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Constance Lee Menefee
@conniemenefee.bsky.social
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Glimpses of nature; bullfrog paparazza; poet; pen & ink artist; researcher of military-adjacent topics; my roots are in science (lab + technical writer & editor) Banner image is metal warning sign: DUMP NO WASTE/DRAINS TO RIVER
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Bullfrog of the day!
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
Bullfrog emerging from pond, duckweed to the right of it, duckweed to the left of it ...
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 1h
😵‍💫😬😬😬 There's no escape from bureaucratic stupidity.
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 2h
Sun! Flowers!
Collage with six photographs of sunflowers
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Raises eyebrow ... how very English 😝
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Painted dog <African wild dog - and also painted wolf> Cincinnati Zoo

Highly social, highly successful hunters, but diminishing numbers in the wild- they are fascinating beyond words.
Young African wild dog with large ears and black, brown, white coloration sitting
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Willow bark contains <among other compounds> salicin - once in the body it is metabolized into salicylic acid (via a process that lots of chemical terms!) ... some will recognize this as aspirin's major ingredient. 😲
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Bullfrog of the day!
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
Bullfrog emerging from pond, duckweed to the right of it, duckweed to the left of it ...
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 3h
Well, hell, I crave it now!

Note: not true 😝
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
No ...
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
Fractals are great!
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
Exactly
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
Monarch butterflies - photographs from earlier this season 🌿 #Invert
Monarch with wings spread - perched on pink zinnia Monarch with wings out - perched on pinky peach zinnia Monarch on pink zinnia Monarch perched on rosy pink zinnia
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
Maple leaf - this one should load!
Orangey red maple with blue sky showing through holes
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 15h
Baby Red-bellied Woodpecker on cypress tree 🪶
Black and white marked fledgling woodpecker
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 16h
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 17h
Crepe myrtle ...
Pink crepe myrtle
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 17h
The orange leaf fails to load ... I think I will leave the post up anyway. Sigh.
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 17h
More Autumn leaves!
Orange Autumn leaves with holes that let the blue sky through The bottom of a green and yellow leaf with dark spots Pale brown leaf on the ground Large yellow and purple leaf
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 17h
Willow bark ...
Bark of a willow tree
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 22h
Bat & Moon

... From the deep CLM #PenAndInk Archives
Bat drawn in black ink and pen - flight against the full moon from the deep CLM Archives
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 22h
That's awful! Hope all his treatments go well!
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❤️
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