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✨ Nicky Is Typing ✨
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Proof of life, I guess.
Things have been crazy and looking to get crazier and none of that has really been for the best but, hey.
Nicky is facing the camera for a selfie at the flower shop. They are wearing round glasses and a striped shirt. The shop is a disaster and covered in leaves.
April 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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🤔
A continuation of the text between Nicky and their Dad. They discuss the price difference between plastic Veteran’s Day poppies from the 1950s ($1) versus fresh imported poppies in 2025 ($5 a stem). Have no idea why.
February 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Um, good morning to you too, Dad.
A text from Nicky’s 74 year old father. It reads: “Good morning Nicky. Did you know that opium is made from poppyseeds?”
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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How I Am Feeling—as told through the image of this medieval cat-dog creature
A white furry medieval creature. Is it a cat? Is it a dog? I dunno, but it’s how I’m feeling rn.
February 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Still in Post-Valentine recovery mode, but wanted to share some pics of how @fourbudsfloral.com spent our Monday off… 💕😶‍🌫️🌊
A very bougie looking trailer—housing a portable sauna—is shown parked on a rocky RI beach. A view from inside the sauna-trailer. The Atlantic Ocean can be seen outside the window. A view of the walkway from the trailer into the ocean. After heating up in the sauna we’d run into the waves. It was about 30F outside!
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The story of my evening after a 12 hour day in the flower shop, as told by tea bags…
Two empty tea-packets are side by side. The left, in purple, reads “Immune + Stress”. The right, in blue, reads “Bedtime”.
February 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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“What do you do when bad product comes into the shop?”
“We shame it.”
Poor quality roses in a bucket with a label that says “poopy” 💩
February 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Abe Simpson: I’LL BE DEEP IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND BEFORE I RECOGNIZE the gulf of america
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Why, yes Tina—as a matter of fact, I *am* eating some jerky.
The eyes and ears of Tina the cat can be seen peering over a fleece blanket as she stalks Nicky, who is happily eating some jerky off camera.
February 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Happy Monday Before Valentine’s Day from @fourbudsfloral.com
A very busted up Scrub Daddy Sponge smiles miserably in front of a bucket of orange tulips as they hydrate.
February 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Another evening of Tina wondering why I voluntarily choose to soak in The Giant Water Dish…
Tina the cat sits on the bathroom floor looking pensively toward Nicky, who is sitting in the bathtub. The room is dark with low purple lighting bc “vibes”.
February 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Welcome to Valentine’s Day at the flower shop!
A large bottle of ibuprofen sits open next to a can of seltzer water.
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I got nothing…
Here—enjoy some Tina in these trying times.
A gray and white cat named Tina looks at the camera. She appears to have just woken up and looks a bit annoyed. She is sitting in a comfy human bed.
February 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Obligatory Tina Tax since I just spent 20 minutes bitching into the void…
Tina, a grey and white cat, looks irritably toward the camera after being woken up by Nicky with a phone in her face.
February 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I honestly cannot stress enough how wary I am of this nationwide 50 States 50 Protests 1 Day.
I have not seen a single vetted organization sponsoring or promoting this.
Having information/events backed by REPUTABLE SOURCES is VITAL right now. I hope I’m wrong, but this a dangerous lack of info.
A screenshot from a promotional image from the 50501 Movement’s IG. It shows limited information and appears to have no endorsement from reputable sources.
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I love the special request section on our order form. Our customers just get us. 💖
Photo of an order request that was submitted to our flower shop. Text reads: “Any other special requests? : We are going for GOOD VIBES. CHEER. LIFE. It's a lot to ask of flowers in these times but every little bit helps. Thank you!”
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Blue Monday at the flower shop. 💙🔵💙🔵💙
A freshly unpacked bunch of blue hydrangeas and delphinium are hydrating in a bucket. Sunlight creeps up from the right and hits the flowers.
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Perspective is funny.
Like, imagine if Tina’s head were actually as big as mine? She would 100% eat me with little to no regrets.
Anyway…. Happy Sunday.
Tina (left) and Nicky (right) look into the camera. Tina is a gray and white cat with green eyes with a little mint green bell collar on. Nicky is a tired but happy looking nonbinary person with messy brown hair and brown eyes.
February 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Hey, it’s about to be February… don’t forget to support your favorite local worker-owner co-op flower shop… for my friends in Rhode Island that would be none other than Four Buds Floral 💕
A designer from Four Buds Floral holds up a huge, beautiful floral arrangement full of luscious variety of pinks.
January 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Ok, so, I’m relatively new to the concept of these weird little “go-gurt” looking cat treats.
Like, does anyone else find them kind of awkward? I’m never quite prepared to sustain this level of direct eye contact with Tina without fearing for my safety but… look at her. Just… happily going to town.
Tina, a gray and white cat, is facing the camera while devouring a Churu cat treat. Tina continues to lose her shit over this amazing Churu treat.
January 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Tina and I watched the 1944 Alfred Hitchcock classic Lifeboat this afternoon.
Took a moment to ponder the unfortunately topical question of: “How soon is it appropriate to throw a Nazi overboard?”
A gray and white cat named Tina sits on a pillow on Nicky’s lap in their bedroom. Playing on a tablet in front of them is the opening shot of the Alfred Hitchcock movie Lifeboat with Tallulah Bankhead.
January 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Tina and I distracted ourselves from The Horrors for a while yesterday and instead decided that watching a riveting drama dedicated to the inner workings of the papacy was a better way to spend our time.
The Horrors persist but at least the movie was good.
Tina—a gray and white cat—sits on Nicky’s lap among a pile of pillows. In front of them is a tablet playing the movie The Conclave.
January 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thankfully, Tina is right up there at the top of my list of Things Getting Me Through Another Damned Week
A gray and white cat named Tina peeks at the camera from an opening inside of a fabric tunnel toy. In front of her and off camera, Nicky waves a cat toy on a string before her.
January 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Posted a public statement today on behalf of my gay-ass, commie, worker-owned flower shop because these are the kind of values we need to be screaming on the rooftops these days.
On that note—please support my gay-ass, commie, worker-owned flower shop here @fourbudsfloral.com 🌹💕
A section of text from Four Buds’ recent IG post. The text reads: “Four Buds is—and always will be—a place of safety and celebration. We are a space where queer love is honored, where all genders are embraced, and where diversity is cherished. Our work is about more than flowers. It’s about love • Love between couples. • Love between families. • Love that spans generations, from life’s joyful beginnings to its tender farewells. We celebrate love in all its forms because we believe that love is for everyone, without exception.”
January 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This one is my absolute favorite in the series. I’ve taken multiple photos of it and even have one hanging in my studio.
There’s an entire imaginary storyline in my head about the poor human whose life was utterly destroyed by accordions and tubas.
Handmade laminated poster on yellow construction paper. Childlike handwriting reads: “BEWARe POlKA music can Destr-oy yeur LifE!!!” Text is surrounded by polka dots. It is fucking amazing.
January 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM