I also do not have aphids on the Hibiscus like I did last year.

Mid-pandemic I was saving up all my hugs.

This finch has a strange lump thing on the top part of its beak. I thought maybe it was a piece of grape (I hang them in bushes), but the bird is back today and same dark bulge. Has anyone seen this before? #birds #ornithology #Arizona 1st 3 pics from yesterday, last one, from just now.

A profile of Rhinoderma darwinii, the Darwin’s Frog. This species has a unique reproduction method where the male gestates the fertilized eggs in his vocal sac before spitting out fully formed froglets. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... www.instagram.com/reel/DUy_8LX...

Petition: Socorro County, New Mexico Constituents Demand a Moratorium on Data Centers. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/so...

Just a baby Burrowing Owl popping out of his burrow surrounded by flowers. (2 photos) 🪶

Just a baby Burrowing Owl popping out of his burrow surrounded by flowers. (2 photos) 🪶