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CarolTheCrone
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Just your average person getting older. Interested in #news, #journalism, #nature, #gardening, #sewing and #photography. Wife and mom.

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A reminder of what Russia is doing to Ukraine.

In #Bucha alone, they killed over 400 people...innocent civilians, zip-tying them and shooting them at point blank range, or burning them.

Many of the women were raped.

Putin ordered it--Don't ever forget.

#Ukraine #War #Horror #WarCrimes
Charred and burnt out city street of Bucha in Ukraine with a lone woman walking down the middle.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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So between the auroras a couple days ago and some forest bathing this morning, I think the universe is telling me to widen the aperture.

Humans can't ruin everything. No matter how hard they try.

#Universe #Nature #Politics
Aurora bright pink streaks in the night sky with stars shining through. Trees on either end of the bottom and lower sides. Vertical shot of a creek in the woods. The blue in the sky is reflected in the creek. Some green leaves in the foreground. Grassy and wooded landscape on the other side of the creek.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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#SNAP is first, #SocialSecurity is next.

The employees there can no longer afford to live without pay.
While the guy in charge doesn't have human emotions.

His reaction to a medical emergency at the Whitehouse the other day. Inhuman.

#Shutdown

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That tell-all pic of him in the oval office when someone fainted. Everyone is tending the person and he's standing upright not looking in that direction, looking bored and put out.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My Halloween costume.

No one will get it but I don't care

#Halloween2025 #HappyHalloween
Me wearing a diamond and pearl tiara, emerald necklace, sapphire necklace, emerald earrings, multiple large gemstone rings. I have a finger over my mouth like ssshhhh. And my t-shirt says Property Du Musee Du Louvre.
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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The last of the backyard zinnias. They still have some buds, so I may get one more round of blooms.

They are so cheerful in the kitchen. I love State Fair Zinnias.

#Flowers #Zinnias #Blooming #Photography #Fall #Gardening #BackyardGardening #Gardeners #CutFlowers #Red #Pink
Close up of bright red, hot pink, and orange/red zinnias packed closely together in a bouquet in a mason jar. Background is washed out white from sunlight.
October 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Been a crummy day, week, year.

But @marcelias.bsky.social @democracydocket.com got a new puppy and it makes me think everything's gonna be OK.

#Blue #Democracy #DemocracyDocket
Adorable Portuguese water dog puppy, black with white spots on chest, chin, and one paw. sitting with tongue out. Dog belongs to Marc Elias founder of Democracy Docket.
September 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I have an unreasonable number of #NancyDrew books. I read them as a kid and collected them enthusiastically.

I'm moving them around to get new carpeting installed soon. I can't part with them.

Some are first editions. Even some Dana girls.

#Mysteries #Books #Vintage #Collections #BookLovers
2 plastic containers, filled with old books. Many of them the familiar yellow Nancy Drew hardcover, others the much older printings.
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I was up early this morning and found this little guy sound asleep under the aster. Didn't matter how close I got, he was completely asleep.

That's what male bees do. They sleep for the night wherever they get tired.

#Polinators #Plants #Asters #Gardening #Gardeners #Nature #Photography
Large bumble bee nestled under a closed aster bud. The aster is bright pink/fuscia. Other buds in the background. Green out of focus background.
August 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Kitchen bouquet I just gathered from the backyard, and popped into a Mason jar.

Sunshine in a bottle.

#Flowers #Blooming #Photography #summer #August #Zinnias #Rudbeckia #SweetBrownEyedSusans #Photography #Blooms #Kitchen #Home #Gardens #Gardening
Colorful bouquet of yellow rudbeckia, coral, fuschia and red zinnias and some sweet brown-eyed susans in the background. Sitting on the kitchen counter. You can see the top of the jar. Light, out-of-focus background.
August 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The David Austin is blooming.

That's all I need today.

#Flowers #Roses #DavidAustin #Gardening #gardeners #Photography #Bloooming #FlowerPhotography
Beautiful coral/pink rose in full bloom with dark green leaves and buds surrounding it. Background is dark. rose has a yellow interior with peachy coral petals.
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Every year my sister makes a dawn trip to the Wisconsin State Fair to pick up cream puffs for my 91 y/o father and his whole neighborhood.

This year...chocolate is available!

#Wisconsin #WisconsinStateFair #CreamPuffs #Foodie #WisconsinStateFairCreamPuffs #WI
Cream puff on a paper plate with a fork nearby. The whipped cream has a chocolate milk color.
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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So who wants to get my mail for me today?

#USPS #Mail #Spiders #Terror #ImMoving
Angled shot of the corner of a mailbox, open, with a large spider partially on the mail inside.
July 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Purple coneflower in the backyard leaning heavily into the "cone" part.

Great light too.

#Coneflowers #Flowers #Photography #Prairie #Blooming #flowerPhotography
Purple coneflower with drooping petals and giant cone with orange/yellow/brown points on it, catching the light. Dark out of focus background with some green leaves below.
July 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Snapshot of July in the back garden. The Asters won't bloom til almost Sept. And the Sweet Brown-Eyed Susans and the Prairie Blazing Star are not blooming yet, and almost cropped out.

#Gardens #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #Blooming #Gardeners #Photography #plants #July
Vertical shot of plants against a green lawn with dark green in the background. Includes a blooming hosta in the foreground, asiatic lilies, Supertunia Vista Bubblegum (a pink petunia) asters, and a couple other things mostly cropped out: Prairie Blazing Star and Sweet Brown-Eyes Susans. Those are not blooming yet.
July 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Asian lilies are blooming prolifically this year. Hard to tell why.

So pretty on a cloudy day.

#Lily #Lilies #Blooming #Plants #Gardens #Gardening #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #Photography #Nature
Fuscia/pink lilies. the one in the center is wide open, surrounded by several buds and other lilies in various stages of opening. Bright green in and out of focus leaves in the background. Dark green in the far background. Very striking.
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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How a sewist says “Happy 4th of July” !!

#sewing #embroidery #crafts #kimberbell #FourthOfJuly #stitching #MachineEmbroidery
July 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Today I give the crown to the bearded iris.

It decided to bloom in the rain as it does most years.

I bow to you, oh iris. The most beautiful thing in the garden at the moment.

#Flowers #Blooming #Iris #Photography #Nature #Gardening #Gardens #Gardeners
Bright green out of focus leaves in the background. Close up of a bearded iris: deep purple, almost fuscia-colored outer petals, ruffled, with closed pale pink/coral inner petals. Raindrops over the whole thing. It's a gorgeous flower. I probably should dig them up and divide, but I'm afraid of moving them.
May 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I wonder if Latino men are getting what they voted for.

#Voters #Catalyst #USPolitcs #Election2024 #Election #Latino
A chart showing the groups of voters and how they decreased from Biden to Harris. Young Latino men were minus 16points, and Irregular Latino male voters were down 17points. Latinos in general were down 9 points. Men (all) down 5pts, Irregular voters down5 points. Young Latinos down 12 pts.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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If you don't know where to look, you could miss the bluebells in bloom.

#Forests #Nature #Bluebells #Blooming
Dirt path surrounded by bluebells in bloom. Forest trees in the background.
April 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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When there's not a ton to celebrate, celebrate nature.

It doesn't give a flying fig about what anyone believes.

If we don't respect it, it will kill us and never look back.

Humans of the world,
Touch grass.

#Nature #Daffodils #Spring #Redbuds #NaturePhotography #Photography #Landscape
Field of daffodils, with trees interspersed. Some are redbuds in bloom, which have tiny pink/purple flowers. Idyllic scene, lots of green, yellow and pinks.
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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This sweet spot in the neighborhood feels like a secret garden in the spring.

Vertical shot.

#Tulips #Blooming #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Spring
#Bluebells #Redbuds
Vertical field of tulips, multi-colored: red white, yellow, orange, with Virginia bluebells mixed in. Faded wood posts with round tops and wire fencing, giving the garden a walled-off feeling. Tree trunks in the background and redbuds in bloom over the back fence.
April 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The sky on the trail this am.

#Bluesky #Clouds #MorningWalk #IphonePhotography #MorningLight #Perspective
Mostly sky, with blue sky, and patterned white puffy clouds in somewhat of a linear pattern, like ripples on a pond...if the pond were the sky as far as the eye could see. They get smaller and closer together in the distance. Part of it may be perspective, part of it is the pattern. Barren tree off to the left, and some dark land and trees along the very bottom.
March 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Ah, spring in the Midwest.

Hail and thunderstorms yesterday.

3 inches of snow today.

I'm hoping I don't have to shovel and that it will melt today and tomorrow.

#Midwest #Snow #Weather #IL
Image of snow on trees and brush, with white in the foreground. (covering the lawn).
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Mouthwatering, with a slight crunch on the first bite. Juicy, and oh so sweet.

My downfall.

#Foodie #GrapesOfWrath #Grapes #RedGrapes #Photography #FoodPhotography #Delicious #Food
Close up of several bunches of ripe, red grapes with water droplets on them. Sunlight in the background. They are in a silver colander. Yum.
March 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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On my kitchen table today. To cheer me up to get to spring.

Trader Joe's roses and green hydrangeas in a wide mouth, low crystal vase.

Whatever it takes to get through the day.

#Roses #Flowers #FreshFlowers #KitchenTable #FloralArrangements #Spring #Kitchen #Photography
3-4 white roses with a light background, surrounded by green hydrangeas. A bit of crystal is showing with water filling the vase.
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM