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Natalie
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I love to read and hang out with my dog. I blog about it at
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Our Zulu Giant finally bloomed, and it’s beautiful! I was hoping it would bloom during the summer when it was in the greenhouse. Thankfully, the odor isn’t pungent as I feared. 💛🌱

#gardening #succulents #bloomscrolling
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Diving into three books this weekend. A physical book, one on my Kindle, and one audiobook. I’m set for any occasion. 😄📚

#booksky #FridayReads
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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November’s Amazon First Reads allows a free bonus short read, The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger, plus a new book of your choice. Looking forward to this holiday read. I also selected The Night Watcher by Tariq Ashkanani.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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‪Excited to finally have my turn with We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. It’s sooo creepy good. ‬😄🎧

#booksky #FridayReads
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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November is Nikolette’s birthday month! 🐾🥳

We’re planning to celebrate all month long by spending lots of quality time together, reading books. ❤️📚

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November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Never have I ever had my irises bloom in October/November. I noticed new buds last week and brought the cuttings inside so they wouldn’t freeze. 🥶🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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"Set wide the window, let me drink in the day."

~Edith Wharton 🌱

#fungi #gardening
November 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Despite today being Halloween, I’m listening to ‪The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel, a historical fiction novel. It’s a library hold, so I feel obliged to make it a priority. I’m loving it though. 💞

#booksky #fridayreads
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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🎃👻🕸️📚 #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Discovered this cool mushroom growing off the base of my hydrangea. 🍄‍🟫🍁🤎🌱

#gardening
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

~Frank Lloyd Wright 🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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This weekend, I’m enjoying a couple of psychological thrillers: Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare and Serves You Right by Orion Gregory. 🎃🍁

#booksky #FridayReads
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

~Marcus Aurelius 💕🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul.”

~Luther Burbank 🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy
October 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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‪It’s spooky reading season, so I’m entertained by The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor and The Haunting of a Bourbon Town by Jeff Waldridge. 👻‬

#FridayReads #booksky
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement.”

~Mary Oliver 💜🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photograghy
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”

~John Keats ❤️🌱

#gardening #photography
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This weekend, I’ll be spending some time at the Jamaica Inn, immersed in Daphne du Maurier’s lyrical prose. 🍺

#FridayReads #boosky
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

~Jane Goodall 🌸🌱

#gardening #photograghy
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”

~ William Wordsworth🕸️

#nature #photography
October 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Happy Halloween season! For Nikolette and me, October is our favorite month. The changing season is beautiful, with all the new colors. We always try to read as many spooky books as possible.
🎃🍁👻🍂☕️📚

#booksky #Halloween
October 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#FridayReads It’s spooky reading season, so I’m listening to No Exit by Taylor Adams on Audible. Even though it’s set during the winter season, it’s still creepy. 🎃

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October 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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October’s Amazon First Reads allows 2 free selections! My summer of gardening inspired me to select The Restoration Garden by Sara Blaydes. 🌸 I also picked The Night Guests by Marina Scott. Maybe there will be ghosts? 👻

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October 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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“The change of seasons is a reminder that time is not our own, and yet it is given to us to use well.”

~ Wendell Berry🌱🍂🌅

#nature #photography
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM