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@karmso.bsky.social

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passionate gardener, defender of democracy…I strive daily to pay attention, and to brew a perfect cup of tea🌿 all photos mine unless noted otherwise 🌱

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · May 12

What could be more perfect for #BlueSkyMonday than the magnificent bluebells at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…🌱

#BloomScrolling #gardens #flowers #FlowerPhotography #EastCoastKin #brooklyn

I look forward all year to this… seemingly endless glens of bluebells flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Surrounded by lush green foliage of the mature trees, I linger, contemplating the beauty and peacefulness.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 20h

They took until *October* to bloom…but now the ethereal flowers of Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gates’ are delighting me on chilly autumn morns. 🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower #seeds
#FlowerPhotography

Three flowers on a Morning Glory ‘Pearly Gate’ vine…the pure white blossoms are round saucer shaped, and have a tiny golden yellow-center. On the left are some lime-green flower buds, and behind is a brick wall.

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 5d

The land of the brave

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 4d

#BlueskyMonday
#PayingAttention #wandering
#KurtVonnegut #gardens 🌱

Author Kurt Vonnegut, wearing cream colored trousers and white shoes, sits in front of a turquoise painted door. Mounted on the door is a garden gnome atop a red heart. On either side of him are hydrangea shrubs with large globular shaped flowers in shades of sky blue and violet. Emerald green grass frames the bottom of the photo, and a quote reads…”Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wondering, where we go matters less than what we notice.”

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t forget *another* mass shooting today.

kms @karmso.bsky.social · 11d

omg, Chuck eating the Knobbed Russet

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 11d

You may not realize it, but every meal is a connection to a farmworker.

The people who feed the country should not be living in poverty, unable to put food on their own tables, or afraid to go to work because of the threat of family separation & deportation.

Listen to their stories: bit.ly/486cyQf

Behind Every Meal: The Farmworkers Who Feed America

Over the summer of 2024, in collaboration with United Farm Workers, we sat down with several farmworkers, volunteers, and organizers to hear their stories.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14d

There is no argument against birthright citizenship other than “I am incredibly racist and don’t like it”

It is clearly and simply spelled out in the 14th amendment - if you are born here, you are an American citizen.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14d

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 14d

One of my very favorite perennials, especially this wonderful white variety💟

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 19d

#stunday at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park 🌱

#flowers #BloomScrolling #CentralPark #UrbanGardening
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Three zinnia flowers in shades of saturated raspberry rosy pink, surrounded by green foliage.

The Conservatory garden in New York City. Layers green foliage of trees and shrubs, flowers in shades of scarlet, pink, and lavender. The garden is an urban oasis in the northern area of Central Park and Fifth Avenue.

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Greta Knits @gretaknits.bsky.social · 19d

Peace be with you 🌱
on the eve of the Autumnal Equinox

An autumnal arrangement of flowers. Orange alstromeria, burgundy chrysanthemums and a rusty orange flower with a yellow center against the green of the woodland in the background.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 19d

Exquisite!

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 21d

And 94 other Democrats. WTF

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23d

Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:

Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes

ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 21d

The process of seeds into flowers and then flowers into seeds is always wondrous to me…🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #seeds
#FlowerPhotography #FlowerReport

Here, the flowers and lacquered-purple seed pods of Hyacinth Bean Vine 🌱

Seed pods of Hyacinth Bean vine. They are purple-grape in color and look like lacquer.

Purple hyacinth bean flowers on a slender, deep burgundy stem, surrounded by bright green foliage.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 22d

Here’s to a free and bear election!
Grazer is the best Mama Bear, so have to go w her yearling🐻🧸.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 23d

A peacock butterfly, the first I've managed to get a pic of this year, sunning itself on an echinacea in my garden yesterday 🌱🦋📷

#Bloomscrolling #ColourADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #WildWebsWednesday #BugSky #nature #UKWildlife

A butterfly, rust red with iridescent eye spots on its wings

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 23d

Stunning!

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Wikidgarden @wikidgarden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Every day is “Lord of the Flies” but so much worse. So here is an account to visit—and revisit—for evidence “There lives the dearest freshness deep down things.”

Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · Aug 30

Take a break from doomscrolling and look at my stretching hare icon. She’s going to be available in my exhibition here in Pembrokeshire from September 11th-14th if you want to take a closer look

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 24d

RIP, Robert Redford.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 24d

My apologies for that American. With all the horrific things going on here, ivy is what they are ranting about?

kms @karmso.bsky.social · 24d

🌱 more cookies~biscuits

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 25d

An amazing thread!!
Some flowers, and so much more 🌱

Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · May 29

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 25d

Misspelled the name of the deep purple annual on the left, it’s Angelonia.

kms @karmso.bsky.social · 25d

happy #blueskymonday …brought to you by a bee and beautiful blue Caryopteris blooms…💙

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #FlowerPower
#FlowerPhotography #blue #bees 🌱

A bee visiting the violet-blue flowers of Caryopteris…the buds and blossoms are like like tiny jewels and the foliage is silver-green. In the background are the rich purple flowers of Angelina, a truly remarkable annual that blooms from late spring to frost, no deadheading needed.

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kms @karmso.bsky.social · 28d

just now, two moonvine flowers, reaching toward the setting sun…

🌱🤍🌱

#MyJoyfulPlace #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGardening #gardening #sunset
#FlowerPhotography #breathe

Grateful for this moment of quiet beauty in my small late summer garden.
Two white Moonflowers turn toward the sunset…warm soft rosy-orange light behind the dark-olive silhouettes of Ginkgo trees. 🤍

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