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Pennyjs
@pennyjs.bsky.social
I love this amazing beautiful planet.
Garden with passion. Ecology, wild places, climate, nutrition, origami art. Introspective. Mindful. Live with gratitude. Former science teacher, traveler. Politics blue. Try kindness. Photos mine unless reposted.
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Here is a look at my backyard from a previous year. Photo is taken from the top of a berm at the rear of my lot, looking down towards the house. Almost all of this was grass when I moved here. Now it’s almost all cultivated. Things have been rearranged a bit since then but the layout is the same. 🌱💙
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
My heart feels heavy today.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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I took a tour through Mother Nature‘s Ice Art Gallery today. Her ice sculptures are magnificent.
~ I needed the beauty of ice to counteract other current forms of ICE…

This one, “Ice Tree” is Mother Nature showing off her many varied beautiful forms of trees

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Cold
#eastcoastkin
January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Ice Mountains!!

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Another damned shooting in Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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“In a Cold Caddo Morning”

It was right at freezing when the sun began to rise on Caddo Lake. The cold air over warmer waters caused “lake smoke” to rise throughout the cypress forest creating a ghostly atmosphere. It was enchanting.

Caddo Lake, TX/LA

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold #EastCoastKin
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM
To everyone caught in the storms this weekend, I send wishes for your safety and well-being. 💙
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Good morning everyone!

Last night there was a big fire near here. Sirens blew for hours and I could see thick billowing smoke and flashes of orange.

I haven’t gone to see the damage but I think I know what burned and I’m heartbroken for my neighbor.

(Photo unrelated except in mood.)
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
When it’s cold outside, pictures are where you find them.

Unfolding buds in my sunroom this morning.

Preservation of sanity on a housebound day.
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Today’s amaryllis swirls. 🤍
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Remember July? It will come again, on orange wings.
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Some warm-up vibes for you.

A spent squash blossom, last summer.
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Good morning everyone!

Brrrr! It’s -18F here. As terrible cold and dangerous storms arrive for many of us, I hope you have the food and supplies you need, that your home is warm and that your power stays on. Please be careful out there!

A little bit of summer for you…
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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From warmer days
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Amaryllis, this morning.
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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“Greeting the Big Bend Sun”

Big Bend National Park

Acrylic on canvas

#BirdOfTheDay #Art #Painting
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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#InsectThursday A beautiful Small Copper Butterfly from our local heath.
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 12:10 PM
There’s a summer glow at the heart of this flower and I know there’s a glow in your heart, too, no matter how much winter and politics and hardship try to repress it. It’s there. A time will come when we will shine again.

Be well, dear friends.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A reminder of August.

These are perennial; summer will return. Better days will return.
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Good morning Bluesky!

With so many of us expecting bitter cold and snowy weather, here’s a 50-second reminder of the joys of summer. Milkweed flowers being visited by all sorts of insects, flying and crawling, and bird songs in the background…enjoy!

Stay warm and safe if you’re going out.
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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“He Sang His Little Heart Out… She Never Answered”

Cactus Wren/Saguaro National Park

#BirdOfTheDay #Singing
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Balsam Fir cones. #Newfoundland, Canada. #trees #botany #plants
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM