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Dean G
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Love my wife, my kids, and my motorcycle! I'm in business resilience and continuity if you have questions. Also, into gardens and woodworking. Still holding out for a farm.
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Mine are a little shocked from last night's frost, but still doing their thing.
Orange and yellow pinwheel flower plant with several opened flowers on it. The green plant itself looks non the worse for wear from last night's frost, but the flowers are a little beat up.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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And for only $29 more, you can sort your notes with these color-coded tags.
Picture of neon post-it flags/tags package in 6 different colors.
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Finally got one of the monarch butterflies 🦋 to sit long enough for a couple of quick pics. We have at least 2, maybe 3, in the zinnias, or what's left of them. #garden #butterfly #insects
Orange monarch butterfly sitting on a red zinnia. It's wings are fully open, and the picture is from above. Orange monarch butterfly sitting on a red zinnia. It's wings are fully open, and the picture is from above. Orange monarch butterfly sitting on a red zinnia. It's wings are partially open, and the picture is from above. Orange monarch butterfly sitting on a peach zinnia. It's wings are closed, and the picture is from the side. There's another peach zinnia behind them.
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I had one visit on Saturday!
Praying mantis sitting on top of a dead pink zinnia. He's looking right at the camera. Side view of praying mantis sitting on top of a dead pink zinnia. He's looking right at the camera.
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Funniest looking butterfly I've seen since far... ,^) #gardening #prayingmantis #insects
Praying mantis sitting atop a dying pi k zinnia, looking at the camera. Praying mantis sitting atop a dying pi k zinnia, looking at the camera. Praying mantis sitting atop a dying pi k zinnia, from the side.
September 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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That's beautiful! Our zinnias are almost done, but I put together at 1 more little bouquet.
Small bouquet of red pink and orange zinnias sitting on a wooden tray. There's also a maroon dahlia, an orange coneflower and a yellow mini sunflower there.
September 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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My knowledge of 🦋 pretty much is "Oh, there's a pretty [colors] one!" That said, here's a couple of pretty ones liking my flowers.
Blue and black butterfly on the green leaves of a lantana plant. There are pink and yellow tiny flowers around it. Yellow swallowtail butterfly alit on a dark pink zinnia flower with the blurry green plant and lawn below it.
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Reminds me of this great picture of the Grand Canyon that I took during a blizzard a few years ago.
Picture of Grand Canyon in blizzard. There are bare shrubs and snow covered rocks in the foreground, but the background is a white out and the Canyon cannot be seen.
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We saw his bar mate at our feeder.
Male cardinal at a video bird feeder looking a little disheveled due to molting.
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This was my first thought...
Still from the 1984 Apple ad which has the "Supreme Leader" talking on the screen.
September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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So excited to see the friends showing up at my zinnia garden. #garden #flowers #butterfly
A yellow and black butterfly on a fuchsia zinnia.
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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In the midst of the chaos, here's a little video of a butterfly enjoying the zinnias in my flower garden. #gardening #butterflies #zinnias
August 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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My Cardinals look a little beat up right now.
Male cardinal in molto phase looking like it lost a bar fight...
August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My, um, favorite?
Spam text message that says "Do you still have that radio that only plays the blues?"
August 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A couple of friends who have admired our zinnias lately #gardening #garden #butterflies #flowers
Gray and blue butterfly eating from a peach colored zinnia Gray and blue butterfly eating from a peach colored zinnia Yellow and black butterfly on a fuchsia colored zinnia. Yellow and black butterfly on a deep pink colored zinnia and a fuchsia zinnia in the background.
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Had a visitor to my zinnias this afternoon.
Pale yellow and black butterfly on a fuchsia colored zinnia. There's green grass behind it. Pale yellow and black butterfly on a bright fuchsia colored zinnia. There's green grass behind it. Pale yellow and black butterfly on a dark pink colored zinnia. There's green grass behind it.
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Sorry for the quality (taken on my phone, through a window with a screen), but this chickadee seems to prefer my zinnias over the bird food. He's been here a couple of times. #birds
Yellow and black chickadee eating at a zinnia flower, hanging on the stem. Several other flowers and leaves in the picture. Yellow and black chickadee eating at a zinnia flower, hanging on the stem. Several other flowers and leaves in the picture.
July 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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My entry (no artistic talent, but a nice new video feeder)
July 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I tried to convince my wife i only planted 2 tomato plants this year. The other 3 came on their own. She doesn't believe me...(I really only planted 2)
Small garden with at least 5 tomato plants, only 2 of which I planted. Green bean and squash plants as well.
June 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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No artistic talent, but
Picture of Mark Twain, with the quote "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. " His name is replaced by the Bluesky logo.
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Show a moment from TV/film that broke your heart.
Still of Radar telling of Colonel Blake's dying from a plane crash.
May 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A collection of eclipse and full moon pics taken with cell phones.
Blurry picture of partial eclipse. Mostly gray, and the moon itself is hard to see.
May 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Still have my bluebird family on our deck. Mama comes to our living room window every day yet.
Male and female bluebirds sitting next to each other on the top of our gazebo, on a nice sunny day.
May 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Mamma and Papa Bluebirds enjoying a little sunshine after giving their babies breakfast (2 babies in the birdhouse) 🦉🐦
Male and female bluebirds sitting on gazebo roof next to each other on a very sunny morning. The rustic birdhouse at the bottom of the pic has their nest and 2 babies. Male and female bluebirds sitting on gazebo roof next to each other on a very sunny morning.
May 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Another little stroll through my flower gardens yesterday...🌱
Bunch of antique pink colored roses and darker bud on my rose bush. Closeup of a light pink rose, a darker pink partially open bud, and an even darker closed bud. A very dark pink (fuschia) peony in full bloom. A very light pink peony in full bloom.
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM