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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬

@t0tallykyle.bsky.social

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Friendly smedium 30+ He/himbo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ just along for the ride. I like gardening, nature, weeb stuff, subculture fashion, and y2k nostalgia :) Currently working on enjoying PNW autumn to the fullest.

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · Jan 3

When you recall portrait mode exists at the aquarium

School of silver fish amongst eelgrass in a blue walled exhibit. You can literally see every scale on some fish

Extra af jellyfish that looks like a zebra-striped beret with a fringe of short tentacles that are tipped with pink little balls.

Dramatically lit juvenile moray eel peeks out from some rocks

A lone shrimp sits atop a pile of muscles attached to a vertical pole; surrounded by bright fish is and green algae

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 22h

Smaller and more concentrated grumpiness

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 1d

Two kittyboys, both alike in dignity (none) #catsofbluesky

Geoffy the tabby cat on the bed in the sun.

Casey the other, larger tabby cat in a similar pose in the same place

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ᐋᐧᐳᐢ ᒥᓯᐟ @waposhpyii.bsky.social · 1d

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time for pumpkin patch and foods in comforting shades of brown 🍁

An old truck converted to a farm stand selling apples and pumpkins on a green lawn

Chopped brisket on a long roll with a side of hatch chili Mac n cheese and kolsch beer on a gingham tablecloth

Spiced applesauce muffins I baked— 7 bald ones for the office and 5 loaded w walnuts to have at home

Open field w pumpkins of various size, shape, and color strewn about

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 3d

Did you think you could tell us when to stop? That’s adorable.

Two red spider lilies, known as equinox flowers, in full bloom nearly 3 weeks after the equinox, because they feel like it. That’s Odawara castle wall behind them. Cloudy sky with a bit of blue.

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 3d

That’s such a fluffy, sleepy pumpkin 🧡

#art #cozyart #caturday

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 3d

Dahlias still truckin!! Callout post for Camano Buzz on the left, tho— was pampered all spring and summer and she made just One Single Flower. #bloomscrolling #pnwgardening

Me holding a dahlia called Camano Buzz— a midsize formal decorative dahlia with golden orange petals.

Riotous bouquet of orange, pink, purple, and cream dahlias in all different shapes and sizes

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 4d

Was planning to buy some sexy high-quality jeans in Japan next month, but one of THESE bad boys takes priority

A male model wearing a denim kimono with some light wash and distressing on the front, tied up w a navy obi.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 6d

Mornings are getting cold now… Mentally I’m here (secunda.mp3)

A shot of the banks of the river in Leavenworth. Trees on the other side are covered in golden leaves and a low mist crosses the mountains in the distance.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 6d

Apple tree came w this house we’re renting, we neglect it all year and every fall there is a BUMPER CROP of decently sweet apples. Gonna make loads of apple sauce I think 🤔

Me holding one of the few perfect apples from the apple tree in my yard. They’re turning a rosy pink.

Cute wooden paneled bucket half-full w picked apples. I coulda picked more but I only wanted to pick what I’m gonna immediately use.

Chopped apples in a pot mixed with cinnamon.

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mato @mato3mato.bsky.social · 7d

おはようございます🤗🤗🤗

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 7d

Learning too much abt PCBs and now walking into any building built before 1980 feels like this

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 7d

It’s spooky season so I’m back on my bullshit (reading abt environmental disasters and Superfund sites on Wikipedia)

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU KID

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

Some misc #mushrooms that I can’t quite tell what they are. If anyone has guesses please lmk.

I have a suspicion that 4th one is an orange coral fungus that is only just starting to pop up 🪸. #Fungifriends

Cluster of tiny, orange gilled mushrooms tightly clustered and growing sideways off a log.

A mature mushroom with a glistening, slimy cap with a light brown color peeking out of the moss.

Two mature tan-colored mushrooms in the moss, both with a ring on the stem.

An orange lump in the pine needles. It’s made up of many tiny tubes with split ends.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

As usual there were many Russula on the trail, but this one’s a little cuter than normal. I think this one is Russula emetica, aka “the sickener”. Needless to say you don’t want to eat it. #fungifriends

A small mushroom with a cute, shiny pink cap and white stem popping up from the duff.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

Easily found tons of Douglas Fir Cone Mushrooms… as the name implies, it’s the only thing they grow on! #fungifriends

My hand holding a skinny Douglas fir cone with 3 spindly little white mushrooms growing out of it

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

I think the Fly Agaric, or Amanita Muscaria, hardly needs an introduction. Here’s a young one I found popping up out of the duff. #fungifriends

A small, young specimen of the iconic fly agaric mushroom. The bulb-shaped cap has yet to unfurl but has its characteristic red color and white chunks.

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Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s Turbinellus floccosus, aka “scaly vase” or “wooly chanterelle”. Technically edible for some but decent chance of making you sick 😅 #fungifriends

A collection of 4 closely clustered, trumpet shaped mushrooms that are veined and cream colored on the outside, scaly and orange on the inside growing out of the duff.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

Saw several bolete mushrooms too! I suspect these are all Admirable Bolete, which are edible but reports of their tastiness are variable. Left them for other hikers to admire since I wasn’t super sure. #fungifriends

A single bolete growing out of the forest floor covered in pine needles. It has a brownish top, yellow pores on the underside of the cap, and a brownish stem.

Some boletes growing out of a dead stump that look past their prime. These have velvety reddish brown caps, one is missing a large chunk.

A single bolete growing on some wood. You can see the matte, velvety texture of the brown cap.

A small and aged bolete growing alone out of the moss. The brown cap has started to flake and the underside pores are a bright, sulfurous yellow.

Kyle 🌴🌈🐬 @t0tallykyle.bsky.social · 8d

I did a lot of #mushroom #photography yesterday so yall get a a 🧵. These were all found near Snoqualmie, WA at elevations between like ~2000-3000ft.

Here’s what I think are some kind of Mycenae sp. There were TONS of them and their orange color is so striking on the moss. #fungifriends