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A birdhouse made of a round piece of log and a flat board roof sitting on the top board of a simple 2X6 board pergola among early blooming lavender wisteria blooms and green leaves on a overcast day.

Many years ago a wonderful neighbor gave us this homemade birdhouse made out of natural resources. Bluebirds used it for years. I placed it among my climbing wisteria plant on top of a simple 6X4 board pergola. #photography #birdhouse #wisteria #nature #flowers

😂So true!

He sounds like he needs to carry around portable oxygen and use it.

I don't know if this helps, but I was recently told by a doctor that the vaccine for the new Covid variant is supposed to be available sometime in September.

A photograph of a row of pigeons sitting on a semi arched unlit streetlight in silhouette against a cloudy dusky sky in the background. Dark thin tree twigs with buds in the foreground.

Pigeons silhouetted on a cloudy day.
#photography #silhouette #pigeons #birds

Brighty, a Grand Canyon mascot, recovered from the wildfire rubble A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona. But it’s too early to

Yay! The sculpture of Brighty, in the Grand Canyon Lodge, has been recovered.
tucson.com/news/state-r...
#brightyofthegrandcanyon #burro #margueritehenry #book

They know the answers would be "Strongly Disagree" from the employees that would participate.

That's beautiful! I guess Elizabeth Taylor's "Passion" perfume bottle may be based on this?

A close-up photograph of a tiny shiny brown pollinator beetle crawling in the center of a small blooming bright yellow wildflower in the morning sun. Some petals show scattered specks of dusty grit from the ground.

Monday morning observation...you don't have to be the showiest butterfly, largest flower, or loudest bumble bee, in order to be important in the grander scheme of things. #photography #nature #flower #beetle #insect #bloom

A semi close-up photograph of a white blooming cactus flower in morning sunlight where the elongated multiple layers of petals cast shadows upon themselves. The pale green center of the bloom has delicate looking stamen made of slender white filaments with pale yellow anthers and a white stigma. The background is made of green cactus columns with spiny nodules, and fuzzy, hairy remnants of bloomed-out flowers.

A calming cactus flower for Sunday.
#photography #cactus #flower #cactus_flower #stunday #nature

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Sums it up quite nicely

Close-up photograph of a blooming rose of bright yellow and orange colors. The outer petals are yellow with tinges of orange around the edges, and the inner curving petals have more orange color. Along with green leaves and stems of a rosebush, two additional blooming roses of the same colors can be seen in the unfocused background.

Happy Friday!
#rose #flowers #photography #nature

A close-up photograph of a tree frog's face staring at the viewer with large black pupils ringed by golden irises. Its body is a mottled army green with a dark stripe running laterally along the body level with the eye and forming a "V" at the frog's nostrils. The frog is nestled at the top of a dusty green plastic watering can where the inside curve of the handle meets the opening of the vessel at the top.

Good morning!
#photography #tree_frog #treefrog #amphibian #frog #nature

Up until his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s goal was to ascend a stage one last time and thrill his fans.

When the subject of retirement came up in a 2020 Rolling Stone interview, Osbourne huffed. “Retire from what?” he said. “It’s not a job...." 🖤

A close-up photograph of a not fully opened blooming vibrant red rose. The inner petals are nestled in a spiral within each other, and a couple of irregular shaped outer petals are marred with bruised spots. The red color of the rose pops out against a lighter green background of out-of-focus rosebush leaves, and a bit of dark reddish pink dried roses.

Just a reminder that even if your some of your petals are bruised and tired, you can still bloom and bring beauty into the world. #photography #rose #red #flowers #nature #bloom

I had one of these that came as an "extra" plant when I bought a dianthus. It was a nice surprise.

A semi close-up photograph of blooming bright ruffled pink Crepe Myrtle flowers and round green buds on a branch. A couple of the flowers have multiple vibrant yellow stamens. The background consists of out-of-focus slightly darker green leaves on dark thin branches against a very light sky.

Peaceful pink Crepe Myrtle #flowers for Friday. #photography #blooming #nature #pink #colorful #crepemyrtle #bloomscrolling

A photograph of an oval-shaped sideways-growing cactus bud getting ready to bloom. The white flower petals taper to a point and are visible between long flat tapered sepals of various green. The stem has tiny hairs and is attached to a upright cactus column with evenly spaced spiny nodules. The background shows additional out of focus cactus columns and arms.

#Sideways cactus bud for #Stunday

#photography #nature #cactus #BlueSkyArtShow

A photograph of big black bumble bee hovering over a blooming white cactus flower in morning sunlight. The upper left portion of the bee was not captured in the picture.

A photograph of a large black bumble bee exiting the center of a blooming white cactus flower. Tiny specks of pollen can be seen on the bee. The center of the flower is light green with delicate looking pale yellow stamen.

Good morning everyone! Tried to get some photos of this big black bumble bee that was out early doing its part in nature. #photography #bumble_bee #bee #cactus #blooming #bloom #flower #nature

A semi close-up of a shiny red strawberry on a hanging stem, next to a still green strawberry, and additional stems of strawberry flower buds hanging from a faded red planter. The red strawberry has tiny green seeds.

Not much to see, but this little red strawberry cheered up my day for a moment. #photography #strawberry #red #nature #plant

Plan to sell off public land in the West nixed from ‘big, beautiful bill’ amid GOP backlash Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced late Saturday that he was pulling a plan to sell up to more than 1 million acres of federal land from the Trump-backed 'One Big Beautiful Bill.'

This states the revised plan is nixed.

www.latimes.com/environment/...

How Rep. Lauren Boebert's bill to delist gray wolves could affect Colorado's wolf reintroduction For decades, the question of how and whether gray wolves should be legally protected has been debated through federal rulemaking, courts and now Congress—where a bill from one of Colorado's representa...

If Rep. Boebert’s unscientific and unethical wolf delisting bill becomes law, it may not stop Colorado’s reintroduction— but it would be devastating for wolves in other states.
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Tap the link below to take action and say NO to H.R. 845.
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We'll just have to see if Senator Mike Lee's revision will make it into the Reconciliation bill.

Correct, it's a partial win. This is why people need to contact their Senate reps, especially Republican Senators. It seems to me that most people don't even know about it being in the budget.

Mike Lee explains his decision to downsize public lands sell-off plan amid backlash, Senate rules setback Sen. Mike Lee announced he’s overhauling his plan to sell off federal lands throughout the West to private housing developers.

It is a win, and that's good news, but...the new plan is to still sell off land owned by the Bureau of Land Management — but not that owned by the Forest Service.

Remember — this is just to fund a tax cut for the wealthy

www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

USDA says "Rescinding this rule will remove prohibitions on road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest on nearly 59 million acres of the National Forest System, allowing for fire prevention and responsible timber production."

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Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' protecting 58 million acres of forest land Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.

NPR--Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' protecting 58 million acres of forest land

www.npr.org/2025/06/23/g...

Mike Lee revises public lands sell-off plan after backlash Sen. Mike Lee announced he’s overhauling his plan to sell off federal lands throughout the West to private housing developers.

Remember--all this is to give tax cuts to the rich.

The new plan is to still sell off land owned by the Bureau of Land Management — but not that owned by the Forest Service.

www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

What To Know About the Senate’s Public Lands Sell-Off Among other damaging proposals, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a controversial plan to sell off public lands to pay for billionaire tax breaks.

www.americanprogress.org/article/what...