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Velvet Hydrangea

@velvethydrangea.bsky.social

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Dog mom. Artist. New Englander. New Yorker. Angeleno. New Englander again. Xennial.

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

As a 90s teen, this hit me HARD

Frank Sinatra looks at the camera for his mug shot, a few stray locks of hair hang loose over his forehead on one side. He looks 18 and lean. His placard reads "Bergen County Sheriff's office 11 27 38 42799" as it hangs from a chain around his neck.

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

As they say...

BEWARE OF ARTISTS
They mix with all classes of society and are therefore the most dangerous

As printed during the McCarthy era, from a quote from King Leoplold I of Belgium in 1845

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I picked up these pink & purple simple carnations last week. The blooms start bright pink, then the edges fade to dusty purple until only the center still has a hint of pink. Watching them age has been wonderful. I can hardly wait for daffodils!

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Took myself to an art museum today. I was happily reminded what women are capable of when their community is at risk.

Gentileschi's "Judith and her Maidservant with the head of Holofornes." Painted in rich primary color with great detail, the women look into the darkness hoping not to be discovered as they carry his head in a basket filled with rags. Judith still holds his sword, still with his blood on it.

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

I really thought my number was smaller. But this makes sense. I followed my favorite TV critics here as soon as I could, but guess it took a minute for an invite.

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

Y'ALL. I love reading 19th century novels, but sometimes they get spicier than intended. Three books into Dumas' Musketeers, the PEARLS I CLUTCHED when I stumbled into THIS:

Aramis began to laugh.
'Still Agreeable, still young, still gay,' said he. 'You have come into my diocese to set me quarreling with divine grace.'
Bah!'
'And you know well that I was never able to resist your seductions; you will cost me my salvation, D'Artagnan.'
D'Artagnan bit his lips.
'Well,' said he, 'I will take the sin on my own head, favor me with one simple Christian sign of the cross, favor me one pater, and we will depart.'
'Hush!' said Aramis, 'we are already no longer alone, I hear visitors coming up.'
'Well, dismiss them.'

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Velvet Hydrangea @velvethydrangea.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Got myself Dolly Parton's costume book for finishing my Christmas shopping so early and I got stuck on this page

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