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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, Duck or Goose. This is a Barnacle Goose that showed up here near Pittsburgh in April of 2025. It was with a group of Canada Geese.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I turned my Lego bonsai into autumn today!

A Lego bonsai sitting on a brown platform with yellow, orange, and red leaves

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧶 While I was waiting on yarn to finish the star blanket I decided to start the fall leaf blanket. These half square triangle blocks are fun to knit and you can make loads of patterns with them, just like a quilt.

Knitted half square triangles assembled into a leaf. Yarn is Knit Picks Brava worsted in cream and persimmon, and Brava Tweed in Pumpkin Bread.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧶 6th and final star on the blocking board, woohoo! Next will be assembly.

Knitted half square triangle blocks assembled into a bicolor 8 point star. Yarn is Knit Picks Brava tweed in Heron and Kenai, background is Brava worsted in Dove Heather.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am profoundly happy that I am able to financially support this worthwhile organization!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🧶5th star is on the blocking board. Just one more to go. Waiting on yarn to arrive.

Knitted 8 point star. Yarn is Brava worsted from Knit Picks in dove heather, tranquil, and marina.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@edge-nature.bsky.social Hi Scott! Can you give a possible ID on this bird in Oregon? To me it looks like a Kiskadee, but that would be rare for Oregon I think! Thanks!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🪶 WooHoo, look what just arrived in my mail! Thank you @rosemarymosco.com for such an iconic image.

A black tee shirt with the Bloodcheep image on the front.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🧶Star #4 is on the blocking board! Yarn is Brava worsted.

Knitted quilt-style 8 point star in denim blue and sky blue on a gray background

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Was weeding today and found 2 Monarch cats! These are the 1st ones I've had in a few years. Also lots of Milkweed bugs. 🦋 #inverts

Monarch caterpillar on asclepius tuberosa.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It just occurred to me that this cookie jar lid looks pretty weird when it's not on the jar.

Lid of my frog prince cookie jar sitting on the counter.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm Dimple Rock in the Youghiogheny River.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Wow, look at this cool lightning just now by my house!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🌱Ugh, parts of my garden are not doing well this year. Anything in squash family is failing: zucchini, mini watermelon and cukes. Tomatoes don't look great either. On the plus side, hot peppers, snack size sweet peppers and green beans are doing great.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For a junk drawer to legal quality as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? Random screws you find around the house that you don't know where they fell out from but you might figure out some day.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just doing the soak prep for her pedi!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🪶This is a really beautiful photo!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

While you're at it, keep the nightlight on inside the birdhouse in your soul. I love this song so much! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_o...

youtube.com

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🧶 Star #3 on the blocking board.

A knitted star resembling a quilt block.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This video made my dogs go crazy!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Listen to this: do you think there might be a few birds in this tree? Sound up!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🧶 Star #2 is on the blocking board.

16 half-triangle squares sewn together to make a variegated denim and light blue 8 point star on a gray background.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🧶16 knitted half-triangle squares sewn together to make a 2 color 8 point star. I'm making 6 of these with the stars all different colors and then sewing them together to make an afghan.

Knitted half-triangle squares sewn together to make an aqua green and light green 8 point star on a gray background.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“Verify your age” I had a Tiny Tears doll as a kid.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ugh, I only got 2.5 hours of sleep last night. I just woke up from a nap a bit ago and everything on here is making me feel like this:

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Raccoon Screaming

ALT: Raccoon Screaming

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Found this over on FB and had to share!

A meme of a Little Golden Book with a boy holding a piece of blue in front of the DC reflecting pool. Title is Tommy's Washington DC Adventure.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🌱 I made a garden art thingy!

3 milk crates stacked up on each other and filled with stone, pinecones, bee tubes, sticks, and Belgian blocks. A pot of flowers on top.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Great day on the bike trail today and a 1st for me: I saw a porcupine! No pic though as it disappeared into the brush by the time I got my phone out. I was a little worried about poison ivy so I didn't want to go in after it!

Taking a break on the trail in a shady spot.

A sea of ferns between the trail and the river.

Looking down on the Allegheny River from the Brady's Bend lookout.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Update in progress, please do not turn off your dog.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🌱 My Duchess of Albany clematis is really nice this year!

A large bushy clematis with pink bell shaped flowers

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My husband and I saw a dog running down the middle of a busy road. No one was stopping so we did and the dog hopped into the car. We were able to locate the owner after getting the microchip scanned!

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm trying a new plant this year, canna Gold Leopard. It's gorgeous! 🌱

Canna with orange spots on yellow/gold flowers.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

There was a bit of a ring around the sun today, and some iridescent clouds!

The sun behind cirrus clouds and a ring around the sun.

Iridescent clouds with electric wires in the foreground

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

OMG, #4, Togo! If a video of a child being reunited with his missing dog doesn't affect you . . . what are you even doing?

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🪶Since I got a new roof on the deck, the rafters have little "caves". I was cleaning out all the House Sparrow nests and putting up bird net when I happened upon these cuties! And I found 1 House Sparrow egg.

2 Mourning Dove nestlings that look like they are close to fledging. Nest looks like it's made mostly of twigs.

A House Sparrow egg. Egg is grayish with darker gray spots and is lying on my hand.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🌱 I do a lot of planters of flowers veggies and herbs, 25+ at least. I finally got them all done yesterday. I think this pot is going to be really nice once it fills in. Plant names in the alt text.

A flower pot filled with Bidens (not sure of variety), superbells Coral Sun, bacopa, and dorotheanthus.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

You can find unusual things at truck stops. Banana flip flops at a Love's.

Bright yellow flip flops that look like you're walking on bananas

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Well, this is a different chipmunk than I have back home in Pittsburgh! 1st I've seen one, Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel.🐿️

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel sitting on a concrete sidewalk.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Look at all these Cliff Swallows! This was a bridge near a dog park in Erie Colorado. 🪶

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm getting gas at the World's Largest Truckstop! Walcott Iowa.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I was checking on my Robin nest and discovered all 3 eggs are gone. I suspect a crow got them.

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Jan Cordell @twignest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Post a random cool car photo you took on another year, with no explanation. 2022

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