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Cathy Flanagan
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Teacher, nature lover, always observing, always wondering. Go play outside!
Silvery Seattle Center in a silvery-grey sky #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSilver
May 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A nice rock in Big Bend Natl Park #RockinTuesday
May 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
And berries! Black, blue, rasp, and goose😂 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMulticolored
March 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Fresh tomatoes in December; of course in San Diego! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMulticolored
March 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
High Wheel Race, only in Frederick, MD—always entertaining to watch! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKinetic
March 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
View of the Roman Pool at Hearst Castle #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside
February 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My heroes are scientists, especially women scientists. Barbara McClintock was way ahead of her peers (men) and won a solo Nobel Prize in 1993 for her work on maize cytogenetics. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes
February 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Edge of frozen lake where fallen leaves rest in pockets in ice. How? Did dark leaves absorb light, triggering melting? Did the leaves prevent wind underneath and trap heat? Or, did the leaves get trapped in holes already there?🤔
#wonderofnature
February 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
February 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
February 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Love Ginkgo leaves—magically compelling even littering the ground
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGold
February 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Kayaking in February on a still icy creek
#BlueSkyArtShow #reflections
February 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Bike on the battlefield, Gettysburg, PA #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforB
January 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A sea of blue (and red) in a blue light #Alphabetchallenge #WeekBforB #lightscapesandiego
January 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Birds on the beach
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekBforB
January 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
January 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Water icing up as rock remains unchanging. #nature #wonder
January 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ocotillo cactus—why is one side leaves and the other thorns? Or, were there leaves all around, and they fell off on one side only? #nature #wonder
January 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new: New leaf ready to unfurl (how does it know it is time?); old leaf a bit worn at the edges (does it know it is damaged? what does it do about it?) #nature #wonder
January 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Love these Bird of Paradise flowers! The junction of bright colors, each on a different structure, makes me wonder—how? And why? #nature #wonder
December 31, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Asphalt flows and cools at Tar Pits park. Oozing constantly, for eons; geology at work #nature #wonder
December 30, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Bright yellow center suggests pollen, so how much of this is flower? And, the plant is not even green! Lovely colors, but what was the selective pressure? Who or what does the pollinating? #wonder #nature #flower
December 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Monarch cluster overwintering in Eucalyptus. How does a monarch fly 1000s of miles? Why (and how) do they return here every year (an unknown spot to them, as they are the 5th generation since last winter!) Why do they cluster? #nature #wonder #monarch
December 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Happy Holidays! Enjoy some red and green foliage #nature
December 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits …Monterey cypress trees
December 25, 2024 at 4:22 AM