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The Andrea Borden
@thislitgarbage.bsky.social
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Writer, photographer, gardener, knitter, first responder. I don't do hugs but I can help with CPR.
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Surprised to discover I never posted this one from last year. All homegrown.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
A vertical image full of summer flowers, from a perspective of looking directly down into a shallow wooden basket, just barely seen in the gaps of petals. In order of the colors of the rainbow, reds, oranges, yellows, green, blues, and purples, a variety of zinnias, hydrangea, cosmos, clematis, phlox, a fern and rudbeckia fill the basket.
July 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Drizzly July morning here in Iowa and I've been neglecting flower photo opportunities lately but here's a couple from my rounds this AM.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
A shallow-focus garden environment image. A white metal bench and white metal arbor frames the focus of the picture, along with pops of pale pink and bright orange of coneflower and rudbeckia in the foreground and background. In sharp focus to the center-right of the image, a glass pitcher overflows with rudibeckia, coneflower, and small orange zinnias. A shallow-focus vertical garden environment image. A white metal bench and white metal arbor frames the picture, along with pops of pale pink and bright orange of coneflower and rudbeckia crowding into the foreground and background. In sharp focus to the lower-right of the image, a glass pitcher overflows with rudibeckia, coneflower, and small orange zinnias.
July 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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As my milkweed recovers from storms doing a number on its flowers, the coneflower continues to keep the monarchs coming back.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱 #monarchbutterfly
A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with pale purple and pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In sharp focus in the center of the image a monarch butterfly rests on a coneflower, it's orange and black wingspan covering most of the flower it rests upon.
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The cutest little dine-and-dasher I ever did see in my #garden.

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A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens and pops of pale purple and pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In the center of the image a young fawn comes into focus, with tiny white spots and large ears. It is making eye contact with the viewer. A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens and pop of a pale pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In the center of the image, slightly obscured on one side by the centered coneflower, a young fawn comes into sharp focus with tiny white spots and large ears. It's body faces away from the viewer, it's head is turned back to make eye contact with the viewer. A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens and pops of pale purple out-of-focus hosta flowers in the foreground. In the center of the image, the bottom half of it's body obscured by hostas, a young fawn comes into sharp focus with tiny white spots and large ears, making eye contact with the viewer. A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens. Slightly right-of-center of the image a young fawn comes into sharp focus with tiny white spots and large ears, making eye contact with the viewer.
July 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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100% homegrown from my garden, taken about a month ago as the season kicked into high gear.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
A vertical image full of summer flowers, from a perspective of looking directly down into a shallow wooden basket, just barely seen in the gaps of petals. In hues of reds, pinks, oranges, apricot, yellows, creams and white, dahlias, yarrow, zinnias, daisies, roses, asters, phlox and rudbeckia fill the basket.
July 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Just a new fall harvest puzzle image. <3 📸 📷 🌱

#photography #fediart #BloomScrolling #InBloom #homegrownharvest #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerPhotography #SignsOfTheSeason #photography #gardening #FlowerReport
A horizontal image full of fall harvest ephemera, looking directly down into a shallow wooden basket on a neutral background. In hues of reds, oranges, apricot, yellows, and brown a large sunflower, mini pumpkins, ornamental corn, orange zinnias, hops, dahlias, and celosia fill the basket.
October 6, 2024 at 11:39 PM
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To walk through the garden and gather such beauty up, smelling and sighing with all the happiness Spring brings. I love days like today.

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A horizontal shallow focus image of a garden bouquet hanging over a distressed black wood surface, with a rustic wood wall in the background. The bouquet is full of roses of various colors and forms, accompanied by deep orange coreopsis, dame's rockett, vervascum, a large open-centered blue scabiosia, young ferns, mock orange, and privet blooms.
May 31, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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A bouquet fresh from the garden.

