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Auntie Begonia

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Unscripted. Cerebral. Cheerful. Coarse. Pharm.D.; BA, Journalism and English; mom to Kel, Ma’am to Wally and Maeve, partner to John.

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It’s the funnest time of the year.

12.03.2026 16:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TFW you’re posted up on the sofa to watch basketball but you have to get up and open the front door (even though it’s freezing cold) so your nosy dog can monitor the neighborhood (or she’ll pace). #BBN

12.03.2026 16:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of text exchange: 
Me: I Venmoed you
Kid: Also I’ve categorized every ‘90s song ever
Me: R iii ght
Kid: -plays on work radio
       -mom has seen it live
       -it does not exist

Screenshot of text exchange: Me: I Venmoed you Kid: Also I’ve categorized every ‘90s song ever Me: R iii ght Kid: -plays on work radio -mom has seen it live -it does not exist

Spent an hour this morning texting with the kid, helping them make a ‘90s playlist. All that remembering is exhausting!

12.03.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Three book spines—Barnet “A Short Guide to Writing abou Art,” Mark Steel “Vive la Revolution: A Stand-Up History of the French Revolution,” and de Reyna “How to Draw What You See.”

Three book spines—Barnet “A Short Guide to Writing abou Art,” Mark Steel “Vive la Revolution: A Stand-Up History of the French Revolution,” and de Reyna “How to Draw What You See.”

A rainy cold night. Perfect for climbing into bed with my #thriftbooks haul.

11.03.2026 23:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A row of unkempt forsythia bushes blooming bright yellow with a sky full of light and dark clouds behind.

A row of unkempt forsythia bushes blooming bright yellow with a sky full of light and dark clouds behind.

The forsythia is blooming but there’s a tornado warning so I took a pic cos these yellow petals will probably be gone tomorrow.

(It’s also 73°F, I have on shorts and I’m as sweaty as a can of beer on the 4th of July.) #Spring

11.03.2026 16:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A tiny orange crocheted octopus.

A tiny orange crocheted octopus.

I picked up a hook for the first time in a year and look what happened! #crochet

10.03.2026 23:40 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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a candle with the words in loving memory written below it Alt: a candle with the words in loving memory written below it

Yikes.

10.03.2026 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
White clouds, large patch of blue sky and black clouds coming to cover the blue.

White clouds, large patch of blue sky and black clouds coming to cover the blue.

The most Kentucky weather picture I’ve ever taken. Blue skies and black clouds. I couldn’t convey the weird-ass phenomenon of skies in flux with warm and dead calm air. The walk was like a humid summer day with no air moving. 🥵

10.03.2026 15:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

OMFG!

09.03.2026 20:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This motivates me to pick up my medical Spanish books again. I need to be better than these dumb motherfuckers.

07.03.2026 23:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of a text message from an English friend that says “The orange one has made my stocks and shares ISA go down.”

Screenshot of a text message from an English friend that says “The orange one has made my stocks and shares ISA go down.”

Our motherfucker #djt damaging the financial stability of my English friend. Is there no end to the fuckery?

07.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Completed Lego Williams FW46. Blue F1 car.

Completed Lego Williams FW46. Blue F1 car.

Driver takes possession! Fun build!

06.03.2026 02:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lego min-fig in white fire suit admires her completed F1 car

Lego min-fig in white fire suit admires her completed F1 car

The driver sees her completed car. She is delighted.

06.03.2026 02:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Half an F1 kit completed. Last two bags emptied and sorted.

Half an F1 kit completed. Last two bags emptied and sorted.

Opening bags 5 and 6. It starting to look like an F1 car.

06.03.2026 02:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Completed bags 1 and 2 results in a blue and black lump. Bags 3 and 4 emptied and sorted, waiting for assembly.

Completed bags 1 and 2 results in a blue and black lump. Bags 3 and 4 emptied and sorted, waiting for assembly.

Moving on to bags 3 and 4.

06.03.2026 02:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Starting an F1 Lego kit, bags 1 and 2 emptied and sorted, ready for assembly.

Starting an F1 Lego kit, bags 1 and 2 emptied and sorted, ready for assembly.

Bags 1 and 2 #F1 #Williams FW46. Glad to see #Lego using paper bags. I stole the model from my husband because it was Williams and I have been a Williams fan since the ‘90s. Surprised and delighted to find my driver is a woman!

06.03.2026 02:27 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

LOL! I’m motivated!

05.03.2026 19:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Lego Williams F1 car assembly begins.

Lego Williams F1 car assembly begins.

Husband got himself a couple of #Lego #F1 cars and I was forced to take the #Williams off his hands. Just getting started…will check back.

05.03.2026 19:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Nelson Muntz pointing and saying Ha Ha!

Nelson Muntz pointing and saying Ha Ha!

Ha.

04.03.2026 12:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Weather forecast for Louisville, Ky. at 7:31. It’s 56°F and says rain expected but it’s already pouring.

Weather forecast for Louisville, Ky. at 7:31. It’s 56°F and says rain expected but it’s already pouring.

Two beautiful huge bald eagles sitting on branches inside an enclosure.

Two beautiful huge bald eagles sitting on branches inside an enclosure.

A museum sign explaining that the two bald eagles at the Louisville Zoo were injured in the wild and could not be returned to nature. The US Fish and Wildlife Service granted the zoo permission to give them a home with a Federal Eagle Exhibition permit.

A museum sign explaining that the two bald eagles at the Louisville Zoo were injured in the wild and could not be returned to nature. The US Fish and Wildlife Service granted the zoo permission to give them a home with a Federal Eagle Exhibition permit.

No zoo walk today. Pouring rain beyond the ability if my hat to repel. I wonder if the eagles will notice no one came by to say “hey” and mourn the loss of their soars.

04.03.2026 12:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Lego version of the Williams racing car.

Lego version of the Williams racing car.

My husband got me a cool present. #F1 #Lego

03.03.2026 15:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A flock of pink Chilean flamingoes.

A flock of pink Chilean flamingoes.

Toco Toucan sign in front of actual Toco Toucan.

Toco Toucan sign in front of actual Toco Toucan.

Two bald eagles just hanging out.

Two bald eagles just hanging out.

Colobus monkey family sitting on an outdoor shelf.

Colobus monkey family sitting on an outdoor shelf.

Today was the day to get your Zoo walking club card so John and I hauled our lazy butts to the zoo at 8 am on a Sunday to get one! And we got to see way more animals than I expected—including a wittle bebe Colobus monkey.

01.03.2026 14:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s like you know me.

28.02.2026 09:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You poor ting! Wally has been hassling me all day, “Do it again, ma’am!”

27.02.2026 00:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Golden brown pibble and shiny chocolate colored lab mix stare into camera.

Golden brown pibble and shiny chocolate colored lab mix stare into camera.

I cleaned the dogs’s ears tonight and if I get into heaven, it will be for that task alone. 🤢

26.02.2026 01:51 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I took the MPJE today, had two little mini-bottles of Prosecco (rosé!), and now I am going upstairs to read. Maybe.

26.02.2026 01:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As a non-English/Irish/Australian, I *really* try not to use the C word but gotdamn that woman is a cunt.

26.02.2026 01:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There were few winners at last night's shitfest of lies and carny spectacle. But count every last member of the U.S. women's hockey team among them.

25.02.2026 14:19 👍 563 🔁 60 💬 5 📌 1

More like Hate of the Union amirite?

24.02.2026 23:31 👍 558 🔁 30 💬 22 📌 1
Black and white historical photo of a Fokker airplane from around WWI

Black and white historical photo of a Fokker airplane from around WWI

I keep this pic on my phone permanently especially for nights like tonight. #sotu #stfu #resist

25.02.2026 03:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0