iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Some people watch comfort films when they are feeling poorly. Romance. Comedy. Baseball movies. I am rewatching AMC's masterpiece adaptation of Philip Myers' The Son. Friggin A. So good I forgot my suffering lmao. As diametrically opposed as I am usually to book adaptations, this one is solid.

000

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The rough thing about getting to the 100k mark in this draft multiple years in the writing is that... Now I have an idea for a completely different novel and oops I plunked 10k into it while MC of book 1 and all my accountabilibuddes weren't looking. #writing

000

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love that apparently your wife can't keep you off the meme generators, if your last meme caption on IG was any indication. 😆 Stay strong and keep memeing, I say.

110

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fawns in my neighborhood (I've counted five of them at least, they travel in a large group) have become a fixture in my buffet of a yard. #BloomScrolling 📸 📷

A horizontal image of a sunny, bright lush garden, with a young spotted fawn in the center of the image, framed by a circular arch and some gently arcing foliage on the right side.

A bright shallow depth of field horizontal image of a young spotted fawn in the center of the image, surrounded by lush greenery.

A horizontal image of a sunny, bright, lush garden, with two young spotted fawns touching faces together, with a doe out of focus in the background.

020

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

These fawns have walked up to me on multiple occasions. The third photo of the two headed fawn is a little fun. #BloomScrolling #fawns #deer 📸 📷

A young spotted fawn cautiously stepping toward the viewer, surrounded with lush green of a lawn and garden.

Two young spotted fawns cautiously stepping toward the viewer, surrounded with lush green of a lawn and garden. The fawn in the foreground is blurred while the fawn in the back is in focus.

A vertical image of two fawns standing close together. The alignment of their heads and necks make the optical illusion of being two heads and necks of a two-headed fawn.

030

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Permanent fixtures in my yard whether I like it or not, but they make for cute pictures. #BloomScrolling #fawns #deer 📸 📷

A vertical image of a spotted young fawn in a lawn, with large silvery bluegreen hosta leaves and stalks in the background. The fawn's rightmost leg is lifted slightly.

A horizontal image of a spotted young fawn in a lawn, with large silvery bluegreen hosta leaves and stalks in the background, with another fawn's head in the lefthand upper corner.

020

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Sure thing! Step one: only take pictures of the pretty bits! =P

010

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hi it's me, the bog creature that came out of the garden to peruse the artsfest in my bog creature house clothes. 😅

010

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Fellow Iowa Citian and I've gone downtown to the fest three times in the first day and a half of the fest happening! =P Artsfest is my favorite time of year!

110

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Surprised to discover I never posted this one from last year. All homegrown. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A vertical image full of summer flowers, from a perspective of looking directly down into a shallow wooden basket, just barely seen in the gaps of petals.
In order of the colors of the rainbow, reds, oranges, yellows, green, blues, and purples, a variety of zinnias, hydrangea, cosmos, clematis, phlox, a fern and rudbeckia fill the basket.

3857

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Someone told me my joy comes through in my flower work and another person said my photos inspired hope for the future in the viewer. Just really swell things to hear as an artist, really. #floralphotography #peonies #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A top-down view of pink peony blossoms arrangeded edge-to-edge across wooden slats. The flowers fill most of the frame, creating a pattern of overlapping blooms with dark gaps between them.
The large blooms are facing upward toward the camera. Their centers show pale green seed pods surrounded by dense rings of yellow stamens. The petals range from light blush pink to deeper rose tones, with some flowers displaying darker outer petals and lighter interiors.
The wooden slats beneath the arrangement appear through gaps between blossoms, forming horizontal lines across the composition. A near-black blue surface is visible below the slats near the bottom of the image.

0301

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I hope later in the season I'll have a bit more to work with to really fill the frame but it's June, dangit, it's rainbow time! #floralphotography #flowers #rainbow #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

Top-down view of a wooden crate filled with flowers arranged across the slats. The flowers are spread from edge to edge, creating bands of color and texture across the frame, arranged in the hues of a rainbow. The flowers vary in size and shape, from open, flat-faced blossoms to dense, rounded flower heads and elongated flowering stalks. Some stems cross over others, while leaves and petals overlap to create a layered composition.
On the left, a large pale purple iris sits among clusters of blue and violet flowers, with stems and leaves extending diagonally across the crate. Near the center, several cream-colored open-centered roses are interspersed with zinnias in peach, orange, yellow, and red tones.
On the right side, two large red poppies with dark centers anchor the arrangement. Around them are smaller magenta and purple blooms, celosia, and small rosy petunias.
The weathered wooden slats remain visible between the flowers, forming horizontal lines beneath the arrangement.

0335

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I didn't really have enough of each color to do this correctly so I was scrounging a bit but here's a little rainbow for y'all. #floralphotography #rainbow #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

1281

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Did I take a million photos of these peonies, making only microadjustments that would only be apparent to me? Yeah. Am I kicking myself I didn't adjust more? Yup. #floralphotography #peonies #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A top-down high contrast view of a collection of peonies arranged closely together inside a wooden crate. The flowers fill nearly the entire frame, with dark gaps between them and the crate's wooden slats visible in the background.
Most blooms are fully open, revealing clusters of pale green seed pods surrounded by dense rings of yellow stamens. A few others remain partially closed, appearing as rounded buds nestled among the open flowers.
The blossoms vary in size and orientation. Some face directly upward toward the camera, while others tilt to the side or are partially obscured by neighboring flowers. The petals range from pale pink and blush tones to deeper rose and magenta hues.

2382

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Coral Charm peonies just doing their thing.. being charming. I've dreamt of taking this photo for years and I'm just so pleased to make it happen finally. <3 #signsofspring #floralphotography #peonies #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

0332

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Moody AF, as the kids say. Coral Charm peonies. Been dreaming of having enough from plantings to take these photos for a long time. #signsofspring #floralphotography #peonies #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱 #darkandmoody

Close-up floral photograph showing a dense arrangement of peonies filling the frame edge to edge. The flowers range from soft blush pink to deep rose and magenta, with layered, ruffled petals surrounding prominent golden-yellow stamens and pale green seed pods at their centers. Blooms face directly upward to the viewer, revealing details of their interiors, while others are partially turned or cropped by the edges of the image. The flowers overlap one another, with little visible stem or foliage. Deep black gaps between the blossoms provide contrast. Soft lighting emphasizes the texture of the petals and variations in color from pale pink highlights to magenta shadows.

080

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Out of any of my most recent floral setups, this set is definitely a favorite I keep coming back to. #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilyofthevalley #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱 #darkacademia

A moody vertical image focused on two fern fronds, still furled at their heads, with a stem of lily of the valley resting beside a bronze colored victory chalice on the right and two sets of vintage cloth-bound books on the left. A dark green ribbon threads through the handle, down to the ferns, and off the edge of the crate the collection sits upon. Slightly out of focus, at the top of the center-most book, faded gold lettering of Lyra Heroica can be read. The two books lean against the ornate handle of the cup, with two curly fronds of ferns and lily of the valley between them.

090

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When I bought this crate I didn't realize it was crooked, so now it's going to haunt me and any other perfectionist out there 'til the end of our days. #bloomscrolling #signsoftheseason #peonies #darkacademia #homegrown #flowers #floralphotography #photography 📸 📷

A tall wooden box sits against a black background. Inside the box is a dark metal urn with decorative raised ornamentation.
The urn contains flowers of multiple forms: large flowers with dark centers, anenomes, face forward, ruffled blooms, open-centered peonies, and tall flower spikes extending near the left and right edges. Leaves and stems fill the arrangement.
One pale peony hangs downward from the bouquet on the right side. Another dark-centered anemone hangs downward from the left side of the urn.
The urn stands on two stacked books with worn covers and page edges. A strip of ribbon cascades from beneath the peony resting on the books.
A pair of large black shears lies at the bottom right of the box, partially overlapping the books.

020

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

May has come and gone, and my flower fridge has slowly filled up with all kinds of blooms, while the garden at last springs into action to keep the good times rolling. #bloomscrolling #signsoftheseason #peonies #darkacademia #flowers #floralphotography #photography 📸 📷

030

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

These are the 4 things AI can do well: •Clean up your email inbox (badly) •Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party •Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself •Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday You can see why we need to base our economy around it

7365171388

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Any other studio #photographer s just married to the backdrops they've made, even when owning beautiful vinyl ones? My handpainted canvas drops are my go-tos -- other drops just look... wrong to me, in practice. I really want to like my vinyls, but I'm just ride or die canvas. #photography 📸 📷

A moody green-toned floral arrangement of lily of the valley in a victory chalice sat atop a wooden crate. On either side of the chalice are cloth-bound vintage books. To the left side of the image a strip of unpainted canvas of the backdrop can be seen.

050

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Probably one of my favorite images to date. Lily of the Valley always puts me on a path to the classics. #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilyofthevalley #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱 #darkacademia

A moody vertical image of a bronze colored victory chalice overflowing with ferns and Lily of the Valley aside two vintage cloth-bound books: Byron's Poetical Works and Lowell's Poetical Works. Two stems of Lily of the Valley rest atop the books.

0271

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Lily of the valley is in bloom here so of course it smells like heaven outside. #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilyofthevalley #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A top-down image of a fanned-out bunch of lily of the valley laid in a rustic woven gathering basket, sitting on a cobblestone path. The wooden handle of the basket rises to the diagonal center of the image to become the blurred foreground, with the lily of the valley in sharp focus in the upper portion of the image.

0172

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Tulips are so brief and yet I find I have the most fun with them while arranging. #signsofspring #floralphotography #tulips #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A wooden crate containing a delftware vase filled with a variety of mutlicolored tulips and daffodils on a white chipped beadboard background. The tulips are arranged to appear like they are bursting out of the vase and crate, going beyond the borders of the crate.

0304

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A couple weeks ago I thought, "I'll just do a quick setup with these flowers...." and ended up doing three sets and stopped when the light finally died. So much for 'quick'. =P #signsofspring #floralphotography #tulips #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A wooden crate with two tiers of rows of small assorted glass vases purple lilacs and buttery yellow and orange daffodils on a black background. One row of vases and flowers sits inside the crate while the second row sits on top of the crate.

0322

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The cutest little dine-and-dasher I ever did see in my #garden. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱#fawn #deer

A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens and pops of pale purple and pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In the center of the image a young fawn comes into focus, with tiny white spots and large ears. It is making eye contact with the viewer.

A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with lush greens and pop of a pale pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In the center of the image, slightly obscured on one side by the centered coneflower, a young fawn comes into sharp focus with tiny white spots and large ears. It's body faces away from the viewer, it's head is turned back to make eye contact with the viewer.

0265

Reposted by The Andrea Borden

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Lily of the Valley makes everything feel slightly more whimsical. #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilyofthevalley #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A vertical shallow depth of field image of a flagstone path framed with greenery at close to ground level, focused on a rustic woven gathering basket in the lower half of the image. The basket holds a bunch of lily of the valley in a loose fan, leaves pointing down the flagstone path.

0233

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Something about the way that lily of the valley fans out just tickles my brain. Those deep greens and dainty bells... so pretty! #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilyofthevalley #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

An open-weave rustic drying basket lays on flagstone. Bright green leaves and inflorescences of lily of the valley fan out from the center of the basket, forming a half-circle of green and white.

1263

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

0322

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I think about seasons in terms of what's in bloom. I look at my file folders and see each season played out in the folder names. Lilac season has to be one of my favorites. #signsofspring #floralphotography #lilacs #bloomscrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A wooden crate of purple lilacs and buttery yellow and orange daffodils on a black background.

1180

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I actually have it as a puzzle! It's a lot of fun!

010

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Surprised to discover I never posted this one from last year. All homegrown. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

3857

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Aww, thank you! I've had major work/life/balance shifts in the last year that put a wrench in having time to photograph and login to social media. I'm honestly surprised anyone noticed I was gone, it always felt like posting into a void here but your comment really warmed my heart, thank you!

110

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Drizzly July morning here in Iowa and I've been neglecting flower photo opportunities lately but here's a couple from my rounds this AM. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

A shallow-focus garden environment image. A white metal bench and white metal arbor frames the focus of the picture, along with pops of pale pink and bright orange of coneflower and rudbeckia in the foreground and background.
In sharp focus to the center-right of the image, a glass pitcher overflows with rudibeckia, coneflower, and small orange zinnias.

A shallow-focus vertical garden environment image. A white metal bench and white metal arbor frames the picture, along with pops of pale pink and bright orange of coneflower and rudbeckia crowding into the foreground and background.
In sharp focus to the lower-right of the image, a glass pitcher overflows with rudibeckia, coneflower, and small orange zinnias.

1271

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

As my milkweed recovers from storms doing a number on its flowers, the coneflower continues to keep the monarchs coming back. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱 #monarchbutterfly

A shallow-focus image set in a garden environment dominated with pale purple and pink of out-of-focus coneflower in the foreground. In sharp focus in the center of the image a monarch butterfly rests on a coneflower, it's orange and black wingspan covering most of the flower it rests upon.

0290

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

100% homegrown from my garden, taken about a month ago as the season kicked into high gear. #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport 📸 📷🌱

2361

The Andrea Borden @thislitgarbage.bsky.social · 31/05/2024

To walk through the garden and gather such beauty up, smelling and sighing with all the happiness Spring brings. I love days like today. 📸 📷 🌱 #BloomScrolling #InBloom #Homegrown #florespondence #flowers #gardening #FlowerReport

A horizontal shallow focus image of a garden bouquet hanging over a distressed black wood surface, with a rustic wood wall in the background. The bouquet is full of roses of various colors and forms, accompanied by deep orange coreopsis, dame's rockett, vervascum, a large open-centered blue scabiosia, young ferns, mock orange, and privet blooms.

0646