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Jenn Wong
@jennwong.bsky.social
African violet obsessive. Dress history, hand embroidery, native plants, and dogs. Lots of dogs. Recreating ca.1600 jacket V&A 173-1869 in silk on linen.
Pie, shmie. Bestie just brought this over 💛🎂
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Derpy Tiger Time!
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Visited Longwood's Garden Railway today 💚🌱
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The more things change...

Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel: Texas Governor, Senator, and Music Pioneer
by George N. Green. Updated July, 2025
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trying a new supplier. So far, so good; ask me again in 2-3 weeks.

Ordered some predatory mites, as I think bugs are going to be the only way to keep pests under control.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My favorite: home-made marshmallow creme (aka "fluff") from The Nut Tree in Vacaville, CA, 1958.
To be served with fresh pineapple slices. Great with any tart, acidic fruit, or as topping for ice cream.

Ignore the addition of mayo, that's a separate, different dish.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Let's see now, where was I?
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It was a very nice day and a perfect evening
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I haz a new jacket & it's a gorgeous peacock blue
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"What a week, huh?
Captain, it's Wednesday"
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Upgrades 😎
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Cleaned, sanitized & stuck 26 leaves in individual pots & propagation domes today
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'M A MOTHER!

(The spider mites are on the babies like it's their birthday (grrr).
The leaves (big & little) have been washed & sprayed, the growing medium has been inoculated, and everything will get sprayed again tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Still - my first plant babies! I'm excited!🌱
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Y'all. Run, don't walk, and get you some of this. It's amazing
October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Grow Closet is... growing 🌱
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We did well
October 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fun to watch: on @pbs.org "Mademoiselle Holmes" season 1, starring Lola Dewaere. (S2 already aired in France)

No spoilers, it's more fun to discover her as you go along. But, as someone who lives the ethos of "I am concentrating very hard, therefore I need to snack," I love this character
October 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Everything is terrible, but at least I have a Moroccan salad with salmon 🙌🏼
September 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
TIL: The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social has digitised, downloadable copies of every issue of #AfricanViolet magazine from vol. 1 in 1947-48 to vol. 74 in 2021, courtesy of the Chicago Botanical Garden Lenhardt Library.

www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Barbara Gordon is ready for her close up
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Late lunch on the balcony with my best girl
September 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is more light & heat than these leaves have seen since they came to live at my house.🤭
(1400 lumens/2 feet on the upper shelf, 2100 lumens/3 feet on the lower) 🌱
September 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The grow lights came. They're adorable 🌱
September 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I dunno, timing looks pretty close.

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first Russian drones crossed from Ukraine's airspace into Poland's around 50 minutes after midnight local time"
aviationweek.com/defense/budg...
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The sewing box with lacemaking cushion resembles this one, made In Nuremberg (H/t Stefan Hanß, U Manchester)
September 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM