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Claire Reinburg
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Reader, nature lover, erstwhile book editor and publisher.

"So shines a good deed in a weary world." — Willy Wonka
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Bon Air Rose Garden in Arlington, VA, still blooming and giving us hope
Red rose with raindrops in a late Fall garden Yellow rose in a late fall garden beaming like a ray of sunshine White roses on a trellis next to a bench in a garden in late Fall
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are blooming there. #flowers
Yellow-petaled wildflower with leafy foliage blooming from a crevice in a street gutter
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#Fall walks these days 🧡💛
A gray forest pathway is surrounded by trees with yellowing and orange leaves Trees on both banks of a small stream, and there are fallen leaves in the water. The leaves are various shades of yellow, light green, and orange
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Halloween: The Morning After. Sure, it's all fun and games - until someone loses their ears, their dagger, or ... their cow.
A black cat-ears headband lying in the grass the morning after Halloween A toy dagger, gray with a black handle, lies on the sidewalk An inflatable spaceship with an alien figure inside hovers over a front yard on Halloween, a black and white plastic cow seemingly suspended below it, in the process of being beamed upward....
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The last of the Fall roses in Bon Air Memorial Rose Garden
Deep peach-colored rose blooms and green leaves in a late Fall garden Red roses bloom amid green foliage surrounding a green bird house mounted on a high pole in late Fall
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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A whole-ass oak tree can grow from this northern red oak acorn. Think of the possibilities....
A reddish brown acorn of the red oak with its beret-like cap attached, sitting among grass and weeds and brown leaves
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Dahlias, dahlias, dahlias...

#flowers #bloomscrolling
Three pink blooms of dahlias stacked one above the other at the edge of a garden bed Three pink fluffy dahlia blossoms with a bumblebee settled on one flower
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Birds go wild for American beautyberry in early fall #NativePlants
The green-leafed branches of American Beautyberry with purple cluster of berries that birds feast on in early fall
September 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Love the graffiti I encounter on my walking trail these days #BeKind
"Be Kind" written in black letters on a walking trail
August 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Great blue heron spotted on my walk this morning #birds
Great blue heron standing in a shallow creek with dense green foliage growing on the banks surrounding
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is:
Peaceful scene in Georgetown along the C & O Canal at Lock 3, with blue sky and puffy clouds overhead
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Opening @bsky.app and @theguardian.com is like living in a drop zone these days.
A lime green traffic cone with the words "Drop Zone" stenciled on it in black letters.
August 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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All this rain has made the Great Falls of the Potomac even greater...
White water rapids flow over brown-gray rocks beneath a blue sky with puffy white and gray clouds. Green shrubs are in the foreground, and there is a line of green trees on the opposite river bank
July 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Like Dwight's dentist was named Krentist...
Michael Scott from "The Office" saying to Dwight Schrute "Your dentist's name is Krentist?"
July 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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"I contain multitudes" - This rose, maybe #roses
A rose bloom with yellow petals in the center and pink and white petals outside
June 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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A blue heron near Lock 22 of the C & O Canal in Maryland, just to offer a timeline cleanse
A blue heron stands in the C & O Canal's cloudy waters with green shrubs glowing in the foreground and rocky outcrops in the background
June 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I interrupt the broligarchs' slap fight with photos of a rose garden in bloom. Okay, back to the shenanigans, everyone! #ArlingtonVA
Large pink roses in various stages of bloom with green leaves surrounding A garden walkway leading to an arbor, lined on the right side with brilliant yellow-pink roses blooming. Red, red roses blooming in the foreground and pink roses, hardwood trees, and evergreens in the background
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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So important to stop and smell the roses, isn't it? Also crucial to photo bomb every graduation pic in progress at a rose garden. #gardens
An arbor with benches surrounded by pink and red blooming roses under a blue sky
May 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Fearing for the future of this low footbridge over Four Mile Run in #ArlingtonVA @capitalweather.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses for one minute today...
Pink climbing roses bloom along an arbor
May 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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A walk in the woods does a heart good - golden ragwort and azaleas in #ArlingtonVA #wildflowers
Yellow daisy-like flowers above green foliage of Golden Ragwort blooming in the woods Pink azalea blooms in a wooded area
April 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This chart of cat and sun is one I refer to often darth
A beautiful gray and white cat greets the morning in a window with a feline sun salutation
April 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Science matters!
A man wearing academic robes holds a cardboard telescope and sign that reads "Science Matters" at the Hands-Off protest on the Mall in Washington, DC, that drew 100,000 participants on 4/5/2025
April 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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DC’s sign game was very strong at today’s #HandsOff demonstration. #resist
A sign that reads “It’s Up to Us” held up next to the Washington Monument at the April 5, 2025, Hands Off demonstration in DC A yellow sign that reads “Make My 401K Great Again” held up at the April 5, 2025, Hands Off demonstration in DC A protester wearing academic robes holds a telescope with a sign that reads “Science Matters” at the April 5, 2025, Hands Off demonstration in DC A sign that reads “You Can’t Lead the People If You Don’t Love the People - Sen. Cory Booker” held next to an upside-down American flag at the April 5, 2025, Hands Off demonstration in DC
April 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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A white sign with black letters that reads “No Kings” hangs next to an American flag on a highway overpass
March 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM