Stonekettle
If you want a better nation, be a better citizen
Joined Sep 2018
Stonekettle Pen Sale
Been a while since I've done a sale, so I've built up a lot of inventory. 3 types of seam rippers. Letter openers. Hobby knives. Fountain Pens. Mechanical Pencils. And much more. Plus prints, puzzles, etc.
Sale is LIVE now: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Stonekettle
Sandhill Cranes migration
These 2 arrived early evening, circled the pond a dozen times before landing, then made loud calls to alert other passing cranes they'd found a safe place to spend the night. Flocks then started landing.
Video/audio on my Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxnbFVKKrWE/
Saw this sign on 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, last week.
America!
People leaving Twitter like it's migration season...
Mallards on the way south.
More shots from this week's trip on my Instagram: instagram.com/stonekettle
New feature on Stonekettle Station: The Week In Pictures
I'll be posting high resolution photos of the images I've captured over the last 7 days. Some of which do not appear on my other social media feeds.
This week, it's the hummingbird migration: https://www.stonekettle.com/2023/09/the-week-in-photography-hummingbird.html
Pollinator hard at work
Feather-legged scoliidae wasp.
I know. I know. But despite their fearsome appearance, they're the good guys. They're non-aggressive (I'm less than six inches from it and it's not bothered by me in any way so long as I'm respectful). They seek out and destroy invasive tree bark beetle larva. Their presence is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem.
Plus, they just look so damn cool in macro.
Shooting in weird purple, very low light after a thunderstorm.
It was almost sunset anyway and I was actually packing up the gear for the day, when I saw this young male Ruby foraging among the flowers...
Good night. See you tomorrow.
Tired of me posting about politics?
Let me make it up to you. Please accept this hummingbird lapping up spilled nectar.
Ruby throated hummingbird in a high gee turn
More on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stonekettle/
A Red-Mantled Saddlebags Dragonfly in the bright noon sun
Fort Pickens nature trail, Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
Ted Cruz, coastal elite: "I was proud to go there. I got a terrific education..."
Also Ted Cruz: "locust"
The Republican Party has basically become your crazy ex who woke up every morning furiously mad about something they dreamed.
Brown Pelican a fraction of a second before impact
More images of diving pelicans from today's road trip along Mobile Bay, along with technical info, on my Instagram: https://instagram.com/stonekettle/
They don't believe in democracy.
Which is why they're working so damn hard to make certain your vote isn't counted.
I didn't say it. THEY did. Over and over.
From my DMs or Why MAGAs condemn any education above 6th grade as "Elitism"
Stonekettle
If you want a better nation, be a better citizen
Joined Sep 2018