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Bex Goos
@potatoladybex.bsky.social
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, I put down roots in North Dakota because my Eastern European blood longs for the cold.

Romance novelist, amateur artist, sporadic blogger/vlogger, mom, neurodivergent, ashamed to be American

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Here’s a lightly edited photo of a bee going ham on a flower. Just gettin’ its little bee face right up in there. #bee
I edited a photo I took of a bee shoving its face into a flower. It is living its best bee life. I don’t know the type of flower. My mom told me but my eyes and brain always glaze over when she tries to tell me about plants. It’s a cluster of bell-shaped flowers that hang upside down.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I have made #art of my mother’s lemon tree, though all nature is already art. #mixedmedia #photography #surreal
A photograph of a lemon still on the tree. The photo has been edited so that it gives the impression of a lemon (center) surrounded by leaves but they have been softened and blended. The colors are not yellow and green but rather purples and blues.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Late night #art post. “Cricket on a Door” by me. Mixed media (photo edited in Procreate). I’d make a hashtag out of “cricket,” but I fear the people looking for sports content would be disappointed. So… #bug #insect #photography
I took a picture of a cricket on a wooden doorframe and then edited it a whole bunch to give it a kind of surreal patchwork look in tones of oranges, blues, and browns.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Noticed a trend on Bsky lately where people are snail posting? Is/was this a thing? I am going to jump on this snail train. Every year my snail Christmas ornaments sell like hot cakes! #snail #snails #glassart #crafts
A glass snail Christmas ornament with a kind of semi-transparent bluegreen body and a speckled blown glass shell. Sitting on my wooden fence. Side view of a glass snail Christmas ornament with a speckled body and a red swirly shell. It is topped by a gold ornament cap and gold string. Other side view of a glass snail Christmas ornament with a speckled body and a red swirly shell. It is topped by a gold ornament cap and gold string.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Feel like this picture should be a caption contest. #cat #notmycat
I do not know how to describe this. A cat that is not my cat is coming out from under a car and meowing? But it looks like it’s making a very… meme-able face?
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Behold my pride and joy! The fishing gnome ornament! #gnome #glassart #ornament #crafts
A handmade glass Christmas ornament featuring a gnome holding a fishing rod sitting on a clear glass orb. There is a purple fish bead hanging from a string tied to the rod. Bonus glimpse at my woefully chipped nail polish. A closeup side view of a handmade glass Christmas ornament featuring a gnome holding a fishing rod sitting on a clear glass orb. There is a purple fish bead hanging from a string tied to the rod. Bonus glimpse at my woefully chipped nail polish. A closeup look at a handmade glass Christmas ornament featuring a gnome holding a fishing rod sitting on a clear glass orb. There is a purple fish bead hanging from a string tied to the rod.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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He knows the door is open and he is allowed to go out. He just gets some sort of sick thrill out of staring at me forlornly.

#dog
My black lab, Geordi, sitting in front of the wide open back door, staring back at me with eyes full of sadness because he has decided he is the most put-upon dog on earth.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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More recently, I found him in the kitchen cooking up some jambalaya. He made me a meal from my book to celebrate it being published (💞💝💘💖💕). And while I want you to know he’s great, what I really want to talk about is the seasoning he used. It’s in my house, and I still don’t believe it’s real. 2/2
A canister of cajun seasoning called Slap Ya Mama. Yeah. It’s really called that.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I need to think of something catchy to say for my pinned post. Um…

In May 2026, fall for Falling for the Protagonist!

Available for preorder in the UK from @waterstones.bsky.social!

Hashtags! #Romancenovels #debutnovel #Romancelandia
A book cover for Falling for the Protagonist by Bex Goos (That’s me!). Cover depicts a man (Will) standing on an open book amid a few flowers looking up at a woman (Emmy) falling towards him.
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Update to this. I told Starbucks to cancel my account and they emailed me an $8 Starbucks gift card…
A truly baffling screenshot of an email from Starbucks featuring an $8 e-gift card, which was sent to me in response to me following the steps on their website to cancel/delete my account.
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Caught a hoverfly looking angry and apian on a beautiful thistle. Bonus third image after I played around with it in #Procreate.

#nature #bugs #photography
A hoverfly on a purply pink thistle flower with all the spiky leaves and my half dead lawn in the background A hoverfly on a purply pink thistle flower with all the spiky leaves and my half dead lawn in the background Edited photo of hoverfly on thistle to create surreal effects.
October 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My Brain: WANT MEATLOAF SANDWICH

Me: ok

My Brain: WANT ME— wait what? Oh. Okay. Great. Man, I thought I was going to have to repeat myself like a thousand times before you gave in.
A meatloaf sandwich on a paper plate. Nothing about this is healthy, but my brain is content for the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My zinnias (the one plant that managed to grow despite the Great Pigweed Invasion of ‘25) may be dying, but the butterflies don’t mind! Can’t believe I snapped a shot of one in the air! #photography #butterfly #nature
Two butterflies and two orange zinnias. One butterfly is mid-flight. (I think they had a bit of a tiff when they both landed on the same flower) A butterfly with wings closed, view from the side, on an orange zinnia Butterfly with wings open and just the cutest wittle antennae on an orange zinnia. It’s fuzzy too! (The butterfly, not the flower) A fuzzy butterfly and its cute little antennae on an orange zinnia, side-ish view
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Trying to take some professional photos when Geordi entered the scene. #dogmom #dogs #pets
Geordi, my black lab, delicately rests his snoot on my cheek while we take a selfie together. Geordi, my black lab, tries to give me a delicate little kiss, but I must resist because I am wearing makeup. Geordi, my black lab, looks better than me in this picture. He may look serene, and he probably is, but that’s only because he doesn’t have a lot of thoughts in his head. Artistic selfie with my black lab, Geordi. He finally looks at the camera only to be half out of frame.
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Usually I just do egg earrings, but for a friend I decided to add a slice of toast. #glassart #eggs #jewelry #crafts
Two glass sunny side up fried egg pendants and one slice of buttered toast. They are on my hand. They have holes in the top so they can be put on earring hooks.
September 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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If anyone needs a Halloween costume idea, may I recommend the Nintendo Mullet?

#Halloween
A text message convo between me and my mom. First bubble (me): Just asked Warren if he wanted to be Mario or Luigi for Halloween. He replied Mario and Luigi. Second bubble (my mom): Good luck with that. Mario in the front, Luigi in the back-? Third bubble (me): Hahaha the Nintendo Mullet
September 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I am playing Animal Crossing irl in my backyard. So far I am up to THREE different dragonflies! Here’s the latest. It’s red! (I only know how to identify different bugs by their color and how close I’m willing to get to them.)

#dragonfly #photography #nature
A super cool red dragonfly on a blade of grass who is so badass he didn’t even fly away when I was creeping on him with my camera. A super cool red dragonfly on a blade of grass who is so badass he didn’t even fly away when I was creeping on him with my camera.
August 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Dear Instacart,

Where is this woman’s thumb?

Sincerely,
Bex
A woman in a bright shirt with her face cut off proudly holds an obscene stack of Lunchable-style crackers, meats, and cheeses. Except… “holds” is a loose term here as it is unclear where her thumb is.
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I have a bag full of oyster shells.
A bag of oyster shell discards from one of those pick-an-oyster-get-a-pearl booths.
August 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Part 2/2 Shirts with Words, a zine by me.
Page 4 of my zine. Green/gray background. Text reads: This is my pride shirt (The most amazing self-own I’ve ever seen. The shirt was gray. The text plain. It said to me, “I’m not gay! I’m the opposite of rainbows! I’m boring and colorless! Take that, Gays!”) Page 5 of my zine. Navy background. Words read: Coffee makes me feel less murdery (yes I used coffee to “dye” this page)
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Made a zine out of old shirts (so as to be on theme). Compiled some of my “favorites” from the shirts with words I have seen adults wearing in the wild.

#zine #zines #shirtswithwords #questionablefashionchoices

(Part 1/2 since Bsky only allows four images per post)
The cover of my zine, which is made of fabric and cardboard. Title reads: SHIRTS with WORDS Page 1 of my zine, on a green and blue plaid background. Words read: My dog and I talk shit about you Page 2 of my zine. Green/gray background. Words read: GIRL WOMAN FEMALE BOSS Page 3 of my zine. Blue and green plaid background. Words read (TW GUNS) .22 All .380 Faster 9mm Than .40 Dialing .45 911
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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He saw his opportunity, and he took it.

#funny #photo
A house fly is perched on a bottle of face mask, which happens to be labeled “Hero.” It is possible the fly can read and felt drawn to the text. No one can ever know for certain.
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I’ve started pruning the sunflowers that grew in my yard without my say-so. Which I guess is like if someone moved into my house without permission and then I offered to do their hair.

#flowers #gardening
A picture of the very tall sunflowers in my yard that I did not plant, but nevertheless they thrive
July 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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So… um……

Can potatoes have rabies?

Asking for a friend.
A potato that is foaming out of its eyes A potato that is foaming out of its eyes A potato that is foaming out of its eyes
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I made shrimp and grits with Reddit’s help! Just wanted to post a pic. #cooking
A bowl of creamy, cheesy grits topped with blackened shrimp and garnished with chopped green onions.
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM