Lenore Edman
@1lenore.bsky.social
I have been called the "fairy godmother of making" and "ultimate reference librarian for matters maker, scientific, and technical." (she/her)
Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 3w agoFRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
I offered to help my mom in the garden and managed to snag harvest duty.
I’m sitting here by the marsh. The tide is high and the egrets are standing around in the sun, preening. Earlier when it was low, the yellowlegs were running across the mud and eeping.
One of my favorite things about Portland is walls of moss.
The air quality is currently described as “moderate” here.
I love museums! The Monmouth Museum hosted a fossil hunting trip yesterday and I had so much fun. Here are my two amazing finds, an oyster and a brachiopod.
OK. Let's Golden Goal this. First person to post a photo *they've taken* of either of these two birds will win the match on that bird's behalf. #WorldCupOfBirds
poll.blue@poll.blue · 2mo agoPoll results after 24 hours: Who will win #WorldCupOfBirds Match 86? 1️⃣ Sayaca Tanager (🇵🇾) 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ (8) 2️⃣ Cetti's Warbler (🇧🇪) 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ (8)
The sky is a wonderfully weird color, the fireflies are popping off, and the first drops of thunderstorm smell like petrichor. It’s pretty great!
The other day, I stumbled across a t-shirt that said "the trans agenda is an average lifespan," and boy, if that doesn't sum up a lot.
This snowy egret did not mind us visiting its tidepools. I just love their hi viz feet.
Spanish shawl does not enjoy being in a viewing dish. Made my day anyway!
I sent my dad some pictures of tidepool finds and he replied, “Those are pretty esoteric critters!”
Sometimes you find cool critters outside of the tidepools.
I would like you all to see this very stylish crab in its algae outfit.
Can you find the tiny octopus? 😍 It's arm span is only about 20 mm, with a pea-sized body.
When you’re looking for nudibranchs and there’s another little white spot down lower in the pool but you say “those aren’t cerata!”
Windell Oskay@windell-oskay.bsky.social · 3mo ago** Baby sea urchin doot doot doot ** The test (shell) of this one is only about 2-3 mm across, giving it an apparent size of about 5 mm across (lego bump size) with a halo of tube feet around
Y’all. There is nothing quite like seeing an octopus. This tidepooling trip is wildly successful.
The red shouldered hawk in the tree next door sounds like a frog with the hiccups.
We’re getting a good thunderstorm which is going to make weeding so much easier tomorrow! Also it smells so nice out right now. In other garden news, my mullein are starting to bloom!
When Luna wants to be brushed she chirps and leads me to her brushy spot. She loves it and sometimes even helps guide the brush where she wants it to go. I do a better job when I’m not holding a phone in the other hand though!
Yesterday we went for a walk after the volunteer dinner at Teatown Lake Reservation where I am a nature guide. We saw a beaver, a couple of great blue herons, a duck family, a turtle, fish, deer, a green frog, and so many wood frogs that we stopped counting. It was absolutely delightful.
Lenore Edman@1lenore.bsky.social · 3mo agoWood frogs are neat.
Friends! Join me this Thursday evening at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill for a popup solo show of blobby #plotterArt and computational intaglio! bantamtools.com/pages/gallery 🤖🎨🦠
I remember going out on the front porch to watch Mt St Helens smoking in the spring leading up to the eruption. Then afterwards my baby brother couldn’t go outside because of the ash in the air. We all wore masks and the ash made a mess of everything.