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Constance Lee Menefee

@conniemenefee.bsky.social

Time's a-wastin' ... cui bono? bullfrog paparazza; poet; photographer and pen & ink artist; researcher of military-adjacent topics; my roots are in science (lab + technical writer & editor) and nature πŸ’š

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That's it exactly - thank you!

02.11.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Windy Walk

Morning gray ~ out the door
unprepared for
smooches from chilly mist -
I walk to the corner seeing
one season tumbling
into another more austere;
air fingers strip branches
of leaves in every guise
fated to linger together briefly
before scooting on.
--End--

Windy Walk Morning gray ~ out the door unprepared for smooches from chilly mist - I walk to the corner seeing one season tumbling into another more austere; air fingers strip branches of leaves in every guise fated to linger together briefly before scooting on. --End--

A Novemberish poem -
"Windy Walk"
(c) constance lee menefee

02.11.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Close-up of gray squirrel going up a tree, evidence of nut crumbs on lips

Close-up of gray squirrel going up a tree, evidence of nut crumbs on lips

Face crumbs ... #Sqrlpix

02.11.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Face on tree knot and a hole make the eyes, mouth is large round knot hole

Face on tree knot and a hole make the eyes, mouth is large round knot hole

Voted by mail - absentee ballot accepted

Flu and COVID vaccinations for 2025-2026 completed (RSV done last year, along with TDAP)

Trying to gentle my self talk ...

02.11.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Gently altered images of a Komodo dragon face, pale purple aster and a Mourning Dove - all digitally clipped from my photographs

Gently altered images of a Komodo dragon face, pale purple aster and a Mourning Dove - all digitally clipped from my photographs

Good morning ...

02.11.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bullfrog face out of water - surrounded by shades of green and textures of algae

Bullfrog face out of water - surrounded by shades of green and textures of algae

Bullfrog of the day!
Sunday, 2 Nov 2025

02.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’š

02.11.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm jealous of myself!

02.11.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red fox - about half grown - sitting in one of the den openings, with nose on a leaf

Red fox - about half grown - sitting in one of the den openings, with nose on a leaf

One Summer day, I meet two young foxes by one of their den openings close to a cemetery road. They were cautious, but mellow. #Mammals

02.11.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I can feel this.

02.11.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Person-like yelling tree with brown  googly eyes

Person-like yelling tree with brown googly eyes

FALL BACK! πŸ•°β°οΈβ±οΈβŒšοΈ

02.11.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

@saskajanet.bsky.social 😜

01.11.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Somebirdy will blab ... and then they'll all show up ...

01.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’š

01.11.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😜

01.11.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Widespread memory theft is a big problem.

01.11.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. We have more yellowjackets around this year than past years. Normally we coexist peacefully. (Well, when my cypress got zapped by lightning this year & they needed a crane to remove the top & it drove on a yellowjacket nest in my neighbor's yard, I got stung on my leg.)

01.11.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You said it, sister!

01.11.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
One of the sulphur butterflies with sun shining through the yellowish wings as it sits on a red flower

One of the sulphur butterflies with sun shining through the yellowish wings as it sits on a red flower

One of the meteorologically inclined butterflies - clouded or cloudless - a sulphur ...

01.11.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hai!

A yellowjacket zoomed into my house yesterday - landed long enough for me to see it & think, "Oh crap." I was by the door & reopened it ... crazy mad, IT STUNG ME TWICE below my collar bone. Not too swollen but it itches πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

PS I did all the recommended things, so don't, just don't ...

01.11.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
Bullfrog sitting with top of body out of the water and under a stick that casts a shadow across eye

Bullfrog sitting with top of body out of the water and under a stick that casts a shadow across eye

Bullfrog of the day!
Saturday, 1 Nov 2025

01.11.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’šπŸ˜ƒ

31.10.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Collage with frogs from five pen and ink drawings in the CLM Archives

Collage with frogs from five pen and ink drawings in the CLM Archives

Frogs from some of my pen and ink drawings (CLM Archives) ...

31.10.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent

31.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course!

31.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

31.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Emily Post - etiquette maven in the polite olde days - on eating frogs' legs πŸ€”πŸΈ:

"Frogs' legs, which are similar to little chicken drumsticks, can be eaten with either the fingers as a passed hors d'oeuvre or a knife
and fork at the table."

31.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Witches' broom gall against a blue sky

Witches' broom gall against a blue sky

Huzzah for galls!

31.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€” Maybe Rock Candy ... ?

31.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pumpkin made of two sticky notes -  orange and yellow

Pumpkin made of two sticky notes - orange and yellow

The bullfrog avatar will return ...
Guard your liminal spaces, friends 🧑

31.10.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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