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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My annual pilgrimage to to the Migmatite “mixed rock” of Archean Eon gneiss intruded a billion plus years later by Proterozoic Eon granitic rock at the Stevens Point, Wisconsin, dam. Never gets old-pun fully intended. #geology #rocks #nature #earthscience #Wisconsin #geoscience

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Fern ☀️🌈🌿 @fernyfarms.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"Dame's Rocket", if I ID'd correctly. I found a Penn State Extension article that said that they'll take over a flower bed - can confirm. I was fine with it this year because I didn't have anything else planted there, but they gotta go before they spread any further #bloomscrolling #nwpa #invasive

A cluster of four-petaled pinky-purple flowers with squiggly long seed pods growing from the stem below them. More pods are in the background, in the upper- and lower-left corners.

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wait for it every year-our wisteria blossoms here in Wausau, Wisconsin, farther north than they are supposed to grow, reminding me of my early days in South Carolina. #bloomscrolling #flowers #plants #gardening #nature #Wisconsin #SouthCarolina

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Pinks to brighten this not-so-pretty volcanogenic metasediment specimen from our rock pile. About 1.8 billion years old, give or take, its ash layering tells of awesome times past in what would become Wisconsin. #bloomscrolling #gardening #rocks #geology #flowers #plants #rockgardens #nature

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Oh no! How did this Dame’s Rocket, listed as an invasive species here in Wisconsin, invade our garden?! Pretty. But it’s gone now. #invasivespecies #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #plants #botany #nature

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This boulder in our yard in Wausau, Wisconsin, is lower Proterozoic felsic metavolcanic, but I haven’t noticed until now the blue lichen or the tiny yellow ones. Someone, please tell me what’s dining on our rock. #lichen #rocks #gardening #geology #bloomscrolling #nature #geoscience #botany

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The first iris blossom and first pinks of the season. #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling ##gardening

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

While digging out invasive Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) I happened upon, and did not awaken, this fawn that was sleeping like . . . well, a fawn. And so it was quitting time. #nature #outdoors #wildlife #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowers #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Like an itinerant preacher on a revival circuit, our Jack-In-The-Pulpit has returned again. #nature #flowers #wildflowers #gardening #outdoors #bloomscrolling

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Jacob’s ladder, yellow trillium, and pulmonaria are looking in good in wonderful spring weather that has finally found its way to Wausau, Wisconsin. #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #outdoors #Wisconsin #Wausau #gardening #plants

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Our crabapple is in fine springtime form this year. #nature #outdoors #bloomscrolling #flowers #trees ##Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

American white pelicans stopping on Lake Wausau in Wisconsin on their migratory route. #birds #nature #outdoors #Wisconsin #Wausau #birdmigration #springtime

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Fun hike at the base of Safford Peak outside Tucson. The rocks here are rhyolite, but I’m clueless as to the blue-gray, the chartreuse, and the rust colored lichens. Please feel free to weigh in. #lichen #moss #bloomscrolling #rocks #geology #nature #outdoors #earthsystems

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

While hiking in the Saguaro National Park - West Tucson Mountain District I spotted my head-and-shoulders favorite saguaro. #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #outdoors #cactus

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Said the mountain to the boulder “what’s eatin’ you?” #lichen #moss #flowers #bloomscrooling #rocks #geology

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Congratulations to Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team for their great win over UConn! Good luck against the Bruins! #SouthCarolinaGamecocks #basketball #collegehoops

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Wow, looky here - we’ve got a crocus here in Wausau, Wisconsin, that the deer have not yet found! Are the stars lined up, or what?! #outdoors #nature #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling #Wausau #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Now that the polar vortex has gone back to Canada where it belongs (no offense to our Canadian friends) and the temperature has finally moderated, conditions and trail grooming at WinMan Trails near Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, are superb! #outdoors #Wisconsin #crossCountrySkiing #NordicSkiing

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The Marathon County Historical Society’s new building now under construction-the John and Carolyn Sonnentag Archive Center-will allow us to continue to collect, preserve, and display the history of Marathon County for decades to come. #MarathonCounty #Wausau #Wisconsin #history

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New snow and fresh XC skate deck and classic tracks made for a fun ski at Minocqua Winter Park. #outdoors #nature #CrossCountrySki #NordicSki #winter #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Here’s what you don’t see: the San Gabriel Mountains thanks to the atmospheric river flowing inland from the Pacific Ocean. #nature #outdoors #clouds #weather #mountains #California

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

“Look here,” she said nonchalantly to herself, “I can turn my head all the way to the right and look over my left side. Bet you can’t do that.” #nature #outdoors #wildlife #Wisconsin #MarathonCounty #Wausau

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

She has survived Wisconsin’s gun season, too. Question: Will we see another fawn in about 7 months? #nature #outdoors #wildlife #Wisconsin #MarathonCounty #Wausau

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Firm, level, and icy tracks made for fast classic XC skiing at Nine Mile Forest on December 17. Members of the Wausau Nordic Ski Club had a fun outing. I’m hoping the snow keeps on falling. #CrossCountrySkiing #NordicSkiing #Outdoors #Nature #Wausau #MarathonCounty #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

First cross country ski outing of the season. WinMan, located in Winchester, Vilas County, has a boatload of fresh snow and well-groomed trails. #crosscountryski #nordicski #outdoors #nature #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Northern lights over Wausau. The still photo captures the light much better than the video in my last post. #nature #NorthernLights #outdoors #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This video isn’t the best depiction of the northern lights, but turn the volume up all the way and listen to the coyotes yipping (plus a siren) during the first part. Don’t know what made them yip, but I like to think it was the northern lights. #nature #NorthernLights #Wisconsin #outdoors

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Full moonrise over Wausau, Wisconsin. My sister-in-law, a nurse in Georgia, says, and I quote, “the crazies will be out tonight!”

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Dawn Staley’s “Uncommon Favor” is an inspiring, informative, and entertaining read. Go Gamecocks! #SouthCarolinaGamecocks #WNBA

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

With hundreds of pounds of plants in our gardens for the taking, the deer, those cervine gluttons, just have to eat most of the flowers on our one hardy mum plant. I suppose the stems are too rough for their delicate digestive tracts. Really annoying! #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

While most of our plants are fading, a rough blazing star, plenty of big leaf aster, and some New England aster have elbowed their way to the sunlight. #nature #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

My favorite coffee shop on planet Earth has won the Best Coffeeshop/Cafe award by City Pages in the greater Wausau area. The coffee, food, owners, staff, customers, and music—the whole vibe—are the best. Congratulations to Tucknee Coffee Company! #Wausau #MarathonCounty #Wisconsin #coffeeshops

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A late season Monarch caterpillar among first season Butterfly Weed. #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardening #nature #Wisconsin

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russww.bsky.social @russww.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Two billion years ago there was no “Wisconsin.” Sediments eroded off the southern margin of the Superior craton of the Canadian Shield into an ocean where they settled and lithified. But now they lie just north of Wausau. #geology #earthscience #nature #rocks #fossils #Wausau #Wisconsin #outdoors

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