IAmChronic. A Skelly Girl.
@iamchronic.bsky.social
Chronic: pain, illness, rare disease, lichen nerd, & ND.
I write, read, garden, and do my best to support my friends & community. Equity & Disability Justice are priorities.
I write, read, garden, and do my best to support my friends & community. Equity & Disability Justice are priorities.
My cheeky pumpkin says hello.
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My cheeky pumpkin says hello.
🟢 Perhaps a bird's nest fungus. What do you think?
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🟢 Perhaps a bird's nest fungus. What do you think?
🌱 picked the last tromboncini.
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🌱 picked the last tromboncini.
🌱 I found 2, black swallowtail caterpillars in my garden today. They are on a celery plant. Rat away, little ones! I'm happy to share my celery.
September 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🌱 I found 2, black swallowtail caterpillars in my garden today. They are on a celery plant. Rat away, little ones! I'm happy to share my celery.
New, unknown fungi in a garden bed. What species do you guess or know? (3 photos of yellow, bumpy fungi by green plants & bark. Some small ones look like finger tips, medium ones are more cone shaped mushrooms, the largest have wide caps and faded color. All look fuzzy with small protrusions.)
September 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New, unknown fungi in a garden bed. What species do you guess or know? (3 photos of yellow, bumpy fungi by green plants & bark. Some small ones look like finger tips, medium ones are more cone shaped mushrooms, the largest have wide caps and faded color. All look fuzzy with small protrusions.)
🌱 My first Bennings Green squash of the year. NorCal is having a cool summer over all, so things are happening slowly out here. A small head of garlic for scale. The light green, fluted, flattened, round squash is about 12 inches/30.48 cm across.
August 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🌱 My first Bennings Green squash of the year. NorCal is having a cool summer over all, so things are happening slowly out here. A small head of garlic for scale. The light green, fluted, flattened, round squash is about 12 inches/30.48 cm across.
🌱Desert beans update: they get a but of water every 10-14 days. This variety won't bloom and produce if over watered. There are blooms and some baby pods sets!
July 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🌱Desert beans update: they get a but of water every 10-14 days. This variety won't bloom and produce if over watered. There are blooms and some baby pods sets!
My fun compression gloves arrived! Thanks, @bibicosplays.bsky.social !!
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My fun compression gloves arrived! Thanks, @bibicosplays.bsky.social !!
Apple update. So far the seedlings have their first set of leaves. Come back in 8 years...😅 Small terracotta pot with 2 sprouts in it. Each one had 2 cotelydon leaves and the beginning of 2 plant leaves.
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Apple update. So far the seedlings have their first set of leaves. Come back in 8 years...😅 Small terracotta pot with 2 sprouts in it. Each one had 2 cotelydon leaves and the beginning of 2 plant leaves.
🌱 Today's posey. A white vase, with multiple openings in the shape of an anatomical heart. It holds 3 colors of roses and a few sprigs of feverfew.
July 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🌱 Today's posey. A white vase, with multiple openings in the shape of an anatomical heart. It holds 3 colors of roses and a few sprigs of feverfew.
🌱 Some genetic roulette is happening thanks to my lunch apple. I wonder if either of them will keep growing?
July 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🌱 Some genetic roulette is happening thanks to my lunch apple. I wonder if either of them will keep growing?
My dessert beans.
June 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My dessert beans.
@bibicosplays.bsky.social I got Bibi mail today. Yay!!
June 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@bibicosplays.bsky.social I got Bibi mail today. Yay!!
I took mine up a couple weeks ago. Now I have minced, frozen garlic! Thanks to zone 9B I replanted the biggest cloves.
June 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I took mine up a couple weeks ago. Now I have minced, frozen garlic! Thanks to zone 9B I replanted the biggest cloves.
🌱 Hello again. #Chronic so I've been off-line for a while. Fortunately, I am still gardening, bit by bit. And my CA native beds are doing well!
June 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🌱 Hello again. #Chronic so I've been off-line for a while. Fortunately, I am still gardening, bit by bit. And my CA native beds are doing well!
Holiday spirit, Shelly Girl style.
Since I'm not into any of the winter festivities this year, my style feels like perfect match.
Since I'm not into any of the winter festivities this year, my style feels like perfect match.
December 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Holiday spirit, Shelly Girl style.
Since I'm not into any of the winter festivities this year, my style feels like perfect match.
Since I'm not into any of the winter festivities this year, my style feels like perfect match.
🟢 Some lichen time yesterday. They are working to expand their presence.
And a bonus Elephant Seal. The boys are slowly starting to return for the season.
Point Reyes National Seashore.
And a bonus Elephant Seal. The boys are slowly starting to return for the season.
Point Reyes National Seashore.
December 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM
🟢 Some lichen time yesterday. They are working to expand their presence.
And a bonus Elephant Seal. The boys are slowly starting to return for the season.
Point Reyes National Seashore.
And a bonus Elephant Seal. The boys are slowly starting to return for the season.
Point Reyes National Seashore.
#SundayYellow 🌱
Mullein with so many pollinators in attendance.
Mullein with so many pollinators in attendance.
November 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM
#SundayYellow 🌱
Mullein with so many pollinators in attendance.
Mullein with so many pollinators in attendance.
🟢 Moss crowd: what's your ID on this piece?
A lichen nerd is curious. It shared dense habitat with lichens. And yes, I'm checking lichen species, too.
A lichen nerd is curious. It shared dense habitat with lichens. And yes, I'm checking lichen species, too.
November 23, 2024 at 8:55 PM
🟢 Moss crowd: what's your ID on this piece?
A lichen nerd is curious. It shared dense habitat with lichens. And yes, I'm checking lichen species, too.
A lichen nerd is curious. It shared dense habitat with lichens. And yes, I'm checking lichen species, too.
November 23, 2024 at 5:49 PM
🍽️ Bobotie for a friend.
Ended making a version of Mrs. Ball's chutney from scratch.
Ended making a version of Mrs. Ball's chutney from scratch.
May 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
🍽️ Bobotie for a friend.
Ended making a version of Mrs. Ball's chutney from scratch.
Ended making a version of Mrs. Ball's chutney from scratch.
Found an amazing collection of lichens wrapped around this parking barrier post. Mostly an orange variety that apears to be a foliose variety with tufts of bearded tucked in here and there.
May 20, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Found an amazing collection of lichens wrapped around this parking barrier post. Mostly an orange variety that apears to be a foliose variety with tufts of bearded tucked in here and there.
A silligoth, as I call whimsy goth, headed to tea. Yes, I AM wearing a mask. A SIP to be exact.
Description: white woman w/ gray hair in a white hat w/ a broad brim and flowers on the crown. White dress, white & black necklace and sweater. The sweater is a tattoo print. Happy Saturday!
Description: white woman w/ gray hair in a white hat w/ a broad brim and flowers on the crown. White dress, white & black necklace and sweater. The sweater is a tattoo print. Happy Saturday!
April 27, 2024 at 4:30 PM
A silligoth, as I call whimsy goth, headed to tea. Yes, I AM wearing a mask. A SIP to be exact.
Description: white woman w/ gray hair in a white hat w/ a broad brim and flowers on the crown. White dress, white & black necklace and sweater. The sweater is a tattoo print. Happy Saturday!
Description: white woman w/ gray hair in a white hat w/ a broad brim and flowers on the crown. White dress, white & black necklace and sweater. The sweater is a tattoo print. Happy Saturday!