Thanks! Credit goes to the moth for the stunning show!

Purple ruffled edge of an iris flower covered in dewdrops against a green background.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Edge #EastCoastKin

Long horizontal image of the edge of a mushroom cap showing white toothed gills below the brown top

#BlueSkyArtShow #Edge #EastCoastKin

2026 Spring Hearing Questions - Online Survey Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Please use this link as the QR code isn't working: www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DGYNX5

The questionnaire will remain open for public input through April 14 and close sometime on April 15.
More information about the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and its annual Spring Hearing can be found here:
dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/sp...

#WisconsinDragonflySociety #odonata #dragonfly

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You can help support a proposal to change the WI state insect from the European Honeybee to the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly. The questionnaire can be found on this link:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DGYNX5
The QR code on our flyer isn't working, but this link works.

You can go to YouTube and search for "Make an Easy Starburst Quilt with Jenny Doan" and see the free tutorial on the Missouri Star channel. 😊

Blue sky over calm river with a few trees near the river edge and one white clump of cloud in the sky reflected in the water.

Arkansas River at Pueblo, CO
#photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #colorado

Thanks! Old layer cake I had in two colorways. Finished the orange one last year.

Quilt top made out of colorful triangles of fabric paired with plain white triangles. The colored fabric is mostly orange, blue, and green patterns.

Just finished this quilt top, so I guess it's #New #BlueSkyArtShow #quilt

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Can't we impeach yet?

One flat branch of cedar making a curve on an asphalt road. No color but varying shades of black and white

Cedar

I think it fits the theme perfectly - how lovely!

Bumblebee thoraxes need to reach 86°F for flight. They do this by vibrating their flight muscles. They can get to 104°F while flying.
I love reading. #books

They're also delicious

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Bright yellow spider on dark green pine needle over dark green background.

Yellow Crab Spider, Northern Wisconsin Bog, 2025
#BlueSkyArtShow #openings #EastCoastKin #naturephotography

I love this! I loved that show and Niles was the best!

Large silkmoth with red patterns on the center of its wings, and grey to cream colored bands near the edges.

Glover's Silkmoth, Custer, SD 2025
#BlueSkyArtShow #opening #openings #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

White gazebo in a park with bare trees seen through a wet car windshield, which distorts the scene and makes the lines wiggle as if painted.

One of my favorite filters is a rainy windshield. Village park gazebo near home.
#EastCoastKin #photography

Horizontal photo with lower quarter slightly rolling winter farmland and the upper three-quarters blue sky with fluffy clouds.

I've been segment hiking the Ice Age Trail, which runs about 1200 miles across Wisconsin, following the glacial retreat across the state. This segment was mostly a connecting route on road, but the skies delivered!
#photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #IceAgeTrail

Having taught the class many times that used it as an example for subject analysis, I don’t remember anyone knowing who he was. I didn't know who he was!

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Meet the Hine's Emerald dragonfly. It is rare. Some bogs in Door County are the best places to find it. Do you support the Hine's Emerald becoming Wisconsin's state insect? This question is for you to answer on the DNR Spring Questionnaire but only from April 13 to 15. Some reasons to support selection of the Hine's Emerald as our state insect: - The Hine's Emerald depends on healthy bogs, which are a cherished feature of Wisconsin's natural landscape. - Like other dragonflies, its nymphys and adults prey upon mosquitoes, etc. - The Hine's Emerald is the only federally endangered dragonfly. - The Hine's Emerald is found only in a handful of states with the most sizeable and significant population in Door County. - Its thorax is prominently marked with Green and Gold!

The Wisconsin Dragonfly Society is leading efforts to install the Hine's Emerald dragonfly as our state insect! Vote in the DNR Spring Questionnaire on this incentive April 13-18. #WDS #dragonfly #WIDragonflySociety #odonate

Trunk of a tree in a bare spring forest with a small sign attached to it that says white ash.

White Ash lookin' ash

The WDS Annual Meeting is 6/27 and 28 in Mellen, WI. Field trips leave from Gilman Park. The location & dates were chosen with striped emeralds (Somatochlora) in mind. Let us know if you will attend: registration@widragonflysociety.org.
More info: widragonflysociety.org/index.html

Inclement weather may force us to reschedule, in which case we will notify you in advance by email.
#wisconsindragonflysociety #odonate #dragonfly

If it is sunny and above 65 F, we should see them and much more! Bring a lunch and sturdy shoes - waders are not needed. We should be finished by 2 PM. There is no fee. If you plan to join us, please send an email to registration@widragonflysociety.org and mention Sandhill.

Dan Jackson will give a presentation on dragonflies in the headquarters building and then we will drive the gravel loop around the wetlands and woods, stopping at several spots to look for early-season dragonflies and damselflies. Two species of boghaunters will be our primary targets.