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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW
@lovinglife.bsky.social
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Dedicated to ensuring equitable access to resources, opportunities, and support. Passionate about #SocialWork 🌿 #PublicHealth #Wellness #DoingTheNextRightThing #HIVSurvivor [since 1985] 🇬🇷
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#Gardening #Florida #Fall watermelon, squash, tomatoes, and a #hydroponic system 🌱
Scalloped squash green and yellow growing in the garden Green and yellow watermelon growing on the vine secured by a white mesh and rope Large hydroponic system with tomato plants roughly 10 ft High and squash Green tomatoes growing on a
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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#CSWE25 Pre-conference Diversity Institute

An amazing day at the Atlantis Community, Inc. abd Clyfford Still Museum.

Hope to see you next year.🧪
Various disability buttons on a cork board 3 pieces of artwork highlighting mental health as a disability Large abstract art Abstract art
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Been through a tough week with Baylee. She is doing better; however, healing is a process. #DogsOfBluesky #PackLeader 🐾 #Hope #Health
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Busy Bee #DragonFruit 🐝 🌱
September 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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#DragonFruit #Gardening #Florida #GrowYourOwn

More blooms 🌱
Close up of a dragon fruit flower a few hours before it blooms. Green petals wrapped around a puffy White Center Image taken at night with a dragon fruit plant on a wooden support with three dragon fruit blooms. Flowers are white Side view of a dragon fruit bloom white petals with green Dragon fruit bloom a few hours before fully opening puffy white petals with green powder stocks
August 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I seriously needed to see this. Thank you, back to work I go.

Image for fun. My recent #DragonFruit bloom
Side view of a dragon fruit bloom, with white petals and a blue sky behind just before sunset.
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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#DogsofBlueSky my house is full every summer. Pet sitting. I get paid to give love and receive love. #LifeIsGood #PackLeader

Disclaimer a couple of them are mine. 🥰
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Amid all the noise, heartbreak & chaos, I’m reminding myself to pause… to breathe… to find the small places where peace still grows. 🌱 My garden has been that place for me—a reminder that even in difficult seasons, beauty and life push through.

Wishing peace for you & yours, however you find it. 🪴🌼
Red zinnia with a yellow center next to a piece of wood Blueberry Pin Cushion Flower Pink Dalia full bloom Pink and flower with bulging center
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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My newest bloom. #GrowYourOwn 🌱
stapelia gigantea bloom in a rectangular white garden pot stapelia gigantea bud just before it blooms
August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Scruffy wants to know where are we going. #DogsofBlueSky
A tan colored dog sitting in a car he's got a red leash and a brown harness on looking directly at the camera with bright brown eyes and a scruffy furry face ears pointed straight up he's sitting in the passenger seat with the blue cover on the seat
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Our first #DragonFruit of the season. She is amazing; she tastes so good. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Florida
Red dragon fruit cut in half with dark red Flesh and black seeds on a stainless cutting board Close up of a red dragon fruit still on the vine with a fence and fig tree in the background Clay Bowl in the foreground with a man with a red shirt cutting a red dragon fruit on a stainless steel cutting board. Set in a kitchen with a dark gray countertop
July 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I just learned Anhingas are not herons; they belong to the Anhingidae family. Both are large, have long necks & are primarily found in aquatic environments, but they represent distinct species with differing evolutionary backgrounds

Growing & learning in beautiful ways everyday

#Backyard beauty
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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#DragonFruit is almost ready. #Gardening #GrowYourOwn 🌱
Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock water in the background Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock Ripening red dragon fruit on its cactus stock fence and green grass in the background
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Fantastic picture and I always hope to see more bees!
Imagine a flower that looks like a spiky ball, like a tiny hedgehog. The Globe Thistle has flowerheads that are round and prickly, measuring about 2 inches across. They are typically a vibrant blue, sometimes described as steel blue, dusty lavender, or deep purple-blue, especially in varieties like 'Veitch's Blue'. The surface of the globe is made up of many tiny, star-shaped flowers that give it a spiky or bristly feel. There are several in the picture with a bee feeding on one of them
July 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Dragon Fruit pre and post bloom #GrowYourOwn #Florida #Gardening #DirtyHands 🌱
Two Dragon Fruit pre blooms with a wooden fence and water in the background Two Dragon Fruit post blooms, white petals yellow fluffy center with a wooden fence and darkness in the background and a bloom paint brush for pollination
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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#DogsofBlueSky Marty and Maggie stayed the week, while their human parents went to the beach.

#PictureWindow
Two small black and white dogs looking at a picture window in a fence the one dog is standing on the window seal looks like she's smiling and has her tongue out
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Dragon Fruit Blooms #GrowYourOwn 🌱
Dragon fruit plant with three blooms multiple dragon fruits in the foreground and a pond in the background Close up of a dragon fruit flower in bloom. Side angle of the white bloom with a pond in the background Three dragon fruit blooms in the foreground a pull screen in the background Dragon fruit flowers pre bloom
June 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Our #loofah is out of control. #GrowYourOwn #FloridaGarden
A row of garden boxes with a shed in the background with a clear blue sky and a loofah plant growing over a cow panel damn Two wooden garden boxes with galvanized steel panels and a cow panel with the loofah growing over it in a arch formation against a clear blue sky Close up of loofah growing from Vines over a cow panel three long loofahs
June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#QueenOfTheNight bloomed last night. She is gorgeous 😍 🌱
Two Queen of the Night blooms on thin stock almost fully bloomed white flowers and petals. Picture taken at night Queen of the Night bloom in foreground fully bloomed white flowers and petals. A second flower in the background Side view of a Queen of the Night flower In Bloom white with various color pedals green and orange hues
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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One of my favorite pictures from my garden. I didn't notice the little friend until after the picture was taken. 🌱

#Plumeria #GrowYourOwn #Flowers
Plumeria blooms red Center yellow spanning out until a soft pink and white outer petal. Green leaves and foliage in the background and a little tiny white spider on one of the plumeria petals
June 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The Queen of the Night certainly is showing off. 🌱 #GrowYourOwn I cross pollinated with Dragon Fruit pollen and we'll see what happens.
Queen of the Night flower in full bloom early morning after. Side view of a Queen of the Night White beautiful petals and long spiny leaves magnificent Queen of the Night in partial bloom with a moonlit sky in the background Queen of the Night flower side view beautiful white petals
June 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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#QueenOfTheNight in bloom #GrowYourOwn
Queen of the Night in full bloom camera angle straight at the flower petal spikes circling the center bloom
June 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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We have a few that will bloom soon and have had 17 Dragon Fruit Blooms this year. Hand pollinating at night. #GrowYourOwn 🌱
Two Dragon Fruit Blooms at night. Sliced Dragon Fruit Deep red full of little black seeds Dragon Fruit getting ready to bloom with a dark blue sky in the background
June 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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A few of my favorite #Flowers #GrowYourOwn
Eyllo flower getting ready to fully bloom. Desert Rose Pink around the edges, white in the center Round Purple flower with a bee on it Sunflower Bloom
June 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our first Dragon Fruit Blooms of the season. More to come. 🌱 #GrowYourOwn
Two white dragon fruit blooms almost fully bloomed
June 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM