Elsa 🌻 @naturalbeautyandwonder
@beautyandwonder.bsky.social
All my photos. Hiker, gardener & iNaturalist ambassador🌿 Passionate native gardener & pollinator protector. Basket weaver & quilter. Cat mom🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛ AuDHD & easily distracted by moss, mushies & lichen🍄 ❤️Northern MI = home *happy in my naturey non-people bubble*
Pinned
I told all the 🐝 and 🐛 to hold on tight... a storm is rolling in🌬
All my tall prairie plants look like bobbleheads in the wind🤭
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I don't have enough space to list all the native plants seen here😍
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark
All my tall prairie plants look like bobbleheads in the wind🤭
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I don't have enough space to list all the native plants seen here😍
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark
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Lush mosses from hikes in April 2022
#bryophytes #mossyposse #mosssky #nature #nativeplants #Michigan
Lush mosses from hikes in April 2022
#bryophytes #mossyposse #mosssky #nature #nativeplants #Michigan
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Lush mosses from hikes in April 2022
#bryophytes #mossyposse #mosssky #nature #nativeplants #Michigan
Lush mosses from hikes in April 2022
#bryophytes #mossyposse #mosssky #nature #nativeplants #Michigan
This was one of our biggest crab spiders in 2022, her name was JLo. She loved her Joe Pye home, and coordinated quite nicely with it.
#Misumenavatia #eutrochiummaculatum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #spidersky #bugsky #nature #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark
#Misumenavatia #eutrochiummaculatum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #spidersky #bugsky #nature #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This was one of our biggest crab spiders in 2022, her name was JLo. She loved her Joe Pye home, and coordinated quite nicely with it.
#Misumenavatia #eutrochiummaculatum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #spidersky #bugsky #nature #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark
#Misumenavatia #eutrochiummaculatum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #spidersky #bugsky #nature #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark
August 2024 in my garden🌸
Red-spotted purple 🦋 on purple coneflower beside blue vervain and cardinal flower in the background♥️
#Limenitisarthemis #echinaceapurpurea #verbenahastata #lobeliacardinalis #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
Red-spotted purple 🦋 on purple coneflower beside blue vervain and cardinal flower in the background♥️
#Limenitisarthemis #echinaceapurpurea #verbenahastata #lobeliacardinalis #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
August 2024 in my garden🌸
Red-spotted purple 🦋 on purple coneflower beside blue vervain and cardinal flower in the background♥️
#Limenitisarthemis #echinaceapurpurea #verbenahastata #lobeliacardinalis #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
Red-spotted purple 🦋 on purple coneflower beside blue vervain and cardinal flower in the background♥️
#Limenitisarthemis #echinaceapurpurea #verbenahastata #lobeliacardinalis #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
Perusing the list of all 2025 research projects that used iNaturalist- there are over 700. This one is quite interesting and right up my alley.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Urban bumblebees diversify their foraging strategy to maintain nutrient intake | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Anthropogenic ecosystems can alter individual functions and ecological processes such
as resource use and species interactions. While variability of morphological traits
involved in diet and resource ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Perusing the list of all 2025 research projects that used iNaturalist- there are over 700. This one is quite interesting and right up my alley.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
It's been almost 8 months since the historic ice storm and we're now covered in snow again. It totally doesn't feel like it has been that long.
Here we go again.... into the unending work of winter
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#winterwonderland #northernmichigan #nature #snow
Here we go again.... into the unending work of winter
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#winterwonderland #northernmichigan #nature #snow
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's been almost 8 months since the historic ice storm and we're now covered in snow again. It totally doesn't feel like it has been that long.
Here we go again.... into the unending work of winter
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#winterwonderland #northernmichigan #nature #snow
Here we go again.... into the unending work of winter
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#winterwonderland #northernmichigan #nature #snow
Since y'all liked Lick Creek Falls so much, here is a wet water falls along Bark Camp Creek. This is another phenomenal south central Kentucky hike in Daniel Boone National Forest. #travel #Kentucky #hiking #forestbathing #danielboonenationalforest #waterfall
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Since y'all liked Lick Creek Falls so much, here is a wet water falls along Bark Camp Creek. This is another phenomenal south central Kentucky hike in Daniel Boone National Forest. #travel #Kentucky #hiking #forestbathing #danielboonenationalforest #waterfall
Back from New Year's Day 2019- my most favorite falls, Lick Creek Falls, Daniel Boone National Forest in South Central Kentucky.
