I Dont Know What Im Doing But Im Here

Non-binary (they/them) in my 20s I take a lot of photos on my phone I like bugs, plants and gardening (both kinds)

[worm-gar]

💚welcome to my blog💚

Not the best blog keeper but I take too many photos and they need somewhere to go lol

I post pictures I take, art and doodles I make, and anything else that really catches my interest. Usually in the form of art, crafting, nature or plant adjacent.

I love insects and spiders and am attempting to get better at taking pics of them. You might also catch a pic or two of my dog, a 2 year old American Hairless Terrier named SwampMan Craig (he does have an ig @ swampmancraig)

Open and welcome to any input, if I got an id wrong, any cool facts you’d like to share or whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Be an adult, be respectful

[worm-gar]

Bumble bee of some kind (two spotted or brown belted? I couldn’t get the best look at this guys back) but I got this really fun action pic! Ready to feed on the button bush even before they’ve fully landed

Also hi I’m back, I never stopped taking photos so there’s quite a backlog so hopefully I’ll be posting for a while

[worm-gar]

My eastern blue star lost a bunch of its flower spikes in the crazy wind we had last night. So I saved what I could and put em in a vase for now. They are doing surprisingly well as cut flowers and have a lovely floral almost citrusy green scent. I’ll be pressing a lot of these to preserve them. Kind of thinking of trying an enflourage with them though I don’t know if that wouldn’t be good for putting on skin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[worm-gar]

Went on a hike today and found a big ol paper wasp sunning herself. She let me get so close to get these pics with my phone camera. Such a sweetie 🥹 I posted the sighting on INaturalist and possible id is a Coarse-Backed Red Paper Wasp. Spotted Sunday morning April, 13th.

[worm-gar]

More spring flowers 🌷

[junibu-art]

common spiny flower mantis, as an apology for the hiatus🌷

[worm-gar]

The magnolias are blooming ☺️ Got to make the drive and visit the kinda local botanical gardens. It’s so nice seeing all the beginnings of spring 🌸

[worm-gar]

🌸🌸🌸 It’s cherry blossom season!! 🤩 🌸🌸🌸

Taken at my semi local botanical gardens

[worm-gar]

Centipede I found when I flipped over an old gall (?) He was really small and he quickly skedaddled after taking these pics

[worm-gar]

Common garter snakes (yes plural! I didn’t see the second one until I was editing my pics 😂) While I was tending to the compost I heard my dog barking (in a way I knew meant something was up), look up and he’s barking at something in the flower garden.

Went up and sure enough he’s barking at a snake. Luckily they were at a standoff and I don’t believe any bites were exchanged on either side. None that left marks for either one at the very least. Escorted Swamps out and left the snakes be. They’re good pest control and I’m happy to see them again this year. SwampMan also spotted some last year (honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they’re all the same one)

[worm-gar]

A quick warm up sketch. I’ve been checking the livestock confederacy websites list of heritage breeds. This was the first chicken that caught my eye when I was looking for something to sketch. Andalusian chicken

[worm-gar]

Went on a hike with my dog today. Starting to see little sprouts of green, not much, but spring should be here soon. Spotted this pond and turkey tail mushrooms growing with the sunlight dappling in. I could’ve sat here for hours eating the sunlight reflect off the leaves and water. The warm green moss calling to me like a beacon.

Mushrooms are maybe false turkey tails or another species im honestly only guessing. Unfortunately this was the closest I could get without getting wet. It might’ve been warm today but not that warm 😂

[apsciencebylyn]

Ms Geolycosa (burrowing wolf) politely waiting at her door for the takeout she ordered 🩶

[francescointoppa]

Cimbalaria dei muri (Cymbalaria muralis G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. (= Linaria c.), (Plantaginaceae)

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Frozen plants and mosses between the squares of bridge.

[thelostdreamsthings]

[genderkoolaid]

posted on Kate Bornstein's substack