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hastingsmothman

More Common Quakers (pic 1) and Clouded Drabs (pic 2), but first sighting in 2025 of an Early Thorn, one of the leaf-mimic moths. Not as bright and colourful as some of the thorn moths in the height of summer but nice to see one nonetheless (pics 3 & 4). See how the light affects its colouration. 3 & 4 are the same moth.

A small 1cm narrow arrowhead moth on a finger. It is a chestnut brown with two cream edged stigmata on each wing, one ovoid and one reniform. A cream line which rises to a hump in the middle runs towards the bottom from left wing edge to right.
A side on shot of a 1.4cm moth on the back of a hand. It faces left. It is largely iron grey with hints of chestnut red-brown
A moth that resembles a butterfly with its wings held closed and upright over its abdomen grips the underside of a table. Its overall shape is scalene triangle. Its back wing edge is scalloped. The underside of the wing is showing as it holds them closed and upright. They are a mix of browns and greys with a distinct gold patch near the front.
The same aforementioned moth in straw. Its colour is more distinguishable in the light and appears to have three vertical bands down its wing. The colours blend from grey, olive and brown with a dark brown vertical stripe near the front and a distinct gold patch.
#moths#MothsMatter#nature
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CodieneC

#alttext - continued (didn't fit)

In a quiet voice he said: "If the plane carrying you was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Trump, "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss... and you can bet your sweet ass it wouldn't be an accident either!"
The teacher left the room..

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Pottery by Osa

I'm prepping for tomorrow's workshop with UnidosNow, a local Hispanic/Latinx org that has been shaken by the recent wave of deportations and has decided that working with #clay would be a grounding, healing activity to help cope with that reality.

Before the hands-on clay part, I'll share photos of the #Taíno potter I met in #PuertoRico when we visited in 2023. #AliceChéverez of Morovis carries on the ancient art of her people, passed on to her by her mother. #alttext #Indigenous #ceramics

Potter Alice Cheverez, a brown skinned woman with her dark hair pulled back, wearing a tube top and jean shorts, stands behind a round wooden table that has pieces of her unfired pottery and ripening avocados sitting on it. There's a yellow wall and various items in the background. Additional info: Alice learned pottery from her mother, but her mother learned from a Taino cultural preservationist and archaeologist Daniel Silva, from Vieques.
Alice's hands at her work table, rolling a coil of clay with her palms. A small cup of fresh clay, the beginning of a new pot, sits on the table in front of her. In the background there is a a small blue plastic bin, a lump of clay, a maraca and a clay figure she's already made.
A finished piece that has not yet been fired. It is still the tan color of unfired clay. The piece is a deep bowl with geometric patterns carved along the front and back and small iguana figures on both sides. It is a good representative example of Taino pottery. The photograph is in portrait mode with everything but the pot blurred in the background.
A table full of fired pottery. There are about a dozen pieces of different size and shape, mostly bowl forms with anthropomorphic figures attached to both sized, a common motif in Taino pottery. The unfired tan clay (from previous photo) has transformed to a brick red, with spots of black where the carbon from the smoke has entered the clay.
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armadillosoft

#OTD 3/27/16 #birds #birding #aBirdAday (or more) Proud, brave junco parent at Edgewood

flickr.com/photos/armadillosof

Also, check out the very cool video:
flickr.com/photos/armadillosof

#AltText We wouldn't have even noticed the nest if the junco parents hadn't flown out of it and across our path to the other side in an effort to distract us. Hope we didn't upset them too much.

We wouldn't have even noticed the nest if the junco parents hadn't flown out of it and across our path to the other side in an effort to distract us. Hope we didn't upset them too much.
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