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Contra Yogini 🪾
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NYT, you should check out Sugar Witch next that you are in STL. Ice cream sandwitches, ice cream tacos, ice cream cake, and lots more! New seasonal menu every month. Small batch. Community oriented. Super yummy! ♡
www.instagram.com/sugarwitchic
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Phyllotopsis nidulans (mock oyster, stinking orange oyster)
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Sorbet Sky 🩷🧡💛
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This tufted titmouse is speedier than my camera shutter 🛸
A gang of seed-eating birds gathered on a deck for brunch (chickadee, cardinals, and the blurred flight of a titmouse at center)
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I saw several incredible things today. A well-dressed lady riding a bike on the highway at night. A red-tailed hawk taking off w/prey that appeared to be a sizable groundhog (or a remarkably large rabbit). But the most fantastic thing I saw today was this:

Lynx rufus (bobcat, wildcat, red/bay lynx)
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I made my very first tahchin for Thanksgiving! It was pretty and also pretty tasty. 💛 (I forgot the sweet potatoes in the oven until after we had finished dinner 😭)
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (a/k/a azure aster, blue devils, skyblue aster f/k/a Aster azureus)

The last of the season, seemingly. 💚
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Witchcraft? Fairy art? A tiny grave in the forest? ...prolly witchcraft. 🐈‍⬛️
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The vibe I bring to any function
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Another of our neighbor sunbathing. S/he was especially darling this morning ♡♡♡
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Our nearest neighbor, Marmota monax (woodchuck, groundhog, whistlepig), taking a bit of a sunbath this afternoon. He is all fattened up for his upcoming winter hibernation 💤
The name "woodchuck" is derived from the Cree Indian word "wuchak." This fellow is chilling in the sun and posing for his photo ♡
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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And I got a super trippy one when a car drove past on the road above me. Some of the weirdest, best images I have ever taken 🥰
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Thank you! The brightest image I got was framed oddly by the edges of the house, but I kinda dig it, too 🩷
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I was able to get several lovely photos of the northern lights tonight, but this pinky is my fave 💕💜💞
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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I keep telling myself I have PLENTY of colorful photos of tree leaves, and do NOT need to take anymore, and yet...
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Pretty, pretty, pretty 🥰 Pretty, pretty, pretty 🥰 Pretty, pretty, pretty 🥰
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Auricularia auricula-judae (wood ear, jelly ear, Jew's ear) 🤎
This edible fungus is distinguished by its ear-like shape and brown coloration. It grows on wood, especially elder trees, and is found worldwide. The fruiting bodies have a gelatin-like to rubbery texture and can appear gray or brown due to tiny hairs. It is a popular ingredient in many Asian cuisines, often used in soups like hot and sour soup. This edible fungus is distinguished by its ear-like shape and brown coloration. It grows on wood, especially elder trees, and is found worldwide. The fruiting bodies have a gelatin-like to rubbery texture and can appear gray or brown due to tiny hairs. It is a popular ingredient in many Asian cuisines, often used in soups like hot and sour soup. This edible fungus is distinguished by its ear-like shape and brown coloration. It grows on wood, especially elder trees, and is found worldwide. The fruiting bodies have a gelatin-like to rubbery texture and can appear gray or brown due to tiny hairs. It is a popular ingredient in many Asian cuisines, often used in soups like hot and sour soup.
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungi)
This type of fungus gets its name from its bright orange color and cup-like shape, which resembles a discarded orange peel. It is a widespread and common fungus found in North America and Europe, typically growing on bare or disturbed soil, often along roadsides, trails, and banks. The fungi are generally considered edible, but are not known for having a particularly notable flavor or nutritional value. This type of fungus gets its name from its bright orange color and cup-like shape, which resembles a discarded orange peel. It is a widespread and common fungus found in North America and Europe, typically growing on bare or disturbed soil, often along roadsides, trails, and banks. The fungi are generally considered edible, but are not known for having a particularly notable flavor or nutritional value.
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A golden hour view that reminds me of those old Victorian Easter egg diaoramas (a/k/a panoramic sugar Easter eggs) except this is a fall pastoral view rather than a spring one
A peek through the trees at a forested mountain valley bathed in golden hour light with clouds overhead A blog post on the aforementioned eggs: https://historymaniacmegan.com/2016/02/23/the-eggscellent-world-of-easter-egg-dioramas/
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A prolific bloom of turkey tail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) #edibles
Turkey tail is a common, leathery fungus (Trametes versicolor) that grows on dead hardwood logs and is known for its medicinal properties, particularly its potential to support the immune system. It is easily identified by its fan-like shape and concentric, multicolored zones on the cap, with a white, pore-covered underside. While it is not typically eaten fresh due to its tough texture, it can be dried and used to make tea or broth. Turkey tail is a common, leathery fungus (Trametes versicolor) that grows on dead hardwood logs and is known for its medicinal properties, particularly its potential to support the immune system. It is easily identified by its fan-like shape and concentric, multicolored zones on the cap, with a white, pore-covered underside. While it is not typically eaten fresh due to its tough texture, it can be dried and used to make tea or broth. Turkey tail is a common, leathery fungus (Trametes versicolor) that grows on dead hardwood logs and is known for its medicinal properties, particularly its potential to support the immune system. It is easily identified by its fan-like shape and concentric, multicolored zones on the cap, with a white, pore-covered underside. While it is not typically eaten fresh due to its tough texture, it can be dried and used to make tea or broth.
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It was unexpected to come upon escaped domestic marigolds in an Appalachian forest on Day of the Dead 💀🧡🌱
Tagetes erecta, commonly known as the African or Mexican marigold, is a species of flowering plant native to Mexico and Guatemala. It is an annual plant that produces large, showy flowers in shades of yellow, orange, and white, and is known for its fragrant leaves. It is widely cultivated for its ornamental value and is also used in traditional medicine and for its cultural significance, particularly in Mexico's Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) festival.
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Hot Ghoul Autumn #MeganTheeStallion #MeganTheeGrimlin
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October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 And Happy Samhain! 👻

Image: the goddess Morrígan leading her mythical birds out of hell in order to usher in winter with their foul breath that withers the leaves from the trees 🍁🍂🍃
Image: the goddess Morrígan leading her mythical birds out of hell in order to usher in winter with their foul breath that withers the leaves from the trees 🍁🍂🍃
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A mountain bald just before the rain (and a set of post-Helene landslides reveal the underlying rockface) 💀
A mountain bald with craggy landslides in the background A mountain bald before the rain A mountain bald before the rain The brushy edge of a mountain bald with craggy landslides in the background
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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An autumn color explosion 🌈
#nofilter
Deciduous forest in fall colors Mixed forest in fall colors Mixed forest in fall Mixed forest in fall
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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My guy really liked this one 🌬
Misty mountains
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM