Samantha
@silkunderground.bsky.social
she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)
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Samantha
@silkunderground.bsky.social
· Oct 17
I've never done an introduction post, so: I'm Samantha from Virginia, love just about all of nature & taking pictures of it. Used to study biology & turtles but got stuck working in a dental office. Now I'm mostly housebound with chronic illness & watch classic film all day long! loves: 🍄🐝🕷️🪶🐢🐇🌼🌱🌫️🌧️📷🎥
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SO MUCH HISTAMINE IN YOUR SYSTEM YOU WANTED TO CLAW YOUR SKIN OFF WITH YOUR FINGERNAILS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW
February 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SO MUCH HISTAMINE IN YOUR SYSTEM YOU WANTED TO CLAW YOUR SKIN OFF WITH YOUR FINGERNAILS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW
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It’s not every day a Ruby-crowned Kinglet leans over so we can see how he gets his name. When he gets excited he’ll show it off even more.
That sounds kind of dirty 🫢
#birds 🌿
That sounds kind of dirty 🫢
#birds 🌿
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
It’s not every day a Ruby-crowned Kinglet leans over so we can see how he gets his name. When he gets excited he’ll show it off even more.
That sounds kind of dirty 🫢
#birds 🌿
That sounds kind of dirty 🫢
#birds 🌿
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Baby pitcher plants, if needed 🥹
(Sarracenia minor)
(Sarracenia minor)
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Baby pitcher plants, if needed 🥹
(Sarracenia minor)
(Sarracenia minor)
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
and again. except today it has massively set off my POTS & adrenaline, before a mammogram. literally don't know how I'm going to be able to do it! I want to cry but that sets off my MCAS and POTS. so.
after over a month of sleeping every night, had a really awful histamine dump last night. still feeling sick. i'm so upset. #NEISVoid
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
and again. except today it has massively set off my POTS & adrenaline, before a mammogram. literally don't know how I'm going to be able to do it! I want to cry but that sets off my MCAS and POTS. so.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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February 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Decisions, decisions.
A Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, debates whether to have a spicy snack of a large wasp (not sure of type). Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area circa October 2006.
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Herps
#Insects
#MemoriesOfWarmerDays
A Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, debates whether to have a spicy snack of a large wasp (not sure of type). Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area circa October 2006.
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Herps
#Insects
#MemoriesOfWarmerDays
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Decisions, decisions.
A Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, debates whether to have a spicy snack of a large wasp (not sure of type). Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area circa October 2006.
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Herps
#Insects
#MemoriesOfWarmerDays
A Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, debates whether to have a spicy snack of a large wasp (not sure of type). Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area circa October 2006.
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Herps
#Insects
#MemoriesOfWarmerDays
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Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
“It’s hard to be an ornithologist and walk through a wood when all around you the world is shouting: ‘Bugger off, this is my bush! Aargh, the nest thief! Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!’”
“It’s hard to be an ornithologist and walk through a wood when all around you the world is shouting: ‘Bugger off, this is my bush! Aargh, the nest thief! Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!’”
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
“Every real copper knew you didn’t go around looking for Clues so that you could find out Who Done It. No, you started out with a pretty good idea of Who Done It. That way, you knew what Clues to look for.”
“Every real copper knew you didn’t go around looking for Clues so that you could find out Who Done It. No, you started out with a pretty good idea of Who Done It. That way, you knew what Clues to look for.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
“Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn't take you seriously until you'd actually killed them, by which time it didn't really matter anyway.”
“Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn't take you seriously until you'd actually killed them, by which time it didn't really matter anyway.”
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
“It’s hard to be an ornithologist and walk through a wood when all around you the world is shouting: ‘Bugger off, this is my bush! Aargh, the nest thief! Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!’”
“It’s hard to be an ornithologist and walk through a wood when all around you the world is shouting: ‘Bugger off, this is my bush! Aargh, the nest thief! Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!’”
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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hate to see you go, but love to watch you fly away (so I can identify you by your butt) #birds #BaldEagle
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
hate to see you go, but love to watch you fly away (so I can identify you by your butt) #birds #BaldEagle
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last week's woodpecker, hard at work #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
last week's woodpecker, hard at work #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
I gave a bunch of my old clothes to my teenage step niece and this weekend she posted in a leather top of mine 🥹 caption said she was going to a punk/darkwave party and she had black lipstick & boots on I'M SO PROUD 😭
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I gave a bunch of my old clothes to my teenage step niece and this weekend she posted in a leather top of mine 🥹 caption said she was going to a punk/darkwave party and she had black lipstick & boots on I'M SO PROUD 😭
the wind woke me up 😳
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
the wind woke me up 😳
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February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
hate to see you go, but love to watch you fly away (so I can identify you by your butt) #birds #BaldEagle
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
hate to see you go, but love to watch you fly away (so I can identify you by your butt) #birds #BaldEagle
last week's woodpecker, hard at work #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
last week's woodpecker, hard at work #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday
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look who showed up next to my front door on this #WoodpeckerWednesday I braved the freezing cold and got to watch him at work for a few minutes.
#birds
#birds
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
look who showed up next to my front door on this #WoodpeckerWednesday I braved the freezing cold and got to watch him at work for a few minutes.
#birds
#birds
they painted my neighbor's door so I have to hide in the bedroom away from the smell today. hopefully it isn't too bad so I don't have to leave the apartment.
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
they painted my neighbor's door so I have to hide in the bedroom away from the smell today. hopefully it isn't too bad so I don't have to leave the apartment.
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Gentiana algida, our Arctic Gentian, blooming on Mt BlueSky #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 3🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 3🌿
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Gentiana algida, our Arctic Gentian, blooming on Mt BlueSky #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 3🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 3🌿