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Joutesgab
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At a place in life where prioritizing things that bring joy is all that matters. Girl mamma, doggo mom, happy wife, later in life artist, potter, reader, music lover, plant lady and mountain soul doing my best to be a good human. Photos are my own.
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I saw this flower for the first time last week at the Botanic Gardens and it was spectacular! The bees loved it and they turn upside down to drink the nectar from the underside of the petals.
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Attempt 6. Right shape, size, clay and color with a dreaded unexpected drip. I’ll create one more and adjust the glaze. Wheel thrown, Kentucky Mudworks Sheltowee clay.

#Ceramics
#Pottery
#PotteryOfBluesky
#PottersOfBluesky
#Handcrafted
#WomensArt
Ceramic canister in shades of suit filled with wooden spoons. On counter in front of window looking outside. Canister in white and blue glaze on counter in front of wooden board.
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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First attempt at pickle making and it was far easier than I imagined. They turned out surprisingly crisp and tasty.

#Gardening
#Canning
#Pickles
Glass jar of pickles with garlic, dill and habaneros on a counter in front of a window showing a view of grass, bushes, trees and a blue sky.
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Reflections at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

#Denver
#DenverBotanicGardens
#Dahlias
#Garden
#WaterFeature
#BlueSkiesOnBluesky
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I selected some end of season plants from my yard to make an autumn wreath.
Golden wheat grass, green and purple sunflower pods and white bunny tail grass next to a willow branch wreath on brown paper. Golden wheat grass, green and purple sunflower pods and white bunny tail grass on a willow branch wreath hanging from a black ribbon on a wood door.
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Tomato heaven. 🍅

#Gardening
#Harvest
Black basket containing sungold tomatoes, jalapeños, green beans, red pepper, black and red tomatoes.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Spending less time in the garden as autumn begins to settle in has me inspired to start producing pottery for the holidays. This 14” shallow bowl may become a platter. Wheel thrown, Kentucky Mudworks Sheltowee clay.

#Ceramics
#Pottery
#PotteryOfBluesky
#PottersOfBluesky
#Handcrafted
#WomensArt
Image of a wheel thrown brown bowl that is shallow and wide. Bowl is resting on a wedging table. Image of a wheel thrown brown bowl that is shallow and wide. Bowl is resting on a wedging table. A ruler is held above showing the bowl is approximately 14 inches wide.
September 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Cooler afternoons call for resting amongst the tomatoes in the garden.

#DogsOfBluesky
#GoodBoy
#Maxie
#BlackDog
#BlackHouse
#Garden
A black dog laying down in the tomato garden.
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Pollen pants, size large.

🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

#Bees #Bumblebees #WesternHoneyBees #BeeScrolling #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #FlowerGarden #Sunflowers #BloomScrolling #Photography #Nature
A bee covered in yellow pollen on a sunflower.
September 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Bees napping on a giant sunflower.
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

#Bees #Bumblebees #WesternHoneyBees #BeeScrolling #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #FlowerGarden #Sunflowers #BloomScrolling #Photography #Nature
A bumblebee and a western honey bee napping side by side on the head of a giant yellow sunflower.
September 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I’m starting to get the hang of this sourdough thing 🥖.

#Sourdough
#BreadSky
#SourdoughSky
#Baking
Loaf of sourdough on a wooden cutting board with a glass jar filled with sunflowers next to it.
September 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Wispy cloud mountain sunset at the Gorge in WA, best night of the week!!!

#DMB
#LaborDay
#DaveMatthewsBand
#Sunset
#TheGorge
#Photography
#Nature
#BellaFleck
August 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Wispy cloud mountain sunset in Cle Elum, WA, night 2.

#Sunset
#CleElum
#Photography
#Nature
August 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Wispy cloud thunderstorm mountain sunset in Cle Elum, WA

#Sunset
#CleElum
#Photography
#Nature
Sun setting over a mountain top creating an orange sky.
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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The beauty of sunflowers up close.

#Sunflowers
#BloomScrolling
#BlackHouse
#Photography
#Gardening
A bumblebee gathering pollen on the brown center of a sunflower. A malformed sunflower center with a collapsing edge. An orange Colorado soldier beetle with black patches exploring the brown center of a sunflower. A bumblebee gathering pollen on the brown center of a sunflower.
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Two huge Swallowtails visited the zinnia garden today. They were magnificent.
August 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Exciting day. The tallest sunflowers have opened blooms.

#Sunflowers
#BloomScrolling
#BlackHouse
#BlackCats
#Photography
#Gardening
Close up image of a newly opened yellow sunflower. Yellow sunflower against a black house. 11 foot tall sunflowers with 3 open blooms against a black house. Black cat laying on his back under sunflower plants.
August 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Morning nectar sips, with nature sounds. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

#Bees #WorldHoneyBeeDay #WesternHoneyBees #BeeScrolling #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #FlowerGarden #Garden #Gardening #Zinnias #BloomScrolling #Photography #Nature
August 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I’m so obsessed with the 🐝 🐝 and 🦋 🦋

#BloomScrolling
#Zinnias
#Bees
#Butterflies
A bee on a sunflower A bee with its tongue out tasting a flower. A small brown and beige moth sittin on a leaf A bee on a zinnia blossom
August 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Zinnias and 🐞

#BloomScrolling
#Zinnias
#Ladybugs
August 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Peekaboo.

#Bees
#Sunflowers
#BloomScrolling
#BlackHouse
August 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Last daylily bloom of the year.

#BlackHouse
#Daylily
#BloomScrolling
Red daylily with golden center photographed in front of a black wall.
August 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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A tiny spider on these Scabiosa Paper Moon flowers.

#Spiders
#Scabiosa
#Flowers
Tiny jumping spider on a flower. Tiny jumping spider on a flower. Tiny jumping spider on a flower. Tiny jumping spider on a flower.
August 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Favorite new glaze combination, Amaco Storm with Spectrum Pearl on Kentucky Mudworks Sheltowee.

#ceramics
#pottery
#potteryofbluesky
#handcrafted
#womensart
August 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Sunflowers and Cosmos and bees🌻🌸 🐝 🐝.

#Sunflowers
#Bees
#Cosmos
#BackyardGarden
#Photography
Pink Cosmos flower with a bee in the center. Sunflower and pink Cosmos flower. Red and yellow sunflower.
August 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM