These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:Poem: "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government"Poem: "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness"Poem: "Always Surprised by Consequences"Poem: "No Such Thing as Finished"GeologyBirdfeedingToday's SmoothieEarly HumansBirdfeedingPhilosophical Questions: GovernmentFireworksWriting About FireworksBirdfeedingFollow Friday 7-4-25: Historical FictionBlazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire StewardshipBirdfeedingClimate ChangeBirdfeedingProblem-SolvingHard Things"
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Not a Destination, But a Process" has 146 comments. "
The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 95 comments.
sunshine_revival is running through July. See the
schedule, meet
the moderators, and use the
master post to navigate the event. Meet new folks in the
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Sunshine Revival Challenge 1: LightPoem: "The Pleasure of Escaping the Responsibility"*
Sunshine Revival Challenge 2: Tunnel of LovePoem: "Legs of Grass, Feet of Flowers"
summerofthe69 is now open! You can see the
calendar here and the current themes are
Tetris 69 and
Body Worship 69.
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In the Heart of the Hidden Garden" is now complete! Lawrence shows Stan more of his favorite places.
The weather has been variable here. It rained yesterday and last night. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a pair of mourning doves, a male cardinal, a gray catbird, a fox squirrel, a skunk, and at least 1 probably 2 bats. Currently blooming: dandelions, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, impatiens, oxalis, moss rose, yarrow, anise hyssop, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, Asiatic lilies, cucumber, snowball bush, yellow squash, zucchini, morning glory, purple echinacea, narrow-leaf mountain mint, black-eyed Susan, yellow coneflower, wild bergamot, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant. Daylilies are done blooming. Cucumbers, tomatillo, and pepper have green fruit. The first 'Chocolate Sprinkles' tomato ripened and some other tomatoes are showing color. Wild strawberries, mulberries, peas, and blackberries are ripe. Black raspberries are done.