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Anne Wilder
@wilderanne.bsky.social
Likes cats *and* dogs. Also the Earth, which is where I keep all my stuff.
This is a little #gardening experiment. I transplanted some heath (Erica carnea I think) from a plot I started over 20? years ago in zone 5a to a spot in my yard in 5b. The one by the road isn't doing great (salt, I'm sure), but t'other is ok despite the grass!
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of the victory ladies hard at work on some Sweet Alyssum (Oriental Nights).
#Gardening
#Beekeeping
#Honeybees
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Canada.ca share.google/U7k5hzCho6d2...
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lovely ladies on some Goldenrod! 🐝😍
#honeybees
#Carniolan
#Nature
#Wildflowers
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tree Cricket! Observed in Kennebunk, #Maine
#entomology
August 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Lorge toady friend by our steps last night!
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A lovely frame of capped honey my bees made in one of last year's #Bettercomb frames.

#beekeeping
#honey
August 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Male monarch butterfly at Somesville, MDI, #Maine
#Butterfly
#Nature
July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Helping Jess at the Maine Renaissance Faire!
July 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Perpetrator Revealed!
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Now that I've gathered you all here in the parlor, I can show you... The white Flower Crab Spider! (Misumena vatia) or parts of her, anyway.
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A hint:
July 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Murder on the Salvia Express! A classic whodunnit by M. Nature. Witness the violence inherent in the system! Can you solve the mystery!?
July 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#FormerFoster #Kitten Taffeta, again! Possibly the most photogenic kitten I've ever fostered. Here she is learning about nature. ;)
#CatsofBlueSky
July 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#FormerFoster #Kitten Phoenix (or Chloe, I don't recall) demonstrates an excellent attempt at a WTF face, which is what I have constantly these days.
#CatsofBlueSky
July 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
For #whiskerWednesday here is #FormerFoster #Kitten Denim with some incipient whiskerlings for your delectation.
#CatsofBluesky
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Listening to @benaaronovitch.bsky.social 's Stone & Sky. Here, in case you are also curious, is Drinnie's Wood from the mid-1800s map, courtesy of the Nat'l Library of Scotland.
#RiversofLondon
July 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's been ages since I posted a #FormerFoster #Kitten picture, sorry! It's been a busy few weeks. Here is Bobolink getting some sweet head scritches after surgery day! I don't usually get to keep them after surgery, so this is extra special.
#CatsofBluesky
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This looks so cool! Description & Zoom info in comments!

MSBA 2025 Webinar Series
"Medicinal Use of Honey: Evidence-based Applications"
with Dr. Ferhat Ozturk, PhD
Monday, July 14 at 7:00 pm
#Beekeeping
#Honey
July 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here is a photo of my Saskatraz queen, The Professor. I may have mis-named her, though, because I don't think she's read all the bee keeping books I have. You'll see there's a swarm cell nearby. I got her in a 5 frame nuc and gave her a second box last week.
#Beekeeping
#Saskatraz
#HoneyBees
July 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here's a pic of my excellent queen, Ljubljana, a Carniolan. She came to me in a package from Royal Bees last spring, and she's been great. Yesterday we moved her to a nuc box retirement home, which will be a resource box as needed.
#Beekeeping
#Carniolans
#HoneyBees
July 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A nice foxglove for you.
#flowers
#plants
#gardening
July 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
#FormerFoster #Kitten Illusion when she was soooo teeny tiny! Only a day or two old, here!
#CatsofBlueSky
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This honey bee was foraging for water on the clematis yesterday morning. She'd land on the end of a petal, lick up some water, and then go find another petal.
#honeybees
#beekeeping
#gardening
June 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This #honeybee is sleeping. How can I tell, you ask? It's not like honey bees have eyelids. It was a hot day and many of the bees were bearding on the outside of the hive. The others in the area were restless, shifting. This one was napping. Holding still, just hanging there. At rest.
#beekeeping
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our sweet vanilla iced cinnamon roll #FosterFail #jorts -alike is lost in the sauce with his new catnip toy from Proxima Designs Cat Toys. <3
#catsofbluesky
June 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM