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quejimenez: a slow, poetic life in my garden & fiber arts studio
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Musings of a nerdy/artistic Black woman, former SAHM, Homeschooling, gardening wife/mama/artist turned PhD, FT Professor & Womanist scholar. Sharing my efforts to embrace a slower pace amongst the chaos & hurry of academia.
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Sometimes I think I’m too sensitive for social media and our current world. Everything in the news has made me insulate my biggest feelings inside of me—the safest place I know.

Doing a lot of private wandering lately. My way of processing.
Me walking through a bed in my garden carrying a bucket for weeds I gathered. Me weeding in my garden at dusk. Me squatting in a patch in my garden, weeding.
January 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Everything is breaking my brain and heart, so I did what I said I was never going to do and #knit an #Emotionalsupportchicken that was way more complicated and frustrating to knit than I expected. But, I needed her. 🥲 Meet Pinkie LavHENder. She’s surrounded by frog & bunny pals.
Picture shows a knitted hen that is named “emotional support chicken” in shades of lavender and pink. She is sitting next to Sanrio character stuffed animals.
January 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I will never be a monogamous #knitter. 🥲
December 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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A package of joy to get me through grading. These kids and they AI is aging me in dog years.
December 13, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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Really devastated the past 30 minutes or so. These were pulled out of my main library and have been bedside the past couple of weeks. Bought them when I was about 20–changed my life. I just knew I would have her sign them one day. 💔
December 10, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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These beautiful Rudbeckia/Black Eyed Susans are blooming strong going into their second month. I’m really hoping they behave as perennials in my garden. We always focus on spring & summer blooms, forgetting how wonderful it is to have fall/winter color.

#gardening #garden #flowergarden #grateful
Black Eyed Susan flowers blooming in an autumn bed. They are rich yellow with deep brown centers that transition into a reddish brown.
December 10, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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Felt good to hike this weekend—Mt. Rubidoux is always a win with great weather.

Of course, I’m sore as heck today—that’s what I get for not being in the gym for 4+ weeks.
Black woman standing at top of Mt. Rubidoux with view of city and foothills behind. She is wearing a yellow LA Dodgers baseball cap, cream Dodger t-shirt, cream sweats, black and white All Star tennis shoes, and a green fanny pack bag across her body.
December 9, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Blah! Found old anemone bulbs and ranunculus croms I forgot to plant last season. Going to try and soak them to see if they’re still viable. I have high hopes for the ranunculus, but none for the anemones. When is Costco selling bulbs? Must be January in our area (Southern California).
Bag of anemone bulbs from Spring 2024. They are dried and wrinkled, leading me to believe they are no longer viable. We’ll see.
December 8, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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I can literally feel and smell the tingle of 4. That and my Granny loved Glover’s Mane.
December 5, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Sis, this the picture I texted to my mama—it’s blurry cause I was tryna eat! How’s your dinner come out?
November 30, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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2 Hours Later 🥱 || Still not sleepy. || Le Sigh. 🙂‍↕️ || Took forever & 32 days to join because the plastic stitch holders did not slide well. Add to that I was too cold/lazy to get out of bed for smaller needles (1 size larger was handy) to knit from—sliding 89 stitches was rough. #knitting
Cabled sweater in progress with knitting tools: knitting notions case, cable needle, stitch holders. Knitters hand in the picture. Background of plaid, woven wool blanket.
November 29, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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🫠 Why am I up!? 🤦🏾‍♀️ I got “itis” after dinner and fell asleep early *and* didn’t get a chance to finish the left front of my #jacketno2 Time to join!! So excited.

Also, watching #VWIDBuzz reviews. That 2 tone yellow is 😍. But it’s soooo big. 🤔 More plants to tow though.

#knitting #bonafideknitter
Jacket/cardigan knitting project with all over cables design in a heathered purple. Smiling face point protectors cover the needle tips. Sweater is resting on a plaid, woven wool blanket. Knitter is in bed, knitting at 3:30 am by low light.
November 29, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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😮‍💨 “…Hooray, My stitch game is just too fly…”

*rapped in my Doechii “Catfish” flow voice*

#bonafideknitter #blackknitter #blackgirlknitter
November 28, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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My Granmama’s spirit came & slapped my hands for trying to sneak in a repeat before getting my pies in the oven this morning. See this major #knitting mistake? Missed 3 cables rows ago.

