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wildfiretupelo.bsky.social
@wildfiretupelo.bsky.social
Nature, trees, crafts, Chicago and more
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Really, really enjoyed putting together the exquisite “Emergence” by Erin E. Hunter puzzle. From the box: “The plants depicted are larval food sources for the 20 moth species flying about …”. It was such a treat to assemble!! 🥰🧩💕
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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📣 ICYMI from @chicagotribune.com: “Scientists and advocates hail catch of smallmouth bass as sign of improved Cal-Sag Channel water quality," Daily Southtown. The find has been championed by MWRD officials as a significant positive indicator for water quality and ecosystem health.

#MWRD #Chicago
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
2025’s Arboretum themed ornament: Nimbly the blue dasher dragonfly sculpture from the Vivid Creatures exhibition currently at The Morton Arboretum 🩵💜🩷
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Metal 🤘
December 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This morning’s beautiful sunrise 🧡🩷💜
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good morning from (checks notes) Batch 17! 🤯 #shortbread #americastestkitchen
December 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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(illustration by the extremely talented @timkocher.bsky.social 😊)
When we were working on this we had a feeling that The Beths’ concert at the Salt Shed was gonna be special but we had no idea. Was a twisty turny path getting it done, but it was worth it 😁😁😁 #thebeths
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Loved seeing Vivid Creatures all lit up for Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum at last night’s preview 💜🩵🩷
📷 @timkocher.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
30 seconds on the conifer path today at The Morton Arboretum 💚🌲💚
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Today’s gorgeous sunrise 😊
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Another magnificent Halloween on the lovely southside of Chicago 🧡🎃🧡
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s so beautiful outside right now 🎃👻🍁
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Happy Halloween!!!! 🎃
Pumpkin Class of 2025! Those on the right by @wildfiretupelo.bsky.social, on the left by me. I do love carving Jackie-O’s 🧡
#jackolantern #halloween2025 #pumpkins
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Almost forgot to post these pics! It also snowed in Chicago on Halloween in 2019! ❄️🎃❄️
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trick or Treat(ers)!!!! Highlights from Halloween, 2019 (can’t believe all of these cute kids are 6 years older now) 👻👻👻
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Only one week to go until Halloween! Here’s an oldie but a goodie … our dog Lenny 🌈 stopping kids in their tracks during the Beye School Halloween Parade
in Oak Park IL on October 31, 2017 🧡🧡🧡
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Remembering that one time our dog, Lenny, hung out with Bill Murray at a Cubs game … 😉
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our heralds of winter have arrived! Two, maybe three, dark eyed juncos spotted in our yard today 🥰🥰🥰
October 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A beautiful day for the #chicagomarathon
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“The bottom line is all butterflies are moths, and there's no such thing as butterflies.”
- Entomologist Akito Kawahara,
Florida Museum of Natural History from Gardening
for Moths: a regional guide by Jim McCormac and Chelsea Gottfried
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sharing my IG video from back in July 2023 of rescued, captive reared and released Sea Rocket, Wild Indigo and Prickly Pear, and our most precious Imani (Monty and Rose’s boy) at Montrose Beach!! Sea Rocket and Imani went on to successfully raised three chicks in 2025 !
@chicagopiping.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And there goes all the clean water in the birdbath this morning! 😂
#starlings
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Halt! This is the realm of death! (aka our house ☠️👻☺️)
September 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
First week of fall at The Morton Arboretum …
September 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM