Huechera maxima ‘alum root.’
Blue-eyed grass flowers.
Ceonothus ‘dark star.’
I have been far too busy protesting organizing to save democracy to spend any time in my new garden in my new state. Hoping to have time to get to work and plant some of these this spring. And fuck MAGA.
Cover of a board book. Orange background with a drawing of a child's arm (in a blue sweater) and hand under the title: A is for activist. There is an upside-down black cat at the top of the cover. Written and illustrated by Innosanto Nagara.
Pages N and O. N page: blue background with drawings of a boy in a red sweater and black sweat pants holding a sign that says 'NO JUSTICE NO PEACE', a man raising his right fist with a girl with her right fist raised on his shoulders - her sign says 'NO WAR'. There is the black cat in the lower left corner with a sign that says 'NO DOGS'. Text on this page: N is for NO. No! No! No! Yes to what we want. No to what must go! No! No! No! O page: Pink background with a pink, brown, and white bull with a small brown owl on its back. The black cat is at the center left edge of page. Text: Open minds Operate best. Critical thinking Over tests. Wisdom can't be memorized. Educate! Agitate! Organize!
Pages P and Q. P page has blue background with white sun rays. Four children and one adult stand with their right or left fists raised in the air. Another child looking to the left with both arms at (her) sides. The black cat is in the lower left corner next to a black and white penguin. Text: P Pea-Pea-Peace march! Pro-Pro-Protest! Pow-Pow-Power to the Pee-Pee-PEOPLE! Ya! Q page has blue hill and orange sky and large white letter Q with a reddish brown quail standing on it. Three children have their right arms raised in the air. The black cat sits between two of the children. Text: Q is for Question. Questioning coercion. Querying Qualities counter false assertions.
A is for activist board book found at the thrift store. Yay!
Going to get an early start on my 2-year-old granddaughter.
It's odd, right? In my neighborhood we were able to influence so many neighbors to plant at least a few natives. And we were always sharing volunteers, seeds, and help to newbies.
Every time I see his lovely photos I am always surprised to not see one other yard with a single native plant.
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
Renee Good, in the driver's seat of her maroon van, greeting and smiling at the ICE executioner moments before he shot three bullets into her face.
This is Renee Good greeting her executioner moments before he shot three bullets into her face. And 'moment of confrontation'? What confrontation?? I am gutted by all of this.
I've learned more about bees from this Bumble Bee Atlas video, than any other video I've watched or class I've taken. Educational and fascinating. #nativeplants #nativebees
www.bumblebeeatlas.org/pages/train-...
Cross section of cut tree trunk in shades of gray that look a bit like paint splatters.
Cross section of fairly recently cut tree trunk in shades of yellows, oranges, and browns with cool looking holes of possible rot?
Cross section of a cut tree trunk with beautiful wavy lines, shades of yellow, brown,and gray, and bright green mosses throughout.
Cross section of a cut tree trunk with alternating tree rings of red and bright white that looks like circles of snow.
it is lovely to meander through nature and notice so much beauty in trees even as they decompose.
Thanksgiving with the Other Side
Yellow, lemon shaped fruit of the California buckeye / Aesculus californica on a tree branch. A walking path and creek on the right side of the photo.
Recently moved to the California Bay Area and in the process of learning new native plants. Got a whole new yard to convert. This cool thing is a California Buckeye/Aesculus californica.
The cool & incredible moments of animals in nature in an artistic way
#nature #animals #photography #artistic
Cheerful yellow Swamp sunflower / Helianthus angustifolius and bright red Scarlet rosemallow / Hibiscus coccineus against a blue house. There is a bee flying between them.
Two bumblebees on Nodding onion / Allium cernuum plants with Black eyed Susan's in the background.
Silver spotted skipper feeding on a Ironweed / Vernonia spp. plant with a yellow house in the background.
A large blue winged wasp, possibly a Blue mud-dauber, and a bumblebee gathering nectar from a Hoary mountain mint / Pycnanthemum incanum.
I love the cheery feeling I get when observing what's happening in my garden. It is welcome relief to see nature carry on. The various mountain mints in my yard are the pollinator favorites. The Ironweed is usually loaded with small butterflies and moths. #nativeplants
HOA here too. They loaded me up on violations for this garden and put me through hell for nearly a year before finally approving it. In a development that got county approval as a sustainable neighborhood. All lies. They really only want sod, Chinese fringeflower, and liriope in every yard.
oops, nevermind. got it. thanks.
um...i need this book. title?
eh, to save the planet.
Yeah, none of it is enough.
Oh, this is soooo pretty! Thank you. I wish we were neighbors too - or that I had more neighbors like you.
Sweet!
Thank you and I love the bees! All the insects that my native plants have attracted made me wish I could do it all over and be an entomologist.
Thank you, this is beautiful! I'm currently in North Carolina, where are you?
To clarify - the hopelessness is twofold: one is that this small garden isn't making enough of a difference (I know it makes a difference to each critter that uses it, but you know what I mean) and two, the greedy, mean, selfish, hate-filled people are destroying our already fragile democracy.
Small front yard with a variety of colorful native flowers and grasses on a rainy day.
Please comment with photos of your native garden. I’m not giving up, but It’s all feeling so hopeless. #nativeplants #solidarity #fightfascism
It’s all just so horrible.
These are in full sun. They spread nicely, too.
White top sedge / Rhynchospora colorata (highlighted by a flashlight pointed away from them) at night. They look like shooting stars in my garden.
White top sedge / Rhynchospora colorata in the daytime. They look like daytime stars in my garden.
Top view of White top sedge / Rhynchospora colorata.
Nighttime and daytime shots of the White top sedge / Rhynchospora colorata in my garden. They look like shooting stars to me at anytime of the day. The white appears to be painted on the leaves making it look more like a flower than a sedge seed head. #nativeplants
What is this? And is that a mosquito it’s eating? Cool, if so. #nativeplants #nativehabitat
Strong “Animal Farm” vibes in this one. All the pigs, especially Napoleon.
I feel like I'm there in the one on the right. I can hear the water and really want to climb and see what it looks like at the source up there. The other one is a nice photograph. Would love to read your thoughts.
Native Spiderwort / Tradescantia virginiana blooming in a curb gutter/drain.
Native Spiderwort / Tradescantia virginiana blooming in a curb gutter/drain.
Rethinking whether I need add compost to the soil or water my plants ever again. Spiderwort / Tradescantia virginiana. #nativeplants #tenacious #intrepid #plucky #dauntless #cheeky #addingcharmwherevertheyare.
Tiny drops of water on each serrated point of the Wild strawberry leaves.
The Fragaria Virginian / Wild strawberry sparkles after every rain. Which we have had a lot of here in Chatham county, NC, lately.
