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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The joys of growing and picking our own lettuce every single day. Snow peas also picked today. These are growing in planters on the deck from $1.00 heirloom seed packs. Self-defense from the ever-rising prices at the grocery. 🌱 #TheOutpost

Leaf lettuce thriving in a planter on the deck. This came from a $1.00 heirloom seed packet.

Snow peas picked from a planter on the deck. $1.00 heirloom seed packet.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dappled sunlight on one of the many containers on our deck. Fresh gem lettuce every day, coupled with scallions in another planter every day, snow peas to come. Doesn’t taste any better than that, and beats the daily increasing prices at the grocery. 🌱 #veg

Snow peas and gem lettuce thriving in small container on deck. Dappled sunlight shining on plants. Portable irrigation system up and running with misting. Growing some of our own food - priceless.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Stealth planting to prevent the deer from finding and munching this lovely Purple Speedwell pollinator. Planted by the foundation and nestled between two yellow/green pine shrubs with sharp needles. The bees were happily buzzing on this in peace a few seconds later. 🌱

Purple Speedwell nestled between two yellow/green pines against a foundation wall. I call it stealth planting to shelter from the deer.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Scallions from planter on deck, sage from herb garden. Brown butter sage chicken and Korean pancakes with scallions on the menu for dinner. 🌱

Bunch of scallions from planter on deck, bundles of sage (green and purple leaves) from small herb garden.

On the menu: brown butter sage chicken and Korean scallion pancakes.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A tale of resistance. Bluebells planted in two separate locations. Location on right says “No way deer, you won’t keep me down. I’m fighting back.” May we all be as resilient as nature. 🌱

Bluebells untouched by deer. Delicate purple flowers on narrow green stems and bright, narrow leaves.

Bluebell leaves chewed by deer, but fighting back and flowering with resilience. Purple flowers above leaves munched almost to the ground by deer.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This bearded iris beauty is really early this year. Climate change impacts continue…🌱

Purple bearded iris with green leaves. Very early for March.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Simple pleasures. We are growing as many vegetables as we can in containers this year (not only to thwart high food prices and the voracious deer, but it’s also good for body, mind, and spirit). First batch of spring onions thriving. 🌱

Onions growing in large container on deck.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We had a 56 degree temperature swing in less than 24 hours. I knew we were getting rain, but didn’t expect this abomination on my way home this morning. Ice, sleet, snow after a high of 88 degrees yesterday made for some hazardous driving conditions.

Ice and snow on windshield less than 24 hours after high temperatures of 88 degrees.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Good morning, Bluesky. A pastel sunrise today to banish the darkness.

Sunrise with shades of orange and yellow. Bare trees in foreground.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Timeline cleanse. Ixora🌱 #Travel - St. Kitts, January 2026

Delicate orange Ixora flowers in St. Kitts - January 2026.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

#MosaicMonday #Travel - January 2026 Spotted along beachfront walkway in Barbados.

Colorful mosaic depicting turtles and sea life on beachfront walkway - Barbados - January 2026.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Just returned from a trip to Puerto Rico. Seems appropriate to share after watching the unifying performance by #BadBunny at the Super Bowl. Mosaic on walkway to Old San Juan and colorful street with cobblestones in Old San Juan. Now, more than ever, #Travel - IF and while you can. January 2026

Mosaic on wall celebrating 500 years of history on the walkway to San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1521-2021. Colorful buildings on right of mosaic.

Cobblestone narrow street in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Colorful buildings line both sides of street.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Stubborn tree roots in San Juan, Puerto Rico. #Travel - 2026

Large tree roots and tree in park in San Juan, Puerto Rico - 2026.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Spotted in San Juan, Puerto Rico - yesterday. Now more than ever, #Travel if and while you can. Narrator: we didn’t write this, but don’t disagree with the sentiment. It’s the sign of our times.

Graffiti in blue on a white wall in San Juan, Puerto Rico yesterday- FCK ICE.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseup #Travel - Stratford-upon-Avon, England -September 2023. This is a re-post from something I shared on Post. This flower is perfection.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Time to re-read the book I chose for our Book Club a couple years ago. It highlighted the fact the Danes are among the happiest people on earth (at least they used to be until that thoroughly evil man returned to the White House).

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Looks like the sky is angry. Another beautiful January sunset.

Bright shades of oranges, reds, grays, and blues on a sunset above the tree line. It looks like an angry sky.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #Travel, London 2023 There are plenty of Sherlock Holmes references in London, England.

Sherlock Holmes museum and books storefront in London, England

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract Lighting fixture in a hotel lobby in Lisbon, Portugal, October 2025. #Travel

Lighting fixture that looks like multiple sizes of clear bubbles in a hotel lobby, Lisbon, Portugal.

October 2025

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Timeline cleanse - sunset in Sagres, Portugal - October 2025. Sagres was once thought to be located at “the end of the world” by early explorers. Now, more than ever, #Travel if and while you can.

Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean, Sagres, Portugal - October 2025. Shades of bright oranges with reflection on the shoreline.

Sagres was once thought to be located at “the end of the world” by early travelers.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The sky is putting on some beautiful shows thus far in 2026. Tonight’s sunset.

Pinks, oranges, blues, and purples over some bare trees at sunset.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You can decide, but looking at his replies was an easy call to block.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This book was such an enjoyable read on the pros and con of a Brit becoming an expat in Denmark - I read it in 2024. I re-read the e-book in 2025 and there are some updated sections on the country and her experiences .

Book cover for “The Year of Living Danishly” by Helen Russell.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#FridayReads This was a gift I received this holiday season. And wow, I didn’t realize how much I needed this for strategies and encouragement to fight back against this wicked regime in the U.S. Includes historical research into parallels and resistance in Nazi Germany.

Red devotional book received as a gift. “For Such a Time As This”. An emergency devotional by Hannah Reichel.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Cauldron of shrimp and grits ready. As one does at Christmastime…

Large pot filled with cooked shrimp and grits.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearpast We did a lot more hiking in the woods this year, both near and far. Good for the mind, body, and overall appreciation of nature.

Trail in the woods with a fallen branch across the path. Trees in the background.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Orchids never fail to astonish with their beauty. 🌱

White orchid with yellow and orange center, more blooms ready to flower.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Watching a Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart is one of our must-do holiday traditions. Scrooge’s words about “decreasing the surplus population” ring particularly true this year and seems to be a goal from those in power.

A Christmas Carol movie advertisement with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge wearing a top hat brandishing a cane.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas We try to do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle every year. This year it’s a welcome distraction from the news.

1,000 piece colorful jigsaw puzzle from Ravensburger. Christmas themes.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… View from our screened-in porch this morning.

View of back yard from screened-in porch this morning.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Had to send this picture of the view from our screened-in porch this morning. They cancel school here because there are a lot of back roads with hills and they just don’t have the equipment for all of them. If we get ice, forget it - no school for days.

View of back yard from screened-in porch covered in snow.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I have been determined since last year that miserable/hateful people will not steal our joy. Not always easy. So we try to find it as often as we can, whether it’s a great meal, nature, grandkids, gardening, travel, or a good SciFi show. Enjoy what makes you happy, try to ignore the haters.

Three silver votives with the letters JOY in red.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The news is filled with evil deeds by evil people. When we get discouraged, we remember there are so many GOOD people working and volunteering to help others. We won’t let the evil people steal our JOY. We choose to mitigate their evil by helping. Kindness is free.

Votive candles in silver with red letters spelling JOY.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Sago cyad 🌱- spotted in Portugal #Travel - October 2025

Sago cyad - yellow center with green fernlike leaves. Spotted in Portugal - October 2025.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Morning Bluesky. Didn’t see the Northern Lights last night, but we have a gorgeous sunrise today.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Grottos at Lagos, Portugal, October 2025. Now more than ever, #Travel IF, and while you can.

Grottos at Lagos, Portugal. Tan and brown cliffs, green water of Atlantic Ocean, clear blue sky. October 2025

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Timeline cleanse needed? Look for beauty in unlikely places. Lantana spotted at petrol station in Portugal - October 2025. #Travel 🌱

Bright orange, red, and yellow lantana flowers blooming at a petrol station in Portugal - October 2025.

Beauty in unlikely places.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpulent #Travel - London, September 2023 Spotted at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Gold, green, tan waistcoat. Asian influence. Victoria and Albert Museum - September 2023.

Ornate cabinet of wood and gold to the right of waistcoat.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Bright rays of sun cutting through the clouds above the tree line this morning.

Bright yellow rays of sun cutting through gray clouds above the tree line this morning. Blue sky with wispy white clouds above all.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

View from a hike on Sharp Top Trail a few weeks ago. Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia. Needed a timeline cleanse from the relentless bad news. This seems to be a repeating theme in 2025.

Green mountains, blue ridges, white puffy clouds. View from a hike on Sharp Top trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia. 2025

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Current conundrum - leave the planter outside all winter so the squirrel can find its buried treasures later, or remove spent dill and move planter inside? Decision made - planter stays outside. Dill stays in planter, maybe to return next spring. 🌱

Squirrel inside gray planter of spent dill on patio table, burying his treasures for winter.

Planter will remain on table through winter. Dill will stay in planter.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNight #Travel - Port of Algiers, Algeria - December 2024. Now, MORE THAN EVER, travel IF, and while you can.

Port of Algiers, Algeria - Welcome to Algeria sign in foreground, line of buildings lit up in background. Very dark night sky. December 2024.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Last defiant flowering of the zinnia - chewed down to twigs twice this year by the deer. 🌱

Bright pink zinnia with green leaves - deer chewed this plant down to a twig twice this year.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories Adapted my late mother-in-law’s recipe for nut rolls and make them almost every year. She would make them every Easter and Christmas. Pic of slice.

Nut roll slice - mother-in-law made them ever Easter and Christmas.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke “Somewhere Over the Rainbow…” Over the Mediterranean Sea - December 2024.

Rainbow portion appearing over the Mediterranean Sea. Clouds of white, yellow, and gray above the rainbow.

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D - Still Learning @modelkindness.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #Travel Spotted in Emerald Isle, North Carolina - June 2025. Artist unknown.

Illustration of an octopus hung on a wall at Emerald Isle, North Carolina.

Artist unknown.

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