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CraveCute Cottage
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Lover of all things cute and seller of #vintage books and home decor on #Etsy. Visit my shop at the link below! 💖 Located in #Minnesota 🇺🇸 ♻🌲😺 Thanks for visiting, Diane
https://cravecute.etsy.com
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christiecottage.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/listing/1025... @RTobaison #CCTAG
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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docvanden.bsky.social
Today called for strawberry rhubarb pie—the last of this year’s rhubarb, some frozen strawberries, and this standby recipe.

(In case you need something good to eat or good to look at, because it’s been a hell of a week. Wish I could hand deliver one to all the folks who particularly need it.)
A lattice topped pie, jammy red juices pooling out, sits on a a grey stone counter. My recipe for strawberry rhubarb pie from 15 years ago, much annotated and worn. It reads: Perfect Strawberry Rhubarb Pie 1 recipe double crust pastry Filling: 3 cups rhubarb, sliced thin (1/4 inch-fresh or frozen works equally well) sherbernes 3 cups strawberries, (cut in half, or quarter if large) 1 1/2cup sugar 2-3 tablespoons cornstarch Mix filling ingredients, let sit a half hour or so. Stir once or twice. Preheat oven to 425°. Roll out one 9" pie crust using half the dough, put in tin, fill with fruit and ALL the accumulated juices. Roll out the other half of the pastry dough, cut into long strips, place over fruit filling in a basket weave pattern, if you're feeling fancy. Alternately, use small cookie cutters to cut out a repeating pattern from the circle of rolled dough. Crimp edges, brush pastry with milk, then sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes, then turn the oven down to 375° for another 40 or so, until you see pink frothy bubbles coming up through the lattice and it's nicely browned. (You may have to put foil around edges.) When it's done, turn the oven off, open the door a crack, and LEAVE your pie in the oven to cool...this helps the juices reduce a little further. Don't cut into your pie until it's cool so the juices get a chance to gel all the way. (The corner of the page notes that for a medium size pie, use 2 cups each of the fruit, with 1 1/4 c sugar and 3 Tablespoons cornstarch. For a larger pie, use 3 cups each of fruit, with 1 3/4 C sugar and 4 Tablespoons cornstarch. I used the smaller proportion.)
October 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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lunapuella.bsky.social
Millionaires shortbread makes everything better
A small stack of millionaires shortbread pieces
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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cspin.bsky.social
Toad lily time 🌱🐸
#flowerfridays
A single open toad lily flower surrounded by variegated leaves
September 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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harmonys.bsky.social
Grateful for my garden that is still producing, though modestly at this point in the year. 🌱
A little pile of produce: two squash, a handful of tomatoes, a small purple eggplant, and little pile of shishito peppers and a big handful of green beans
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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karenahigtonart.bsky.social
It's a huge relief that my portraits are tariff free to the US. And, barring one being delayed at the infamous Chicago customs for a few weeks, everything has arrived pretty quick.

This lovely spaniel was drawn 6x4" ❤️

#pencildrawing #petportrait #art #traditionalart #dog #cockerspaniel #etsy
Pencil drawing of a black with a bit of white, cocker spaniel, head and chest. A pencil rests to the left of the paper.
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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imaginethatbaby.bsky.social
#Candy #Corn #Baby #Bib for fall fun!
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September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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sevenhillfarm.bsky.social
The showy goldenrod is bustling 🐝 🦋🐞
Showy Goldenrod is native to the U.S. east of the Rockies, with it most commonly growing in the midwest/Great Lakes area but reaching as far as TX, SC, and NH. 🌱💚
#nativeplants #wildflowers #nativeflowers
A spike of hundreds of tiny bright yellow flowers covered in multiple species of bees and other insects
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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tribeofma.bsky.social
😹 ✌️ 😸
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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walks30.bsky.social
It’s one of those mornings.
A cat sitting on a laundry hamper, giving a wide mouthed yawn.
July 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Saturday #Caturday
🖼️ Diane Ulmer Pedersen
A stylized tiger-striped cat with green eyes and a red collar, sitting upright. A small yellow bird perched on the cat's back. Painting.
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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linawiren.bsky.social
Slightly obsessed with the ladybug one 🐞❤️
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July 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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sinclairlewis.bsky.social
#HorrorHotTake for Frankenstein

Victor is the real monster.

(it’s been about 40 years since I last read it, and now all I am struck by is the Doctor’s NPD)
Nice hardcover copy of the novel with gilt
July 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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zanadu.bsky.social
Is this a trap?

#Caturday
#CatsOfBluesky
A brownish and black tabby cat with a white chin, Obi-Wan Katnobi, lies on her back on a colorful rug with her belly up.
July 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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walks30.bsky.social
I forgot to brag about this, yesterday; a photo from our parking spot at Costco.

In over 20 years, we’ve never been able to get a spot this close. 😎

It’s the little wins that count. 😋
A photo from the parking spot we were able to get at Costco, yesterday. In over 20 years, I haven’t parked this close.
July 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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linawiren.bsky.social
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and this hibiscus syriacus 🌺💜
July 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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theageofvintage.bsky.social
Sorry, I've been absent for a minute. I have been working on a website! You can now shop vintage treasures at TheAgeOfVintage.square.shop!!

I'd love for you to stop by and take a peek. Let me know in the comments what you think! 🥰

#vintageshop #vintagedecor #vintage #shopsmall #supportlocal
July 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
cravecute.bsky.social
Caturday!
A calico cat with green eyes walking through a flower filled garden. Sunshine highlights all around. Digital enhanced art photo.
July 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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chrissieplastow.bsky.social
Looking at the pinks and purples in my garden, which my Nanny would have loved. She left us five years ago today but I see and feel her all around #TinyJoys
A bed of flowers in purples, pinks and reds. A pot of petunias in white, purple and pink A pot of pink dianthus
June 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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eckerusla.bsky.social
I harvested 1.3kg of cherries from my parents' garden today. Homemade jam will follow in due course. 🍒

#TinyJoys
Portrait: cherry-laden tree branches against a blue sky; the shot is framed by blurry twigs Portrait: close-up of bright red cherries on a tree, with more (plus a box hedge and a blue sky) blurred in the background
June 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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ezd.bsky.social
Our bigger Pomegranate is in full bloom in the yard. #TinyJoys
Many bright red pomegranate blossoms on a branch
May 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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ruthh.bsky.social
Tea with a view*, part two. #TinyJoys

*and a touch of added sea salt. Added by the sea itself.
Two teas on a table right next to the sea.
May 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
cravecute.bsky.social
Richard Chamberlain. what a glorious human you were! May your eternal spirit inspire many for all eternity. 💖

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The Eight Questions episode 14: Richard Chamberlain
YouTube video by Sebastian Siegel
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March 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here are some nice wild flowers (this is a bribe for you to look at my post below)
Two feral daffodils grow in the bare forest of early spring in Michigan. Their brilliant yellow petals shine against a gray sky. All photos by me.
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM