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Rebecca
@rebeccarosequartz.bsky.social
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Nature lover, geologist, maker of things.
Forever falling in love with the world.
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Bee doing her bee thing.
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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First spin in… 8 years? Ish?
Feels good. Finished yarn to come! (fiber from @threewatersfarm.bsky.social)
Photo of a Lendrum spinning wheel on a concrete porch. The wheel is made of maple. Fiber on the bobbin is in shades of purple, red, and gold and is from Three Waters Farm. Background is concrete porch and stairs with black wrought iron railings, flower boxes on either side of the stairs mounted on the railings, part of a “you are loved” pride flag on the right railing, and, further back, an overgrown mugo pine. #lendrum #threewatersfarm #handspinning #spinningwheel
June 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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2nd daylily plant to bloom in my yard! Love this shade of red.
A cool-toned red daylily bloom with a yellow throat and lighter midrib. Background is daylily foliage and other foliage (out of focus). #gardening #bloomscrolling #daylily #daylilies #hemerocallis #bloomsky #flowerreport #saltlakecity #utah
June 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Flag at my local park this evening. Seems appropriate. FDT.
Picture of a flagpole flying an American flag against a cloudless sky. A pine tree branch is visible in the upper right. The flagpole is on the left with the flag flying to the right. The flag is torn across its width just below the white stripe immediately below the stars. The bottom segment below the tear is twisted around the pole and tangled on itself. The right edge of the flag is frayed and tearing in several places. #nowar #fdt #fn
June 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Clematis on the patio of my local coffee shop.
Photo of two clematis flowers growing on a wood and wire trellis. The flowers are a medium red-purple color with darker midribs and white centers. The left half of the background is a wood support upright and the right half is clematis leaves. Flowers are approximately 3 inches (8cm) across. #gardening #clematis #bloomscrolling #gardeninginutah #flowerreport #timelinecleanse
June 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Echinacea “Glowing Dream”. Yes, it really is that intense a color. I see more of these in my future.
Photo of Echinacea “Glowing Dream” in a planter with browning grass in the background. Also in the planter are Scabiosa “flutter deep blue” in the bottom left and Salvia “hot lips” in the top left. The Echinacea is a vibrant, almost neon, orange-pink. #gardening #gardeninginutah #bloomscrolling #echinacea #echinaceaglowingdream #utah #slc #saltlakecity #flowerreport #bloomsky #coneflower
June 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Scabiosa in bloom in one of my planters. Such a great color!
Photo of a scabiosa flower in bloom in front of some mixed greenery. Flower is lavender to periwinkle in color, and about 2 inches (5cm) across. #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #scabiosa #utah #slc #saltlakecity #utahgardening #bloomsky
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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My local park continues to come through. #nokings
Photo of the phrase “NO KINGS!!” written in pink chalk on a concrete sidewalk. #FDT
June 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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In my feed:
Screenshot of The Poison Garden’s post saying “current sustained mood” depicting what looks like a green tree frog mid scream, immediately on top of a post by Endless Screaming that says “AAHHHHHHHHHHHH”
June 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Sunset.
This picture doesn’t even come close to how beautiful it was.
Keep looking for the beauty, friends.
Picture of a sunset behind some trees. The top 3/4 of the frame is filled with light clouds and sky in shades of gold, peach, pale rose, and lavender. The foreground trees at the bottom and left edge appear black from the backlighting. #sunset #clouds #eveningsky #sky #nature #utah #beautiful
June 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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2nd daylily bloom of the year. The first got crispy fast in the sun and heat. ID unknown— I used to have labels for all of these, but there was a yard cleanup mishap several years ago. 🌱
A large purple daylily bloom (ID unknown) in front of a background of (dried out) grass and other greenery. The flower is a medium reddish-purple with a yellow eye and darker purple band around the eye and a paler midrib down the center. The edges are ruffled. Flower is approximately 4” (10cm) across. #gardening #daylilies #hemerocallis #gardeninginutah #utah #saltlakecity #bloomscrolling #flowerreport
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Oh, hey there friend! 🕷️

Keep looking for beauty and delight, they still exist, and they’ll help you make it through. 💗
A small black jumping spider (likely Phiddipus audax) at the bottom of an empty concrete-colored planter with some dried leaves. #jumpingspider #phiddipusaudax #urbanwildlife #invertebrate #adorable #utah #saltlakecity #utahwildlife #spider #gardening #gardeninginutah
June 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Moonrise over the Wasatch mountains. She’s big and bright tonight. (View from my neighborhood, please pardon the power pole.)
Full (or nearly so) moon rising from behind the Wasatch Mountain Range. Moon is about 3/4 clear of the mountains. Vegetation and a power pole are seen in the foreground. The picture was taken by a phone camera after dark, so is overall very dark with the moon being a bright spot in the center. #utah #fullmoon #moon #nightphotography #slc #saltlakecity #june2025
June 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Anyone know of a way to relocate wasps? I hate to use chemical warfare agents on them, but it might come to that. Also, if you haven’t opened your patio umbrellas yet, you probably should. Not pictured: the nest that was built into the support pole of the umbrella.

So many wasps.
European paper wasp nest on the underside of a beige patio umbrella. Multiple adult wasps and egg chambers are visible. Nest is approximately the size of a deck of cards. #wasps #invertebrates #gardening #utah #slc #gardeninginutah European paper wasp nest on the underside of a beige patio umbrella. Adult wasps and egg chambers are visible. Nest is approximately the size of a ping pong ball. European paper wasp nest on the underside of a small yard chipper. Multiple adult wasps and egg chambers are visible. Nest is approximately the size of a deck of cards.
June 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Young praying mantis on a leaf of my Olympian fig. Mantis is just over an inch (2.5cm) long. Love these guys, seeing them always makes my day :)
(why no praying mantis emoji?)
A young, bright green praying mantis sits on the tip of a fig leaf. Its body is angled on a diagonal with its head in the top left. It is facing away from the camera, but with its head turned to its left looking back. Background is an out of focus concrete wall. #gardening #invertebrates #prayingmantis #utah #slc
June 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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No butterflies on the milkweed at my local park, but plenty of bees! 🐝
June 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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What I believe is some variety of carpenter bee visiting perennial pea flowers (lathyrus latifolius)
#gardening #flowerreport #invert #carpenterbee #utah #slc #bloomscrolling #urbanwildlife
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Rose “Prairie Star” (Buck, 1975) for #RoseWednesday
#roses #buckroses #bloomscrolling #gardening #flowerreport
Rose “Prairie Star” open against a background of greenery, an asphalt road, and wood fence. The rose is the palest blush pink in the center fading to off-white in the outer petals. Rose “Prairie Star” open against a background of greenery. The rose is the palest blush pink in the center fading to off-white in the outer petals.
June 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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“Freckles” rose (Griffith Buck, 1976) for #RoseWednesday
#gardening #bloomscrolling #roses #buckroses
“Freckles” rose 90% open against a backdrop of greenery. The rose is medium pink with darker pink freckles. “Freckles” rosebud against a backdrop of greenery. The rose is medium pink with darker pink freckles and some apricot at the base.
May 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Some of the phalaenopsis currently in bloom in my house. Most of my phals come from the grocery store; The only one in this post I have a name for is the one with variegated foliage, which is Chia E Yenlin ‘Variegata’ (Sogo Yenlin x Formosa Cranberry). #orchids #gardening #bloomscrolling
Phalaenopsis blossom about 3/4 open. It is white with dense magenta speckling and a magenta lip. Background is a pale yellow wall. It sits on a chrome wire shelf with pitos cuttings in a clear vase and a haworthia on its left. The bloom stalk has 3 additional unopened buds. Phalaenopsis Chia E Yenlin ‘Variegata’ (Sogo Yenlin x Formosa Cranberry). The blooms are dark red-purple with a lighter edge and very dark throat (sorry, I don’t know the correct way to accurately describe phalaenopsis). The leaves are dark green in the center with yellow edges. There are 2 bloom stalks with about 12 flowers visible. The background is an out-of-focus mishmash of houseplants on chrome wire shelving. 3 phalaenopsis flowers with a yellow base and magenta stippling fading to near-total magenta in the center. They make me think of an intensely saturated sunrise. The off-white pot and green leaves comprise the out-of-focus background. 12+ phalaenopsis blooms that are a white base with magenta veining and a hint of yellow in the throat. Green leaves fill the bottom right corner and a Hoya on a trellis is in the background.
May 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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A couple of peonies from my yard. They’re in full bloom right now. #gardening #bloomscrolling
Several double white peonies with red accents. Likely “Festiva Máxima”, but they were planted by a previous owner so I can’t be sure. Several double pink peonies with a background of greenery. The outer petals are larger and darker than the inner petals. Variety unknown.
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Cute round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus) foraging for mesquite seeds near the Rillito River Park in Tucson, AZ. Loads of these little critters out and about there, I even saw a few that had climbed into mesquite and palo verde trees to access their seeds at the source.
May 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This little friend tried to run errands with me today, but I requested they wait at home. 🕷️ #boldjumpingspider #spider
Jumping spider (likely Phidippus audax) perched on the arm of the side mirror of a car, zoomed in so that the mirror and silver car body are out of focus.
May 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Ladybug on the move, where is she going? And why? 🐞
May 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Chonk of a bumblebee. I took a bunch of pics of this friend and these were the least bad 😂
#invertefest
Bumblebee eye and antennae visible through a sprig of lilac florets. Bumblebee (species unknown) in profile sipping from lilac florets with an out-of-focus wood fence in the background. Bumblebee sipping from lilac florets. Bee is facing away and its head is not visible.
April 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM