JBtheExplorer🎄⛄ | Native Plant Gardener (WI)
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener🦋 (more than 3000 sq. ft.!), Habitat Enthusiast🌿, Casual Nature Photographer, Hiker, Gamer, Motorsports fan, Plane watcher. Using Bluesky to document the nature in my yard and elsewhere. Please plant #NativePlants
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I cant even believe it!
I've waited at least 25 years to see another one of these! I kept telling myself this was going to be the year and I can't believe it actually was! 😍
Yellow garden spider. Seen during today's prairie walk.
#yellowgardenspider #spider #prairie #prairierestoration 🕷️
I've waited at least 25 years to see another one of these! I kept telling myself this was going to be the year and I can't believe it actually was! 😍
Yellow garden spider. Seen during today's prairie walk.
#yellowgardenspider #spider #prairie #prairierestoration 🕷️
This thing's pretty cool. It could easily be overlooked but it even has Mr. Monopoly's hat on the seat.
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This thing's pretty cool. It could easily be overlooked but it even has Mr. Monopoly's hat on the seat.
Seems like a good night to watch a bunch of old sitcom Christmas episodes. 🎄
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Seems like a good night to watch a bunch of old sitcom Christmas episodes. 🎄
Santa's flying a bit early. Maybe he's just doing a trial run.
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Santa's flying a bit early. Maybe he's just doing a trial run.
Today's throwback is the March 14th total lunar eclipse. Always fun seeing the moon turn red!
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today's throwback is the March 14th total lunar eclipse. Always fun seeing the moon turn red!
A lanceleaf tickseed throwback? Yep, absolutely.
June 2025.
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #insects #pollinators #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
June 2025.
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #insects #pollinators #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A lanceleaf tickseed throwback? Yep, absolutely.
June 2025.
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #insects #pollinators #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
June 2025.
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #insects #pollinators #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
The pumpkins are not going strong anymore. We got warm weather and they thawed. I moved them into the lawn for the squirrels and they quickly took advantage.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The pumpkins are not going strong anymore. We got warm weather and they thawed. I moved them into the lawn for the squirrels and they quickly took advantage.
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today's throwback is of my plains sunflowers. A fantastic native annual that pollinators couldn't get enough of this year! My first time growing it.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower #pollinators #Wisconsin
#nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower #pollinators #Wisconsin
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today's throwback is of my plains sunflowers. A fantastic native annual that pollinators couldn't get enough of this year! My first time growing it.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower #pollinators #Wisconsin
#nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower #pollinators #Wisconsin
Admittedly I'd been looking for this one for awhile. It's the monopoly car in Hot Wheels form!
#HotWheels #Diecast #Racecar
#HotWheels #Diecast #Racecar
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Admittedly I'd been looking for this one for awhile. It's the monopoly car in Hot Wheels form!
#HotWheels #Diecast #Racecar
#HotWheels #Diecast #Racecar
I had to buy the birdwatching s'more ornament.
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I had to buy the birdwatching s'more ornament.
Today's throwback is from the 2025 Milwaukee Air & Water Show. It was my first and last time seeing a U-2 in flight, my last time seeing A-10's in flight, my first time seeing an F-22 use flares, and it's always fun seeing the Blue Angels.
#aircraft #aviation #airshow #planes #Wisconsin
#aircraft #aviation #airshow #planes #Wisconsin
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today's throwback is from the 2025 Milwaukee Air & Water Show. It was my first and last time seeing a U-2 in flight, my last time seeing A-10's in flight, my first time seeing an F-22 use flares, and it's always fun seeing the Blue Angels.
#aircraft #aviation #airshow #planes #Wisconsin
#aircraft #aviation #airshow #planes #Wisconsin
🎶Nobody on the road,
nobody on the beach🎶
nobody on the beach🎶
The older I get, the more certain songs hit me differently. Partly because I pay attention to the lyrics more, and partly because you see things differently as you get older.
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🎶Nobody on the road,
nobody on the beach🎶
nobody on the beach🎶
#ThrowbackThursday
Prairie smoke. I have nothing else to add, it speaks for itself.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #wisconsin #gardening
Prairie smoke. I have nothing else to add, it speaks for itself.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #wisconsin #gardening
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#ThrowbackThursday
Prairie smoke. I have nothing else to add, it speaks for itself.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #wisconsin #gardening
Prairie smoke. I have nothing else to add, it speaks for itself.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #wisconsin #gardening
The older I get, the more certain songs hit me differently. Partly because I pay attention to the lyrics more, and partly because you see things differently as you get older.
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The older I get, the more certain songs hit me differently. Partly because I pay attention to the lyrics more, and partly because you see things differently as you get older.
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
Songs I've heard my entire life and never thought twice of, yet now I'm like "damn, that resonates"
Ok, here's some old redbud photos from recent years.
#nativeplants #trees #insects #pollinators #bloomscrolling
#nativeplants #trees #insects #pollinators #bloomscrolling
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Ok, here's some old redbud photos from recent years.
#nativeplants #trees #insects #pollinators #bloomscrolling
#nativeplants #trees #insects #pollinators #bloomscrolling
Today's throwback is from August 2024 at Sylvania airport during an attempt at a skydiving record. I've never seen anything like it. Wont forget the sound of 115 chutes opening, or seeing all those people glide down around me in every direction.
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's throwback is from August 2024 at Sylvania airport during an attempt at a skydiving record. I've never seen anything like it. Wont forget the sound of 115 chutes opening, or seeing all those people glide down around me in every direction.
Today's throwback is all the way back to June 2023. A visit to the Russell Military Museum in Illinois. I mainly went to see all the #aircraft, but they had a lot of cool stuff at that museum. Yes, it's a bit of a military junkyard, but it was still a lot of fun to walk through!
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Today's throwback is all the way back to June 2023. A visit to the Russell Military Museum in Illinois. I mainly went to see all the #aircraft, but they had a lot of cool stuff at that museum. Yes, it's a bit of a military junkyard, but it was still a lot of fun to walk through!
Wild geranium put on a great show this past spring. Can't wait to see it again in 5 months!
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wild geranium put on a great show this past spring. Can't wait to see it again in 5 months!
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
#NativePlants #NativeGarden #Wisconsin #bloomscrolling
On a more personal note, I visited my late grandparent's house for the final time today for a few minutes. Decades of memories echoing through the now empty house. So many gatherings over the years, sleepovers, etc. The credits have rolled and the movie is over. This will be greatly, greatly missed.
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On a more personal note, I visited my late grandparent's house for the final time today for a few minutes. Decades of memories echoing through the now empty house. So many gatherings over the years, sleepovers, etc. The credits have rolled and the movie is over. This will be greatly, greatly missed.
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A butterfly throwback. It's always fun when you can get two butterflies in one photo.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #butterfly #monarch #wisconsin
#nativeplants #nativegarden #butterfly #monarch #wisconsin
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A butterfly throwback. It's always fun when you can get two butterflies in one photo.
#nativeplants #nativegarden #butterfly #monarch #wisconsin
#nativeplants #nativegarden #butterfly #monarch #wisconsin
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM