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karmso.bsky.social
passionate gardener, defender of democracy…I strive daily to pay attention, and to brew a perfect cup of tea🌿 all photos mine unless noted otherwise 🌱
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I think my succulent, overwintering inside, is, like me, dreaming of moving outside soon for garden season on the deck! 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography#succulents #EastCoastKin #urbanGardens #gardening #dreaming

In the aftermath of another snowfall, sowing seeds of one of my favorite annuals, Hyacinth Bean Vine…🌱 #Bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #gardens #seeds #EastCoastKin #UrbanGardens

a year ago, the Jersey Shore… #EastCoastKin #scape #photography #newjersey #oceans #AtlanticOcean #clouds #LandscapePhotography

goodmorning glory 🌱 exquisiteness by Ogawa Kazumasa, 1896 #flowers #BotanicalIllustration #gardens #printmaking #drawing #GoodMorning

This dog is too long for our current rating system to handle. We are working internally to address this problem, but in the meantime please only send regular-length dogs. Thank you… 13/10

“And speaking of stones, what about / The little ones you can / Hold in your hands, their heartbeats / So secret, so hidden it may take years / Before, finally, you hear them?” -Mary Oliver #poetry #rocks #photography #EastCoastKin #shells #PayingAttention

…summer color echoes…🌱 #Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardens #FlowerPhotography #ColorEchoes #EastCoastKin #GardensOfBluesky

It’s 20° outside, but my indoor “grove” of apricot colored succulent flowers are a dose of warm delight. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #flowers #tinyflowertuesday #FlowerPhotography#succulents #EastCoastKin #indoorplants

a fox glove… #Bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography#MagentaMonday #EastCoastKin 🌱 #GardensOfBluesky

"The National Park Service's Loss is Our Loss" 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-nation...

I’ve discovered #BlueSkyMonday and #EastCoastKin ! 🌱💙🍃 #Bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #UrbanGardens #GardensOfBluesky

….the Atlantic Ocean New Jersey shore after a snowstorm… #oceans #AtlanticOcean #NewJersey #LandscapePhotography

a bit of sunny yellow on a gray winter day…🌱 #BloomScrolling #StillLife #FlowerPhotography #flowers

🌱 A few valentine day swoons…💕 #BloomScrolling #gardening #MyJoyfulPlace #FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography

Scrolling through Bluesky and seeing a lot of beautiful photographs and artwork. Please add Alt text to your images, many of us will not repost without it. Adding #AltText is not only the inclusive thing to do, your posts will reach a much wider audience. Thank you. 🪶🌱🐡 🦑🌿🐸 #Photography #Art

morning moment…🌱 #bloomscrolling

Something I’ve learned to do since January 20th: 🌱 scroll through my Gardens-Flowers-Birds-Bee list before I scroll through my Politics/Breaking News list And thank you to all who share so many wonderful images and thoughts. It helps. #BloomScrolling

Here is another fabulous #ClematisThursday beauty that I can’t wait to see again as it helps maximize my small urban garden with vertical #flowers. Currently insulated under a fresh layer of snow like my winter sowing jugs. #gardening #bloomscrolling #WinterMemories 🌱

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 44 #Bumblebees have built in antennae cleaners! Two comb edged notches on their front legs. Insert the antenna. Bend the leg to close. Pull antenna through. Catch dirt and pollen. Engineered by #nature. No apps/AI required. #bees 🌍🐝

Day 20/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1914...

Day 19/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Day 18/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

#SilentSunday

Good people of London, hands are needed! Join us on Snowdrop Sunday 23rd Feb to plant out thousands of snowdrops 'in the green' in the museum garden. Provided: Gardening gloves and tools Instructions Hot drinks and cakes Needed: You! Guaranteed mood lift. Families welcome. See you there 💚

🐝 Follow the Bee Guy! Facts about bees, words of humor and wisdom…and moments of beauty from the Bee Sanctuary in Ireland. 🌱 #bees

Day 17/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography #SundayYellow

Day 16/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Day 15/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Day 14/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Day 13/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

🌱 gardeners 🍃 Take a look at Diva Nursery, a small family-owned nursery in Ukraine, specializing in native plants. It has a wonderful motto—keep uniqueness🍃 #BloomScrolling #NativePlants

Day 12/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

Day 12/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

I just discovered #MagentaMonday 🌱 #BloomScrolling #GardensOfBluesky #gardening #FlowerPhotography

Day 11/20 🌱 #PlantChallenge #FlowerChallenge #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography