Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 9hStorm front rolling in. I was on the way to an appointment and just had to pull off the road and take a picture of the road behind me. #storm #nature #naturephotography #clouds 3192
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This winter squash (Borchardt’s Wonder, Cucurbita maxima) is still putting out blossoms. Maybe it knows something about fall and winter here in Minnesota that I don’t know. 🌱 #nature #naturephotography #bloomscrolling 3482
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sunrise this morning was just gorgeous! #sunrise #nature #naturephotography 0210
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the delicate little white blossom on the chickweed (Stellaria genus). The plants are delicious in salads, soups, stews and eaten as they are picked. They do taste somewhat like corn on the cob. 🌱 #nature #nativeplants 1315
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was walking in the woods and saw this beautiful closed bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii It is a native plant, but just haven’t seen one in here in Minnesota. They are pretty low to the ground, so suspect they were there, but just didn’t see them. 🌱 #nature #nativeplants #Minnesota 0535
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A doe at the corner of the hayfield in the late afternoon light with tall bright meadow grass in the fore field. #nature #naturephotography #wildlife 0172
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌱 #nature High bush cranberries. They are typically picked after the first frost. The bush is beautiful in spring, summer, fall and winter. It is one of my favorite native Minnesota bushes to plant in the yard. There are twice as many roots as shoots with branches. Pheasants love the berries 1252
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Monarch butterfly on asters. The asters were dripping with butterflies. It was such a sight. 🌱 #nature #butterflies #nativeplants 1645
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) in amongst the round hay bales in the east hayfield. 🪶 #nature #birds 0221
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The lowly nettles plant is just beautiful. I eat the spring greens (picked with gloves) and parboiled. They are delicious! 🌱 #nature #foraging #nativeplants 0191
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Water lily Such vivid white and yellow blossoms. They smell wonderful if you are able to get close enough without falling in the lake. #bloomscrolling #flowers #nature 1281
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Helophilus fasciatus (hoverfly) pollinating goldenrod. They mimic bees, but don’t have stingers and have large eyes and small antennae. 🌱 #nature 0312
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Damselfly on goldenrod in late afternoon, early evening light. 🌱 #nature 0371
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Jewelweed bedecked with glistening early morning dew. 🌱 #nature #bloomscrolling 0313
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Hello spring, I remember you. Quiet joy in flower form. 1200
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A white tail doe was snooping too close to a wild turkey. First the turkey fluffed its feathers, then fanned its tail, then flew up in the doe’s face. 🪶🦃 #nature #bird 1244
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Metallic green bee on a crimson-eyed rosemallow 🌱 #nature 1321
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026There was a bobcat hunting in our yard early this morning! The squirrel narrowly escaped. 🌱 #nature #wildlifephotography 6876
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The Lilies are blooming here in Minnesota. 🌱 #nature 🌸 #bloomscrolling 2648
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026North Shore of Lake Superior woods walk 🌱 #nature #woods #walk #lakesuperior 0281
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Tall bluegrass on the lakeshore (in green) 🌱 #nature 0241
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Tall meadow grass shimmering with dewdrops in the morning sun. 🌱 #nature 0201
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Three different insects on Mirabilis with the stunning pink blossoms. The striped antennae give one insect away. 🌱 #nature #insects 0200
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Wild rose with a bright green fern backdrop that is totally out of focus with the depth of field from the 600mm lens. 🌱 #nature #photography 0211
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Wild lupine (Lupinus perennis), resplendent in shades of purple. I hope to see a Karger Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)this summer with all of the wild lupine. I did see one in this field a few summers ago. 🌱 #nature 1756
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Delicate little blossoms of Prunus tomentosa (a type of hardy cherry that will grow here in Minnesota). 🌱 #nature 1362
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026More photos of the fox kits in my back yard. I make noise going out the door as I certainly don’t want to surprise the vixen. 🌱 #nature 0497
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There is a fox den 40-50 feet from my house. The five baby fox are fun to observe (from inside). They are digging up a new garden area around an old stump. 🌱 1410
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Azalea with sunlight filtering through the petals 🌱 #nature 0311
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Such a delicate little Virginia Spring Beauty. Visiting Ohio and the wildflowers are just so wonderful right now. In some forests, the woods floor is carpeted with Virginia Spring Beauties 🌱 #nature 1453
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Trout lilies Visiting Ohio (much warmer than central Minnesota) and there are so many flowers! A spring reprieve 🌱 #nature 0271
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A brilliant bronze-orange sunrise just after ice out on the lake 🌱🌅 #nature #sunrise 210517
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Turkey tail mushrooms (Trametes versicolor) on an old birch tree. 🌱 #nature 🍄🟫🍄 0231
Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Making tea with clean snow, turkey tail mushroom and white pine needles #nature 0161
