The watcher. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this.

I have way too much fun with these. A sleepy yote with yellow flowers 🧡

Another shot taken while riding aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad on the way to Skagway #alaska

The Blue River now, low flow conditions 🌿

Six years ago today 🌿 Commelina dianthitolia, our uncommon BirdBill Dayflower, blooming on Red Rock Canyon Trail #nativeplants

My partner is very excited about the Monarch caterpillars on her milkweed. She counted 17! #Caterpillarday

Took the kids to a beautiful sandswept beach nearby but miscalculated and got there 30 million years too early

🤖 the house burnt down but your project is on time 🔥 #haiku #senryu #noai

🦋 the monarch with an heir apparent on milkweed vine 🐛 no kings, but with diplomacy, I welcome the monarch #haiku #senryu

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I think I could probably post a Puffin photo every day for the next couple of years I took so many. They are just such an amazingly photogenic bird! #wildlife #birds

There's a spot on the trail where you don't dare pause. As I grabbed this shot, this red-bellied #woodecker swooped down, squawking, within an inch of my head. It was protecting its young on a nearby tree. I moved on. #Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #WoodpeckerWednesday #RedWed #ColorADay

The look one gets after shooting a 10-second cellphone video. Red-tailed hawk. #Birds #BirdsOfPrey #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

overcast morning the gray in mother's voice my own silence #DailyHaikuPrompt (overcast) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

Overcast sky Into the blue of your eyes I take a swim #haiku #haïku #haikupoetscommunity #haikupoem #haikupoet #haikucommunity #poem #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #haikufeels

wind moves through tall grass all my names for the moving arrive after it #haiku

flapping sheets on a clothesline wind-swimming manta rays #haikufeels #haiku

late-summer pines sweep an overcast sky twice-hidden stars #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I wrote this last year. The smoke from the wildfire in Canada is twice as thick this year in Northern Illinois. Canadian smoke— my city wears its ghost clothes #haiku #poetry

🐕🐶 quiet down now I bark at the dogs a fox yells back 🦊 #haiku #senryu

🐦‍⬛ how to be a crow pick a tree to perch atop then tell all your friends 🐦‍⬛ how to be a crone sit down in a rocking chair listen to the crows #haiku #senryu

a cardboard box holds grandmothers fanciest hat faded antique lace #haiku #senryu

🐕 dogs off leash my mind also wanders #senryu #micropoetry

What a beauty! Spotted this healthy Monarch larvae hanging out on the Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) in the prairie garden tonight 🐛 #caterpillars #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater. This is a pekin duck standing on a frozen lake. Taken last winter. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

He absolutely saw me and promptly stopped singing. #northerncardinal #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

A cute little eastern bluebird checking out the scene.❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

We only rate dogs. This is a very fast tater tot. Please stay out of the way as he clearly has places to be, and only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: choppertp)

We only rate dogs. This is a bed bug. She's very cute, and we actually wouldn't mind an infestation of this particular bed bug. But please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (TT: lekik25)