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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A quiet early morning run yesterday. #BlueSkyArtShow #quiet

Sunrise over prairie fields with a line of trees in the distance.

Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Friend sent me a meme that's been going around and I recreated it in better resolution with my own vintage Little People. It's these small joys that keep me sane. #fisherprice #antimaga

Set of 5 vintage Fisher-Price Little People figures with the angry boy figure on the end frowning and wearing a red baseball cap. The other 4 figures are smiling.
Caption above the figures reads, "Even Fisher-Price knew those red hat wearing types were dicks"

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I bought a Dyson cordless stick vac. Most expensive vacuum I've ever bought and it has never worked. First they had me take it apart and clean it. Then they replaced the head that runs on the floor. Today after my 3rd call to support, they are replacing the motor. Worst vacuum EVER. Hope this works

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Milwaukee Public Museum BioBlitz at Wehr Nature Center today! The WI Dragonfly Society team found 19 species, including these shown: Eastern Amberwing, Halloween Pennant, 12-spotted Skimmer, and Ebony Jewelwing. #dragonflies #odonates

Small brown Dragonfly with translucent orange wings

Medium sized brown dragonfly with orange and brown spotted wings

Brown dragonfly with yellow stripes and clear wings with 12 brown spots perched on a twig

Iridescent dark green damselfly with black wings and white spots on the tips, perched on a leaf in the sun

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Milwaukee area BioBlitz starts at 3pm at the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin! Here for the #dragonflies

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, WI is host to the @mkepublicmuseum.bsky.social annual BioBlitz starting today at 3pm. Come Sat from 10-3 - the WI Dragonfly Society will have info, live dragonflies & damselflies to view, and will host a short hike at 12:15pm. www.wehrnaturecenter.com/event/milwau...

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Milwaukee Public Museum's 11th Annual Bioblitz @ Wehr - Wehr Nature Center

Wehr Nature Center is proud to partner with the Milwaukee Public Museum for their 11th annual Bioblitz and we want everyone to feel welcome. While the scientists are in the field, join us for hands-on...

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

www.mpm.edu/bioblitz-2026 The annual BioBlitz will be held at the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, WI this weekend. The WI Dragonfly Society will have species & info. Join our species hike at 12:15pm! #WIDragonflySociety #dragonfly #dragonflies #odonate

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BioBlitz 2026 | Milwaukee Public Museum

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

If you need to be taller, this can help! #BlueSkyArtShow #tall

Old wooden ladder leaning against a yellow and orange wall.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

During the recent WI DNR spring survey, respondents were able to weigh in on the proposal to change the state insect from the (non-native) honeybee to the Hines Emerald dragonfly. 3425 voted yes & 826 voted no. It now moves on for voting by county representatives, but we're on our way! #dragonfly

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

You can help support a proposal to change the WI state insect from the European Honeybee to the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly. The questionnaire can be found on this link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DGYNX5 The QR code on our flyer isn't working, but this link works.

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2026 Spring Hearing Questions - Online Survey

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Just finished this quilt top, so I guess it's #New #BlueSkyArtShow #quilt

Quilt top made out of colorful triangles of fabric paired with plain white triangles. The colored fabric is mostly orange, blue, and green patterns.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Bumblebee thoraxes need to reach 86°F for flight. They do this by vibrating their flight muscles. They can get to 104°F while flying. I love reading. #books

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

One of my favorite filters is a rainy windshield. Village park gazebo near home. #EastCoastKin #photography

White gazebo in a park with bare trees seen through a wet car windshield, which distorts the scene and makes the lines wiggle as if painted.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I've been segment hiking the Ice Age Trail, which runs about 1200 miles across Wisconsin, following the glacial retreat across the state. This segment was mostly a connecting route on road, but the skies delivered! #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #IceAgeTrail

Horizontal photo with lower quarter slightly rolling winter farmland and the upper three-quarters blue sky with fluffy clouds.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Wisconsin Dragonfly Society is leading efforts to install the Hine's Emerald dragonfly as our state insect! Vote in the DNR Spring Questionnaire on this incentive April 13-18. #WDS #dragonfly #WIDragonflySociety #odonate

Meet the Hine's Emerald dragonfly. It is rare. Some bogs in Door County are the best places to find it. Do you support the Hine's Emerald becoming Wisconsin's state insect? This question is for you to answer on the DNR Spring Questionnaire but only from April 13 to 15. Some reasons to support selection of the Hine's Emerald as our state insect:
- The Hine's Emerald depends on healthy bogs, which are a cherished feature of Wisconsin's natural landscape.
- Like other dragonflies, its nymphys and adults prey upon mosquitoes, etc.
- The Hine's Emerald is the only federally endangered dragonfly.
- The Hine's Emerald is found only in a handful of states with the most sizeable and significant population in Door County.
- Its thorax is prominently marked with Green and Gold!

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The WDS Annual Meeting is 6/27 and 28 in Mellen, WI. Field trips leave from Gilman Park. The location & dates were chosen with striped emeralds (Somatochlora) in mind. Let us know if you will attend: registration@widragonflysociety.org. More info: widragonflysociety.org/index.html

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WIDragonflySociety

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Friends of Sandhill invited WDS to create a dragonfly event on May 23, 2026, at the Sandhill State Wildlife Area, which is near Babcock in Wood County. The address of the headquarters is 1715 County Hwy X. At 9:30 AM on May 23,

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In 2025, ode watchers submitted 8711 sightings from 1594 locations across Wisconsin to the Wisconsin Odonata Survey. This is the third highest number of submissions per year in the history of the WOS project. wiatri.net/inventory/od... #dragonfly #damselfly #odonate #wisconsindragonflysociety

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Wisconsin Odonata Survey

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I spent last week on the beach in southern CA. This week I'm back in the very frigid Upper Midwest. We sure appreciate our spring here, when it finally arrives! Took the photo of this slightly spent Fortnite Lily in Laguna Beach.

White lily with yellow blotches and light purple center

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

She's 29 now, in the blink of an eye #BlueSkyArtShow #small

Small child in light purple shirt and shorts walks from the left across an empty sand beach with green grasses in the background.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I took this three years ago in the little park next to the local hospital while my brother was having chemo. The leaves are gone, and so is he. #EastCoastKin #photography #landscape

Leaves on the ground are all yellows in back and then blending through orange to all reds in the front.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn Rib Mountain State Park, Wausau, WI, two weeks ago

Fall forest scene with a small bright red oak seedling in the foreground in front of a grey boulder and birch trunks and bright orange leaves.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn Holy Hill, Hubertus, WI last Tuesday

Forest trees in fall in colors of yellow and gold to orange. The first floor is a softly rolling hill under fallen leaves.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Two days ago on Rib Mountain in Wausau, WI. Peak color! #EastCoastKin #naturephotography

View from up high looking out over a valley showing fall colors among deciduous trees. Large rocks in the foreground and a couple green pines.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Rib Mountain State Park, Wausau, Wisconsin #BlueSkyArtShow #vertical

Rocky forest scene with birch trees, yellow and orange leaves and a little blue sky visible.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Rib Mountain State Park, Wausau, Wisconsin

Forest floor with tiny bright red oak tree in foreground, orange leaves all over the ground, tree trunks with bright orange leaves.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Typing in MS Word this morning and it gives the word "ontologist" a red underline. It underlines it here as well as I type. All I can think is the word is uncommon enough that these apps want to be sure I don't mean something else. Or maybe they need an ontologist?

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The Wisconsin Dragonfly Society at Bug Day at Wehr Nature Center. We had a great time again this year sharing bug love with the kids and families! #WisconsinDragonflySociety #dragonfly

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Death is the only constant, universal, final, and unavoidable thing we all share, yet it continues to throw me for a loop. Every damn time. My cordless shop vac died this morning while I was cleaning, and even that hurt and surprised me. At least it can be revived, recharged.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Huckleberry’s cat food bag says that it is made with “farm raised” chicken. Interesting choice of adjective. What other kind of chicken is there? Feral chicken? Pet chicken? Retired circus chicken?

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #jagged I completed this quilt top yesterday, made out of scraps from my late brother's flannel shirts. I used no rules and let everything come together organically, jaggedly.

Crazy quilt made out of various plaids in teal, yellow, black, and white, with a few stripes in other colors as well.

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Ann G @antsy1.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Looking for help online in being better able to endure change. I am told to be flexible and accepting. This is circular. Me: How to accept change? Interwebs: Accept change! How do you accept change? I'm talking small things like the passing of time & big things like grief & all in between.

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