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Valerie Learning
@valerie-learning.bsky.social
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She/her. Fermenter, baker, knitter, RA,retired library lady, bird nerd.
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Teeniest tiniest gnomes, a graduated set. #knitting #NeverNotGnoming
Three tiny knitted gnomes in blues, greens, and purples stand in a row, largest on the right and smallest on the left. The middle sized one is a tiny bit taller than the yarn wrapped wine cork also in the picture. All three have round bodies, pointed hats, and rounded beards.
June 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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A little pallette cleanser. Grateful for beauty that I can bring in from the garden. #BloomScrolling #peony
A recently opened pink peony blossom with the greenery of the flower bed showing below it, and a wooden fence behind. Pale pink peony blossom, frilly petals fully open, nearly fills the screen.
June 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Self portrait today.
A black and pale yellow striped snail moves across a brown board, feelers outstretched.
May 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#NeverNotGnoming Knitting a teeny tiny gnome (Gnoddy) from Sarah Schira's "Gnomes of Grimblewood" book, and the tiniest BOR marker I could find with a gnome on it.
A tiny piece of knitting in the round on double pointed needles, with a teeny gnome stitch marker. The knitting is moss green and dark red, the needles are blue, and the gnome has a blue hat and is knitting a blue sock.
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Hiking frenz
May 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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What the picture says ( see alt text too)
Asphalt walkway with a yellow chalked message says, Joy is Where You Find It. Yellow heart above, yellow smiley face below.
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Have never participated in #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits but since this week is #gifts, must play. This pair is gift for sailor friends. Patterns: Gnelson the Pirate and Gnormanda of Grimblewood by Sara Schira, on Ravelry. Gnormanda is also April entry for #YearOfGnomes. Hubby made the cutlasses.
April 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Glass block mosaic has been in the garden long enough to grow moss in the spaces between the seaglass pieces.
A glass block with sea glass mosaic sits on a forest floor covered in greens. There is moss growing between the pieces of sea glass.
April 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Butterfly pea in this batch of tibicos made a magical (tasty AND gorgeous!) elixir.
#tibicos #fermentation
A glass held in a white person's hand is about half full of a slightly fizzy deep purple liquid.
April 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Shared enough dire crap the last couple of days, flowers aren't blooming here yet, so here's some crispy tofu for you. 🤷🏻
April 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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New baby in the house. #FruitTrees #garden
A small plant pot holds a fig tree seedling. Ficus carica.
April 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Some signs of spring! Hop vines are popping and native huckleberry blossoms are filling the bushes. #gardening #GrowingFood
A dark red hop vine shoot pushes up from the soil in a dark pot. Clusters of tiny pale pink buds are opening along the underside of a branch, with oval-ish green leaves above.
March 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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First fresh jack fruit. Fun and delicious. Suggestions for seeds welcome, we already know what we're doing with the rest. #cooking
Three bowls hold the different edible parts of a jackfruit: clockwise from left, seeds, pods, strings.
March 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Breaking in the new putting bench. Built from lumber that hubby reclaimed. #gardening #SeedlingPrep #potting
A wooden potting table stands on a paver floor in a sunroom. You can see our yard through the windows behind the table. #gardening #potting #seedlings
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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A friend gifted me my first pilea. 🌱So nifty! #plants #gardening
A pilea plant with spotted round green leaves sits in a pot on a wooden table.
March 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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About a million years ago I was in a weaving group that did color studies. Everyone contributed yarn wrapped cards. I still have them, and I smile every time I see this box. Isn't it grand?
A rainbow of yarn wrapped cards fills a box so the colors show as small stripes on edge.
February 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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My first post is this small creative effort. Knitting small things keeps my RA brain and hands working. #knitting #fungi #RheumatoidArthritis
Two tiny hand knit mushrooms sit in the palm of Valerie's hand.
February 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM