@dawnmaria.bsky.social
Buddhist library hobbit who loves animals, books, yarn, hiking and the dharma.
"All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others" Sharon Salzberg
"All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others" Sharon Salzberg
Not sure it's truly magenta, but it's a great excuse to post a picture of my native eastern red columbine for #magentamonday
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#homegrownnationalpark
#plantnatives
#rewilding #nativegardening
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#homegrownnationalpark
#plantnatives
#rewilding #nativegardening
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Not sure it's truly magenta, but it's a great excuse to post a picture of my native eastern red columbine for #magentamonday
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#homegrownnationalpark
#plantnatives
#rewilding #nativegardening
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#homegrownnationalpark
#plantnatives
#rewilding #nativegardening
Just started this sweater vest for my daughter. It's gonna be exactly like the one I made her for Christmas that her partner accidently washed and shrunk. The pattern is called "the librarian vest". Should be q piece of cake the 2nd time around. 🤣
April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just started this sweater vest for my daughter. It's gonna be exactly like the one I made her for Christmas that her partner accidently washed and shrunk. The pattern is called "the librarian vest". Should be q piece of cake the 2nd time around. 🤣
It's officially sit outside and knit season in my neck of the woods. Just started #librarianvest 2.0 for my daughter. (Her partner accidently put the 1st one in the wash and dryer).
#knitsky #springknits #knittingoutdoors
#knitsky #springknits #knittingoutdoors
April 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's officially sit outside and knit season in my neck of the woods. Just started #librarianvest 2.0 for my daughter. (Her partner accidently put the 1st one in the wash and dryer).
#knitsky #springknits #knittingoutdoors
#knitsky #springknits #knittingoutdoors
I can't tell you how much I love that you knit. Def helps keep me sane rn. Love Ozetta's designs, but rn working on Goldwing by Jennifer Steinglass. 100% alpaca. I'm down past the arm holes now and doing the boring bit.
April 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I can't tell you how much I love that you knit. Def helps keep me sane rn. Love Ozetta's designs, but rn working on Goldwing by Jennifer Steinglass. 100% alpaca. I'm down past the arm holes now and doing the boring bit.
I love logging in on the desk and seeing this quote on the Polaris open page.
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#librarylove #booksky #drwho #library #supportlibraries
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#librarylove #booksky #drwho #library #supportlibraries
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I love logging in on the desk and seeing this quote on the Polaris open page.
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#librarylove #booksky #drwho #library #supportlibraries
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#librarylove #booksky #drwho #library #supportlibraries
I don't often do baby items these days, but just do happens I recently made this newborn size #DogStarsweater by #tincanknits for my friend's 1st grandchild. #showmeyourknits #knitsky
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't often do baby items these days, but just do happens I recently made this newborn size #DogStarsweater by #tincanknits for my friend's 1st grandchild. #showmeyourknits #knitsky
I recently made Tin Can Knits dog star for my girlfriend's first grandchild. Baby is 3/4 Scots and a ginger to boot
March 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I recently made Tin Can Knits dog star for my girlfriend's first grandchild. Baby is 3/4 Scots and a ginger to boot
After an in person visit to my MAGA congressional reps office to fill out an "intake form" about my concerns, I rewarded myself with a 90 hike in the woods with my beloved mutt, Eleanor Beardsley. It's our 11th hike this year and a staple of my mental health regimen.
March 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
After an in person visit to my MAGA congressional reps office to fill out an "intake form" about my concerns, I rewarded myself with a 90 hike in the woods with my beloved mutt, Eleanor Beardsley. It's our 11th hike this year and a staple of my mental health regimen.
Bluesky Friday. Beyond grateful for my Icebug boots that allowed me to get out in the woods with Eleanor even tho the trails are solid ice. I needed this desperately. Bonus: I only encountered one other human.
Take care of yourselves my friends.
#hikingwithdogs #forestbathing #winterhiking
Take care of yourselves my friends.
#hikingwithdogs #forestbathing #winterhiking
February 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Bluesky Friday. Beyond grateful for my Icebug boots that allowed me to get out in the woods with Eleanor even tho the trails are solid ice. I needed this desperately. Bonus: I only encountered one other human.
Take care of yourselves my friends.
#hikingwithdogs #forestbathing #winterhiking
Take care of yourselves my friends.
#hikingwithdogs #forestbathing #winterhiking
Knitting a fair Isle baby sweater (the traditional bottom up method for the 1st time for me) while listening to Braiding Sweetgrass is like an extension of my morning meditation practice. Feeling the gratitude, feeling the abundance.
#booksky #BraidingSweetgrass #fairisle #handknit #tincanknits
#booksky #BraidingSweetgrass #fairisle #handknit #tincanknits
January 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Knitting a fair Isle baby sweater (the traditional bottom up method for the 1st time for me) while listening to Braiding Sweetgrass is like an extension of my morning meditation practice. Feeling the gratitude, feeling the abundance.
#booksky #BraidingSweetgrass #fairisle #handknit #tincanknits
#booksky #BraidingSweetgrass #fairisle #handknit #tincanknits
"Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy that thrives by creating unmet desires. Gratitude cultivates an ethic of fullness, but the economy needs emptiness."
