Robert Rowley

America has fallen and she can't get up.

Delicate pale purple flowers that look very similar to crocuses. The centers are paler, and are brightened by yellow stamens. The backdrop is dry earth and dead leaves.

Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?

The autumn crocuses declare that autumn is here :)
(Colchicum autumnale - not really crocuses!)

I have them in areas that are dead dry all summer; like the hardy cyclamen, the flowers are a harbinger of fall :)

Four amber-burgundy leaves against a background of dark and green grass. The leaves have three dominant lobes, with smaller points.

Good morning!
How are you holding up?
What are you up to today?

It's definitely feeling like autumn here.
The highbush cranberry is giving the first bit of autumn color.
I love autumn, even if ours tends to be rather abbreviated for us.

Aside from all the other obvious points it strikes me as particularly cringeworthy to feel you need to put your own face on BOTH sides of the coin

Not a football fan but this was hilarious. 👏

Orange sky beneath heavy overcast clouds, with a cliff on the right and a redrock formation on the left.

Monsoon sunset light in Sedona. Have a good night.

A rainbow cuts through the gray sky, appearing to end behind a redrock pinnacle (Steamboat Rock in Sedona).

End of the rainbow in Sedona. Have a good nigh.

Several fluffy white clouds in a blue sky, above redrock formations.

Clouds above the red rocks in Sedona. Have a good evening.

Variegated Meadowhawk.

Amid federal chaos, NM charts a course forward The state Legislature and Las Cruces City Council are deliberating bold moves.

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Update.

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

"During the transition, law enforcement officials notified the incoming administration about the case as Mr. Trump’s team considered whom to appoint to to government positions..."

And they still gave him the job!

Did he keep the $50k?

And what was his Cava order?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

A robin on a water fountain.

Flower garden.

A twisted trunk of a tree.

White Orchid blooms.

The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens was stunning. I did not want to leave.

9/11 Memorial pool with One World Trade Center towering over it.

Last week in NYC I sat with a friend I’ve known for 30 yrs. He retold me the story of how he was supposed to be in tower 2 for a meeting on 9/11 but it got cancelled that morning. He worked at a building just a block away. It is stunning the grief folks carry, still.

Excellent image. :)

Grey and red mountain under blue sky with wispy clouds. A shadowed red dirt trail, bordered by prickly pear, leads away from the camera.

A slender redrock spire is flanked by grey-capped redrock formations.

Thunder Mountain and a slender spire near Coffeepot Rock in Sedona. Have a good day.

Green trees, red rock formations, white clouds, and blue sky.

Red, white, and blue in Sedona. Have a good evening.

As far as I can tell the Trump Administration’s stance is that he took $50,000 in cash for totally innocent reasons and that thinking otherwise is deep state nonsense.

No, it’s not plausible.

this bitch

Sunny and Dusty

Mule deer (young buck).

Pueblo ruins, Wupatki National Monument (northern Arizona).

How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording

You think this is ridiculously funny, but who would have guessed tax payers would spend $1,000,000 a day for national guard troops to pick up trash on labor day weekend? 🤔

Redrock ridge with evening shadows, beneath a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Sunset-tinged clouds above a rugged mountain.

Evening clouds and shadows in Sedona. Have a good night.

Wow! Absolutely incredible fortitude. And she said at one point that she had giardia, which is terrible for staying hydrated. Thanks for posting this.

YouTube video by The North Face TALA | The North Face

Great short film.
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Federal judge orders USDA to reduce pesticide spraying across western rangelands A federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to scale back its use of pesticides in all western states. Environmental groups say the ruling is a big step toward protectin...

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Tell the Trump administration to keep this landmark conservation rule in place Protect forests from massive expansion of logging

Or you can submit here: earthjustice.org/action/prote...

Reminder: just 17 days left to submit your comment about the Roadless Rule. I just submitted mine here: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...