Glimmer Sky Donna
@glimmersky.bsky.social
Nana.
Residing in Boston; all my family nearby.
Enjoy nature, reading, pets.
Wishing health and happiness to everyone.
Going to post some whimsical things,
just for myself really. 🌼🦋🌱🐾☕️💐💕
Residing in Boston; all my family nearby.
Enjoy nature, reading, pets.
Wishing health and happiness to everyone.
Going to post some whimsical things,
just for myself really. 🌼🦋🌱🐾☕️💐💕
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A reminder that my Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar starts tomorrow.
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A reminder that my Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar starts tomorrow.
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
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1 Dec: The ‘Christmas Rose’ or ‘Winter Rose’ (Helleborus niger) is one of the birth flowers of #December. An old legend says that when humankind fell from grace and Paradise lay shrouded in snow, the angels carried this bloom to earth as a sign of love and mercy. #Plantlore
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1 Dec: The ‘Christmas Rose’ or ‘Winter Rose’ (Helleborus niger) is one of the birth flowers of #December. An old legend says that when humankind fell from grace and Paradise lay shrouded in snow, the angels carried this bloom to earth as a sign of love and mercy. #Plantlore
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Madeleine L'Engle was born on this day in 1918. Half a lifetime after she staggered the world with "A Wrinkle in Time," she delivered a magnificent lecture about the nature of creativity at the Library of Congress, lost for decades: www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/10/d...
Dare to Disturb the Universe: Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Censorship, Writing, and the Duty of Children’s Books
“We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we’ll likely find them, a…
www.themarginalian.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Madeleine L'Engle was born on this day in 1918. Half a lifetime after she staggered the world with "A Wrinkle in Time," she delivered a magnificent lecture about the nature of creativity at the Library of Congress, lost for decades: www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/10/d...
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Just now stepped out to try for a hawk shot…heard loud geese noises…missed the hawk but got this flock of Canada Geese heading south…11/29/24…Harrah, WA…phone camera…
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just now stepped out to try for a hawk shot…heard loud geese noises…missed the hawk but got this flock of Canada Geese heading south…11/29/24…Harrah, WA…phone camera…
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
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In his letter to Unitarian Minister Harrison Blake on December 6, 1858, Henry David Thoreau said, among other things:
"I am grateful for what I am and what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.... My wealth is not possession, but enjoyment."
"I am grateful for what I am and what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.... My wealth is not possession, but enjoyment."
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In his letter to Unitarian Minister Harrison Blake on December 6, 1858, Henry David Thoreau said, among other things:
"I am grateful for what I am and what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.... My wealth is not possession, but enjoyment."
"I am grateful for what I am and what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.... My wealth is not possession, but enjoyment."
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I don't do the Black Friday thing, never have. Instead, I am doing Plaid Friday with @yarnfolk.com and supporting other small businesses! 🧶
yarnfolk.com/blogs/news/p...
yarnfolk.com/blogs/news/p...
Plaid Friday, Small Biz Saturday, Cyber Monday, & Giving Tuesday at Yarn Folk
We'll be closed on Thursday, giving thanks for, among other things, the amazing customers who sustain us, a new space that offers us stability and more room to bring our fiber friends together, family...
yarnfolk.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I don't do the Black Friday thing, never have. Instead, I am doing Plaid Friday with @yarnfolk.com and supporting other small businesses! 🧶
yarnfolk.com/blogs/news/p...
yarnfolk.com/blogs/news/p...
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Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
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Hawthorn’s very name speaks of its role as the guardian of old boundaries; “haw” comes from haeg, meaning hedge, so it is literally the “hedge-thorn”. Its crimson fruits carried many country names: haws, eglets, hazles, halves, hograves, gazels, hoggins and skeehories. #folklore
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hawthorn’s very name speaks of its role as the guardian of old boundaries; “haw” comes from haeg, meaning hedge, so it is literally the “hedge-thorn”. Its crimson fruits carried many country names: haws, eglets, hazles, halves, hograves, gazels, hoggins and skeehories. #folklore
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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every week just gets weirder tbh
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
every week just gets weirder tbh
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Nothing feels more personal and special than opening a card with someone’s own handwriting inside.
Nature-themed Christmas cards, created from my photography, are now available on my website. Please see the thread for the link.
#ChristmasCards #SmallBusiness #ShopUK
Nature-themed Christmas cards, created from my photography, are now available on my website. Please see the thread for the link.
#ChristmasCards #SmallBusiness #ShopUK
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Nothing feels more personal and special than opening a card with someone’s own handwriting inside.
Nature-themed Christmas cards, created from my photography, are now available on my website. Please see the thread for the link.
#ChristmasCards #SmallBusiness #ShopUK
Nature-themed Christmas cards, created from my photography, are now available on my website. Please see the thread for the link.
#ChristmasCards #SmallBusiness #ShopUK
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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My painting TOWERING STORM
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My painting TOWERING STORM
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Scenes of Fall are in full glory along the trails 🍂…
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Scenes of Fall are in full glory along the trails 🍂…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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And just like that, POW 💥 starting the week off with this beautiful #Camellia loaded with flowers in my favorite color 💖💝
#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #November #FlowerReport
#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #November #FlowerReport
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And just like that, POW 💥 starting the week off with this beautiful #Camellia loaded with flowers in my favorite color 💖💝
#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #November #FlowerReport
#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #November #FlowerReport
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November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tree of the day. In an Uber taking my little cat to the vet. She’s yowling, but I can’t resist a photo of this tree. #BostonIsBeautiful
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tree of the day. In an Uber taking my little cat to the vet. She’s yowling, but I can’t resist a photo of this tree. #BostonIsBeautiful
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The Beech Wood
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
The Beech Wood
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The Beech Wood
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
The Beech Wood
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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This is such a beautiful time of year!🌱
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is such a beautiful time of year!🌱
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
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For you native plant gardeners in the PNW. 🌱
The “The Big List” keeps getting bigger! An unparalleled resource in the state of Washington, The Big List is a consulting product that I offer in the form of an ongoing record of all of the WA-native plants that are commercially available, heavily categorized for use by home gardeners . . .
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
For you native plant gardeners in the PNW. 🌱