Good morning lovely creatures.

An all metallic green bird with a longish tail. It is perched on a thin branch.

This is a hummingbird I haven't seen before, the Green Thorntail. They can be found from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador. They typically forage in flowers at the canopy and glean insects from foliage. 🧪🌿🪶
Montezuma Lodge, Colombia

Solidarity forever.

Goodness gracious so much deliciousness.

I am disturbed by the image that summoned in my mind.

So many millennials doing this is a sign that SOME peer pressure is good actually

“bluesky won’t have any debate because it’s all left-leaning folks” - person who has never been in a room with two leftists

Picture of the recent exhibition of Yayoi Kusama in Ney York. 6/30/23. A person stands before a monumental inflatable yellow with black polka dot pumpkin, that stands 50 or 60 feet high. There is a red inflatable red with white polka dot orb in the air behind it 30 or 40 feet wide suspended from the ceiling. There are 20 to 30 foot polka dot tentacles coming up from the floor that are illuminated from within.

I love pumpkins.

Thank you , I did not know that and I even watched a youtube documentary about 100 gecs. I love their energy. The Italian comment is odd, to say the least.

Malcolm X > MLKjr.

A blue bird on blue sky. Refreshing. I get wound up just going on twitter lately.

Me:

Me leaning against the wall next to a large rectangular oil painting. It’s Jupiter’s Great Red Spot with two rectangles of color. One purple (ultraviolet). One red (infrared).

My painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths ✨

Love it! I want to go to the beach now.

You post the best pix.

OMG! That sounds delicious.

Hi Drew. That’s gorgeous. I’m a big fan of cactus flowers. Luckily, San Diego has its own local desert - Anza Borrego, one of my happy places.

Arizona rainbow cactus in full bloom. Half dollar sized bright pink blooms that fair to white in the middle. Yellow pollen things above the pink to white petals are tipped with red and then green.

Arizona rainbow cactus in full bloom. Half dollar sized bright pink blooms that fair to white in the middle. Yellow pollen things above the pink to white petals are tipped with red and then green.

Profile of Arizona rainbow cactus in bloom where you can see that the cactus is also pink (it's really cool)

Arizona rainbow cactus in full bloom. Half dollar sized bright pink blooms that fair to white in the middle. Yellow pollen things above the pink to white petals are tipped with red and then green.

A reminder on this horrible news day that nature is awesome and cactus flowers stay undefeated this cactus is named Davon.

It is great to see you here. I'm a fan.

Was it good?

Getting a break from Hillbots has been one of the refreshing things on this platform.

The Hobbit is the only book I have read 3 times. I can think of nothing as magic as listening to that book being read to you by your father. If you don't mind me asking. How old were you when he read it? What was your favorite book that was read to you?