Cindy Crosby
@phrelanzer.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, prairie hiker, coffee drinker, dragonfly chaser. Gardens. Reads. Bakes. Occasional cat photo. Follow my prairie adventures at Tuesdays in the Tallgrass @Wordpress. Website: www.cindycrosby.com No DMs please.
It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together, discover "August Arrives on the Tallgrass Prairie" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/a... #nativeplants #prairie #nature #hiking #outdoors #tallgrass
August Arrives on the Tallgrass Prairie
“But common or rare, showy or not, the flowers of the tallgrass prairies are best seen in their own frame of native grasses, lit by the lofty vault of prairie sky… .”–John M…
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#19 in our “26 in 2026” hikes: Brownlee Cemetery Prairie (Alexis, IL, Mercer County). Beautiful remnant tallgrass; poignant to think our last vestiges of original prairie are in these out-of-the-way rural places. Thanks to everyone who cares for them!#nativeplants #prairie #conservation #nature
It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover: "A Prairie Road Trip" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/a... #prairie #hiking #roadtrip #midwest #nativeplants #environment #conservation #nature #photography #writers
A Prairie Road Trip
“…Leave the beaten track occasionally…Every time you do so you will be sure to find something that you have never seen before.” — Alexander Graham Bell ******* We̵…
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“Nature is not a backdrop to your life. It is the very stage, the script, and the breath behind your lines.” ― Lawrence Nault
Glad for the garden right now… #gardening #recalls #lettuce #buttercrunchlettuce #sustainability #homegrown
Happy Whipped Cream Wednesday! Kudos to Mother for featuring prairie restoration on the front cover! Enjoy a scoop of moose tracks ice cream while you read (don’t forget the whipped cream!) and have a great week. #prairie #nativeplants #gardening #nature @motherearthnews.bsky.social
It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "Milestones and Prairie Meditations" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/m... #gardening #nativeplants #aging #nature #prairie
Milestones and Prairie Meditations
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Yogi Berra ***** Here’s looking at you, 65! Today is that milestone for me. I’m welcoming all th…
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Happy Whipped Cream Wednesday ! Fascinating memoir combining ethnobotany, indigenous people, Indiana Dunes, and marine biology. Enjoy it with a sparkling Gatorade, topped with whip and a mint sprig, and stay cool this week! @milkweededitions.bsky.social #books #nature
Wow.Hope and Resilience are the themes at The Obama Presidential Center. Far exceeded my expectations. #obama #hope #bethechange
It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover: "Our Precious Public Lands and Prairies" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/o... #environment #endangeredspecies #prairie #wildlife
Our Precious Public Lands and Prairies
“The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists charac…
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Queen of the Prairie is blooming in my backyard native garden. Think Pink! #prairie #nativeplants #gardening #nature
Evan Phillips made his season debut tonight for the Dodgers after missing more than a year due to Tommy John surgery. He looked really sharp. Crisp movement on the sweeper and FB sat 97. When Edwin Díaz comes back this bullpen could be terrifying. Already 6th lowest ERA without Diaz or Phillips.
I've seen this white fuzz on the stem of my royal catchfly for days and just ignored it. Turns out, it's a bunch of planthoppers! Always worth taking a second look at everything. You never know what's really going on! #nativeplants #insects #garden #gardening #Wisconsin
I’m seeing a lot of these gorgeous Four-toothed Mason Wasps in the garden… which is probably why I am not seeing many of the monarch caterpillars last for very long after they hatch. Everybody needs lunch though 🐛 #nativeplants #bees #nature
Please enjoy another bumblebee in action on the foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) courtesy of my #nativeplants garden
It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "July in the Garden and on the Prairies" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/j... #nativeplants #prairie #nature #writing #photography
July in the Garden and on the Prairies
“In the summer season, especially, everything upon the prairies is cheerful, graceful, and animated…I pity the man whose soul could remain unmoved under such a scene of excitement.̶…
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Writing clearly matters, changes what we think and care about and spend time on. Pay attention to it. If it is worth committing to paper or the screen, do it clearly and well. (to myself, not sermonizing) Take in great sentences by: Anne Fadiman, Mary Oliver, Zadie Smith, @robertmoor.com ...&&&...
A few shots from our land today. This is a wet mesic prairie restoration in progress. #prairie #nativeplants #nature #dragonfly
My artistry is a work in progress but the object of my aspiration is lovely 🩵🧡
Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️@apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe colors on these leafhoppers are just exquisite 🩵
