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Allie Mullin is an anagram for Illumine All
@alliemullin.bsky.social
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she/her |📍Durham, NC

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Professional photographer, horror enthusiast, master gardener, lazy birder, cat mom, anti-fascist, chronically ill, COVID aware.
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December mood board
A witchy winter drawing. I cannot find the artist, will keep searching! Ina Garten, winger edition. Her signature button down is a dark denim and she is holding a libation of some sort. Me in gremlin mode, drinking egg nog straight from the container. A multiracial couple stands outside in front of a large wreath, cheesin’ it up in holiday outfits.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Delightful. 🦆 🍂 🥧 🧡
A Thanksgiving table with appetizers, pie, and two full plates. A full thanksgiving plate with duck, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and macaroni and cheese. A handsome man sneaks a piece of duck to a cat A multiracial couple in sweaters. V festive
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Went for coffee and got some good tea, too. 🤫
A multiracial woman wearing a black kn95, holding a coffee and pastry in a red elevator
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Getting hotter and more powerful every year. Self portrait for 10/31:
A multiracial woman in black velvet stands in the middle of a pentagram in the forest. An altar on blue cloth is at her feet. The points of the pentagram are on fire.
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Tonight: Samhain! Finished my Halloween newsletter, had a lovely beef stew and collard salad for dinner, and now finishing up the evening with snuggles on the couch.
A woman in a Halloween cardigan snuggles with a tortie on a couch
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Tarragon spent her first autumn in the shelter. Now she gets to watch the deer and the leaves from cozy perches throughout the house. 🥹

#tortie
A tortie looks out a window into a forest.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Matching.

#tortie
A woman in a black turtleneck and brown corduroys sits with a tortie in her lap.
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Halloween mood board 🎃🦇✨
A multiracial woman in a forest wears a monster mash tee and pumpkin cardigan. She is looking away and smirking. A woman dressed in black, surrounded by vines in the forest A woman in a red orange dress, black boots, and witch hat sitting with a pumpkin A little girl wearing a witch nightgown
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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She has found the heated blankie! Fall is the best.
A multiracial woman and a tortie share a brown electric blanket on a couch
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Right after this she snuggled with her papa and hit me with her tail. I DON’T CARE I LOVE HER
A woman in a pumpkin cardigan holds a small tortie
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Next up: Our ninth dating anniversary. Homemade Spanish tapas and a lovely bottle of red. 💞 #lishandmatiforever #a&bdurm
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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This month is proving to be exhausting in a “giving it my all” kinda way. But then I have moments like this after a double family portrait session, and it’s so nice.
A multiracial woman hugging two kids dressed up for a portrait session
October 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Happy October! Allie's 31 Days of Halloween 2025 newsletter drops tonight. I can't believe I've done this project for so long. Link is in the usual place, all gals and ghouls are welcome to sign up!!! #horror #halloween
A woman bathed in red light holds a black book with smoke coming out of it. Her eyes are closed in demonic ecstasy. Text reads" Allie's 31 Days of Halloween Newsletter Returns October 1"
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Celebration season continues. This go-round: @nosnafus.bsky.social’s birthday and the last few drops of summer ☀️ 🎂
Part of a birthday cake. The only text remaining is “happy” A handsome man and his coffee plant A multiracial couple at an outdoor theater A multiracial couple being goofy
September 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Autumn mood board 🍁🍂
A smiling woman with freckles and long dark hair A skeleton holding a hot cup of coffee. Text reads: I feel alive every morning with my coffee. George Costanza in the soup line. Text reads: I gotta focus. I’m shifting into soup mode. A couple holding hands in bed under a warm Sherpa blanket
September 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Tarragon loves the packing materials that came with my repaired camera gear. Thanks, @canonusa.bsky.social for the bonus cat toys!

#caturday #tortie
A tortoiseshell cat under arches of packing material
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Went to the pickle! 🥒🏢
Three people smile in front of a skyscraper
September 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Welcoming false fall with great joy.

#tortie
A tortie snuggled up against a heated blanket-clad leg
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Last night’s dinner: steak, orzo pasta with sun-dried tomato pesto + olive + corn + shallot, cole slaw, and mashed potatoes. And a 2022 Merlot 🍷 🍽️ 👩🏽‍🍳 👨🏻‍🍳
An orange patio table with the dinner described in my caption
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I bought plants twice over vacation, it was glorious 🌱👩🏽‍🌾
A multiracial woman in a pink floral dress holds a tray of native plants
August 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Saying this as a horror loving gal, IT IS STILL SUMMER UNTIL MID SEPTEMBER! SLOW YOUR ROLL HALLOWEENIES.
A woman in a kn95 in front of a Halloween display.
August 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Today’s film: Longlegs.

Gorgeous composition, fun premise, subtle homages.
Still from the film Longlegs Still from the film Longlegs Still from the film Longlegs
August 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Staycation mood board 🧖🏽‍♀️ 🍽️ ☕️ 🧘🏽‍♀️
Coffee, journal, legs in bed An orange patio table with a delicious brekkie (shakshuka, coffee, fruit, juice). Andre 3000 in an all burgundy outfit in a garden with the text “this little garden is teaching me to enjoy the present” Jane Fonda holding a petanqué ball wearing a casual European outfit (button down, sweater around shoulders, hair scarf, trousers, and belt).
August 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Celebrating E entering her fifth decade! 22 years of friendship and counting, aging quite well if I do say so myself 🥹
Two middle aged women smiling in a backyard Two college age women in UNC marching band uniforms.
August 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Photographed the great southeast pollinator census event at the extension, left with plants and some pastries! Love our generous group.
A grinning multiracial woman with freckles holds a bag of plants in a parking lot
August 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM