Dauphne
@dauphne.bsky.social
Dork. Except when too busy being a doofus. And sometimes I go outside and pay attention to things.
While doing a walk-through before mowing the lawn this a.m., I found this expertly woven bird's nest on the ground near our eastern red cedars. No eggs, broken shells, or nestlings nearby; maybe it belonged to a bird whose breeding season has ended. I moved the nest under the cedars before mowing.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Mississippi kite, soaring silently across the pre-dawn sky
Great. More invasive Chinese privet to pull up. It seems to be a popular place for the cicadas to eclose, though.
Every evening around 7:30, a hummingbird sits on the electricity feed to my neighbor's house. The hummer stays about 15 minutes, then buzzes off to parts unknown. The flag is in my neighbor's backyard. The crepe myrtle is in mine.
Recently shared with me: this li'l ol' TED Talk by someone I used to work with. As relevant today (or maybe even more so) as it was in 2019. youtu.be/bUqur6hZvKg?...
When local news dies, so does democracy | Chuck Plunkett
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
Lol. What it means is, if we're not working, we are no longer of any benefit to the ruling class. And they're starting to look into who fits their ability-to-work definition 6 months early, so they can crack down on day 1.
Arkansas has begun a ‘soft launch’ of Medicaid work requirements. What does that mean? - Arkansas Times
Arkansas last week began checking to see if the hundreds of thousands of people enrolled in its Medicaid expansion program comply with stringent work requirements mandated by a new federal law.
arktimes.com
Look who just landed (well, fell, actually, from somewhere) next to me! Guess they needed a couple minutes' break from work, too.
"Not everyone thinks the state of nature is quite so overwhelmingly miserable." (Meet the Neighbors, by Brandon Keim; finished this one today!) #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
The wind leaves its mark on every surface on Earth, from the ocean to the city, and other planets with atmospheres, like Mars, where there are wind-sculpted ripples and dunes. #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
"Sometimes a female wood frog will lay her eggs in a puddle." #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
This is how we ended up in Cattail Spring, about 140 miles northwest of Phoenix, the last few of which were traveled over a dirt track rendered nearly impassable by washouts during the rainy season. #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
St. Bede, the Anglo-Saxon scholar-monk, also known as the Venerable Bede, argued that the summer solstice should fall on 20 June. #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
Ten years ago, while camping in the Sonoran Desert, Erick Lundgren noticed something unusual: clusters of holes, several feet across and at least that deep, dug in a dry riverbed. #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
Oh, wow. It's too bad we can't predict what will happen when people aren't vaccinated.
Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines
Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional
theguardian.com
It was about two o'clock when we said goodnight to Studsy and Morelli and left the Pigiron Club. #FirstLineReadToday #BookSky #RandomPhoto
A throwback for #FingerpostFriday: This is a print I made from one of my father's old slides from the early-mid 1950s when he was stationed in Germany. I don't know exactly where this is, but my best guess, based on the fingerposts, is Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Thoughts, confirmations, other ideas?
Orange River Swamplily, Crinum bulbispermum I did not plant this – it's a volunteer in my garden, via 🐿 I assume. #BloomScrolling
