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have lived under a military dictatorship. have lived off grid.

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 9d
Life changing decisions are being passed down from on high.

At the grassroots level, life changing decisions must also now be made.

Myself, I have decided to seek citizenship abroad.

I have lived abroad previously; it is fathomable.
cicadasongstl.bsky.social
Take note: Flowering Dogwood has a new binomial. #missouri #nativeplants
ganativeplants.bsky.social Georgia Native Plant Society @ganativeplants.bsky.social · 9d
This one is a two-fer: good fall color and fruit! This is flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida). In addition to beautiful spring flowers, this small tree has fruit for the birds and outstanding fall color. This native tree is a real winner for small yards. #nativeplants
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
cicadasongstl.bsky.social
Life changing decisions are being passed down from on high.

At the grassroots level, life changing decisions must also now be made.

Myself, I have decided to seek citizenship abroad.

I have lived abroad previously; it is fathomable.
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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grays.art
Male Green darner dragonfly
(Anax junius)

on palmetto 10-26-25
Barefoot beach preserve
Collier county, Florida

#AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin #blue #bugSky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #native #insects #bugs #dragonflies #nature #art #wildlife #dragonflyweek
Bright green head and thorax (mid-section), and the distinct body shape, which is long and needle-like, like a darning needle. Males have a bright blue abdomen like this one, with wings about 4” wide (10cm).
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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angutekaraq.bsky.social
My new favorite place on the planet
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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juliejam.bsky.social
I haven't seen any Common Buckeyes for several weeks but this one showed up today. We had frost overnight, but it should be warm for a few more weeks. #butterflies #lepidoptera 🦋 🌱 #gardening
A brown Common Buckeye Butterfly is perched on an orange cosmos flower. It is a dark velvety brown with an assortment of decorations. The top wings have two red bars on each shoulder, and big swirls of ivory near each edge with large eyespots in the middle. The bottom wings each have one large and one medium-sized eyespot with a scalloped band of bright orange underneath. Junonia coenia. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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jon5cents.bsky.social
🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay is #heron, and this is a great blue from the Chicago area. I posted a larger and closer view a bit ago, so this is the in-between. #birds #photography
A view of a great blue heron from mid-body up. It is in profile facing our left. Long neck feathers are hanging down.
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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kortduce.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite heron pictures I took this year at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #Heron #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Moon chasing the sun over the Gulf of Mexico.
#stunday #sunset #moonrise #eastcoastkin #gulfofmexico
#photography #beach #shore #water
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social
🌋 Local photographer @jillkbriggs has several images of koa'e kea/white-tailed #tropicbirds soaring mysteriously & majestically around active vents & #lava fountains of #KīlaueaVolcano. You can see more of her images & other photographers at the Volcano Art Center in #HVNP.

#JillBriggs #Birdtober
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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skyflyer81.bsky.social
White-breasted Nuthatch

Schmeeckle Reserve

#Birds #Wisconsin
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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mdb2024.bsky.social
Philadelphia vireo; I had not even realized that it was a lifer when I saw it in September!

#birds #nature #naturephotography #philadelphiavireo #lifer
Perched bird with muted yellow/brownish coloring
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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citymousegarden.bsky.social
#NativePlants Iliamna remota (Kanakee Mallow) still trying to throw a few late blooms in my #UrbsInHorto #Chicago rain garden.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱
A soft pink unfurling bloom surrounded by a fluffy green new bud and fading grey-brown spent bloom.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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reeceness.blacksky.app
If you or a relative have property with lawns, please consider xeriscaping. Use native plants or region friendly ground cover. Usually a lot cheaper to maintain and more drought tolerant.
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
Tomorrow (October 29th) at 7:00 pm EDT, join the @ganativeplants.bsky.social's virtual event with @jaapderoode.bsky.social, where he will discuss his book, Doctors by Nature, and how animals discover and harness medicine in nature.

Register for this free event here: gnps.org/calendar-eve...
Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves by Jaap de Roode Jaap de Roode
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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tarnado.bsky.social
Civic infrastructure is native plants; native plants are civic infrastructure
Using Native Plants As Infrastructure
YouTube video by Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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quiltrageous.bsky.social
Today we're gathering seeds from whorled milkweed (pictured), anise hyssop, and horsemint in order to replant in other parts of the prairie. #NativePlants #SupportPollinators
A dry, brown milkweed stem with several long, slim pods that have opened to reveal fluffy parachutes on brown teardrop-shaped seeds. This milkweed species is called Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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npr.org
When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions. n.pr/4nswTDm
How to decide whether to step back from a difficult relationship — or stick it out
When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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concretebotany.bsky.social
Common Eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis) rosettes growing in the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard, shot 2 days ago.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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argenel.bsky.social
Vibrant fall colours of Tremblant 🍁 (Quebec, Canada)

#canada #autumn #fall #Tremblant #quebec #travel #photography
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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daveberthiaumephoto.com
Night sky over a church in northern Minnesota

#minnesota #nightsky #milkyway #night #church #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #photography
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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deedorsey.bsky.social
Petosky, Michigan 🍂 October, 2025
“A lake is a landscape composed chiefly of water and reflection.” ~ Joseph Roux

#michigan #puremichigan #photography #nature #scape #landscape #stunday #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #clouds #reflections #landscapephotography #photographersunited
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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np-photos.bsky.social
I was going to take a photo of our garden wall for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock but got distracted by all the nice lichen and moss.

#MossMonday #FungiFriends #Lichen #Moss
Some short dark green moss and pale blue-green lichen growing on a fairly flat surface (the top of a granite wall). A part of the lichen looks almost like tiny elf cup mushrooms.
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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ramblingidiot.bsky.social
One For Sorrow.
Small print, lots of details, low price.
#halloween #printsky #artsky #occult

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/product/one-...
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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nomskic.bsky.social
No, It's not a Girl!

Colours aren't gendered, yet in the western world there is a persistent, if not particularly old, tradition that it is so. Why? It puzzles me. I feel a new rabbit hole dive approaching...

#art #abstractart #pink #pinkmon #colouraday #printmaking #colours
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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enyaslung.bsky.social
#monoprint #abstract #gellprint
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM