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Cheryl
@outbeyondideas.bsky.social
Mirroring your light
(No DMs please.)
I have the shirt!
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Haven’t made a sourdough boule lately, but cooler weather has inspired me to bake bread.
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
His future is in our hands
#WeAreAmerica
August 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Who knew there existed a creature called a curly tailed lizard? Certainly not a mature woman who hails from Pennsylvania.
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
When you are enamored with an iguana. . .
July 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dude in his happy place. . .
July 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What if we cracked
our protective shell?
Would we bleed
or pour out
. . .light?
June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Pay close attention
to nuance in nature
discover pockets
of delight
in a world gone mad
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A simple pleasure
this time to sit and take in
the break of morning
#haiku
May 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Spotted yesterday as I walked my neighborhood:

Two chickens debating whether to cross the road.
May 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Good morning from the beautiful Outer Banks in North Carolina!
May 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Dude 1 and Dude 2 (No really, our dog’s name is Dude!)
April 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Off topic, but Garfunkel had the most beautiful voice. His “All I Know” still gets me where I live. I still have the album.
March 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sourdough olive and rosemary focaccia fresh out of the oven. Wish you could get a whiff of my kitchen. #SanityBake
March 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Before and after . . .snow just beginning to fall in first pic.
February 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Good morning from Tidewater, VA!
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“April . . .come she will.”
(Even though this feels like the longest and darkest January in memory.)
January 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
First time making these pumpkin sourdough chocolate chip muffins. Only sweetener is real maple syrup. A perfect combination of spice and sweetness makes this a keeper recipe!
January 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Life force . . .
a solitary fig
defies winter
January 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Serenity is above emotion and expression.”
~ Thoreau
January 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In baking they are one and the same.
December 15, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Merry Christmas from inside Richmond’s historic and beautiful Jefferson Hotel. That’s a life-sized snow globe with a base of real gingerbread. No shaking (or sampling) allowed.
December 13, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Good morning from Dude (and me) ☺️
November 27, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Sky over Richmond, VA
November 23, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Life Lesson 3,711: Be like a tree

(Live oak discovered on a not-so-recent walk)
November 19, 2024 at 1:24 PM