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Still suspicious of Bluesky, but PDS calms my paranoia 👀
Ukrainian American. Liberal. Biochemist. Film camera & book addict. Atheist. 🏳️‍⚧️ Ally
Love hiking, forests & wild nature
Enthusiastic & mediocre
📍MN
✍️English, Ukrainian or Yiddish only, please
Yep, it's an incredible place at any time of the year 🥰
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
See? Not as bad :)
The funny part about -40°F is that I learned it while preparing for a dog-sledding camping trip to the Boundary Waters and that temperature happened just five days before our trip 🤭
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My weather app shows -20C in Cities, haven't learn F for this one yet 🫣
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Fun fact: Minnesota taught me that -40°F equals -40°C. I learned that in 2020. Hopefully I won’t need this knowledge anytime soon :))
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I grew up in Kharkiv; however, I haven't been there since 2013. I have never seen it this beautiful. Thank you for these photos 💙
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Beautiful 😍
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🤭
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
third one is probably a milkcap. If you cut it, you’ll likely see the white juice that gives it the name. Some are edible, some aren’t. As for the first one, I’ve heard mycologists call any unfamiliar find a “little brown mushroom,” because there are so many and no one cares enough to identify :)
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The first one looks like a chanterelle, although the cap texture and color are a bit unusual. Still, the false gills strongly suggest it’s something from the chanterelle family
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
2nd and 3rd looks like some kind of bolete. Since the flesh is yellow, it’s most likely a variation of Imleria badia ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imleria... ) Some of my friends call it Polish mushroom for some reason. It’s probably edible, just not particularly flavorful for my taste.
Imleria badia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM