Kristin
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Backyard naturalist photo dump
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Backyard naturalist photo dump
where the love light gleams
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
where the love light gleams
Early bday dinner at the new steakhouse on the town square was the best meal I’ve had in ages. Bartender made me a mocktail so good we had another round of them at the bar after dinner. Caesar salad was the best I’ve had in years, filet wasn’t too shabby, and the street corn was pure mouth sorcery.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Early bday dinner at the new steakhouse on the town square was the best meal I’ve had in ages. Bartender made me a mocktail so good we had another round of them at the bar after dinner. Caesar salad was the best I’ve had in years, filet wasn’t too shabby, and the street corn was pure mouth sorcery.
Quick hike back to Chunanee Falls yesterday. 🤎 Fall in North Georgia 🧡
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Quick hike back to Chunanee Falls yesterday. 🤎 Fall in North Georgia 🧡
Hubs is going to lose his shit when he opens the Xmas present I scored for him randomly and cheaply at the thrift store. It’s missing the necklace but I’ll figure that out.
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hubs is going to lose his shit when he opens the Xmas present I scored for him randomly and cheaply at the thrift store. It’s missing the necklace but I’ll figure that out.
Beautiful and talented bomb-sniffer Bella came to our mental health fair so everyone could pet her and also she made out with me.
October 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Beautiful and talented bomb-sniffer Bella came to our mental health fair so everyone could pet her and also she made out with me.
Currently enjoying the new Rachel Harrison and looking forward to these other October reads on deck . . .
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Currently enjoying the new Rachel Harrison and looking forward to these other October reads on deck . . .
Inaugural Self-Care Fair in the books for World Mental Health Day + beginning of Fall Break = 🥳☺️👻
With some of my favorite colleagues and my girls from Haiti . . .
With some of my favorite colleagues and my girls from Haiti . . .
October 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Inaugural Self-Care Fair in the books for World Mental Health Day + beginning of Fall Break = 🥳☺️👻
With some of my favorite colleagues and my girls from Haiti . . .
With some of my favorite colleagues and my girls from Haiti . . .
when it’s your Puerto Rican co-worker’s birthday but she brings YOU tres leches cake her mom made for breakfast 😍
September 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
when it’s your Puerto Rican co-worker’s birthday but she brings YOU tres leches cake her mom made for breakfast 😍
The North Georgia mountains are still the South and Fall in the South is still my favorite thing.
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The North Georgia mountains are still the South and Fall in the South is still my favorite thing.
Spent some time at Emory Midtown hospital today. They had little aviaries inside. Smol adorbs birbs.
September 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Spent some time at Emory Midtown hospital today. They had little aviaries inside. Smol adorbs birbs.
Knowing I was bringing home Botiwalla from ATL made spending an hour+ in the MRI machine with my head in a cage and a bite block in my mouth totally worth it.
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Knowing I was bringing home Botiwalla from ATL made spending an hour+ in the MRI machine with my head in a cage and a bite block in my mouth totally worth it.
Heard “Red Dirt Girl” live tonight and can die happy now.
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Heard “Red Dirt Girl” live tonight and can die happy now.
I picked The Day to go thrifting yesterday. Scored this mint condition funky vintage velvet surprisingly-super-comfy loveseat for $4.99. Not a typo. Decided it fit right in in my weirdo “me” room I made over in the basement last summer.
August 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I picked The Day to go thrifting yesterday. Scored this mint condition funky vintage velvet surprisingly-super-comfy loveseat for $4.99. Not a typo. Decided it fit right in in my weirdo “me” room I made over in the basement last summer.
Found this little darling by James from my late high school years in a thrift store yesterday. Sweet nostalgia.
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Found this little darling by James from my late high school years in a thrift store yesterday. Sweet nostalgia.
1,312 days after starting grad school (again) for a career change to professional counseling, I officially became a licensed associate professional counselor today. Next up, school counselor add-on certification to my 20-year-old educator’s license license and full prof. licensure.
August 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1,312 days after starting grad school (again) for a career change to professional counseling, I officially became a licensed associate professional counselor today. Next up, school counselor add-on certification to my 20-year-old educator’s license license and full prof. licensure.
So sad my Georgia Master Naturalist program had to come to an end today, but grateful for the unique learning opportunity. It was such a fun summer that felt like an adventure every Monday.
July 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So sad my Georgia Master Naturalist program had to come to an end today, but grateful for the unique learning opportunity. It was such a fun summer that felt like an adventure every Monday.
Hubs left this morning for a long work week in Cali. Cue the Carole King.
July 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hubs left this morning for a long work week in Cali. Cue the Carole King.
My favorite forest friend, one of at least two that we have in our little woods. Here’s 90 seconds of her beautiful little life she let me observe this morning. Eastern box turtles are rare among reptiles for their site fidelity, i.e. staying in a small home range, sometimes for 30+ years.
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My favorite forest friend, one of at least two that we have in our little woods. Here’s 90 seconds of her beautiful little life she let me observe this morning. Eastern box turtles are rare among reptiles for their site fidelity, i.e. staying in a small home range, sometimes for 30+ years.
Ohh hiiiii . . . what a fun guy! 😋
Found this when I’d just gone about twenty feet into our forest this morning for a walk. It’s in the ploypore family, Ganoderma sessile maybe . . .
Found this when I’d just gone about twenty feet into our forest this morning for a walk. It’s in the ploypore family, Ganoderma sessile maybe . . .
July 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ohh hiiiii . . . what a fun guy! 😋
Found this when I’d just gone about twenty feet into our forest this morning for a walk. It’s in the ploypore family, Ganoderma sessile maybe . . .
Found this when I’d just gone about twenty feet into our forest this morning for a walk. It’s in the ploypore family, Ganoderma sessile maybe . . .
Georgia Master Naturalist Day 6: Entomology and Orienteering/SAR. We captured insects doing net sweeps, and I netted a rove beetle, which the entomologist said was kind of rare. In the pm, we learned how to use a compass, read USNG maps/coordinates, and plot our course/bearings by hand. Great day!
July 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Georgia Master Naturalist Day 6: Entomology and Orienteering/SAR. We captured insects doing net sweeps, and I netted a rove beetle, which the entomologist said was kind of rare. In the pm, we learned how to use a compass, read USNG maps/coordinates, and plot our course/bearings by hand. Great day!
Something cool I got to do with marginal extra driving/hiking effort this morning: observe colonies of wading birds on Woody Pond at Harris Neck Nationale Wildlife Refuge. I had this place all to myself with the birds and butterflies and dragonflies.
July 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Something cool I got to do with marginal extra driving/hiking effort this morning: observe colonies of wading birds on Woody Pond at Harris Neck Nationale Wildlife Refuge. I had this place all to myself with the birds and butterflies and dragonflies.
I went on the trip to Cumberland Island partly because I wanted to see the elusive painted bunting. I did spot him in the wild, albeit in an unexpected habitat.
July 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I went on the trip to Cumberland Island partly because I wanted to see the elusive painted bunting. I did spot him in the wild, albeit in an unexpected habitat.