Vot ona - 26j Foothill Grasslands
@votona.bsky.social
Retired Navy, DoD civilian. Still defending the Constitution. Save our Democracy from the Oligarchs. Native gardening at 7,000ft in Ecoregion 26j Foothill Grasslands #nativegardening, #savethepollinators #backyardhabitat
Mine never get this moundy and bushy, even after 4 years. They just crawl along the ground a bit. But I still love them. I think maybe because they only get later in the afternoon sun.
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Mine never get this moundy and bushy, even after 4 years. They just crawl along the ground a bit. But I still love them. I think maybe because they only get later in the afternoon sun.
And even more great signs today. #nokings #nokingscos @indivisiblecs.bsky.social @50501cos.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
And even more great signs today. #nokings #nokingscos @indivisiblecs.bsky.social @50501cos.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#nokings #nokingscos @50501cos.bsky.social @indivisiblecs.bsky.social exercising our 1st Ammendment right in view of America's Mountain
October 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#nokings #nokingscos @50501cos.bsky.social @indivisiblecs.bsky.social exercising our 1st Ammendment right in view of America's Mountain
A little bit of Colorado color to brighten a government shutdown kinda day. #aspengold #fallcolors #coloradoaspens #autumncolor #nokings
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A little bit of Colorado color to brighten a government shutdown kinda day. #aspengold #fallcolors #coloradoaspens #autumncolor #nokings
Semi-spherical borb?
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Semi-spherical borb?
Love our Colorado bumbles. Bombus nevadensis shares a Rocky Mt Beeplant flower head with a European Paperwasp (not native) #saveourpollunatirs #plantnative
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Love our Colorado bumbles. Bombus nevadensis shares a Rocky Mt Beeplant flower head with a European Paperwasp (not native) #saveourpollunatirs #plantnative
One Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) surrounded by delicate Fendler's Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri). Above Alma, Colorado
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
One Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) surrounded by delicate Fendler's Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri). Above Alma, Colorado
A smaller quiet ralley in ##ColoradoSprings. Speakers were inspiring. Let's keep the resistance going! @50501cos.bsky.social @indivisiblecs.bsky.social #veteransagainstfascism
July 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A smaller quiet ralley in ##ColoradoSprings. Speakers were inspiring. Let's keep the resistance going! @50501cos.bsky.social @indivisiblecs.bsky.social #veteransagainstfascism
Fields of gold. Superbloom of Thelesperma filifolium/Stiff Greenthread adorning many fields east of Colorado Springs. See alt for descriptions. #coloradowildflowers #wildflowers
July 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fields of gold. Superbloom of Thelesperma filifolium/Stiff Greenthread adorning many fields east of Colorado Springs. See alt for descriptions. #coloradowildflowers #wildflowers
Meet Pseudomasaris vespoides, pollen wasp. A rare pollinating wasp that doesn't eat flesh. In N. America, Vespoides is a penstemon specialist. This one building a nest in my Colorado yard, I have 5 penstemon species. For more info: tinyurl.com/yckddart #savepollinators #plantnative
June 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Meet Pseudomasaris vespoides, pollen wasp. A rare pollinating wasp that doesn't eat flesh. In N. America, Vespoides is a penstemon specialist. This one building a nest in my Colorado yard, I have 5 penstemon species. For more info: tinyurl.com/yckddart #savepollinators #plantnative
Colorado Springs showed up. A military town, veterans brought receipts!
June 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Colorado Springs showed up. A military town, veterans brought receipts!
June 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think I've figured out one of the reasons lady bugs like to breed in and under my Acer negundo (Boxelder). Plenty of Aphids for food. #nativegardening #gardeningforinsects
June 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I think I've figured out one of the reasons lady bugs like to breed in and under my Acer negundo (Boxelder). Plenty of Aphids for food. #nativegardening #gardeningforinsects
Sittin on the back deck listening to my backyard bird friends and watching thunderstorms collapse as they move east out of the mountains just before they can get to my house. #cowx #backyardbirding #asmr
June 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sittin on the back deck listening to my backyard bird friends and watching thunderstorms collapse as they move east out of the mountains just before they can get to my house. #cowx #backyardbirding #asmr
Squirrel building a nest on my very windy deck in a vulnerable location. Squirrely, why didn't you pick the densely leafed out boxelder in the front yard? #backyardwildlife #squiirelsinmybackyard
June 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Squirrel building a nest on my very windy deck in a vulnerable location. Squirrely, why didn't you pick the densely leafed out boxelder in the front yard? #backyardwildlife #squiirelsinmybackyard
This Bombus huntii/Hunts Bumblebee was too heavy for these Linum lewisii/Blue Flax flowers. #coloradobumblebees #savethepollinators #coloradonativeplants
June 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This Bombus huntii/Hunts Bumblebee was too heavy for these Linum lewisii/Blue Flax flowers. #coloradobumblebees #savethepollinators #coloradonativeplants
Time share week in #Breckenridge started Memorial Day week-end. A little early for many natives to be blooming at 9,000 ft right now, but here are a few. #nativeplants #coloradonativeplants
May 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Time share week in #Breckenridge started Memorial Day week-end. A little early for many natives to be blooming at 9,000 ft right now, but here are a few. #nativeplants #coloradonativeplants
Two horned owls on the rooftops at dusk. #birding #birdscolorado
May 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Two horned owls on the rooftops at dusk. #birding #birdscolorado
America's mountain looking beautiful today. And thunderstorms building behind it yesterday. #pikespesk #cowx #colorado #coloradosprings
May 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
America's mountain looking beautiful today. And thunderstorms building behind it yesterday. #pikespesk #cowx #colorado #coloradosprings
Mid-May showers bring mid-May flowers. Colorado native plants actually love a mid-May snow. #cowx #Coloradonativegardening #nativeplants
May 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Mid-May showers bring mid-May flowers. Colorado native plants actually love a mid-May snow. #cowx #Coloradonativegardening #nativeplants