the christopher gs

@christophergs.bsky.social

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hail hermaeus mora and the service berry trees. my posts represent the views of all employers, everywhere. Interests: GIS, OpenStreetMap, plants, urbanism, agriculture, Michigan.

Portland pickles pitcher kissing the batter that he just walked
Hackberry emperor butterfly aka asterocampa Celtis resting on a book it's PRREEEETTTTTTTTYYYY
Brown dragonfly: ebony jewelwing
Baby deer sleeping behind a birdbath
A Golden ragwort colony--golden yellow asters in bloom
Freeze warning for Michigan including Lansing and Kalamazoo
Virginia springbeauty - Midwest native plant. Small purple blossoms at the base of a tree
Baptisia shoots (false indigo)
aerial view of Wilson Hall at MSU, East Lansing MI
OpenStreetMap: a map of the midwest (USA), many cities have gray areas indicating the extent of urbanization
Title: Uncommon Ag, Pawpaw, image of a north american pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruit
5 or so sparrows on a bird bath in the woods
A skeleton and a cat walking into a burning portal with the caption: "I'm not everything I want to be yet, but I'm a lot of things that I wanted to be 2 years ago and what a wonderful thing it is to realize that."
A north American bumblebee feeding on a purple flower, crown vetch
Several ripe serviceberries hanging on the tree. Blue, purple and red berries
The default OpenStreetMap rendering with the layers button selected showing the standard, cyclosm, cycle, and transport map layers)
Several pink blossoms opening to white flowers on an apple tree!
a native (to michigan) mason bee landed on a human-made bee hotel
Polish/Ukrainian eggs colored with wax, a woman's hands are melting wax on to an egg
White petaled flowers poking through dead leaves: snowdrop aka galanthus nivalis
screenshot from Pokemon GO with Candela saying "We're stronger together. If we focus on that, we can take whatever comes next."
Interface with error message: field contains errors. The country of origin is set to united States as is country of residence
Ope for takeout
Map of Lansing zoning, Lansing is dominated by detached single family only lots with some areas designated as "downtown" and multifamily sprinkled in
127 bikes in the allen street market center, giving bikes away for free today
A cat in a pink harness walking in the snow
Grey and white cat holding a bumblebee toy
Some apples on a wooden charger with a snowman design
Wooden ornaments, one big pen, one Lansing balls, and one reindeer
I voted tattoo of the Michigan werewolf
Map of the US with dots in many locations indicating makerspaces, many in the Maryland DC corridor and many clustered in Washington/oregon
a tree, with an apple sitting on it
Several saplings growing from containers on a porch, at the front are several serviceberry trees
Red flowers blooming in a vase
Brown and black striped cat on top of a tall cat tree
the iceberg meme for OSM featuring things from "points, lines, and areas" to "swearing off Google maps on principle"
Brown and Black striped cat sleeping
when you realize that if autumn olive and honeysuckle hadnt taken over so many disturbed sites that we would have hazelnuts everywhere instead (mario crying)
A map of several cities identifying their greenspaces, waterways and streets.
handmade ornaments: one metal and two wooden. one features lansing red ornaments with the capitol building behind it
Carved wooden neighborhood map
map of the continental us with dots indicating locations
three charts graphing the temps people keep their thermostats at: all day and all night people tend towards 65-70, day only tends toward 68, night only tends towards 62-65
30 day map challenge. Text descriptions of 30 themes for maps in November. Details at 30daymapchallrnge.com
meme format: in the movie titanic, Jack is showing Rose his notebook. she opens it and in the bottom frame we see it is a robust collection of animal crossing Amiibo cards
letter from a villager: "I'm probably always yakkin about how you gotta work hard, but you gotta know how to kick back and be lazy too! It's an important life skill. Take a bath, eat some candy, and call me tomorrow" signed, "not a physician, Lobo"
Hickory tussock moth renting on a walnut leaf, it is hairy and white with some black stripes
It has been difficult. It has been extremely challenging to the point where many times it made no sense. But you are choosing to go on. -,Jerica silvers