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Minnesotan. Dad. Plant-lover. Bewildered denizen of the anthropocene.
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Found a cool dragon in the garden this morning, and it even stayed still for photos. (White-faced meadowhawk, per iNat) #inverts

A dragonfly perched on a small branch, wings spread behind. It has a red body and white face.
A dragonfly images from above highlighting it's red body.
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Grew some sunflowers, got some Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bees. (Paranthidium jugatorium, per iNat) #nativeplants#inverts#flowerreport

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Sunflowers on the prairie on a windy day #flowerreport#nativeplants

Vibrant yellow petals around a brown center, many petals visibly folded over in the wind
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Sulfur on a dandelion #inverts

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🎶My horsemint brings all the bugs to the yard...🎶 Love the weird stuff that shows up on Monarda punctata! #flowerreport#inverts#nativeplants

A slender -waisted black wasp with gold markings near its legs, perched on small yellow flowers with reddish-brown speckles. Eremnophila aureonotata, per iNat.
A weird little out-of-focus black beetle with brown shading and fringed antennae, pollinating small yellow flowers with reddish-brown speckles. Macrosiagon limbata, per iNat
A large gnarly black wasp with metallic blue wings crawling over small yellow flowers with reddish-brown speckles. The wasp's back appears to be covered in light yellow pollen. Sphex pensylvanicus, per iNat
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Partridge pea in last year's new garden. One of my favorite pioneer flowers. #nativeplants#flowerreport

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Gulls on Lake Superior's north shore

A white and grey seabird sitting on a rock in the lake, watching another gull fly overhead through a peach-tinted morning sky.
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Gulls on Lake Superior's north shore

A white and grey seabird sitting on a rock in the lake, watching another gull fly overhead through a peach-tinted morning sky.
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Have you ever wanted to visit primordial forests, listening for dinosaurs or prehistoric beasts? I'll take you there in When the Earth Was Green, out Feb. 25, 2025. Learn more here: read.macmillan.com/lp/when-the-...

The cover for Riley's book When the Earth was green, showing various prehistoric creatures among ancient plants against a fern background. The sale date is 2. 25. 2025
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Joe Pye being completely radiant. (I think E.purpureum, but I can never keep my Joes Pye straight...) #nativeplants

Bright green lance-shaped leaves radiating out from a faint green flower bud. Photo looking straight down from above a Joe Pye plant.
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Minnesotan. Dad. Plant-lover. Bewildered denizen of the anthropocene.
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