Rich Koerner
@rangerrick51.bsky.social
Dad, Papi, Educator, Francophile, traveler, photographer, blogger, gardener, kayaker, cinephile, & reader. Photos are all my own unless I say otherwise.
My dad, in World War II.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My dad, in World War II.
Arrival in Rome on September 25, 2025…Spanish Steps, staying at Stendhal Hotel. #rome #hotelstendhal, #spanishsteps #fiftiethweddinganniversarycelebration
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Arrival in Rome on September 25, 2025…Spanish Steps, staying at Stendhal Hotel. #rome #hotelstendhal, #spanishsteps #fiftiethweddinganniversarycelebration
Newfoundland? No, Burano (island near Venice)!
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Newfoundland? No, Burano (island near Venice)!
Fall and Halloween is on the horizon.
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fall and Halloween is on the horizon.
Theatre fun at Marriott Lincolnshire, IL! #jjniemann #nathanielstampley
September 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Theatre fun at Marriott Lincolnshire, IL! #jjniemann #nathanielstampley
The passion flower amazes me, growing from a pot, and having grown over a new trellis to the other side. Wow!
September 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The passion flower amazes me, growing from a pot, and having grown over a new trellis to the other side. Wow!
The plant was growing as a total volunteer in a dead yard zone poisoned by a neighbor. He’s gone. It is coming back now. The plant grew and today I was frustrated with the mildewy leaves, looked for something growing and saw nothing until I yanked it out of the ground. #pumpkins #volunteers
September 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The plant was growing as a total volunteer in a dead yard zone poisoned by a neighbor. He’s gone. It is coming back now. The plant grew and today I was frustrated with the mildewy leaves, looked for something growing and saw nothing until I yanked it out of the ground. #pumpkins #volunteers
Love lovage is what the black swallowtail caterpillars are doing.
September 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Love lovage is what the black swallowtail caterpillars are doing.
Highland Park at night. #highlandparkillinois
September 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Highland Park at night. #highlandparkillinois
Black swallowtail caterpillar time in my parsley patch! #blackswallowtail
September 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Black swallowtail caterpillar time in my parsley patch! #blackswallowtail
African violets and channeling my mom. #africanviolets
September 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
African violets and channeling my mom. #africanviolets
Latest puzzle: English Pubs.
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Latest puzzle: English Pubs.
The reading area where the old playhouse used to be and a new table with flowers and herbs from our garden: lantana, oregano, basil, and rosemary.
September 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The reading area where the old playhouse used to be and a new table with flowers and herbs from our garden: lantana, oregano, basil, and rosemary.
Latest puzzle: Rose of Sharon in Winter.
August 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Latest puzzle: Rose of Sharon in Winter.
Praying mantis on the left, 2012, on the right, 2025. Long time since I have seen one.
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Praying mantis on the left, 2012, on the right, 2025. Long time since I have seen one.
Backyard visitors!
August 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Backyard visitors!
With all the flowers we have, Monarchs have been visiting all summer. I have not seen any caterpillars despite the milkweed. Today, the lantana was the goal of this seemingly new Monarch.
August 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
With all the flowers we have, Monarchs have been visiting all summer. I have not seen any caterpillars despite the milkweed. Today, the lantana was the goal of this seemingly new Monarch.
Night arrives in our little backyard paradise.
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Night arrives in our little backyard paradise.
Yet another play in Glencoe’s Writers Theatre! Two man play about Rachmaninoff and Tsar Nicholas II. #writerstheatre
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yet another play in Glencoe’s Writers Theatre! Two man play about Rachmaninoff and Tsar Nicholas II. #writerstheatre