May 30, 2023

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Cora, katydid nymph, mushroom, and a skeleton weed near a twisted-leaf yucca

May 26, 2023

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horace's duskywing on a chaste tree, late-season bluebonnets, gray hairstreak on a black-eyed susan, more black-eyed susans, honeybee and hoverfly on an indian blanket, and a sublime slime mold

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pleated inkcaps

May 25, 2023

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i thought this stuff growing on one of our dead tree stumps was a fungus but the yellow stuff on it looks more like a slime mold so i dunno

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phaon crescent, variegated frittilary (x2), stinky squid fungus, and Prince Charming

May 22, 2023

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mexican tiger moth (x2), rabid wolf spider, horse mint, Cora, oldplainsman, Cora and Winnie, painted lady (x2)

May 20, 2023

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Sōsuke looooves warm laundry.

May 19, 2023

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alert Cora, a bordered patch, Cora greeting the new mini stallion next door, Cora and me, a bold jumper, anime mushrooms, a katydid, and a black swallowtail

May 18, 2023

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a precariously suspended limb, nandina, poppy mallow, and sleepy ducks

May 16, 2023

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prairie nymph, poppy, pearl milkweed, doe, desert willow, magnolia