AnneA
@annenc.bsky.social
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Tar Heel. Tree Hugger. Plant-Based. Community Gardener. Pro-democracy.☮️ Photos are mine or will be credited.
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annenc.bsky.social
Nice! I love the colors too.
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direbecca.bsky.social
Gorgeous! Here's a California cousin, Anise Swallowtail/Papilio zelicaon (on fennel)...
Close-up of chubby green caterpillar with black and yellow spots, clinging vertically to a fennel stem.
annenc.bsky.social
Another beauty! Definitely cousins but with unique colors and pattern.
annenc.bsky.social
Thanks for digging them up!
annenc.bsky.social
It’s been interesting because the monarch caterpillars pretty much wiped out my milkweed. Very few leaves left when they moved on. But the swallowtails left a lot of the celery intact with only a few bare branches.
annenc.bsky.social
Ha! And I’m glad to see photos of the next stage since we’ll be searching for them at the community garden.
annenc.bsky.social
It is and I’ve read about the stink but never experienced it!
annenc.bsky.social
It really is! It was fun watching them eat.
annenc.bsky.social
I haven’t worn my pussy hat to any protests this year because it’s been too hot. But we are moving into hat season now!
annenc.bsky.social
Caterpillar comparison: Monarch on the left, Swallowtail on the right.
#caterpillars #butterflies
Yellow, white and black stripes with black tentacles on both ends. On a green milkweed leaf. Black and green stripes with orange dots. On a green celery plant.
annenc.bsky.social
I think we should! 🐸
annenc.bsky.social
That’s a cute display! 🐈‍⬛🎃
annenc.bsky.social
I know! Lots of excitement about it at the community garden. It had a small crowd of paparazzi yesterday. 🤣
annenc.bsky.social
The Monarch Chrysalis. The pepper plant is pretty tall and the caterpillar climbed almost to the top to build. Looks like a nice safe sheltered place. #monarchs #butterflies
A green bell pepper plant next to a wooden stake in a raised bed garden. Various sizes of peppers AND a brown butterfly chrysalis. Close up of the chrysalis. A row of gold spots towards the top and the stripes of the wings visible. A tiny pepper above it.
annenc.bsky.social
#WeekPforPink
#AlphabetChallenge

Bougainvillea in the Garden District in New Orleans
Hot pink flowers and green leaves on a vine growing in front of a white wall with dark shadows.
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lorried-la.bsky.social
The Governor Newsom Press Office account is on Bluesky now.
govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov
Only in Trump’s America: government shut down, federal workers abandoned, and Canada flying Fleet Week.
sfchronicle.com
With the Blue Angels sidelined by the government shutdown, a team of Canadian flyers was promoted to a starring role in this year’s San Francisco Fleet Week festivities.

See more photos → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...

📸: @santiagomejia.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle
annenc.bsky.social
Yay! Thanks for the heads up Lorrie. I was hoping they would come to Bluesky.
annenc.bsky.social
Wow, you’ve already got some nice fall color. Last night’s windstorm blew some leaves down here even though they haven’t started to turn yet.
annenc.bsky.social
That’s a relief too. Yay!
annenc.bsky.social
It’s so true! Sometimes we don’t know how stressed we were until it gets relieved!
annenc.bsky.social
And what’s up with the Nor’easter… has it moved on or is it still there?
annenc.bsky.social
I’m sure it is such a huge weight off, what a relief! 💙 Really happy for you.