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@mstoodley.bsky.social
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beauty, friendship, novels, kitchen and garden. A no-politics zone. We're blue dots.🕊️✌️☮️🎶

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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 18h
Prickly Pear Cactus is in fruit mode at this time of year. The fruit is called tunas.
A Prickly Pear Cactus next to a large rock. The red oval shapes are its fruit.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy Day ahead on #BlueSkyMonday. Open up and embrace every good thing you can find.🩵🤍 Had some tough moments yesterday but it's a new day today.😵‍💫🤓
Blue sky with clouds and the sun peeking through. Tree tops on the bottom of the photo.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's a link to the Benedict Cumberbatch documentary about living with nature. Alt text: Cumberbatch sitting on a large staircase with a statue at the top of the stairs. howtoliveonearth.net
howtoliveonearth.net
How To Live On Earth — Documentary Film
Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch. A visionary documentary about teaming up with nature. Premiering 22 June 2026.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The National Shrine to the Infant Jesus is a Catholic pilgrimage site in Prague Oklahoma. We stopped here on our Oklahoma City trip last week. 🙏✨"The more you honor me the more I will bless you."
A statue of a baby Jesus wearing a crown with arms extended for giving blessings. The red marble stand says National Shrine. Behind it is the sand colored brick wall of the church.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Costco lunch for two, $3.29 with bottled water. A delicious though rare event.
A large beef hotdog in a white bread bun resting on a brown paper bag. The sandwich is topped with German mustard, ketchup and sweet pickle relish.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Beauty Berries ready for harvest and jelly making. Thankfully, the cooler mornings will be here so we can turn the stove heat up!
Long branches of lavender berries on leafy stems.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the Western Heritage Museum. "Canyon Princess" by Gerald Balciar. 31-tons of marble.
A gigantic Colorado yule marble carving of a female cougar.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I ever desired a coffin, it would be this red fish one.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Climate change, whether real or fictional in your belief system, has caused our garden to go from being zone 6a 30 years ago to being zone 7a now. So, xeriscaping is our future. Here's one bed updated. We like the change.💚🌳
The front of an 80s red brick ranch house. Blue sky above. Gravel between the house and the concrete paver sidewalk.An 80s red brick house with a row of large boxwood shrubs in front.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our resident turtles live well. Here's one in the blackberry bed and there are a couple that live in the beauty berry bed near the compost bin. Happy Snackers!🐢🍓💗
A brown box turtle snacking in a blackberry bed. Serrated leaves. Small red fruits.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today's Bake: Homemade English Muffins. They are divine, split with a fork, toasted and topped with butter or quark, jam or honey. Just need coffee. 🍵☕
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Been sick for a month but almost back. Not dead yet. 💗
A scene from the movie Monty Python. Men are carrying bodies, one over the shoulder and one in a cart.
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Niall McDiarmid @niallmcdiarmid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Granville, Normandy - July 2025
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
These are wonderful 💖
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Energy Saving Mode. I'm going to try that now.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Today's Bake: Coffee Breads. On the left, the dough before it's rolled up. The fillings include: dried apricots, dried dark cherries, cinnamon sugar, almond paste. #baking #yeast #bread
Bottom left is the rolled out dough piled with toppings. In the back: a jar of cinnamon sugar and a jar of dried cherries. Top right: homemade almond paste in small rolls. Bottom right: chopped dried apricots.4 loaves of coffee bread. On the right, one loaf is sliced to reveal the fruit filling.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Today's Bake: Coffee Breads. On the left, the dough before it's rolled up. The fillings include: dried apricots, dried dark cherries, cinnamon sugar, almond paste. #baking #yeast #bread
Bottom left is the rolled out dough piled with toppings. In the back: a jar of cinnamon sugar and a jar of dried cherries. Top right: homemade almond paste in small rolls. Bottom right: chopped dried apricots.4 loaves of coffee bread. On the right, one loaf is sliced to reveal the fruit filling.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Soothing
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Good morning 🥰
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Andrea needs some silliness, please.
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AliceInTheSky @theotheralice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
(Inter?) #NationalWatermelonDay, you say? Charles Simic said it best: Watermelons Green Buddhas On the fruit stand. We eat the smile And spit out the teeth. *sent eating and spitting ⬇️ exhibit A
Plate with the last few cubes of watermelon, some pips, one toothpick.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A Butterfly visiting Pink Zinnias in our garden. The Butterfly is under the shade of a Sunflower that is heavy with seeds. 📷🦋🌻🩷 #garden #photography
A Sunflower head is bent over from the weight of the seeds that are forming. Six Pink Zinnia flowers in bloom. A Butterfly is on a Zinnia in the back. Dry grass behind.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We have a winner 🏆
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is an excellent collection of articles.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 30/06/2026
My therapist challenged me to throw a big birthday party for myself, a thing I am loathe to do because I dislike being around people. So I set up this thing to read tarot cards for all my guests so I could have everybody over at once and also not feel overwhelmed. And it worked! It was a nice time.
Me—an Asian fellow with dark-rimmed glasses and a dark shirt with a white collar while sporting an enormous smile—seated behind a little round wooden table beneath a children’s bed canopy I purchased for the occasion. I have a deck of tarot cards in front of me.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trung Le Nguyen, while reading Pride and Prejudice, narrates every reaction to every interaction in the book. Very entertaining. 📖 #Books #BookSky #BlueSkyBooks
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Dima @stogafy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#flowers #photography
A single yellow buttercup flower and a nearby bud extend gracefully against a dark, moody gray background.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We bought one of those outdoor propane heaters and didn't use it. Salvation Army picked it up for their shelter program. #HumansOfBlueSky The store manager herself came wearing her HOPE shirt.💫💓
A woman on the left and a man on the right. The propane heater between them with its cover on.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's hard to imagine a more beautiful sight.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fabulous! 💖
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The flower is called a Brazilian Button and the Solitary Bees love their tiny flowers. (Flowers are the size of the end of your thumb)
A banded solitary bee on a pink flower the size of a woman's thumb.The shrub of Brazilian Button Flower. Rough edged leaves and tiny flowers.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Potential for this to be the best Snapdragon ever. Cheering you on little snapper.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dozens of Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars are in the Rue. 🦋 Called Peganon in the Bible, it was thought ✨ to repel witches and Catholics dipped 'The Herb of Grace' in holy water to sprinkle on parishioners.🙏 At one time a common culinary herb, today it's used in Ethiopian coffee.☕
A tiny butterfly caterpillar rests in a small leaf. My finger/hand for size contrast.A Rue plant has grey leaves and yellow flowers.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Weatherbeaten by Winslow Homer at the Portland ME Museum of Art.
The entrance to the Portland Museum of Art with a round brick colored portico and a white rectangle sign.A painting depicts a stormy sea. The waves are green with white froth and logs are piled up on the land in the foreground.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It always smells so good in the woods. Here's some White Cheese fungus we saw growing on logs. 🍄‍🟫
A forest floor with sawed logs. A white plate sized mushroom is growing on top.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Along the local river trail, there's a large black pipe with pumps at both ends. This one is using river water to irrigate a corn field.👭🩵🌽
An industrial size black pipe runs from the river to the corn field.A riverfront scene with trees on both sides. Blue sky.
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Travertin📷🍀 @travertin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Grauammer - Corn Bunting 📷Andreas Fery #wildlife #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2soLWky
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My Kind of Olympic Sport
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Squirrel du Soliell 👏👏👏
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Magic, unexpected joys! 🥳🐢✨
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Pepa 🌚 @almanefelibata.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
'La Seine' 🎨 1983 Carlos Nadal 👨🏻‍🎨
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A very special spot.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Peaceful week
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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 🌜😎🌛
Looking up from beneath  a conifer tree.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We were on the river trail at 8 am while it was still cool. 👭💚🪟 We talk and stroll and sit on every bench along the way, just to enjoy the scenery. 🩵 Beautiful 💙
A river scene with scrub trees on both sides of the water. A dirt path on the right. Blue sky.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our friend, Sandy, creates unique collage cards, but only about one a month. I bought this one to use as a birthday card for our sis in law.
An artist collage with a boy, many flowers, and the lyrics to a Joni Mitchell song We are Stardust.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Looks like a fun read #BookSky
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Truth as it is Spoken #BookSky
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Breezie is spot on. Thanks everyone for all your posts.
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99-vLj @mstoodley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Petie reminds us of our past and reminds us that the present is also beautiful. 🪟
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