Star of Bethlehem.
Stonecrop
Wild geranium.
Cancer root.
Wildflowers along
The Oconaluftee River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
"I am an extraordinarily brilliant person."
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Today's Cartoon-
Birdsong on Earth Day
Changing clothes frequently is excellent exercise. 😛
View of woods near Townshend, TN, at the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on a sunny spring day.
Good morning, and Happy Earth Day, my Bleeps.
Published a while back, this #cartoon strip is a nod to #bees and the critical part they play in keeping our planet tickety boo. #earthday
Stone knives and bearskins.
I fear that the Data Center, which no one wants but the developers, will be the nail in the coffin that was once our environment: societal and population collapse from lack of water and energy will result, so that the few can be enriched by their greed. They'd better have their Planet B ready.
Rhododendron blooms.
Rhododendron.
Purple dwarf larkspur.
Dwarf larkspur, Delphinium tricorne.
The bell-shaped flowers of Solomon's seal hang from the stem, beneath the leaves.
Solomon's seal
Dogwood in the wild.
Dogwood in bloom on the Blue Ridge Parkway today.
Spring flowers on green grass slope! A green hedge tops the green image off. A street lamp peaks above the said hedge; accompanied by a blue sky. This scene was taken near my favourite place…the gardens of le Chalet du Pharo, Marseille.
“You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
- Walter Hagen.
#photography
Dozens of drag queens in wigs and stilettos competed in the 44th Annual Conch Republic Drag Race in Key West, Florida.
"And one and two, and left and right, and turn, turn, step ..."
Sandhill cranes. See Alt text for caption.
#BirdOfTheDay
#ABCD
#CaptionThis
The Dems could win the White House 2028 and both houses of congress in 2026/28, but if they don't also stonewall every Republican Supreme Court nominee – and expand SCOTUS to at least 13 seats – as well as impeach & remove those R justices who've both lied and accepted bribes, Democracy is lost.
The work-around that could save us.
We weren’t meant to thrive in a fast paced work environment we were meant to collect berries in the summertime and lie down for a whole day after mistaking the bad orange mushroom for the good orange mushroom
LOL. 🤣
Post-sunset cloudless sky.
Good evening, my Bleeps. Rest well.
Kerfuffle.
"The bird with four (mating) sexes."
In Zonotrichia albicollis, tan-striped males seek out white-striped females, while white-striped males court tan-striped females.
Morphs are behaviorally "masculine" & "feminine", separate from gonadal sex.
(🧑🎨: Rebecca Gelernter, @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social )
Predawn glow framed by trees.
Good morning, my Bleeps.
Wise words. We Boomers were a lucky bunch, at least for a good while.
A lamp lit city street is slick with rain and shrouded in fog after a stormy night.
