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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Gardening is like a miracle. (Doing my part to leaven a feed of mostly 'the world is burning' news, as we all still need to eat.)

A handful of fresh-picked beans and cucumbers, resting on a garden glove.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A little Chatham county for you: this oak leaf hydrangea is bigger than my living room (with flowers the size of my thigh!):

Giant oak leaf hydrangea, covered in white and pink blooms.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Today, I am a 57 year old overtired toddler. In cute tights.

A woman's legs in black and blue striped tights and short black boots, resting on a brown floral rug.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Morning in Silk Hope: it's super lovely, but 23 degrees is not my jam. Time to go haul warm water to frisky sheep!

2 inches of North Carolina snow on an assortment of trees, bushes, and lawn.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Biscuit, pining after 8 lbs of ground lamb. Still can't make the corner to get up there! Poor little dog.

A butcherblock island in a farmhouse kitchen. There is a sheet pan of freshly ground lamb at one end, and an 8 lb little dog looking it it longingly.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We must be very close to the same zone - I think tomorrow will be the day! 🌱

A single daffodil leans out of a row of plants. It is just beginning to open.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Self-soothing after catching up on (just today's) horrifying news with this glorious cheese puff. Everyone has their own way of getting through these times.

Small casserole dish filled with cheese, bread and custard. There's a metal serving spoon resting on top.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The news is full of charming pictures of the big deep south snow and freeze. Sure, it's lovely- but consider all the farmers, farm workers, and folks with livestock, struggling to keep their animals warm, dry, feed, and most importantly-watered.

A pasture in North Carolina with about 2 inches of snow. Bright sun in a blue sky, and a clump of sheep eating hay out of a barrel in the distance.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Today is HEAVY. Perhaps these lovely pregnant sheep will help, just for a moment:

4 Tunis sheep in a winter field, happily munching hay out of a black barrel.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Hey, new Bluesky friends? One of the things I love about here is the community support and encouragement to use alt text on all images. Want to make it easy? Go to Settings > Accessibility and make sure "Require alt text before posting" is toggled on. It will remind you, each time you post a pic.

3 cute dogs (one in a striped sweater) curled up on a rug in front of a woodstove.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Sometimes happiness looks like a freezer full of bagels and bagel dogs. It's not world peace, but it's something.

3 cooling racks on a white countertop, covered in freshly baked bagels and bagel dogs.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

While this was a totally exhausting project, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. Scale model of our sheep barn, complete with some fluffy Tunis ewes. In gingerbread, like you do. #Tunis #sheepoftheday

5 Tunis ewes in a small barn, constructed out of gingerbread.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Today in #sheepoftheday - the bat-winged photo of Chester that became our farm logo. #Tunis

A small cinnamon colored lamb stares directly at the camera. His ears stick straight out to each side, and are almost the size of his head.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Getting through the day with the help of my emotional support leftovers.

Glass container full of Thanksgiving leftovers, on a faculty desk next to a phone and some paperwork.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Tonight in different priorities: I think I'm brushing out a sheepskin, here in my lap. Biscuit thinks I've provided an extra large and squooshy dog bed.

Small grey and and tan Yorkie laying on a large sheepskin.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A well-toasted beagle is the perfect start to the day.

Beagle in purple harness on hearth rug, in front of a fire in a wood stove.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Officially declaring today 'Go In Late Thursday', should you want to play along.

Tiny dog and cup of tea, in front of a cozy wood stove.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Sunrise on the farm: a good reminder that not EVERYTHING is terrible.

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Fae Nerd-Cook 🏳️‍🌈🐑 @nerd-cook.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Not really sure how to get started. In the meantime, here's a giant radish, which was surprisingly good.

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