It’s approaching the warmest hours of the day and the Pycnanthemum continues to be a popular pollinator. A nearby honey bee hive has been visiting this patch for the past few days. The wasps and flies are no where to be seen. Bumblebees prefer the Monarda, not pictured. #nativeplants #pollinators #gardening

Happy #solstice. May the earth continue to give us life. #midsummer #pollinators #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

“Math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences.”

Steven Strogatz

Spring visitor.

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #insects #pollinators

Imagination is the ability to see things rooted in real world challenges and imagine the creation of a solution which does not yet exist. John Paul Lederach.

@kristophr If you take more photos of wildlife I recommend uploading the photos to https://www.inaturalist.org/ which can help identification and species tracking.

@kristophr Possibly a White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

@sarahtaber you have mine! 🗳️

@barries @triplee also available at http://ashevillerelief.com

@triplee Please help spread the word: for people in the #Asheville #WNC area, recovering from #Helene this is an open source document that we are striving to keep up-to-date. Gas, free food, groceries, water, WiFi, by region.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/154hYrmMKWNKWIwcTkUP8GhcAn4z4LXnFr2AKMgv3Qik/edit

Aid is getting into #Asheville and #WNC in the aftermath of #Helene. Mutual aid groups and governments across #northcarolina are soliciting supplies and donations to truck and fly into the area, including drop-off points in major NC cities. If you are outside the state Blue Ridge Public radio has a nice list of resources on their site, in addition to updates. https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-in-western-north-carolina-after-hurricane-helene

#Helene #NCwx #NorrhCarolina 9/30/24 12:00 pm edt 2/2

Relief Organizations:
🤝NC Disaster Relief Fund - https://lnkd.in/eZHK3Bw7
🤝United Way of NC - https://lnkd.in/e-BeaDca
🤝Manna Food Bank Asheville - https://lnkd.in/eiCJ_tzt
🤝Samaritans Purse Helene Relief - https://lnkd.in/eqrmJGbW
🤝Operation Airdrop - https://lnkd.in/e4ugYJj5
🤝 American Red Cross hurricane relief - https://lnkd.in/ekZ9ZdYV

@digyoursoul Here is the press release from #northcarolina 750,000 since the beginning of 2023 including a table breakdown of the reasons cited: https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/26/nc-election-officials-removed-nearly-750000-ineligible-registrants-start-2023 #vote

Asters (Symphytotrichum) on the stream bank. #nativeplants #northcarolina #nc #bloomscrolling

the heat has broken
cool mornings, humidity low
don't buy it! false fall

#haiku

this is a Fun Run
woodland cross-breeze moonlight climb
but I’m on Rat Jaw

#bm100 #haiku

Ihor just missed winning the Backyard Ultra World Championship but he's still in the running for a Barkley Marathon finish. He appears to be a runner that understands a Laz race. #bm100

Catching up on this morning's updates. 2 unresolved threads from yesterday: were the 2 litterers identified? who was given the "human sacrifice" bib 1? #bm100

Temps hover above freezing in Wartburg and it looks like the weather will be nearly perfect today. Runners will be treated to a sunrise around 7:40 local time, not that they'll notice... #bm100

Good morning to all but especially to anyone crazy enough to be running Loop 3 #bm100