Mastodawn

@mastodonmigration - b-sky reminds me of my step-grandfather who would read newspaper articles he found interesting out loud. I don't need to see the same links to the same news stories etc repeatedly. Mastodon is best choice for original content.

SharonMcConnel 1d ago

Bosque Bill 1d ago

Hen and Chicks
Redondo Beach, CA

Someone posted a nice photo of a whole flock of hens and chicks yesterday. I'd give them a hat-tip if my memory was better. If that was you, feel free to take a bow. Just one "hen" here, but loved the low light.

#photo #nature #plants #succulents #California

SharonMcConnel 1d ago

Tim Bondy 1d ago

It's been about 7 years since I first noticed a "Witch's Broom" in the #Boise National Forest. Until today, I didn't know what it was called. And now I know what it was in a number of pine trees I saw during a hike.

https://www.geographyrealm.com/witchs-broom-trees/

#Idaho #Tree #WitchsBroom

Witch's Broom in Trees: Dense Clump of Leaves and Branches

Witch's broom affects trees like birch, spruce, and pine, causing dense twig and leaf clusters due to pathogens, parasites, and environmental stressors.

Geography Realm

SharonMcConnel 2d ago

Warner Crocker 2d ago

Good morning. Spring is springing into summer. #Photography #Today #Spring #Summer #Chicago #Flowers

SharonMcConnel 2d ago

The Wild Hunt News 2d ago

Scientists Find Our Brains Emit a Subtle Glow ~ A new study detects ultraweak light emissions from the human brain, echoing ancient beliefs in the aura.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/06/faint-light-deep-roots-scientists-find-our-brains-emit-a-subtle-glow.html

#science #biology #brain #aura #energyfields #pagan #metaphysical #reiki #witchcraft

Faint Light, Deep Roots: Scientists Find Our Brains Emit a Subtle Glow

A new study detects ultraweak light emissions from the human brain, echoing ancient beliefs in the aura.

The Wild Hunt

SharonMcConnel 4d ago

Christina Anne Hawthorne 4d ago

#Today 16

Good day!

Signs?

This is Montana. We don’t need any stinking signs.

We just slap a number on a tree in the middle of the wilderness. If you don’t see it? Too bad!

You’re lucky we don’t slap a bloody handprint on the bark & call it good.

You want directions? Ask a freaking bear.

🤨😆🤣

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography

SharonMcConnel 4d ago

Christina Anne Hawthorne Jun 13

#Today 13

Good day!

The weather is just right & it isn’t the weekend, so I’m off for another hike, though nothing as epic as the last.

Time for a new area. Rock Creek. Babcock Mountain.

I’ve worked hard this last week and need to unwind where cares are carried down the creek.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

SharonMcConnel 4d ago

impermanen_ 🕊️Jun 13

We have a friend that’s an #immigration attorney in #LA and she’s losing her shit. Her work with clients is being used to kidnap them. They’re grabbed if they appear for a hearing, regardless of the judge’s ruling. And even if with her help they were adjudicated to live and work in the US decades ago, the record of that fact is used by ICE to kidnap them. So her phone is ringing off the hook *and* all the tear-gassing and gunplay and kidnapping is occurring at her place of work.

SharonMcConnel 4d ago

Nathan Lowell (he/him)Jun 13

cool, clear spring water
seeping from layers of rock
filtered by the earth

#DailyHaikuPrompt

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