March: Pusekätzchen
Mar. 11th, 2026 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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common_natureI went out for a little walk this morning and found the first willow catkins - Pusekätzchen! They are an important flower for bees at this time of year, not just for honey bees but for solitary bees, bumblebees and solitary wasps.
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Photos: House Yard
Mar. 6th, 2026 09:28 pmysabetwordsmith posting in common_natureToday was unseasonably warm and sunny, so I took pictures around the yard. The first few are from indoors, then the rest are the house yard. (See the savanna.)
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Star Sunset and Flare + Ducks
Mar. 5th, 2026 08:16 pmyourlibrarian posting in common_nature
Perhaps because we were seeing it at a rippling distance, when I looked out at the lake the other night, the ball of fire that was the setting sun seemed to be reflected as a five pointed star. Don't know how clearly that came out here but I liked the photo regardless.
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