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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 17h

ah the leaves are turning and the men are giving each other prizes again the first whispers of winter

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 17h

some of us more than others. I wish I had more ways to say I'm sorry

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 17h

do not remember this. just remember what a shitty person I was back then.

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Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com · 2d

Scissors, Fig, Rock

#RockinTuesday
#photography #nature #trees #landscape #Tamborine #EastCoastKin

A large boulder is completely embraced by the flowing roots of a strangler fig, like some giant gemstone in an organic setting.

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 1d

fun fact, that's a side effect of the increasing darkness causing you to crave vitamin D

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 1d

that's quite a resume

Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 2d

and what does that make her pray tell?

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 2d

What is 'woman financer' Chris? Woman chopped liver, I suppose.

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 2d

👋 <waves to the southeast >

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to make God laugh, show him your yarn collection.

huge storage box labeled yarn in the back of a closet

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 4d

www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

Quote from book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP about the midwest

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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 5d

“Legend says two of Stalin´s tractors tried to pull it out of the ground, but the cables kept breaking. It still has marks from the cables.
Students know how to use the tree to complete passes, and it offers shade to the players.”

Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know that Europe names a Tree of The Year? Looks like Quercus spp. do quite well. Here's the 2015 winner, a ~150 year old Oak tree in Estonia that footballers have learned to play around. #bloomscrolling

Oak tree on a football field – Tree of the year

Is there a place in the world where you can find a stadium which has an oak tree in the middle of it? For the locals in Orissaare its a common thing, but this tree is at heart of the community. Before...

www.treeoftheyear.org

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

can't sleep clown will eat me

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

<-- just saw a moose at the grocery store

IN NORWAY

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

IN SAINT PAUL

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

you are living a cartoon

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know that Europe names a Tree of The Year? Looks like Quercus spp. do quite well. Here's the 2015 winner, a ~150 year old Oak tree in Estonia that footballers have learned to play around. #bloomscrolling

Oak tree on a football field – Tree of the year

Is there a place in the world where you can find a stadium which has an oak tree in the middle of it? For the locals in Orissaare its a common thing, but this tree is at heart of the community. Before...

www.treeoftheyear.org