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It's been a long weird trip; it isn't over. And it isn't going to get easier anytime soon. Progressive lefty. Vet in solidarity with General Milley. Dog and cat lover.
October 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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October 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
An original source:
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
American justice today. Hang him with even less.
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
September 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
flower stalk of an Aloe vera or hardy aloe. (Aloiampelos striatula)
September 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The famous Oswald Dallas Band
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Red Horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea)

Recently planted by a NYC beautification program. It may also be an attempt to reintroduce the horse Chestnut in the Bronx. When I was a kid, that part of the Bronx teemed with them. I think a blight got to them.
September 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Kentucky Yellowwood tree (Cladrastis kentukea), flowering. Photographed on a Bronx NY street
September 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato Mexico
September 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My buddy's house every night
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Are we there yet?
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Don't be fooled by the official party line.
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

From Chrome AI overview:
It is the state flower of California and is also known... as golden poppy, Mexican poppy, California sunlight, or cup of gold.
... native to the United States and Mexico.
September 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Aloe vera also known as the hardy aloe or striped-stemmed aloe. (Aloiampelos striatula)
September 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
cornfield grasshopper or "chapulín" in Mexico. (Sphenarium purpurascens). One ugly sucker.
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mexican shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana).
Named for its flower bracts—which resemble shrimp—the shrimp plant is a tropical evergreen shrub native to Mexico. Mexican shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana).
www.masterclass.com/articles/shr...
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
carrion plant (Stapelia gigantea)
Native to Africa. Photographed in central Mexico
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM