Close-up of broad red and yellow flowers with long, curling red stamens on a background of many green leaflets.
Old flower #7 - a Red Bird of Paradise tree flower in Naples, FL from 2015. One of the few things I miss about SW Florida are the flowering plants.
Close up of a dark pink hibiscus flower surrounded by green leaves.
Old flower #6 - a hibiscus from Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, OH, during 2019. I love hibiscus, both as a flower and as a beverage ingredient. So nice.
So I have learned what comping is. Stay Tuned.
What is the equivalent for this platform of "vaguebooking", by the way? 😁
Close-up of a cluster of pale purple and star-shaped giant milkweed flowers.
Old flower #5 - Giant milkweed flower from the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA, from 2021. So cool.
Oops, forgot the year. This was in 2009.
Dark tree branches covered in pink magnolia flowers against a clear blue sky.
Old flower #4: A sky full of magnolias, from the National Arboretum in Washington, D. C. Good times.
Three silver bags of loose leaf tea from Tin Roof Teas. Flavors include Moongold Oolong, Angel's Kiss green tea, and Think Pink oolong.
Got my new stash of tea today in the mail. I am excite. TEEEEEA. 😁
I ate a food and feel considerably better than I did an hour ago? Lol. 🫂
Also my package of new loose leaf tea varieties arrived today. :)
Top-down view of a blue mug containing blackberry tea the color of red wine, with a spoonful of tea balanced over the mug.
When you like the color of wine, the warmth of tea, and the taste of juice, and apple cider isn't fancy enough, you get this all-fruit blackberry deliciousness from Tin Roof Teas. No, this is not a paid advertisement. But it is basically a free one. So good.
That moment when you REALLY want to respond to an Inspirational Thread with something appropriate but can't think of a single personal example, and would feel guilty posting the snarky one.
Darn you BlueSky, why are you so dang wholesome. 😅
I showed a couple of local friends the Nathan Fillion song and they approve. It has at least two more fans now, lol.
Close-up side view of a dark red iris flower on a sunny day.
Old flower #3: An iris from a large garden somewhere I don't recall near Kent, Ohio, in 2013. I like the color of this one.
Struggling with things to post that I want the entire world to see. This is why I still use Facebook more, because it's all friends only for me. I am glad people who were tired of Xitter moved here though. Still legit. #socialmedia #personalpreference
Close-up of a yellow and white Peruvian lily flower with maroon striped markings.
Old flower #2 - Peruvian lily from Cobh, Ireland, in 2007. Is pretty.
Present! FAWM is my primary songwriting time of year, though I did a few for 50/90 this year also for the first time.
It's super weird not feeling like I NEED to avoid a feed at all....because it's so customizable. For the win.
Close-up photo of a blue columbine flower.
I want to start featuring old flower photos here...I used to take so many and haven't in the last year or two. But they make me happy. Here's a columbine from Milwaukee in 2010, just because. :)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
One movie 🎥 - Pan's Labyrinth
One album 💿 - Chrono Cross OST (Yasunori Mitsuda)
One TV show 📺 - Ascendance of a Bookworm (anime)
Photo of a pale pink, ring-shaped natural gemstone formation of stilbite and quartz on a glass stand in a museum, labeled "The Stargate."
Hi, new corner of the interwebs. Have a shiny nerdy thing from the natural history museum in Pittsburgh as my first post. Seemed appropriate.
