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Bird's nest fungi with hemlock needles for scale, growing on a chunk of old plywood. They are so tiny. I just read that the spores are spread when raindrops bounce the "eggs" out of the cups. No wonder they are happy here in November. #Fungi Friends
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bird's nest fungi with hemlock needles for scale, growing on a chunk of old plywood. They are so tiny. I just read that the spores are spread when raindrops bounce the "eggs" out of the cups. No wonder they are happy here in November. #Fungi Friends
These magnolia seeds are now stratifying in my refrigerator for planting next spring. I've never seen them in the yard before -- guessing that's because we had a fire this summer that displaced our resident squirrels. I learned magnolias are among the very first angiosperms. Dinosaurs ate them. 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
These magnolia seeds are now stratifying in my refrigerator for planting next spring. I've never seen them in the yard before -- guessing that's because we had a fire this summer that displaced our resident squirrels. I learned magnolias are among the very first angiosperms. Dinosaurs ate them. 🌱
Beautiful! It reminded me of this freshwater image from Lake Bled in Slovenia.
August 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Beautiful! It reminded me of this freshwater image from Lake Bled in Slovenia.
Potato bonzai from a root veg storage cleanup.🌱
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Potato bonzai from a root veg storage cleanup.🌱
July 1, early in the morning. We've got peas, beans, peppers, tomatoes, a great big volunteer squash, tomatillos, cilantro, onions, Liberty apples, and other stuff tucked in corners. Chard and kale will replace the peas when they're done. #gardening
July 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
July 1, early in the morning. We've got peas, beans, peppers, tomatoes, a great big volunteer squash, tomatillos, cilantro, onions, Liberty apples, and other stuff tucked in corners. Chard and kale will replace the peas when they're done. #gardening
Guanajuato, Mexico, 1953
June 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Guanajuato, Mexico, 1953
Maybe choose different peacekeepers. A better ending happened at a (very) small-town No Kings in Everson, WA. A Trump supporter showed up, open carrying -- legal in Washington -- and agitated. Details in ALT text.
June 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Maybe choose different peacekeepers. A better ending happened at a (very) small-town No Kings in Everson, WA. A Trump supporter showed up, open carrying -- legal in Washington -- and agitated. Details in ALT text.
I was left unsupervised on the beach today. This is what happened.
May 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I was left unsupervised on the beach today. This is what happened.
Springing in the rain (and the wind). 20 years of planting and good luck and the strip between our house and the neighbors can look like the world. It's their magnolia and forsythia growing over the fence. #gardening
April 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Springing in the rain (and the wind). 20 years of planting and good luck and the strip between our house and the neighbors can look like the world. It's their magnolia and forsythia growing over the fence. #gardening
He spends a lot of time like this, while sweeping the wall with his tail.
March 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
He spends a lot of time like this, while sweeping the wall with his tail.
Like many Puget Sounders, we have a little oyster grow op on the low-tide beach. We buy seed from commercial growers and raise them in bags. I gathered these yesterday and made poboys today. Those are full-size cookie sheets for scale. 7 oysters in shell = 10 pounds. #marinelife #oysters
March 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Like many Puget Sounders, we have a little oyster grow op on the low-tide beach. We buy seed from commercial growers and raise them in bags. I gathered these yesterday and made poboys today. Those are full-size cookie sheets for scale. 7 oysters in shell = 10 pounds. #marinelife #oysters
There's a spot called the Glass Beach on Bellingham's urban waterfront where people tend to gather to drink, have illegal bonfires, and collect beach glass, which is abundant there. Yesterday my grandkids and I found this tribute to a deceased heron, and a 19oz. unopened can of Voodoo Ranger beer.
February 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There's a spot called the Glass Beach on Bellingham's urban waterfront where people tend to gather to drink, have illegal bonfires, and collect beach glass, which is abundant there. Yesterday my grandkids and I found this tribute to a deceased heron, and a 19oz. unopened can of Voodoo Ranger beer.
Rhododendron, foxglove and columbine. Deer avoid rhodies ans foxglove. Not sure about columbine but it's so prolific you probably could share.
February 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rhododendron, foxglove and columbine. Deer avoid rhodies ans foxglove. Not sure about columbine but it's so prolific you probably could share.
My mom, Rosa Morgan, worked as a newspaper freelance photographer in 1943 in Seattle. One of her assignments was to photograph a family visit with a mother in an iron lung due to polio.
February 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My mom, Rosa Morgan, worked as a newspaper freelance photographer in 1943 in Seattle. One of her assignments was to photograph a family visit with a mother in an iron lung due to polio.
Any New York jazz historians here? I found this proof photo by my mom at the Village Vanguard in 1941. Even this tiny shot is electric. Ann (or Anna) Robinson apparently only recorded three songs before she was murdered in 1946. #Blacksky
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February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Any New York jazz historians here? I found this proof photo by my mom at the Village Vanguard in 1941. Even this tiny shot is electric. Ann (or Anna) Robinson apparently only recorded three songs before she was murdered in 1946. #Blacksky
myauctionfinds.com/2017/08/16/j...
youtu.be/D_wiwpXUrx8
myauctionfinds.com/2017/08/16/j...
youtu.be/D_wiwpXUrx8
Some dinosaur tracks on the new light snow this morning. Possibly not a coincidence that our bird feeder is directly above. There were some squirrel prints too, but they weren't as crisp. 🦉
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Some dinosaur tracks on the new light snow this morning. Possibly not a coincidence that our bird feeder is directly above. There were some squirrel prints too, but they weren't as crisp. 🦉
Going through random old files today, looking for the misplaced title to my truck. So here's a photo from 1946 of the poet Charles Olson, taken by my mom, Rosa Morgan, at a farm in Virginia. He wanted to use it as a jacket copy photo, to the dismay of his publisher.
February 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Going through random old files today, looking for the misplaced title to my truck. So here's a photo from 1946 of the poet Charles Olson, taken by my mom, Rosa Morgan, at a farm in Virginia. He wanted to use it as a jacket copy photo, to the dismay of his publisher.
Amaryllis the size of a 3rd grader's face. She was hoping for gragrance andcended up with her lips colored by pollen. #gardening
January 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Amaryllis the size of a 3rd grader's face. She was hoping for gragrance andcended up with her lips colored by pollen. #gardening
🌱It's hard to get a good picture of a big amaryllis. I've had this bulb for years and this year its stalk is a good 2 feet. No matter when I bring it out from the darkness, it likes to bloom in January.
January 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
🌱It's hard to get a good picture of a big amaryllis. I've had this bulb for years and this year its stalk is a good 2 feet. No matter when I bring it out from the darkness, it likes to bloom in January.
Mine is goofier and maybe bigger.
January 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Mine is goofier and maybe bigger.
Ok, it's moss, not lichens, but still cool. At first I thought it was an old nest.
January 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ok, it's moss, not lichens, but still cool. At first I thought it was an old nest.
We've been playing around drying citrus slices, and tonight we put them on my husband's ancient slide-sorting gizmo. Next step is to string them up and hang them in a window. They smell nice too.
December 16, 2024 at 5:50 AM
We've been playing around drying citrus slices, and tonight we put them on my husband's ancient slide-sorting gizmo. Next step is to string them up and hang them in a window. They smell nice too.
Mid December backyard report. We've had frosts at night but no hard freezes yet. The collards and kale are now simmering with onions and a ham hock. The daikon and fava plants are doing their job as ground cover, and the nigella is just showing off.
December 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Mid December backyard report. We've had frosts at night but no hard freezes yet. The collards and kale are now simmering with onions and a ham hock. The daikon and fava plants are doing their job as ground cover, and the nigella is just showing off.