Maeve Bassett
@naughtybotany.bsky.social
Ethnobotanist, educator, writer(?) and lover of all things weird #plants especially when it involved murder, magic, mayhem, and sex.
Alternate Life: Botanical Garden Education Director
Alternate Life: Botanical Garden Education Director
With my work, I always get the most random gifts left on my desk. This is officially the new winner, beating out the dead butterfly that I wasn't sure was a gift or a threat.
March 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
With my work, I always get the most random gifts left on my desk. This is officially the new winner, beating out the dead butterfly that I wasn't sure was a gift or a threat.
I love how nepenthes/pitcher plants look right before they 'pop'! #carnivorousplants this one's got a lot of fluid ready too!
January 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I love how nepenthes/pitcher plants look right before they 'pop'! #carnivorousplants this one's got a lot of fluid ready too!
Be a brassica in 2025:
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
January 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Be a brassica in 2025:
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
- Raise a stink if you aren't treated right
- Adapt, overcome, and evolve if need be
- Be dramatic when it's hotter than it should be
- Never let people forget how much you impact
- Pair well with bacon
Reposted by Maeve Bassett
In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
Reposted by Maeve Bassett
(Day 10!) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 20, 2024 at 2:19 AM
(Day 10!) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
I needed this, maybe you do too ❤️
Dear Writer,
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Write your book.
My shelf is lonely without it.
Yours forever,
All readers everywhere
#WritingCommunity #writers #blueskywriters
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Write your book.
My shelf is lonely without it.
Yours forever,
All readers everywhere
#WritingCommunity #writers #blueskywriters
December 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I needed this, maybe you do too ❤️
(Day 9) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(Day 9) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Oh sweet - natl maple syrup day! 🍁
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
December 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Oh sweet - natl maple syrup day! 🍁
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
In 2014 the International Maple Syrup Institute developed a new grading system, removing Grade B (conveyed inferiority), making all grade A + flavor/color descriptors. The old system was made when maple was a substitute for cane sugar, lighter = more sugar-like.
(Day 8) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
(Day 8) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 7) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
(Day 7) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 6) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 16, 2024 at 12:38 AM
(Day 6) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
(Day 5) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
(Day 5) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
My pothos watching me gently mist distilled water over my carnivorous plants, while it would be happy to be gifted old toilet water
My houseplants watching me pour water in the coffee maker
December 13, 2024 at 2:10 AM
My pothos watching me gently mist distilled water over my carnivorous plants, while it would be happy to be gifted old toilet water
Reposted by Maeve Bassett
#DnD advice: Try and note a little bit of what a spell does on your character sheet. "Disguises elf" apparently does nothing to disguise elves.
December 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM
#DnD advice: Try and note a little bit of what a spell does on your character sheet. "Disguises elf" apparently does nothing to disguise elves.
It's natl poinsettia day! - Let's talk about the name.....
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
December 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
It's natl poinsettia day! - Let's talk about the name.....
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
Named CuetlaxochitlIt by the Aztecs, Euphorbia pulcherrima was named to honor Joel Poinsett, amateur botanist and US minister to Mexico - AND - enslaver, indigenous people displacer, and meddler in Mexican politics.
#plants #etymology
(Day 4) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
(Day 4) Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Clearing this up:
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
December 11, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Clearing this up:
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Botanically: Fruit
Culinarily: Vegetable
Legally: Vegetable 🤯
Nix v. Hedden (1893)
It was acknowledged that botanically, tomatoes are fruits, but should be classified as vegetables for tariffs/imports/customs because they are eaten with dinner....... not dessert. 🍅
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Choose 20 books/series that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
Reposted by Maeve Bassett
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December 9, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Our sponsor, The Magic Wand, is recruiting volunteers for a first-of-its-kind Sexual Health Study! In addition to masturbating for the good of science, participants will also receive a free Magic Wand Rechargeable and the chance to win $250 🚀✨
Sign up at magicwandstudy.com!
Sign up at magicwandstudy.com!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 📚