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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
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Educator | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Author: Leadership Lessons with The Beatles, Roots and Wings. | Shares: Leadership insights, Stories on AI, Women Engineers | Music 🎶| Flora🌻|📱photography | All photos by me unless attributed | shanthamohan.com
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · Nov 22
How can one not be cheered up by seeing this lovely, cheery yellow rose? It is still blooming in my garden in the third week of November, so I had to share it with everyone who appreciates flowers.

Have a good weekend!

#dailyflowers
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"The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.
The moon on my left and the dawn on my right-
My brother, good morning; my sister, good night."
- Hilaire Belloc.

Wishing you a restful evening and a terrific Tuesday!💗

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

#ImageAndVerse

Image: My brother.
A pink lily and several green and brown lily pads. Camera: Samsung SM-M215F September 2025. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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A gratitude post.
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#gratitude | Shantha Mohan Ph.D.
Facebook Memories reminded me today of this post from five years ago: 2021 was a year when I received so many beautiful gifts. One of the most important ones: Anand Deshpande agreed to read drafts of...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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It is incredible what you see when you get close to a flower, like this almost-black hollyhock. Holds for people, too.

You might like this post about the hollyhocks:
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#MacroMonday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A macro shot of a deep purple hollyhock flower with a central white tuft consisting of stamens and stigmas. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. A neighbor's garden.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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🎼Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs

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#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'90s
R.E.M. - Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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I went by my favorite front-yard garden in my neighborhood today to see if there was any color, and I was not disappointed. In addition to a few roses and white daisies, I found these gorgeous magenta African daisies! Sharing my joy.

#MagentaMonday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Two magenta African daisies and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January, 2026. A neighborhood garden.
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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There is always a blue sky amidst all the dark clouds!

#BlueSkyMonday
#scape
#skyscape
A blue sky with grey and white clouds. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. 2025.
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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"For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young. It has to do with bones. It has to do with who the person is. ... it has to do with what shines through those gnarly faces and bodies." -U. K. Le Guin.
www.themarginalian.org/2014/10/21/u...
Ursula K. Le Guin on Growing Older and What Beauty Really Means
“There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment.”
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January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Kudos to a pathbreaker!

(a proud aunt)

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Charu Suri: When I started out, a lot of doors were slammed in my face | Hindi Movie News - The Times of India
Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Charu Suri sees her recent nomination not just as a personal milestone, but as a larger victory for Indian music.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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"I just want to celebrate, yeah, yeah
Another day of living, yeah
I just want to celebrate another day of life"

🌅Good morning!

Wishing you a marvelous Monday and new week with this luxurious dahlia from September.💗

#ColorADay #PinkMon

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A deep pink dahlia and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. Gamble Garden.
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
... - rest if you must, but don't you quit.

- Edgar A. Guest

Wishing you a lovely evening and a new week with this August dahlia! 🧡

#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A coral colored dahlia and green leaves. A few smaller yellow flowers are partially visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. August 2025. Town and Country Village.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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🎼Did it take long to find me?
I asked the faithful light
Oh did it take long to find me?
And are you gonna stay the night?

youtu.be/C9v8fStNnhk

What is playing?
#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'70s
Moonshadow
YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Topic
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January 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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😍Beautiful!

"A winter scene in the Lake District NP."
By YorkshireLass Maureen Platts on X.

(posted with permission)

#landscape
A winter scene in the Lake District NP. By YorkshireLass Maureen Platts on X. (posted with permission)
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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adamgrant.bsky.social Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 1d
Don’t label a generation lazy because they’re not willing to make the same sacrifices you did.

Refusing to jeopardize your well-being for your boss is not an act of disrespect. It’s an expression of self-respect.
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Sharing for those who might be curious.
January 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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politicdormouse.bsky.social Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 1d
Caroline Haslett believed electricity could emancipate women from household drudgery to pursue ambitions outside home. President @wes1919.bsky.social edited The Woman Engineer. Founder Director of Electrical Association 4 Women. 6 Point Group member d #OTD 4 Jan 1957 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolin...
Caroline Haslett as Director of EAW in B&W head & shoulders photo
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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"Love is a flame that burns with sacred fire,
And fills the being up with sweet desire;
Yet, once the altar feels love’s fiery breath,
The heart must be a crucible till death." - G.M. McClellan.

#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#stunday
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
A macro of an orange lily. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. December 2025.
January 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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🎵Meet me in the crowd, people, people
Throw your love around, love me, love me
Take it into town, happy, happy
Put it in the ground where the flowers grow

youtu.be/YYOKMUTTDdA

Happy Birthday, Michael Stipe! 💐💐💐

#musicsky
#music
R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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January 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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🎶 Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy

youtu.be/bPBH7WMOe2w

#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'70s
Tragedy
YouTube video by Bee Gees - Topic
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January 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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"If I find a green meadow splashed with daisies and sit down beside a clear-running brook, I have found medicine."
- Deepak Chopra.

🌞Good morning!

Wishing you a lovely Sunday!

#SundayYellow
#stunday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A close-up of a yellow daisy. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. April 2025.
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” - J.R.R Tolkien.

“Wishing you a restful evening and a great Sunday with this June rose.🌹

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A yellow rose and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. From a neighborhood walk.
January 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Say 'ahhh'.

Just came back from my afternoon walk, where I found this.

Google tells me this is the seed pod of Iris foetidissima.
Scarlet seeds in Iris foetidissima's seed pod. Some green leaves are also visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January 2026. Seen during a neighborhood walk.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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🎼Well, another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would have let her go

youtu.be/wmZ4gHhXx_s

What is playing?
#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'70s
Taxi
YouTube video by Harry Chapin - Topic
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January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Peter #Drucker weekend thought, 2001: “Knowledge workers of all kinds tend to identify themselves with their knowledge.” #quote
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Fascinating investigtion!
quoteinvestigator.com Quote Investigator @quoteinvestigator.com · 2d
Anecdote Origin:
"I cannot loan my donkey to you. It is not here"
"But I just heard the donkey bray"
"You fool! Do you believe me or the donkey?"

quoteinvestigator.com/2026/01/03/b...
Picture of grazing donkeys in Doora, Ireland from Christian Hess Araya at Unsplash. The image has been cropped and resized.
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM