@schwertmike.bsky.social
Retired sales and marketing guy and Founder of Cumulus. Wildcat alum and married father of a Badger. Rotarian and sportsman. Photos are mine, except reposts, taken with an S23 or S25 and many of the flowers from our gardens.
Chicago
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Narrow-leaved Michalmas Daisy, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, flowering on a verge earlier today.
11.10.2025 18:23 β π 66 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0You're welcome ππ
12.10.2025 12:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great capture Mary!
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Bee covered in pollen, and my admiration, flying towards white asters.
Happy #Stunday
And, because I like the energy
4th Day Prayer
youtu.be/MC5cyIMNjlw?...
#vss365 #prompt #piranha
Make no mistake
A fish is a fish
A dog is a dog
A person is a person
A piranha is a piranha
Only on planet earth
Montage showing close-ups of Rudbeckia, Sun spurge, Viola βHoneybeeβ, Feverfew, a pink Geranium and Mexican fleabane.
Autumn garden. Rudbeckia, Sun spurge, Viola βHoneybeeβ, Feverfew from @theul.bsky.social, Geranium, Mexican fleabane. #SixOnSaturday
11.10.2025 17:02 β π 58 π 10 π¬ 2 π 0Funny how that works
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Happy
#SundayYellow
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#SoCal #FlowerReport
#Bloomscrolling
Educating and helping one another, I love Chicago
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A chilly Sunday morning 8 milerππ #GetUpGetOut #JustKeepMoving #AlwaysLookUp #NoNegativeVibes #10MinutesFromHome
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#dailytree
#MtBuffalo #Victoria π¦πΊ
I'm with you Tee! Keep the faith that the truthful will prevail.
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"Renowned Puppy Killer"
12.10.2025 11:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Blue Eyed Betty
12.10.2025 11:26 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Love brown bag luminaries, what's the occasion?
12.10.2025 11:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Good morning to you all, now it's time for #StunDay
This week i'm going with a male Bearded Tit with it's 'Splits Pose' using 2 reeds to balance Ninja Style at RSPB Leighton Moss.
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife #BeardedTits #naturetherapy
Color photograph of a great white egret resting among reeds in a fen.
A great white egret photographed in a fen in 2022 in southeastern Michigan. #StunDay #Birding #BirdsPhotography #GreatEgret #GreatWhiteEgret #Egrets #WadingBirds #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography
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October eve brings sky of pale blue lit with goldening clouds lit with deepening orange purple horizon behind silhouette loblollies where an eagleβs nest is newly empty awaiting again and ripples catch that golden shimmer and shadow reflection and grasses and ripples embroider it all, all the echoes of light of the call of herons and here and there a tern that came from so far to rest here, here
everything
12.10.2025 02:23 β π 378 π 43 π¬ 15 π 3And we will all live happily ever after
12.10.2025 02:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So true...
12.10.2025 00:21 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So do I!
11.10.2025 22:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Smiling Eyes
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#PortlandFrogs
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Sayonara Sailboat Saturday. Today on the Chicago River as some sailboats head to their winter home.
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Your creativity is needed for the resistance! πΈπΈπΈ
#PDXFrog #FrogsOnTheFrontlines #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement
Honesty is the enemy of our President
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