A yellow orange flower with a dark center is surrounded by leaves and other yellow orange flowers

Black eyed susan, South Carolina, July 2, 2025 #bloomscrolling #summerflowers #flowers #blooms

Tongue out Tuesday (it’s hot, even at 8:30 pm!), South Carolina, July 1, 2025 #tonguesouttuesday #dogsofflashes #dogsofbluesky #dogs #rescues

a blue colander on a wood counter is half filled with grape tomatoes, two slicing tomatoes (one yellow, one reddish purple), and a few jalapeños

part of this summer’s harvest, lots of grape tomatoes at this point. However, I have already enjoyed one tomato sandwich and look forward to many more #gardenfresh #summertomatoes #hotpeppers #jalapeños #summergarden

a black and white dog lies on a blue couch, appearing to be asleep

Ralphie had a hard day of lying in the sun and hiding from the vacuum cleaner, and now she is so very tired #dogsofbluesky #dogsofflashes #love #rescuedogs #adoptdontshop

A hydrangea inflorescense ages on the bush, the bracts turning green and pink.

I love how the blue hydrangea flowers turn green and pink with age #bloomscrolling #hydrangea #summerblossoms #summerblooms

Indigo, blue, and pale purple (salvia, borage, basil), South Carolina, June 19, 2025 #gardenflowers #bloomscrolling #summergarden

Evidently it is a competition

Sadly, this seems necessary…

Moonlit clouds fill the sky with the black silhouettes of trees bordering the right and bottom of the image

Another cloudy night, South Carolina, June 12, 2025 #nightsky

A black and white dog lays on an off white couch. The dog is looking at the camera and her upper lips are caught in her lower teeth.

Having a hard time finding joy recently, so here is a goofy picture of my girl Ralphie. She has a bit of an underbite. #rescuedogs #puppies #dogsofbluesky #dogsofflashes #love

A close up of a hydrangea florescence showing hot pink sepals with a hint of purple, and the actual flower in the center.

Pink hydrangea, slowly turning purple, South Carolina, May 29, 2025
#bloomscrolling #hydrangeas #springflowers #flowers

Three black and white dogs lay in a pile on an off-white outdoor couch on a screened porch

Puppy pile, South Carolina, May 26, 20205
#dogsofbluesky #dogsofflashes #dogs #rescues

A white gardenia nestles amongst glossy green leaves

Gardenia, South Carolina, May 24, 2025
#bloomscrolling #aprilshowersmayflowers #flowers #gardenias

A moment of zen, South Carolina, May 17, 2025
#momentofzen #nature #water

A black dog with a white chest is in profile, ears back and tongue out, looking into the yard from a screened porch

Ralphie, South Carolina May 22, 2025
#dogsofbluesky #dogsofflashes #dogs #puppies #rescues

Happy National Rescue Dog Day!
#adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky #dogsofflashes #dogs #rescues #rescuedogs

Are you doing your part?

Did you know you can peacefully, lawfully and effectively protest everyday just by choosing where you shop and what you buy?

#BoycottAmazon #BoycottTesla #boycotting #yourmoneyyourchoice

A peachy-orange daylily with a burgundy and yellow center grows in a garden

Daylily, South Carolina, May 19, 2025
#bloomscrolling #flowers #aprilshowersmayflowers #spring

For Trumpers still learning English

A large white rocky shoal spiderlily blooms in a running stream, with bunches of the lily plants in the bqckground.

Rocky Shoals Spiderlily, Stevens Creek, Plum Branch, SC, May 17, 2025
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #spiderlily #aquaticplants

Freedom of Speech.

An inflorescence of grape candy purple hydrangeas in a yard.

Grape candy purple hydrangea. South Carolina, May 15, 2025
#bloomscrolling #flowers #spring #aprilshowersmayflowers #hydrangeas

A white and black dogs lies on a faux fur bed, looking at the photographer.

Gemma seems to like her new bed
#dogsofflashes #dogsofbluesky #rescuedogs #dogs