Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Breaks my heart. And they have targeted some of the few remaining ancient groves of truly awesome trees not in national parks. These are the core reserves of the old ecosystem and can help regenerate a natural adaptation to a human-driven world. Here is a photo on one of the targeted places. 2227
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Smoke in the Willamette Valley from distant fires. There have always been fires, but the frequency and expansiveness of Western fires is related to climate change. And the Trump/Heritage Foundation GOP does not give a damn. To them, nature is just a low-value commodity. Unforgivable. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Monsoon rains hit Las Cruces, New Mexico last night. The clarity of the morning is lovely. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 04/07/2026No wind here, so the picture is not very dramatic, but having recently read a book about Martin Luther King, Jr, I know progress is possible. Have a good 4th. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Pulling out tansy this morning. The yellow flowers are kind of pretty, but it’s a noxious invasive. Kind of unusual for me to be managing it before it goes to seed. Not often I am ahead on such chores. Weird. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Grant County, Oregon, home to around 7,300, just renewed funding their only library. With one of the oldest and most conservative populations in the state, this vote shows how Americans of all stripes value an informed public. Grant County is a beautiful and interesting place, worth a visit. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Evening is settling on our little farm after an unseasonably hot day. It’s an earth worth fighting for 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The flower seed farm outside of Silverton, Oregon helps one remember that our social complexity can still reward beauty. Takes hard work and creativity to prosper in that business. Glad they allow us to see their fields. Phone photos do not do this place justice. Hard to capture 5-10acre fields 110
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Went off-line for over two weeks. Came back to the same world where Trump absorbs all the media attention with his purposeful provocations and prevarications. But it was nice to return home and see this old oak. Persistence matters. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 05/04/2026If you are ever in Los Pintos, New Mexico, be sure to have a drink in the old Buckthorn Saloon, and visit the museum. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A super-collaborative mural in Silver City, New Mexico. Inspired by Greta Thunberg. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Early morning in las Cruces, New Mexico. May you all find some joy today. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 12/03/2026 Trump admin is considering logging on some BLM lands that are extraordinarily beautiful and ecologically important. I personally love the “Valley of the Giants”, east of Salem and pictured here. To help to save these spots, act by March 23. Go to: act.biologicaldiversity.org/5E-gjTsTuE22... 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Nice Oregon sunset. Looking forward to when I can fly the American flag with pride in our government. I still put it up for demonstration days, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day and whenever true patriots stand up to despotic behavior. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Morning full moon in Winter. This is when owls and hawks cross paths. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 30/12/2025And now the end of the day. So goes life on Pumpkin Hill. Enjoy your evening. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Meanwhile, here in Benton County, Oregon, our “Democratic” commissioners voted 2-1 to allow Phoenix-based Republic Services to expand the second-largest dump in the state even more. Here is an undoctored pic, it has a worthy label. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Trump supports Tucker Carlson’s support for Nick Fuentes, and gets a very pleasant “thank you, Mr. President” from the neo-Nazi, who dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Meanwhile Trump and the Right keep call universities anti-Semitic. George Orwell must be sitting next to Project 2025 on their desks. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Ah, time to pull up this zucchini plant. It served us well, providing plenty of to our family, friends, chickens and goats. Time to drink more coffee … 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Beautiful Willamette Valley morning. May the Ukraine and Jamaica find their way to better times soon. 021
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Early September. Glad to see our replanted pollinator garden blooming. Have a pleasant day. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 05/08/2025A cool morning here. The wisps of mist in the bottoms hint that Summer will not last. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Love this old oak. Probably was on our little farm before white settlers came to Oregon. 040
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Time for some plants. This grove of quaking aspen does not really belong on the Willamette valley, but they are the best to look at when you lay in our hammock. We go native quite a bit elsewhere. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Sometimes you just having to look up towards the canopy. You might just see a grosbeak or oriole …. Not this morning, though. 010
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 22/06/2025It’s proper weather in Oregon, as long as we get dry soon enough. But not all people agree on weather… 110
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Feeding time for GOP and major contributors. An invitation to dinner with Mr. Trump comes later. What could possibly go wrong? 110
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Crooked River, Oregon. A worthy place our Bureau of Land Management oversees as a Wild and Scenic River. Let’s hope it never gets sold out. 000
Landpride @mph-9.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Public lands: they are mine, they are yours, and they are future Americans’. We owe the future the recreational opportunities, the beauty, and the ongoing evolution of our natural ecosystems. Their stewardship will be one of our key legacies. Worth fighting for. 000