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Tina Winsett
@tmwinsett.bsky.social
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Mom of 2 girls, youngest nonspeaking autistic;proud grandma;former social worker;UF alum;Breast cancer survivor;avid reader;tv/movie/politics junkie;lifelong southerner
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November blooms
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#FlowerReport
Blue morning glory blooms Pink & purple morning glory blooms Coral hibiscus bloom Peach ruffled hibiscus bloom
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Remember well going to buy this album when it came out. Was in college, was at the record shop the morning after I heard her on the radio
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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“It’s Alive”. The entire damned movie. My older cousins took me when I was 12. I attribute my loathing of horror movies to this movie
Movie poster of 1974’s “It’s Alive”. Features a white wicker bassinet with a creepy hand hanging over the side. Tagline: The ONE Film You Should Not See Alone
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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It’s always exciting when an orchid reblooms
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Orchid with purple speckled bloom & 2 buds on table next to peace lily & 2 more orchids
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Today’s raised bed & container #garden harvest 🌱
#CoastalSouthTexas
November harvest: beets; personal size watermelon; sweet peppers; banana peppers; grape & Cherry tomatoes
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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For the first time in American history TEN STATES will be led by women Democratic governors: Gretchen Whitmer:Michigan Janet Mills: Maine Katie Hobbs: Arizona Laura Kelly: Kansas Maura Healey: Massachusetts Michelle Lujan Grisham: New Mexico Tina Kotek: Oregon *Mikie Sherrill: New Jersey *Abigail Spanberger: Virginia
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Yellow hibiscus blooms
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#CoastalSouthTexas
4 yellow hibiscus blooms with red centers on potted tree
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Love being in kitchen with grandkids (prepping for #Halloween party), BEST way to spend birthday is with them! 🧡
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Grandkids mixing up sugar cookies Granddaughter kneading cookie dough Grandkids making brownie cake pops from leftovers of brownie bats Brownie cake pops
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Run up to Xmas village, Halloween Village! (The only good use for candy corn, village road lol)
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Dept 56 Halloween Village with candy corn road Dept 56 Halloween Village Dept 56 Halloween Village with candy corn road
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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October blooms in #CoastalSouthTexas
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Ruffled peach hibiscus bloom Purple morning glory blooms Multiple red hibiscus blooms on potted plant
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#Lunch: Provolone/American garlic French bread toasted cheese sandwich with baked plantains & coconut pineapple dipping sauce
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Sliced plantains coated with avocado oil on baking sheet Ingredients for coconut pineapple dipping sauce: shredded coconut, fresh pineapple, yogurt Baked plantains & coconut pineapple dipping sauce White Fiesta dinner plate with provolone & American toasted cheese sandwich; baked plantains with coconut & pineapple yogurt sauce. Autumn table linens
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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People need to know there is a contingency fund for SNAP in case of government shutdown. One this administration is choosing not to use.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Earlier this month, the Trump administration declined to draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits, saying the money was needed for potential emergencies such as natural disasters.
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Benefit of our everlasting summer, #garden thriving in late October
🌱 #BackyardGardening
#CoastalSouthTexas
#RaisedBeds
Banana peppers on the vine Tomato plants in containers blooming & producing tomatoes for a late fall harvest Spinach & basil growing in pots Red sweet peppers on the vine in a raised bed
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Boudin Balls with remoulade sauce
#Cooking 🍽️
Egg wash (eggs, salt, cayenne, hot sauce), panko crumbs, boudin balls (boudin sausage & eggs). Skillet of oil for frying Boudin balls frying 3 boudin balls & remolaude sauce
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Heaven in a cast iron skillet: homemade creamed corn
And Grandma’s Butterscotch Bars for dessert
🍽️ #cooking
#Baking
Pan of Butterscotch Bars just out of oven; cast iron skillet with creamed corn simmering, cutting off all the corn from cob is a pain but so worth it
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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College. UF. Seems like a hundred lifetimes ago. If anyone had told that 20 year old that at 61 she’d see Trump in a 2nd presidential term, & a SCOTUS intent on rolling back rights, & our country pulled backwards I would’ve laughed you out the door
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Upside to our extremely long summers in #CoastalSouthTexas, have a 2nd round of cucumber & tomato plants blooming & producing
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Yellow blooms on cucumber vines Yellow blooms & grape tomatoes on vine of tomato plant
September 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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September blooms in #CoastalSouthTexas
🌱 #FlowerReport
3 red hibiscus blooms on potted plant Morning glory vines with pink & purple blooms Coral hibiscus bloom with deep magenta center Hanging basket of purslane
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Throwback to my catering days, made chicken salad plates for my elderly neighbors. Cooking is stress relief for me. Except for the washing dishes part lol
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Lettuce lined bowl of chicken salad: recipe from friend in New Orleans, boiling the chicken breasts (on bone) with celery stalks & lemons gives a nice subtle flavor that keeps it from being bland Corn muffins, not cornbread. Had whole kernel sweet corn mixed in to flour & cornmeal muffins Pasta salad: penne pasta black beans, corn, sweet peppers, parm cheese tossed in an Italian vinaigrette Chicken salad plates with grapes, pasta salad, & corn muffin. Dried cranberries on side of chicken salad, I like them mixed in but not everyone does
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Here you go, From my friend @billbindc.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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#Baking White Chocolate Raspberry Cake for a friend’s birthday
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2 layer white cake rounds; raspberry filling; ingredients for the icing: whipping cream, cream cheese, butter, sugar, white chocolate Bottom layer of white cake spread with white chocolate icing & raspberry filling White chocolate raspberry cake, decorated with grated white chocolate, white chocolate curls, fresh raspberries Slice of white chocolate raspberry cake on Lenox Eternal china on fall linens
September 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Flowers always keep me in a better mood. Attract birds, butterflies, bees. All beautiful & calming
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#CoastalSouthTexas
Pink Morning glory blooms Red hibiscus blooms Front porch: hanging baskets of petunias, impatiens, spider plants, bougainvillea. Potted hibiscus, bougainvillea morning glory. Spider lilies planted in ground next to house. Hummingbird flag Front porch of house surrounded by plants. Plumeria, desert rose, mums, impatiens, bougainvillea morning glory, spider plant.
September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Sometimes simple #dinner is the best dinner. Tomatoes & basil from my garden 🌱 🍅 , made caprese salad. Glass of red wine, hunk of bread 🥰
Black Fiesta pasta bowl filled with caprese salad & hunk of French bread. On fall linens
September 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The Hour. British series. So so good
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM