Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I got a halfway decent picture of my patio panther for once. This is Buddy, age 6+. Touching is not allowed, but he plays far more energetically than my lazy indoor cats. 092
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A trailer for one dog, a bakfiets for the other! idk how practical it would be, but it would be very cute. 010
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The first picture doesn't do justice to the colors of these sea shells. They are all shades of rich tyrian purple. 021
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I googled "flat-bottomed sharks" to try and remember what this group of sharks was called, unsuccessfully. 120
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I found the headless birds in the collection kind of creepy, but the colors of the feathers are undeniably stunning. 110
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It didn't photograph that well, but the way these look like they were dusted with blue glitter was so lovely. 110
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It was fascinating looking at all the variation in these crabs. 110
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Went to the local museum yesterday and they had this incredible exhibit called Exquisite Creatures by Christopher Marley. Here are some of my favorite pieces. 272
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Getting ready for bed in the basement with a dog, two cats, and a goat. 0150
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Yeah, my brother's dog is curled up sadly in the basement. One of the cats meanwhile is watching fireworks out the window. 1140
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It was nice hanging out watching them in a pool until it got cold, but damn, I can see why people who have a problem with fireworks really have a problem with fireworks. 110
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I'm in Chicago, and the number and quality of fireworks in the neighborhood could have supplied multiple professional shows. A thick haze hangs in the sky. I assume we have hours left to go. 120
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Escaped from the party to hang out with these sweet tuxedoed gentlemen. 040
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Here's some more fungus I saw walking back from the bus stop. 020
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Someone already fucked with this fairy ring, and some poor dude was just about to mow it. There was a big dead owl face down in the grass 10-15 yards down the street, too. 130
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Almost got hit in the crosswalk by an SUV making a left turn just this morning. 120
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 26/05/2026How many caterpillars can one milkweed plant support? I've heard a lot of stories about people desperately trying to buy more later in the season when their caterpillars have eaten everything. Maybe you can encourage people to buy multiples. 010
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 01/05/2026"When it is ripe, the squirting cucumber will detach from the stem and shoot out its seeds in a high-pressure jet of mucus. In only 30 milliseconds, it can send its seeds about 65-feet-per second. How it achieves this feat has stumped scientists for centuries." www.popsci.com/science/cucu...popsci.comHigh-speed camera catches cucumber squirting seeds at 65 feet-per-secondThe 'great botanical enigma' has been cracked. 140
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This is a common misconception. It's only squirting cucumbers, Ecballium elaterium, that benefit from naked young men, not the pickling staple Cucumis sativus. 140
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 07/03/2026The thing is that my glasses are for mild myopia and I can't read with them on. I don't do a lot of outdoor reading, but when I do I guess I usually sit in the shade. 010
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I stopped wearing sunglasses when I got glasses. I did dig out an old pair, but the lenses were trashed. 120
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 27/02/2026It's 70 out so I thought I would sit outside and read, but the light reflecting off the page was unbearable. It probably doesn't help that I've been living like a mole person for the better part of a year. 140
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Now that it's gotten cold, Junior and Blizzard have started doing cute snuggles. Poor Fluffy is the third wheel. 050
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I don't have experience with it, but you could try bluing. 110
Reposted by DoraErin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2025In 2016, Jane Goodall spoke at the International Primatological Society meetings. She closed her talk asking everyone to thank the primates we studied not with applause, but with their calls. And so a room full of Very Eminent Primatologists made delighted monkey noises to Jane Goodall. ⚱️🐒🧪🌍 515647
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I think it's swords you're supposed to throw into lakes. Perhaps you can trade. 020
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I enjoy the Mako but the Hammerhead is my archnemesis. 110
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I'm in for a breast exam and the gown they gave me is so small that if I pull it tight I'm still bare from nipple to nipple. 130
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Saw this unfamiliar but dapper-looking beetle when harvesting catnip to dry. inaturalist pegged it as a burning blister beetle, which doesn't sound like a bug to mess with. I looked it up and they do blister your skin and you absolutely do not want to eat them. Horses have died from eating too many. 040
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 03/07/2025They're hoping for a repeat of the 1928 Lake Okeechobee hurricane. 040
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I went out with a flashlight to pick raspberries for my cheesecake and immediately got dive-bombed by moths. Worth it, but I don't think I'm going to make a habit of midnight gardening. 140
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 25/06/2025A baby raccoon just honked threateningly at me. Really didn't expect him to make that sound or be that determined to get at the cat food. 030
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I just came across this article the other day. It's for Chicago, so idk if any of these species will be native for you, but it's got good info on pots and soil, and maybe you can find something similar for your new area. wildones.org/native-plant...wildones.orgNative Plants for Urban Balconies - Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural LandscapesWild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant commu... 120
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 24/06/2025If it helps, a lot of native plants, ones that don't have a taproot, will do just fine being moved, even over and over again. It's work, but it takes experience growing a plant to maturity to figure out where it's going to look and grow well. 020
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Consider renting a sod cutter. A manual one is cheap but incredibly hard work. Gas-powered one is more expensive, but it's easier than digging up grass with a shovel and much faster than killing your grass by smothering it. 100
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 22/06/2025If you want to do further comparison, there was an episode of American Experience several years ago. 000
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 04/06/2025#flowerreport is a thing, but you should start #pollinatorreport and get people talking about what's buzzing. For me it's the borage^ and very last blooms of the baptisia*. 010
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 03/06/2025illinoiswildflowers.info is great for Illinois. I also check the range maps on prairiemoon.com. If you want something that will return a result for non-natives, too, there's missouribotanicalgarden.orgillinoiswildflowers.infoIllinois Wildflowers 041
Dora @humdrumspider.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I think I have a hori hori knife buried in a raised bed, but I can't find it. 000
