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a rising cloud of gnats seen against the sunlight
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biophilia, zazen, and teaching writing
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really loved my dogs but reverting back to a cat dad has been a joy - getting these buttheads has been the best decision ever
two kittens curled up together in a pile of blankets
September 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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copy cats
two small cats holding identical poses as they look out an open window
September 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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I'm busy so I asked her to read your posts for me
gorgeous little kitten transfixed by the Bluesky website on the computer monitor (she's actually watching a bird video)
September 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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the office now has a brand new personal cursor grabber
tiny beautiful kitten trying to get the cursor out of the gmail screen
September 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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like this is so weird to me - my biological predestiny and my current living situation represented but much of my history and identity missing from the picture
September 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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sulphur - clouded? most likely - on a zinnia
sulphur butterfly with its proboscis jabbing right into the heart of a pink zinnia
September 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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carpenter doing the same
carpenter bee on a basil blossom
August 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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bumbler just digging into that goodness
bumblebee face deep in a sunflower pistil
August 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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cool moth
crocus geometer moth on a window frame
August 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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a cheese pizza with lots of purple
August 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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making ube Gouda pizza
cheese with thick veins of purple from ube (a purple yam)
August 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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leafcutter bee
a black flat-tailed? leafcutter bee gathering pollen from a sunflower
August 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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jagged ambush bug!
jagged mantis looking weirdo on a pink flower petal
August 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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check out this dude. Duskywing. I'm leaning toward Wild Indigo Duskywing, but I'll wait for the authorities to chime in
dark, drabbish skipper on a flower blossom. I hope no one's getting tired of seeing my sunflowers, but that's where all the large pollinators like to hang in the yard
August 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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portrait of a lady
at least I think it's a lady. green praying mantis in my mexican sunflower. don't know species but I suspect a nonnative Asian variety
August 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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and another
species of Augochlora (green sweat bee)
August 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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one green dude
Condylostylus species (family Dolichopodidae or long-legged fly) on a leaf
August 15, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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cow vetch (nonnative)
pretty pea flower
August 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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even assassins sleep
August 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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my first focus stack!
tight macro shot of white jelly fungus on a decaying log
August 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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trying my damndest to get a pic of this blue - Summer Azure I'm guessing
Celastrina sp. Summer Azure due to timing and location
August 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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just a little guy
nice brick coloration on this young dude. American Toad I'm thinking based on the shoulder gland placement (as opposed to Fowler's).
August 13, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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making pizza with the boy
August 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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this guy on the other hand is causing zero problems - just enjoying the sunshine
silver-spotted skipper hanging out on a pepper plant leaf
July 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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this guy eating my tomato plants has got bigger problems than just me
tomato hornworm covered with cocoons of the parasitic wasp larvae that have been living inside of him
July 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM