Definitely a moment to remember from last week!

It was a truly amazing week! So many species 💜🤪 So much excitement and knowledge and just an all around good time. Thank you @dunnjons.bsky.social @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social and @mariposanature.bsky.social

Lovely photos!

Ophrys candica, Orchids of Rhodes © Jon Dunn

Ophrys halia, Orchids of Rhodes © Jon Dunn

Beautiful Ophrys candica & Ophrys halia today within a few minutes of the lovely family-run hotel we always stay at during our #OrchidsOfRhodes tours. The welcome there is always warm, the food outstanding, and it's in the heart of orchid country. #bloomscrolling

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Wild pyramid orchid (anacamptis pyramidalis) growing on the roadside near Guardea (TR) #umbria #orchid #anacamptis

7 years and counting… ❤️❤️

A good end to the day. Thank you #Mazzo in San Lorenzo.

People are concerned about climate change and extreme weather. And they want action.

Mystras, Greece wildflowers in abundance.

Ophrys bertolonii, a bee orchid, in the dry gardens of Sparoza (the Mediterranean Garden Society). #ophrys #sparoza #mgssparosa #drygarden

Sunset by the Acropolis.

Stay safe! The news here makes it look quite grim.

Chickens inspired by sailing the seas 😂

Waterfall over the Para Dam (there used to be a mill here) on Lago Vecchio. The Rio Grande #amelia #ameliaterni

Springtime trails around Amelia #amelia #termi #allium

Winston Churchill at the White House wearing a one-piece garment known as a siren suit.

Zelenskyy's character can be judge more directly by how he treats others and whether you think he's protected his country. From what I've seen, he has treated Americans with respect. His attire is to remind people he's at war, not unlike Churchill wearing a siren suit to the White House in 1942.

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’ Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island

“Måke Califørnia Great Ægain”
🤣 best “news” of the week!

4 February 2012, Circo Massimo

Rome 13 years ago today. It was a gorgeous moment. #rome #snow

The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends "Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."

A great article for right now

Giorno della Memoria: Italy marks Holocaust Remembrance Day Italy marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with a series of commemorative events on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Italy marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with a series of commemorative events on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

An amazing show (I saw it in Milan). Don’t miss it in Rome!

Yesterday at Yayoi Kusama’s permanent installation at #SFMOMA

Flying towards the sun over the west coast of Greenland

Bay Area bound 🎄🌍🛫🌎🎄

Now reading #avocadoanxiety

Italian state to buy Rome home of Futurist artist Giacomo Balla The Italian state is to buy the former Rome home of Futurist painter Giacomo Balla and open it as a museum, Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli said.

The Italian state is to buy the former Rome residence of the Futurist painter Giacomo Balla and turn it into a public museum, Italy’s culture minister said.

Beignet for two at Giubbini in Guardea #iykyk