Larisa A. White
@larisa-a-white.bsky.social
M.S.Ed., Ph.D. • Indie scholar • Author • Teaching the power & joy of learning • Ecosystem restorationist (California) • Celebrating nature • Advocating stewardship • Weaving tales of cross-cultural & inter-species relations.
https://larisa-a-white.com
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What's wrong with this picture?
A giant, deep-dish pizza pan serving as our new bird bath because the critters flipped and broke the old (pale yellow) pottery bird bath. Birds do not seem to recognize this as a bird-bath, and the other critters are not drinking at it, either.
Any ideas why?
A giant, deep-dish pizza pan serving as our new bird bath because the critters flipped and broke the old (pale yellow) pottery bird bath. Birds do not seem to recognize this as a bird-bath, and the other critters are not drinking at it, either.
Any ideas why?
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What's wrong with this picture?
A giant, deep-dish pizza pan serving as our new bird bath because the critters flipped and broke the old (pale yellow) pottery bird bath. Birds do not seem to recognize this as a bird-bath, and the other critters are not drinking at it, either.
Any ideas why?
A giant, deep-dish pizza pan serving as our new bird bath because the critters flipped and broke the old (pale yellow) pottery bird bath. Birds do not seem to recognize this as a bird-bath, and the other critters are not drinking at it, either.
Any ideas why?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The IngramSpark presses are getting flooded with holiday orders. If you'd like to gift/receive a print copy of "World Druidry" this holiday season, order by Nov. 22!
Discounted, author-direct copies can now be purchased via
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Another seasonal gift from my young photographer, Steven White...
Rain chains flowing. Gotta love November in the Coast Range Mountains of California!
Rain chains flowing. Gotta love November in the Coast Range Mountains of California!
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Another seasonal gift from my young photographer, Steven White...
Rain chains flowing. Gotta love November in the Coast Range Mountains of California!
Rain chains flowing. Gotta love November in the Coast Range Mountains of California!
First batch complete: 8 cups of joy, awaiting fresh-baked bread.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
First batch complete: 8 cups of joy, awaiting fresh-baked bread.
10 cups of firethorn tea, waiting to be processed into jelly, tomorrow.
I always love the rich color of this jelly - almost fluoresces.
I always love the rich color of this jelly - almost fluoresces.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
10 cups of firethorn tea, waiting to be processed into jelly, tomorrow.
I always love the rich color of this jelly - almost fluoresces.
I always love the rich color of this jelly - almost fluoresces.
My favorite part of November: pruning the neighbor's thorny pyracantha bushes & harvesting the berries for firethorn jelly!
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My favorite part of November: pruning the neighbor's thorny pyracantha bushes & harvesting the berries for firethorn jelly!
When tired and stressed with grown-up worries, picking up an old hardcover edition of "The World of Christopher Robin,” and reading a few poems is like medicine; it makes everything seem alright again.
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
When tired and stressed with grown-up worries, picking up an old hardcover edition of "The World of Christopher Robin,” and reading a few poems is like medicine; it makes everything seem alright again.
An Autumn Break gift from my boy, taken while visiting Grandma's house at Lake Tahoe...
Back to school on Monday, so we'll have to hold this beauty in memory.
Teen #nature #photography
Back to school on Monday, so we'll have to hold this beauty in memory.
Teen #nature #photography
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
An Autumn Break gift from my boy, taken while visiting Grandma's house at Lake Tahoe...
Back to school on Monday, so we'll have to hold this beauty in memory.
Teen #nature #photography
Back to school on Monday, so we'll have to hold this beauty in memory.
Teen #nature #photography
Sunset at the Autumn Equinox, in Half Moon Bay, California.
September 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Sunset at the Autumn Equinox, in Half Moon Bay, California.
The Fire Season heat is on! Time for an...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Fire Season heat is on! Time for an...
AUTUMN EQUINOX FLASH SALE • Sept. 15-28, 2025
25% off on all hardcover, paperback, and ePub editions of "World Druidry: A Globalizing Path of Nature Spirituality"
purchased author-direct from:
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AUTUMN EQUINOX FLASH SALE • Sept. 15-28, 2025
25% off on all hardcover, paperback, and ePub editions of "World Druidry: A Globalizing Path of Nature Spirituality"
purchased author-direct from:
larisa-a-white.com/worlddruidry...
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#Crocheted, native California wildflowers. Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) v.1
Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
Comments/critiques?
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August 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#Crocheted, native California wildflowers. Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) v.1
Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
August 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#Crocheted, native California wildflowers. Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) v.1
Comments/critiques?
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Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
August 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#Crocheted, native California wildflowers. Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) v.1
Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
Comments/critiques?
🧶 #nativeplants
![The final version of the pattern I created for crocheted Tidy Tips flowers:
Worked in DMC Embroidery Floss, using a #4 sized crochet hook.
