Arny Messersmith

Good morning, Mr. Grasshopper.

The first peach blossoms of 2026 are in my garden.
#peach #peaches #fruit #garden #gardening #blossoms

The deer are taking over.

I baked a peach and black cherry cobbler today. It looks a little weird, but it's gonna be tasty.
#baking #cobbler #peaches #cherries

Gracie's Salad Garden. There were a couple of plants left over from last year, and I planted twelve new ones of different varieties. This is the only place in the garden with enough shade to protect them from the Arizona sun.
#garden #salad #lettuce

My old PADI Divemaster cap has seen better days. I wore it for many years. I didn't want to buy a new one since it was developing a character of its own. Sun and salt did their worst to destroy it. Nevertheless, it and I are still alive.
#MarineLife #PADI #SCUBA #diving #Divemaster

Amphiprion clarkii, an anemonefish, is hiding behind a magnificent anemone.

Amphiprion clarkii, an anemonefish, is hiding behind a magnificent anemone.
#MarineLife #anemone #fish

Our Thompson Seedless grapes from our arbor are going into our dehydrator.
#grapes

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Stone age internet.
#modem

Blue Cheese Sea Squirt (Eudistoma gilboviride)

A Blue Cheese Sea Squirt (Eudistoma gilboviride). Don't eat it.
#MarineLife

Gracie says it's time for me to get out in the garden and pick the peaches.

Fishing in the moonlight. Tab Anchorage, Madang, PNG.

Map Puffer (Arothron mappa)

A Map Puffer (Arothron mappa), Madang, PNG.
#MarineLife

My peaches are starting to look pretty peachy.

A close-up shot of a small abalone shell.

A close-up shot of a small abalone shell.
#seashells #shell #abalone #MarineLife

Sunset with cool lens refractions.
#sunset #refractions

Pig Island through polarized sunglasses.
#sky

Big-Eye Trevally

A gang of Big-Eye Trevally.
#MarineLife #fish #Trevally

Lulu, my 13-year-old Maine Coon cat died suddenly a few days ago. I'm feeling very sad. She was such a good little companion.

A mob of Big-eye Trevally with one Blue Trevally.

A mob of Big-eye Trevally with one Blue Trevally.
#MarineLife

The Burning Bush in my garden. Moses did not put in an appearance.

Banded Sea Krait - Laticauda colubrina

Close-up of a Banded Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina). Very deadly. Don't get this close.
#MarineLife

Lulu's "FEED ME" face.
#CatsOfBluesky #BSKYCats #cats

Crazy mixed colors at sunset in my garden in Sedona.
#sunset #sky

Lulu likes to lie on the kitchen counter by the sink to let the afternoon sun shine on her face. Falls asleep every time.
#CatsOfBluesky #BskyCats #cats

anemones

Hey, what's going on here? I'm tempted to title this "Longing."
#MarineLife #anemone

This hibiscus flower is side-eyeing me.
#hibiscus #flowers

Blazing sunset in Tucson, Arizona. Open 24-7. (It's tiny.)
#sunset #sky

ALIENS LEFT A MESSAGE:
I found this alien writing on a coral head. I wonder what it says.

Super-strange weather at sunrise. Shot from my garden in Sedona, Arizona. A lot of smoke mixed in from a wildfire nearby.
#sky #sunrise