99-vLj
@mstoodley.bsky.social
beauty, friendship, novels, kitchen and garden. A no-politics zone. We're blue dots.🕊️✌️☮️🎶
Costco lunch for two, $3.29 with bottled water. A delicious though rare event.
September 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Costco lunch for two, $3.29 with bottled water. A delicious though rare event.
Our Beauty Berries ready for harvest and jelly making. Thankfully, the cooler mornings will be here so we can turn the stove heat up!
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Our Beauty Berries ready for harvest and jelly making. Thankfully, the cooler mornings will be here so we can turn the stove heat up!
At the Western Heritage Museum. "Canyon Princess" by Gerald Balciar. 31-tons of marble.
September 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
At the Western Heritage Museum. "Canyon Princess" by Gerald Balciar. 31-tons of marble.
If I ever desired a coffin, it would be this red fish one.
September 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
If I ever desired a coffin, it would be this red fish one.
Climate change, whether real or fictional in your belief system, has caused our garden to go from being zone 6a 30 years ago to being zone 7a now. So, xeriscaping is our future. Here's one bed updated. We like the change.💚🌳
September 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Climate change, whether real or fictional in your belief system, has caused our garden to go from being zone 6a 30 years ago to being zone 7a now. So, xeriscaping is our future. Here's one bed updated. We like the change.💚🌳
Our resident turtles live well. Here's one in the blackberry bed and there are a couple that live in the beauty berry bed near the compost bin. Happy Snackers!🐢🍓💗
September 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Our resident turtles live well. Here's one in the blackberry bed and there are a couple that live in the beauty berry bed near the compost bin. Happy Snackers!🐢🍓💗
Today's Bake: Homemade English Muffins. They are divine, split with a fork, toasted and topped with butter or quark, jam or honey. Just need coffee. 🍵☕
September 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Today's Bake: Homemade English Muffins. They are divine, split with a fork, toasted and topped with butter or quark, jam or honey. Just need coffee. 🍵☕
Been sick for a month but almost back. Not dead yet. 💗
September 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Been sick for a month but almost back. Not dead yet. 💗
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Granville, Normandy - July 2025
September 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Granville, Normandy - July 2025
These are wonderful 💖
hi #portfolioday ! I'm ivy and i'd love to work on more odd & fantastical projects ✨
[email protected]
ivyteas.carrd.co
[email protected]
ivyteas.carrd.co
August 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
These are wonderful 💖
Energy Saving Mode. I'm going to try that now.
It’s unusually hot, so I switched to energy-saving mode. Since then I've just been sleeping, sometimes I get up with great difficulty to take a few sips, then lie down to sleep somewhere else. Because variety is important.
I'll be active again from dinner time until morning.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
I'll be active again from dinner time until morning.🐈⬛
#cats #catsofbluesky
August 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Energy Saving Mode. I'm going to try that now.
Soothing
'a Beauty in Negative Spaces' (2023) -- Quiet Moments in the Early Afternoon Shade at Water's Edge, Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, ME
#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨
#BlackAndWhite #Monochrome
#ClassicMono #ECK #EastCoastKin
#Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨
#BlackAndWhite #Monochrome
#ClassicMono #ECK #EastCoastKin
August 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Soothing
Andrea needs some silliness, please.
bluesky friends, i am coming up on the other side of one of the all-time worst weeks of my life, caring for aging parents and related nonsense.
i would love to see silly pictures of your pets, the best meme you've recently encountered, and/or great comedy or stand-up skits. link away!!!
i would love to see silly pictures of your pets, the best meme you've recently encountered, and/or great comedy or stand-up skits. link away!!!
August 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Andrea needs some silliness, please.
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(Inter?) #NationalWatermelonDay,
you say? Charles Simic said it best:
Watermelons
Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.
*sent eating and spitting
⬇️ exhibit A
you say? Charles Simic said it best:
Watermelons
Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.
*sent eating and spitting
⬇️ exhibit A
August 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
(Inter?) #NationalWatermelonDay,
you say? Charles Simic said it best:
Watermelons
Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.
*sent eating and spitting
⬇️ exhibit A
you say? Charles Simic said it best:
Watermelons
Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.
*sent eating and spitting
⬇️ exhibit A
A Butterfly visiting Pink Zinnias in our garden. The Butterfly is under the shade of a Sunflower that is heavy with seeds. 📷🦋🌻🩷 #garden #photography
August 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
A Butterfly visiting Pink Zinnias in our garden. The Butterfly is under the shade of a Sunflower that is heavy with seeds. 📷🦋🌻🩷 #garden #photography
We have a winner 🏆
August 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We have a winner 🏆
This is an excellent collection of articles.
“Awful as the ketamine-addled Zuckermuskian mediocrities are, they are not the ultimate causes of enshittification. They are the effects of an enshittogenic environment.”
@doctorow.pluralistic.net in a new special feature on what happened to the internet:
@doctorow.pluralistic.net in a new special feature on what happened to the internet:
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
www.bostonreview.net
August 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This is an excellent collection of articles.
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My therapist challenged me to throw a big birthday party for myself, a thing I am loathe to do because I dislike being around people. So I set up this thing to read tarot cards for all my guests so I could have everybody over at once and also not feel overwhelmed. And it worked! It was a nice time.
June 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
My therapist challenged me to throw a big birthday party for myself, a thing I am loathe to do because I dislike being around people. So I set up this thing to read tarot cards for all my guests so I could have everybody over at once and also not feel overwhelmed. And it worked! It was a nice time.
Trung Le Nguyen, while reading Pride and Prejudice, narrates every reaction to every interaction in the book. Very entertaining. 📖 #Books #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks
So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
August 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Trung Le Nguyen, while reading Pride and Prejudice, narrates every reaction to every interaction in the book. Very entertaining. 📖 #Books #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks
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We bought one of those outdoor propane heaters and didn't use it. Salvation Army picked it up for their shelter program. #HumansOfBlueSky The store manager herself came wearing her HOPE shirt.💫💓
August 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
We bought one of those outdoor propane heaters and didn't use it. Salvation Army picked it up for their shelter program. #HumansOfBlueSky The store manager herself came wearing her HOPE shirt.💫💓
It's hard to imagine a more beautiful sight.
Sunset, a fleeting moment as light fades into twilight.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #Sunset #Victoria #BritishColumbia #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ECK #EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #Sunset #Victoria #BritishColumbia #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ECK #EastCoastKin
August 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
It's hard to imagine a more beautiful sight.