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  1. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

    ✧ eastern amberwing ✧

    The eastern amberwing (Perithemis tenera) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is very small, reaching a total length of no more than 25 millimetres (0.98 in). Males have orange or amber wings, and both sexes have a red pterostigma. The species is found in eastern North America, from northern Mexico northw...

    #BrooklynBotanicGarden #NorthAmerica #Canada #Mexico #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_

  2. @NotAHopeInHades ‘s entry for #FotoVorschlag ("Alles steht Kopf" / Everything’s upside down) reminded me that I have this photo, so I’m resharing it and flipping it for funsies. Not sure I’m satisfied with the edit so I might revisit it at some point.😊
    #photography #reflection #upsidedown #tree #brooklynbotanicgarden #nyc

  3. “Like Literally Like” – Unclear Thinking and Speaking

    thenewleafjournal.com/like-lit

    I would say that the quote “but I’m like uh like literally like” speaks for itself. However, the problem may well be that it does not speak for itself (or anything at all).

  4. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

    ✧ Sphex ichneumoneus ✧

    Sphex ichneumoneus, commonly known as the great golden digger wasp, is a wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere, from Canada to South America, and provisions its young with various types of paralyzed Orthoptera. The species is identifiable by the golden pubescence on its...

    #WesternHemisphere #SouthAmerica #BrooklynBotanicGarden #UnitedStates #Sphex #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphex_ic

  5. Lightscape Returns To BBG With More Than One Million Lights| Over 1 Million Dazzling Lights Will Illuminate BBG’s After-Dark Holiday Trail
    Join the #BrooklynBotanicGarden for their second iteration of 'Lightscape,' an enchanting light show through Jan 1

    secretnyc.co/lightscape-brookl

  6. “A woodland of bluebells.

    A blue that shocks you.
    A blue that makes you giddy. 
    A blue flowing like smoke over woodland floor, now lilac, now cobalt, both gentle and intense, at moments hard to believe it is composed of flowers.
    That’s the joy of bluebells, a rich profusion, a dozen bell-heads nodding on each stem, a hundred thousand stems pressing together…an overwhelming blueness at the bottom of a wood.”-M McCarthy

    Closeup pic-Michael Maggs
    BBG-me

    #BrooklynBotanicGarden #flowers #April