Butterfly Blues
@choving.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist, adaptation scientist, complex adaptive systems modeler, Cassandra-type prophet (apparently), avid gardener and hiker. Personal account; views are my own.
I love going to the beach on the really stormy and cold days. This is Lake Michigan, which forms these winter ice ridges, and then on windy days like this, the waves crash and spray. Pro-tip, check the wind direction before you start so you hike the loop with the wind at your back on the beach.
December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I love going to the beach on the really stormy and cold days. This is Lake Michigan, which forms these winter ice ridges, and then on windy days like this, the waves crash and spray. Pro-tip, check the wind direction before you start so you hike the loop with the wind at your back on the beach.
Going with number 3 movie for that year. Looks like 2026 will be another year of doomscrolling... or maybe another re-watch of the Loki 2 series.
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Going with number 3 movie for that year. Looks like 2026 will be another year of doomscrolling... or maybe another re-watch of the Loki 2 series.
A friend of mine would make homemade gingerbread house kits and invite her friends' kids over to build and decorate. Dozens of kids. It was great. My kids being my kids would try to make something not house shaped from the house kit pieces. As teens they baked thier own custom pieces. This was 2020.
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A friend of mine would make homemade gingerbread house kits and invite her friends' kids over to build and decorate. Dozens of kids. It was great. My kids being my kids would try to make something not house shaped from the house kit pieces. As teens they baked thier own custom pieces. This was 2020.
1) Yes, real.
2) Colors
3) Yes
4) One more gift, but otherwise finished
2) Colors
3) Yes
4) One more gift, but otherwise finished
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
1) Yes, real.
2) Colors
3) Yes
4) One more gift, but otherwise finished
2) Colors
3) Yes
4) One more gift, but otherwise finished
Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
Visited Peninsula Point lighthouse at the north end of Green Bay. Cool spiral stairs. Built in 1865.
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Visited Peninsula Point lighthouse at the north end of Green Bay. Cool spiral stairs. Built in 1865.
I made loose leaf tea, as I have done several times a day for the last couple of years. Today it is white tiramisu, water 180F, and steeped 2 minutes.
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I made loose leaf tea, as I have done several times a day for the last couple of years. Today it is white tiramisu, water 180F, and steeped 2 minutes.
Did a 1 mile segment of the NCT, which stretches from upstate NY to North Dakota.
October 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did a 1 mile segment of the NCT, which stretches from upstate NY to North Dakota.
Thinking of Jane Goodall and her influence on my career and thinking as a wildlife professional. I have 1000+ books in my personal library, but only 32 on the shelves on my desktop. Jane authored two of those, both with "hope" in the title. She taught me hope backed by conviction and hard work.
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thinking of Jane Goodall and her influence on my career and thinking as a wildlife professional. I have 1000+ books in my personal library, but only 32 on the shelves on my desktop. Jane authored two of those, both with "hope" in the title. She taught me hope backed by conviction and hard work.
A couple pictures from the garden this summer. Still blooming despite the drought.
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A couple pictures from the garden this summer. Still blooming despite the drought.
I do not walk fast. I am proud of this fact. However, this fellow outdid me today in his leisurely stroll down the local path along the Muskegon River.
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I do not walk fast. I am proud of this fact. However, this fellow outdid me today in his leisurely stroll down the local path along the Muskegon River.
Slow down
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
September 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Slow down
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
It is the time of year again. The morning sun is low in the east. Shadows lengthen. The all seeing eye casts its searching vision across the land.
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It is the time of year again. The morning sun is low in the east. Shadows lengthen. The all seeing eye casts its searching vision across the land.
Pollinators be pollinating
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pollinators be pollinating
Went u-pick apple picking, and found this beauty. I think it is a yellow garden spider. I am sure this spider has eaten many many flies that would have otherwise damaged the fresh apples my wife and I picked. A wild friend. Scary looking, but so are many of my friends.
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Went u-pick apple picking, and found this beauty. I think it is a yellow garden spider. I am sure this spider has eaten many many flies that would have otherwise damaged the fresh apples my wife and I picked. A wild friend. Scary looking, but so are many of my friends.
Visiting Madison WI and exploring new restaurants. Tried this one. Wait staff handed us two menus, the regular and the brunch menu, then apologized that pretty much everything on the regular menu was sold out because fans from the Wierd Al concert last night cleaned them out. Brunch was 💯!
September 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Visiting Madison WI and exploring new restaurants. Tried this one. Wait staff handed us two menus, the regular and the brunch menu, then apologized that pretty much everything on the regular menu was sold out because fans from the Wierd Al concert last night cleaned them out. Brunch was 💯!
Whenever I pick up a pizza from our local pizza place, I tell them my name and they ring up my pizza. On Friday I neglected to mention my name, and the cashier pulled up my order. They know me. I am officially "a regular" somewhere! Which is great, but also a little worrying. I eat how much pizza?
September 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Whenever I pick up a pizza from our local pizza place, I tell them my name and they ring up my pizza. On Friday I neglected to mention my name, and the cashier pulled up my order. They know me. I am officially "a regular" somewhere! Which is great, but also a little worrying. I eat how much pizza?
Your not wrong on the birthdays:
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Your not wrong on the birthdays:
Got lots of pretty scenery pictures, but this picture reminded me to laugh.
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Got lots of pretty scenery pictures, but this picture reminded me to laugh.
I would like everyone to keep repeating the misinformation about Michigan and how unpleasant life is here... so hopefully my family and I can continue to enjoy these kinds of Labor Day weekend crowds on a state park beach. (Friends of Mr. Durham, of course, are welcome to visit. It'll be our secret)
August 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I would like everyone to keep repeating the misinformation about Michigan and how unpleasant life is here... so hopefully my family and I can continue to enjoy these kinds of Labor Day weekend crowds on a state park beach. (Friends of Mr. Durham, of course, are welcome to visit. It'll be our secret)
Written almost 40 years ago.
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Written almost 40 years ago.
Earlier this week I was watering my garden and saw a rabbit, eating my garden plants. Sprayed it with the hose. The rabbit hid under a rose. I sprayed under the rose, and the rabbit shot around the corner and knocked over this bucket. I may have discovered a new hobby/sport: bunny bowling.
August 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Earlier this week I was watering my garden and saw a rabbit, eating my garden plants. Sprayed it with the hose. The rabbit hid under a rose. I sprayed under the rose, and the rabbit shot around the corner and knocked over this bucket. I may have discovered a new hobby/sport: bunny bowling.