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Crystal Abel 🏳️‍🌈 ally 🗽
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I ❤️ gardening, farming, homesteading, permaculture, foraging, birding, whale watching, hiking, photography, cosplay, fiber art, art, violin, & reading. Master Gardener, Herbalist, blogger, foodie, traveler. Studies ⬆️ & cetology, botany, entomology, etc. 🖖🏼
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It is Bat Appreciation Week! ❤️ these night pollinators and Halloween butterflies. Here is one that showed up on a tree nearby my home. 🦇
Small fuzzy brown bat hanging upside-down in the crevice of a walnut tree trunk. Small fuzzy brown bat looking at you hanging upside-down in the crevice of a walnut tree trunk. Side view of a small fuzzy brown bat hanging upside-down in the crevice of a walnut tree trunk. Small fuzzy brown bat hanging upside-down hiding in the crevices of the bark of a walnut tree.
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I made homemade Arugula Walnut Pesto last night for dinner and my family devoured it! So yummy! 😋 #pesto #ArugulaPesto #yummyfood #homemade #dinner #food #recipe #healthyfood #eatyourgreens
A Vitamix blender is sitting on the kitchen counter a little over half full of blended green Arugula Walnut Pesto. A bowl of Arugula Walnut Pesto mixed with Angel Hair pasta noodles with a fork in it.
September 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#HappyAliceinWonderlandDay! My favorite scene is Alice with the the vibrant and fantastical "Garden of Live Flowers" where they sing the song, "All in the Golden Afternoon". #AliceinWonderland #GardenofLiveFlowers #GoldenAfternoon #flowers #talkingflowers #anthropomorphicflowers
Graphic by 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕊𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 that has Alice, wearing her iconic blue dress and white apron sitting in the grass with mushrooms and foliage around her. She is gazing up at fireworks in the night sky. The graphic says, "Happy Alice in Wonderland Day July Forth. Art by Ann Shen called "The Wildflower". Alice in her blue dress and white apron is standing in the center of the talking flowers from the story Alice in Wonderland. There are all different sorts of flowers: including a Rose, Tiger Lily, Daisy, Tulips, Violets, Lily of the Valley, Lilac, Morning Glories, and Dandy Lions. Art by Joey Chou of Alice in her blue dress and white apron surrounded by the colorful, living, talking flowers in the story, Alice in Wonderland. Also in the art is a horse fly and bread and butterflies.
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Happy World Swallowtail Day! Here is a photo I took of a Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) butterfly enjoying my Columbine. #worldswallowtailday #swallowtailbutterfly #westerntigerswallowtailbutterfly #westerntigerswallowtail #butterfly #columbineflower
Photograph of a Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly sucking nectar from a purple Columbine flower with its long tongue. It is resting on the flower upside-down with its wings outstretched.
June 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Happy #WorldBeeDay 🐝 #bees #everydayisbeeday 🌸 #bugsky #macro #photography #bloomscrolling #pnw #plantnativeflowers #photography #beesmatter #gardenphotography #savethebees #bee #pollinator #pollination #flower #zinnia
A bee has landed on a multi-petaled pink Zinnia flower with a yellow center.
May 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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🌿 Happy #BeNicetoNettlesWeek! 🌿 Often overlooked or viewed negatively due to their sting, stinging nettles play a crucial role in supporting wildlife and are packed with amazing health benefits for humans as well. #stingingnettle #nettles #plant #leafygreens #goforaging #forage
Photo of a bunch of dark green leafy plants called Stinging Nettle.
May 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Today my clematis finally opened up to reveal the color and it is spectacular! I found it in the grass in front of my front porch and babied it. It is growing up a metal leaf trellis with some native vine honeysuckle. #gardening #garden #clematis #gardensky #vine #flower #BloomScrolling
Pretty dark fuchsia colored 6 petaled Clematis flower opened up with more blooms beside it not opened up yet. It is vining up a trellis.
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#HappyMothersDay! It was also my #birthday yesterday. Got some #plants for my #garden and will be getting a truck full of #mulch, too. There were thunderstorms with rain today, so my garden got watered, and so did the #beewateringstation I cleaned.
