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Two brown crochet mittens on a rainbow recycled fabric rug

Mittens with thrifted yarn :) 🧶
Pattern by The Turtle Trunk

Photo of downy rattlesnake plantain in bloom, an orchid with a green stalk and small white flowers clustered up the stalk

Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens)

WNC, July 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #orchidsinsitu #orchid

Ink sketch of Stalked Puffball-in-aspic, a round mushroom with gelatinous stalks

Stalked puffball-in-aspic (Calostoma cinnabarinum)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #fungi #mushroom #puffball #mushroomart

Crochet belt in trans flag colors with a white flower crocheted buckle

Crocheted a belt :)
Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
(Modified the belt portion to be horizontal rather than vertical rows, if you're curious you can look at my lil note on my Ravelry project!)
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Crane-fly orchid stalk full of purple and green blooms

Crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor)

WNC, July 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #orchids #tipulariadiscolor #craneflyorchid #orchidsinsitu

Ink sketch of a six-petaled lily in bloom, spotted mandarin, with the scientific name below.

Spotted Mandarin (Prosartes maculata)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #lily #spottedmandarin

Purple flower of Pigeonwings with darker purple stippling and a white stripe down the center.

Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana)

WNC, July 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #pigeonwings

Silver spotted Skipper butterfly perched on the pink blooms of beebalm

Eastern Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus clarus) on Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa)

WNC, July 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #silverspottedskipper #butterfly #bergamot

Ink drawing of wild geranium in bloom with the scientific name below

Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Ink ok sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #geranium #wildgeranium

Blooming Canadian lousewort with yellow and red gradient flowers

Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis)

WNC, May 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #canadianlousewort

Cedar Waxwings are back in town. I saw a small flock foraging for berries on my way home from work yesterday. This photo is from 2022.

#bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Love the ghosts 👻💖

Line drawing of a bee hovering around a clump of ghost paintbrush flowers.

Line drawing of a clump of a shelf of chicken of the woods mushrooms.

#wip #botanicalart

Black cohosh plume with bright white blooms backlit in a forest

Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

WNC, June 2025

#kodakpixpro #naturephotography #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #blackcohosh

Black and white sketch of bear corn in bloom

Bear corn (Conopholis americana)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #parasiticplant #bearcorn

A small white Jagged ambush bug perched on a leaf

Jagged ambush bug (Phymata fasciata)

WNC, September 2025

#kodakpixpro #ncwildlife #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #phymata #phymatafasciata #ambushbug

Trillium rugelli in bloom

Southern nodding wakerobin (Trillium rugelii)

WNC, April 2025

#kodakpixpro #ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #trillium #trilliumrugelii

Mayapple in bloom on a forest floor

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)

WNC, April 2025

#ncwildflowers #westernnorthcarolina #wnc #kodakpixpro #mayapple

Your daily reminder not to normalize white supremacy.

Great Egrets give elegant and majestic looks with their side profile, but the front facing view with the googly eyes and long neck has its own charm.

Ink sketch of fire pink in bloom with some bloomed out flowers

Fire pink (Silene virginica)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart

Yellow bellworts blooming from leaf litter

Appalachian bellwort (Uvularia puberula)

WNC, April 2025

#kodakpixpro #wnc #naturephotography #appalachianbellwort #bellwort #appalachia

Blooming bear corn among leaf litter

Bear corn (Conopholis americana)

WNC, April 2025

#kodakpixpro #wnc #naturephotography #parasiticplant #americancancerroot

Awww I've never seen a young one before!

"A young Northern Mockingbird stands alert in a patch of dew-kissed grass, its slender body angled slightly forward as if caught mid-thought. The plumage is soft gray and white, mottled with faint speckles across its chest and wings—like a watercolor sketch still drying. Its long tail, slightly fanned, suggests balance and readiness. The morning light is gentle, casting a silvery sheen across the damp grass, which glistens with tiny droplets. The background is a quiet blur of green, evoking early stillness. The bird’s round eyes, dark amber and focused on the photographer, remain calm—watchful but unhurried. As if it’s considering its next move or composing a song in silence. There’s no urgency—just presence." Microsoft Copilot with edits by the photographer

Mockingbird, Morning

While Charlie and I were walking yesterday, I photographed what I believed to be a Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos). ...

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#photo #photography #photographer #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #NorthernMockingbird

Ink sketch of orange fringed orchid in bloom

Orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #orchidart #orchids

Ink sketch of Turks cap lily in bloom with the scientific name to one side

Turk's-cap lily (Lilium superbum)

Ink on sketchbook paper.

#inksketch #sketchbook #ncwildflowers #nativeplants #botanicalart #lily

Largeflower bellwort in bloom with a central flower with symmetrically branched stems arching on each side in an "M" shape

Largeflower bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

WNC, April 2025

#wnc #largeflowerbellwort #wildflowers #kodakpixpro #appalachia

Common jewelweed flower blooming in red and gold under dappled light

Common Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

WNC, June 2025

#wnc #ncnativeplants #commonjewelweed #jewelweed #wildflowers

Flash photo of a wild hydrangea in bloom

Hydrangea sp.

WNC, June 2025

#wnc #nativeplants #hydrangea #ncwildflowers