BarbM
@barbm.bsky.social
In my yard and behind most days now. 🌱 Enjoy Nature, news, pugs, food, health.
Happy Summer Chicagoland!
June 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy Summer Chicagoland!
Here’s one of many blooms on our Tulip Tree.
May 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here’s one of many blooms on our Tulip Tree.
Native Wild Hyacinth with Long-Beaked Sedge near bottom of a west facing slope. I noticed I should pull out the monarda so it won’t crowd out. This group is finally expanding after protection done years from rabbits/deer.
May 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Native Wild Hyacinth with Long-Beaked Sedge near bottom of a west facing slope. I noticed I should pull out the monarda so it won’t crowd out. This group is finally expanding after protection done years from rabbits/deer.
Red-tailed hawk on display at a Wild Ones native plant sale this past Saturday.
#leucistic
#leucistic
May 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Red-tailed hawk on display at a Wild Ones native plant sale this past Saturday.
#leucistic
#leucistic
A short trip to the Great Smoky Mountains this past week
April 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A short trip to the Great Smoky Mountains this past week
Bishop’s Cap, Cutleaf Toothwort & Wild Blue Phlox from last Saturday
April 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Bishop’s Cap, Cutleaf Toothwort & Wild Blue Phlox from last Saturday
Also Spring Beauty, Wild Leeks & Jacob’s Ladder
April 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Also Spring Beauty, Wild Leeks & Jacob’s Ladder
Bloodroot, Early Meadow Rue from last Saturday in our Illinois backyard, before my trip to Tennessee.
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bloodroot, Early Meadow Rue from last Saturday in our Illinois backyard, before my trip to Tennessee.
Blooms from 3/14/24, so I’ll be checking on the Spicebush this week!
March 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Blooms from 3/14/24, so I’ll be checking on the Spicebush this week!
4 years ago on Jan 4th, snow ❄️ No snow on the ground today.
January 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
4 years ago on Jan 4th, snow ❄️ No snow on the ground today.
December ‘97 when we lived in Inverness. The geese would leave a trail through the icy waters, a view from our home.
December 14, 2024 at 12:18 PM
December ‘97 when we lived in Inverness. The geese would leave a trail through the icy waters, a view from our home.
Yesterday I heard the Sandhill Cranes again while walking pugs, video wouldn’t so will figure that out later….Meanwhile here’s the girls I was walking when we saw the Cranes
November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Yesterday I heard the Sandhill Cranes again while walking pugs, video wouldn’t so will figure that out later….Meanwhile here’s the girls I was walking when we saw the Cranes
So sorry to read this story. This past May we had a bat right off our front porch, we had to call to have the injured removed😢
November 30, 2024 at 3:24 PM
So sorry to read this story. This past May we had a bat right off our front porch, we had to call to have the injured removed😢
The Marbleseeds have turned from brown, to cream to white.
November 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM
The Marbleseeds have turned from brown, to cream to white.
Marbleseed this past July
November 11, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Marbleseed this past July
More fungi on Bur & Cherry
November 4, 2023 at 3:35 PM
More fungi on Bur & Cherry
Squirrels have been busy, many asters (#Aster oolentangiense here)still in bloom & lots of native seed has been collected. There have been hundreds of migratory birds going through this week, millions passing through Illinois. #phenology
October 10, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Squirrels have been busy, many asters (#Aster oolentangiense here)still in bloom & lots of native seed has been collected. There have been hundreds of migratory birds going through this week, millions passing through Illinois. #phenology
April ‘22 - #buroakblight #snag #deadwood Decline of tree over the years, had to scale tree back during winter for safety.
October 10, 2023 at 2:35 PM
April ‘22 - #buroakblight #snag #deadwood Decline of tree over the years, had to scale tree back during winter for safety.
