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beeloveds.bsky.social
BeeLover
@beeloveds.bsky.social
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Disabled impoverished beep and tweXile (b 2009, perma-banned October 2024 in the First Word War). Bee Lover (but that handle was taken), gardener, on Chinook lands. Vive la #beesistance! Beep! Beep! No $ DMs. I'm broke. Https://photograbee.com
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beeloveds.bsky.social
Happy early #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers. I have a bee-sy day tomorrow so figured I'd get a jump on this lest it go by. I've been pulling off a Hail Mary pass for a houseless friend this week. I may have found a catcher. Meeting soon. 🤞🤞🤞
A top down shot of a pastel zinnia that goes from dusky pink on the outer edges to orange then yellow around a ruby center. Top down shot of another zinnia but showing very vibrant rich bright yellow petals with a double circle around the center starting with bright red on the outside, around violet inside. In diffuse daylight.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Sharing this shot of setting sunlight lighting up the grape leaves from last summer for #ThrowbackThursday as I slowly get back on my horse. (Been super sick and beset this week.) 🥺✌️
Sunlight shining through grape leaves changing from green to yellow and red in late summer 2025 making them glow brightly.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good? #MagentaMonday beeps. I'm super sick today. 🥺 #Flowers
A face on photo of a fully open solid magenta cosmos at dusk. Shot from behind a pair of variegated cosmos flowers. One is white with dark magenta margins, the other appears solid dark magenta.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Here's an idea - Read this book aloud on the floor in a filibuster
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Reprising some of last summer's sunflowers and more for #Stunflower #Stunday to brighten our timelines. #SundayYellow #BloomScrolling #pnw
A deep yellow sunflower with a rusty ring around the center faces the camera in front of a small wooden structure in back in a garden at dusk. A solid lemon yellow large day lily blossom faces the camera in a garden in diffuse daylight.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Deep rosy color at sunset in southeast Portland, Oregon late one #evening
#BlueSkyArtShow
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Happy? #FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday beeps. I'm grateful for spring and summer color to reprise now that it's cold and dark. #Flowers #BloomScrolling
Face on shot of a fully open deep orange and yellow striped choriopsis flower at dusk. No bees. Shot from behind a deep yellow choriopsis flower glowing gently as it's backlit by setting sun. No bees.
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Reprising my September Spider for #ThrowbackThursday since it's not technically an insect but an arachnid.

I'm also overwhelmed helping several friends in crisis atm. 🥺
Semi close-up photo of a large mottled brown orb spider in the center of its web highlighted by a flashlight at night.
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Oh frabjous #RoseWednesday, calloo callay, I'm chortling with joy! Well done US! Ribbit! Ribbit! 👊💚🐸✌️🎉
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #MagentaMonday beeps (bee-loving peeps). I'm reprising some pretty rock cress from last spring. #Flowers #BloomScrolling
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #Stunflower #Stunday beeps. I'm reprising some hits from earlier this year now that the garden is done, natch. #SundayYellow #Flowers #BloomScrolling
Face on shot of a large deep yellow sunflower with a big rust circle around the center in a garden in diffuse daylight. JG Photograbee 2025.
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #SylvanSaturday beeps (bee-loving peeps). I'm reprising this bit of beauty from last July while it rains in earnest here in Portland today. #Trees #woods #Nature #ForestBathing #photography
View through moss covered trees of the tall South Falls at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon July 2025. Dappled sunlight filters through the trees in early evening. JG Photograbee 2025.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #FoliageFriday to you. I normally share flowers on Fridays but these trees just can't be ignored! ✌️
A deep orange and red and yellow maple backlit by setting sun making it glow. Another deep red maple with hints of orange yellow and green lit by setting sun.
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
I am.
Photo shows two colorful photo notecards featuring a ring of bees sleeping around the center of one bright red and yellow Gaillardia flower on the left, and another with a cluster of longhorn bees clinging to the tattered petals of a bedraggled mature Gaillardia on the right. Art by Jan Groh Photograbee 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #TuesdayBlue to you beeps. Reprising my favorite Nigella from last summer. #Flowers #BloomScrolling
Photo of a small patch of robins egg blue Nigella flowers in a community garden in the shade.
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #MagentaMonday #PinkMon beeps. (Bee-loving peeps.) Here's some of the last cosmos of the year.

