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gardengeek.bsky.social
Bri Lason
@gardengeek.bsky.social
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She/her. Plant lady and bookworm. Going through life half blind, half deaf, and whole assed.
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Hey all! This April, Frankie and I are walking 30 miles to raise money for the American Red Cross.
If you have a few bucks to spare, feel free to throw them at my Go Fund Me page:
www.gofundme.com/f/my-dog-i-a...
Frankie, a large black and white dog, looks past the camera. Concern is his ice blue eyes as he watches my husband LARPing off camera. I, a woman with pale skin and red hair, sit next to him, smiling.
April 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Went on vacation for a week and came back to all my tulips in full bloom!
Had to share because I love how they seem to glow in the morning light.
Part of my garden next to the driveway. In the center of the picture are five all red tulips. Next to them are a couple red and yellow. At the bottom are some deep blue grape hyacinth (muscari). All the colors almost seem to
April 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I know there's a whole lot of crappy news and people struggling.
I'd like to throw some positive news in the timeline: today I walked the most steps since I broke my ankle back in December! Also managed to jump over a small creek!
A screenshot showing that I've walked 9317 steps with my target being 7500. That's 4.16 might, 364 cal, and 11 floors.
March 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Would these work? If anything, you could put a rock in the bottom to weigh it down more.

www.poweredbyrosebud.com/products/mod...
Two elevated plant stands from a company called Rosebud. The have a u shaped cut out so you can see inside and the pot sits above.
February 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Oh! I have the best picture of him with one of the kittens from the other day I have to show you.
Frankie, a large black dog, laying on his stomach on the couch with a resigned look on his face. This is because Gir, a black and brown tabby cat, is flopped on his side, laying under Frankie's head.
February 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Yes, Frankie did join me on this adventure. He thought the water was delicious.
Frankie, a black dog with white markings, stands in a shallow rocky stream. He's looking off camera.
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Here's a mossy waterfall I found when visiting Olympic National Park last year with family.
#moss
A waterfall in a lush forest. Water streams down a moss and fern covered cliff into a shallow pool of water. The water is so clear you can see the rocks in the bottom from 20 ft away.
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Sometimes, putting on TV your senior cat likes is more important than whatever show you were gonna watch.
Awol, an all gray cat, is in the foreground of the picture. He's lying on a Stitch blanket on a recliner. His ears are pricked forward as he looks towards the TV, where you can see a crow eating peanuts on a stump. To the right, sitting in front of a window, is Gir, a brown tabby cat. He's looking at me, behind the camera and offscreen.
January 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Without downloading any pictures, where are you mentally?
A page from the 2024 Effin Birds desk calendar. On the left side, it has a green bird illustration. On the right it says, "my therapist says you should fuck yourself." It's from Thursday, May 9th 2024
January 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Things just lined up perfectly. That was also the day Frankie saw deer for the first time.
Looking out my cars front windshield, you can see three deer standing in the middle of an empty two lane road. You can also see the hind end of one on the right side of the road as it walks into the forest. Frankie the dog in the back seat of my car, staring ahead intently. His ice blue eyes open wide as he spots the deer I've stopped the car for.
January 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I know it's kind of late, but I was going through a bunch of photographs I've taken over the years and was reminded that I'm not half bad at this.
Looking down a paved trail through the woods after the rain. The photo was taken in early summer; the trees and grass are a vibrant green. The black asphalt shines wetly, reflecting the green. A slice of gray sky is seen through the treetops and closer to where the horizon would be if it weren't hidden by trees you can see part of a rainbow. It's very vibrant, all the shades are clear. Above it, not as vibrant, you can see a second rainbow.
January 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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That is if Frankie lets me up
Frankie, a large tuxedo colored dog, has his head in my lap and sleepily looking into the camera.
January 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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....and there it is.
Screenshot from my phone saying, ", TikTok isn't available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!"
January 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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If you see this, post something orange.
Osteospermum, "Zion Purple Sun". Daisy shaped flowers that start dark, almost black at the center. From there, the petals shift briefly to purple, then pink, and then finally orange.
January 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Well, considering I'm laid up with my broken ankle through the end of the month, it's appropriate.
A screenshot of a gif, it's the word "somnolent". In the bottom right corner it has the Merriam-Webster emblem, indicating where the gif came from.
January 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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On December 18th I had surgery to repair all the damage. I ended up with two plates on my fibula to hold all the pieces together. They drilled through my tibia to use a cord to pull my syndesmosis joint back together. Plus a dozen or so screws to hold it all.
An xray view from the front of my left ankle showing the plates and screws that were installed. You can see where they drilled through my tibia and the "button" on the outside of my ankle anchoring the cord. An xray of the side of my left ankle with a clear view of the two plates on my fibula.
December 28, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Realized I never gave an update after my initial broken ankle post.
Turns out I really did a number. Shattered the end of my fibula into 5-ish pieces, ruptured two ligaments, and disrupted a joint . This resulted in my ankle being completely unstable and essentially stuck dislocated.
An x-ray on my left ankle. The shattered end of my fibula is circled with yellow to indicate that first abnormal area. A second purple circle is around a gap where my tibia doesn't line up on my talus (ankle bone).
December 28, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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I've dubbed almost all the weeping evergreen varieties as Dr. Seuss trees but weeping giant redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum 'pendulum', and weeping blue atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula', are two standouts.
A shaggy yet columnal sequoiadendron giganteum pendulum A evergreen with a serpentine trunk and weeping blue green branches, Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'.
December 15, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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A Merry Cruch-mas for me thus year 😔

Slipped, fell down a few stairs, and broke my ankle.
View from sitting in my hospital bed looking down at my legs. One is covered in a blanket, the other is heavily wrapped in a splint.
December 13, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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They have amazing markings. You don't see classic tabbies with the marble cake swirls as often
Two brown and black tabby cats are curled up together in a heated cat bed that is box shaped. The cats are the same color and pattern, just one long furred and the other short furred, so it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.
December 9, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Mom to three cats, including Awol, my old man who's made it to 17 years old. Dog mom to Frankie, a 4 year old pitty mix
A short haired gray cat, Awol, shares a box shaped heated cat bed with Gir, a short haired tabby. On a cubed shaped ottoman behind them lays Zim, a long haired tabby mix A large, short haired, black and white dog, looks pleadingly into the camera with his ice blue eyes.
December 9, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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First time we're hosting Thanksgiving with Frankie. He would really like to sample the giant chickem.

#dogsofthanksgiving
A large, short haired pit bull mix stands next to a kitchen counter. His head is tipped back and his tongue outstretched as he attempts to lick the raw turkey that's placed on a cutting board on the counter.
November 28, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Happy to provide visual!
And link where I got the pics from: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
Two pictures side by side. The left is a car with the rear bumper smashed and is covered in a viscous slime. The right is a road covered in long, eel like fish, surrounded by the same viscous slime.
November 20, 2024 at 5:24 AM
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If anyone needs a bit of "aww" tonight, may I present my 17-year old cat Awol, curled up with one of our 7-month old kittens, Zim. Awol is the all gray, Zim is the tabby.
Two cats lying yin-yang in a round cat bed. The larger one with short fur is sound asleep, while the slightly smaller one with long fur looks onto the camera. There is a rainbow streak of light on the long haired cat from my suncatcher that is not in the photo
October 27, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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It is midnight in Everett, WA and dumping snow. Go go convergence zone. #wawx
Falling snow backlight by a streetlight Snow covered magnolia leaves and birch branches light by a streetlight A snowy backyard at night brightened by the city lights reflecting off the snow
February 27, 2024 at 8:16 AM