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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fall colors in the Sylvania Wilderness in the Upper Peninsula of #Michigan on a delightful backpacking trip in late September.

Blazing orange-red maple trees light up the shoreline of a lake. There are a few evergreen trees. All are reflected in the clear blue. The sky is blue.

A pale green tent and a red-brown tent are in the shade of an old-growth forest comprised of deciduous trees with yellow leaves and a few evergreen trees. A clear blue sky is beyond the leaves. Dappled sunlight reaches the forest floor in a few places. A blue lake is just beyond the trees.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

#FingerpostFriday. Eoligarry Circuit was a splendid! Stunning wildflowers, beaches, and headlands. I’d hike this again!

Hikers make the turn by a trail marker on a grassy meadow under a bluesky.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hike to top of Rueval on Benbecula, part of the #HebrideanWay. Peat cuttings drying in the mid ground. Saw Bog Myrtle, Yellow Iris, and Marsh Thistle along the way. Incredibly windy at the top!

A cloudy sky, heavy with rain, looms over Rueval with its heathery and boggy slopes in dark green and yellow green. There are some chunks of peat that were cut and are drying.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Nice walk out to the Merkinch Nature Reserve for #fingerpostfriday in Scotland

Cloudy skies over a marsh with the tide out along a path with two signs.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Great Blue Heron at Baker Wetlands and a #Kansas sunset for your moment of Zen at the dimming of the day. Peace.

A Great Blue Heron skins over the surface of a pond at dusk. The pond is still and shows a reflection of the heron, neighboring trees, and the golden clouds.

The sky is orange and gray. Some leafed-out deciduous trees are highlighted by the setting sun and their reflection and a few ripples are on the pond’s surface.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Springtime in Wisconsin at Perrot State Park in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

The Mississippi River and several forested islands are surrounded by rocky bluffs. The sky is blue with some cumulus clouds.

Green leaves of Bloodroot with white flowers about to open up as the spring wildflowers poke up through the brown leaf litter of the forest floor.

Evening sunlight lights up a hillslope next to a calm bay.

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ItsFlanoy @itsflanoy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Finally seen in the wilds of #Kansas

A gas pump display for 87 octane gas shows a price of $3.309 per gallon. On the white face of the pump pointing to the price is a sticker of Donald Trump saying “I did that”.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The Flow by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social , is a thoughtful and engaging collection of experiences with rivers, springs, ecology, and grief. It makes me want to explore England and Wales. Highly recommend reading it for retired geology teachers or anyone interested in nature! #booklist

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A warm winter’s day in #Kansas with the gift of a good hike and a #sundog.

Orange-brown prairie grasses cover the crest of a ridge under a blue sky.

A bare tree on the shore of a still frozen lake points upward to a sundog in the blue sky. The sundog shows hints of red and orange.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

detectorists is a balm for soul in these troubling times.

Two men crouch on the grassy covered ground as they hold a shovel and metal detectors. The sky is blue. A cut-away into the ground shows some buried treasure.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Evening walk to Sanders Mound and the still icy Clinton Lake #Kansas

Stalks of golden prairie grasses lead the way to a hill overlooking an icy lake. The evening sunshine slants through thin, wispy clouds of a mostly blue sky.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...

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A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill

Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Feel. Do. And take care of yourself. Go for a walk and cleanse your soul. #Kansas #prairie at Mount Mitchell

A brilliant blue winter Kansas sky shows two hikers and their dog in silhouette. The fore and midground is composed of golden prairie grasses stretching 4 ft tall.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#Backpacking in late December in #Kansas So warm it is shirt-sleeve weather.

Scattered low-level clouds are reflected on a smooth, blue lake surface. The near shoreline consists of gray limestone blocks. The far shoreline is forested.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

It is a warm and foggy Christmas in Kansas. Missing My Mom and Dad. I did get out for hikes yesterday and today. Comforted by Thumper Kitty. #JoinIn

A green and purple ground cover plant in a rosette shape is covered in white, needles of dew that glisten along the fine hairs on the leaves of the plant.

A tiger tabby cuddles on a person’s legs across which is spread a soft, white blanket. The cat is looking at me with an expression that says “Hey, pay attention to me and rub my belly”. It is not a trap.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Pelicans taking a rest during their migration in Kansas. #pelicans

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I was approaching the line at the Aiken, South Carolina post office. The man at the end of the line turned toward me and we nodded hello. He was dashingly dressed in a turquoise coat and a purple scarf. The Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Really like my Kansas pharmacy.

A dark wood coffee table hosts a small planter with 4-6 plants and some magazines such as Bon Appetit. But the main thing is the paperback copy of “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder. That book is cream colored with red stripes near the binding.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Last day on the #IceAgeTrail in #Wisconsin for this trip. Skunk Cabbage ready to bloom on the Waupaca River Segment and a lovely bench on the Bohn Lake Segment.

A red skunk cabbage pushes up through the fragments of wood along the trail.

The lovely clear water of the river shows off the rocky and sandy stream bed. The floodplain is lined with deciduous trees not yet leafed out and a few conifers.

A gray, weatherbeaten wooden bench says “ Sit for a spell. Listen. Watch. Daydream. Just breathe.”

A wonderfully peaceful walk around Bohn Lake with conifers flanking a spur trail to the quiet, calm lake on a cloudy day.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Spring on the Mecan River Segment of the #IceAgeTrail

Clear water of the river shows the sand sediment load as the river meanders through its floodplain flanked by trees.

A deep red and greenish-yellow skunk cabbage pokes its pointed tip through last years fallen leaves.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Another fine day on the #IceAgeTrail . This listening hike went through the Skunk and Foster Lakes Natural Area.

Skunk Lake is calm as seen through the pine trees with a clear blue sky.

A tree with yellow rectangular blazes marking the trail stands in a ridge above a spring-fed lake that still has some winter ice covering part of the surface.

A few hikers move through the trees along the ridge top.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Hiking the New Hope to Iola segment of the #IceAgeTrail on a comfortably cool day. Lots of kettle lakes in this section.

A yellow rectangle on a tree marks the route of the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. There is a small, still kettle lake in the background and there is some ice at the far end.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This would be a great day for @darthbluesky.bsky.social to show up and ask “ Did I miss anything?”

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

May we find the courage that Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr exhibited in 1968 to protect those who are vulnerable.

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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 15/03/2025

The federal government has not reimbursed K-State for hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses related to its work on global food security. Cuts also affect hundreds of students abroad who were recruited to advance agriculture in their countries. Via Kansas News Service: lawrenceks.news/4hcVvga

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Hundreds of students abroad are caught up in USAID cuts to K-State food security programs

The federal government has not reimbursed K-State for hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses related to its work on global food security. The cuts also affect hundreds of students abroad who were...

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A walk in the woods reveals iron concretions, quartzite boulders in a stream, an animal track, and patterns in tree bark. #Kansas

A broken iron conception shows red, orange, purple, and yellow colors representing different states of oxidation. There are globular and tubular shapes of iron oxide in the conception.

A small creek runs through pink boulders of quartzite that were originally deposited by a continental ice sheet about 500,000 years ago. The banks of the creek are grassy and bare, deciduous trees flank the creek bank.

A track of a small mammal in dark mud looks like a handprint.

The rough texture of tree bark is long resembles rectangular fibers. The bark has an almost orange like color beneath the initial gray color.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Snow Geese at Perry Lake, Kansas

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Beach at Bernal Glacier in Patagonia last week.

Subrounded baseball to softball sized rocks at the water’s edge are green, red, and gray.

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Salena @salena.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Being judged for a 5 day camping trip.

A gray and tan tiger tabby cat with green eyes gives a look of condemnation to her staff.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Pointed and accurate comments from Walter Mondale’s words as stated by his son Ted.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Your agouti moment of zen, as seen near Monteverde, Costa Rica.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Meaningful year in the life as a man in his 60’s is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The lessons learned and imparted can apply to all, ill, retired, or not. Don’t pause your life, keep doing and living. Powerful story. 💙📚 #BookSky

The book cover has cranes flying across it with the book title and author’s name, Goodbye To Clocks Ticking, How We Live While Dying by Joseph Mininger

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#OptOutside at River Rise, O’Leno State Park, Florida.

Lichen in the shape of a cup. The lichen is tan with darker brown stripes.

A bright yellow flower with six petals and long, green bladed foliage.

The river rises from a spring after flowing underground for 3 miles. The water is dark from the tannins in it.Trees surround the rise and grow along side the river’s channel. Pointy knees (roots) of cypress trees stick up about 1-2 ft from the soil.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

November 15th in Kansas. You do your thing li’l Purple Poppy Mallow.

A bright magenta flower blooms amidst its green loved foliage and some fallen brown oak leaves.

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Lynne @lynnebeatty.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Dar Williams in Lawrence, Kansas last night to celebrate 30 years of Trail Mix with Bob McWilliams. Old favorites and new songs to ease the news of this past week and provide hope for the future. Go see her on tour and listen for a new song, The Olive Tree.

A woman on stage plays a guitar and sings.

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