That was a decent rattle, for sure. Not my favorite alarm clock. 😄

Morning coffee delayed because no power. Afternoon nap interrupted with tornado warning. Very odd christmas so far. 😂

Nearsighted.

I do the same thing. 😂

Loggerhead shrike would be my guess

My dad, who was born in 1944 and died in 2019, said two weeks before his death, "Boy, did I time this perfectly."

Can't argue. 😄

It's largely performative as you guys try to pretend you're actually getting something done for the "working class."

What is considered low income in your own district, sir?

In Santa Cruz County it's $111k. I imagine it's similar over the hill, no?

Amazing, Ken! 🤩

Lightening storm as viewed from an airplane. The sky is black. The clouds are lit from within. This is somewhere over Nebraska.

Lightening storm as viewed from an airplane. The sky is black. The clouds are lit from within. This is somewhere over Nebraska.

Lightening storm as viewed from an airplane. The sky is black. The clouds are lit from within. This is somewhere over Nebraska.

Little bit of a stormy ride home tonight. 😬🤞

Storms over Nebraska as viewed from my sweaty SW window seat. 😂

The Wrigley building and Tribune Tower along the Chicago River.

As much as I love Santa Cruz, nothing like being home.

Midwesterners are the best-iners. 🥰

An orange and black checkered butterfly on a small white flower.

One of the crescents. 😂🦋

UCSC Arboretum

Two small, dark brown lizards on a gray rock. They are posturing. The deep blue belly is visible on the lizard in the front.

A lil game of 'No, This Is My Rock'

Two, dueling Western Fence lizards. UCSC Arboretum. 🌿🦎

Small black bumblebee with a yellow face and yellow butt stripe with large orange saddle bags of pollen on a shrub with white and pink flowers.

Small black bumblebee butt with a yellow stripe and large orange saddle bags of pollen on a shrub with white and pink flowers.

Bumbling on buckwheat. 🐝

Yellow-faced bumblebee coming and going on California buckwheat.

Small gray butterfly with a few orange spots and banded legs and antenna .

Gray hairstreak.

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

A male American dog tick clings on to the end of a brown blade of grass.

I haven't had a camera out in ages. What's the first thing I find today? 😐 It was a lovely, but itchy, lunch walk. 😂🌿

American dog tick. Male, I think...

View of a large crowd gathered in a park

A person in a dinosaur suit with a sign reading, "trans rights are human rights"

A sign reading, "elect a rapist expect to get fucked"

A sign reading, "keep Greenland Danish"

Santa Cruz really showed up today. #NoKings

Absolutely not. Like at 2 AM....is it really on, tho?

I'd never sleep again. 😂

One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.

The Sierra mountains as seen from an airplane. They are covered in snow.

The Sierra's still looking good and wintery! 🏔❄️

Convergent lady beetle with no spots feeding a lavender colored flower.

Spotless!🌿🐞

Alyssa Edwards, Texas drag queen, Global Allstars winner, teacher, mentor, and a good Christian woman.

Saw her in SF last night. Very fun show! Enjoy!

Omg 🥰

Fourteen tent caterpillars on the outside of their silk tent. Many more are visible inside the "tent".

Tent caterpillars enjoying their porch. 🐛🌿

Two convergent lady beetles making more convergent lady beetles on a pale green, leafy plant.

It is that time of year. 🫣😁🐞

Yellow and grey bird with a black beret perched on a branch with no leaves.

Lesser goldfinch. 🪶

Since we are getting rid of people's names in bird common names, can we do away with the "lesser" business, too?

Feels so....rude. 😁

Boing! 😁

Male California quail stopped to pose while crossing a sidewalk.

Sidewalk borb. 🪶

CA Quail, UCSC Arboretum

Sweat bee covered in pollen, sleeping in the middle of an orange flower (california poppy).

Napping or pollen drunk? 😁

Eight Sandhill Cranes take flight at first light after roosting overnight on the Platte River in Nebraska. A nearly full moon backs the birds, as the sky just begins to take on a pink hue.

I am buzzing with excitement just back from another trip to see this spectacle! There is something profound about the great Sandhill Crane migration at the Platte River. Each morning is like tuning in live to nature’s crescendo—soft purrs in low light transform into a booming, prehistoric orchestra.

FUUUUUCK THESE MOTHERFUCKERS! You come for Bea, we ride at dawn!

Poor air quality as seen from the air over the western suburbs of Chicago

This was leaving Midway about an hour ago.