My new mantra "do I truly need this? "
My new mantra "do I truly need this? "
January 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy that thrives by creating unmet desires. Gratitude cultivates an ethic of fullness, but the economy needs emptiness."
My new mantra "do I truly need this? "
My new mantra "do I truly need this? "
Picked up a new book at work (local library) last night. Saw that @mychal3ts.bsky.social recommended it for "times of worry, anxiety and uncertainty".
Only 2 chapters in and I'm totally invested. (Yes I'm reading by my virtual YouTube fireplace).
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#booksky #jashammond #librarylove #storiesmatter
Only 2 chapters in and I'm totally invested. (Yes I'm reading by my virtual YouTube fireplace).
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#booksky #jashammond #librarylove #storiesmatter
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Picked up a new book at work (local library) last night. Saw that @mychal3ts.bsky.social recommended it for "times of worry, anxiety and uncertainty".
Only 2 chapters in and I'm totally invested. (Yes I'm reading by my virtual YouTube fireplace).
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#booksky #jashammond #librarylove #storiesmatter
Only 2 chapters in and I'm totally invested. (Yes I'm reading by my virtual YouTube fireplace).
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#booksky #jashammond #librarylove #storiesmatter
Turns out -6f (-21c) with -22 wind chill is quite beautiful from inside a cozy house. Don't forget to enjoy the beautiful, it's everywhere, even in the harshest environments.
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#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #practicejoy #practicepeace
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#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #practicejoy #practicepeace
January 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Turns out -6f (-21c) with -22 wind chill is quite beautiful from inside a cozy house. Don't forget to enjoy the beautiful, it's everywhere, even in the harshest environments.
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#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #practicejoy #practicepeace
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#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #practicejoy #practicepeace
Good morning. It's a good day to do good things. Be happy and sprinkle kindness like snowflakes (bonus: it'll piss off the MAGAs).
#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #dogoodanyway #fucktrump
#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #dogoodanyway #fucktrump
January 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Good morning. It's a good day to do good things. Be happy and sprinkle kindness like snowflakes (bonus: it'll piss off the MAGAs).
#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #dogoodanyway #fucktrump
#sunrise #michiganwinter #bealight #dogoodanyway #fucktrump
Dangerous wind chills means no Monday hike for Ellie the mutt and me, but Lulu is quite happy with the current situation: knitting a baby sweater while listening to "Braiding Sweetgrass"
#knitsky #braidingsweetgrass #booksky #audiobook #fairisle #tincanknits #polarvortex
#knitsky #braidingsweetgrass #booksky #audiobook #fairisle #tincanknits #polarvortex
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dangerous wind chills means no Monday hike for Ellie the mutt and me, but Lulu is quite happy with the current situation: knitting a baby sweater while listening to "Braiding Sweetgrass"
#knitsky #braidingsweetgrass #booksky #audiobook #fairisle #tincanknits #polarvortex
#knitsky #braidingsweetgrass #booksky #audiobook #fairisle #tincanknits #polarvortex
I'm knitting and reading. Just starting a newborn Fair Isle sweater and just finished this cozy fantasy. It was just perfect. A comfort read is what I needed these last couple of weeks. I'd be walking in the woods with my dog rn if it wasn't 1f (-13 real feel) outside.
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm knitting and reading. Just starting a newborn Fair Isle sweater and just finished this cozy fantasy. It was just perfect. A comfort read is what I needed these last couple of weeks. I'd be walking in the woods with my dog rn if it wasn't 1f (-13 real feel) outside.
Stay cozy my friends. Looking at -30f wind chills and colder here next few days. And don't forget tomorrow is MLK Day and NOTHING else. Do some good. Be the change. Especially now. (In photo: Lulu Garcia Navarro, I'm her human)
January 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Stay cozy my friends. Looking at -30f wind chills and colder here next few days. And don't forget tomorrow is MLK Day and NOTHING else. Do some good. Be the change. Especially now. (In photo: Lulu Garcia Navarro, I'm her human)
I'm so very sorry for your loss. I've lost 2 cats too young and very suddenly (7 and 9) to HCM. Much love to you. I bet that Skittles will send a worthy feline your way, as my Oscar did a year and a half ago after he crossed over. Lulu resembles Skittles a bit I think.
January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm so very sorry for your loss. I've lost 2 cats too young and very suddenly (7 and 9) to HCM. Much love to you. I bet that Skittles will send a worthy feline your way, as my Oscar did a year and a half ago after he crossed over. Lulu resembles Skittles a bit I think.
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry
#wintersolstice #solticesunrise
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry
#wintersolstice #solticesunrise
December 21, 2024 at 2:41 PM
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry
#wintersolstice #solticesunrise
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry
#wintersolstice #solticesunrise
Caturday vibe. Coltrane on to complete the coziness.
November 23, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Caturday vibe. Coltrane on to complete the coziness.
Thursday vibe: first snow, cat on lap, tummy rumbling because it's time for 2nd breakfast.
November 21, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Thursday vibe: first snow, cat on lap, tummy rumbling because it's time for 2nd breakfast.