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Eileen Ridge
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#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.
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God grant me the time to do tomorrow
what I decided not to do today.
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Pigeon pea flowers in splendor.
Look at the shades of coral and soft orange.
Nature's kaleidoscope.
🌱
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I found a picture of a little scene I’d forgotten, just about a year ago.
See alt text.
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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
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Folks, I beg you to pin and use the Gift Links feed.

Link:
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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
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you like flowers, come join us in the #FloweReport feed.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I went out in the yard and captured camellias. #FlowerReport from VA #Bloomscrolling #camellias
December 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Henry Martin
New Yorker
December 1, 1986
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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
Welcome, my sisters and brothers and all beloved siblings, welcome to the Church of Love and Biscuits.
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Guess what time it is
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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.
Up to 41 #nativeplants species sown 😳🌱 (a few out of frame here)
December 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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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"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
omg Kepler's has the greatest hold music
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
The Inequality in Hollywood is SHAMEFUL.
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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i just did it all scared
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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.
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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
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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
Happy Boxing Day
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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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
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Nutty and buttery, but conversational skills need work
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The first time I wore real deal red lipstick, a glamorous woman told me I looked like I just got back from Paris.

Every compliment I give is in hopes of making someone else feel as great as that did.
What's a compliment you'll never forget?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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In case Santa didn't bring you any #sciart
Still shipping brains and bacteria : ) 🧪🐡🧠🦠 artologica.etsy.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM