flowers • landscapes • birds

july 11, 2025

Mannifold

pink aesthetic . . .

The Garden Lupin/Lupinus polyphyllus/blomsterlupin is an invasive species here in Sweden and can outcompete many native plants, which is why efforts are made to limit its spread. Even so, there is no denying that it is a beautiful flower. Judging by the enthusiasm of this Common Carder Bee/Bombus pascuorum/åkerhumla, the abundance of lupins is not something she seems inclined to complain about. Skärholmen, Södermanland, Sweden (9 June 2013).

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Northern Mockingbird. 6:00 am. July 10, 2025, Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (@dkct25)

We report: the sky has come down to meet us, low, low, until we touch the clouds - the clouds touch us. We are aware that it was supposed to be hot, or at least we heard it would be, but we find it difficult to picture while mist is dribbling down our nose and eyelashes.

7.10.25 • 🌺💐🌼

On top of the mesa above Fish Creek Canyon, Superstition Mountains, Arizona.

Off Path

A walk in the park, early this morning.

July 2025, hydrangea

Spring showers. . .

Rue Saint-André, Montréal. July 2025