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Kendyl Hanks
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Full time biglaw appellate lawyer, PT #FlyFishing angler, orchidophile, native Texan & erstwhile NewYorker, mom to furbabies Molly RIP), Lady Bird, Donna, Dart. Speaking for me not my firm, not your lawyer. #AppellateSky ⚖️ #Orchids #LadyLawyerDiaries
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We have just a few dogs visiting
Our back porch with a lot of fucking dogs, staring inside
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Mon Frère!
A trussed turkey about halfway through its oven journey
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Montage of the early hours
Kitchen countertop with a variety of cooking things, including organic sugar, I have a cup of coffee, two squeezed lemons, and un squeezed blood, orange, ginger, half cut, cilantro, parsley, marinating, olive oil, diced shallots in a white bowl, half a bottle of red wine vinegar, an open box of chicken stock, press, sage, in the process of being chopped, and some other various sundries Carrots and onion sautéing in butter Cranberries cooking in a blue enamel stock pot with jalapeños, and other stuff
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Jewelry and orchid green housing :)
Two little mannequins with long stranded necklaces made of gold chain and semi precious faceted oval beads A montage of orchids blooming in bright orange and pale yellow and white
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Is this a blessing or a curse
A lady bug squashed at the base of a celery stalk
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Wearing my favorite holiday socks for cooking day. A gift from my [awesome] boomer dad.
An off-white sock with pink trip and the words “mother fucking girl power”
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I won a poker tournament at a charity event once w exactly this strategy.
Me in a white dress with black spots and red shoes winning a poker tournament, a little tipsy. Same me winning the same poker tournament, but a better picture.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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One month ago I “got rid of” my natty rose bushes in a fit of frustration.

And here they are getting all showy for Thanksgiving. Blooming. In late November.
Two little blooming rose bushes with bright pink blooms (rocket roses I think?)
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Hands
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
The Pope sings
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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A man sits with a fishing rod over a hole in the ice, looking over his shoulder at another hole in the ice from which a turkey leg is sticking up out of the water
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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When I bought my house, the prior owners had one of those signs in the front demanding people keep their dogs off their yard. I removed it, and replaced it with a little trashcan with dog waste baggies. All of my neighbors use it.
A little black trashcan on the curb with a dog pot on it and dog waste bags attached to the side. Inside, which you can’t see, it’s full of dog poop bags.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Oh my heart. “Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive.”

I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
Letter to the Editor (Austin Chronicle) from Maddie Cassels: “Dear Editor, I’m a 17-year-old senior in Austin, and I don’t think adults realize how exhausting it is to grow up like this. We practice lockdown drills more than fire drills. We joke about escape roots because it’s easier than admitting we’re scared. And still, lawmakers like Gov Greg Abbott refuse eve the simplest gun safety policies that could actually protect us. No one is asking for anything extreme. Red flag laws save lives. Universal background checks save lives. It feels cruel that our safety keeps getting framed as a political inconvenience. Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive. I’m asking our legislators to choose children over lobbying money. I’m asking adults to act like our lives matter.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Someone I love gave me this new sticker for my yeti cooler, can you spot it?
The side of a blue yeti cooler covered in stickers from fly fishing shops around the country and a big brown trout, and one sticker with smoky the bear and the words “remember, only you can prevent fascism”
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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On the menu…
“Many recipes at Fonda San Miguel were inspired by our dear friend Diana Kennedy, who liked to describe herself as the ‘Mick Jagger’ of Mexican Cuisine.”
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Fonda san Miguel is still one of the prettiest (and yummiest) restaurants in Austin
Interior shot of Fonda San Miguel with lots of central Mexican art and decor
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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We voted!
My cavalier King Charles spaniel, birdie, smiling with a barely visible “I voted” sticker.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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It’s November. This ain’t right
Weather forecast for Austin, this week showing the highs for today of 70°, tomorrow 82° Thursday 82° Friday 86° and Saturday 86°
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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What a delightful distraction from the news these two are, @roxiqt.com and @crocketthoughton.com. Yay love!
Skeet exchange: Roxi: So if you want my advice on how to find your future spouse, it's easy, be funny on the internet & wait for someone to think that someone else stole one of your posts and then wait for the person they accused of stealing your joke to fall madly in love with you. There are probably easier ways though. Crockett: Honestly, life DID hand us lemons and we made a marriage. Roxi: So true, husband. So true Crockett: Smooches and whatnot. We have to stop being disgusting on the internet but also, it is bringing me joy lmao
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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🤘🤘🤘
A bunch of young university of Texas fans in burnt orange cheering at a longhorns game. The bottom of the TV shows the score is Texas: 31 to Vanderbilt: 10
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Birdie doesn’t know what to do about the pirate’s parrot
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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They are so fun. These little antique aperitif/shot glasses are also delightful. I never get to use them so we’re bringing them out tonight
Tiny aperitif glasses with hand painted green, gold, white, and orange detail
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I don’t think we have enough candy
Lots and lots of candy on the dining room table including sour patch kids, Swedish fish, ring pops, Kit Kats, 100 grand, butterfingers, skittles, whoppers, starburst (wild berry and original), crunch, babyruth, Milky Way, Twix, 3muskateers, snickers, Reese’s, milk duds,
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Im currently very pleased w myself
Three spiky little drink glasses around a bottle of Barr Hill gin, next to a blue and white bowl full of mandarin oranges. Behind them is a wood cutting board with limes
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I am generally not a gin drinker but a friend introduced me to this small batch gin, Bart Hill, from Vermont and it’s delightful. Especially in our spiky little Halloween glasses
A bottle of Barr Hill gin on a marble countertop Birdie, my cavalier King Charles spaniel, looking at a gin and tonic in a clear glass with spiky little feet sitting on a multicolored southwestern fabric coaster
October 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Someone on here sent me the perfect Halloween Pokémon go gift
A Pokémon GO gift with a postcard from the grave of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore, Maryland.
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM