#saltwort

[itsoctopuses]

Week 5 Observations

1.29.25

Saltwort

Batis maritima

Observed at Galveston Island State park 1.29.25. It is native to Texas and is found on sandy beaches, salt marshes, and mangroves. It is considered a pioneer plant which is a species of plant that is the first to grow in areas where natural disasters have occurred (like hurricanes) and enables the more complex plant species to take root later on. It is able to do this because it can handle harsher conditions with less nutrients than other species. Such an important plant for the health of our marshes!

Native Americans have eaten saltwort raw, cooked or even pickles! The roots can be chewed like sugar cane and boiled into beverages.

Fun fact: the ashes of saltwort have been used to make soaps and glass because the sodium levels are so high.

#saltwort #Batismaritima #citizenscience #flora #plant #heartyplant #pioneerplant #nature #outdoors #january #january29 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day29

1.30.25

Splitgill Mushroom

Schizophyllum commune

Observed at Galveston Island State Park 1.30.25. I spotted these tiny (~1-2cm) mushrooms on a decaying stick in the dunes.

The caps are covered in white hairs. This mushroom can stay dry for decades and then be revived by moisture!

It’s a tough, rubbery mushroom that has been eaten in tropical countries over tender mushrooms that rot so quickly in the humidity.

Yet they also can cause allergic reactions and fungal infections. Don’t go inhaling their spores!

These mushrooms have the highest amount of sexes than any other species with over 28,000!! This guarantees diversity of genetic material is much higher.

What a wild little mushroom!

#splitgillmushroom #Schizophyllumcommune #citizenscience #mushroom #fungus #nature #outdoors #january #january30 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day30

1.31.25

White-speck Moth

Mythimna unipuncta

Observed at Galveston Island State Park (moths seem to love our breeze way) 1.29.25

It is native to North and South America. Introduced to Africa, Europe & Asia. It is a nocturnal agricultural pest. Another name for it is armyworm moth and it gets this name from the caterpillars that line up in huge groups and move from crop to crop damaging them. Apparently corn is a favorite though they will eat a large variety of crops.

Fun fact: an adult can fly 62 miles in one night!

#whitespeckmoth #Mythimnaunipuncta #citizenscience #moth #nature #outdoors #insect #january #january31 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day31

2.1.25

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Observed 1.28.25 at Galveston Island State Park. It is not native to Texas but is a common winter visitor. It is believed that the ones visiting Galveston are most likely from Iceland or Greenland.

They are omnivores eating seeds, berries, eggs, chicks, small mammals & birds, sea stars, mollusks and fish, like this Atlantic Needlefish.

Their call is similar to the Herring Gull and sounds like a laughing cry.

#lesserblackbackedgull #Larusfuscus #citizenscience #bird #fish #animals #nature #outdoors #february #february1 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day32

2.2.25

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Observed at Galveston Island State Park 2.2.25.

It is a native prairie grass to Texas and is widespread across the Americas.

It provides food and habitat to song birds a some butterfly larvae.

In the growing season the grass is green but is this luscious copper color in the fall/winter.

Unlike other bluestem species the bushy bluestem thrives in moist areas, like wetlands and around ponds!

Some Native American tribes even use the roots to treat poison ivy.

#bushybluestem #Andropogonglomeratus #citizenscience #prairie #grass #nature #outdoors #february #february2 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day33

2.3.25

Common Chickweed

Stellaria media

Observed 2.3.25

Native to Europe, invasive weed in Texas and most of America.

It is a cool weather annual that grows in dense mats. It out competes nature spring plants by taking nutrients and sun from them.

Each plant can produce 600-1500 seeds and those seeds can be viable for years! Not good when it’s an invasive species.

Besides spreading through seeds it also spreads vegetatively due to its fibrous roots. So if you are weeding make sure to dispose of the plant material because it will reroot if you don’t.

Interesting fact I learned is that it can store plant viruses and pests!

#commonchickweed #Stellariamedia #citizenscience #weed #invasivespecies #nature #outdoors #february #february3 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day34

2.4.25

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

(Coccinella septempunctata)

Observed 2.4.25

This species was introduced to North America 3 separate times and finally took hold in the 1970s. They’re used to control aphid populations on crops because it is a carnivorous beetle. It has since become invasive, taking resources from native species.

The bright color of this species is used to warn would be predators away and they will secrete a toxic fluid from their leg joints when threatened making them taste bad.

I watched this one climb all over leaves, grass and weeds. They’re quite nimble for being so bulky!

#sevenspottedladybeetle #coccinellaseptempunctata #citizenscience #ladybug #insect #nature #outdoors #february #february4 #2025 #picoftheday #project365 #day35

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[dykesandditches]

So many colors! I’m starting to love fall on the marsh. The red spot is red saltwort or Rocky Mountain saltwort. It’s a really special species to see as it’s only found in high elevations or latitudes and has to be in soils with high salinity. It’s considered extinct in a few states and is protected in others. The photo doesn’t even capture how vividly red it is. This is a relatively small patch compared to others I’ve seen around, but I thought it was especially beautiful with the turning bulrush and mountains.

[saltwort]

some jarvis hammer fan art—very excited to watch the finale next week. 🪦🥀

🌿 instagram

[drafthearse]

Salicornia bigelovii

[taimio]

Cultivating Saltwort: Tips for Successful Growth

If you’re looking for ways to grow your own herbs, then Saltwort is a great choice. It’s also one of the easiest plants to grow in your garden. Besides being native to many parts of the world, it’s also easy to grow and gives you delicious herbs right away. Saltwort grows best in sandy soils with a lot of drainages. You can sow seeds directly into the soil, but it is better if they are planted later so as not to compete with other plants. Do not plant saltwort near foundations or strong road edges that can damage the plant; instead, plant it farther away from these areas. Growing saltwort doesn’t require much maintenance aside from weeding once or twice a month and watering when the soil feels dry. Make sure that there is enough space for your plant too so that it has room to grow. While growing saltwort indoors may seem like an inconvenience at first, you will soon appreciate having fresh herbs around all year long! Growing saltwort may seem tricky at first, but with the right knowledge and care, you can cultivate this unique plant successfully. **Saltwort thrives in salty soil and coastal areas**, making it a perfect addition to your seaside garden. I personally love the challenge of growing saltwort and have learned a few tips along the way. First things first, make sure to plant your saltwort in well-draining soil to prevent waterlogged roots. **Water sparingly, as saltwort is drought-tolerant** and doesn't require frequent watering. I've found that a little neglect actually helps saltwort flourish, as it mimics its natural habitat. To propagate saltwort, simply cut a stem and plant it in sandy soil. **Keep the soil moist until roots develop**, then treat it like a mature plant. Saltwort grows quickly, so be prepared to trim it back regularly to maintain its shape and prevent it from overtaking your garden. In conclusion, growing saltwort can be a rewarding experience for any gardener looking to add a unique touch to their landscape. Remember to embrace the plant's resilience and adaptability, and you'll have a thriving saltwort garden in no time. **For more in-depth tips on growing saltwort, check out this helpful article**. Happy gardening! Learn more about gardening with Taim.io!

[flubssesion]

Cressidia’s Concoction

The young witch in her dark robes tended her garden outside her forest cottage. The afternoon sun shone on her long cinnamon red hair and glistening pale skin as she preened her plants. She clipped excess leaves from plain-looking shrubs and cut dead blooms from exotic flowers. Her time to garden was her time to think. When she ran her delicate hands through the narrow, fleshy leaves of her saltwort bush, her esoteric mind was struck. Her eyes widened; a smile appeared. An idea!

The witch took a yellow sprig of saltwort and three barberries. Her hands gripped them tight as she zapped back to her witchy house. She ran with all her haste, as fast as her stockinged legs could carry her. She rushed her door and made for her brewing room. Once there, she put on her witchy hat, immediately gathered her grinders and flasks, and got to work.

"This is finally it," the witch said to herself as she ground up the leaves. Being a hermit left her prone to talking to herself. "The effervescent effect of saltwort was all that was missing. How did I not see it before?"

With a snap of her fingers, the witch created a spark that lit a fire beneath a flask. She put the ground-up leaf in the water, making it bubble vigorously. "Finally I can make my life's work. The one potion I could never perfect,” she said while grinding away a root. “A potion that will change the face of magic forever." She put the resulting yellow paste in the flask, turning the liquid blue. "And then I will be the most famous witch in history! And all will know my name when I name my potion..." she grabbed the flask and held the blue liquid up to her face. "Cressidia's Potion of Endless Levitation!"

For hours and hours, Cressidia grounded and mixed all sorts of plants, powders, pigments, and crystals. Every jar in every cupboard was opened and their contents used. Root of This, Extract of That, and all sorts of strange and exotic ingredients, complicated enough to leave any other sorceress's head spinning. But Cressidia was a bright young witch. This creation was the culmination of the two dozen years of her witch-life. She was sure this was the day she would create her perfect concoction.

The evening came, and Cressidia's toil left her surrounded by bowls and flasks of strange substances of all colors and textures. It was time to finally put all of those elements together. With her magic, she filled her big, dark cauldron with water and lit the fire beneath it. At last she began to put the first of the components into her brew.

Cressidia named off the things she poured into her cauldron. All sorts of names were paired with all manner of colored liquids. "Essence of Quickness..." She poured a purple syrup that made the brew fizz. "Root of Marshmallow..." She plopped in beige flakes that made the brew swirl. "Milk of Dolphin..." She poured a blue cream that made the brew pulsate. Sludge after slop, Cressidia poured and plopped. The cauldron bubbled and glowed new colors with each ingredient. As the mysterious liquids and fluids flowed, Cressidia's excitement grew.

Finally, after many pours in careful order, it was time to put in the last ingredient. Grabbing the last flask, Cressidia finally noticed how dark it was outside. Paying no mind to how much time had passed, she tipped the flask all the way onto its side, smiling and laughing. She lit up the room with a flash.

When the glow died down, Cressidia was left with a dark, dark purple slop in her cauldron. That wasn't what it was supposed to look like! She stared in confusion, mouth ajar. "What could I have missed? I poured everything in I needed to!" Cressidia could barely believe it. Another failure. Another mess to clean up. More gunk to scrape off of her old cauldron.

For a moment she stood dejected before her failed creation. Then, the bargaining started. She had to try to salvage the brew. "Maybe... if I try more black pepper?" She went and grabbed the bowl of fine powdered pepper. But while walking back to the cauldron, she tripped and dropped the bowl on the ground. It fell flat and shot up fine particles of pepper into her face.

The powder cloud enveloped Cressidia's face. Her nose twitched. One eye half-closed. She cocked her head back. "Ah, ah, ah..." She shot forward, eyes shut tight:

"Heh—KEEW!"

Out of her control, she sneezed into the cauldron. The moment her sneeze hit the muck, the purple slop bubbled back to life. It whirred. It swirled. It began to glow green. Cressidia knew that that wasn't good.

“Whoops.”

BOOM!!!

With a puffy blast, the concoction in the cauldron exploded, filling the cottage with thick, white, sparkly clouds. Cressidia was blown back onto her fine behind, surrounded by the sound and sight of the blast. If she had neighbors, they certainly would have heard the explosion.

When the air became clear again, Cressidia couldn't believe she was still alive, let alone still be able to hear. "Wow! That was quite the eruption!" She waved her finger at a nearby mirror, beckoning it to float over to her by her magic. It was cracked by the blast, but Cressidia could see her cinnamon hair was blown back, and she was covered in black soot, but she was unscathed.

Seeing she was okay, she looked about her brewing room. A complete mess. Then she looked over to her cauldron. It still emanated a puffy white smoke. She put her mirror down, stood up, and walked over to the failed elixir. She waved away the thick fog cloud over her cauldron. The puffs made her cough. She placed her fingers on the cauldron rim, and peered inside to get a look at the aftermath of her sneezy mistake.

The unsuccessful brew plastered the entire inside of Cressidia's cauldron. Cressidia described it aloud. "Green, thick slime. Quite wet, with a glassy sheen to it. Ooh, transluscent! Shiny bubbles throughout; Effervescent! Must be the effect of the saltwort." While not the appearance she expected, perhaps the potion wasn’t a failure after all. Cressidia took a sniff. "Smell of marshmallow. Suppose I should have a taste?" She fearlessly outstretched her hand into the cauldron, reaching her finger to the cauldron wall to get a lick.

Before Cressidia could get any sludge on her finger, however, the green gunk flowed down the sides of the cauldron hastily. "Ah!" It pooled and globbed at the bottom, gathering and coagulating into a fat bulbous dollop. Cressidia watched in thrilled terror as the green glob began pulsing and filling like a pastry. Her eyes widened. The potion-blob then did something impossible: it jumped!

Cressidia's potion jumped clear out of the cauldron! She had barely enough time to get out of the way the blob was so fast. At the zenith of its leap, the blob hovered there. It shifted and malformed, twisting and spinning. It bubbled. It blubbed. It screamed! Cressidia stood and stared, gawked really, shaking her head in disbelief. What a big mistake!

Then, the blob shot off into the ceiling of the cottage. With a wet slap, it hit the ceiling and shot down to the floor. With a sludgy drum, it hit the floor and shot into a wall. Cressidia witnessed her concoction hit walls and tables, knock over jars and flasks. She held her witchy hat as she ducked and jumped when it whizzed close to her. It zigged and zagged. She put a kettle over her witchy hat to protect herself.

Realizing how foolish she must have looked, Cressidia tossed the kettle aside, determined to stop this nonsense. She took a deep breath. The green ooze hit a wall and made for her. She made a sign with her fingers at the slimy elixir.

“FLEXUS…”

The potion corkscrewed around Cressidia's outstretched gesturing hand and flew right into the witch's enchanting mouth.

“STUPENDOU— *MWULP!*”

Cressidia's words were muffled by the blob's bubbly body. In a flash it covered her mouth, flowed over her red lips, and slipped inside. Cressidia’s potion forced her to drink itself.

The potion entered Cressidia's throat with a swig. Her eyes bulged out of her head. She stood stupefied by the sensation of the swallowing. She focused on its effortless slide down her gullet into her stomach. She couldn't think of a spell to expel animate potions from her insides. She grabbed her throat. "Ohhh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear." She stood, unable to decide what to do.

Then, a motion inside Cressidia's belly. The blob didn't sit well inside her stomach. It spun and squeaked inside her. The sensation tickled her, forcing a laugh out of her. "Haha!" It spun again, forcing involuntary motion from Cressidia. She held her stomach and laughed as she moved. "Hahaha ha!" The blob sloshed and Cressidia smiled as she laughed and gyrated. "Ha haha HA ha!" She moved and grabbed at herself, as if trying to hold herself down. "This is some- Haha!- this is a very quixotic potion!" She said through involuntary laughs.

Then, Cressidia's stomach settled. She stood quiet. "Right, time to think. How to get this out of m-." She only got half a moment to begin planning before her stomach began making new sounds. There was audible bubbling and popping inside of her. It gave her a gentle tickle. She moved her hands around her belly, rubbing in circles. "Ooohohooah!" Then, she felt her body lighten. She felt softer, warmer. She hovered. She hovered! She didn't even cast a featherlight spell!

The potion worked! Cressidia's potion wasn't a failure after all! "Haha! Marvelous! Simply Marvelous!" She kicked her legs and pumped her arms in celebration in midair. “Who could have known a witch’s sneeze was the final ingredient! Of course!” Cressidia was over the moon! And at the rate she flew upward, she was really going to be.

Cressidia's stomach began to feel odd once again. It ceased bubbling and began its maniacal movement inside her. She squeaked and squawked as the potion transitioned. "Heehaha Oo-!" It was moving downward into her gut.

Worry built back up in Cressida as her ascent stopped. she froze in the air, feeling the tickle of the potion plumbing her intestines. "Such stra- mmhmhm- such stange effects!" She put her hand over her gurgling gut. The tickling didn't stop, but it was joined by new sensations.

The soft, warm feeling inside Cressidia began to spread and increase. "Oh- Ohhh~." The fuzzy, sensual lightness began to reach, to her surprise, her bosom and her behind. "Wah! Oohoo..." She smiled a confused smile at the feelings. It calmed her. She grabbed her bosom with both hands and squeezed a squish. They were squishier. They felt so light and free. "How pillowy~..." She squeezed hard and it didn't hurt one bit. It only tickled her! She kicked her legs and threw her head back in laughter.

“Oh, and my, my bum…~” Cressidia swung her arms behind her and placed her hands on her butt. Like her breasts, her rump felt warm and light. She rubbed her wide rear in circles. She squished a squeeze. It felt spongy. It felt springy. It felt... bouncy.

Cressidia raised her right hand over her right buttock and smacked it down right in the middle. SMACK! Her hand bounced right off of her behind and swung all the way around and hit her right thigh. She let out an 'eek!' She smiled at the feelings the concoction gave her. "This potion has quite the bevy of applications~," she said as she rubbed her warm, sensually sensitive butt. She began slowly rising again.

Cressidia's elation didn't cease when she was close to the cottage's high ceiling. Nevertheless, she had to think. "Alright, now to figure out how to get down." She crossed her arms and looked up to the slowly approaching ceiling. "Well, I better not use any spells. I don't know how my magic would react to the effects of the potion. Hmmm..." Cressidia crossed her legs and rested her chin on her fist, thinking of what to do next.

Cressidia's head hit the ceiling harmlessly as she floated in thought. The potion bubbled and plopped inside Cressidia's gut as she thought of what to do next. But it seemed the potion was bored of bubbling. Once again, her potion sloshed and jumped inside her. The tickling began again. "OoAHA- Oh dear- Ha!" She held her gut and kicked her legs at the motion. She laughed at her whirling gut. The blob made her body move again. She began throwing her arms in circles. She began shaking her behind. She began to feel it slide through her as it tickled her.

Then, Cressidia felt it reach the end of her gut. She felt it stall itself right before her anal opening.

Cressidia's eyes bulged. She clenched her hole shut. Her fists closed. Her legs crossed. Her buttocks tightened up. She did all that she could to hold in the potion. But she knew it was coming out when it wanted to come out.

No spell could help Cressidia. No apprentice or familiar was there to assist her. There was nothing to be done. She gulped. She then uttered, more like a sound she made, than actual words:

“Moon- goddess-!”

BOOM!

The potion flew out of Cressidia's ass with a puff of smoke and a thunder crack. At once, the concoction began bounding around her house. Without the magical effects of the tickling potion, Cressidia plummeted to the cottage floor. She flew down for a moment in terror. Thinking quickly, she snapped her fingers as the cottage ground fast approached. Cressidia summoned a fluffy cloud to the floor and she landed harmlessly on it onto her front.

Cressidia lay there face down as the potion flew out of a window, shattering it and flying into the night. She winced at the sound of her potion's escape. Then Cressidia's face sunk with realization. Still face down, she reached around to feel her behind. The fuzzy, bouncy feeling was replaced by raw soreness. What's more, there was now a hole through her robe right down to her bare ass!

Cressidia rolled over and at looked to the ceiling. She closed her eyes and put her hand on her sooty forehead. How could she lose her magnum opus? "The work of my two dozen years of my life, lost, because it shot out of my butt." Cressidia moped. But then she realized there was nothing to worry about. Her eyes opened back up as she smiled.

"I can make more of the potion! I know all of the ingredients!" Cressidia took her hand off her forehead and shot up. "I can make all the potion I want!"

Cressidia was snapped from her excitement when she noticed the mess her concoction made of her witchy cauldron room. "Well, this won't do." She hopped off of her cloud. It fizzled away as her feet hit the floor. When she stood, her hole shot with soreness. "Oohaa-." The potion’s ‘after-effects’ would be felt for a while. Collecting herself, Cressidia cleared her throat and tapped her heels together. Her arms waved like a conductor as she sang out a spell.

With a singing and a spelling, Cressidia's witchy paraphernalia rocked alive. Flasks uncracked. The window unbroke. Jars went back to their cupboards. Shattered bowls clinked themselves back together again. All her things rocked back to their proper places. After a minute of incantation, the brewing room was set the way it was when she ran in there that afternoon, with the exception of the ingredients used for the now-lost potion.

"Wonderful!” Cressidia put her hands on her hips and looked about her cleaning job well done. She felt a twinge on her behind. It made her buttocks flex, bringing her mind back to the potion. "I could see to making more of that potion. But before I make more..." She put her hand on the hole in her robe. "I should figure a way to keep the mixture from 'expelling…’ and perhaps grant it a little less free will.”

Cressidia's eyes rolled back as she tapped her chin. She combed her mind for possible ingredients. She thought of gecko's paws and opal powder.

“Aha!”

Cressidia went to her cupboard and grabbed some new ingredients. She then walked to her table and grabbed a flask. With another sparky snap, she filled it with water and lit a flame beneath. She rubbed her sore butt as she put the opal powder in the water, making it bubble.

[creampuffqueen]

a non comprehensive list of the creatures i saw in the marsh today:

tiny fish (pinfish and anchovies for sure. need to get better at fish id so i can know the others)

shrimp

comb jellies

hermit crabs

periwinkle snails

also learned about edible plants. saltwort is, as the name suggests, very salty

[theplanthropologist]

Another salt-loving beach dweller, the Saltwort plant (B.maritima).

[earhartsease]

here's a fun rabbithole we just went down - we've just planted some agretti, also known as salsola soda, and Barrilla in Spanish - and also known in English as Saltwort

and it turns out that the word "soda" as in fizzy drinks comes from how they were originally fizzed using sodium carbonate (nowadays it's done using carbon dioxide)

and the element sodium was isolated from caustic soda in 1807 by Sir Humphrey Davy, and he named it sodium to indicate its relationship with the above plant, which was historically grown and burnt to produce soda ash, the alkali used in making glass and soap

agretti is also supposed to be delicious, a bit like spinach when cooked, and like a snappy seaweed when raw - anyway how cool is this

we'll report back on the flavour once it grows

[cathedral-of-the-forest]

Glasswort also known as Saltwort. Called Glasswort because it ashes came to be used to make soda ash glass centuries ago. Also edible.

Fiddler Crab chimney.

Perfect example of Lowcountry marshland at low tide.

[cppsheffield]

Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Sheffield, Presents:

Centre for Poetry and Poetics: Zoë Skoulding - Mendoza - Harriet Tarlo

CPP/UoS Launch of Cut Flowers 2, Guillemot Press, 2024 by Harriet Tarlo

27th of February, 6pm

Diamond, Lecture Theatre 2, University of Sheffield

Zoë Skoulding - Mendoza - Harriet Tarlo

Mendoza is a Northumbrian poet and researcher. They describe their creative practice as ‘frass’, from the German word fressen, which means "to devour"; collecting, hoarding and (metaphorically) consuming found entomological texts, they reconstitute these texts as poetry, mapping the world through their own embodied language in which familiar and unfamiliar terrain is disrupted. In doing so, they are liberated from neurotypical modes of thinking, de-constructing & (re)constructing the ‘self’ through the language of insects as a necessary act of nonconformity.

Publications include: “WINDSUCKERS & ONSETTERS: SONNOTS for Griffiths” collaboration with Peter Manson: Materials, 2018; “the science of poetry : the poetry of science” Linus Slug / Peter Manson broadside, 2015 and “Type Specimen: An Observant Guide To Linus Slug”, Contraband, 2014. Mendoza’s poetry can be heard at the Archive of the Now

Zoë Skoulding is a poet, performer, translator and literary critic with an interest in ecopoetics. Her sixth and latest collection of poems is A Marginal Sea (Carcanet Press, 2022), shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year, following Footnotes to Water (2019), which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and won the Wales Book of the Year Poetry Award 2020. In 2020 she also published A Revolutionary Calendar (Shearsman). She received the Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors in 2018 for her body of work in poetry. She is Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at Bangor University and lives on Ynys Môn / Anglesey.

Harriet Tarlo’s poetry is published with Shearsman Press, Etruscan books and Guillemot Press. She collaborated for over ten years with the artist Judith Tucker, exhibiting widely here and abroad and publishing five artists’ books with Wild Pansy Press. Her most recent publications are Cut Flowers I and II (2021, 2024); with Judith Tucker, Saltwort (2022) and with Kym Martindale, Spillways (2022). She edited the influential anthology The Ground Aslant: An Anthology of Radical Landscape Poetry (Shearsman, 2011). She is a Professor of Ecopoetry and Poetics at Sheffield Hallam University.

For those attending online: please log in by 6.20pm:

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Event curated by Agnes Lehoczky.

[iffoundreturntosea]

May 8, Day 128/129

Day 128 2015

No, it's not.

#picoftheday #project365 #day128

Day 129 2016

Happy Mother's Day!

#mom #mother #mothersday #magnets #magformers #lookingthrough #brights #colors #shadesoftherainbow #may #picoftheday #project365 #day129

Day 128 2017

One

#flower #wildflower #nature #outdoors #beautiful #oneistheloneliestnumber #one #harrynilsson #songs #music #may #picoftheday #project365 #day128

Day 128 2018

Circuit Flower

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Day 128 2019

Ahhhhh, an ice cold coke 🤤

#art #barryreithmeier #icecold #icecoldcoke #cocacola #coke #nationalhaveacokeday #may #may8 #2019 #nationalday #nationaldaycalendar #picoftheday #project365 #day128

Day 129 2020

Don't be sad, there is still beauty to be found

#rose #flower #pink #pinkrose #petals #drying #vase #bricks #everthingdies #goinggoinggone #may #may8 #2020 #picoftheday #project365 #day129

Day 128 2021

Nature's cinnamon roll

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Day 128 2022

Leo gave me exactly what I wanted 😻

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He could be good at that when he wanted to be!

Day 128 2023

Seemore creativity

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Day 129 2024

I have been getting the best (for store bought) strawberries 🍓 Just too good not to gobble them up! Also probably why I saw a strawberry in my doodle the other day!

#beforeandafter #dailytheme #strawberry #yum #gobbleitup #may #may8 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day129

[kdmiller55]

Gratitude is Good Medicine

1 “But now they laugh at me,     men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained     to set with the dogs of my flock. 2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,     men whose vigor is gone? 3 Through want and hard hunger     they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation; 4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,     and the roots of the broom tree for…

[gaasubap]

👓You can make a lenseless monocle by poking a needle hole to look through. Works for any prescription, near or far sighted. Works better with more light

☕There's a native source of caffeine on almost every continent. (🇺🇲 Galium. Yaopon holly.)

🍞You can make flour out of any safe nut or seed, even acorns.

🫒Foraging in North America.

⚠️Some things will need special preparation to be safe to eat, have unsafe parts, or have dangerous look alikes. These are not all native species.

🫒Acorns. Berries(black, blue, mul, thimble). Chicken of the woods. Dandelion. Day Lillies.

Elephant ears. Feild garlic. Galium. Grass(bent, wheat, slough, brome, crab, switch, canary, timothy, blue, bristle). Guaje.

Hibiscus. Lemon sumac. Lions mane. Nettles. Purslane. Pawpaw. Pecans. Poke weed.

Roses. Sunflowers. Tomatoes. Walnuts(black). Wood sorrel. Yaupon holly. Yucca.

learn your saltwort types to find salt inland

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🎀 Environmentally Friendly Cloths

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Terms derived from wort

maywort

meadowwort

milkwort

miterwort

mitrewort

modiwort

moneywort

moonwort

moorwort

motherwort

moudiewort

moudiwort

mountain spiderwort

mowdiewort

mudwort

mugwort

mulewort

nailwort

navelwort*

nettlewort

nipplewort

peachwort

pearlwort

pennywort*

pepperwort

peterwort

pilewort

pillwort

pipewort

quillwort

quinsywort

rattlewort

ribwort

rosewort

rupturewort

saltwort

sandwort

sawwort, saw-wort

scorpionwort

scurvywort

sea milkwort

sea ragwort

sea sandwort

setterwort

sicklewort

sleepwort

slipperwort

sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)

Terms derived from wort

adder's wort (Bistorta officinalis)

adderwort (Bistorta officinalis)

asterwort (Asteraceae spp.)

awlwort (Subularia aquatica)

banewort

barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum)

bearwort (Meum athamanticum)

bellwort

birthwort

bishop's-wort (Stachys officinalis)

bitterwort

bladderwort

blawort

bloodwort

blue throatwort

blushwort

bogwort

boragewort

bridewort

brimstonewort

brotherwort

brownwort

bruisewort

bugwort

bullwort

burstwort

butterwort

cancerwort (Kickxia spp.)

catwort

clown's ringwort

colewort

common ragwort

coralwort

crosswort

damewort

danewort

dragonwort

dragon's wort

dropwort*

dungwort

earwort*

ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)

elderwort

European pillwort

fanwort

felonwort

feltwort

felwort