Thrush died in a window strike. Even though the window was covered in UV bird decals 🤷‍♀️. I hate when this happens. We get one or two every fall migration no matter what I do to prevent it. #perpetualjournal #naturejournal #art #watercolor #swainsonsthrush #birds #migration

Look at this beauty! 🤩 #katydid #insects #nature

Spotted in creekside woods 👀

#southernpearlyeye #butterflies #insects #art #watercolor #naturejournaling #perpetualjournal

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Yes, here in central Virginia they are. If you can identify the trees look for a large one out in the sun. They don't often fruit in the shade. Ripe fruits usually fall down onto the ground or you can feel for soft fruits on the tree. Good luck!

I added a pawpaw to my sketchbook today and then I ate it 😋

#naturejournaling #art #watercolor #plants #nature #nativegardening #perpetualjournal #pawpaw #asiminatriloba #edibleplants #ediblewildplants

Insurance paid for ours but we had to drive 5 hours.

Vaccine or a gun? 🙃

This Pearl Crescent Butterfly was hanging around on big leaf aster, one of the host plants for its caterpillars.

Have I mentioned I love nature journaling? 😍 #naturejournaling #nature #insects #butterfly #pearlcrescentbutterfly #perpetualjournal
#nativeplants

Ys awesome 🤣🤣😍

Blue mistflower was the big star in my yard last week. Such a good plant 💪

Something that was really cool was after I cut a sprig and brought it in I noticed a very tiny inchworm on top!

#naturejournaling #perpetualjournal #nature #plants #bluemistflower #Conocliniumcoelestinum #art #watercolor

Smoking or previously smoking is one of the conditions...I think most people have smoked at least once or twice...

Sachem on big leaf aster...kept flying down to lay eggs in the grass then hopping up for more flowers! #nature #naturejournal #perpetualjournal #insect #art #watercolor #Atalopedessp #sachem #butterfly #skipper #bigleafaster #eurybiamacrophylla

Absolutely deafening frog chorus in the Ocracoke lighthouse marsh. #ocracoke #night #frogs #nature #squirreltreefrog

Hummingbird moth made it into my journal 😍. #nature #naturejournal #perpetualjournal #insects #watercolor #art #hummingbirdclearwing #hemaristhysbe #shenandoahnationalpark

Hummingbird clearwing moth. Little calf mountain, Shenandoah national Park.
#nature #insects #moth #hawkmoth #hummingbirdclearwing #hemaristhysbe

Bottlebrush grass in Shenandoah national Park. #plants #art #watercolor #naturejournal #naturejournaling #perpetualjournal #elymushystrix

If they were training it on x posts why didn't they expect this to happen!?

Two different species of Dichanthelium (panic grass) I already knew the big one, Dichanthelium clandestinum - Deertongue grass, but I wasn't able to identify the species of the small one 😠😵‍💫

#art #watercolor #plants #grasses #panicgrass #dichanthelium #naturejournal #perpetualjournal #nature

Marginal wood fern - Dryopteris marginalis

#naturejournaling #art #nature #ferns #dryopterismarginalis #plants #penandink #micron

If it's damp put my money on ostrich fern.

Euonymous americanus - Hearts a bustin'
very cool to catch one in bloom 🤩 definitely added it to my journal!
#nativeplants #natives #plants #bloomscroll #flowers #midatlantic

Sometimes it takes a while to find that perfect color. #art #watercolor #swatches #paint #pigments #seeking #color

@autopostai.bsky.social are you actually a bot?

Cape May Warblers stopped in our patch of the world for a few days. I hope they found everything they needed. #art #watercolor #birds #migration #perpetualjournal #naturejournal #capemaywarbler

First monarch of the year! Heading north 🧭🫡

#perpetualjournal #naturejournal #watercolor #art #insects #spring #monarchbutterfly #butterfly

Just received a plant order today, love these boxes! don't turn them upside down the plants might scream!🤣

#newmoonnursery #plants #nativeplants

Ignorance is bliss! I'll be waiting for your bat signal 🦇 🤣🤣

Ugh my husband just sent me a vanity Fair interview with one of these professors. Certainly not very reassuring.

Plus this morning I was reading a paper about how maybe we are already too late to prevent catastrophic climate change so I feel unsettled by everything now.

Idk if you ever listen to renmakesmusic but he makes music about the chronic illness he has, and has a lot of fans with various illnesses. You may connect with his music. Some songs about being ill are troubles, sick boi, 7 sins, everybody drops, and some more I can't think of right now!