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Quiz time! Pepper or tomato? Which is which? Both from my garden, grown from seeds that I've collected. Picked today. Answer in the alt text! 🌱

Two elongated reddish-orange, garden grown veggies. Pepper on right. Tomato on left. Both longer than my hand (not shown).

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Colton the fish sp💀💀ker 🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

40 years ago (October 7, 1986), Congress designated the rose as the floral emblem of the USA. This inarguably beautiful flower has many native species (often fragrant) that are irresistible pollinator magnets & should be a feature of every garden. Make plans to plant a native rose! #nativeplants 🌱

A pink, single-petaled rose has three bees and a beetle visiting the flower.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s #BannedBooksWeek, which means it’s the perfect time to dispel common myths and misconceptions about the prevalence and impacts of book bans across the United States. Here are five common myths about book banning that everyone should know the truth about 🧵

Gold-colored graphic depicting an illustration of a group of young people lounging in a book store, sitting on the hardwood floor, and reading books together. There are illustrations of bookshelves decorated with books, knick knacks, plants, and cactuses in the background. The graphic is titled “5 Myths You Should Know About Book Banning”.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I planted some too for the first time, but nothing yet!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fall asters of unknown variety.🌱 #MagentaMonday ##Bloomscrolling

Magenta flowers with a yellow center blooming in front of white cosmos. Japanese maple that is starting to turn red in the background.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I haven't scrapped Dewey, but added this signage in my elementary library. It definitely boosted circulation. 📚

Library shelves with books separated with black dividers that show subjects and a picture graphic.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Had some visitors this morning. They took a nibble here and there before my dog scared them off. 🌱

3 fawns taking a stroll through front garden. Zinnias blooming in the foreground, and cosmos behind among various other plants that have finished blooming. Fawn in the middle is nibbling something, while siblings on either side keep watch.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📚 Boosting this thread to the Skybrarians feed!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Have to admit I used to mix the two of you up!

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GoodFun @riverroxx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is NOT Normal weather!

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Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Ministry of Tourism has stated that over 300 foreign tourists are missing in today's flood.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

1 Simpsons, 10 Flintstones, 12 Minions, 13 South Park

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This evening watching The Tragically Hip’s Last Performance Ten Year Anniversary #CanCon

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've been saving and planting seeds from a packet of nasturtium for about 5 years now, and they've always been reddish-orange, so was very surprised by this color variation. 🌱

Two yellow blooms with orange specks in the bottom center of each petel rising above round green leaves of a nasturtium plant.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Do you wrap in newspaper? Keep in wood shavings? Pine needles? I wrap my canna tubers in newspaper and keep in a box in my basement and they always survive, though smaller ones do dry out.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

First time growing dahlia! Gift from a friend. Now, I will have to figure out how to save the tuber for next year. 🌱 #BloomScrolling

Peach colored Dahlia Bracken Palomina, with pink zinnias and white cosmos in the background. A tiny fly sits on a petal in the lower left corner of the dahlia.

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Announcing Shapegrams Junior! 🥳 Self-checking picture puzzles made for K-3 with 7 ways to play from Snappy to Tricky. Read all about it! shapegrams.com/hi-shapegrams-junior

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Well, hello there! Thought I had lost this astilbe in our hot, dry weather, but there it is! 🌱 #Bloomscrolling

Pink clustered bloom of an unknown variety of astilbe next to a couple of green leaves to the left. Fireweed leaves in the foreground.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good eye! Yes it is fur, but I put it there. Was hoping that my dog's fur would dissuade any further activity in this garden bed. But alas, the culprit returned again and ate a third marigold plant. Only had 3 in that bed, so hopefully doesn't go for the tomatoes next.

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StLuGal @stlugal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Jagged Little Pill. Alanis Morissette.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I do have a lot of earwigs around, but have never seen them strip an entire plant, blooms and all!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Something came back last night and ate from another marigold plant. Just got a couple of stems this time, and another flower. Camera didn't catch anything. 🌱

Marigold plant with 1 orange bloom and 1 unopened bud. Three branches have been stripped of all their leaves.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

There are a lot of squirrels in my neighborhood! Didn't know they ate flowers. Have a wildlife camera set up tonight to see if anything comes back.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

They are kind of cute though!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Have never seen any rabbits around, but we do have rats and other small rodents.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Deer is a possibility but nothing else was touched. Also they usually don't go in fenced backyard because of my dog! Had to look up peccaries, we don't have them here in BC, Canada !

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

What could have obliterated this marigold overnight? Caterpillar? 🌱

Marigold plant with only a jagged branched stem remaining. Tomato plant in background.

Marigold plant with a single blooming orange flower and an unopened bloom. This is next to the eaten one.

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In YARN IS EVERYTHING! by Aaron Reynolds w/art by Peter Brown, an enchanted crochet hook levels up crochet artist Winona Mole's craft, but will there be an unexpected cost? A cautionary tale both creepy & comedic w/the right amount of horror for young & striving readers. #kidlit @ssedlib.bsky.social

Cover of YARN IS EVERYTHING! chapter book by Aaron Reynolds with art by Peter Brown. A gray mole wrapped in teal yarn and holding a teal crochet hook glows against a gray background.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Close up of a honey bee on my Globe Thistle. A great drought tolerant plant that can withstand the heat of our summers.🌱

Honey bee exploring the blue/purple bloom of a Globe Thistle

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I really wish I could grow these. Have tried twice, and both bushes failed. The extreme swings in temperature in the last few years are to blame.

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Agatha Chocolats @agathachocolats.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. #sixwordstory #WritingCommunity

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

THE LIBRARIANS has been nominated for an Emmy Award! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: The Librarians, 2026 - 78th Emmy Awards

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Colton the fish sp💀💀ker 🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

SO there are some giant redcedars in the Land Board Park waaay out in the sticks. This grove is a small group of trees so large that the Idaho Land Board (the group in charge of dictating forestry policy in Idaho) decided to spare them from harvest and to name them after themselves 🙄. 1/7

A photo of a sign designating the land board park protrudes from a heavy leafy understory in front of a couple large Western red cedars. The sign says:

"LAND BOARD PARK
This grove of ancient cedars has been dedicated for enjoyment and use of future generations by the state of Idaho.
The Jordan tree standing below the road is estimated to be over 1,000 years old. It measures 17 feet in diameter and is thought to be the largest cedar tree in Idaho."

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Chris Hamilton @wanderinglapwing.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m attempting to have the most liked photo on Bluesky Monarch Butterfly at Hobbiton, New Zealand. All reposts and likes welcome Real photography over AI. #photography

A Monarch butterfly is pollinating a flower. The flowers are all in full bloom. There is a small yellow door, an entrance to a small house.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm going to take cuttings of a few more things to try. You're right - it will either work or it won't. Doesn't hurt to try!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My dog, who still occasionally tramples my plants.

Medium sized dog, tan with white, standing in front of an orgeon grape bush.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Last year I took a cutting, and planted in the fall for a second plant. I didn't think it would work, but it's doing pretty well. My first attempt at cuttings.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In 2020 I bought this hydrangea and also got a new puppy. The puppy quickly created a path over the newly planted hydrangea. I moved it two years ago, and it has finally recovered from being stamped on 🌱.

Cutting of Tuff Stuff Hydrangea, surrounded by stakes and yellow string to protect it from my dog.

Original location of hydrangea is marked by two stones left of planter sitting on an old tee stump. Planter has purple petunias and red geraniums.

Original Tuff Stuff hydrangea in new location. Open pink blooms surround tiny closed pinkish buds.

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I might look into adding this. It's not native, but it had so many pollinators on it this morning. And it's deer resistant, which I always need!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I think you're right! It was growing so well under a tree. I think I need to get some!

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I think you're right with Filipendula Queen of the Prairie, and the last one is Masterwort. I don't think the 2nd flower is verbena. I'm thinking maybe Betony?

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Enjoyed a nice garden walk today in a recently reopened public garden. Here are a few pictures of "new-to-me" plants in bloom. If anyone knows what they are, let me know! 🌱 #Bloomscrolling

Tall feathery, pink flower clumps rise above light green leaves.

Hot pink flower clusters contrast against green foliage.

White with a hint of pink button-like flowers on tall stems.

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.com · 28/06/2026

Some Sunday Black Boy Joy

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Kelly Kaloti @kaloti.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

So they were clearly two different types, so maybe that's why one grew faster than the other? Though I am sure that I had potted the yellow one too deep initially. 🌱

Two potted begonia plants. On the left, a red bloom peeks above burgundy leaves, while the smaller plant on the right has green leaves with yellow bloom just starting to emerge.

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Jene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.social · 20/06/2026

🌱 roll that beautiful bee footage

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