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50 something. Genetics PhD. Native plant nerd. Wife. Mom. DMV. she/her

Some species of Russia that likes my oak tree.
Sunlit hummingbird flapping away with green grass and red cardinal flower in the background.
Katydid looking at a passionflower
Scutellaria laterifolia. Skullcap. Tiny purple flowers amid green heart leaves.
7 lobed umbel (?) sitting about 6 inches off the forest floor with a couple of bug holes. Cucumber root
Venus and a crescent moon. May 17
Hand painted card made to look like aimed glass of three daffodils. Says “HAPPY MOTHERS DAY” across the top.
Very small bun hopping through the grass to nibble somewhere else
Tiny bun bun chewing grass and looking at the camera.
Light green chunky caterpillar with a fine yellow stripe hanging out on a young cherry tree.
A newly cut dirt trail that passes between two large trees. There are two people on the new trail and pink flag markers.
Trays of seedlings under lights
A very small green plant with purple pink flower buds next to a flat rock and an oak leaf.
A small white petalled bloom with a yellow center amid brown leaves and sticks. One green leaf is preparing to unfurl.
Level up at the ortho with video games
A large aluminum baking tray full of cooked browned meatballs and a pot of red sauce with meatballs in it.
Two layers of powdered sugar dusted cookies. The cookies are 2 inches around with a heart cutout in the center.
both lemongrab boys smiling above a banner that says "acceptable"
Downy woodpecker with a corn kernel in a bird feeder
Magnolia sapling amid leaves.
A decorated Xmas tree with a train and small houses and trees underneath.
A metal grid covered with snowball cookies - a mouthful of buttery perfection covered in powdered sugar
Leaf covered lawn with a dusting of snow
Iced Xmas sugar cookies in a tin. Candy canes, tree, star, snowflake, bell, and stocking.
Iced Christmas cut out sugar cookies - snowflakes, stars, bells, gifts, ornaments, candy canes, stockings and hats - all laid out to dry on my kitchen table.
A busy kitchen with three adults and two boids. Somebody plug in that electric knife, for Pete’s sake.
Branch of a leafless oak with a red tailed hawk perched. Evergreens behind.
A fox looks at the camera with a background of fallen brown leaves and a gray heat pump to the right.
Three whitetail deer in a grass field.
10 white conical roots of different sizes trimmed of their tops and drying on a black tea towel
Magnolia grandiflora in fruit. Red shiny flat berries sticking out of fuzzy capsules.
Cat silhouette on a lit pumpkin, fake tombstone concrete steps and a red front door
Amelia Earhart and Ghost Bride. BOO!
A brown and black fuzzy caterpillar crawling on gravel and grass
Small dark brown glazed apple fritters on a white plate on an orange tablecloth. Edges of other white plates are visible.
a 16 oz red plastic bottle with a yellow cap and a picture of a squirrel, sitting in a pile of vegetables, with flames coming out of their mouth and ears. Bottle reads, "Cole's Flaming squirrel seed sauce"
Enormous slightly purple aster flowers
Giant leopard moth caterpillar. In the middle of the road. Black and bristly
Split open muffin on a white plate
A dozen bronzed corn muffins in an aluminum pan
Five squat hazelnuts and their coverings on a white countertop
An approximately 10 ft high waterfall into a sandy pool over big rocks
Pile of orange and green wrinkled peppers on a white background
A cube of 1/4 inch hardware cloth about 5 inches cubed held together with twist ties in a green leafy hazelnut shrub. Leaves and a hazelnut can be seen within.
Senna Americana. This was covered in bumblebees
Jalapeño with a tumor on a wood cutting board
Two hazelnuts growing under some shady green leaves. House siding is in the background.
Yellow swallowtail butterfly in meadow
Two Roma tomatoes, a mess of green beans, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers on a gray tea towel.
Ruellia. Purple flower with dark pointy foliage
Overcast cloudy sky over beach waves and a sandy beach.
Green gray boxy old car from the back on the road
Zuchinni fritters on a rack
Giant white flower from magnolia grandiflora
Six colorful tie dye shirts laid out on a green lawn.
Very dark video of lawn with fireflies blinking
Whitish umbrella shaped mushrooms sprouting out of a tree limb scar covered in moss
Very large khaki green and black horned beetle on a piece of bark in a lawn.
The inside of a white plastic cooler filled full of red sour cherries in three plastic bags.
Iodanthus pinnatifidus. Green leaves with small purple flowers