Constance Lee Menefee
@conniemenefee.bsky.social
Time's a-wastin' ... cui bono? No artificial intelligence or fake sweeteners used here! Bullfrog paparazza; poet; photographer; artist; researcher of military-adjacent topics; science - lab + technical writer & editor
BANNER = Sycamore bark
BANNER = Sycamore bark
Pinned
Bullfrog x3 of the day from 2017!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
White-throated Sparrow 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
White-throated Sparrow 🪶
Red-bellied Woodpecker male 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Red-bellied Woodpecker male 🪶
Bullfrog x3 of the day from 2017!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Bullfrog x3 of the day from 2017!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
I believe these are the first bullfrogs I photographed!
These are the pictures from my exhibit - The Hopeful Eye - installed at the Covington Branch Library (502 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY) - December 2017
(8×10 metal prints)
(8×10 metal prints)
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
These are the pictures from my exhibit - The Hopeful Eye - installed at the Covington Branch Library (502 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY) - December 2017
(8×10 metal prints)
(8×10 metal prints)
Northern Cardinal female 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Northern Cardinal female 🪶
Mute Swan feeding in sunlight, making neck shadows - a carpet of duckweed/pond plants 🪶 🌿
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mute Swan feeding in sunlight, making neck shadows - a carpet of duckweed/pond plants 🪶 🌿
I remind myself that "days" are not pre-filled boxes of minutes and moments. My brain insists that we cycle through them one by one. My heart wants ascendency: nothing is decided ahead of time. Nudged maybe; occasionally shoved, even - but open, nonetheless, no matter what the calendar insists.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I remind myself that "days" are not pre-filled boxes of minutes and moments. My brain insists that we cycle through them one by one. My heart wants ascendency: nothing is decided ahead of time. Nudged maybe; occasionally shoved, even - but open, nonetheless, no matter what the calendar insists.
Bullfrog of the day!
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bullfrog of the day!
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025
Northern Cardinals in the cypress tree, examining the photographer 🪶
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Northern Cardinals in the cypress tree, examining the photographer 🪶
Textures ...
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Textures ...
One handy-dandy aspect of red cardinaless is how well they contrast with browns, grays, twigs and pond water ....
Northern Cardinal males in their daily lives ... 🌿 🪶
Northern Cardinal males in their daily lives ... 🌿 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One handy-dandy aspect of red cardinaless is how well they contrast with browns, grays, twigs and pond water ....
Northern Cardinal males in their daily lives ... 🌿 🪶
Northern Cardinal males in their daily lives ... 🌿 🪶
Northern Cardinal male & female at a feeder 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Northern Cardinal male & female at a feeder 🪶
With so many people screaming into the void, you'd think it would be overflowing. 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
With so many people screaming into the void, you'd think it would be overflowing. 🤔
I will post individual photographs of Northern Cardinals later today - but here are variety packs of male and female cardinals 🪶 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I will post individual photographs of Northern Cardinals later today - but here are variety packs of male and female cardinals 🪶 🌿
Northern Cardinal fledgling and Dad (male parent) - begging and hunting ... the baby begs and parents (both) search high and low for insects, small invertebrates, berries, seeds ...
🌿 🪶
🌿 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Northern Cardinal fledgling and Dad (male parent) - begging and hunting ... the baby begs and parents (both) search high and low for insects, small invertebrates, berries, seeds ...
🌿 🪶
🌿 🪶
Bullfrog of the day!
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bullfrog of the day!
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
Northern Cardinal male 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Northern Cardinal male 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Poem, "Life Salad"
(c) constance lee menefee
... "and vegatate until
the perfect dressing puddles
in the bottom of our soul - "
(c) constance lee menefee
... "and vegatate until
the perfect dressing puddles
in the bottom of our soul - "
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Poem, "Life Salad"
(c) constance lee menefee
... "and vegatate until
the perfect dressing puddles
in the bottom of our soul - "
(c) constance lee menefee
... "and vegatate until
the perfect dressing puddles
in the bottom of our soul - "
From the CLM ##PenAndInk Archives ... small whimsical frog & environs ...
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
From the CLM ##PenAndInk Archives ... small whimsical frog & environs ...
Bullfrog of the day!
Monday, 24 Nov 2025
Monday, 24 Nov 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Bullfrog of the day!
Monday, 24 Nov 2025
Monday, 24 Nov 2025
Good night 💞
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Good night 💞
🖤🤍 From the deep CLM Archives ...
In 1998, I illustrated a booklet for a therapist who specialized in attachment issues in children. She
wanted "Henry the hermit crab" to be the character.
wanted "Henry the hermit crab" to be the character.
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🖤🤍 From the deep CLM Archives ...
Wood Ducks! 🪶🌿
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wood Ducks! 🪶🌿