@danaturnstone.bsky.social
Political junkie, watercolor dabbler, native plant enthusiast, aspiring but lazy fiddle player
The French word for skunk is so appropriate for these two. Don’t they look like they should be called “mouffettes?
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The French word for skunk is so appropriate for these two. Don’t they look like they should be called “mouffettes?
I love mine. It’s just waiting its turn to go up on the fridge.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love mine. It’s just waiting its turn to go up on the fridge.
Seeing an image, beautiful though it is, reminds me how glad I am that I’m not a frog.
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Seeing an image, beautiful though it is, reminds me how glad I am that I’m not a frog.
So that’s what those little biters are. Good to know they’re only annoying.
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So that’s what those little biters are. Good to know they’re only annoying.
The flicker’s beauty is so underrated!
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The flicker’s beauty is so underrated!
Check with the local bird clubs to see what’s around. I’ve been away for a long time but Snowy Plovers were often on the beach at the entry to the estuary and there were lots of other interesting west coast residents and migrants.
October 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Check with the local bird clubs to see what’s around. I’ve been away for a long time but Snowy Plovers were often on the beach at the entry to the estuary and there were lots of other interesting west coast residents and migrants.
Lucky you! Great birding if you go up the coast a ways past past Monterey to Elkhorn Slough.
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Lucky you! Great birding if you go up the coast a ways past past Monterey to Elkhorn Slough.
More likely a Ken. Hmmm. President Hegseth?
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
More likely a Ken. Hmmm. President Hegseth?
Dream big!
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dream big!
I miss them so much.
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I miss them so much.
I have such a love-hate relationship with these little guys!
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I have such a love-hate relationship with these little guys!
I Am Chipmunk Destroyer of Plants! Still adorable, though.
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I Am Chipmunk Destroyer of Plants! Still adorable, though.
And some of the people get plague from the ground squirrels.
September 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And some of the people get plague from the ground squirrels.
They do get bubonic plague, though.
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
They do get bubonic plague, though.
Southern pink moths are also teensy and cute but hell on my salvias!
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Southern pink moths are also teensy and cute but hell on my salvias!
This one is near the top of my wish list!
August 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This one is near the top of my wish list!
That’s what I use, too.
August 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
That’s what I use, too.
Aren’t you dying to see Trump’s drawing?
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Aren’t you dying to see Trump’s drawing?
Hegseth doesn’t look thrilled either.
June 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hegseth doesn’t look thrilled either.
Tannie Maria, Khaya and Jessie
June 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tannie Maria, Khaya and Jessie
Oh. I thought he was just trying to say “I don’t need your stinking Eurotrash metric system either.”
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh. I thought he was just trying to say “I don’t need your stinking Eurotrash metric system either.”
Just in time for the raw milk drinkers to brew up a more transmissible version of bird flu.
May 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just in time for the raw milk drinkers to brew up a more transmissible version of bird flu.
Maybe they should point out that Mr. Art of the Deal is being taken for a ride by the Qataris — and not in their gaudy used plane that they tried and failed to sell. Nobody else wanted this flying white elephant.
May 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Maybe they should point out that Mr. Art of the Deal is being taken for a ride by the Qataris — and not in their gaudy used plane that they tried and failed to sell. Nobody else wanted this flying white elephant.
So he’s Betamax?
May 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So he’s Betamax?
BS Barbie strikes again!
May 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
BS Barbie strikes again!