Fallaryn

Spoiler for tomorrow's piece. In 23 metros across Canada, median incomes for 25-34-year-old dual-earner couples are up 76%, in nominal terms, since 2004.

And the price of newly constructed family-sized starter homes? Up 265%.

peach blossoms

🌸 Happy Friday! 🌸

Two small yellow flowers getting ready to open

Little yellow crocus 🌱

Nine square botanical photographs arranged in a grid, each showing a naturally heart-shaped form. A cyclamen leaf with pale green marbling; a pink bleeding heart flower; clusters of tiny white flowers; a snowdrop; curled fern fronds; shepherd’s purse seed pods; a delicate umbel; blue forget-me-nots forming a heart shape; and a pair of swelling buds. Soft green backgrounds throughout.

Hearts appear throughout the natural world, in leaves, flowers, seed pods and unfolding fronds. A small gathering of botanical hearts for St. Valentine’s Day. #ValentinesDay

A clump of deep purple crocuses among other low-growing plants, in sunshine. Buildings and a thick tree trunk in the background.

The crocuses are out at the community garden 😍💚🌱

PC repair progress:

It's looking like GPU failure. 🫠

Sequoia bonsai in training planted in a dark earth coloured oval pot with moss covered soil surface.

Sequoia bonsai in training.

🌱🇳🇿

Parlour maple inside with a pink flower opening.

Up close to the flower you can see the veins in the petals.

A bit farther away but still close the petals are in a spiral

🌸 📸 🌱

Parlour Maple showing her beautiful pink and yellow colour this morning.

Lovely. Delicate.

#flowerreport #bloomscrolling #photography

investing in your own growth & self development isn’t selfish, it’s self care

POSITIVE SELF TALK SOUNDS LIKE... I am patient with my progress. My feelings are valid, even if they are messy or unclear. My boundaries are healthy, loving, and necessary. Growth looks different everyday, and that's okay I am learning, growing, and allowed to make mistakes. I accept myself as I am while allowing myself to evolve. @selfcarexpress

Purple crocus’

Yellow crocus and green fern

Buds on a cherry blossom tree

Light purple flowers… not sure which type

This is why I love living here in Vancouver. These are all pictures from today, February 11, the middle of winter. 😍

The setting sun sends its last rays to color some white clouds in light pink on a blue sky. In the foreground treetops watch the scene.

🌙 Safe and Peaceful Night, Good People Everywhere! 🌙

VIENNA IN WINTER
A February Sunset
10 Feb 2024 Image © Merisi Vienna,
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Sunset
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
#ColorADay #BlueTue

White dahlia bloom with pink tipped petals

Flower of the day.

#Flowers
#BloomScrolling
#DailyFlower

A vivid coral and deep lavender sky, with coral stripes reaching up over the bare tree tops and swooping over towards the powerlines on the right. The sunset a warm golden glow on the horizon

magic

Pale blue pansies with ink-blue faces and yellow centers.

Something beautiful for this day: Pansies, Yakima, Washington (October 2025). #flowers

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A close-up of a vibrant pink camellia flower with dark green leaves, softly illuminated against a blurred background.

#photography #unedited

A single purple flower stands upright against a softly blurred green background, its petals open wide with fine veins radiating from a pale center. The stem rises alone, isolating the bloom and emphasizing its color and stillness.

A single purple flower, isolated against a soft green background. The bright color stood out immediately, but what held me was the stillness — one bloom, without distraction.

If quiet moments like this resonate with you, follow along.

#Photography #Flowers #MacroPhotography #ScottKissPhoto

Photo of needle-bearing shoot with pinecones. The cones are closed.

Pinus banksiana cones are strongly serotinous in populations in the center of the species’ range, but less so at the edges of its range (where fires are less frequent). It's a bet-hedging strategy to ensure seedling establishment. 📷: Taylor Justason CCBYNC4. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.

v1.116 is rolling out now!

For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.

Cinnamon tree leaves and flowers! The flowers are like tiny lilies. Lovely.

A closeup of cinnamon flowers!

My cinnamon tree has flowered! The flowers smell sweet and floral, not cinnamon-y at all. This makes sense as the cinnamon is a bug deterrent in the tree flesh. Flowers are a bug attractant! I’ve never seen this before. Growing plants is awesome.
(Tree has flowered after 10 years growth from seed.)

A pink camellia flower with a slightly lighter centre.

The first camellia of the year is finally in bloom in my garden. 🌱

#naturewriting 🌱
Timeline cleanse from yesterday’s visit to the Yellowstone River.

Green moss and grey green lichen adorn a hanging tree brach

Some moss and lichen for #HotStickSaturday 🌱🌳🍄

#GreenSat #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #FungiFriends

A solitary cherry blossom on a bare winter branch

Guess what I saw today friends

It’s happening ✨🌱

Dr Caligari’s extended furniture-verse

Snowdrops, cyclamen and a wee bit of winter aconite in amongst some leaf litter in the garden

I needed this today. The year so far:

snow snow snow snow snow snow cloud snow snow cloud rain wind rain cloud rain cloud rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain hail rain rain rain rain sleet rain sleet sleet

#winter #Scotland #Aberdeen
🌱 ❄️ 🌧️

A cascade of six petaled clematis with cream colored centers. Plenty of green on the vine.

A cascade of clematis always cheers me up. How about you? Here’s one for #ThrowbackThursday (from 2021) #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #Flowers 🌱 #FlowerReport #Photography #onlybeautifulthings

A mature Aloe cameronii with numerous pups planted in a garden on a mound with large rocks at the base. Its long leaves are green, yellow and red. Several large orange blooms are growing out of the mother plant and a couple of the pups.

My Starfish aloe blooms are a bit late this year. Not sure why, but a couple of the larger pups are flowering for the first time. Also, a very dry January is causing it to turn red early in the season. 🌱

#Aloe #succulent #gardening #flowers

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "scream into the void motherfucker"