Joe Hickman

@hardlyable.bsky.social

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Lover of wild places, better living through fermentation, and beautiful songs about terrible things.

A white and red Flower Crab Spider looking plump and beautiful on a light blue hydrangea bloom
Lake water reflects a sky of high, wispy clouds. The lake is surrounded by forested hills. A group of children on paddle boards and floats can just be seen I the center the lake.
Adult song sparrow with dark streaks on its back, white underneath with dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of its breast. It has brown cap and a long brown rounded tail.
Five-petaled phlox blossoms, each white flower has a pink center that makes a vibrant five-pointed star in each . Leaves surround the blooms.
Delicate bloom of small purple and white petals contrasting against a background of soft green leaves
Young sparrow standing on ground covered in dry leaves and needles
Two pink roses fill the frame
Young deer buck eating flowers growing near a sidewalk
Pink and white rose surrounded by leaves, afternoon sun warms it all.
Fluffy grey and white cat lying on its back waiting to have its belly rubbed. My hand is reaching toward it.
1100 musicians wearing brightly colored shirts, arranged in a large semicircle on an athletic field.
Ripe strawberries in a bowl
Anna’s Hummingbird perched at a feeder
Red and orange rose bloom, surrounded by green leaves, all covered in water droplets
A gull with a medium gray body, blackish-gray wings and tail with white edges, and a red bill with a black tip.
Wide-eyed calico cat with robot vacuum running in the background
Red peony flower fills the screen, with green leaves, slightly out of focus, in the background
A bee on a pink rhododendron bloom, surrounded by other blooms. The sunlight highlights the bee.
Pacific rhododendron in the center of the frame, its pink flowers are surrounded by large, green leaves.
A large, yellow iris bloom fills the frame. Green leaves, more blooms, a paved driveway, and a wooden fence are in the background.
Small, pink rose flower surrounding by green leaves that are the same size as the bloom.
Cup of tea in a holder near a train window, tea bag and lid sit on a table nearby. Houses, trees and blue sky can be seen out the window.
A bee flying above pink and white apple blossoms. Leaves fill the background
A wisteria bush viewed from underneath. Purple and white flowers and dark branches against a background a clear sky and a leaves of a nearby birch tree.
A black and white picture of a the sea with forested hills in the background. A small shipwreck can be seen on the left of the frame, with a bird perched on it.
Purple and white wisteria blooms and many unopened buds fill the frame. Blue sky at the top of the frame.
Snow capped Olympic Mountains rise above a building and a chain link fence, with advertisements on it.
Small cluster of white apple tree flowers. Pink and red buds that are unopened, green leaves, and branches fill the frame.
Pink, Japanese cherry blossoms on tree. Blurred cars and pavement in the background.
Black and white photo with Giant Sequoia filling the frame
Orange and black colored butterfly on a lilac flower
Pink and white rhododendron blooms against a dark background
Rosemary branches covered in purple flowers fill the frame
Beef brisket viewed through a haze of smoke
White plum tree blossoms in the center, blurred flowers and branches in the background
Northern Flicker perched on a metal shepherds hook. Wooden fence and raised garden beds in the background
Left side of frame is filled with a long line of evergreen trees. A dirt path parallels the trees to the right.
Pink and white magnolia blooms fill the frame
Red flowering currant bush fills the frame.
Photo of a computer screen showing four different MLB games at once.
Mallard hen swimming on lake, greenish water fills the rest of the frame
Duck with dark green head and collar, white throat, and bronzed crown. Body plumage is a vermiculated grey ending in dark wing tips.
Frame is filled with white star magnolia flowers
A Pacific Northwest forest scene of moss covered trees and sword ferns. A small red-clad person can just be seen beyond one of the trees.
Black and white photo of a giant sequoia with high, wispy clouds in the sky above
Cherry plum blossoms covered in snow.
The High Roller Ferris wheel partially visible over a concrete wall that covers the lower half of the frame
The sun shines through a line moss covered tree trunks. A large mossy trunk takes up the left side of the frame. Moss-draped branches and a sword fern are in the center.
Sun shining through mossy tree branches. The tops of ferns can be seen in the foreground.
A large tree root system overturned and covered in moss. Surrounded by sword ferns and mossy trees.
Small, purple, plastic frog on top of a wooden sign that reads, “Forest Loop.” The sign is nailed to a tree.
The prow of a ship painted with green, red, and black horizontal stripes. Near the keel are an ascending series of white numbers; 4,5,6,7,8,9,20.
A moss-covered trunk cuts through the center of the frame. Deciduous and other evergreen trees in the background.
Moss-covered tree in the center of the frame, with licorice fern fronds growing from the moss. Temperature rainforest in the background.
Temperate rain forest scene, a small stream runs through the center of the frame. Both sides are lined with sword ferns, evergreen trees, and moss-covered deciduous trees.
A close up of a spider web covered in dew droplets
Most of the frame is a rock covered in barnacles, the sea is at the top of the frame.