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Bethany
@begraceful319.bsky.social
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Just a regular person, sometimes expressing an opinion; often responds in gifs; New Englander by birth, Pennsylvanian by choice; She/her #uglydogs
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Got home from my Thanksgiving travels last night, and woke up to the first snow of the season falling outside my bedroom window.
A bedroom window is seen with the curtain drawn back to reveal a scene of green grass, buildings and cars against a backdrop of woods with no leaves, as the snow falls and has begun to cover everything in a thin, clean layer of white.
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Next year, make sure they spatchcock the turkey so you can disagree with him on that point! 😆
A spatchcocked turkey fresh out of the oven sits on a rack in a sheet pan
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I visited a Buc-ee’s for the first time ever today, and even knowing it was going to be huge, it was overwhelming! I swear I’ve been to Walmarts smaller than this!
A picture of a Buc-ee’s store and gas station under a bright blue sky. People can be seen walking towards the building, which is huge, emphasizing the scale of the property. This place has about 100 gas pumps, and has a huge footprint! It is not a gas station, it is a destination!
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Fun fact: the Minuteman Statue that memorializes the battle at Concord Bridge was sculpted by the same artist that made the Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French (a distant cousin of mine, who looked a lot like my dad!) photo below is my dad and I from our visit in 2018

#HATM #AmericanRevolution
A man and woman (father and daughter), stand proudly in front of the Minuteman Statue in Concord, MA.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
A scene from a creek with a fallen log in the center-right of the frame, above which a blue heron has just taken flight and can be seen with wings out stretched and mid flap.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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So. Huh. I guess it’s time for plan b on how I get ice cream tonight, because now I REALLY need chocolate ice cream.

Not only did the scoop break, but then I accidentally knocked my bowl off the counter and it shattered on the floor. 😩 😑
A tub of dark chocolate ice cream is open on top of my stove, with the scooping end of a pink and purple (it changed color based on temperature) plastic ice cream scoop with the grip end cleanly snapped off sticking up out of the ice cream. In the lower left corner, you can see the floor tiles and a spoon and pieces of a broken ceramic bowl. So, I really broke two items in my kitchen tonight and now need ice cream even more.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I loved her bust in Trinity College Library in Dublin when I was there in 2023.
A marble bust of Rosalind Franklin in Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland. Rosalind is shown with a proud look on her face, a slight v-neck blouse and a pearl necklace, while supported on a post of solid marble squares that swirl in a way that reminds me of a double helix shape, a nod to her discovery of the structure of DNA. Her name is engraved on the base of the bust. She is one of two women honored with a bust in the library.
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Watch out for the gales of November, especially when they come early!
The lower half of the image is a picture of a freighter with a red hull and white deck at the bow, floating on calm water. The upper half is a tweet from John Grace (@johngrace_) that reads: “The last line of defense from the annual onslaught of Christmas music is the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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My town had our first ever Fall Fest on Main (a kind of street festival with lots of food trucks and vendors), and I worked our Girl Scout table with a few of our scouts this evening. We made friendship bracelets and had a color your own sticker activity for kids! Next year we need a bigger table!
A white woman in a blue Girl Scout leader vest is sitting behind a small table with a Girl Scout cookie table cloth, a stuffed animal, multiple crafts and a signup for info sheet on the street in the sunshine.
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Oh, here are the postcards:
A selection of 7 postcards sit on a brown wood desk. The postcards are from Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK (2 cards), Lanzarote and Tenerife in the Canary Islands (2 cards), Cabo Verde (1 card), and Florida (2 cards).
September 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Good friends, good food, good fire… and s’mores!! I hope you all have a lovely Labor Day Weekend! (Or just a regular weekend if you’re somewhere other than USA!)
A stone-ringed fire pit has a fire with orange flames burning in the center of the photo. In the background is a grassy lawn with a blue Adirondack chair before a house appears under a clear blue sky.
August 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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“Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!”

Enjoying Monty Python and the Holy Grail at a drive-in under the stars tonight!
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Did you know you can perfectly cook filet mignon in your air fryer?? Made this whole meal (filet mignon seasoned with salt, pepper, and Wauwatosa seasoning from Penzey’s, and lemon-balsamic broccoli and cauliflower) in my air fryer tonight and it is perfect. 👩‍🍳 😚 🤌🏻
Made this whole meal (filet mignon seasoned with salt, pepper, and Wauwatosa seasoning from Penzey’s, and lemon-balsamic broccoli and cauliflower) in my air fryer. A lovely steak is nestled among roast broccoli and cauliflower on a blue plate, sitting on a glass table top.
July 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Summer has arrived, and it was time for a chop! #haircut
A photo of the back of my head, showing long, wavy brown hair that falls a few inches below my shoulders. This is the before picture. A photo of me from the side showing my new haircut, with my hair coming to just my chin and the curls have bounced back up, riotously. This is the after picture.
June 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Starting my summer reading with a new book I picked up yesterday: The Mesopotamian Riddle.

Anyone else heard of this or read it yet?

#HistoryNerd
May 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I had this cake for dessert tonight, because same.
A large slice of a decadent looking chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting, a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a few strawberry slices. It was rich and delicious!
May 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Here’s some photos of a female common merganser I spotted in a local creek on Monday.
May 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Hey there, @themerl.bsky.social! How are the ducks doing over there? I keep seeing a bunch in the creek near my house, and today I got a picture of one! A lovely female common merganser, paddling upstream, then standing on a rock. #UnsolicitedDuckPic
#CommonMerganser
#Quack #Duck
The upper third of the picture is vegetation alongside a creek in the bright green of new spring growth, while the bottom 2/3s is the creek, with water gently flowing downstream from right to left. In the center right is the top of a large flat topped rock poking above the surface, and to the left a duck is seen swimming upstream. She is brown, with red feathers on her head, identifying her as a common merganser. The upper third of the picture is vegetation alongside a creek in the bright green of new spring growth, while the bottom 2/3s is the creek, with water gently flowing downstream from right to left. In the center a female common merganser duck is seen standing on top of a flat rock just above the surface of the water. Her back has brown-gray feathers, her belly is white, her feet bright orange and her head has rust red feathers. She has a long pointy bill and is standing in profile looking upstream (to the left)
May 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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If you see this, post a beach photograph from your phone.
A beach scene from Inís Mor, Ireland, in July 2023. The Sky is overcast, and the beach stretches from the foreground to a dock and some cottages about 100 yards away. The sand appears gray and wet, and midway up the beach is a line of stranded seaweed left from high tide. There is a stone wall seen in the front left corner of the photo that the photographer was standing against.
April 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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So… at my local minor league team, they have a Crazy HotDog Vendor mascot-guy, and we’re a Phillies affiliate team…
March 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Dessert is a GIANT slice of Guinness chocolate cake!!
March 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Birthday dinner: medium rare Prime Rib, creamy risotto and broccoli
March 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Out to dinner now and starting off with a lovely Gaelic Gin Fizz!
A glass with a green drink is on the right hand side with a menu of specialty cocktails on the left side. The drink is a Gaelic Gin Fizz, made with Malfy Limone Gin, elderflower liqueur, muddled cucumber, fresh lime juice, and topped with soda water.
March 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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This is 42. Wearing my Grandmama’s pearls today!

Happy birthday to me!
A white woman with curly brown hair and blue eyes smiles at the camera. She’s wearing a blue blouse, pearl jewelry and a light blue headband, and resting her chin on her hand to show off her pearl ring.
March 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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We are using some troop funds from last year’s cookie sales as part of a service project right now. My girls made cards to send to Girl Scouts affected by the California wildfires, and they are sending new vests and badges they selected to help replace ones girls lost. They set the budget, too!
A screenshot of a flyer for Project InVEST 2025, a service project being run by a group of Girl Scouts in Los Angeles to help replace uniform items for Girl Scouts who lost theirs in the California wildfires. The flyer asks Girl Scouts around the country to send in any new vests/sashes and badges for all GS levels (Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors) to their service unit. They will then sort through and distribute items to girls who need it through their council: Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. Troop leaders who have girls in need of replacement items can contact them to let them know what items are needed. Local scouts can also sign up to volunteer to help organize items as they come in.
February 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM