Mike G
@mbg1332.bsky.social
No unsolicited DM's, old grey guy, retired mapmaker, engraver, botanical garden recorder, designer & builder. I have an Android BSky account but was unable to sync with this PC so added #2 to this account name.
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Good question.
December 28, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Good question.
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Agree or disagree?
December 28, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Agree or disagree?
#Astronomy #Telescope Good old days- a 10 inch reflector with a 3 inch spotter. Equatorial mount with welded 2" ball bearing shafts was so heavy we used a 3 point tractor hitch to move it. #Nexus #of #Joy - A hand held camera shot of Skylab passing over.
December 29, 2024 at 12:49 AM
#Astronomy #Telescope Good old days- a 10 inch reflector with a 3 inch spotter. Equatorial mount with welded 2" ball bearing shafts was so heavy we used a 3 point tractor hitch to move it. #Nexus #of #Joy - A hand held camera shot of Skylab passing over.
🌱 #Needle #Palm / #Rhapidophyllum hystrix has underground stems and is as hardy as Sabal minor. Growing on a flood plain in heavy clay here. Wicked needles surround the crown and the large seed pods smell quite rancid.
December 29, 2024 at 12:38 AM
🌱 #Needle #Palm / #Rhapidophyllum hystrix has underground stems and is as hardy as Sabal minor. Growing on a flood plain in heavy clay here. Wicked needles surround the crown and the large seed pods smell quite rancid.
🌱 #Woodwardia #orientalis #Fern Glade at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Fronds develop plantlets on the fronds.
December 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM
🌱 #Woodwardia #orientalis #Fern Glade at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Fronds develop plantlets on the fronds.
🌱 #Fern #relative #Selaginella mollendorfii at Huntsville Botanical Garden's Fern Glade some years ago. Similar to S. braunii but smaller. Slow to get started but good evergreen ground covers here in northern-most Alabama.
December 29, 2024 at 12:21 AM
🌱 #Fern #relative #Selaginella mollendorfii at Huntsville Botanical Garden's Fern Glade some years ago. Similar to S. braunii but smaller. Slow to get started but good evergreen ground covers here in northern-most Alabama.
🌱 #Redwood #Sequoia #sempervirens / Coastal Redwood here in the backyard is now 40 feet or so in height. It normally escapes winter damage here but froze back to 1 inch stems 2 years ago. This new growth is one year old. (In
northernmost Alabama)
northernmost Alabama)
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
🌱 #Redwood #Sequoia #sempervirens / Coastal Redwood here in the backyard is now 40 feet or so in height. It normally escapes winter damage here but froze back to 1 inch stems 2 years ago. This new growth is one year old. (In
northernmost Alabama)
northernmost Alabama)
December 24, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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🌱 #Bulbs #Spiderlily #Lycoris albiflora 'Swallowtail' from a past September. SImilar to L. radiata in habit and hardiness.
December 22, 2024 at 11:32 PM
🌱 #Bulbs #Spiderlily #Lycoris albiflora 'Swallowtail' from a past September. SImilar to L. radiata in habit and hardiness.
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FUN FACT: Even the most modest Goat-Based Elevated Light Rail System has 10 x the throughput of a Tesla Tunnel.
December 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
FUN FACT: Even the most modest Goat-Based Elevated Light Rail System has 10 x the throughput of a Tesla Tunnel.
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They're going to make her the party leader.
A U.S. Congresswoman disappeared for the last six months of her term. Nobody noticed.
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home - WCBM TALKRADIO AM 680
In a startling revelation, Rep. Kay Granger, missing for six months, has been found living in a dementia care home. Discover the details behind her sudden disappearance and the implications for her political legacy. The post ‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
wcbm.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM
They're going to make her the party leader.
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🌱 #Gardens #Conifers #weeping #evergreen #Cedrus libani 'Pendula' / Weeping Cedar of Lebanon at HBG, 2015 from a one gallon in 1974 It has produced a few large cones each year since 2020.
December 21, 2024 at 5:04 PM
🌱 #Gardens #Conifers #weeping #evergreen #Cedrus libani 'Pendula' / Weeping Cedar of Lebanon at HBG, 2015 from a one gallon in 1974 It has produced a few large cones each year since 2020.
🌱 #Cactus #Seed #propagaation Notocactus apricus with orange Rebutia vallegrandensis. Echinopsis oxygonia in background. Mostly grown from Mesa Gardens 2007 seed,
December 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM
🌱 #Cactus #Seed #propagaation Notocactus apricus with orange Rebutia vallegrandensis. Echinopsis oxygonia in background. Mostly grown from Mesa Gardens 2007 seed,