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Prismatic light streaming into the baseme

🌈💎 Prismatic light streaming into the basement music studio on an old self-portrait pencil sketch of David with a horseshoe mustache framed by his very old Apple Studio Display. He laughed at the sticker I carried around in my guitar case. Never wanted it to be somewhere permanent so the backing is still on it. Seems a fitting caption.

#windowrainbow #prismaticlight #pencilsketch #selfportrait #applestudiodisplay #yousaytomatoisayfuckyou

The sun came out for a minute and the first crocus

The sun came out for a minute and the first crocus opened 💜🧡🤍💚

#firstcrocus #springcrocus

Shadow play with Willow

#catshadow #bengalca

Shadow play with Willow 😻

#catshadow #bengalcat #bengalcatsofinstagram

The winter ice storm wasn't all terrible. This bea

The winter ice storm wasn't all terrible. This beautiful Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) visited @my.bird.buddy. I saw several of them hopping around on the ground after the seed I scattered in the snow and ice when it was too dangerous to be upright to fill the hopper.

I could hear their little electric trills and songs, an eerie whistle and short bursts of buzz-whistle-chip calls that sound a little bit like a hummingbird or water dripping, but sped up 10x.

They are nicknamed the winter or Alaskan Robin, but there's no mistaking that orange eyebrow. 🧡🖤🤍

#birdbuddy #birdphotography #variedthrush #winterstorm #winterbirds

A sweet golden-crowned sparrow holding on for dear

A sweet golden-crowned sparrow holding on for dear life on @my.bird.buddy. It was so windy during this recent Portland winter storm that I saw starlings flying backwards.

#birdbuddy #goldencrownedsparrow #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #winterstorm #portland

2023 has been full o

Happy Holidays ✨🎄🕊️ 2023 has been full of travel together and time with friends, steady months of receiving life's gentle blessings and welcoming opportunities. I love putting these cards together to reflect on all the bright and beautiful things we've experienced over the course of the year. 💖

#happyholidays #holidaycard

It appears I've stumbled upon a formal protest on

It appears I've stumbled upon a formal protest on the state of the empty food bowl dishes with Willow sitting in. 😾📣

#bengalcat #bengalsofinstagram #catprotest #hangry #feedmerightmeow

Xander cannot believe it's almost Christmas 🎄🙀 But at least I have his moral support and help while signing all these holiday cards. ✍️

#bengalcat #bengalsofinstagram #christmascards #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas

I'm just trying to get my heart

Stay off logs🪵 I'm just trying to get my heart wet 💖

#beachwarnings #hugpoint #stayofflogs #imjusttryingtogetmyheartwet

Toothed Jelly Fungus

(Pseudohydnum gelati

Toothed Jelly Fungus 🤍🍄 (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum) common names include cat's tongue, false hedgehog mushroom, and white jelly mushroom. Its underside covered in tiny spines. Edible but bland, it is often candied or marinated. Found while walking in the woods at @naturescapingswwashington

Autumnal ASMR. Gentle rain and leaves falling from

Autumnal ASMR. Gentle rain and leaves falling from these October Glory Maples (Acer rubrum) at @naturescapingswwashington 🍂🍁

#autumn #autumnvibes🍁 #autumnleaves #leavetheleaves #asmr

Happy Halloween Mak

🧝🌙🐈‍⬛🧹✨ 🎃
Happy Halloween
Make your own magic everyday 🪄✨

#halloween #halloweencostume #seasonofthewitch #samhain #elf #hocuspocus #itsjustabunchofhocuspocus

This amazing Halloween sculpture from @mt_tabor_cr

This amazing Halloween sculpture from @mt_tabor_creations of Audrey II, the alien plant, the "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors 🌱

Feed me, Seymour!

#feedmeseymour #littleshopofhorrors #audreyii #halloweendecor #mttaborcreations

Still life from a Bosky Dell Natives greenhouse wi

Still life from a Bosky Dell Natives greenhouse window in July. Scraps of Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) wings. 🌿🪟🦋

@boskydell @smith_adam0122

#butterflywings #stilllife #lorquinsadmiral

Ain't no party like a bushtit party!

Ain't no party like a bushtit party!
🩶🤍🎉

📷: @my.bird.buddy
✅ Fun facts from @wildbirdsunlimited
eugene.wbu.com/bushtits

🩶 Bushtits are some of our tiniest birds, ~3" and weighing less than 2/10 of an ounce. They are found only in western North America and range as far south as Central America. They are highly social birds at all times of the year, and flocks of 10-40 birds will remain loosely associated with each other all year long as they wander across their territory.

🩶 Bushtits in Oregon are gray and male and female look alike except for eye color. Males have all-dark eyes and females have a light-colored iris surrounding a dark pupil.

🩶 Bushtits eat insects and spiders that they glean from the surface of vegetation. They eat any seed that you put out, but you can usually attract them with suet cakes, especially during the winter months.

🩶 This was one of the first bird species ever described as having nest helpers: non-breeding adults that assist breeding pairs with feeding and raising young, a behavior that varies geographically and much more common in areas of the southwest and in Central America. Over 70% of these helpers are males, either unmated or those that have lost their mate.

A couple years ago we were so excited to see a mated pair building a nest in our passion flower vine. We began seeing them collecting spider webs from under our porch eaves. Both male and female worked on the nest using spider silk and soft plant materials. It looked like a slipper or sock made of moss with an entrance hole near the top where the nest was attached.

#bushtit #birdphotography #birdsofinstagram #goldenperchawards #perchparty #birdbuddy

Sunset Hyssop (agastache rupestris) aka hummingbir

Sunset Hyssop (agastache rupestris) aka hummingbird mint.

It is definitely the favorite of hummingbirds and other little insects, including this tiny spider.

#agastache #sunsethyssop #hummingbirdmint #spider #threetreestaborgarden

Happy Autumnal Equinox

Happy Autumnal Equinox 🍃🍂🍁

Now is the time of harvesting seeds, of picking pears, figs, grapes and apples blushing red with starlight specks. 🍎 The gathering of late Summer's rich sun baked tomatoes before the rain splits them into sauce and sandwiches. 🍅 Now is dark violet asters and deep burgundy chrysanthemums, the burnt gold, amber, orange, and reds reflected in leaves, foliage, and flower. ❤️‍🔥

September sun softens the edges, comes in gentler somehow, like last season's comfortable sweater you'd forgotten about.

I look forward to this time of rest and rain, the cool air in the windows, morning and night, the earlier sunsets after the tempestuous heat of Summer.

There is still color in the garden and flowers waiting to bloom, while others are falling asleep. I thank them for their beautiful gifts and say goodbye to the perennial friends I will see next year. 💐

#autumnvibes🍁 #autumnalequinox #threetreestaborgarden #mums #goldenrod #aster #blanketflower #seedcollecting #fall

Woodland Faerie Mushroom 🍄 Insalata Caprese! 🍅🍃

Basil, fennel, red-veined sorrel, and flowers from our garden ❇️💐 including: calendula, violets, aster, verbena, bachelor buttons, garlic chives, and love-in-a-mist.

I was on the hunt for the classic red cherry tomato but found a rainbow selection of beautiful tomatoes from @durstorganicgrowers in Hungry Hollow pints at @newseasonsmarket.

My neighbor Carol @coralbellsdesigns had floral foam which I covered in plastic food wrap. I used colored toothpicks to set the basil leaf bottom, mozzarella base, and tomatoes, then dotted the tops with piped cream cheese.

A little bowl of balsamic glaze on the side for dipping and it was a delightful hit at @cec55's Summer Potluck!

Inspired by the luscious and magical food stylings of Appalachian gardener, forager, recipe developer, and photographer ✨💖🌿 @mustloveherbs

#insalatacaprese #faeriefood
#fairyfood #amanitamuscaria #summertomatoes #threetreestaborgarden

Metallic Sweat Bee (Agapostemon) in a common mallo

Metallic Sweat Bee (Agapostemon) in a common mallow sylvestris 'Zebrina' aka high mallow, zebra hollyhock, French hollyhock and a host of other nicknames.

#metallicsweatbee #agapostemon #zebrina #mallowsylvestris #threetreestaborgarden

A juvenile raccoon perched in our redbud making th

A juvenile raccoon perched in our redbud making the nearby Scrub Jay really mad. 🦝🌳

#raccoon #redbud #raccoonsofinstagram

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