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Rita
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Find me on Instagram @mo0nsgreenthumb to follow my adventures on native plant gardening.
My focus here will be on nature photography. I'm a total amateur with a nice camera.
Native plants, native pollinators, mushrooms and other nature finds.
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I'm thinking about all the people on Medicaid who told their stories to journalists to try and have their stories change the opinions of politicians, and that not being enough.
July 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Texas officials say no one could have predicted that catastrophic floods would be coming more frequently.

Except the climate scientists working for the USA, of course.

From the 3rd National Climate Assessment in 2018, taken down by Trump:
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Changing precipitation frequency and increases in the magnitude and frequency of heavy precipitation will place more stress on existing water resource infrastructure. The region has a large number of older dams and levees, many of which have received poor grades from the American Society of Civil Engineers.16,17,18 Between 1982 and 2012, 82 dams failed in Texas, and during 2015 the high-hazard Lewisville Dam was of concern due to observed seepage.18,97 As climate conditions continue to change, rare events such as 100-year floods (those that currently have a 1% chance of occurring in any given year) are likely to become more common.1,29 Future extremes may exacerbate flooding and wear and tear on existing flood control infrastructure and will necessitate revisions to design standards for flood infrastructure and a reevaluation of floodplains. Floodplain management and mitigation of flooding are currently left largely to local governments and cities and are thus reliant on local funding and resources for successful implementation.16,17,18 While there are clear implications of more variable and extreme precipitation on infrastructure, the precise links between specific events and their resulting damage are uncertain as most infrastructure is exposed to both climatic and non-climatic stressors whose effects are difficult to separate without a high degree of monitoring.
July 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
mo0nsgreenthumb.bsky.social
Visiting Mt Cuba in the spring was definitely a highlight! They have an extensive trillium collection that is worth seeing.
December 22, 2024 at 6:30 AM
mo0nsgreenthumb.bsky.social
Spring of 2023 I had planted quite a few bare root Sharp-lobed hepatica as well as round lobed hepatica. This spring I finally got the see them bloom and one lovely spring day I captured this Carlin's mining bee (Andrena Carlini) nectaring from the sharp-lobed (Hepatica acutiloba).
Small bee resting on a white petaled flower getting nectar from it Small bee actively foraging for nectar on a white petaled flower
December 22, 2024 at 5:02 AM
mo0nsgreenthumb.bsky.social
It's now winter and we are deep in the throes of winter blues. Everything is practically dead, and to help with the big SAD I figured I would post highlights of this past year, like finding this Bellflower resin bee, Megachile campanulae, on my wintersown American Bellflower, Campanula americana.
December 22, 2024 at 4:50 AM