Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Awww… thank you for your concern. Garden, substitute teaching, and a cold have kept me from checking in much with social media. Still here though, and fine. Thanks again, my friend 110 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 22/09/2025A day of harvest for me. 🍅 🥬 Enjoy yours and look for that equilibrium in an often crazy world 🌞🌒 #Mabon #equinox 1100 10
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Bit of an August harvest 🌻🍅🥦 #smallfarm #harvest #garden2025 3101 10
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Still holding strong. The #smallfarm is taking a lot of time right now. 😘 110 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Thinking of a trip down under. Where might you suggest? 210 2
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Doing well, my friend. Hope all is fine with you! 110 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 21/08/2025I wish there were a, smell this, feature, because the fresh cut basil is absolutely amazing 🌱 #basil #pesto #Growyourown 2200 20
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I have put up as much as possible! Today, elderberries and more kale. 140 4
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I told my kid to bring the grandchildren over. I added an above ground pool 😂 #summer2025 160 6
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 12/08/2025First tomato sandwich of summer, just picked tomato, basil leaves with salt and pepper. Bliss 🍅 #garden #summermeal #tomato #Growyourown 2171 17
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Stage two of wine making. Now we wait #wine #growyourown 051 5
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Please explain to me, because I truly don’t understand, how can this be acceptable to America POC? apple.news/A-l5UmdH9Tqy...apple.newsConfederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled — NPRThe statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. 110 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Some things in life just shouldn’t be this difficult. I am trying to do one last renewal on my teaching certification. I have all the coursework required, but the process is a nightmare. UGH! #retiredteacher 140 4
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Every year I like to try something new. This year I hope to dry nasturtiums to save their peppery goodness. 🌼 #gardening #growyourown #smallfarm 050 5
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 04/08/2025It isn’t a bad way to spend some time on a Monday morning 🫛 #peas #garden #growyourown #smallfarm 030 3
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Has anyone tried making garlic powder? I would like to give it a go this year 🧄 #growyourown #gardening #garlic www.almanac.com/making-garli...almanac.comMaking Garlic Powder: A DIY Recipe!Dry your garlic and see how to make your own garlic powder. Much more flavorful and medicinally healthy than store-bought garlic powder! 030 3
Reposted by Lisa RaveloThe Old Farmer's Almanac @oldfarmersalmanac.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Summer stargazing is here! 🌟 From the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, to planetary conjunctions throughout the month, August's night sky will have you looking towards the heavens all month long. Find more night sky highlights here! ✨️ Almanac.com/Night-Sky-August 03311 33
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Welcome August 🌾🌞 It was upon a Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, Beneath the moon’s unclouded light, I held awa to Annie; The time flew by, wi’ tentless heed, Till, ‘tween the late and early, Wi’ sma’ persuasion she agreed To see me thro’ the barley. –Robert Burns (1759–96) 062 6
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 28/07/2025A quick trip to the #garden 🌿🫛🫐 #growyourown #smallfarm 1101 10
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 28/07/2025As a retired middle school teacher, this is a home run! 😂😜😂 #teaching #writing 120 2
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 28/07/202511 minutes and well worth listening. The end speaks to fear. In the 2024 election, I experienced, for the first time, concern about putting a Harris sign on my lawn. This should not be our country… one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...one.npr.org🔊 Listen Now: Pete Buttigieg warns Democrats can't go back to status quo after President TrumpMorning Edition on NPR One | 11:20 020 2
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 27/07/2025When did you realize you were an adult? For me, 40 years ago in an apartment in Maryland, I looked at the sink and knew if I didn’t wash the dishes, they would never get done. #adultlife 030 3
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 26/07/2025When you really would like a snack, but don’t have one… make your own, roasted chickpeas #snack 291 9
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Berry season brings the beginning of raspberry wine. Ready for the holidays 🍷 #raspberryseason #smallfarm #harvest 140 4
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 25/07/2025One of the most wonderful yoga teachers always said to lead with your heart ❤️ #newmoon #leoseason 030 3
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Yes! vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/r-...vegoutmag.comBoomers are reinventing themselves in their 60s—and they’re done asking for permissionThe idea of aging is shifting—and so are the people leading the charge. 040 4
Reposted by Lisa RaveloMindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 14/07/2025"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." --U.S. founding father Thomas Jefferson 19496562070 9.7K
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I will no longer feel self conscious taking care of my chickens in my pajamas. I just saw my neighbor weed whacking in a Speedo 😜 #cantunseeit 480 8
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 10/07/2025"You can shape the future," the governor continued. "The future's not just something to experience. It's something to manifest. It's not in front of you. It's inside of you. Decisions, not conditions, determine our fate and future, and it's a reminder of your power at this moment." ~CA Gov. Newsom 150 5
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 10/07/2025We all know someone who has delt with cancer. This is funding that NOBODY (blue or red) should ever dispute. #fundcancerresearch #fundresearch #science apple.news/ASv-dWzTSTk2...apple.newsWorld’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos — KFF Health NewsAfter spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%. 001 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 05/07/2025When you spend the 4th crawling on a blanket with your grandson, it’s been a good day! ✨ #Oma 160 6
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 04/07/2025With the #4thofJuly today, I wanted to post this for anyone who might find it useful. 🐾🧨🐾 #Fireworks #Pets #DogsofBluesky www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...usatoday.comHow to keep your pets calm during Fourth of July fireworksFireworks may be exciting for us humans, but they can be a nightmare for dogs and cats. Here's how to keep your furry friends safe and happy. 052 5
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The wind gusts are wild! I expect at any moment to see a house land on a witch 💨🌬️💨 150 5
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The hospital I used closed already. This ment the doctors associates with it also moved. Finding a new doctor, or moving with the one you use, is an insurance and paperwork nightmare! 🙄 110 1
Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 02/07/2025It’s never good when you discover that overnight the path to the chicken coop was paved with feathers 😢🪶 🐓🦊 😢 #farmlife #Fox #chickens 1101 10
