Susan Whiteman

Scholars Identify Additional Six Individuals Enslaved by Jefferson Discovered through ongoing research, the names have been added to Monticello’s Contemplative Site

Monticello announced the identification of 6 additional individuals enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. They are now included in Monticello’s Contemplative Site, a memorial to honor & list the known names of those enslaved by Jefferson over the course of his lifetime.

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The October Prairie’s Final Innings “Grass sings. Grass whispers… . Tallgrass in motion is a world of legato.” —Louise Erdrich ***** The last week of October is here, and with it the cold, crisp weather everyo…

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "The October Prairie's Final Innings" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t... #prairie #nachusa @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #tallgrass #nature #writers #nativeplants

Door Number Three-Part Two The worst natural resource decision in American history

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Door Number Three Part 1

An ethanol trilogy by our friend Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social , part 1.

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The Glory of Prairie Grasses “If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us all weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness again.”—Robin Wall Kimmerer ***** It’s been …

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together, discover "The Glory of Prairie Grasses" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/t... #prairie #nature #photography #writing

Researcher finds livestock waste in St. Croix watershed equivalent to more than 3 million people • Wisconsin Examiner Livestock farming within the St. Croix River watershed has created waste equivalent to 3.25 million extra people living in the region.

From Dr Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social

"The waste produced by livestock [beef cattle, dairy cows, hogs, chickens & turkeys] in the St. Croix River watershed is equivalent to 3.25 million more people living in the region."

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The colours of autumn 🍂

Hello everyone ☕️🍁♥️🍂
It’s nice seeing all the colours of
Autumn appearing on recent walks 🥰
#Autumn #LandscapePhotography

the wetlands in northern california. Bushes and a small bare tree in the foreground with small masses of land and bushes throughout the photo.

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
- E. B. White

What are the three (3) most important features for survival?

Nature, nature, nature.

Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of

New @ewgofficial.bsky.social analysis released today from me and @albine14.bsky.social. We found that just under 15 million cropland acres across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are used for continuous corn, representing 20% of the total harvested cropland. 1/4 www.ewg.org/research/fer...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

"The findings suggest that only about a quarter of climate articles in 11 major US outlets, including the Guardian, mention food and agriculture as a cause. And of the 940 articles analyzed, only 36 – or 3.8% – mentioned animal agriculture or meat production." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One thing I'll never understand: Farmers grow food for deer in summer and then complain about how many of them are around. Now the harvest is coming in and deer eat apples from trees, nibble on whatever corn and soybeans are left over, and perhaps instinctively, anxiously await the hunting season.

October Arrives in the Garden and Prairie “Everywhere she walked the color sang and shouted around her.” —Elizabeth George Speare ***** Welcome, October! On Monday, a full “supermoon” rose, partially obscured …

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "October Arrives in the Garden and Prairie" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/o... #garden #prairie #nativeplants #writers

Honeybee and purple aster

More bee and aster

#MacroMonday

A bench facing an open field with mountains in the background. A tree is prominent in the foreground.

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."

-George Bernard Shaw

A pale yellow butterfly, wings held closed behind its back, with a large white patch on its upper wing containing a small black spot near the edge perches in profile facing left on a small flower with a whorl of many white, thin petals and a bright yellow center.

A black butterfly perches with its back to the camera on another clump of the same flowers with its wings open and facing the right. Its hind wings are thickly outlined in reddish-orange while the upper wings have a thick diagonal reddish-orange line and several white spots near the tips.

Yet another cluster of the flowers with a butterfly, wings open and back to the camera, facing left. Common buckeyes are brown with two comma-like spots on the upper wings near the body, orange patches running along a pale brown outline of the wings, and several colorful eyespots along the outer edge.

One last clump of flowers supports a butterfly perched on top, wings open showing the undersides, at a 45 degree angle facing the camera. The upper wings are a mix of white spots and a large orange patch while the hind wings are a marbled brown with small eyespots along the outer edge.

The panicled aster is a bee and butterfly magnet this time of year.

Small White
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Painted Lady

#butterflies #invertebrates #insects #nature #wildlife #photography

Harvesting began a week or so ago. As the soybeans and corn are gathered and the field is cleared, the land seems to breathe a sigh as it prepares to settle in for a long sleep until next spring.

Beautiful.

The witch knows the turn of year through the sweet tang of apple rot carpet. She knows it in the slow striptease of hawthorn, knows it the wrinkling skin of berries. She requires no calendar but nature. Each season is sacred. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

#beautysustainsus

Carry something beautiful in your heart.

Photographer: @4aamari.bsky.social

A heart shape is carved into a pristine expanse of snow, creating a striking contrast against the flat surface. The wide snowy landscape enhances the simplicity of the pattern.

Truly the greatest gift I have ever received from #Nature is this heart shape in the snow. It was made by 2 pheasants! Read about it here: fineartamerica.com/featured/the... #WorldHeartDay #BeautyInNature #unexpected

We can never have enough
of #nature.

~ Henry David Thoreau

#MountainMonday
#MountBrandon #Kerry #Ireland

There are signs of autumn everywhere, such as acorns of the mighty oak tree, a sure sign of autumn

Good morning ☕️
There are signs of autumn everywhere, such as acorns of the mighty oak tree, a sure sign of autumn! 🍁🌰🌿
#Autumn #NaturePhotography

There are signs of autumn everywhere, such as acorns of the mighty oak tree, a sure sign of autumn

Good morning ☕️
There are signs of autumn everywhere, such as acorns of the mighty oak tree, a sure sign of autumn! 🍁🌰🌿
#Autumn #NaturePhotography

A Tallgrass Prairie Remedy “Even as the people changed the prairie, it changed them.” —John Madson **** Feeling like events in the world have spiraled out of control? Having trouble doing anything except do…

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "A Tallgrass Prairie Remedy" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... #prairie #naturewriting #naturephotography #tuesday #writing #nativeplants

Sparrow with yellow eyebrow and bright white throat patch is perched among tangle of branches. Bird in profile facing left.

White-throated Sparrows stop by the yard during fall migration to provide complimentary leaf litter and mulch rearrangement services #birds

You might be interested in this story I saw of a MN man who grows peaches using tarp tunnels.https://www.edibleminnesota.com/2025/08/27/minnesota-peaches/

A close-up of a sandhill crane preening. It has its head down to the side and has a feather in its beak

A close-up of a sandhill crane preening for #redwed.

#birds #crane #sandhillcrane #coloraday #preening #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature

Baltimore presbytery votes to form historic Reparative Justice Fund The vote approving the fund reflects the church's response to the enduring harm of slavery and systemic racism.

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I was focused in on the mushroom but something else caught my eye. I zoomed out to see this little head poking up. 😁 Freaking adorable.

#FungiFriends 🌿 #mammals