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A vertical image of a garden bouquet hanging upside down against a rustic wood wall. The bouquet is full of roses of various colors and forms, accompanied by deep orange coreopsis, a large open-centered blue scabiosia, young ferns, mock orange, and privet blooms.
May 31, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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My meadowscaped front lawn in spring makes me so pleased. We have gone through some very ugly phases with it but knew it would take time. Worth it.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷 🌱
A vertical garden meadow scene full of flowers and lush green foliage. In the bottom out of focus foreground pale purple allium heads make a gentle cup shaped arrangement around bright white Shasta daisies in the middle of the scene. The daisies give way to tall twin spikes of pink lupines with yellow buttercups below. In the upper background of the scene purple lupines and brilliant violet Siberian irises blur into a deep green meadowscape.
May 23, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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My place is bumblebee heaven currently. Check out this friend on my foxgloves. Watching bumbles in my garden after a long day is just the soul bleach I need sometimes.

#bumblebees #BloomScrolling #InBloom #florespondence #flowers #foxgloves #photography #FlowerReport 📸 📷 🌱
A horizontal shallow focus garden image in tones of soft pastels. On the left side of the image a stem of purple foxglove extends from the bottom of the frame to the top of the frame. In the middle of the stem, hanging from the lip of the bell shaped flowers, an American Bumblebee (bombus pensylvanicus) rests. A horizontal shallow focus garden image in tones of soft pastels. In the center of the image a stem of pale pink foxglove extends from the bottom of the frame to the top of the frame, flanked by purple foxglove on the left and spires of dark purple catmint to the right. Perched partway in the middle stem's bell shaped flowers, an American Bumblebee (bombus pensylvanicus) rests.
May 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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A rusted patch bumblebee coming in for some lupine goodness in my yard this week.

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A shallow focus image of a Rusted Patch Bumblebee hovering in air close to an inflorescence of common lupine. A spike of lupine flanks either side of the focal feature, while the background is filled with lush green out of focus bokeh and in the right-most foreground lupine foliage frames the scene.
May 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Still not really a #MerMay guy but I got this idea unbidden and just ended up drawing it despite the fact that I'm sure it really makes no sense. It's called 'Bait' and I apologize. (Once you start drawing those Muchaesque hair curls you want to do it forever.)
A monochrome digital drawing of a mermaid with long wet hair draped over her shoulders and upper body sitting on a large fishhook as if it were a swing, curling her tail up under herself. She's a somewhat sly glance downward possibly toward whatever the intended catch is.
May 3, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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I cannot un-see the seahorse... or dragon in this design. It's all I see.

Which one does it look like to you folks?

#seahorseordragon

📸 📷 🌱 #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers
A vertical image of a floral arrangement on a dark green background, lit from the right side with soft shadows on the left. The arrangement sits on a mauve colored gauzy fabric with matching frayed chiffon ribbon, draping over a distressed black wood pallet. The arrangement is placed in a traditional square wood woven basket and is turned at an angle so that a corner faces the camera. Out of the basket spills an abundance of lily of the valley foliage and lilacs in an icy blue color. The shape of the design makes a central downward arc of lilacs, with sprays of lilac tapering off both sides. It makes a vague dragon or seahorse shape against the lush green leaves of the lily of the valley.
May 3, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Still obsessed with the lilacs growing in the alley. I'm fairly sure the double variety is 'Alice Christenson', and I am head over heels in love.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #florespondence #flowersonfriday #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷 🌱
A vertical image looking down on a shallow open-weave lattice wood basket on a dark wood background. In the basket short sprigs of lilacs in varying shades of pale purple lay together in loose clusters. A frayed chiffon ribbon in a shade of dusty lavender weaves under and over the clusters in a romantic display.
May 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Creeping phlox wrapping around a planter, thriving on neglect for 2 years now.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷 🌱
A bright horizontal image filled edge to edge with a pale lavender colored florets of creeping phlox.
May 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Lily of the Valley season is here, making my mudroom smell incredible.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷 🌱
A horizontal image looking down on a shallow open weave lattice basket atop a neutral warm colored wood. In the basket a lush green collection of Lily of the Valley foliage and pristine white flowers fan loosely in a gentle arc to follow the top-most curve of the basket.
May 2, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Got to see the sights and sounds of Pella, Iowa tulip beds in all their glory before the storms of the current week.

#TulipTime #Spring #TulipFestival #InBloom #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #flowers #photography #Iowa 📸 📷🌱
A horizontal image filled from edge to edge with creamy white tulips streaked with rich rose-pink stretching from the center to top of each petal to fan out like brushstrokes. The mass planting bends gently away from the camera, seeming to all lean slightly diagonally to the left. A shallow focus vertical image filled from edge to edge with many-petaled burnt orange tulips. From the bottom of the frame with mostly blurred blooms, the eye travels up through the center of the image where a loose cluster of flowers come into focus, and leads away through the upper heights of the image to faded out of focus flowers. A bright horizontal image filled from edge to edge with buttery yellow tulips streaked with bright pink stretching from the bottom center to top of each petal. The mass planting bends gently away from the camera, seeming to all lean slightly diagonally to the right. A moody toned horizontal image filled from edge to edge with lavender tulips, deepening in color from the bottom to about mid-way up each petal. The mass planting clusters the flowers tightly together, with larger blooms open fully to the sun while smaller tulips open with heads bent in the understory of the larger tulip canopy.
April 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM
thislitgarbage.bsky.social
Very kind of you to say, thank you for taking the time. <3
elliew.bsky.social EllieW @elliew.bsky.social · Apr 30
From growing these lovely flowers to arranging them to photographing them, this is a beautiful work of art. 💐
April 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
thislitgarbage.bsky.social
This is really kind. Thank you so much for taking time to write this. <3
halation.bsky.social Fred © @halation.bsky.social · Apr 29
Although I know color science , and the significance of flower color related to emotive choice and tradition, I still can't arrange even for a photograph. Happily my beloved does.
You have some additional insights . . you have a gift!
April 29, 2024 at 10:17 PM
thislitgarbage.bsky.social
Thank you so much for the kind words. The funny thing is that I'm still not convinced this arrangement is any good-- I took it all apart afterwards, feeling very depressed, and went to photography something else instead. Arrangements are an uphill battle I hope to conquer with more skill one day.
halation.bsky.social Fred © @halation.bsky.social · Apr 29
It's saddening knowing I would never have thought of this beautiful,etheral combination of color in the chosen flowers.

Stellar work. From one homegrown to another - I will revist your image often.
thislitgarbage.bsky.social The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · Apr 29
La Belle Epoque tulips stealing the show.
Everything in this vase is 100% homegrown.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
April 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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A sweetly scented mosaic of lilacs.

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A horizontal edge to edge photo of lilac blooms all clustered together to create a mosaic of pale blues, purples, whites, and green (from stems).
April 29, 2024 at 5:58 PM
thislitgarbage.bsky.social
La Belle Epoque tulips stealing the show.
Everything in this vase is 100% homegrown.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
A square-ish dark floral still life image. A dark classical shaped fluted stoneware vase sits on a vintage distressed leatherbound book, on a surface covered in draped black suede. Frayed ribbons of periwinkle blue and cream cascade over the book from the edge of a small silver bowl, the ribbons leading the eye from the lower left of the image up to the vase and upwards to a large spray of blooms. The floral arrangement is a loose wedge shape bordered by lilacs on the bottom leading line and by white daffodils on the top outline. Large double petaled tulips of rich mauvey pink cluster together at the top center of the photo, drawing the eye into its round petals and depth.
April 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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The sweet smell of lilacs everywhere the wind blows. I can't get enough. I never want lilac season to end. <3

One of my favorite images from lilac season so far.

📸 📷🌱 #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport
A horizontal image looking down on a shallow open-weave lattice wood basket on a dark wood background. In the basket short sprigs of lilacs in varying shades of pale purple lay together in loose clusters.
April 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
thislitgarbage.bsky.social
My terribly first world problem at the moment is that I have more flowers right now than I can use all at once. So naturally I have more than enough to do another open-weave basket flatlay.

100% homegrown.

#BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱
A bright horizontal image of tulips and daffodils all open to the camera, clustered closely together and photographed from above looking down. Deep oranges and yellows, creamy whites, ballet pinks and bright fuchsia all crowd together to create an edge to edge image of spring blooms.
April 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Sending a message to an industry leader via social media and getting a super kind and thoughtful response back was *not* on my bingo card for this year but a tiny shard of my faith in humanity was mended today.
April 22, 2024 at 3:16 AM