Annaka Kalton
@annakakalton.bsky.social
Writer. Software engineer. VP18 grad. Likes gardening, creating, reading a good book with a kitty.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The Ginkgo has lost about half its leaves now (our "Ginkgo drop day" is usually 2-3 days).
I love how the leaves look on the grass!
I enjoy the idea of Ginkgo forests in our mountains ~15 million years ago.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The Ginkgo has lost about half its leaves now (our "Ginkgo drop day" is usually 2-3 days).
I love how the leaves look on the grass!
I enjoy the idea of Ginkgo forests in our mountains ~15 million years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The Ginkgo has lost about half its leaves now (our "Ginkgo drop day" is usually 2-3 days).
I love how the leaves look on the grass!
I enjoy the idea of Ginkgo forests in our mountains ~15 million years ago.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The Ginkgo has lost about half its leaves now (our "Ginkgo drop day" is usually 2-3 days).
I love how the leaves look on the grass!
I enjoy the idea of Ginkgo forests in our mountains ~15 million years ago.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The pineapple sage is blooming!
This is exciting because it is a late-autumn bloomer (its blooming is triggered by the shortening nights, so it won't bloom earlier). That means it's always a race against the first freeze. (1/2)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The pineapple sage is blooming!
This is exciting because it is a late-autumn bloomer (its blooming is triggered by the shortening nights, so it won't bloom earlier). That means it's always a race against the first freeze. (1/2)
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The pineapple sage is blooming!
This is exciting because it is a late-autumn bloomer (its blooming is triggered by the shortening nights, so it won't bloom earlier). That means it's always a race against the first freeze. (1/2)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The pineapple sage is blooming!
This is exciting because it is a late-autumn bloomer (its blooming is triggered by the shortening nights, so it won't bloom earlier). That means it's always a race against the first freeze. (1/2)
Really fascinating article!
This series looks at a Pan Am flight’s fraught trip home after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Great glimpse into the heroism of normal people, and hints at an era in aviation beyond my ken.
Flying boats? Airline navigators using astrolabes? Great stuff!
This series looks at a Pan Am flight’s fraught trip home after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Great glimpse into the heroism of normal people, and hints at an era in aviation beyond my ken.
Flying boats? Airline navigators using astrolabes? Great stuff!
More from me over on the Up Front.
One of the most extraordinary moments in aviation history.
One of the most extraordinary moments in aviation history.
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Really fascinating article!
This series looks at a Pan Am flight’s fraught trip home after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Great glimpse into the heroism of normal people, and hints at an era in aviation beyond my ken.
Flying boats? Airline navigators using astrolabes? Great stuff!
This series looks at a Pan Am flight’s fraught trip home after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Great glimpse into the heroism of normal people, and hints at an era in aviation beyond my ken.
Flying boats? Airline navigators using astrolabes? Great stuff!
Reposted by Annaka Kalton
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November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The 23 yo daughter of a friend and former coworker of mine received an unexpected diagnosis of stage 4 colon cancer. It's metastasized to her brain and lungs. She has two young girls herself. Please consider donating if you can. 💙 gofund.me/ece7d7dfb
Had a great time Chanterelle hunting with Rob today.
Lovely autumn day, and lots of mushrooms!
Lovely autumn day, and lots of mushrooms!
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Had a great time Chanterelle hunting with Rob today.
Lovely autumn day, and lots of mushrooms!
Lovely autumn day, and lots of mushrooms!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Yesterday we stopped by Tumwater Falls. The salmon are done running there for the year, but the falls were beautiful, and the Big Leaf Maples (which tend to just go brown) were actually putting on some decent autumn color!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Yesterday we stopped by Tumwater Falls. The salmon are done running there for the year, but the falls were beautiful, and the Big Leaf Maples (which tend to just go brown) were actually putting on some decent autumn color!
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Yesterday we stopped by Tumwater Falls. The salmon are done running there for the year, but the falls were beautiful, and the Big Leaf Maples (which tend to just go brown) were actually putting on some decent autumn color!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Yesterday we stopped by Tumwater Falls. The salmon are done running there for the year, but the falls were beautiful, and the Big Leaf Maples (which tend to just go brown) were actually putting on some decent autumn color!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Did you have a good Halloween?
We're semi-rural, so we don't get trick-or-treaters. Instead, this is the night that Rob gets to pick a scary movie for us to watch.
