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JayMick
@jaymick.bsky.social
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She/her. Middle-aged Chicago storefront theatre multitasker with a corporate day job. Fond of sandwiches, dogs, and good writing. Frequently accompanied by an emotional support extrovert.
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jaymick.bsky.social
Become ungovernable.
A green rosebush with branches growing over and through a low wire mesh fence.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
jaymick.bsky.social
Got myself a present.
A copy of "Cheese Magic: Seasonal Recipes, Plates, and Pairings" by Erika Kubick. The cover is black with yellow lettering and edge decoration, and in the center is a round photo of a fancy cheese plate.
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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This is the best apple pie. Full stop.
A cardboard dish loaded with a generous slice of apple pie, nearly obscured by the mound of whipped cream covering it. The pie is from The Chopping Block at Apple Fest.
October 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
jaymick.bsky.social
Self-care.
A pint of Hägen-Dasz cherry vanilla ice cream on a green kitchen counter.
September 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Jeanette decided that ten flowers wasn't enough, so she's working on one more.
Two small orchid flowers growing from the same stem, with a green bud extending between them. A pink and white Phalaenopsis orchid with ten flowers branching out almost horizontally from its flower spike. On the far left, a small green bud hides between two of the flowers.
September 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Fuck this fucking hostile-architecture bench. Cruel and not even fit for limited purpose; I'm sliding off while simply trying to sit on it. Do better, CTA.
A two-sided steel bench on a concrete train platform. A low back divides it lengthwise, four slim arms divide it into three sections, and the seats slant forward about 15 degrees.
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Spotted on my lunchtime walk yesterday.
A shiny black lamppost with the white, irregular remains of a large square sticker. Written on the paper in black marker is, "LEAD WITH LOVE & LOVE WILL FOLLOW"
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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I believe this is the first time I've had bruises underneath/through my tattoo.
Close up of a tattoo of a Tudor rose in traditional-inspired style. Two of the inner "white" petals frame spots of brownish-yellow bruising. (Don't worry, it's just from fight rehearsal.) A very faint smudge of yellow bruise extends outward across one of the outer red petals and onto the nearby skin.
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This might be the happiest bee on earth right now.
A large, fuzzy bee with long, fuzzy legs, feasting on a craggy yellow watermelon half.
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I have been a diligent little understudy all week, and now I get ice cream.
A hand in a bike glove holding an enormous, plastic-wrapped ice cream sandwich consisting of lemon meringue ice cream between two ginger cookies.
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Behold the glory of my annual Tomato Dinner. Once a year I go to the farmers market and spend a borderline irresponsible amount of money on an excessive quantity of tomatoes and some fresh mozzarella. I serve them with salt, olive oil, good bread, and pepper on the side. That's Tomato Dinner.
Two stoneware dinner plates on a kitchen counter. Each plate is filled with sliced tomatoes in various shades of red and yellow, interspersed with bits of fresh mozzarella and accented with a light scattering of small basil leaves. A bamboo cutting board and a knife are visible off to the left. A closer shot of one of the plates. Purply-red tomatoes in front, three different kinds of yellow ones in the middle, and three different red ones in the back. A closeup of the plate. The tomatoes glisten with juice, flecked with kosher salt. Drops of light green olive oil perch atop small white pieces of fresh mozzarella. The darker green basil leaves provide a garnish.
August 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Just a girl and her wrench hanging out at the park, trying to figure out how this bike seat should be adjusted.

Related: does anyone know how to adjust the height of handlebars when you don't have the right size hex key?
A purple bicycle pulled up to the curbed edge where a parking space meets grass. A crescent wrench with an orange handle sits on the bike seat.
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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*sidles up shyly*

I got you a flower!

*scurries away giggling*
Closeup of a deep green rosebush, centering on one ruffly peach flower in full bloom. The outside petals are pale and deepen to light orange at the center.
August 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Hortense and Jeanette have quite a few flowers at the moment. Also, there's this unintended pot of basil.
A Phalaenopsis orchid with six large, dark pink flowers and one bud. Most of the flowers are facing the camera, but the one farthest back is facing away. The flower spike of a Phalaenopsis orchid, arching right to left. It has five small stripy pink-and-pale-yellow flowers and three unopened buds visible. Three of the flowers are facing the camera and two are facing away. A tan pot planted with several lush stems of basil, sitting on a windowsill.
August 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Look at this magnificent biscuit. I didn't make it, but I'm sure gonna eat it.
A tall, square biscuit, baked to a deep golden brown, nearly burnt at the edges (in a good way), and topped with everything bagel seasoning.
August 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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It has been A DAY and my train was cancelled. Might as well eat my feelings while I wait for the next one.
A large triangular New York style slice of BBQ chicken pizza in a triangular slice box, with a brown paper napkin under it, on a white table.
June 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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@rantmo.bsky.social and I finally made it to @edgewatercandles.bsky.social for a candle-making class. Charming as heck. And I bought this cute fan.
A white fan with tan bamboo spokes held just below the lower half of a smiling person's face. The face of the fan is decorated with a heart-shaped Pride flag emblem and the word "Edgewater" in chunky multicolor text.
June 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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I stopped to take a picture of this pigeon's pretty feathers and then realized that it had no tail feathers. Poor pigeon.
A white pigeon with gray speckles on its head and black feather tips creating a spotted/scalloped effect. The arc of its back is confusingly interrupted by a void between its wings where the tail feathers should be. The bird seems unbothered and focused on the grass.
June 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Currently drinking a "fuck everything" size iced coffee.
A pale hand in a gray wrist brace clutching a clear, generously sized (16 oz?) cup of cold brew with half-and-half and sugar.
June 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Absolutely stunning irises at the building across the street.
Deep, velvety purple iris flowers contrasted against long, thin, bright green leaves behind them. A bit of low, coppery green fencing clips the lower right corner of the image.
June 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Made some German potato salad over the weekend. Haven't made it in ages.
A clear Pyrex bowl sitting on a dark green laminate counter, filled with black-pepper-speckled bacony, vinegary potato goodness.
May 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Hortense is down to three flowers but has a new leaf coming up, and Jeanette is working on both a leaf and a flower spike.
The base of a phalaenopsis orchid in a light blue pot on a windowsill. A small but sturdy new leaf grows amid the larger leaves. A close view of a phalaenopsis orchid in a black pot on a windowsill. A tiny green flower spike peeks out between leaves of varying sizes.
May 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Spotted on the way to the grocery store.
A white adhesive nametag stuck on a dark windowpane. A blue border has been drawn around the edges, and within it, in multicolored marker, is written, "I DRINK MY HORCHATA WARM BECAUSE FUCK ICE"
May 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Chocolate-covered mini donuts make me think of my grandpa.
A mini donut covered in dark chocolate with a white chocolate drizzle sits on a black cocktail napkin alongside a lidded paper coffee cup.
May 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The violets and dandelions are in full profusion.
A small hillside blanketed by a lush growth of interspersed violets and dandelions. Violets and dandelions blooming in the shade of a tree showering down small, round, pale green seed pods. Dappled sunlight filters through the branches.
April 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM