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Queer GenX |they/them| 🏳️‍🌈 U.S. Oregonian by way of Oklahoma. Citizen scientist, nonprofit consultant, grant writer, zebra ♿️ 😷 The horrors persist, but so do I. ❌️👑! Prosecute 🧊!
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helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Same! (A few weeks ago) 🌞
A thrifted wooden platter with an assortment of early summer veggies- 2 red beets, a few stalks of rhubarb, a yellow zucchini, 2 bulbs of garlic, green and purple asparagus, and a few raspberries and blueberries.
August 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Patience
July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Thank you! I found a similar Oregon native tiger lily in the Cascade Mountains last week.
A glossy orange tiger lily bloom facing downward with petals curled back. Red stamens and red spots in the middle of the flower. It's surrounded by green foliage, trilium and ferns.
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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#bloomscrolling 🌱
About a dozen pink flowers fully open in partial sun. They look similar to windflowers, with yellow centers. Medium green foliage under them.
May 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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A large orange poppy flower fully open on a sunny day, with dark green foliage surrounding it.
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Excellent article covering the often misguided quest for high THC products. Some of my best experiences have been with 15% THC/CBD hybrids.
Ty emphasizes that unlike alcohol, cannabis potency is influenced by multiple component. there are at least a 118 cannabinoids in the plant that go well beyond known THC and CBD, and all interact with one another to produce different Kinds of highs. different individuals too have different endocanabanoid systems which will affect the response to different products. Terpenes, which exist in all types of plants, can also contribute to the quality of the high. these compounds help steer the experience, because they can make it focused, relaxing, or uplifting.
April 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#bloomscrolling 🌷🌱
Looking down at six red tulips in the foreground, six in the background, and one small lavender tulip in front. The center of the red tulips is black, with a triangular yellow structure in the very center. Small purple forget-me-nots dot the photo, which has several shades of green foliage, and a gray flagstone peeking in center right, and pale wood chips in the top left of the photo.
April 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
It's a beautiful time of year!
Close up of a bright yellow tulip fully open, with six black triangles in the center (star shaped), each with a brown stamen? rising from the base. An upside down Y shaped structure rises from the center, also bright yellow.
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Same!
Close up of white magnolia flowers with pale pink highlights. They're past peak so the flowers are open very wide, almost falling apart.
March 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Hellebore flowers from the garden 🌱🌷
A variety of hellebore flowers in a shallow white bowl of water with golden hour sunlight illuminating them. The flowers are pink, rose colored, one white, and two dark purple, almost black. They have wispy yellow centers, similar to passionflower.
March 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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February 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
I found a similar one this weekend on an old apple tree! Are these splitgill specimens too?
The underside of a white mushroom attached to medium green lichen. The edges are curled under and the gills are densely packed. The tops of two small white mushrooms. The texture looks almost furry. They're attached to lichen and were found in an old apple tree that's slowly dying.
January 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
An orange calendula flower coated in 1/2 inch of ice, frozen in time, with a white background of snow topped with ice.
December 28, 2024 at 11:22 PM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
On the shortest day of the year, it's nice to remember what's coming. #solstice #spring
A kidney shaped suburban flower bed in early spring, dotted with red and yellow tulips. The bed is framed by woven sticks (scions from an apple tree). In the background, a thick row of purple bluebells.
December 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Happy #caturday!
An orange cat with a fluffy tail finishes inspecting the last of the summer produce - cherry tomatoes and green peppers on a patio table, and is walking toward the camera for pets.
December 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Two bison at the Wichita National Wildlife Refuge. A smaller one is lying in the tall grass closer to the photographer. A larger adult is grazing behind. The prarie grass is green, yellow, reddish and brown.
December 20, 2024 at 2:57 AM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
#caturday
An orange cat standing behind a gray Buddha statue with their heads together. The cat is on a patterned orange and white rug on a concrete porch.
December 15, 2024 at 2:16 AM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
#jigsawpuzzle
#springbok
Five intricately decorated truffles sit on a small green ceramic plate atop a partially completed jigsaw puzzle, also made of truffles. The brand is Springbok. One of the chocolate truffles is shaped like a cute little owl; all have shiny gloss.
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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Mask by Erik Gronborg, 1982 - Hult Performing Arts Center
#art #ceramic #sculpture
A small rectangular ceramic sculpture with two faces in the middle, each with large hair (or possibly hats) on a blue checkered background with red ribbons descending from the top. A third face? Peeks out at the edge of the frame with an open mouth and the artist's name inside. Four yellow light bulbs are inset along the bottom in a green strip of clay. It's a striking, colorful piece.
December 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Haha. I wonder how many tourists (like me) thought they found a wild orange tree and tried to eat them. You're right - not good eats, but beautiful landscapes.
Overlooking a tan, sandy field with different types of cacti at Tohono Chul Park in Tucson. Green deciduous trees in the center of the picture Mt. Lemmon rises in the background, in shades of brown and dark blue. A tall, mature Saguaro cactus with four upright arms and a very tall center spire. A large prickly pear cactus in the foreground.
November 29, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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November 24, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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A landscape photo of the Oregon coast at Newport. The sky is cloudy and gray. The ocean looks moody, with waves crashing on the beach.
November 23, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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🤩💜
Two purple wildflowers with a large bumblebee feeding on one.
November 23, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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A grouping of five beige colored mushrooms with cracks on top of each one.
November 23, 2024 at 6:03 AM
helios-or-luna.bsky.social
Excellent guide with anecdotal gems and a lot of wisdom. I 💜 the four resistance pathways:
A colorful image with four boxes for resistance Pathways - protect people, disrupt & disobey, defend civic institutions, and build alternatives.
November 22, 2024 at 1:47 AM