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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've had a Prius since 2013 & I just learned there is a Tire Pressure System reset button right above my knee while I drive.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's spooky puzzle season! 'Ghost Express' Artist: Claire Wilson

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another watch for calm: hummers (mostly Allen's) bathing in a fountain. Love watching them put their tiny chests into that bubble of water. Via: Alyssa's Nature Sanctuary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eHr...

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😍 CUTENESS OVERLOAD! So Many Beautiful Hummingbirds Taking Their Morning Baths! 💦

YouTube video by Alyssa's Nature Sanctuary

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you're free this time tomorrow, you can join this free webinar to learn about prairie birds! And I did get confirmation-- it'll be recorded and put on YouTube afterward, if you want to view it that way instead! Also, this foundation has really solid anti-AI policies for presenters that rock <3

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Do other bakers talk to their dough or just me? We just had a convo about the humidity. (The dough responding with cohesion, not words).

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Awww, the clerk at our tiny post office went to fetch a special stamp because she felt it would look pretty on the envelope I was mailing. #Grateful

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As good a morning as every morning for this poem by Molly Brodak.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So many turtles seen during today's walk. No scale in photos but trust me they were huge! Snapper & soft shelled pics.

Large American snapping turtle with long neck and tail extended swimming in murky pond water w/ long green algea all about.

Soft shelled turtle swimming away w/head raised to showcase long snout. Murky pond water & thick green algea branches.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A single replacement fork for my daily silverware pattern bought when we got married is $36? It's like I'm old or something. 🤔

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

1st time trying heirloom apple St. Edmund's Russet.

Two small apples on a white background. The apples are a bronze gold color.

An apple cut into 3 sections. Two sections show a white interior with a light green inner ring and seeds. One section is face down showing the bronze gold exterior.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Met some antlered white tail deer on today's walk. Plus a pair of youngsters helping themselves to seed from the birdfeeder at the nature center.

A white tailed deer with typical points looks at the camera. The deer is standing among leafy green foliage with small trees providing shade.

A deers head is sticking out among green prairie plants and eating from a soon-to-be-empty tube style birdfeeder.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Whew! Grateful to Ameren crew for getting our power back on quickly. Glad to have issue now instead of this afternoon with its forecast of 105 heat index.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Didn't see many birds during our afternoon walk in the local park; but we did see a mink in the creek! No pic because I was too surprised. 1st time to see one.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just discovered Hiromi will be doing a show here in April! #DayMade #Jazz #Krannert www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnIS...

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Hiromi: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

wtf godzilla movies are my faves. Artist Kukul Art Via www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ku...

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I am disappointed Texas Bar Brawl Jam does not even contain Texas bourbon (kentucky!) let alone moonshine. Is this what starts the fight?

Glass jar with gold lid & white label with cozy drawing of happy red barn & a no doubt well loved light blue truck & the words: TEXAS BAR FIGHT BOOZY JAM

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

So busy looking up at birds during our morning walk we almost missed this snapping turtle laying her eggs next to the trail.

Young female turtle with pointed nose & gray shell on green plants & dirt.

Back end of gray turtle showing jagged edge of shell which is one of id marks of snapping turtles

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

That graceful climb into the nest box 😄

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My drink at Parcadia: Magical mini-golf

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My brother just bought a soap called 'Chewbacca' at the farmers mkt. Too many "something smells like a wet wookie" jokes incoming

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

1st strawberries of the season from the farmers mkt

Bright red berries with green stems attached inside a blue-green box

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Notice from Blink camera update. Thank you, Illinois!

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Delightful spring puzzle. 'Joyful' by Julie Seabrook Ream. 1000 piece from Galison. #JigsawPuzzle

Cut flowers in hues of red and gold laid out against a white background

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Lovely visit from a pair of male red breasted grosbeaks this morning.

Brown Hopper style bird feeder with green roof. On left side of feeder a bird with black upper parts & white lower parts + red triangle bib on chest is facing left. Similar bird on right side of feeder. All against a green background of a yard that needs to be mowed.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Darn, @velomcb.bsky.social, too soon for you. Maybe there will be a stench next month.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Instructions for making mosquito-killing buckets. Cheap, effective, and won't harm butterflies, fireflies, pets, or birds like pyrethroid sprays do. Spring is a great time to set them out. #mosquitoes colinpurrington.com/2024/08/bti-...

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Bti honeypot traps for killing mosquito larvae » Colin Purrington's blog

An easy way to kill thousands of mosquitoes each summer is to set out a container of water, add a handful of leaves or hay, then drop in 1/4 of a Mosquito Dunk, a compressed, shelf-stable form of Baci...

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Bob @rubybob.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Here was the best sign I saw at the Urbana, IL NO KINGS event today.

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thrashiva.bsky.social @thrashiva.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Some of the greatest hits from #NoKings in Urbana, IL today

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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Good morning! ☀️

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A mother and daughter in Kentucky have rejected multimillion-dollar offers for their land, offers made by an anonymous tech company trying to build a data center. Ida Huddleston has turned down $4,260,000. Her daughter turned down $22,224,000. www.lex18.com/news/coverin...

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Mason County mother, daughter reject millions as data center land dispute continues

A mother and daughter in Mason County are rejecting multimillion-dollar offers for their land as a proposed data center project continues to move forward, and they say they're not budging.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Yay, Athena is back at the Wildflower Center! Today could use some good news.

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Looney Labs @looneylabs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Are you ready for the tail-waggin' newest edition of the card game of ever-changing rules? Dog Fluxx is bounding into game stores on March 3rd with New Rules, new Actions, & clever Creepers plus 11 Keeper Dogs & fun new Goals for a crazy canine card game bonanza! Is it 3/3 yet?

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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

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Purple BirdHouse @purplebirdhouse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Hurry up spring migrants my brain tissue is fading

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