Prime waterfalling season just started down there and it's a magical time of year!
#travel #Kentucky #forestbathing #nature #danielboonenationalforest
Prime waterfalling season just started down there and it's a magical time of year!
#travel #Kentucky #forestbathing #nature #danielboonenationalforest
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Back from New Year's Day 2019- my most favorite falls, Lick Creek Falls, Daniel Boone National Forest in South Central Kentucky.
Prime waterfalling season just started down there and it's a magical time of year!
#travel #Kentucky #forestbathing #nature #danielboonenationalforest
Prime waterfalling season just started down there and it's a magical time of year!
#travel #Kentucky #forestbathing #nature #danielboonenationalforest
Native spirea #spireaalba buds in front of Pollynation #coneflowers
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Native spirea #spireaalba buds in front of Pollynation #coneflowers
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark
Look at this chubby butt I found in late July 2023 on my mountain mint #Pycnanthemumtenuifolium It is of the few yellow-banded bumblers I have found in my yard! #bombusterricola
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #Michigangardening 🌱
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #Michigangardening 🌱
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Look at this chubby butt I found in late July 2023 on my mountain mint #Pycnanthemumtenuifolium It is of the few yellow-banded bumblers I have found in my yard! #bombusterricola
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #Michigangardening 🌱
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #Michigangardening 🌱
Beautiful, native, northern blue flag iris found in June '23 on Black Lake.
#irisversicolor #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #blacklakemichigan #northernmichigan
#irisversicolor #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #blacklakemichigan #northernmichigan
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Beautiful, native, northern blue flag iris found in June '23 on Black Lake.
#irisversicolor #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #blacklakemichigan #northernmichigan
#irisversicolor #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #blacklakemichigan #northernmichigan
Blue-eyed grass #Sisyrinchiumangustifolium blooms from this past spring. This beautiful native is actually in the iris family!
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Blue-eyed grass #Sisyrinchiumangustifolium blooms from this past spring. This beautiful native is actually in the iris family!
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
Some yellow for your Friday... bumbler and a sunflower.
#nativeplants #bombus #bombusgriseocollis #helianthusannuus #bloomscrolling #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱
#nativeplants #bombus #bombusgriseocollis #helianthusannuus #bloomscrolling #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Some yellow for your Friday... bumbler and a sunflower.
#nativeplants #bombus #bombusgriseocollis #helianthusannuus #bloomscrolling #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱
#nativeplants #bombus #bombusgriseocollis #helianthusannuus #bloomscrolling #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱
VERY excited to be starting this book!
#theinsectepiphany #barrettklein #biodiversityconservation #allmygardenfriends #naturebookclub #booksky
#theinsectepiphany #barrettklein #biodiversityconservation #allmygardenfriends #naturebookclub #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
VERY excited to be starting this book!
#theinsectepiphany #barrettklein #biodiversityconservation #allmygardenfriends #naturebookclub #booksky
#theinsectepiphany #barrettklein #biodiversityconservation #allmygardenfriends #naturebookclub #booksky
More saguaros, including these two that have been best buds for almost a hundred years!
#sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #Arizona
#sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #Arizona
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
More saguaros, including these two that have been best buds for almost a hundred years!
#sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #Arizona
#sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #Arizona
🌵The #sonorandesert is so beautiful🌵
Looking SE from #tucsonmountainpark over Tucson Estates.
#saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #desertsky
Looking SE from #tucsonmountainpark over Tucson Estates.
#saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #desertsky
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🌵The #sonorandesert is so beautiful🌵
Looking SE from #tucsonmountainpark over Tucson Estates.
#saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #desertsky
Looking SE from #tucsonmountainpark over Tucson Estates.
#saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #nativeplants #desertsky
Saguaros are so badass. We now have snow in Northern Michigan, so I'm admiring my desert photos.
#nativeplants #sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #Arizona #tucsonmountainpark
#nativeplants #sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #Arizona #tucsonmountainpark
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Saguaros are so badass. We now have snow in Northern Michigan, so I'm admiring my desert photos.
#nativeplants #sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #Arizona #tucsonmountainpark
#nativeplants #sonorandesert #saguarocacti #carnegieagigantea #Arizona #tucsonmountainpark
Sweet columbine bloom from mid June's✨️
#aquilegiacanadensis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
#aquilegiacanadensis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sweet columbine bloom from mid June's✨️
#aquilegiacanadensis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
#aquilegiacanadensis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
Happy little scarlet beebs building up the energy to bloom!
This is Jacob Cline #monardadidyma, in front of white yarrow #achilleamillefolium, spiderwort #tradescantiaohioensis, and other natives in my prairie patch.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
This is Jacob Cline #monardadidyma, in front of white yarrow #achilleamillefolium, spiderwort #tradescantiaohioensis, and other natives in my prairie patch.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy little scarlet beebs building up the energy to bloom!
This is Jacob Cline #monardadidyma, in front of white yarrow #achilleamillefolium, spiderwort #tradescantiaohioensis, and other natives in my prairie patch.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
This is Jacob Cline #monardadidyma, in front of white yarrow #achilleamillefolium, spiderwort #tradescantiaohioensis, and other natives in my prairie patch.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
A wee green monarda early in the 2024 season. I love the little dew drops on its leaves.
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A wee green monarda early in the 2024 season. I love the little dew drops on its leaves.
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱
Brown chicken, brown cow🎵
Banded longhorn flower beetles getting busy on swamp milkweed🌸
Aren't milkweed flowers the coolest?
8/7/25
#asclepiasincarnata #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #milkweedformonarchs
Banded longhorn flower beetles getting busy on swamp milkweed🌸
Aren't milkweed flowers the coolest?
8/7/25
#asclepiasincarnata #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #milkweedformonarchs
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Brown chicken, brown cow🎵
Banded longhorn flower beetles getting busy on swamp milkweed🌸
Aren't milkweed flowers the coolest?
8/7/25
#asclepiasincarnata #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #milkweedformonarchs
Banded longhorn flower beetles getting busy on swamp milkweed🌸
Aren't milkweed flowers the coolest?
8/7/25
#asclepiasincarnata #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #milkweedformonarchs
The most perfect little seedheads on white snakeroot😍
#ageratinaaltissima #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
#ageratinaaltissima #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The most perfect little seedheads on white snakeroot😍
#ageratinaaltissima #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
#ageratinaaltissima #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening
Already missing my green summer yard🌱
🌸Common milkweed with a skipper 7/5/25
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #asclepiassyriaca #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation
🌸Common milkweed with a skipper 7/5/25
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #asclepiassyriaca #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Already missing my green summer yard🌱
🌸Common milkweed with a skipper 7/5/25
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #asclepiassyriaca #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation
🌸Common milkweed with a skipper 7/5/25
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #ecoregion50ae #asclepiassyriaca #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation
So much life 🌱🐛🌸
#asclepiassyriaca #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening
#asclepiassyriaca #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Frosty garden morning❄️
Canada goldenrod, late thoroughwort & brown eyed susan seed pod
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #elsasallnativeyard
Canada goldenrod, late thoroughwort & brown eyed susan seed pod
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #elsasallnativeyard
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Frosty garden morning❄️
Canada goldenrod, late thoroughwort & brown eyed susan seed pod
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #elsasallnativeyard
Canada goldenrod, late thoroughwort & brown eyed susan seed pod
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #elsasallnativeyard
Anyone else in awe with native seed pods every year? They're just the coolest and it makes me want to save EVERY seed. I dont have that much room in my house!
#echinaceapurpurea #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #biodiversityconservation
#echinaceapurpurea #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #biodiversityconservation
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Anyone else in awe with native seed pods every year? They're just the coolest and it makes me want to save EVERY seed. I dont have that much room in my house!
#echinaceapurpurea #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #biodiversityconservation
#echinaceapurpurea #nativeplants #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #biodiversityconservation