Amy

I made a basket for my vanilla orchid with elm sticks and hemp cord and a hanging macrame style thingy to put it on the wall where it will get better light throughout the day.

Invasive but handsome and healthy castor plant.

Scrophularia? Something like that. Shrug.

So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

Bee plant starting to bloom. I knew more binomials when I started my botany degree work than I do now 🤣

PS I made the little trellis for it out of manzanita branches from the yard.

Vanilla orchid in a small orange pot, backlit with white curtains behind it.

Vanilla orchid in a small orange pot, sitting near a window tucked in among many other plants

I have always wanted a vanilla orchid. Now we have to find out if I can keep it alive. In a few years maybe we will find out if I can get I to bloom, successfully pollinate, and get like $8 worth of vanilla bean off it. 🤣

winding mulch pathway with california native grasses and trees on either side, sunny day, blue sky

Arboretum native meadow. Pulled hellllllla weeds and nonnative grasses out of this section yesterday.

Cascading blue blossoms of a ceanothus in full bloom

Since I’m reposting political horror show content now, here is a palette cleanser. Ceanothus ‘dark star’ (I think)

Ahh that famous legal standard of “creating a ruckus”

For fascists, the hypocrisy is the point. It’s a virtue that demonstrates their power. They enjoy people getting worked up about it. This doesn’t mean ignoring their unethical behavior, but focus on harm they are causing rather than rules they are breaking. And focus on dismantling their systems.

Katie G. Whipple
Oil on Linen

Golden lupine blossom on a blue sky day

#yellowsunday

I love you. 🇵🇸

Pio Pico house, January 2025

I refrain from publicly joking about your viral load, I do.

Little elderly honeybee. She was moving very slowly, probing for nectar on a windy day, so I gave her some honey droplets.

These are not the bees that need saving.

We are on the cusp of garden spam season.

These two colors together in the garden are very satisfying to me.

small purple viola blossoms popping up among their round green leaves.

small purple viola blossoms popping up among their round green leaves.

We have let these non-native, volunteer violas do their thing the last few years and we have several lovely groupings of them amid the hummingbird sage and oregon grape. I like them, even though they are probably a little more invasive than my yard goals prefer.

Finally got some rain, making things feel sprouty and sane for a minute

golden yellow blossoms on baja california senna -senna purpusii

alternate leaflets on baja california senna - Senna purpusii

bright yellow blossoms of senna native to australia - Senna artemisioides

alternate leaflets of senna native to australia - Senna artemisioides

1, 2 - Baja California Senna grown from seed - Senna purpusii; 3, 4 - Silver Cassia senna native to Australia - Senna artemisioides.

Just ordinary THC, not that I wouldn't try other substances in small amounts. The inhaler the pulmonologist gave me was called Breo Ellipta. I used it for a couple months and my lungs improved. It also made me hoarse, so I was glad only a short course was needed.

A couple years ago I developed some inflammation in my lungs after using a disagreeable vape and had to use an inhaler meant for emphysema to clear it up. I've switched to microdosing edibles ever since. It's great and I've never looked back. Got to save those precious lungs!

Eggplant flower bud formed with little thorny spikes things on the surface of the bud, thorns also visible on adjacent leaf

Eggplant flower bud formed with little thorny spikes things on the surface of the bud, thorns also visible on adjacent leaf

Lil spikeys on eggplant buds and adjacent leaves. Lil spikeys is the science name.

Who is this bearded person you keep posting photos of?

Thinking bout thos beans

My version of Hot Ones: Moving to Austin to set up a podcast studio across the street from Joe Rogan’s to talk to the same guests for three MORE hours after Joe is done with them when they are truly exhausted and have absolutely no defenses left.

“The Joe Rogan Experience Experience”

May the mystical condition bless all sad witches ✨

Buuurn 🔥