An enchanting piece on the wonders of bluebells from the excellent Arabella warner It is inspired by our walk round Bagley wood #Oxford this week💙 theoxfordsausage.com/bewitched-by-t…

Bloom alert: Spring ephemerals are beginning to bloom throughout McDonald Woods. On your next visit, look for white trout lilies (Erythronium albidum) and yellow trout lilies (Erythronium americanum). They are one of the most common native wildflowers in Midwestern woodlands.

23 April is #StGeorgesDay. St George, patron saint of England, is famed for his encounter with the dragon, a symbol of triumph over evil. In the saints’ calendar the bluebell is his flower, and blue, said to be his favoured colour, was once worn in his honour. #FolkloreThursday

Bloom alert: Tulips (Tulipa) and crabapples (Malus spp.) are both putting on a show throughout the Garden. Come see a joyful display of color and let yourself drift into daydreams and hope. #springshowtime

Trump had another mental health episode and spiraled out of control on social media last night: 12:18am - Demands Chuck Schumer resign 12:19am - Posts a tweet saying Obama tried to “overthrow the government in 2016.” 12:22am - Reposts a statement from Sen. Mike Lee calling for

Trump the insomniac had yet another hypomanic episode last night. He's so miserable at his polling and how he's increasingly perceived. How can he regain his grandiosity if he's seen as old, ill, highly flawed, and unhinged? Only inflicting damage on a global scale or

After yesterday’s rain, this April morning in the #GreatWesternCatskills

The barren western Nevada desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada will burst into amazing blooms after plentiful rains. Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) yesterday near Silver Peak. Unreal blossom color

Where we spent the last two winters removing buckthorn is now carpeted with false anemone meadow rue, Virginia waterleaf, trout lilies, and Canadian honewort

False rue anemone, Enemion biternatum. In my mind I call them fairy flowers🧚🏻‍♂️✨

President Trump told the American people he was launching a historic crackdown on fraud. He even went so far as to give JD Vance the title “Fraud Czar.”      Well guess what? He’s been pardoning fraudsters left and right.     Welcome to Episode 4 of the Pardon Papers.       More

The Trump Administration is using the Justice Department to pay back the President’s political allies and supporters, and they are doing it with your money.      More than $8.5 million in taxpayer dollars have already gone to Trump allies who argue they were wrongly targeted

Baptisia and rattlesnake master out in Matteson

Three passengers dead, one case of hantavirus confirmed from Atlantic cruise ship, WHO says - reuters.com/business/healt…

Bogbean is at peak bloom.

Just back from a week exploring some beautiful cities across the Netherlands and Germany. The highlight was Utrecht, a utopian urban planner’s dream! Especially liked their two-layered canals.

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago The second best is today Go plant an oak