@helenhicks2025.bsky.social
Writer. Dog rescuer. Photographer of birds and wildlife. Avid reader. Gardener.
Cooper’s Hawk stopped by my backyard for dinner. #birdsofbluesky #bird #hawk #birdphotography
16.10.2025 02:19 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cocoa is hoping for a good weekend with lots of snuggles and treats and maybe some bacon #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador #mutt #rescues
10.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October super moon over Illinois tonight. Canon Powershot sx50hs. No edits. #moon #photography #supermoon #canon
08.10.2025 01:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Neighborhood Great Egret is still here but he will be migrating south soon for the winter. Illinois. #birdsofbluesky #birds #birdphotography #egret
13.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Glory is wondering if this pic makes her ears look big #dogs #dogsofbluesky #mutts #rescues
09.09.2025 23:00 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Cocoa wants to wish everyone a Happy Labrador Weekend! Oops, she meant Labor Day Weekend! #dogs #labradors #rescues #dogsofbluesky
01.09.2025 13:51 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
That’s my chair but Cocoa does her job of keeping it warm for me. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador #rescues
26.08.2025 07:25 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My (now late) mother and I planted this maple tree about twenty years ago when the trunk was as thick as a pencil and it was about eight feet tall. Now it is around forty feet tall and will be gorgeously full of red leaves in a few weeks #greensat #photography #nature #tree #maple #illinois #summer
23.08.2025 21:31 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It’s a picture postcard perfect summer day in Chicago alone the Lake Michigan shore. #lakemichigan #lakeshoredrive #chicago #hydepark
20.08.2025 17:51 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Glory supervises while I do my weekend chores and she gives the most judgmental looks #dogs #dogsofbluesky #rescues #mutts
16.08.2025 17:36 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cocoa eats a sky raisin (fly). Then gets a tummy ache. Then can’t figure out why she has a tummy ache. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador #rescues
14.08.2025 00:46 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great Blue Heron today in the neighborhood pond. #heron #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #Illinois
03.08.2025 22:09 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Butterfly enjoying the summer flowers today in Illinois #butterfly #nature #naturephotography #photography
03.08.2025 18:40 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saw this Black Crowned Night Heron in Chicago yesterday. Gorgeous bird. No fear of humans. #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #Chicago
01.08.2025 15:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Double crested cormorant today in Aurora, Illinois. #birds #birdphotography
25.07.2025 02:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Rose of Sharon plant that my neighbor gave me is showing off its blooms this season #flower #gardening #bloomscrolling
22.07.2025 19:13 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Neighborhood Great Egret enjoyed lunch fresh out of the pond. #bird #birdsofbluesky #egret #birdphotography #canon
13.07.2025 23:16 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chicago style pizza from Waldo Cooney’s is what’s for dinner tonight #pizza #chicago
12.07.2025 00:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The daisies were putting on a show in Hyde Park, Chicago, yesterday. #gardening #bloomscrolling #bloom #flowers #daisy
10.07.2025 21:45 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks to my neighbor on the other side of this fence, my backyard has some common milkweed. The butterflies are happy #bloomscrolling #blooms #gardens #flowers
08.07.2025 21:10 — 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Cocoa Beans (formerly known as Cookie) gives excellent side eye when she is not included in my Saturday plans. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labradors #rescues
28.06.2025 22:21 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It is Tiger Lily season in Illinois! #gardening #bloomscrolling #blooms #flowers #lily
20.06.2025 20:39 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cocoa: “I see you have chicken Mom. I like chicken too Mom. Will trade ball for chicken.” #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador #mutt #rescues
16.06.2025 22:29 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ruby throated hummingbird today. Female juvenile recently out of the nest. #birds #birdsofbluesky #hummingbird #birdphotography
16.06.2025 01:29 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tonight’s Strawberry Moon over New Lenox, Illinois with Canon Powershot SX50HS #moon #photography
11.06.2025 07:26 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Neighborhood Great Egret today in New Lenox, Illinois. Still a bachelor but doesn’t go hungry in his pond. #birds #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #egret
09.06.2025 00:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cocoa hates thunderstorms so she cuddles in my lap. I found out today that she gets highly insulted when I call her a scaredy-cat 🤣 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #labradors #rescues
08.06.2025 21:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“You’re so vain, you probably think this photo shoot is about you,…” Egret in Aurora, Illinois. #birds #birdsofbluesky #egret #naturephotography
07.06.2025 23:46 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Saw some wisteria today. It’s pretty but I wouldn’t want it in my yard. #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling #gardensofbluesky
06.06.2025 00:26 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It was a rainy day, so the hummers were favoring the feeder instead of soggy flowers. Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in my backyard today in Illinois. #birds #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #hummingbird
05.06.2025 00:02 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
