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  Bridget is autumn coded. Happy first day of autumn from her probably #CatsOfMastodon #kitty #catstodon #cats #autumn

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  For #StandingStoneSunday it's Pentre Ifan from a visit 8 years ago to the day on a wonderful trip to #Wales with some English friends. The fellow checking his phone is Andy Burnham, no, the other one, of Megalithic Portal fame. With another friend, Jon Morris, we were on an adventure to sources of Stonehenge's bluestones. In the process we experienced every kind of Welsh weather. We also saw Michael Parker Pearson give a talk. What a fun time!

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  I've only spent a few minutes on this site but I thought I should share it for anyone who is curious about the living things around them. Identifying singing #insects seems especially interesting as the birdsong of summer diminishes. #nature https://songsofinsects.com/identification-basics

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  It’s Bridget’s “Gotcha Day” aka International Bridget Day! Here’s an endearing video of her being adorable in the first days of her arrival. She’s so easy to love. 💕 #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #kitty

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  Happy Caturday! Bridget is still unhappy that I won’t open windows because of wildfire smoke so I explained to her that it boils down to lack of political will to address climate change and now she’s decided to run for public office. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #cats

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  A picture from the owners of Bridget’s mom and litter, maybe the first picture of Bridget I saw. Didn’t take long for me to say “Yes, please!” #ThrowbackThursday #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #cats

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  Bridget and the night daisies Also a good band name #BloomScrolling #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #flowers

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  Calibrachoa ‘Coral Sun’. Its colours and eagerness to bloom make it pleasing to grow. #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening

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  I feel like I should be offering these top performers some kind of reward like maybe stocks or profit sharing. Sadly all I have for them is water and once in a while some plant food. #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening

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  Visit from a male ruby-throated hummingbird with just a moment’s flash when his throat catches the light. He had been feeding on the purple salvia on the left but I couldn’t get my phone out in time. #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #hummingbirds #BloomScrolling

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  Something for your #Caturday. Sound up if you want to hear Bridget’s quiet purr. #CatsOfMastodon #cat #catstodon #purring

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  #SilentSunday

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  Wood thrushes have arrived! Listen. This is the spring we were waiting for. 🌿 #nature #birds #video #woods #pennsylvania

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  As of today we are in the weeks I wait for all year. Almost bird can show up anywhere, even in trees in towns and cities. Keep your eyes and ears open. Run the Merlin app any time. Wonders are all around you! 🪶 #birds

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  I'll say this for Robert Frost: he knew the story on #april. "The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day: When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March." From his poem *Two Tramps in Mud Time*. #poem #poetry

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  Bridget with the late sun behind her showing off her whiskers for #WhiskersWednesday. #cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon

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  If I take any more pictures this morning my phone will be too heavy to carry haha

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  If you've ever been on Tumblr you know I have to. Happy 25th of April! #PerfectDate https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eunsJfxX46I

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  This morning it was cold enough to turn birds into #borbs . #birds #bluebirds #birbs #nature #pennsylvania #roumd

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  Happy Earth Day! There’s still a lot of beauty. #EarthDay Comic by Patrick McDonnell

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  A couple photos from this morning’s walk. #pennsylvania #photography #nature #landscape

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  #SilentSunday

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  Starlings are like Romans, all in the bath together.

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  Snake’s head fritillary! I’ve seen these for years in posts by friends in the UK but had never seen one in person so I bought some bulbs last fall and here it is. Charmed by the unique patterning on its petals. 💖 #BloomScrolling #flowers

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  Now slightly obsessed with finding out where Norman D Knight of #NASA grew up because he spoke just like my uncles from the Philly suburbs.

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  The soil in the garden is like dust and the winds just blow and blow with no rain in sight and high temperatures expected in a few days. Not how April usually is. The spring plants are adapted to frequent rains and moist soil. #gardening #pennsylvania

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  Me: I’m sorry it’s been so long since I spent time with you. I think of you all day and I truly don’t relish our time apart. ❤️ The bed: ?

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  #SilentSunday

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  It’s not snowing here but I received a text from someone older than I am saying it’s snowing with exclamation points. I didn’t answer because I thought, all my life it’s been snowing in April and all my life people have acted surprised by it. It’s more interesting as a human phenomenon than it is as a weather phenomenon

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  You might think that because we had a few good snows and rains in the last few months our drought is over. But it was a two year drought before that and right now the soil is very dry and there’s no rain in the ten day forecast. And the official map still shows us in moderate #drought. Oh, April showers, come and kiss my brow, if I ever needed you I need you now #weather #climate