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ChristinaS
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Rural MD to DC daily. Zone 7a/7b. Massawomeck/Piscataway.
All photos are mine unless otherwise indicated.
MCM. Design. Nature. Research. Climate. Pets. Coffee Achiever.
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J just came out of a thick slumber to grunt and groan at the black-and-pink themed Kars for Kids commercial.
He’s still in there. ❤️
#Hospice
On top of fuzzy blue bedding, a woman’s hand clasps the hand of a semi-conscious yet still occasionally aware man.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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This girl was flipping water bowls for the first year I adopted her. Made the whole household miserable around the clock. I bought a fountain, and now everyone’s happy. 🥳
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Hi from Siouxsie!
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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My morning email from Ghosts of DC revisited this gem from 2013. Were you there? I was. Yes, I’m old. 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶 #RockandRoll #Music

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My ticket stub from the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. As indicated in faded brown print, the occasion was An Evening With Led Zeppelin Mon.Feb.10.1975. I was in Section 6, Row S, Seat 3 for a whopping $6.50. 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶
September 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I had a lot of this:
Blank white screen endlessly reloading.
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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What I’m wearing to the Rapture.
Vintage black and white image of a woman from behind. She is wearing high heel pumps, seamed stockings, elbow length gloves, and big ball of fluff which resembles a spent dandelion that engulfs her from neck to mid-thigh. Her left arm is lifted in the air, and a single extended gloved finger is visible.
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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What I’m wearing to the Rapture.
Vintage black and white rear image of a woman wearing high heel pumps, seamed stockings, elbow length gloves, and a big ball of fluff resembling a spent dandelion covers her from head to mid-thigh. Her left arm is extended over her head, and a single extended begloved finger is visible.
September 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Friends, I have a question. This broken branch sticking straight into the ground is from a silver maple I planted 38 years ago. It is about 5” in diameter at the base and is about 30 feet long.

Is this large-scale cicada damage? Yikes! 🌱
We are looking at a fallen silver maple tree branch. The bark is covered in a cool pattern of holes arranged in straight lines. We are looking at a fallen silver maple tree branch. The bark is covered in a cool pattern of holes arranged in straight lines.
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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I’m looking through my old porch videos and see this. Raccoons, anyone? 😱🤣
#RuralLife
August 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The fence people are distrustful, yet totally intrigued, by this orange day lily. 🌱
We are looking at an orange double day lily, which has bloomed directly in front of a wood privacy fence in a NW DC alley. The gray fence has two neighboring slats which, due to knots in the wood, appear to bear the faces of a couple* reacting to the lily’s sudden emergence. *They remind me of Kitty and Red Forman, Eric’s parents on That 70s Show.
August 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Morning friends 🌞
A large green walking stick is just hanging out on my front door. A cicada greets me and asks what’s for breakfast. A lovely moth in shades of tan, brown, and rust also on my front door. Will research later. A box turtle regards me with apprehension as I’m about to move it out of my driveway.
July 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The nut-tree tussock is so sweetly tabby! It’s one of my favorite blends.
A visiting tabby cat looks in the direction of an interesting noise. An old green window box of Johnny-Jump-Ups in shades of lavender and yellow is in the background. #notmycat A visiting tabby cat stretches full length on my gray porch, with face and front paws toward the camera and rear legs in the air. #notmycat An orange female (!) tabby is standing on an early spring bluebird box which is attached to a tree. She is sniffing the crevice between the box and its lid, inhaling the aroma of last years residents. She temporarily wears a silly pink collar. Female orange tabby cats are relatively rare (approx 20%) because they need two X chromosomes for color, while males only require one. #mycat
July 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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It was crazy. Three days later we were still cutting our way out.
Splintered utility pole and debris litter the roadside on July 2, 2012. Downed trees in Bethesda, MD on July 2, 2012. Downed trees waiting to be cleared from a road on July 2, 2012.
June 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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In a world gone wrong, you inspire me. Thank you! Here is a Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata) found on my front porch at dawn.
A sweet lil Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata) moth on my porch. It has the palest of green wings with cream-colored postmedial and antemedial faint lines that run continuously across the forewings and hindwings, with a matching creamy body. It is so Art Deco.
June 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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At 2:45 I was about to leave Frederick MD and the sky was looking scary. I drove 75 mph for 10 minutes until the sky opened up and a gust of wind almost blew me off the highway. 😱 We formed a line at 25 mph with flashers on for the rest of the ride. So. Much. Rain. 🌬️💨💦😳 #mdwx
We are in Frederick MD looking north toward Pennsylvania at a dark, ominous sky. Ten minutes later, the storm hit.
June 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Some nice storm clouds boiled up during the drive home. Thunderstorms popped and triggered flooding this afternoon. #mdwx
Puffy storm clouds move eastward over Maryland foothills. A two-lane rural road through farmlands is in the foreground. Thunderstorms with heavy rain popped all afternoon.
June 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I wish you could breathe in the scent of this Tropicana rose right now. ☺️
Closeup of a pinkish orange-colored Tropicana rose. The yellow in the center makes them seem lit from within.
June 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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June! It’s not raining, it was 45 degrees at 5 am, and potbound plants are calling. Meanwhile, here’s a baby mantis exploring a peony. 🌱 #bloomscrolling
A tiny praying mantis explores a glorious double white with delicate pinkish edges peony flower. It looks like a Shirley Temple, but I’m not sure. Regardless, it’s a beautiful bloom. Mantis agrees.
June 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Another rainy day in the DC area. We are steadily improving our drought status. 🌱
A pink Mexican primrose bloom in the rain. A droopy pink peony in the rain.
May 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I took this photo yesterday, and we have a great deal more rain on the way tonight. Happy Friday! #Flowers #BloomScrolling
A bright pink Asiatic lily covered in raindrops, nestled next to some peony foliage.
May 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Spending #Caturday with my best girl. We had sunshine earlier today but a thunderstorm just blew through and the cats are now in hiding.
We are looking at Siouxsie, a long haired black cat, in profile. She is looking upward while her human is petting her. A long haired black cat sits on her favorite window seat and looks at the camera. We see a blue and cream paisley patterned curtain and beyond that, dense springtime vegetation and a blooming dogwood tree.
May 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Check, check.
A long haired black cat in profile, looking upward, sitting with one paw raised daintily as if to say “Excuse me, but may I have a piece of your snack?” A tuxedo cat is sprawled in a well-loved gray condo. Her left paw is covering her eyes. No pictures, please.
April 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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This bloom makes me happy. Narcissus?
I think this is Narcissus, not Daffodil, but I don’t really know. Is it a split corona daffodil? Is it an heirloom double daff? I do not know but I think it is beautiful. I also love this photo with the shadows, giving it a zebra-leafed look. #takeawalk #breathe
April 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Accidental self portrait at the beach. There’s a lot going on here. 😎 #SelfPortraitSunday
Reflections of Ocean City, MD. I’m sitting on a hotel balcony chair with my feet on another chair, leaning forward to snap a photo. We see a curtain in the foreground, then bits of me and the chairs, then balcony railing, ocean, blue sky with spotty gray clouds, and then a window in the sky with sunlight pouring through it into the ocean below. What?
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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In the middle of these Norfolks is our boy Frodo and his proud tail. ☺️
Five Norfolk Terriers are mostly sitting and waiting for treats to be dispensed. Little Charlotte (red harness) has cerebellar disorder and is unable to sit, but she makes up for it in charm.
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM