Rovy
@shadesoflifenv.bsky.social
🧡💜💚. she/her. sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears inciting and inviting me
I missed our mountains.
One more hour and then I get to hug my kid, cuddle my dogs, and crash.
One more hour and then I get to hug my kid, cuddle my dogs, and crash.
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I missed our mountains.
One more hour and then I get to hug my kid, cuddle my dogs, and crash.
One more hour and then I get to hug my kid, cuddle my dogs, and crash.
Tired eyes at the airport today. About six more hours until I can crash.
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Tired eyes at the airport today. About six more hours until I can crash.
Work holiday lunch. Two and a half more days of work next week, and then I'm off until January. But first, I have a flight to catch.
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Work holiday lunch. Two and a half more days of work next week, and then I'm off until January. But first, I have a flight to catch.
Trying Grumpy's cannoli cinnamon rolls with Si and my 🧡
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trying Grumpy's cannoli cinnamon rolls with Si and my 🧡
Currently 14°, feels like 7°. I'm not sure I'm going to be doing my lunchtime walk today...
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Currently 14°, feels like 7°. I'm not sure I'm going to be doing my lunchtime walk today...
We're supposed to get snow tonight...fingers crossed for a snow day tomorrow!
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We're supposed to get snow tonight...fingers crossed for a snow day tomorrow!
Roast beef & gravy, purple mashed potatoes, mushrooms, a honey butter and chile roasted veggie medley featuring carrots, parsnips, jicama, and celery root, and prosciutto-wrapped asparagus.
And for dessert, my 🧡 made some of the best banana pudding I've ever had.
And for dessert, my 🧡 made some of the best banana pudding I've ever had.
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Roast beef & gravy, purple mashed potatoes, mushrooms, a honey butter and chile roasted veggie medley featuring carrots, parsnips, jicama, and celery root, and prosciutto-wrapped asparagus.
And for dessert, my 🧡 made some of the best banana pudding I've ever had.
And for dessert, my 🧡 made some of the best banana pudding I've ever had.
The sidewalk wants to make sure you know that you are loved today.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The sidewalk wants to make sure you know that you are loved today.
My sweet old lady is really struggling today, so she's sleeping with mama tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
My sweet old lady is really struggling today, so she's sleeping with mama tonight.
Lucy Glo apples are my current favorite kind, which means I'll probably never find them again 😭
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Lucy Glo apples are my current favorite kind, which means I'll probably never find them again 😭
Our 2025 spooky food finale: some delicious brains (aka baked spaghetti).
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our 2025 spooky food finale: some delicious brains (aka baked spaghetti).
Celebrating my 🧡's birthday a bit early: hand-cut ribeyes, sauteed mushrooms and onions, honey roasted parsnips and carrots, and bacon cheddar mashed potatoes, followed by a homemade red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and Tillamook sugar cookie ice cream.
October 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Celebrating my 🧡's birthday a bit early: hand-cut ribeyes, sauteed mushrooms and onions, honey roasted parsnips and carrots, and bacon cheddar mashed potatoes, followed by a homemade red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and Tillamook sugar cookie ice cream.
Using some of Si's potatoes for my 🧡's birthday dinner... including her accidental hybrids. 😋
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Using some of Si's potatoes for my 🧡's birthday dinner... including her accidental hybrids. 😋
Spooky food, week four: mummy pizzas on garlic naan bread.
October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Spooky food, week four: mummy pizzas on garlic naan bread.
Spookyfood week 3: Worm sandwiches and toxic macaroni (and some corn from the farmers market)
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spookyfood week 3: Worm sandwiches and toxic macaroni (and some corn from the farmers market)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US have reported experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner, and almost 50% of men and women report experiencing mental or psychological violence from an intimate partner.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US have reported experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner, and almost 50% of men and women report experiencing mental or psychological violence from an intimate partner.
October 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US have reported experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner, and almost 50% of men and women report experiencing mental or psychological violence from an intimate partner.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US have reported experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner, and almost 50% of men and women report experiencing mental or psychological violence from an intimate partner.
Italian cheese pie and monster bark. Cubbies play tonight, so we're having a little bit of rest before the game.
October 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Italian cheese pie and monster bark. Cubbies play tonight, so we're having a little bit of rest before the game.
Spooky food week 2: breakfast quesadillas. Si had a knife and a pumpkin, on tomato basil and Pueblo chile tortillas. I had a tomato tortilla and decided something: it's a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible goose.
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spooky food week 2: breakfast quesadillas. Si had a knife and a pumpkin, on tomato basil and Pueblo chile tortillas. I had a tomato tortilla and decided something: it's a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible goose.
No filters on last night's sunset 😍 Moving here really is one of the best things I've ever done, second only to my kiddo.
October 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
No filters on last night's sunset 😍 Moving here really is one of the best things I've ever done, second only to my kiddo.
I don't care if you're 8, 18, or 38...if you dress up even a little bit and come to my door, you're gonna get candy, fruit snacks, and/or piñata-filler-type tiny toys, because that's what I have to give out this year.
And I'm going to be excited every. darn. time.
And I'm going to be excited every. darn. time.
October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't care if you're 8, 18, or 38...if you dress up even a little bit and come to my door, you're gonna get candy, fruit snacks, and/or piñata-filler-type tiny toys, because that's what I have to give out this year.
And I'm going to be excited every. darn. time.
And I'm going to be excited every. darn. time.
Basking in the afternoon sun, hoping to bake out some of this sneezing.
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Basking in the afternoon sun, hoping to bake out some of this sneezing.
Today I went to the doctor (perfect labs who?), walked about 2.5 miles, made spooky food and spooky dessert, started a custom embroidery pattern, baked a bunch of korker ribbon, and stitched a batch of bows.
October 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Today I went to the doctor (perfect labs who?), walked about 2.5 miles, made spooky food and spooky dessert, started a custom embroidery pattern, baked a bunch of korker ribbon, and stitched a batch of bows.
Braiiiiiiiins! (Dark chocolate brownies with caramel bits and semi-sweet chips)
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Braiiiiiiiins! (Dark chocolate brownies with caramel bits and semi-sweet chips)
Spooky food season has started! Forbidden rice ramen with a white miso broth and soft boiled eggs.
October 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Spooky food season has started! Forbidden rice ramen with a white miso broth and soft boiled eggs.
“There's a reason narcissists don't learn from mistakes and that's because they never get past the first step which is admitting that they made one.
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Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, ‘what mistake?’” - Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door
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Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, ‘what mistake?’” - Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“There's a reason narcissists don't learn from mistakes and that's because they never get past the first step which is admitting that they made one.
...
Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, ‘what mistake?’” - Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door
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Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, ‘what mistake?’” - Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door