He picked Psycho 2
(1/
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Did you have a good Halloween?
We're semi-rural, so we don't get trick-or-treaters. Instead, this is the night that Rob gets to pick a scary movie for us to watch.
He picked Psycho 2
(1/
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Did you have a good Halloween?
We're semi-rural, so we don't get trick-or-treaters. Instead, this is the night that Rob gets to pick a scary movie for us to watch.
He picked Psycho 2
(1/
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Did you have a good Halloween?
We're semi-rural, so we don't get trick-or-treaters. Instead, this is the night that Rob gets to pick a scary movie for us to watch.
He picked Psycho 2
(1/
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is our Ginkgo yesterday, at near-peak gold.
We had a big blow last night, so it may be looking a bit tattered today. We're lucky because we still have power; a lot of folks in our area are in the dark this morning...
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is our Ginkgo yesterday, at near-peak gold.
We had a big blow last night, so it may be looking a bit tattered today. We're lucky because we still have power; a lot of folks in our area are in the dark this morning...
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is our Ginkgo yesterday, at near-peak gold.
We had a big blow last night, so it may be looking a bit tattered today. We're lucky because we still have power; a lot of folks in our area are in the dark this morning...
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is our Ginkgo yesterday, at near-peak gold.
We had a big blow last night, so it may be looking a bit tattered today. We're lucky because we still have power; a lot of folks in our area are in the dark this morning...
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
This lovely Japanese maple is entering its week of glory.
Most of the autumn color here is supplied by non-native specimen trees.
It will be very rainy here this weekend, so the week of glory may be cut short.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
This lovely Japanese maple is entering its week of glory.
Most of the autumn color here is supplied by non-native specimen trees.
It will be very rainy here this weekend, so the week of glory may be cut short.
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
This lovely Japanese maple is entering its week of glory.
Most of the autumn color here is supplied by non-native specimen trees.
It will be very rainy here this weekend, so the week of glory may be cut short.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
This lovely Japanese maple is entering its week of glory.
Most of the autumn color here is supplied by non-native specimen trees.
It will be very rainy here this weekend, so the week of glory may be cut short.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Mom gave me this pretty white aster, a division off the big clump in her garden.
I'm worried I won't have enough sun for it, but for now it looks pretty with my other late-season flowers.
We got an inch of much-needed rain last night!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Mom gave me this pretty white aster, a division off the big clump in her garden.
I'm worried I won't have enough sun for it, but for now it looks pretty with my other late-season flowers.
We got an inch of much-needed rain last night!
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Mom gave me this pretty white aster, a division off the big clump in her garden.
I'm worried I won't have enough sun for it, but for now it looks pretty with my other late-season flowers.
We got an inch of much-needed rain last night!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Mom gave me this pretty white aster, a division off the big clump in her garden.
I'm worried I won't have enough sun for it, but for now it looks pretty with my other late-season flowers.
We got an inch of much-needed rain last night!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
I stopped by Mom and Dad's earlier this week. They get more sun than I do -- these beautiful dahlias had taken over their compost heap. Dozens of blooms!
Stay safe out there today!T
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
I stopped by Mom and Dad's earlier this week. They get more sun than I do -- these beautiful dahlias had taken over their compost heap. Dozens of blooms!
Stay safe out there today!T
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
I stopped by Mom and Dad's earlier this week. They get more sun than I do -- these beautiful dahlias had taken over their compost heap. Dozens of blooms!
Stay safe out there today!T
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
I stopped by Mom and Dad's earlier this week. They get more sun than I do -- these beautiful dahlias had taken over their compost heap. Dozens of blooms!
Stay safe out there today!T
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We spent a couple days in Eastern Washington visiting family.
It's sagebrush, vineyard, and orchard country.
Native sagebrush becomes vineyards and orchards when irrigated.
Fun to see everyone, but it's good to be home!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We spent a couple days in Eastern Washington visiting family.
It's sagebrush, vineyard, and orchard country.
Native sagebrush becomes vineyards and orchards when irrigated.
Fun to see everyone, but it's good to be home!
October 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We spent a couple days in Eastern Washington visiting family.
It's sagebrush, vineyard, and orchard country.
Native sagebrush becomes vineyards and orchards when irrigated.