Bee watering station: a decorative ceramic plate filled with pretty rocks, marbles, flat marbles, and a few pennies. The sky filled it with rain water for me. Plants are surrounding it. Pretty plants in pots with their tags. They are sitting in a cardboard tray. There is plants and a fountain of a girl fetching water from a well in the background. A picture of a woman (me) wearing a purple jacket and a necklace that says mom holding a magenta pink dragonfruit drink from Starbucks. The drink has Happy Birthday written on the clear plastic cup it is in with a black sharpie marker.
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Happy Star Wars Day! I created this with Picrew’s “Star Wars but it's anime style“!! picrew.me/share?cd=tsf... #Picrew #Star_Wars_but_its_anime_style #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWars #anime #picrew #lightsaber #StarWarsDay #resistance #rebel #RebelAlliance #resist #MayThe4th #MayTheFourth
May 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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#HappyNationalHangingOutDay! This day encourages everyone to use a drying rack or clothes line instead of an electric or gas tumble dryer as a way to help the environment. The day also strives to bring awareness to benefits of air-drying clothes. #NationalHangingOutDay #ClothesLine #AirDry #SunDry
Tie dyed clothing hangs on a clothes line. Trees and a barn in the backdrop.
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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#HappyHerbalistDay! I have been learning about plants and their uses ever since I was a kid and picked up a book on edible flowers at my local library. I devoured that book, then started learning more. #herbology #plantmedicine #greenwitch #herbwitch #herbalist theherbalacademy.com/blog/thank-a...
Graphic says, "Happy Herbalist Day! It's with immense gratitude for the plants and the community of plant people that we wish you a very happy Herbalist Day!" Around the words there are drawings of herbs. There is also a logo for Herbal Academy. Graphic says, "Community is the heart of herbalism. Marlene Adelmann Happy Herbalist Day" Around the words there are drawings of herbs and flowers. There is also a logo for Herbal Academy. Graphic says, "Happy Herbalist Day! Herbalism is something that everyone can enjoy. There's not a single lifestyle that won't be enhanced by it. Marlene Adelmann Founder of Herbal Academy" Around the words there are drawings of herbs. There is also a logo for Herbal Academy. Graphic says in the center, "Ways to be and herbalist". In smaller text around those words are, " Support personal health with herbs, Organize herbal events, Sell herbal products, Support community's health with herbs, Sell herbs, Support clients health with herbs, Write about herbs, Grow herbs, Support family's health with herbs, Make herbal products, Teach herbalism to others". Around the words there are drawings of herbs. There is also a logo for Herbal Academy, a teapot and bottles of herbal remedies.
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Happy National Farm Animals Day! Here are some of the farm animals I have had on my farm through the years. #NationalFarmAnimalsDay #FarmAnimals #livestock #horses #llamas #bunnies #rabbits #goats #chickens #hens #rooster #pony #minipony
A collage of farm animals. There are horses, bunnies, chickens, llamas, goats, etc.
April 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Happy #NationalHugYourDogDay, #DogAppreciationMonth, #CanineFitnessMonth, and #ActiveDogMonth! 🤗🐕 Nova loves hugs and to run and play fetch. It is also #StressAwarenessMonth and Nova helps me de-stress. She is so wonderful! I love her! 🥰 #dogsofbluesky #dogsofbsky #blueskydogs #dogsky #doglover
A woman (me) smiling with her arm around a dog (my dog, Nova) hugging.
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Happy National Unicorn Day! Here is my lovely horse named Skittles. She is cremello, which means she has a cream-colored body, a white/cream mane and tail, pink skin, and blue eyes. We call her our unicorn. 🦄 #happynationalunicornday #nationalunicornday #unicornday #horse #cremello #unicorn
A painting of a unicorn standing majestically in a valley with trees, mountains, and a lake with a blue sky and clouds in the background. The image says, "Happy National Unicorn Day". My white horse named Skittles in a field with tall grass and hillside with cloudy but blue sky in the background. The horse is munching grass with white main billowing in the breeze. A photo of the front half of my white horse named Skittles in a field with tall grass and hillside with cloudy but blue sky in the background. The horse is looking at you with perked ears and pink nose. My white horse named Skittles in a field with dirt underneath her hooves, a walnut tree in the right upper corner, with trees and a bridge in the far background. The horse is behind a wire fence and looking at you.
April 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Happy Community Garden Week! I love our local Hope of Rainier Food Pantry Community Gardens! They, along with local farmers provide fresh produce to people in need that live in our town. #communitygarden #communitygardenweek #hopeofRainierfoodpantry #hopeofRainier #hopecommunitygardens #hopegardens
Hope of Rainier Food Pantry Community Gardens. Garden beds full of flowers, fruits, and veggies behind a fence. A garden sign reads, "Hope Grows Here". Another garden sign reads, "Hope Gardens Maintained by Dedicated Volunteers". Hope of Rainier Food Pantry Community Gardens. Garden beds full of flowers, fruits, and veggies behind a fence. A garden sign reads, "Hope Grows Here". Another garden sign reads, "Hope Gardens Maintained by Dedicated Volunteers". Hope of Rainier Food Pantry Community Gardens. Garden beds full of flowers, fruits, and veggies behind a fence. A garden sign reads, "Hope Grows Here". Hope of Rainier Food Pantry Community Gardens. Garden beds full of flowers, fruits, and veggies behind a fence. A garden sign reads, "Hope Gardens Maintained by Dedicated Volunteers".
April 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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www.nwf.org/Educational-... #NationalWildlifeWeek #EyeOnTheWild
Image that says, "National Wildlife Week" on a green background.
April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Everyone protesting stay safe out there! #handsoff #goodtrouble #HandsOffProtests #protests
Image that says, "HANDS OFF! (with a red slash diagonally through the O) IMMIGRANTS, CONSUMER, CLEAN AIR, PERSONAL DATA, VETERAN ELECTIONS, NATO, CANCER RESEARCH, COURTS, MEDICARE, OUR BOOKS, SOCIAL SECURITY, FREE SPEECH, OUR JOBS, LIBRARIES, PUBLIC LANDS, MEDICAID, PROTECTIONS, OUR WALLETS, CLEAN ENERGY, FAIR ELECTIONS, SCHOOLS, LGBTQ+RIGHTS"
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Have a happy #WaterfallWednesday! #Nature #GetOutside 🌿 #Waterfall #BeaverFalls #Oregon 💦💧
Beaver Falls, a waterfall located on Beaver Creek near the town of Clatskanie in Oregon. This vertical curtain type waterfall plunges 48 feet into a basin large enough for swimming. There are rocks and vegetation surrounding.
April 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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April is #NationalVolunteerMonth. There are so many excellent #volunteer opportunities out there if you just look. If you live in the USA and want to volunteer with the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Forest Service, etc. click here... www.volunteer.gov
Image that says, "Volunteers - Heart at Work" with a lot of colorful handprints in the shape of a heart.
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Image is a background of painted flowers by artist Tracy Verdugo with a quote that says: "Do your little bit of good where you are: it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." - Desmond Tutu
March 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Having fun with Picrew’s “Character maker“!! picrew.me/share?cd=SI9... #Picrew #Character_maker
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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This diagram illustrates the retreat of both Portage and Burns Glaciers over the last century. The blue colors show the current position of Portage Lake and the main retreat of Portage Glacier. The brown tones indicate land and the main retreat of Burns Glacier.
March 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Yesterday was the first ever Glacier Day and today is World Water Day! When I was younger & living in Alaska we went to Portage Glacier in the Chugach National Forest. Hope to go back soon, but with climate change I may not get to see it as I did. #worldwaterday #glacierday #portageglacier #Alaska
Portage Glacier with mountains in the background and Portage Lake and wildflowers in the foreground. This picture was not taken by me and I do not know who did take it to give attribution. I also don't know what year it was taken. Portage Glacier with mountains in the background and Portage Lake and fireweed wildflowers in the foreground. This picture was not taken by me and I do not know who did take it to give attribution. I also don't know what year it was taken.
March 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Happy National Flower Day! One of my favorite flowering bushes is the Red Flowering Currant. It is my favorite because I love hummingbirds and they love the gorgeous bright pink blossoms. #NationalFlowerDay #HappyNationalFlowerDay #flowers #flower #floweringtree #floweringbush #redfloweringcurrant
A clump of bright pink trailing flowers hang from a Red Flowering Currant.
March 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Happy International Day of Forests 🌲🌳 & International Color 🌈 Day! My favorite color is green 💚🍃. The human eye 👁️ can distinguish more shades of green than any other color. I love that forests have so much green too. #happycolorday #happyinternationaldayofforests #happyworldforestryday
A Great Blue Heron is sitting on a mossy branch of a tree. Mossy trees surround the bird. A shallow waterfall stream with rocks on either side ending in a lush green forest grove.
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM