Monday Update 6-2-25

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Photos: South Lot
Photos: House Yard
Climate Change
Birdfeeding
National Pollinator Month
History
Activism
Climate Change
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Birdfeeding
Queernorm
Philosophical Questions: Country
Bingo
Follow Friday 5-30-25: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Spring 2025 A-I
Birdfeeding
Mines
Domestic Labor and Community Building Rec List
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party

"Not a Destination, But a Process" has 136 comments. "The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 87 comments.


There will be a Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, June 3 with a theme of "Gentleness Is Strength." I hope to see you there!


"In the Heart of the Hidden Garden" belongs to the Antimatter and Stalwart Stan thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It needs $86 to be fully funded. Lawrence shows Stan around the campus at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.


The weather was cool recently and is now warmer. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several mourning doves, several robins, a male and a female cardinal, two brown thrashers, a starling, a catbird, a blackbird, a grackle, an adult male fox squirrel, a young fox squirrel, and a skunk. Bats are flying overhead, and I saw the first fireflies! :D Asiatic lilies, astilbe, and snowball bush have flower buds. Irises, alliums, and Washington hawthorn are done blooming. Peonies are winding down. Currently blooming: dandelions, honeysuckle, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, impatiens, oxalis, moss rose, yarrow, red coreopsis, anise hyssop, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, privet, mock orange, dogwood. Raspberries, blackberries, and tomatoes have green fruit. Cherries and mulberries have pink fruit. Wild strawberries are ripe.