Ribbit. Resist. Repeat. And hug a bee or a beek. #Flowers
A variegated white and pink cosmos with darker magenta margins. A dark pink cosmos with dark magenta margins. A solid pink cosmos with a slightly darker pink ring around the center.
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Some belated additional #SundayYellow fresh from my community garden - the last of the Gaillardia patch that was so fruitful this summer. #Flowers #Gardening
Photo of a rather bedraggled and mature Gaillardia flower patch with only a couple fresh blooms left. Most have gone to seed. Close-up photo of one of the last mostly yellow Gaillardia flowers in bloom with raindrops on it.
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Happy #Arachtober #SpiderSunday to you. I figured I'd switch things up with my only good spider shot today, while I can.

I'm not a big fan of spooky things, but spiders are quite beautiful up close. I'll return to my usual colorful bee-centric programming next week. ♥️✌️🕷️👀
A large orb weaving spider sitting in the middle of its web outside of a house under artificial light. Close-up photo of a torch lit large orb weaving spider in the center of its web at night outside of a house.
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Happy #SylvanSaturday beeps. (Bee-loving peeps.) It's raining hard in Stump Town this morning. But that's how we grow these big #trees I enjoyed last July. #Oregon
Sun shines through the leaves and branches of tall evergreen and deciduous trees lining a canyon at Silver Falls State Park July 2025.
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Good #FoliageFriday to you from my rainy corner of the empire. I'll return to flowers after the leaves are done. Either way you know I'll bring lots of color. #Autumn #Leaves #Fall #photos
A large bright red Japanese maple stands out amongst the lighter yellow, green and light orange maples behind it on a roadside. JG Photograbee 2025. The tall branches of a maple tree backlit by setting sun glow bright yellow, green, orange and red against a dark evergreen in back. JG Photograbee 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
I'm gonna re-up this vibrant katydid for #InsectThursday and #ThrowbackThursday both. I'm too beset to do better today. #photos
A large vibrant lime green katydid resting on a glass door pane glowing under the security light outside an apartment corridor at night.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
More #SundayYellow with Vitamin Bee just bee-cause. I need it. #Flowers #BloomScrolling #bees
Angle shot of a solid yellow large sunflower with a honeybee on it in full sun. Left facing angle shot of another solid yellow sunflower with a honeybee on it in full sun.
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Alright, gonna share the last of the season's #Stunflowers for #Stunday. It's now raining in earnest in my lil corner of the empire. #pdx #flowers
A single smaller dark yellow sunflower with a dark solid rust ring around the center in the shade. A solid yellow sunflower glowing softly in setting sun.
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
beeloveds.bsky.social
We were chanting "Whose pond? OUR POND" in #pdx today for #NoKings. Amazing, huge TOTALLY PEACEFUL rally and turnout today in Portland, Oregon. In frogs we trust!

Spin this you twatwaffles! #Ribbity
A scene at the east end of the Morrison bridge showing a very large frog puppet in a parade with people in frog costumes. Some on bikes. Overcast. Photo shows someone in an inflatable T-Rex costume marching next to a huge rolling green frog puppet in a crowd entering the east end of the Morrison bridge in southeast Portland, Oregon October 18th, 2025.
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
beeloveds.bsky.social
Happy #FlowersOnFriday #FridayFlowers #BloomScrolling
Here I'm reprising some summer color. #Flowers #gardening
Close-up of a single vibrant yellow and orange choriopsis flower in setting sun. JG Photograbee 2025. Close-up of two vibrant deep yellow and orange nasturtiums in diffuse daylight.
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM