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First waterlily blossom! (The lotus didn't overwinter successfully 😢.)
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/Scaphosepalum breve/ from @andysorchids via Wentworth Greenhouses. I love this species - it grew beautifully for me in my dart frog vivaria.
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It's Windjammer Week up here. Shocking no one, 4/5 was my 😍.
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1) clams and bugs in Pemaquid 2) #WorldwideSwimClub 3) extremely nice fish ladder
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Damariscotta (OK, Newcastle ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)! 1) A much nicer day than I was expecting. 2) Violas are one of my favorite annuals. 3) Comin' tide (camera is stationary). 4) Wall. 5) Bivalve extinction event. Clockwise from lemons: Blackstone Point, Island Gems,
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Der Kleeteckel (aka cloverglizzy ☘️🐶).
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🚨 ¡reminder! 🚨
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Spent sarracenia blossom.
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Bee 🐝 sensei, @doug.knight.35 , and the anti-ant rig he put together for the west hive. 🐝
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Bog stompin' with rose pogonia. 1) in situ 2) poorly focused - in my defense, I was wobbling; trying to avoid pitching into the drink or into the poison sumac.
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Finished this last night. Strongest recommendation - it was excellent.
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Bike adventure with the kiddos to Scahbruh Marsh via the Eastern (rail) Trail. Capped off with tacos and burritos for lunch.
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Swallowtail caterpillars. 👏👏👏, @hmile_y !!
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NBD*: NBD**! Really, NBXBD. Given that Maisie isn't going to be riding in the front basket any time soon, Benny got a makeover. 1) Swapped the 139 basket for a 137. 2) A new @bagsxbird Piccolo 9L bag in back - it's one of the reasons I added the rear rac
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Good morning from Maisie, me, and the water forget-me-nots.
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Tag yrself. I'm Dirty Dog, ofc.
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I ❤️ this wren!
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Not to be missed!
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Iris appreciation post. 1-3) wild flag iris out back 4) siberian? iris in @hmile_y 's garden
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Latest addition to the niche interests library.
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NERPM Day 2. 1) A+ small scene. "This big 90-ton locomotive of the Union Railroad, Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation line at the Homestead plant, called "Contrary Mary" by trainmen yesterday because of its stubborn antics, took a nose-dive yesterday mor
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New England/Northeast Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet day 1: 1&2) seriously prototypical weathering job 3&4) got myself scanned so 1/87th scale me can go birdwatching 5-7) excellent clinic on CTC (centralized train control) and signaling. Extra grace no
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Finally tuned up the tellurion! It's as accurate (season/earth tilt/moon phase) as I can get it.
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Life list: autogyro!! Googling suggests this is an Autogyro Cavalon, a German 2-seater.
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The local wild calla, /Calla palustris/, is going crazy this year.
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"Diana Scherer Exercises in Rootsystem Domestication, 2021 Mixed media, including grasses, pattern templates Are humans merely a parasitic species in the environment? To create Exercises in Rootsystem Domestication, the artist Diana Scherer coaxed a ne
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Via the @99percentinvisible podcast: transit? History? Cartography? Yes, please. Filter=Los Angeles in memory of the Pacific Electric. #NUMTOO #NewUrbanMemesforTransitOrientedOpas
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Interdimensional extraterrestrials!
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Cool 🐝ns! Thank you v much, @nataliemarchitiello !! The light green ones are Hutterites - I am told they are the perfect soup bean.
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Allow me to introduce the newest resident of the water garden, Clarence.
