For #ColorADay #RedWed the brilliant red berries of the Hollyleaf Redberry bush (Rhamnus ilicifolia) that brightens up the dry and mostly dull landscape of a California summer. From Mt. Diablo State Park in northern CA. #nativeplants #nature #parks #naturephotography

thekingsnecktie.substack.com/p/rememberin... Remembering my dad, Bill Jersey, by his dear friend and colleague, Bob Edwards.

Remembering Bill Jersey

The passing of a most remarkable man.

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A very warm hike through Mitchell Canyon of Mt. Diablo State Park in Northern California resulted in the discovery of a thoroughly chewed up and designed leaf that I named "bug hieroglyphics." #ColorADay #BWFri #leaf #bughieroglyphics #ForestFriday

Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) is a native California wildflower with brown centered blossoms amid fringes of bright yellow. #ColorADay #YellowThu #nativeplants #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardens #homegardening #nature #naturephotography

Red flax (Linum usitatissimum). Not a native plant but still a lovely pop of color in my northern California garden. #ColorADay #RedWed #flower #flax #nature #gardening #naturephotography #bloomscrolling

#ColorADay #BlueTue #bee #flowers #gardens #homegardening #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephotography A honey bee on a Bachelor's Button bloom

#PinkMon #flowers #gardens #homegardens #gardening #nature #naturephotography Common Mallow doesn't look so common. 🧡

My father, Bill Jersey, died last night at the amazing age of 99. He had the most astonishing life as an award-winning documentary film maker for over 60 years and, at age 85, a full time impressionist landscape artist. Farewell, Pops. #billjersey #documentaryfilm #film #landscapes #art

#ColorADay #YellowThu #photography #nature #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #flowers #garden #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nativeplants #nativecaliforniaplants #oregonsunshine

Babysitting my one-year old granddaughter is such a joy. She falls asleep in my arms as we gaze out of her bedroom window. ❤️❤️❤️ #grandchildren #babysitting #love #littlegirls #babies #grandma #littleones #toddlers

Since today is national Pick Blueberries Day, I made a blueberry pie 🥧 #blueberry🫐 #pies🥧 #baking #homemade #nationalpickblueberriesday #fruit #makeityourself

A little slice of peace: reflections of clouds on an overcast day at Irondequoit Bay. On a French map of the area from 1688 titled "Le Lac Ontario," Irondequoit Bay was referred to as the "swamp of the Senecas." #clouds #bay #ducks #reflections #nature #naturephotography #lakeontario #irondequoitbay

Visiting my eldest in Rochester, NY, and came upon a lovely #garden with Ditch lilies and Creeping bellflowers. #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephotograhy #orange🧡 #purple💜

#ColorADay #PinkMon #rose #garden #nature #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #flowers A pink rose from the Gardens of Heather Farm in northern California

This is Virgin's Bower (Clematis lasiantha), a native California bush with fascinating seed pods that resemble tiny white and pale yellow octopuses. Taken in Mt. Diablo State Park in northern California. #naturephotography #nature #nativeplants #seeds #octopus #parks #photography

Despite the heat and lack of rain, wildflowers continue to bloom in #mtdiablostatepark in northern California, including this purple beauty, Bunchleaf Penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus), that covers the hillsides along the trail atop the mountain. #flower #purple💜#bloomscrolling #nature

Happy Tuesday! It’s #PollinatorWeek, so here’s a bumble bee helicoptering between California Poppy blossoms carrying a sack of orange pollen. #BloomScrolling #Bee #NaturePhotography #photography #ECK #nature #gardens #poppies #nativeplants

Now! The opening of the new Obama Library. Watch here: www.facebook.com/barackobama/...

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The delightful Mt. Diablo Globe Lily or Fairy Lantern (Calochortus pulchellus) is beautiful and fascinating both in bloom and once gone to seed. Both photos taken in Mt. Diablo State Park in northern California. #fairy #flower #blooms #nature #nativeplants #nativeCA #seeds #naturephotography

The delightfully named Sticky Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) blooms even in our hot California summer, and brightens up the Mt. Diablo State Park trailside with its pale orange/yellow blossoms. #nature #blooms #nativeplants #orange #flowers #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #CAparks

Join me in participating in UCSF's Brain Health Registry. It's a safe, easy & free way to help improve brain research: www.brainhealthregistry.org #brainhealth #alzheimers #brainresearch

For #PinkMonday, a pinky/yellowy rose blossom from the gardens at Heather Farm in northern California #ColorADay #photography #BloomScrolling #ECK #yellow #rose #nature #naturephotography #pink🌷

This is so fantastic #freeclasses #MIT

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A world-class education is now completely free — MIT has opened its entire vault of more than 2,500 courses to the public online. source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2026). About Us: MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT Open Learning. 😊

It's too bad that we can't recreate the East Wing of the White House as easily as we can remove his horrible name from the Kennedy Center. #trumpdestroys #eastwing #Kennedycenter

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Sucks to suck big dog!

I have been donating to an organization called 100 Friends for 19 years and the founder and director Mark Gold just called to tell me that the little I could afford to donate was used to purchase a wheelchair for a very needy person in Vietnam. That made me so happy! #donatewhatyoucan #giving

June 12 is Red Rose Day. It is an annual celebration of the universal symbol of love and romance - the humble, but beautiful red rose. #roses #redroses #red #redroseday #gardens #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #naturephotography

A visit to my favorite local rose garden at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek, northern California, yielded some lovely photos of roses in early morning beauty. #roses #flowers #gardens #nature #naturephotography #rosethursday #bloomscrolling