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IrishLisa

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Neurodivergent Survivor. Retired veteran. I persevere w/PTSD & TBI. Backyard Birder/Gardener/Butterfly-er. Puppy momma. 🌈Returning to the creative pen. No "friend" requests - don't make it weird. OK? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Breathe, ah...

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 4d

That loud, sharp visitor, big and blue
He knows my bounty is always free
Friendship wanes when the seed is few
Still, I’m glad he remembers me

#whistpr #Visitor #Poetry #Quatrain #Birds #Birding #BlueJay
#Friends #BirdFriends #Simplicity #Hope #Appreciation

Photo of a Blue Jay at the feeding station. It is facing the camera, head cocked, with one shiny, black eye looking directly at the viewer.

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 3h

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 4h

I guess that may come from my childhood in NYC. We all had stoops and sat on them extensively. (Every house had its own 3 ft x 3 ft (1m x 1m) social club literally right outside the front door

IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 4h

Who knew?
Mutual of Omaha Wild Stoop

IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 4h

This just happened: A commotion, then 2 thuds against my front door. A male Red-bellied Woodpecker & a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker lay still. Then, a female Red-bellied called overhead, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk swept in.

#Birds #Birding #Woodpecker #Nature #Wildlife #BackyardBirds #NaturalistNotes

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Create the Ripple @createtheripple.bsky.social · 6d

“When you let people be who they are, you give them space to become even more.”Cheryl Richardson

There’s something powerful about feeling safe, feeling valued, feeling believed in.

That’s when the energy settles.
That’s when the good stuff happens.
That’s when we shine.

🧡

#humanness #kindness

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“You know what’s underrated? Letting people be. Letting them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don’t understand. You don’t have to get it, just be kind. Everyone’s got something that lights them up. Let them shine, even if it’s not your thing.”

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 7h

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 7h

Sometimes the tiniest visitors
bring the biggest smiles

#Nature #Chipmunk #BackyardMoments #Wildlife #Writing

A brown and white chipmunk surveys the back deck.

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Maxwell Mercy @maxwellmercy.bsky.social · 18h

This

David Dack @daviddack88.bsky.social · 1d

A PTSD survivor once told me running trails kept her from mentally checking out.

“The sound of my feet hitting dirt was like a drum. It kept me here.”

Running gives you rhythm—a steady cadence when your thoughts go haywire.

Even a mantra like “I am safe” or “Just one step” can anchor you.

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 8h

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 10h

Good morning. ☕

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 8h

Lennie!!!!!!!🫶

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anxiouseddieotter.bsky.social @anxiouseddieotter.bsky.social · 14d

Is it too much to ask for guys to be kind and considerate on here? If you have bad things to say about a person even the slightest bit negative, then don't say anything and move on. You never know if someone is suicidal. I am not, but I do feel bad at the moment.