John Wares

@johnwares.bsky.social

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I hope everyone knows I’d rather not post about the theft of my country. Ride your bike. Have a burrito. Study benthic diversity. Have a beer. UGA Professor. He/him. PRO diversity. PRO equity. PRO inclusion. www.wareslab.net

An awesome Caprese sandwich with my feet in a turbid reservoir after a great trail ride with friends, and a bass cruises by.
In the Alhambra cerveza glass I stole in 1992 from a bar in Granada.
What will they do next? Think of the worst thing they can do. Doesn't matter if it's legal. Doesn't matter if it's moral. Doesn't matter if there's no precedent. Doesn't matter if they get caught, as long as they don't get punished. Why will they do it? Because they can. " SARAH KENDZIOR @sarahkendzior
an orange and a purple Pisaster ochraceus under a rock on San Juan Island, WA.
Barefoot guy leaning on porch railing to see about bike saddle fit
Taking a WTB saddle from another bike on the surface of my reused-skateboard outdoor work bench.
Amazing Abbey Bike Tools cassette removal set.
The clear imprint of dart frog feet landing on a foggy glass pane of vicarious and then sliding down clearing trails of clear glass
Mytilus and pollicipes duking it out for space
Beautiful mountains receding in yellowish light.
My Sklar PBJ in my outdoor workshop
PIBBLE in direct sun
Me n Jenny at Tom’s Spring Falls
Fireworks over Friday Harbor
My feet in our ice chest
Beautiful blue tissues inside small barnacles
A blood star Henricia
Modelo
Hands free photo of front of my bike as I zoom along a forest gravel road.
Sweaty me on Claw Hammer Road
Many clam and mussel shells recently digested by seastars
Me on the Little River, NC
Avery Creek, Pisgah NF
Cut down the river birch in back. One of many losses with never a replacement.
A surly troll in cucumber green with a sundlowplant sticking out of the saddle bag
Small rat snake caught in my old ball cap.
Raccoon in a jar
Mercenaria merçenaria (Linne) June 30, 1973 Eaten at the. Crab House in ocean City Maryland. Col. Unknown, site unknown
Lawn chair in a partially cut down kiddie pool
My new bike got bags and bottles ready to roll. A burgundy/manzanita frame and mostly black components that n my Sklar PBJ.
small land snail, i didn't think to ID until after had been put back among garden, at the top of bottom bracket on my bright green bike
Most recent cover of The Biological Bulletin
gorgeous low tide at nannygoat beach, broad expanse of fine-grain hardpacked sand leads to ocean in distance, gorgeous cloudy sky in the left and clear at right. dark streaks of finer sediment and beach polychaete poo add texture to the sand.
Molly and Anderson at the north end of Sapelo today after a successful but sketchy drive up to the site
Surly Big Dummy with a big cardboard NO KINGS sign on back and a USA flag
Sunset over salt marsh
A self portrait of feet in the upper Chattahoochee, a map of the Pecos Wilderness, bike shops related fluids and then tools and parts, in a gradation from northwest to Deep South.