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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

awash in white springtime blossoms delight warm weather ‘petal’ storm #haiku #haikuSaturday #gardens #flowers #seasons #botany

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

life thrives within these trees mammals, insects, birds, fungi deadwood trees? hardly! #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #dendrology #trees #deadwood

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

They generally create grids like this. I watched one do this in my yard in Feb. They are delightful birds! 💚 (This is an Audubon photo not my own.)

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

it’s finally begun blooms today, blooms tomorrow spring has truly sprung #haikuSaturday #haiku #spring #flowers #botany #gardens

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

winter weather wanes softened forest wood reveals puff of spring-time snow #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #dendrology #mycology Reticularia lycoperdon: false puffball

Two shiny round 'puffs' on decaying wood

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Oh! I found a sweet one the other day. They must emerge day or night in spring?!

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Emma!!! As always, transformative! This is what my infant grandson was 'studying' yesterday!

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

beneath last year's leaves caterpillars, bugs and bees carry on with sleep so I'll hesitate before i grab the garden rake- spring cleaning can wait #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #invertebrates #insects #spring #gardening #leavetheleaves #homegrownnationalpark #xerces

scattering of dried leaves in dull colors

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

summer thundered through bursting buds, greening trees leaving spring breathless #haikuSaturday #haiku #springtime #flora #NewEngland #weather

Hint of poppy petals beneath the green bud shell

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Do you 💚 our 🌎? 🙏 follow @altnps.bsky.social. Our Forest Service is being gutted + they've initiated a huge movement w/ outsized support from major. Co.s. You can make the noise even louder by adding your support. @altnps.bsky.social has made it easy to 💬. No one sums it better than The Lorax!

Lorax quote: Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Web page featuring the names of 70 companies that are protesting the Forest Service restructuring.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

from places far-flung you come, and land feather-light on limbs green with spring #haikuSaturday #haiku #ornithology #seasons #migration #birds

Phoebe/fly catcher on a bare limb greening with spring color

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I don't usually shine a spotlight in my direction but I am proud that my inspired story was honored by #50PreciousWords judges. So much admiration and respect to everyone who entered! ❤️ to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #nationalparks #TheodoreRoosevelt #resist viviankirkfield.com/2026/03/31/5...

An image of a trophy with a blue ribbon citing #50PreciousWords Winners Circle banner.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

today . . . i'm torn between being a warrior and wanting to wander . . . away. #haikuSaturday #haiku #warrior #wander #nokings #poetry

Various skyward photos of clouds taken in a variety of places.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This was unexpected! BEES! I was still wearing my winter coat and yet ... what joy! As someone who tries to protect and provide for #invertebrates, seeing these sweet flowers can offer early sustenance, I am putting 'plant more crocus' on my autumn to-do list. #bees #insects #spring #getoutside

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

adorning branches yet to bloom, birdsong brightens first spring afternoon #haikuSaturday #haiku #spring #equinox #poetry #forests #newengland

Bright blue sky framed by bare branches of tall trees

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

wondering when snow's descent from solemn skies will cease i look up -- #haikuSaturday #haiku #winter #northeast #dendrology #woodland

ground up view of a large tree trunk into a swirl of bare branches and grey skies

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Looking forward to receiving my copy of this gorgeous book! #maryoliver #birds #goldfinch #poetry #picturebooks #kidlit www.melissasweet.net/goldfinches

Front cover of a picture book entitled Goldfinches. Background is bright pink with a bright yellow goldfinch sitting atop a thistle plant. The art is collage based by Melissa Sweet.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

in sand, seagrass dips and sways with ocean waves shoreline reflections #haikuSaturday #gulfofmexico #ocean #naturalart #haiku

Close up of dried seagrass wrapped with seaweed placed upright in the sand at the Gulf Of Mexico with a blurred ocean in the background.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

unwrapped leaf by leaf radiant in autumn light bold, beautiful - tree #haikuSaturday #haiku #tres #dendrology #audubon #arcadia #autumn

Bare-leaf tree in a green meadow with a mountain and blue sky backdrop in autumn

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

beneath starry skies buck-toothed builder carves frost moon on the wane #haikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #moon #beavers #ecology #rivers #trees

Tree trunk gnawed by a beaver on the river bank in the autumn

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

drought swept away in tumults of autumn rain river swells to life (same river, same hour, very different moods) #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #rivers #autumn #NewEngland

view of a swelled river in late autumn with bare and dark leafy trees and a cloudy sky

view of a rain filled river under bright blue skies and autumn colored leaves

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

among the fallen leaves autumnal woodland treasure deadwood mushrooms bloom #haikuSaturday #haiku #mycology #ecology #autumn #woodland

Cluster of small brown rounded mushrooms sprouting from deadwood on the forest floor

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

single fallen leaf a spark of inspiration Henri's second life #haikuSaturday #haiku #Matisse #nature #art (Matisse drew inspiration from nature and it is thought that some of the shapes in his scissor-paintings are reminiscent of oak leaves.)

Bur oak leaf turning from green to yellow.

Henri Matisse artwork: The Sheaf (La Gerbe) 1953. Leaf like cut out of several bright colors.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

If you’re scrolling, consider this an invitation to pause. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. 💚

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I love a fall garden. Next year I’m going to have a majority of fall blooms. Watching the bees guzzle the nectar right now makes me feel very happy.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I needed to share this moment of serenity. Maybe you needed this moment, too. #bumblebee #ecology #entomology #backyardgarden #joy

Lone bumblebee with sunlit wings feeding on a bright pink coneflower.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

scattered leaves for stars pearl puff mushroom, the moon forest floor - a universe #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #space #poetry #mycology #autumn

autumn leaves scattered on mossy forest floor

Large white puffball mushroom nestled in autumn leaves

panoramic view of a woodland in autumn in the later afternoon

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

reptile rises a gardener’s reminder ~ search before you step (harmless reptile - I'd never want to accidentally injure it by stepping into the boot unaware) #haikuSaturday #haiku #reptiles #swfl #backyard #gardens #gumboots #basilisk

juvenile brown basilisk climbs from the interior of a rubber garden boot

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

September garden lingers in late summer sun cricket song hums #haikuSaturday #backyard #gardens #entomology

Corner of a backyard flower garden - hostas, hydrangea, sedum, black-eyed susans, coneflower, juniper, daisies

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Celebrating #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience with this NEW novel in verse by @jeannineatkins.bsky.social ! Cannot wait to dive in! Jeannine's words are always 'just right' to inspire and transport me to another time, another life, another amazing woman. #kidlit #STEM #womeninscience

Cover for novel in verse: Green Promises: Girls Who Loved The Earth by Jeannine Atkins.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It's #haikuSaturday, Bluesky. If you are inspired to share a three line poem post it with the # so we can share some ❤️. ALL are welcome in this lovely weekly ritual. Photos/art are optional.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Floating this idea in the #kidlit Universe - I'd love a course focused on #picturebook comps - Ideally focused on different types of picture books with recently published titles. Or maybe not even a course just an astute person in the #kidlit world who puts out regular videos of the how-to kind.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So cute! And look - almost twins! (The black pup is my son's.) ❤️

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

the silence of gulls the roll waves drown the din of worldly chatter #gulfofmexico #haikuSaturday #haiku #gulls #birds

laughing gull with tilted head on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico

the Gulf of Mexico on the coast of southwest Florida

resting gull on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico on the sands of southwest Florida

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

What is #haikuSaturday? A welcoming community of creators who share a three line poem expressing, describing, or reflecting thoughts or experiences. It's not about "brilliance'! 😉 It's a way to celebrate creativity and connection. Join with the # if you are inspired! Photos/art are optional.

Black vulture wings spread floating toward the camera

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It's Saturday, Bluesky. If you are feeling inspired to share what's on your mind in a three line poem, we'd love to share some ❤️, just include #haikuSaturday in your post. Take care of yourself and of each other. Art/photos are optional. All are welcome!

Sunrise in a cloud filled sky over a long grass field.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Happy #haikuSaturday, Bluesky! Please share your three line poem if you are inspired. Let's add some shine this mid-January weekend! Include the # so we can share some ❤️! Art/photos are optional. All welcome! #shine #uplift

Bright blue sky over a snow covered field.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Happiness is . . . mail from a talented friend to brighten up this cloudy day! @teresarobeson.bsky.social is such an inspiration and kindred spirit and this beautiful calendar will remind me to try new things because one never knows what talents are waiting to be discovered! So glad I nabbed one!

An array of floral calendar pages for a desk top calendar flanked by pots of herbs.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Aw - thank you!!! That means a lot to me. I love winter 'nest' season! Although I am now down in FL for the rest of winter but I did find a new nest in my lawn ... there were a few baby rabbits tucked in there a few days ago!

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