Any speculation about what the prey is? Bee?

As to complicity with empire and abusive systems ... do we pay taxes to Caesar? Do we have a net positive carbon footprint? So much of living and serving in this place & time involves complicity. But bend the arc.
Also: A FB memory today included a comment from Jane. I treasure this sort of thing.

It's not on my phone's homepage or my browser's favorites any more. The more clicks, the more intentional I need to be about going there. But I still go there.

Stunning.

Without DEI, it's just Nal.

Yeah, that on the one hand, and the thousands of panicky emails. Bad marketing, for the party of competence.

Ah, but the pictures weren't 20 inches across. (Did you at least turn your phone to landscape?)

Or set your VPN for the UK.

Busy Opuntia sp. blossom at Zion NP last summer. I was watching the four little green bees work it when suddenly the big bee dove into the middle of the anthers. The greenies were unphased by the commotion. #bees