A sauntering soul surveying the subdivision

After a Robin family moved in and out of our provided lodgings this year, and before we got around to cleaning out the empty Robin's nest for our next guest, a wren moved in and began renovating. Yeah total hobo vibes.

And one more that didn't fit within the photo limit. Blue Hill Salvia with Amsonia Blue Ice and Monarda Bradburiana, all blooming together. (That's "Miss Manners" Obedient Plant taking over the large area to the left. This is so far ok with me.)

Me too. I really want to know why he's on this list!

That book also taught me that being contrarian wrt femininity in general, as a young cis woman, wasn't punk, edgy, or feminist but was actually an epitome of patriarchal banality and repression. I became more accepting of all gender expressions, cis and non-cis alike, in both myself and others.

Reading Julia Serano's Whipping Girl in 2008 or so opened my eyes to the experience of being trans, gave me a lot of language around it, educated me that gender, gender expression, sex, and sexual orientation are natural, independent aspects that mix & match in limitless ways in each individual.

So: Once Greek philosopher, not necessarily always Greek philosopher.

As MPR once said, it's like a rubber ball bouncing down a set of stairs.

I'm hoping the sedges will survive long enough for me to move them in Spring to a very dry place that would love to have them.

And yes I'll have to actively keep that yarrow in check these first years at least. Luckily it's very amenable to being cut back and divided at will. 3/x

A nearby angle on the same section of the garden. This is what happens when you consider a pale coneflower as existing on another plane and don't reserve a lot of space for it on the ground floor. It's sharing the sun just fine with its cuddly Artemisia friend. 2/x

#plantcommunities #bloomscrolling

WIRED seems to be covering DOGE like other publications haven't been, so I've subscribed to them (it's a pretty inexpensive subscription as these things go).

@erininthemorning.com is hosting this list of trans girl scouts' cookie order forms. If you scroll to the bottom, there are still some who haven't yet met their goals.

Thanks for the starter pack 💝

Look at this amazing tree. It lives at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. It's a Nissa Sylvatica aka Black Tupelo or Black Gum or Sour Gum or Pepperidge. That branching habit, though.