Butterfly Blues
@choving.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist, adaptation scientist, complex adaptive systems modeler, Cassandra-type prophet (apparently), avid gardener and hiker. Personal account; views are my own.
Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
Visited Peninsula Point lighthouse at the north end of Green Bay. Cool spiral stairs. Built in 1865.
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Visited Peninsula Point lighthouse at the north end of Green Bay. Cool spiral stairs. Built in 1865.
I made loose leaf tea, as I have done several times a day for the last couple of years. Today it is white tiramisu, water 180F, and steeped 2 minutes.
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I made loose leaf tea, as I have done several times a day for the last couple of years. Today it is white tiramisu, water 180F, and steeped 2 minutes.
Did a 1 mile segment of the NCT, which stretches from upstate NY to North Dakota.
October 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did a 1 mile segment of the NCT, which stretches from upstate NY to North Dakota.
Thinking of Jane Goodall and her influence on my career and thinking as a wildlife professional. I have 1000+ books in my personal library, but only 32 on the shelves on my desktop. Jane authored two of those, both with "hope" in the title. She taught me hope backed by conviction and hard work.
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thinking of Jane Goodall and her influence on my career and thinking as a wildlife professional. I have 1000+ books in my personal library, but only 32 on the shelves on my desktop. Jane authored two of those, both with "hope" in the title. She taught me hope backed by conviction and hard work.
A couple pictures from the garden this summer. Still blooming despite the drought.
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A couple pictures from the garden this summer. Still blooming despite the drought.
I do not walk fast. I am proud of this fact. However, this fellow outdid me today in his leisurely stroll down the local path along the Muskegon River.
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I do not walk fast. I am proud of this fact. However, this fellow outdid me today in his leisurely stroll down the local path along the Muskegon River.
Slow down
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
September 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Slow down
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
You move too fast
You've got to make the moment last
Just grazing bacteria of the bike trail
And feeling goo-veeee
It is the time of year again. The morning sun is low in the east. Shadows lengthen. The all seeing eye casts its searching vision across the land.
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It is the time of year again. The morning sun is low in the east. Shadows lengthen. The all seeing eye casts its searching vision across the land.
Pollinators be pollinating
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pollinators be pollinating
Went u-pick apple picking, and found this beauty. I think it is a yellow garden spider. I am sure this spider has eaten many many flies that would have otherwise damaged the fresh apples my wife and I picked. A wild friend. Scary looking, but so are many of my friends.
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Went u-pick apple picking, and found this beauty. I think it is a yellow garden spider. I am sure this spider has eaten many many flies that would have otherwise damaged the fresh apples my wife and I picked. A wild friend. Scary looking, but so are many of my friends.
Visiting Madison WI and exploring new restaurants. Tried this one. Wait staff handed us two menus, the regular and the brunch menu, then apologized that pretty much everything on the regular menu was sold out because fans from the Wierd Al concert last night cleaned them out. Brunch was 💯!
September 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Visiting Madison WI and exploring new restaurants. Tried this one. Wait staff handed us two menus, the regular and the brunch menu, then apologized that pretty much everything on the regular menu was sold out because fans from the Wierd Al concert last night cleaned them out. Brunch was 💯!
Whenever I pick up a pizza from our local pizza place, I tell them my name and they ring up my pizza. On Friday I neglected to mention my name, and the cashier pulled up my order. They know me. I am officially "a regular" somewhere! Which is great, but also a little worrying. I eat how much pizza?
September 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Whenever I pick up a pizza from our local pizza place, I tell them my name and they ring up my pizza. On Friday I neglected to mention my name, and the cashier pulled up my order. They know me. I am officially "a regular" somewhere! Which is great, but also a little worrying. I eat how much pizza?
Your not wrong on the birthdays:
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Your not wrong on the birthdays:
Got lots of pretty scenery pictures, but this picture reminded me to laugh.
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Got lots of pretty scenery pictures, but this picture reminded me to laugh.
I would like everyone to keep repeating the misinformation about Michigan and how unpleasant life is here... so hopefully my family and I can continue to enjoy these kinds of Labor Day weekend crowds on a state park beach. (Friends of Mr. Durham, of course, are welcome to visit. It'll be our secret)
August 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I would like everyone to keep repeating the misinformation about Michigan and how unpleasant life is here... so hopefully my family and I can continue to enjoy these kinds of Labor Day weekend crowds on a state park beach. (Friends of Mr. Durham, of course, are welcome to visit. It'll be our secret)
Written almost 40 years ago.
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Written almost 40 years ago.
Earlier this week I was watering my garden and saw a rabbit, eating my garden plants. Sprayed it with the hose. The rabbit hid under a rose. I sprayed under the rose, and the rabbit shot around the corner and knocked over this bucket. I may have discovered a new hobby/sport: bunny bowling.
August 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Earlier this week I was watering my garden and saw a rabbit, eating my garden plants. Sprayed it with the hose. The rabbit hid under a rose. I sprayed under the rose, and the rabbit shot around the corner and knocked over this bucket. I may have discovered a new hobby/sport: bunny bowling.
Two of my favorite things: insects and legos
August 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Two of my favorite things: insects and legos
I found this yellow myxomycete growing on my mulch pile. Myxomycetes are one of my favorite creatures. Not animal, plant, or fungi. They are there own small obscure kingdom. They are amoeba/blobs that eat bacteria. This species is common on mulch, fades to brown spores during the day.
August 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I found this yellow myxomycete growing on my mulch pile. Myxomycetes are one of my favorite creatures. Not animal, plant, or fungi. They are there own small obscure kingdom. They are amoeba/blobs that eat bacteria. This species is common on mulch, fades to brown spores during the day.
Quick 3-day car camping getaway at Munoscong State Forest campground. Scored a spacious riverside site, mid-afternoon on a Friday in northern Michigan. Reviews said it was too quiet, boring, with nothing fun nearby. Perfect!
August 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Quick 3-day car camping getaway at Munoscong State Forest campground. Scored a spacious riverside site, mid-afternoon on a Friday in northern Michigan. Reviews said it was too quiet, boring, with nothing fun nearby. Perfect!
Found a new hiking spot at an Ottawa County park called Rosy Mound. It was a rainy morning, so we had it almost entirely to ourselves. Perfect mix of hiking through woods and dunes to a Great Lakes beach.
July 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Found a new hiking spot at an Ottawa County park called Rosy Mound. It was a rainy morning, so we had it almost entirely to ourselves. Perfect mix of hiking through woods and dunes to a Great Lakes beach.