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Ilis Trudie 🏝
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Internationally recognized author 🌍 |5 books 📚 | Founder of #The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱 🧑🏿‍🌾🇰🇳
|Regenerating soil, story & joy ✨
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Even butterfly larvae are aware of the nutritional powerhouse that the amaranth is.

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A close-up of a large caterpillar eating an amaranth leaf. The leaf is full of holes from feeding, and the caterpillar clings to its underside. Soft evening sky and distant greenery blur in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Trust nature's timing.
Sorrel for drink, jams, wine and preserves.

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#ExploreMore
Red florets of the Sorrel plant, ready for harvest
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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When the tree leans like this, I get to reach the fruits with ease. 😄🌱

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A young papaya tree growing at an angle, leaning low to the ground with several green papayas hanging in a cluster. Dry grass and farm plants surround the tree. A hand gently holding a large green papaya still attached to the tree. The fruit is round and smooth, with a few blemishes on the skin.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Present

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Late evening sunset streaming the foliage that makes up the farm fence
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Remember some weeks ago I mentioned ‘guava cheese’, a local confection made from guava?
Well, I finally found some, and bought a packet to share.

That was me…I took a bite, just as delicious as I remember. 😋😊

When you visit us, be sure to ask for this sweet snack.

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A small sealed packet of Caribbean “guava cheese,” showing two square pieces of the soft pink confection inside the wrapper. A hand holding a square piece of guava cheese, the soft pink sweet resting on the fingertips. Close-up of a bitten piece of guava cheese held in a hand, showing its smooth, glossy texture.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Healing begins when we believe the parts of us that quietly whisper “enough.”

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Bright yellow sunflower with a butterfly resting on its center, surrounded by soft grasses — a quiet moment symbolizing the tender truth of knowing when enough is enough.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Evening Sky

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A vibrant evening sky glows orange and gold as the sun sets behind thick clouds. A tall streetlight stands in silhouette, with houses and a quiet road fading into shadow in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Healing
is when we can be generous without unraveling,
and responsible without fear.

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A single sunflower bows gently toward the light, its golden petals glowing against a clear blue sky. Palm fronds sway in the background, evoking warmth, calm, and quiet strength.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Happy goats.

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November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Healing is when being rooted doesn’t stop us from blooming.

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Close-up of a golden sunflower tilting toward the sunlight, its petals slightly windswept against a clear blue sky. The image captures both strength and grace, symbolizing grounded growth and quiet resilience. 🌻
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Today,
I choose to walk to the beat of my own congo,
Instead of moving with the masses,
Attempting to march in time to their left right,
When deep inside,
My urge is right left.

Happy Chooseday, friends.
🌱💛💚

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Two traditional congo drums rest on a wooden platform draped with vibrant purple and pink cloth. Lush green leaves frame the background, adding a tropical, celebratory feel to the scene.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Who remembers Toffee?

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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Remember the coconut palm with its nuts that I said was showing off for you guys?

Well, the water and jelly meat, delicious!

When you visit The Experience, be sure to ask for fresh coconut water.

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A hand holds a freshly cut yellow coconut with the top opened to reveal coconut water inside, against a backdrop of soft evening light and tall grass at the farm. Close-up of the same coconut, showing the creamy white jelly-like meat inside, freshly scooped open and glistening in natural light.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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What do you think? Would the chickens like okra?

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November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Do you remember when these were newly transplanted stubby suckers?

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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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We are coming to the end of okra season.

What to plant next? Suggestions?

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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Present💞💞💞

Lemongrass in bloom.

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Farm view of blue sky and low hills with tall lemongrass flowers in the front view
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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When Gen Zs post a page from your book on WhatsApp just to throw shade. 😅

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An open book showing a page titled “Use Their Labels as Your Secret Weapon.” The passage encourages readers to embrace their uniqueness and creativity, turning the labels others give them into strengths. The book rests on a dark surface. ☆☆★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Use Their Labels as Your Secret Weapon It's easy to slap letters and give labels—forever naming you not normal. You did not conform to the boring rules made by a society so stiff and rigid, so paternalized that we lost our own sense of thinking. The rules, follow the rules, If you jump when others are still — You are labelled. If your energy is boundless that those around can’t catch their breath — You are labelled. If you are the brightest bulb in the room, asking questions not even once entering the minds of those claiming to know — You are labelled. If you can use left brain and right brain, as one and the same, creating wonders never before seen — You are labelled. If your ideas do not conform to the norm — You are labelled. AD — HD — LMNOP Bi — Dy — Sci-Fi
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Those days,
When you want to fly high but you can't,
Flying low is still flying.

Happy Monday, friends

#ThoseDays
A calm blue harbor under a bright sky with fluffy white clouds. A single bird glides low over the water, with boats and rocky hills in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The second chapter's illustration and activity page for

The Seed Collector and Her Chickens is now complete.

The slow and methodical nature of the human touch is absolutely delicious! 😊💞😊💞

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Illustration of a smiling woman in a pink dress and tan apron holding seeds in her hand as several chickens gather around her in a lush green farmyard beneath a bright blue sky with clouds.
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Healing doesn't often roar;
Most times it's as quiet as unfurling petals in the morning.

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A close-up of a sunflower just beginning to open, its golden petals gently unfurling toward the morning light against a soft sky backdrop — a quiet moment of renewal in nature.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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I often smile when I think of how our lowly breakfast fare we call 'bread and pear' got gentrified, becoming a worldwide sensation.
I'm having...pinkies out...freshly picked avocado on toast this morning for breakfast. 😄😁😋💞 🌱

Happy Sunday, all.

#EasySunday
#AvocadoAndToast
A close-up of sliced brown bread layered with fresh avocado on a white plate, with a ripe avocado and rustic kitchen background adding a cozy, homestyle feel.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Good morning friends. It's #EasySunday.

Any easy or easy-ish plans for today?

Me, I have to do a little bit of 9-to-5-ing, but I intend to wring every ounce of easy out of it.

Remember, whatever you do, keep it good, and keep it easy.
A peaceful morning scene with tall coconut palms swaying gently in a grassy field under soft pastel clouds, the light hinting at an easy Sunday sunrise. 5 white birds in flight.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Along with greens, they get neem water, cassava leaf water and sometimes garlic water.
The Seed Collector takes care of her Chickens.

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#TheSeedCollectorAndHerChickens
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Good morning friends. Happy Saturday!

How do you see partnership?

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Two large trees with a joined crown on a grassy piece of land
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM