From PNW, love native gardening, wild birds, habitat restoration. Use to rehab wildlife and played classical piano. Star Wars (4-6) and Star Trek (60s) nut.https://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ml24mvvcdk2wLupinus polyphyllus. Big leaf lupine. I start them from seed and they readily grow in not-so-great soil. Pollinators love the flowers, which I will show later04 May 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml24mvvcdk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ml24ews4ns2vAnother pic of the growing Adiantum aleuticum. Maidenhair fern04 May 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml24ews4ns2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ml23zczn5s23Lonicera ciliosa… can’t wait for the blooms to take off!04 May 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23zczn5s23https://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ml23urrors23Sedum spathulifolium, broadleaf stonecrop, likes some shade. Took a few years to spread this far04 May 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23urrors23https://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ml23olywbk2vDicentra formosa (bleeding heart) looking happy in afternoon shade. A polite spreader04 May 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23olywbk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3mhy4jq6ac22lThis is Coltsfoot I planted a few years ago. It’s a polite spreader and blooms early but I haven’t seen a lot of insect activity on the blooms. Still, the flowers cheer me.26 Mar 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy4jq6ac22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3mera6rn4nc2aI appreciate the folks at iNaturalist confirming identity of this: A Northern Red Belt.13 Feb 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mera6rn4nc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3me7kqyykgs2qCommon fungi in our area: Western panther.06 Feb 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7kqyykgs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3mdbhtnkuis2rI took action with Washington Indivisible Network. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/washingtonindivisiblenetwork/event/868208/?referring_vol=12462186&rname=Shannon&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=561012525 Jan 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbhtnkuis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3mbuv7ncrf223CONGRESS: DO SOMETHING08 Jan 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbuv7ncrf223https://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lxtcpuheos2eThis enterprising one nabbed a termite off our window. Well done!02 Sep 2025 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxtcpuheos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lxpme67ifk2lINaturalist ID’d this as a pacific chorus frog. Tiny: not more than an inch long.31 Aug 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpme67ifk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lx3raxbzz22fGot skippers?23 Aug 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx3raxbzz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lwowzuxi522sBee butt in hibiscus18 Aug 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwowzuxi522shttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ltprmvspvs2cThese red hucks pop up all over our property. Make nice jam but we leave most berries to the birds Foam flower and vanilla leaf in the foreground. All WA native11 Jul 2025 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltprmvspvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ltprdrie2s2cColtsfoot is an early bloomer and a nice spreader. Wa native.11 Jul 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltprdrie2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ltprbo4rkc2cI like this WA native: Nodding onion. Bumbles like it, too.11 Jul 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltprbo4rkc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3ltpr6hhatc2cWA Native: five finger fern. Surprisingly hardy, easy to divide, and check out the cool black stems11 Jul 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpr6hhatc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lreyzjeixc2dBumble on a Nootka rose12 Jun 2025 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lreyzjeixc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lreyogpa722iShort video of a swallowtail on a mock orange (Philadelphus) - native bush to WA state12 Jun 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lreyogpa722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lr775dn7bc2rWasp galls on a Nootka rose 💕09 Jun 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr775dn7bc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqz22lgjg22gWas that beaver flipping me off? Can’t blame ‘em - they were here long before I was. I urge people to buy houses already built. Must we really need “new?”07 Jun 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqz22lgjg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqyzoz24322gI started putting together this 99% native garden three years ago. I moved and divided plants already on the property.07 Jun 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqyzoz24322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqyzhfohxs2gThis bombus took a 30 minute nap on me while I watered. I am humbled and honored.07 Jun 2025 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqyzhfohxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqyzdvuvkc2gHolodiscus (Ocean Spray) in all its glory two years ago.07 Jun 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqyzdvuvkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqpsm4eti22dAnd there IS a native sedum thriving on the Oly peninsula03 Jun 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpsm4eti22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqpsgrkhnk2dCheery native beach strawberry!03 Jun 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpsgrkhnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqpse5xrsk2dSunny morning in WA state. Nonnative coreopsis03 Jun 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpse5xrsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sert65.bsky.social/post/3lqolpegu5s2qA polyphemus duet03 Jun 2025 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:5furn4y27pgectdnvyeqtaqa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqolpegu5s2q