Fun to see everyone, but it's good to be home!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We spent a couple days in Eastern Washington visiting family.
It's sagebrush, vineyard, and orchard country.
Native sagebrush becomes vineyards and orchards when irrigated.
Fun to see everyone, but it's good to be home!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here are some late sulphur cosmos to brighten your day.
We’re going to a niece’s soccer game and hanging out with family this afternoon.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here are some late sulphur cosmos to brighten your day.
We’re going to a niece’s soccer game and hanging out with family this afternoon.
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here are some late sulphur cosmos to brighten your day.
We’re going to a niece’s soccer game and hanging out with family this afternoon.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here are some late sulphur cosmos to brighten your day.
We’re going to a niece’s soccer game and hanging out with family this afternoon.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We got a huge bag of peeled garlic last week, so it was time to make confit garlic!
It's similar in flavor and use to roasted garlic, but it's easy to make large quantities -- and you get bonus garlic oil.
(1/3)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We got a huge bag of peeled garlic last week, so it was time to make confit garlic!
It's similar in flavor and use to roasted garlic, but it's easy to make large quantities -- and you get bonus garlic oil.
(1/3)
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We got a huge bag of peeled garlic last week, so it was time to make confit garlic!
It's similar in flavor and use to roasted garlic, but it's easy to make large quantities -- and you get bonus garlic oil.
(1/3)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We got a huge bag of peeled garlic last week, so it was time to make confit garlic!
It's similar in flavor and use to roasted garlic, but it's easy to make large quantities -- and you get bonus garlic oil.
(1/3)
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Autumn is definitely here. We're far enough north that the dark is creeping in noticeably at both ends of the day.
Nova is happy for us to spending more time inside with blankets....
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Autumn is definitely here. We're far enough north that the dark is creeping in noticeably at both ends of the day.
Nova is happy for us to spending more time inside with blankets....
October 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Autumn is definitely here. We're far enough north that the dark is creeping in noticeably at both ends of the day.
Nova is happy for us to spending more time inside with blankets....
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Autumn is definitely here. We're far enough north that the dark is creeping in noticeably at both ends of the day.
Nova is happy for us to spending more time inside with blankets....
Happy book birthday to @franwilde.bsky.social for
A Philosophy of Thieves. This looks like a great romp!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...
A Philosophy of Thieves. This looks like a great romp!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...
A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde: 9781645661948 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Robin Hood meets Parasite meets Six of Crows in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde’s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a futuristic fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy book birthday to @franwilde.bsky.social for
A Philosophy of Thieves. This looks like a great romp!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...
A Philosophy of Thieves. This looks like a great romp!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
It's definitely feeling like autumn here.
The highbush cranberry is giving the first bit of autumn color.
I love autumn, even if ours tends to be rather abbreviated for us.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
It's definitely feeling like autumn here.
The highbush cranberry is giving the first bit of autumn color.
I love autumn, even if ours tends to be rather abbreviated for us.
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
It's definitely feeling like autumn here.
The highbush cranberry is giving the first bit of autumn color.
I love autumn, even if ours tends to be rather abbreviated for us.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
It's definitely feeling like autumn here.
The highbush cranberry is giving the first bit of autumn color.
I love autumn, even if ours tends to be rather abbreviated for us.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The deer chomped the hollyhocks hard about a month ago -- but that means bonus autumn color!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The deer chomped the hollyhocks hard about a month ago -- but that means bonus autumn color!
September 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The deer chomped the hollyhocks hard about a month ago -- but that means bonus autumn color!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The deer chomped the hollyhocks hard about a month ago -- but that means bonus autumn color!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but you can always count on the calendula... it often continues to flower through November here.
Backed by blue borage.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but you can always count on the calendula... it often continues to flower through November here.
Backed by blue borage.
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but you can always count on the calendula... it often continues to flower through November here.
Backed by blue borage.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but you can always count on the calendula... it often continues to flower through November here.
Backed by blue borage.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here's a chocolate cosmos I grew from seed this year.
They are perennials, and it will have far more flowers next year!
The geometric patterning on the upper part is a spider's web in the foreground :)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here's a chocolate cosmos I grew from seed this year.
They are perennials, and it will have far more flowers next year!
The geometric patterning on the upper part is a spider's web in the foreground :)
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here's a chocolate cosmos I grew from seed this year.
They are perennials, and it will have far more flowers next year!
The geometric patterning on the upper part is a spider's web in the foreground :)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here's a chocolate cosmos I grew from seed this year.
They are perennials, and it will have far more flowers next year!
The geometric patterning on the upper part is a spider's web in the foreground :)
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The autumn crocuses declare that autumn is here :)
(Colchicum autumnale - not really crocuses!)
I have them in areas that are dead dry all summer; like the hardy cyclamen, the flowers are a harbinger of fall :)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The autumn crocuses declare that autumn is here :)
(Colchicum autumnale - not really crocuses!)
I have them in areas that are dead dry all summer; like the hardy cyclamen, the flowers are a harbinger of fall :)
September 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The autumn crocuses declare that autumn is here :)
(Colchicum autumnale - not really crocuses!)
I have them in areas that are dead dry all summer; like the hardy cyclamen, the flowers are a harbinger of fall :)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The autumn crocuses declare that autumn is here :)
(Colchicum autumnale - not really crocuses!)
I have them in areas that are dead dry all summer; like the hardy cyclamen, the flowers are a harbinger of fall :)
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but one of my favorite planting combinations is holding strong: tiny-flowered scented geranium, sweet alyssum, and lemon signet marigold.
I'm a little achy today because I got my COVID booster yesterday (1/2)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but one of my favorite planting combinations is holding strong: tiny-flowered scented geranium, sweet alyssum, and lemon signet marigold.
I'm a little achy today because I got my COVID booster yesterday (1/2)
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but one of my favorite planting combinations is holding strong: tiny-flowered scented geranium, sweet alyssum, and lemon signet marigold.
I'm a little achy today because I got my COVID booster yesterday (1/2)
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
The garden is fading, but one of my favorite planting combinations is holding strong: tiny-flowered scented geranium, sweet alyssum, and lemon signet marigold.
I'm a little achy today because I got my COVID booster yesterday (1/2)
I often glimpse a garter snake around the garden, but this is the first time I have seen more than one.
I’m pretty sure these guys are making more garter snakes :)
Love doesn’t undermine their sense of self preservation; the trio was gone 10 seconds later.
I’m pretty sure these guys are making more garter snakes :)
Love doesn’t undermine their sense of self preservation; the trio was gone 10 seconds later.
September 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I often glimpse a garter snake around the garden, but this is the first time I have seen more than one.
I’m pretty sure these guys are making more garter snakes :)
Love doesn’t undermine their sense of self preservation; the trio was gone 10 seconds later.
I’m pretty sure these guys are making more garter snakes :)
Love doesn’t undermine their sense of self preservation; the trio was gone 10 seconds later.
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is another picture from our Mt Hood jaunt: Umbrella Falls.
It was a short but very beautiful falls, just a few minutes from the road.
It was a good trip, but we're happy being home.
Lots of normal chores to do today!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is another picture from our Mt Hood jaunt: Umbrella Falls.
It was a short but very beautiful falls, just a few minutes from the road.
It was a good trip, but we're happy being home.
Lots of normal chores to do today!
September 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is another picture from our Mt Hood jaunt: Umbrella Falls.
It was a short but very beautiful falls, just a few minutes from the road.
It was a good trip, but we're happy being home.
Lots of normal chores to do today!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
Here is another picture from our Mt Hood jaunt: Umbrella Falls.
It was a short but very beautiful falls, just a few minutes from the road.
It was a good trip, but we're happy being home.
Lots of normal chores to do today!
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We took a little post Labor Day trip to Mt Hood.
We’ll have to come back in July: there were wildflowers gone to seed everywhere, and they must be gorgeous midsummer!
I loved the big clumps of Mountain Ash.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We took a little post Labor Day trip to Mt Hood.
We’ll have to come back in July: there were wildflowers gone to seed everywhere, and they must be gorgeous midsummer!
I loved the big clumps of Mountain Ash.
September 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We took a little post Labor Day trip to Mt Hood.
We’ll have to come back in July: there were wildflowers gone to seed everywhere, and they must be gorgeous midsummer!
I loved the big clumps of Mountain Ash.
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?
We took a little post Labor Day trip to Mt Hood.
We’ll have to come back in July: there were wildflowers gone to seed everywhere, and they must be gorgeous midsummer!
I loved the big clumps of Mountain Ash.