Eileen Ridge
@eileen4ever.bsky.social
#FlowerReport & #CookieParty feeds. she/her.
Gardening (zone 8b), tech, news, music, poetry, arts, science, pie, and love. The greatest of these is love. Pie is a close second.
Gardening (zone 8b), tech, news, music, poetry, arts, science, pie, and love. The greatest of these is love. Pie is a close second.
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God grant me the time to do tomorrow
what I decided not to do today.
what I decided not to do today.
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Gardening is such an act of faith. “There’s always next year,” we console ourselves. We plant something that says “I will live long enough, and I will still be here to see this grow and come into its own, and the world will still exist.”
July 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Gardening is such an act of faith. “There’s always next year,” we console ourselves. We plant something that says “I will live long enough, and I will still be here to see this grow and come into its own, and the world will still exist.”
2023 was a good year for the driveway hydrangeas
I might need to make a little gif of this. The blue hydrangeas by the driveway from Feb to late Aug 🌱
December 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
2023 was a good year for the driveway hydrangeas
29 Dec 2025: pruning first pass
#FlowerReport 🌱 #hydrangeas
#Hydrangeas2026 (actually still 2025, but 2026 growing season)
#FlowerReport 🌱 #hydrangeas
#Hydrangeas2026 (actually still 2025, but 2026 growing season)
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
29 Dec 2025: pruning first pass
#FlowerReport 🌱 #hydrangeas
#Hydrangeas2026 (actually still 2025, but 2026 growing season)
#FlowerReport 🌱 #hydrangeas
#Hydrangeas2026 (actually still 2025, but 2026 growing season)
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Pigeon pea flowers in splendor.
Look at the shades of coral and soft orange.
Nature's kaleidoscope.
🌱
Look at the shades of coral and soft orange.
Nature's kaleidoscope.
🌱
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pigeon pea flowers in splendor.
Look at the shades of coral and soft orange.
Nature's kaleidoscope.
🌱
Look at the shades of coral and soft orange.
Nature's kaleidoscope.
🌱
I found a picture of a little scene I’d forgotten, just about a year ago.
See alt text.
See alt text.
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I found a picture of a little scene I’d forgotten, just about a year ago.
See alt text.
See alt text.
I love the gentle, gradual way that Christmas cookies wind down. #CookieParty
Here’s what’s left of the cookies. Featuring a couple of bunny cookie portraits of Squishmellow (the small one) and Silas (the big one).
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I love the gentle, gradual way that Christmas cookies wind down. #CookieParty
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January 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Photos from today's walk (thread): Tiny self-portrait, reflected in a duck's eye.
#photography #BirdSky #BirdOfTheDay #serenity #green #duck #PNW #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ArtYear #stunday #birds #wildlife #nature
#photography #BirdSky #BirdOfTheDay #serenity #green #duck #PNW #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ArtYear #stunday #birds #wildlife #nature
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Photos from today's walk (thread): Tiny self-portrait, reflected in a duck's eye.
#photography #BirdSky #BirdOfTheDay #serenity #green #duck #PNW #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ArtYear #stunday #birds #wildlife #nature
#photography #BirdSky #BirdOfTheDay #serenity #green #duck #PNW #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #ArtYear #stunday #birds #wildlife #nature
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
December 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Henry Martin
New Yorker
December 1, 1986
New Yorker
December 1, 1986
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Henry Martin
New Yorker
December 1, 1986
New Yorker
December 1, 1986
I nearly cried.
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I nearly cried.
Welcome, my sisters and brothers and all beloved siblings, welcome to the Church of Love and Biscuits.
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Welcome, my sisters and brothers and all beloved siblings, welcome to the Church of Love and Biscuits.
Guess what time it is
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Guess what time it is
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I'm considering a little post series extolling the virtues of easy beginner #nativeplants 🌱 for the Mid-Atlantic because in March or April, a bunch of new folks will careen into this hobby (it's like clockwork) and it might be handy to have said posts for quoting.
I'll thread them starting here.
I'll thread them starting here.
Up to 41 #nativeplants species sown 😳🌱 (a few out of frame here)
December 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I'm considering a little post series extolling the virtues of easy beginner #nativeplants 🌱 for the Mid-Atlantic because in March or April, a bunch of new folks will careen into this hobby (it's like clockwork) and it might be handy to have said posts for quoting.
I'll thread them starting here.
I'll thread them starting here.
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"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
omg Kepler's has the greatest hold music
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
omg Kepler's has the greatest hold music
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But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
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i just did it all scared
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
i just did it all scared
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RIP
The Inventor Of The Little Arrow That Tells You What Side The Fuel Filler Is On Has Died - Jalopnik
The idea came to Moylan on a rainy day in April 1986 when he hopped in one of Ford's employee fleet cars to drive to a meeting at another building.
www.jalopnik.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
RIP
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Freida photo advent calendar Day 24.
This is the most popular photo of Freida across several platforms. It has been photoshopped creatively by many people (these will be posted as bonus content later today and tomorrow). It encompasses her being perfectly.
This is the most popular photo of Freida across several platforms. It has been photoshopped creatively by many people (these will be posted as bonus content later today and tomorrow). It encompasses her being perfectly.
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Freida photo advent calendar Day 24.
This is the most popular photo of Freida across several platforms. It has been photoshopped creatively by many people (these will be posted as bonus content later today and tomorrow). It encompasses her being perfectly.
This is the most popular photo of Freida across several platforms. It has been photoshopped creatively by many people (these will be posted as bonus content later today and tomorrow). It encompasses her being perfectly.
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A second installment of my collaboration with artist Mark Mastroianni. #FridayIceArtAndPoetry Here in the days after the longest night we wonder in ice and in poetry what we will find as the light returns. “What’s out there?”
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A second installment of my collaboration with artist Mark Mastroianni. #FridayIceArtAndPoetry Here in the days after the longest night we wonder in ice and in poetry what we will find as the light returns. “What’s out there?”
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Question for friends selling paintings (originals) and photography: is it better to create a website and sell from there, or Etsy or at local art shows? My oil paintings will be able to sell by May. Serious question. Thank you! All advice welcome!
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Question for friends selling paintings (originals) and photography: is it better to create a website and sell from there, or Etsy or at local art shows? My oil paintings will be able to sell by May. Serious question. Thank you! All advice welcome!
Happy Boxing Day
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy Boxing Day
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential