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Jenn Lynn
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Spreading love, peace, and safety wherever I can. Expect pictures of my cats, mushrooms, bees, and flowers.
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My #Lilac tree will occasionally have a few clusters of blooms in #autumn but I've never seen it have this many. The clusters are smaller than the spring bloom but the fragrance is delightful.

Sitting on my porch in #October, with summertime weather, smelling lilac.
Many small clusters of lilac blooms on branches mostly bare of leaves. The sky is cloud free and blue. A close up of a cluster of lilac blooms in focus with others blurred in the background. A close up of a cluster of lilac blooms in focus with others blurred in the background. To the right and blurred, farther in the background, a tall coniferous tree. A group of several lilac bloom clusters together. Green and brown grass in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I was away overnight and came home to my three regular alley cats sitting on the porch waiting for me. They look slightly judgemental about my absence.

My two indoor cats couldn't have cared less to see me.
#CatsOfBlueSky #FeralCat #AlleyCat
On a concrete porch, on the left a lighter brown tabby cat sits near the steps by a post, a black cat sits further from the steps and, on the right, a darker brown tabby lays on the welcome mat in front of the door. All three are looking directly at the camera, with accusatory looks, chastising me for being away too long.
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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After five months of patiently building trust, this handsome feral kitty let me pet him today! I could tell from the first time he came to my porch for food that he wanted desperately to be loved but was terrified of humans. He's such a sweet kitty.
#AlleyCat #CatsOfBlueSky
Black cat sitting on a porch.
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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My #Lilac is blooming out of season. Most of the tree has lost its leaves but one branch still has green leaves and has now bloomed.
#BlueSky
A lilac branch, seen from below, with blue sky above. There are several clumps of blooms and they are very fragrant.
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Current #BackyardBlooms
#cosmos #marigold
A light pink cosmos bloom with petals open. A pink cosmos bloom with petals half open. A large yellow-orange marigold that looks like a ruffled puffy ball. A yellow-orange cosmos bloom with petals open.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I tagged and released five Monarch butterflies this weekend (four pictured). Their eggs were laid on milkweed in my butterfly garden a month ago.
#MonarchButterfly
#iNat
#MonarchWatch
Monarch butterfly on small yellow sunflower. Monarch butterfly on yellow rudbeckia flower. Monarch butterfly on yellow flower. Monarch butterfly on small yellow sunflower.
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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A #Bumblebee taking a nap in a #MexicanSunflower.
#BackyardBeauties #summer
A bumblebee is resting on the petals of an orange flower with its face away from the center, it's antennae hanging down.
August 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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#Sunflowers!
#BackyardBeauties #flowers #summer
A sunflower with a dark center and bicolor petals which are rusty orange about two-thirds of the petal and bright yellow tips. A yellow sunflower with a dark center. The petals are two-tone with brighter tips and subtly darker bases. A small sunflower hanging down, as if bashfully looking at the ground. The petals, seen from the backside, are yellow with reddish streaks in the centers. A small, bright yellow sunflower with a dark center.
August 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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My #sunflower was winking at me.
#BackyardBeauties #flowers
A deep red sunflower with yellow tips. The petals on the right side have not opened yet and it gave me the impression of the flower winking. Green leaves make the background.
August 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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#BackyardBeauties
#marigold #MexicanSunflower #BlackEyedSusan
An orange marigold. Petals almost form a ball shape and are ruffled. A Mexican sunflower. Dark orange, almost red petals around a yellow center. Black-eyed Susans. Long, thin, yellow petals around a dark brown center. A single bloom is the focus in the center front with more in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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As it was getting dark, I found these three #LongHornedBees asleep in a #Sunflower together.
#SummerNights #bees #iNat
Two long-horned bees close together at the base of yellow sunflower petals. They have noticeably long antennae, hence the name. A long-horned bee asleep at the base of yellow sunflower petals. Zoomed out to see all three long-horned bees sleeping on the yellow sunflower.
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This gorgeous #BlackSwallowtail butterfly visited my garden today! I usually don't see them in my gardens, so I was very excited for this visitor! And he/she let me take pictures!
#ButterfliesOfBlueSky
#ButterfliesOfPA
A Black Swallowtail butterfly with wings open on an orange flower. The wings are mostly black with blue tails and an orange dot on the inside edge of each wing tail. Pale yellow dots line the edges of the wings. The same Black Swallowtail butterfly from the other picture but with wings halfway closed.
August 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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A bit tattered and faded but still flying, this Monarch stopped by my garden for refreshment before continuing on her way.
#MonarchButterfly
A Monarch butterfly on an orange flower. Her wings are open. She is faded orange. The top left wing is missing the tip, giving the impression that she closely escaped a predator. A Monarch butterfly on an orange flower with her wings closed. From this view of her right side, her tattered left wing is barely visible.
August 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This week there have been cooler temperatures and fewer Monarchs than the past couple weeks but today this beauty stayed long enough for me to get his picture.
#MonarchButterfly
Monarch butterfly on orange flower with wings slightly parted, background of green leaves and stems. Monarch on orange flower with blue sky as background, backlit so that colors are just barely visible.
August 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Belated #BlackCatAppreciationDay

This sweetie is one of the alley cats. He is timid and hasn't let me pet him yet but will allow me to sit on the porch while he eats the food I put out.

I named him Beauty even though he was a bit scruffy when I first saw him.
#CatsOfBlueSky
A black cat sitting on a porch with tail curled around his front feet.
August 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Beatrix supervising me cleaning the litterboxes.
#CatsOfBlueSky
A tuxedo cat, seen from below, laying on a wooden step, looking down with front feet hanging over the edge. A tuxedo cat laying on a wooden step, front feet hanging over the edge. She looks down at the camera. A tuxedo cat laying on a wooden step looking completely unimpressed.
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Four more of the 12 stray cats that normally stop by for dinner each night.
#CatsOfBlueSky #Feral #StrayCat
A gray tiger cat. A black cat. A small tortoiseshell cat with a mostly light beige face. A black and white cat.
August 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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This summer, a lot of stray cats started showing up in my yard. I've been feeding them every night and keeping clean water out for them. I bought a trap so that I can start trapping them to get them neutered and spayed. Pictured are 4 of the 12 that show up nightly.
#CatsOfBlueSky #Feral #StrayCat
A calico cat with a white underside and large patches of orange and gray. A mostly black tortoiseshell cat with a few tan patches. A light orange cat. A gray tuxedo cat.
August 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on the Mexican sunflower today! This is the best picture I could get because it was on the highest flower, which is about 6.5 or 7 feet tall.

A couple Monarchs flew by, too, but didn't stop long enough to have their pictures taken.
#EasternTigerSwallowtail
A yellow butterfly with black stripes on an orange flower with blue, cloudless sky as the background.
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Cute #fungi in my backyard.
A grouping of about a dozen small, beige mushrooms, looking like umbrellas. Three small, beige mushrooms growing out of a pinecone. A lone brown mushroom in the grass.
July 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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#BackyardBeauties
#Rudbeckia
#BlackEyedSusan
#Sunflower
Black-eyed Susan flowers. Yellow petals with rusty red-orange at the base of the petals. Rudbeckia. A bright yellow cone flower. Red-orange sunflower. Small yellow sunflower.
July 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Backyard critters.

1. #Bumblebee and #YellowJacket (under petal) on #MexicanSunflower
2. #CalligrapherFly
3. #Honeybee with pollen pants (squee!) on #PurpleConeflower
4. #Sharpshooter on #Black-eyedSusan
A bumblebee sits on top of an orange flower and a yellow jacket hangs onto the underside of a petal. A calligrapher fly with wings out to the sides. A honey bee with big, yellow pollen pockets on her legs. A green striped sharpshooter (insect) on the yellow petal of a black-eyed Susan.
July 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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All the rain in Pennsylvania this summer is making mushrooms pop up all over my yard.
#fungi #mushrooms
Mushrooms with the tops curled slightly, revealing their gills. A mushroom looking like a little umbrella.
July 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Backyard flowers bring me joy.
#flowers #summer #blooms
Sunflower with two-tone petals. Yellow tips with rusty brown at the base of the petals. Light purple bee balm bloom. Alyssum. Small white, four-petaled flowers clustered together. Purple coneflower bloom
July 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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From feral to friend. They had already been fed but they were waiting at the door, looking for me, because they wanted me to come out and give them scritches and pets. They will lay on my feet and roll over and are super friendly. They just want to be loved.
#Cat #feral
Two brown tabby cats sitting side-by-side, looking in a glass door.
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM