Ashley
@hedgewitchy.bsky.social
My hobby is hobbies.
Native gardening, knitting, spinning, weaving, TTRPGs, miniatures painting, and photographing cool bugs- that's just the current ones.
Native gardening, knitting, spinning, weaving, TTRPGs, miniatures painting, and photographing cool bugs- that's just the current ones.
Squirrel just pulled a disappearing act on this confused fox. I saw the fox chasing it across my field as the squirrel made a beeline for this spot. Turns out, that's where my gutter downspout ends and the squirrel ran in there and hid until the fox gave up and wandered off.
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Squirrel just pulled a disappearing act on this confused fox. I saw the fox chasing it across my field as the squirrel made a beeline for this spot. Turns out, that's where my gutter downspout ends and the squirrel ran in there and hid until the fox gave up and wandered off.
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JFC these assholes... Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
The Texas lawmakers behind the effort to relocate space shuttle Discovery are now calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian.
arstechnica.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
JFC these assholes... Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
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I forgot how much I love the percussion of an oak in autumn. The
whoosh
crack
swish
thump
thud
of an acorn losing its cap, hitting a leaf, bouncing off the earth and coming to rest.
whoosh
crack
swish
thump
thud
of an acorn losing its cap, hitting a leaf, bouncing off the earth and coming to rest.
September 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I forgot how much I love the percussion of an oak in autumn. The
whoosh
crack
swish
thump
thud
of an acorn losing its cap, hitting a leaf, bouncing off the earth and coming to rest.
whoosh
crack
swish
thump
thud
of an acorn losing its cap, hitting a leaf, bouncing off the earth and coming to rest.
The Hatchening is upon us! 44 days after the egg sac appeared, we have spiderlings! Dozens of them, perhaps 60-70? They're all very hard to count.
Congrats to mama Tabitha, who I sadly have not seen in three days. I suspect she has shuffled off this mortal coil, if Charlotte's Web didn't lie to me.
Congrats to mama Tabitha, who I sadly have not seen in three days. I suspect she has shuffled off this mortal coil, if Charlotte's Web didn't lie to me.
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Hatchening is upon us! 44 days after the egg sac appeared, we have spiderlings! Dozens of them, perhaps 60-70? They're all very hard to count.
Congrats to mama Tabitha, who I sadly have not seen in three days. I suspect she has shuffled off this mortal coil, if Charlotte's Web didn't lie to me.
Congrats to mama Tabitha, who I sadly have not seen in three days. I suspect she has shuffled off this mortal coil, if Charlotte's Web didn't lie to me.
Native Mantis Alert!
Found this Carolina Mantis chilling by my hose reel when I was putting up some deer fencing around the sourwood trees I planted today.
I'm so stoked, this is the first time I've seen one in real life.
Found this Carolina Mantis chilling by my hose reel when I was putting up some deer fencing around the sourwood trees I planted today.
I'm so stoked, this is the first time I've seen one in real life.
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Native Mantis Alert!
Found this Carolina Mantis chilling by my hose reel when I was putting up some deer fencing around the sourwood trees I planted today.
I'm so stoked, this is the first time I've seen one in real life.
Found this Carolina Mantis chilling by my hose reel when I was putting up some deer fencing around the sourwood trees I planted today.
I'm so stoked, this is the first time I've seen one in real life.
I love that my office window faces my field with the woods beyond it. I get to see some really fun stuff while I'm working all day. This morning, it was two young bucks sparring their way across the creek and up into the woods. Both were pretty clumsy but you gotta learn somewhere. Good luck, lads.
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I love that my office window faces my field with the woods beyond it. I get to see some really fun stuff while I'm working all day. This morning, it was two young bucks sparring their way across the creek and up into the woods. Both were pretty clumsy but you gotta learn somewhere. Good luck, lads.
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Made a nie cup of genmaicha to sip and unwind after work. Been ages since I last had some. I forgot how much I really enjoyed it.
October 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Made a nie cup of genmaicha to sip and unwind after work. Been ages since I last had some. I forgot how much I really enjoyed it.
I should start every morning like my resident red-shouldered hawks do: yelling at the sky.
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I should start every morning like my resident red-shouldered hawks do: yelling at the sky.
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Thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel’s return
September 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel’s return
Day 15 of Spiderling Watch. A second egg sac has joined the fray. Tabitha continues to ensnare more insects but hasn't shredded any of the new ones. Seems she decorated for spooky season early and is leaving it at that.
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 15 of Spiderling Watch. A second egg sac has joined the fray. Tabitha continues to ensnare more insects but hasn't shredded any of the new ones. Seems she decorated for spooky season early and is leaving it at that.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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HADES II v1.0 is coming September 25!🌒
Battle beyond the Underworld in our launch trailer.🏔️
Play in blazing-fast 120fps in TV Mode on Nintendo Switch 2, or 60fps on Nintendo Switch (w/ free upgrade to Switch 2). Transfer PC progress from Steam/Epic w/ Cross Saves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8lJ...
Battle beyond the Underworld in our launch trailer.🏔️
Play in blazing-fast 120fps in TV Mode on Nintendo Switch 2, or 60fps on Nintendo Switch (w/ free upgrade to Switch 2). Transfer PC progress from Steam/Epic w/ Cross Saves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8lJ...
Hades II – v1.0 Launch Trailer (Coming Sep. 25!)
YouTube video by Supergiant Games
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
HADES II v1.0 is coming September 25!🌒
Battle beyond the Underworld in our launch trailer.🏔️
Play in blazing-fast 120fps in TV Mode on Nintendo Switch 2, or 60fps on Nintendo Switch (w/ free upgrade to Switch 2). Transfer PC progress from Steam/Epic w/ Cross Saves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8lJ...
Battle beyond the Underworld in our launch trailer.🏔️
Play in blazing-fast 120fps in TV Mode on Nintendo Switch 2, or 60fps on Nintendo Switch (w/ free upgrade to Switch 2). Transfer PC progress from Steam/Epic w/ Cross Saves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8lJ...
It's Day 4 of Spiderling Watch. Nothing yet, but mama Tabitha has shredded another lanternfly and decorated the entrance to her hidey hole with it. A stylish, if somewhat frightening, choice.
September 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's Day 4 of Spiderling Watch. Nothing yet, but mama Tabitha has shredded another lanternfly and decorated the entrance to her hidey hole with it. A stylish, if somewhat frightening, choice.
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It’s funny seeing all the right wing talking heads try and condemn violence, only to be reposted with screenshots of their own calls to violence.
Your ethos means nothing if your praxis contradicts it.
Your ethos means nothing if your praxis contradicts it.
September 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It’s funny seeing all the right wing talking heads try and condemn violence, only to be reposted with screenshots of their own calls to violence.
Your ethos means nothing if your praxis contradicts it.
Your ethos means nothing if your praxis contradicts it.
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It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed
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Timeline cleanse: a scruffy hummingbird sat on a feeder outside my office for several minutes today preening. Super cute.
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Timeline cleanse: a scruffy hummingbird sat on a feeder outside my office for several minutes today preening. Super cute.
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I'm just an astronomer and not a legal philosopher, but I always kinda figured that one reason we *have* laws is to make sure we don't let someone's immediate emotions overwhelm actual justice.
Uwu but hawwv you considered the epistemological standpoint of da vice president, including his twauma
September 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm just an astronomer and not a legal philosopher, but I always kinda figured that one reason we *have* laws is to make sure we don't let someone's immediate emotions overwhelm actual justice.
I'm not a spiderologist, but looks like Tabitha, the funnel spider on my deck, has made an egg sac. I would be a tad more excited if it wasn't only 20 inches from the door I use every day. Girl, you know you can't keep an eye on all 50-10,000 of those lil spiderlings and I can't either.
September 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm not a spiderologist, but looks like Tabitha, the funnel spider on my deck, has made an egg sac. I would be a tad more excited if it wasn't only 20 inches from the door I use every day. Girl, you know you can't keep an eye on all 50-10,000 of those lil spiderlings and I can't either.
This is Tabitha, the funnel spider that lives on my deck. She is pictured with the mangled corpse of a spotted lanternfly she caught. I'm not sure what prompted her to tear it limb from limb and spread its parts around her web, but I like to think of it as a stern warning to other lanternflies.
September 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is Tabitha, the funnel spider that lives on my deck. She is pictured with the mangled corpse of a spotted lanternfly she caught. I'm not sure what prompted her to tear it limb from limb and spread its parts around her web, but I like to think of it as a stern warning to other lanternflies.
The deer out here are constantly proving why my plant-fencing budget needs to be so high.
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The deer out here are constantly proving why my plant-fencing budget needs to be so high.
I saw my very first zebra swallowtail (ever) and my first monarch (at my house). Sadly, both were so quick that I couldn't get a pic of either. But I'm so, so delighted to be blessed by their visits. Next year there will be more pawpaws and more milkweed for them to enjoy so I hope more come.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I saw my very first zebra swallowtail (ever) and my first monarch (at my house). Sadly, both were so quick that I couldn't get a pic of either. But I'm so, so delighted to be blessed by their visits. Next year there will be more pawpaws and more milkweed for them to enjoy so I hope more come.
I found an interloping plant in my native plant garden. I didn't recognize it which 99% of the time means it's some invasive bullshit. But this turned out to be the rare 1% instance of a native! This is Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum and its tiny flowers are real stunners.
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I found an interloping plant in my native plant garden. I didn't recognize it which 99% of the time means it's some invasive bullshit. But this turned out to be the rare 1% instance of a native! This is Forked Bluecurls, Trichostema dichotomum and its tiny flowers are real stunners.
Found two bees napping in the Spotted Beebalm early in the morning. The hummingbird stopped by several times, too. I'm glad my native garden is getting popular.
August 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Found two bees napping in the Spotted Beebalm early in the morning. The hummingbird stopped by several times, too. I'm glad my native garden is getting popular.