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KerreeAM

@candkwords.bsky.social

Fatigue has found me
Through my resting elbow and
my head on my hand

#SpringRain #Rain #haiku #Fatigue #Poetry

November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM

Ralph M Larmann

@ralphmlarmann.bsky.social

Ralph M Larmann, Equinox, 1993. Acrylic on tapered panel, 48 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #climatechange #balance #chickenleg #figure #landscape #flooding #springrain #Equinox #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #stadium #baseball #flagpole #powerplant #redsmoke

October 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM

Thomas R Fletcher

@thomasrfletcher.bsky.social

"Raining, Raining on the River"
#SpringRain #WilliamsRiver #AlmostHeaven #WestVirginia #Highlands #weather #rain #Landscape #onetoone #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

May 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM

m.

@mrh2197.bsky.social

🖤📱 #Blackandwhitephotography #Monochrome #SpringRain

March 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Mollie Grace

@msfulofgrace.bsky.social

#dailyhaikuprompt
#SpringRain

quiet soft tapping
from gentle spring rain until
thunderstorm begins

April 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM

‪⠀‪⠀ '᯽࿔⠀‪⠀𝙳𝙰𝙸𝚂𝚈 .

@sunflowese.bsky.social

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‪⠀ '✒️࿔⠀ 𝕯𝐎͟𝐒͟𝐒͟𝐈͟𝐄𝐑

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October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM

ThunderstormsandHoney

@stormsnhoney.bsky.social

Let's talk abt how rising #food #cost bc of the #president and #DOGE will esp hurt #disabled ppl. Ppl on #disability can't have more than 2k saved and can't make too much. They can't get off disability bc they need health insurance. We will be choosing btwn meds and food.

FB Post by SpringRain Farm and Orchards on Feb 9, 2025. Part 1
"Folks, it's taken a few days to trickle down, but I'm seeing post after post after post in the ag community social media channels of massive issues impacting U.S. farmers and the U.S. ag economy from Trump's DOGE efforts, tariff wars and the USAID shutdown.

Here are a few:

*Cotton and grain growers are losing contracts to long-time Canadian buyers because, even with the tariff pause, Canadian buyers don't trust the stability of U.S. export commerce with Trump in office. Plus, Canadians are just flat-out pissed and avoiding U.S. made/produced goods, including farm products.

* Chuck Grassley, of all people, is pleading with Trump to exempt potash from any Canadian tariffs because U.S. potash (a major fertilizer in agriculture) mainly comes from Canada. Impending tariffs will shoot farmers' fertilizer prices sky-high."

FB Post by SpringRain Farm and Orchards on Feb 9, 2025. Part 2
"* Corn and soybean farmers are upset because Trump cancelled all of Biden's Climate Smart grants that were supposed to help them offset their adoption of soil health improving new practices like no-till and cover cropping.

* USAID's cancellation cuts $2 billion straight out of U.S. farmer's pockets from the Food for Peace program which purchased rice, wheat, corn and soy from U.S. farmers and distributed them to hungry nations. In some states and for some crops, USAID was their primary buyer.

* USDA NRCS is cancelling conservation contracts and leaving farmers holding the bag. These are things like fence improvements and upgraded water lines that boost farmer efficiency while also conserving the environment. Plus, the way they work is the farmer has to do the work first, then once they are done, the NRCS reimburses them. So now farmers that have spent the money to do the work are being told the NRCS won't honor their contracts."

FB Post by SpringRain Farm and Orchards on Feb 9, 2025. Part 3

"* California farmers are PISSED because his "turn on the taps" PR move did nothing to combat California wildfires and instead wasted 2 BILLION gallons of water being held in reservoirs for summer irrigation.

* U.S. crop farmers are freaked out over the trade wars since Canada, China and Mexico represent half - let me repeat that again, HALF, of all U.S. agricultural exports!

* Per Trump's freeze on financial contracts, the USDA is withholding funds for the Organic Market Development Grant program and the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, which typically go directly to organic farmers or to non-profits supporting organic farmers."

FB Post by SpringRain Farm and Orchards on Feb 9, 2025. Part 4

"* The shutdown of USAID has been trickling down through multiple ag-focused agencies, including the Soybean Innovation Labs, which were hosted at land-grant universities across the U.S.. These research labs focused on developing new genetics and growing practices in soybeans critical to U.S. and international growers. They had to close the entire program, laying off 30 scientists and researchers in 19 labs across 17 states.

* K State University lost up to $50 million that was pledged through a USAID Program over the next five years to advance research in “sustainable intensification,” an approach focused on increasing crop yields without expanding agricultural land use, expected to directly benefit Kansas (and U.S.) farmers.

* China's retaliatory tariffs (although not yet on crops, we shall see) are expected to have a major impact on U.S. ag machinery manufacturers, who were already struggling and have had massive lay-offs over the last 12 months. China imported almost $800 million of U.S.-manufactured ag machinery in 2020."

February 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Scholten Japanese Art

@scholten-japanese.bsky.social

Paul Binnie (b. 1967)⁠
Four Seasons: Spring, 2005⁠⁠
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For more info: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV/3033
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#WoodblockPrint #Binnie #PaulBinnie #Spring #SpringRain #Beauty #ScholtenJapaneseArt

June 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM

Sue Finch Photography and Design LLC

@suefinchphoto.bsky.social

“ 12. Pansy - 52Frames_Shallow Depth of Field ”
It's been raining today, and of course I waited till the last minute again, so I brought this potted flower inside for a picture tonight. #pansy #springrain #52frames_shallowdepthoffield

March 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM

☾⋆三日月_と✿.𑁍花𖥧と_雨上がりの夕空☔︎☁︎

@elysianeunoia17.bsky.social

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washed earth, smiling 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴

here she comes with promises

rain-drenched tending hands

(𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯)

ー📷&✍️ :
©2025 R. Yamamoto
@elysianeunoia17.bsky.social

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#springrain #haiku
#micropoetry #俳句
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#玉ボケ #bokeh
#雨 #pluviophile
#雨滴 #無加工
#Epl9 #photography

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March 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM

Jenni Wyn Hyatt

@ydryw.bsky.social

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#springrain

for once
the spring garden's crying out
for rain

April 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM

Luna V

@lunavv11.bsky.social

Rainy Season

Got caught in the rain on my way to work this week … stay dry everyone

#art #digitalart #springrain #rain #earlymorning

May 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Mollie Grace

@msfulofgrace.bsky.social

#dailyhaikuprompt
#SpringRain

tonight I listened
to spring rain on the piano
first soft then booming

April 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM

anut-dull.bsky.social

@anut-dull.bsky.social

Regardless of what feels like endless #springrain - it will provide a repeat of this #summerflower #landscape captured last year in #CentralOR

#photography #flowers #gardening #nature #breathe #calm

March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM

King's Raconteur

@kingsraconteur.bsky.social

We bask in sunlight
in these nascent days of life.
Yet, the ground is wet.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #SpringRain

April 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM

Greensbears

@greensbears.bsky.social

Yep. That's the good thing about rain at this time of year...everything springs to life. Colour rushes back.
Small bears tumble out of bed, hurrying to get the day going and wrestling with cereal packets.

#bearswillbebears #springrain #colours #everythinginthegardenislovely #cerealpackaging

April 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM

Kim Hằng Nguyễn

@kimhangnguyen.com

Different shades of yellow around Montréal. Let me know if you recognize any of these places

#yellow #rain #sunlight #streetphotography #spring #fotografia #montreal #springrain #photography #bluesky #flashes #photographersofbluesky #travel

Sunlight hitting the yellow banners and hallway, creating shadow on the floor

A bicyclist with his yellow jacket in a light rain

A wall of a spice shop in Marché Jean-Talon

People standing at the corner of the street, some with umbrellas

April 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM

Laurie B

@lauriebidaho.bsky.social

I 💗 the sound of rainfall #springshowers #springrain

May 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM

❀ 𝔼 𝕣 𝕚 𝕟 𝔹 𝕝 𝕦 𝕣 ❀

@urbanocelot.bsky.social

A sudden rainstorm whips up a cloud of pink flower petals as a rainbow shines over Hampden. #baltimore #hampden #rainbow #flower #petals #flowerpetals #rain #rainshower #spring #springtime #springrain #cloud #clouds #sky #iphoneonly #nofilter

February 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM

GetNews.me

@getnews-me.bsky.social

A study finds Colorado River streamflow fell 19% since 2000, tied to a 14% drop in spring precipitation, which together explain roughly two-thirds of the decline. Read more: https://getnews.me/spring-weather-linked-to-colorado-rivers-declining-flow-study-finds/ #coloradoriver #springrain