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Elizabeth Smallwood

Elizabeth Smallwood

@queenlizard.bsky.social

230 followers 220 following 100 posts

Singer, beginning pianist, scientist, lover of the Earth, and animals. Seeking a large tract of forest to preserve. I take lots of pictures and videos, especially of nature and my dogs.

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Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · 8d

It's the time for autumn loveliness!

A pumpkin and fall flowers sit on a porch under orange light.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · 21d

The majesty of the #catawpa

#trees

The twisting truck of a tree with large bright green leaves.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Sep 18

Things are difficult now. I will remember the beauty and love we are defending.

#sunset #naturepreserve #protectourparks #naturelovers

An orange and white dog looks out at a pastel sunset amid trees and a grassy field.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Sep 5

I took this in the driveway of our cabin enclave, not the open road.

##greatsmokymountainsnationalpark #bear ##naturelovers

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Sep 3

A Cooper's hawk in my backyard. Fly away, little birds!

#naturephotography #naturepreserve #naturelovers #bird

A large hawk sits on a fence amid trees.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sunset glow

#naturephotography #naturepreserve #protectourparks

Sunset over a green field with a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sunset glow

Sunset over a green field with a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Aug 30

Roadside barn in Tennessee

#naturephotography #nature

A red barn in a green field under a blue sky. Fluffy clouds float by.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Aug 25

A butterfly flapped its wings near me after I limbo'd under a huge spiderweb on the trail with a spider in the middle. It was very nice.

#naturepreserve #protectourparks #naturephotography #naturelovers #hiking #forest

A yellow and brown butterfly sits among green leaves in the sun.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Jul 16

The catawpa leaves are huge!!

#nature #naturephotography #naturepreserve

Large green catawpa leaves

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Jul 1

*Sambucus canadensis*
American Black Elderberry

White and yellow, tiny, star shaped flowers with green leaves.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Jun 29

Rest In Peace, Mikayla Raines.
Thank you for all you did to make #Saveafox the beacon of hope that it is. You were a true hero, and you are missed more than words can say.

#thankyoumikayla #thankyousaveafox

A puzzle depicting a fox with a crown of flowers.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Jun 13

#strawberrymoon looking like the eye of Sauron.

#inthelandofmordorwheretheshadowslie

An orange-red full moon wreathed in clouds

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · May 24

So much life in every tree and mossy log 😍

A mossy log with fungus

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · May 18

So adorable! 🥰

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · May 18

Rest in Peace to my sweet pup Abigail. I will miss you forever.

The sweetest, most perfect, and most loving blank and white Pibble on the grass.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Apr 28

Sunset behind a walnut blossom

#spring #flowers #sunset

Sunset behind a walnut blossom

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Apr 14

Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum.

#wildflowers #spring #naturephotography #naturepreserve #protectourparks

A yellow trout lily bloom nods on the forest floor.

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Apr 3

Violet in bloom 💜

A purple violet stands out against a green field

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 26

The time for blooming has arrived.

Magnolia in bloom at Rapid Ruin Park, Cincinnati Ohio.

#Flowers #spring #naturephotography

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 23

Spring ephemerals have begun!
Cutleaf toothwort at Kirby Nature Preserve.

#spring #wildflowers

Cutleaf toothwort, a pale pink flower with green leaves

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hikies tonight with the pups

#hiking #pibbles

An orange and a black dog look out across a river view

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 12

Nice sunset tonight

#sunset #naturephotography #parks

Setting sun behind trees

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 12

Waxing gibbous moon behind dark branches in a blue sky

#moon #naturephotography #parks

Waxing gibbous moon behind dark branches in a blue sky

Elizabeth Smallwood @queenlizard.bsky.social · Mar 11

Red-winged black birds sit in a budding tree

#saveourtrees #saveourparks #naturephotography

Red-winged black birds sit in a budding tree