Beck 🌿🐝

Photo of a number of bright orange lichens on grey rock. The largest lichen in the middle is shaped like a heart.

Elegant orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans). NWT, Canada.
Photo covers about 10cm, left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #heart

I think it does. ✨

His poops were almost as big as he is. 💩 #bee

Another itty bitter from the weekend. I don’t think he was a cm long. #bee

Y’all know I love a tiny friend.
I give you the helicopter of scale.

Soaking it up. ☀️
#moss

It’s always the hardest in Feb and then the weight finally starts to lift in early March.
We had a blue sky with white clouds kinda day and life is popping up everywhere. 🌿

The lighting with those contrasting colors!! 🤩

Happiest Birthday!!

That teeny tiny little mantis. 😍

I recently found Slime-O Worlds on other platforms and the creator talks about how, if there’s more than one, they smell for and seek each other out. Smart little slimes - so neat!

A dark brown, lightning-like pattern on white paper. They are the track left behind by a slime mold network. On the bottom is a piece of rotting tree bark. A larger yellow blob of slime mold is visible in the corner.

Slime mold patterns on paper II.
#slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends #natureart

That’s cool!! It’s like a forest scene. 🌳

I so appreciate seeing others’ native #bee pictures because it prompted me to check on my cocoons. The boys are back in town!! Let’s go! 🎉

Ceratiomyxa sphaerosperma from Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador. This tiny slime mold makes its spores on little stalks, giving it a distinctive appearance. My favorite feature of these are the glass-like stems.

Olympus OM-1 / 90mm macro lens / MC20 2x teleconverter

Yes! The stems! It’s like a glass muppet.

So handsome! I love their bathing dance.

Not for long… spring will call you back out there.

You’re so lucky to live in their neighborhood. Epic beings!

A full moon with a lunar eclipse that makes it partially reddish. There are faint stars.

This morning’s reminder there some things, some events, that the collective hubris of humanity cannot control.

And that’s a beautiful thing.

#LunarEclipse

Hope to see you at Seedy Sunday in Kelowna! I'm giving a talk on gardening for native bees at 1 pm. #bees

Madly preparing for this show, which I'll install tomorrow. I've made cyanotypes in winter for the first time and I stitched 4 new pieces in the wee hours of the morning! Found bits of cut fabric in my tea this morning. I love this!

Yaaaay!! Congratulations! 🎊

The Cover of the Revised Edition of Victory Gardens for Bees with a Bumble bee on a red pincushion flower.

Gung hay fat choy! Happy Year of the Fire Horse, which happens to be my sign. (So now you know how old I am!) Today my book launches in U. S. bookstores, so I feel it's and especially auspicious occasion! #victorygardensforbees #bees

Worth it? Also, yes. 😁

It’s always a good idea to try out different perspectives.

First queen of the year. 🐝

Oh no! 😲 That’s a bit more time outdoors than I had in mind. I hope you’re able to find a new space even though you do make camping look pretty darn luxurious.

You’re the reason I started growing these many moons (and social media platforms) ago. Such cool flowers!!

Nature is waking up! Soon enough it’ll be difficult to drag you back indoors. I can’t wait!