Colors used: #742(center); #743(petals); BLANC(tips); #300(central brown flecks)
Flower Center:
Form a magic ring. 1st rnd: 8 sc in magic ring. Tighten magic ring to close center.
2nd rnd: 2sc in each sc. 3rd rnd: 1sc in each sc. Tie off.
Flower Petals:
4th rnd: (begin back-loop petals):
Work around the center, in back loops:
(ch3, 3dc in same stitch, sl st down side of petal to its base, sl st in next 4 sc);
repeat 3X to make 4 petals in back loops, and return to starting point.
5th rnd: (2nd row on back-loop petals)
Work around the center, in back loops:
(sl st up side of petal, ch3, 1dc in each of next 3 dc, sl st down side of petal,
sl st in base; sl st in 4 back loops to reach next back-loop petal);
repeat 3X to add 2nd row to 4 back-loop petals, and return to starting point.
Work around center, in front loops:
sl st in first 4 front loops of central sc stitches, to reach center of gap
between back-loop petals.
Repeat rnds 4 & 5, working in front loops. Tie off.
White Tips:
[Join White to top of petal. (sc, ch, dc, ch, sc) in each dc of petal, to make 3
lobed tips. Tie off.] Repeat 7X to add white tips to 8 petals.
Brown Flecks:
Work random sewn stitches into flower center to create brown flecks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yiedp257joha6lqt2s4lsb76/bafkreic67bxxnn2tt3d7ujmlihg2mjvrbb777f3e4hgog2aoux65zo3nwe@jpeg)
August 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Better than therapy for what ails you:
1. Calming ambient music by Ron Alan Cohen
2. Quiet work on nature-reverent art (crocheting native wildflowers here)
3. A reminder to "Be a goldfish," and forget any worries outside your immediate locus of control.
Wishing all a blessed day.
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1. Calming ambient music by Ron Alan Cohen
2. Quiet work on nature-reverent art (crocheting native wildflowers here)
3. A reminder to "Be a goldfish," and forget any worries outside your immediate locus of control.
Wishing all a blessed day.
/|\
August 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Better than therapy for what ails you:
1. Calming ambient music by Ron Alan Cohen
2. Quiet work on nature-reverent art (crocheting native wildflowers here)
3. A reminder to "Be a goldfish," and forget any worries outside your immediate locus of control.
Wishing all a blessed day.
/|\
1. Calming ambient music by Ron Alan Cohen
2. Quiet work on nature-reverent art (crocheting native wildflowers here)
3. A reminder to "Be a goldfish," and forget any worries outside your immediate locus of control.
Wishing all a blessed day.
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Non-fiction/academic - the full range of diverse religious beliefs, ritual practices & nature-connection/stewardship activities of real, live, modern Druids.
Great for Druids, for those curious about nature spirituality & for authors portraying Druid characters.
Buy author-direct: worlddruidry.com
Great for Druids, for those curious about nature spirituality & for authors portraying Druid characters.
Buy author-direct: worlddruidry.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Non-fiction/academic - the full range of diverse religious beliefs, ritual practices & nature-connection/stewardship activities of real, live, modern Druids.
Great for Druids, for those curious about nature spirituality & for authors portraying Druid characters.
Buy author-direct: worlddruidry.com
Great for Druids, for those curious about nature spirituality & for authors portraying Druid characters.
Buy author-direct: worlddruidry.com
Okay... here's the pattern for this rendition. The final version of the pattern will only be for color adjustments.
![Tidy Tips Crochet Pattern
(version 2.0)
Worked in DMC Embroidery Floss, using a #4 sized crochet hook.
Colors used: #741 (center); #742 (petals); BLANC (tips)
Flower Center:
ch4, sl st to close ring. 1st rnd: 8 sc in ring. 2nd rnd: 2sc in each sc. Tie off.
Flower Petals:
3rd rnd: (begin petals):
Work around the center, in back loops:
(ch3, 3dc in same stitch, sl st down side of petal to its base, sl st in next 4 sc);
repeat 3X to make 4 petals in back loops); sl st into front loop of same sc.
Work around the center again, in front loops:
(sl st in next 4 sc to reach center of gap between two back-loop petals;
ch3, 3dc in same stitch, sl st down side of petal to its base);
repeat 3X to make 4 petals in front loops; sl st into back loop of same sc.
4th rnd: (2nd row on petals)
Work around the center, in back loops:
(sl st up side of petal, ch3, 1dc in each of next 3 dc, sl st down side of petal,
sl st in base; sl st in 4 back loops to reach next back-loop petal);
repeat 3X to add 2nd row to 4 back-loop petals; sl st into front loop.
