💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌲🌰 #Smithsonian curators offer five ways to see the #USA through #nature instead of state lines.

Pine cones reveal the country’s #biomes, ammonite #fossils from #SouthDakota prove an ancient sea once covered the #GreatPlains, #shorebirds time #migration with #horseshoecrab #eggs, and the American #shad’s journey has shaped #Pamunkey culture for 12,000 years.

👉 https://theconversation.com/where-nature-draws-the-map-here-are-5-ways-to-look-at-the-us-without-state-boundaries-284640

#ecology #geology #migration #pine #ammonites #salamanders #chesapeakebay #appalachianmountains #delawarebay #naturalhistory #wildlife #history #science #nature #maps

#Indigenous #history #ChesapeakeBay

"Chesapeake Homelands [is] a new project that shares stories from the diverse Indigenous cultures that make up the Chesapeake Bay region."

https://chestertownspy.org/2026/06/02/sharing-stories-of-the-chesapeake-chesapeake-homelands-project-kicks-off/

Chestertown Spy: Sharing Stories of the Chesapeake: Chesapeake Homelands Project Kicks Off. “Adkins Arboretum and Beech Works are excited to announce the first offerings from Chesapeake Homelands, a new project that shares stories from the diverse Indigenous cultures that make up the Chesapeake Bay region.”

The weekend had a theme….and I like it!

#surf #Chesapeakebay #boating #fullmoon #EasternShore

Silent Monday…. That feels like Sunday.

#fog #Chesapeakebay #boating

A Room with a View

#photography
#ChesapeakeBay
#nocturne