Laurel from Oregon

Finding hearts among the cactus was a favorite game in Mesa, AZ. 🌵💚 #plantlover #cactus #photography

Is there anything sweeter than the unfurling of baby fern fronds? Maybe, but in this moment, it makes my heart melt. 🪴💚

#photography #ferns #plantlover #pnw #naturegirl #plantparenthood

No fungus on today's hike but instead the lovely glow of fresh, new moss growing on the trees.

#photography #naturegirl #plantlover #pnw #moss

Where are my fellow 1975'ers at?! I am actually pretty stoked to turn 50 towards the end of the year. How rad is it that we have lived half our life in the 20th century and now half in the 21st?? Think of the amazing changes #GenX has witnessed! What do you think about 50?

#thisis50 #80skid

Little Brown Mottlegill from the yard, different perspective. 🤎
#photography #fungus #naturegirl #mushrooms

Found a mushroom in my parent's lawn and wanted to get the ant perspective. #fungus #naturegirl #mushrooms

Gorgeous day snowshoeing on the Mckenzie! The perfect way to say good bye to 2024. ❄️

It feels wonderful to have been welcomed by so many of you here on BlueSky... especially the sticking it to Leon part. 😛

Trump taps Project 2025 architect Ross Vought to lead the budget office. Here was Vought during the campaign saying he didn't blame Trump for disavowing Project 2025 because he knew it was a good political move.

I’m sorry to start the day with something so sobering, but Robert F. Kennedy is about to
completely weaken global health - and people will die because of it.

Here’s how. 🧵

The more informed you are, the less likely you are to vote Republican.

Who agrees? 🤚

Bromeliad Wolf Gang, looking fresh after a summer shower in Yelapa, Mexico, June 2024.

Dreaming of steamy, warm climates on this frosty Central Oregon morning of 24*.

#naturephotographer #plantlover #plantlady #Yelapa #naturegirl

I love that!

One Warm Springs Tribe story I came across described how the mountains of this range were once people who were on a march due to the conflict between Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood and stopped as a result of Coyote’s trickery, becoming mountains where they stood. 2/2

European settlers in the area gave them the names Faith (North Sister), Hope (Middle Sister), and Charity (South Sister), but their collective name as “The Three Sisters” came from local Native American myth. 1/2

Desert scrub grass and barb wire fence in the foreground, evergreen trees in the middle distance, and 3 snow covered mountains, all approximately 10,000 feet elevation at their peaks.

The Three Sisters Mtns, Cascade Range, OR as seen from the view point on the highway between Sisters and Bend.
Local Native American story in the comments.
#oregonbeauty #oregon #3sisters #bendoregon #nature #mountains

Snow in the foreground, scattered evergreen trees, Mt Washington covered in snow, the sun shining in the sky.

Mt Washington looking spectacular on this lovely Oregon winter day! #oregongirl #pnw #oregongirl #mountains #cascaderange

My kitty with the extra toes was very cozy this morning. It was hard to leave for a 9.5 hour day instead of just curling up beside her. 😺

Yes, if it's tomato basil!

York Peppermint Patty!

Fantasy, usually YA ❤️

Actually, it's edible!

You should try Horse Rock, outside of Marcola.

Shotgun Creek recreational siteb

Hiking slow and looking down and all around. Sometimes I hike for exercise and miss things. This was just a lovely ramble in the woods. Highly recommend, 5 stars!

Yep!

No, I've not seen it out there, unless maybe someone had one at the mushroom festival a few weeks ago! 😁

Edible!

Yes!