There's only one perfect photo for this year's Earth Day, and it's this one that the Artemis II crew took. Happy Earth Day.

Image is a forest with trash scattered everywhere. The cartoon character Pogo is looking at it, attempting to clean it up. Text reads: "We have met the enemy and he is us."

Walt Kelly's poster for the first Earth Day ~
#climatechangeawareness #climatechangeisreal #climatechange #ClimateAction #climatecrisis #EarthDayEveryDay #EarthDay2026 #earthday #EARTH #waltkelly #wehavemettheenemy

🤣 🌱 so sorry. I feel your pain. Former resident of zone 6? New England and also Colorado zone 5 (dry, cold + aItitude). I wasn’t brave enough to even try orchids in those regions. Here in SW FL, seems like the almost constant, infernal humidity makes them happy

The head of the CDC is violating federal policy by refusing to release a study finding covid vaccines lowered deaths and lengthy hospital stays. This study went through peer review and was approved for publication by editorial staff. CDC policy posted here.

Frankie and his all-black whiskers that still reflect light 🐾 Bonus spider web on his face from his dustmop activities

Frankie for #WhiskersWednesday. #Catsofbluesky #Blackcats
Bonus spider web on his face from his natural function as a dustmop

Today is Lulu’s first birthday! 🥳 She’s the baby of our little family. All 3 cats were adopted last June from the local humane society

Good morning bluesky !
Today is Lulu’s first birthday 🥳
#Caturday #Catsofbluesky

🤣 🤭

Cosmic Perspective YouTube video by Astronaut Terry Virts

Thinking of the Artemis-2 crew on the way to the Moon, I'd like to share a short film I made a few years ago with @astro_jannicke - "Cosmic Perspective." It's about how space photography has changed humanity's perception of our place in the universe.

youtu.be/jVItGoxx5Wk?...

Thank you for your exceptional service to humanity. The video is a beautiful and thoughtful tribute to our work in space. I am so glad you chose to share it again with us now! I am humbled and grateful for your contributions and your amazing accomplishments!

#Catsofbluesky #Blackcats #Mainecooncats

#Caturday #Catsofbluesky #BlackCats #MaineCoonCats
Frankie inspecting the worksite, maybe thinking about joining the circus?

Zefram was a year old last month. Seen here regrowing some of his whiskers, lost as a baby when he pushed his face into the cage bars when he was a baby at the animal shelter

🐾 #Catsofbluesky
Didn’t want to leave Zefram out of #WhiskersWednesday. His first birthday was last month. He’s still trying to regrow his lost whiskers from when he was a baby, probably by pushing his face against the cage bars at the animal shelter

🐾 🌱 #Catsofbluesky #Blackcats Here’s Frankie on his first birthday, enjoying the cat grass

We celebrated Frankie’s first birthday yesterday. He is big now. Possibly a Maine Coon? Here’s his littlest kitten pic, first photo at the Humane Society about a year ago 🐾

🐾 This week it’s Frankie’s birthday. Here’s his littlest kitten picture when he was a rescue at the Humane Society, about a year ago

🧡❤️💛 Imagine Peace 💛❤️💙

Something from the first human in space:

a moth orchid, gifted to me, obtained from a grocery store

another moth orchid, same history

baby moth orchid !?

Epidendrum “fire-star” ground orchid, a gift from my SIL ‘s yard

Orchids from my porch. Somehow thriving and blooming despite my ignorance of their ways 🌱

NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

Tulips 🌷 flowers for everyone

🌱 #Easter #Passover
Happy Easter Sunday
Happy Passover
to all who celebrate
Flowers for everyone

Baby Lulu in the fancy (collapsing) tunnel

#Caturday #Catsofbluesky
Looking ready for Easter 🐾

uh oh.
be careful what you wish for

Lantana

Fleabane

Hibiscus

Beach sunflower (Helianthus)

I missed #Wildflowerhour but I can contribute some pretties from my yard. Lantana, fleabane, hibiscus and beach sunflower (Helianthus)

Oopsie I meant, a Cypress tree, not a cedar. sorry 😣

Happy Caturday 🐾 from Lulu, Zefram & Frankie

#Caturday #catsofbluesky
Cat sandwich
Happy Caturday 🐾
Lulu, Zefram & Frankie

Cardinal air plant in a cedar tree at a park in SW FL

🌱 Cardinal plant? in a cedar tree at the park recently.
Happy Friday 💚

Some of Zefram’s whiskers were lost as a baby at the Humane Society, from pressing his face against the cage door

#Caturday
Name: Zefram
Variety: Raccoon impersonator
Occupation: Spaceman
Hobbies:
*Contemplating the Universe
*Regrowing his whiskers
Superpower: Eluding capture
Claim to fame: named after Zefram Cochrane, inventor of the warp drive 🖖

Frankie demonstrated advanced gardening skills at a very young age

#Caturday
Name : Frankie
Variety: aspiring Maine Coon
Occupation: Master Gardener
Hobbies:
*Stealing
*Collecting leaves and sticks
Superpower: Invisibility

Please allow me to introduce my cats

#Caturday
Name: Lulu belle
Occupation: House Supervisor
Variety: Torbi-retriever
Hobbies:
*Olympic fetch champion
*Communications officer
Claim to fame: “Alligator roll” and other martial arts to evade annoying interventions at the vet

Danny Boy YouTube video by Blakwulf

An Irish classic

youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU?...