💅🏾 Granma, I’m a #bonafideknitter cause I fixed it! Getting on these pies now.

#blackknitter #blackgirlknitter
November 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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Look at her fast tail!! 😤 Had to jump to producing babies at 1 month old. Bet not have brought her sisters to the baby train with her! 😒

Distraught. I need to focus on cooking. 😣

#gardening #zone9b #boltedplants
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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Currently working on this “jacket” by My Favorite Things and the #champagnecardigan by Petite Knits. Also have a Pressed Flowers shawl and another Brioche Shawl on hold/needles. Champagne Cardi just needs button band.
November 27, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Just realized I didn’t take a picture at the So Cal Fiber Fair this year! 😩 Was going through pictures and there isn’t one. Brought my daughter this year and had the sniffles—so I was totally distracted. Last year’s picture will do. 😔 Will share haul after cooking is underway.
Black woman wearing a “quilt coat” posing with a sign that reads “So Cal Fiber Fair.” She is smiling and others are walking by her. This was the first year for the Fair.
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Is #restknitting a thing? It should be. I’ve been #resting and #knitting and #procastiknitting since Sunday. These cables are addicting!

Almost done with left front of pattern. I’m so anxious to join the body. 😬

#wipwednesday #wip #blackknitter #blackgirlknitting #blackknitters #ishouldbegrading
Knitting project in process photo: a cabled cardigan in a heathered lilac. There are knitting tools like a cable needle, crochet hook, pencil, paper clip, printed pattern in picture. Knitting is resting on a wool blanket with a plaid pattern. The knitting needles have bright yellow smiling face point protectors.
November 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Doubling down on two toxic traits: staying up all night to #knit “one more row” and switching projects once one gets to 80~90% done. #knitting cables is addicting—especially when under the weather. Productive rest at its best or not? #jacketno2
Knitting project in progress. Pictures shows the pattern picture of a woman wearing a heavily cabled white cardigan. The poster’s WIP (work in progress) is a heather purple. There are two smiling faces used as point protectors for the knitting needs to help the knitted stitches from falling off. Picture was taken at 2:30 am. Picture is taken on bed (background is white linen quilt/coverlet).
November 26, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Can this 70s Baby be added to #Blackskyover40
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Minding my peace on a Friday: knitting, watching the sun dip, and listening to #GNX #Kendricksky and #knittingsky go together for me. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I might spin some yarn to it…beats so L.A. got me missing home.
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 AM
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Decided to move my knitting/reading chair to the window last weekend—so happy. Yes, my childhood babydoll sits there. She was found in my grandparent’s garage this summer and is the best cuddler still. 💗 #slowliving #knitting #gardener
Bedroom window with a large, green arm chair with pillows and an old babydoll. There is a hanging pothos (vine) plant hanging in the right, a Fiddle Leaf fig plant in a pot on the left, and small plant cuttings lined up on the window sill. It is a knitting/reading corner that overlooks a garden with mountain and sunset views. One pillow reads, “Angels are watching over you and your grandmother’s prayers are still protecting you.” Window over looking a backyard garden. There are 5 small jars, cups, and vases filled with pothos and philodendron cuttings. The sun is shinning and outside the window there is a beautiful blue sky with plants in the foreground and mountain in the distance. Close-up picture of the backyard garden. There are some purple roses in bloom and yellow cosmos in bloom. The mountains are in the distance, the sky is pale blue.
November 22, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Might be behind in grading. Might be tired from working til 9:30 pm. Might have 50-11 new songs added to my playlist from being “put on.” Might have danced too much.

👩🏾‍🏫 English professor doing her #Blackjob of providing space for her students to be surrounded in #blackjoy #blacklove #AddToBlacksky
In this picture, a group of co-ed Black college students are in a classroom during an evening game night. A tall Black male and a shorter Black female student are competing to step on a cup in the center of them while a crowd of students looks on amused and excited. They were playing Black Family Feud and were breaking a tie response by seeing who could step on the cup fastest when given the word “cup” while playing the childhood game of “Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes.” The male is crouched down to be her height and equalize his proximity to the cup. There are Black History posters on the wall and they have cleared desks for this showdown.
November 21, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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Alas, it’s too late to wind another skein, so the last 8 rows before the ribbing/cuff must wait. Sleep must want me urgently. #knitting #champagnecardigan
November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM