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Lara Berkley

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landscape architect focused on conservation and restoration. i like nature, books, art, + music. 🌞🌾πŸͺ²

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yawning black wolfy-looking dog resting on a teal cot in front of a wall of craft beer. the dog’s eyes are squinched shut, ears crimpled back, mouth full of teeth like a crocodile.

yawning black wolfy-looking dog resting on a teal cot in front of a wall of craft beer. the dog’s eyes are squinched shut, ears crimpled back, mouth full of teeth like a crocodile.

03.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
graphic from Spelling Bee game with the word ethology spelled out using all letters. text at top says β€œnot in word list.”

graphic from Spelling Bee game with the word ethology spelled out using all letters. text at top says β€œnot in word list.”

but, but, it’s a PANGRAM!
#spellingbee

29.01.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯 🎯

26.01.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 7048 πŸ” 2504 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 124

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

25.01.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 37872 πŸ” 11857 πŸ’¬ 783 πŸ“Œ 379
yellow-orange bird with grey and white wings on wintry sweet gum, dangling brown leaves

yellow-orange bird with grey and white wings on wintry sweet gum, dangling brown leaves

bright orange bird with black head perched on yaupon (small green leaves)

bright orange bird with black head perched on yaupon (small green leaves)

🧑 timeline cleanse…#birds
yesterday’s Baltimore oriole visit! there were so many, along with lots of other species getting in front of the πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯Ά

24.01.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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10/10. No notes.

20.01.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 4218 πŸ” 1147 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 40

A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.

10.01.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 2045 πŸ” 700 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 39

In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.

03.01.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 8976 πŸ” 2160 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 40

These people are becoming massively rich off destroying society with algorithms that isolate and radicalize everyone against each other.
Literally everyone is worse off because of it

it is only getting worse and they do not care because they all have bunkers.

03.12.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Still waiting for Scooby-Dooβ€¦πŸ˜œ

11.11.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

greed filling the gaping maw where humanity, empathy should be. they will never be happy, will never have enough. if humans (?) could be black holes…

07.11.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

05.11.2025 05:14 πŸ‘ 14114 πŸ” 2287 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 160
sunset over a glassy calm Albemarle sound with a campfire in the foreground.

sunset over a glassy calm Albemarle sound with a campfire in the foreground.

needed this. ✌️
#peace

01.11.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
chilly sunrise (facing West over the Albemarle) through bald cypress, sandy beach with tannic water

chilly sunrise (facing West over the Albemarle) through bald cypress, sandy beach with tannic water

#goodmorning from our amazing campsiteβ€¦πŸŒž

01.11.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
white plastic…squid-style thing with 4 arms and a spine-n-ribs forehead/body resting in pine straw

white plastic…squid-style thing with 4 arms and a spine-n-ribs forehead/body resting in pine straw

#HALLOWEEN πŸŽƒ sighting of the rare, uhhhh, spine-headed #squid ??! πŸ™

31.10.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
grey and white shorthair tuxedo lady in full loaf (but only her head and neck are visible here) on back of green chair. she is making sure the dog STAYS DOWN THERE WHERE HE BELONGS.

grey and white shorthair tuxedo lady in full loaf (but only her head and neck are visible here) on back of green chair. she is making sure the dog STAYS DOWN THERE WHERE HE BELONGS.

best lil kitty-lady. 🩢
happy #nationalcatday!!

29.10.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spider Webs Aren't Just for Halloween Watching a spider weave its web can open a secret door into the natural world.

open.substack.com/pub/richardc... πŸ•·οΈπŸ•ΈοΈ

28.10.2025 11:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Despite the fact that everything Trump does is designed to enrich himself and the billionaire cronies who paid hundreds of millions to get him elected, his greatest trick was convincing working class rural Christian white people that he’s one of them and on their side. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

26.10.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 2620 πŸ” 866 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 38
face view of sweet fuzzy common eastern bumblebee (black face, yellow thorax) snoozing/waking up on goldenrod

face view of sweet fuzzy common eastern bumblebee (black face, yellow thorax) snoozing/waking up on goldenrod

🌞🐝🌼 #goodmorning
sleepyhead #bumblebeeβ€¦πŸ’›

26.10.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Halloween decoration crawling in pinestraw that appears to be some kind of squid/skull hybrid - it has a…SPINE?? for a head.

Halloween decoration crawling in pinestraw that appears to be some kind of squid/skull hybrid - it has a…SPINE?? for a head.

what species is this @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

22.10.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is also the kind of behavior a dystopian near-future fiction writer of 10 or more years ago would absolutely have had a mad president-king of the U.S. engage in right before the narrative’s action *really* kicked off

20.10.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 302 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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#phantogram and #loseclipses hope you had fun in rainy #ILM!!! You sounded amazing! πŸ’œπŸ’œ

13.10.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
very well camouflaged pale green and tan Carolina Mantis rips into (an orange black and white) Gulf Fritterary 😜 The mantis is upside down on a narrowleaf sunflower and giving big stink-eye.

very well camouflaged pale green and tan Carolina Mantis rips into (an orange black and white) Gulf Fritterary 😜 The mantis is upside down on a narrowleaf sunflower and giving big stink-eye.

close up of mantis and gulf fritillary

close up of mantis and gulf fritillary

πŸ’š apologies for the lunch interruption, Carolina #mantis

07.10.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t not believe how hard it is to sleep when you’re watching your country, be dismantled by the dumbest people.

05.10.2025 12:09 πŸ‘ 17070 πŸ” 2698 πŸ’¬ 739 πŸ“Œ 157
giant contemplative wood troll at Pease Park

giant contemplative wood troll at Pease Park

LIVE A GREAT STORY graffiti poster on bridge column over creek

LIVE A GREAT STORY graffiti poster on bridge column over creek

Bouldin Creek Cafe caffeine dealer neon sign - a frog reclines with a mug of coffee

Bouldin Creek Cafe caffeine dealer neon sign - a frog reclines with a mug of coffee

ubiquitous shiny n LOUD grackle on a fence

ubiquitous shiny n LOUD grackle on a fence

bye bye #Austin!!

30.09.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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last day of #Levitation2025…
wow #Destroyer 🀩

29.09.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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…and Brian Jonestown Massacre!

28.09.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Drug Dealer harmonizing…a few other awesome band members not shown.

Drug Dealer harmonizing…a few other awesome band members not shown.

and La Femme, TV on the Radio, capped off with fun #DrugDealer at #Mohawk! #Levitation2025

28.09.2025 07:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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and #Raveonettes..,,

28.09.2025 06:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
festival wristband - purple and black

festival wristband - purple and black

side view of Swervedriver letting it rip!

side view of Swervedriver letting it rip!

#Levitation2025 is off to an awesome startβ€¦πŸ’œ
Wednesday | Model/Actriz | Blonde Redhead | Swervedriver | Black Angels dj set… aaaaaa!!!
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27.09.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0