Work around center again, in front loops:
(sl st in 4 front loops to reach next front-loop petal. sl st up side of petal, ch3,
1dc in each of next 3 dc, sl st down side of petal, sl st in base);
repeat 3X to add 2nd row to 4 front-loop petals.
Tie off.
White Tips:
[Join White to top of petal. (sc, ch, dc, ch, sc) in each dc of petal, to make 3
lobed tips. Tie off.] Repeat 7X to add white tips to 8 petals.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yiedp257joha6lqt2s4lsb76/bafkreibgm5qhlolsal53dwliyhl7irnjm675oo2s5vnw5korjfd4ws5jfe@jpeg)
July 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Okay... here's the pattern for this rendition. The final version of the pattern will only be for color adjustments.
More experiments in lace #crochet pattern-making for native California #wildflowers.
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), version 2.
Comments & critiques welcome.
If 10+ people "Like" it, I'll post the revised pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), version 2.
Comments & critiques welcome.
If 10+ people "Like" it, I'll post the revised pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
July 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
More experiments in lace #crochet pattern-making for native California #wildflowers.
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), version 2.
Comments & critiques welcome.
If 10+ people "Like" it, I'll post the revised pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), version 2.
Comments & critiques welcome.
If 10+ people "Like" it, I'll post the revised pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
Okay, that's 10+ people, so here's the first draft of my pattern for Tidy Tips...
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
July 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Okay, that's 10+ people, so here's the first draft of my pattern for Tidy Tips...
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Just finished my 1st experiment in lace #crochet pattern making for native California #wildflowers rendered in cotton crochet thread. This attempt is for Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa). If 10+ people "Like" it or post constructive critiques, I'll post the pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
July 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just finished my 1st experiment in lace #crochet pattern making for native California #wildflowers rendered in cotton crochet thread. This attempt is for Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa). If 10+ people "Like" it or post constructive critiques, I'll post the pattern.
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
/|\ #fiberarts #nativeplants
Always a delight, returning home from SF on a summer afternoon, to to see Kermit the Fog cascading over the Coast Range Mountains from Half Moon Bay and tumbling into Crystal Springs Reservoir.
July 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Always a delight, returning home from SF on a summer afternoon, to to see Kermit the Fog cascading over the Coast Range Mountains from Half Moon Bay and tumbling into Crystal Springs Reservoir.
Just ordered a full, print edition of the World Book Encyclopedia of 2023 (before LLMs can have corrupted the editing), as a hedge against society's rapidly accelerating slide into an AI-hallucinated "knowledge" ecosystem in which vetted information is growing more difficult to find.
I❤️BOOKS!
I❤️BOOKS!
June 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just ordered a full, print edition of the World Book Encyclopedia of 2023 (before LLMs can have corrupted the editing), as a hedge against society's rapidly accelerating slide into an AI-hallucinated "knowledge" ecosystem in which vetted information is growing more difficult to find.
I❤️BOOKS!
I❤️BOOKS!
Just FYI: It was a fabulous little gathering, which we held in a spot that the spirits of place had clearly indicated were suitable for a Midsummer Druid ritual...
June 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just FYI: It was a fabulous little gathering, which we held in a spot that the spirits of place had clearly indicated were suitable for a Midsummer Druid ritual...
Celebrating 5000+ Bluesky followers with a Midsummer Flash Sale on "World Druidry" — next week only!
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What does it really mean to be a modern Druid?
Read & discover.
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Tell a friend.
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What does it really mean to be a modern Druid?
Read & discover.
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Tell a friend.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Celebrating 5000+ Bluesky followers with a Midsummer Flash Sale on "World Druidry" — next week only!
25% off all HC, PB & ePubs purchased author-direct from worlddruidry.com on 16-22 June 2025.
What does it really mean to be a modern Druid?
Read & discover.
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Tell a friend.
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What does it really mean to be a modern Druid?
Read & discover.
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Tell a friend.
Great sadness. Marking the sudden decline & impending passing of a beloved friend — the second-oldest tree in Queens County, NYC: a great, swamp maple that has lived on my parent's property since before the house was built in 1904.
Fungus hollowed her; many homes were lost today.
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Fungus hollowed her; many homes were lost today.
/|\ 🌎🌳🍁🦝🐿️🪶🕸️🐜🐀🐛
June 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great sadness. Marking the sudden decline & impending passing of a beloved friend — the second-oldest tree in Queens County, NYC: a great, swamp maple that has lived on my parent's property since before the house was built in 1904.
Fungus hollowed her; many homes were lost today.
/|\ 🌎🌳🍁🦝🐿️🪶🕸️🐜🐀🐛
Fungus hollowed her; many homes were lost today.
/|\ 🌎🌳🍁🦝🐿️🪶🕸️🐜🐀🐛