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The Garden Hermit

@gardenhermit.bsky.social

Collector of obscure and useless information, teacher, gardener, single, childless cat lady, crocheter (aka hooker.) Working on restoring the environment on my little piece of the planet and helping refugees and immigrants.

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The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 17h ago

Pooka wants me to hold her chew toy at just the right angle. I'm used to being cat furniture, but apparently I'm also a dog vise. #Dogs #DogsOfBluesky

A tan-and-white dog stands close to the photographer, enthusiastically chewing on one end of a large red-and-blue rubber chew toy while a person holds the opposite end in one hand. The dog's ears are tipped back in concentration, one eye glancing upward as if making sure the toy is being presented at exactly the right angle. Her tail is raised in a relaxed curve, and her front paws are planted squarely as she works the toy. In the foreground, part of the person's leg and a blue-and-purple crocheted blanket are visible. Behind them is a floral slipcovered sofa, cubby shelves filled with yarn, books, and baskets, and a few scattered pet toys.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 20h ago

The light has been orange since yesterday due to high altitude wildfire smoke. It's made it down to the surface this afternoon. The yard is hazy and my eyes itch. 😕 #Wildfire #PNW #AirQuality #Smoke #Garden

A winding gravel garden path curves through a densely planted woodland garden beneath tall evergreen trees. On the left, a gnarled contorted filbert with twisting trunks is covered in green foliage, while on the right a glossy evergreen pieris japonica with reddish new growth frames the path. A black metal trellis and low flowering perennials line the walkway, which leads toward a small white metal table and chairs partially hidden among the plants. The distant trees and seating area are softened by a noticeable haze, and the entire scene is bathed in an unusual warm, orange-gray light from wildfire smoke, giving the garden a muted, atmospheric appearance.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2d ago

I woke up this morning angry that things that happened to me 40-50 years ago affect me so strongly. It's the third morning in a row I've woken up having strong CPTSD symptoms. 1/3 #Abuse #MentalHealth #Patriarchy #Incels #PTSD #CPTSD

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3d ago

No cheating post your lock screen.

Queen Olivia III@queenoliviaiii.com · 3d ago

No cheating post your lock screen.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today's #earworm #PinkFloyd #TheWall

In the Flesh (part 2) - The Wall - Pink Floyd

YouTube video by Nicolás Longo

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The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 5d ago

One of my more amusing kitchen utensils. I make lemon meringue pie fairly often. 😄 #Eggs #Pottery #Pie #Baking

A hand holds a whimsical blue ceramic monster-shaped egg separator over a clear glass mixing bowl as translucent egg white streams from the monster's wide open mouth into the bowl below. The yolk remains inside the separator, held back by the narrow opening between its lips. To the left, a second glass bowl contains several bright orange egg yolks. An open carton of brown eggs, cracked shells, and a kitchen counter complete the scene.

Close-up of a whimsical handmade ceramic egg separator shaped like a smiling blue monster. It has round eyes, small ears, a broad open mouth with a little tongue at the bottom, and a glossy blue, brown, and cream glaze. The creature sits on a stone surface outdoors with a softly blurred garden in the background.

A homemade lemon meringue pie cools on a wire rack in a clear glass pie plate. The pie is crowned with a towering layer of meringue sculpted into dramatic peaks, their tips toasted golden brown while the rest remains bright white. Thin curls of fresh lemon zest are scattered over the surface. The flaky, hand-crimped crust is deeply browned around the edge, and the pie sits on a gray kitchen counter, looking freshly baked and ready to cool before slicing.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Bruno wants to know what I'm doing. #TuxedoCats #Baking #CatsOfBluesky

Overhead view of a kitchen counter. A large bamboo board holds a deep blue mixing bowl, a black-handled pastry blender, and a marble rolling pin with wooden handles. At the top are a canister of flour, a container of iodized salt, a glass measuring cup of water, and a foil-wrapped block of butter. At the left edge, a black cat is just entering the frame, with only part of its body and ears visible as it investigates the proceedings.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 6d ago

I don't know what's out there, but it's certainly got their attention. Bruno is growling. #TuxedoCats #GingerCats #OrangeCats #CatsOfBluesky

Three cats sit alert on a wooden porch, all facing toward the forest beyond the white railing. Jasper, an orange tabby, and Bruno, a tuxedo cat, sit bolt upright at the railing with their noses between the vertical stiles, staring intently into the distance. Behind them, Sylvie, another tuxedo cat, sits upright in the same direction, equally focused. Sunlight filters through overhanging leaves and across the porch. Ferns and wildflowers fill the forest edge beyond, where the unseen object of the cats' intense attention lies.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 6d ago

Anybody else put your phone on the charger, and then reach in your pocket and panic because your phone isn't there, or is it just me? 😂 #AbsentMinded

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 7d ago

Your moment of #Zen Western tanager #Birds #BirdWatching #Pond #Waterfall #GardeningForWildlife

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · last wk.

Sylvie is ambulating almost normally this evening. Perhaps due to her drug-addled state, she stuck her head down the chimney of this wood-fired cook stove on my porch. 😂 #TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky

A tuxedo cat stands on top of a cream-colored antique wood-fired cookstove on a covered porch, with her head completely inside the black stovepipe opening as if conducting a thorough chimney inspection. Only her back, hind legs, and tail are visible above the stove. A large wicker basket sits beside her on the warming cabinet of the stove.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · last wk.

Sylvie and I went to the vet today because her foot pad is swollen. The vet diagnosed her with pillow foot, an autoimmune reaction. She has plasma cells in her pad. (Needle stick in the foot!😾) she has three weeks of steroids, hoping it will resolve and not come back.🤞 #TuxedoCats #Veterinarian

A tuxedo cat sleeps curled on a wooden dining chair with a floral-patterned seat cushion on a porch. Her head is tucked down toward her front paws, one white paw draped over the other, while her long white hind legs stretch toward the front edge of the chair.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · last wk.

Today's #earworm #BeachBoys #FolkSongs #SloopJohnB

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B

YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO

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The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today's #earworm #HarryBelafonte #Calypso

Jump In the Line

YouTube video by Harry Belafonte - Topic

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The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reading this passage from Making Money made me think about social media and the isolation that is endemic in modern society. I think about how perhaps posting about ones life and getting likes and comments make one feel more real. It is demonstrably observed by someone. 1/4 #Pratchett #Discworld

A close-up photograph shows a page from Terry Pratchett's Making Money. The page is held open by a thumb at the upper left, and a large decorative drop-cap "T" begins the paragraph
Text:
The Times did an early afternoon edition with a picture on the front page, of the queue of customers winding out of the bank. Most of them wanted to get in on the act, whatever the act turned out to be, and the rest were queuing on the basis that there might be something interesting at the other end. There was a boy selling the paper, and people were buying it to read the story entitled "Huge Queue Swamps Bank," which seemed a bit odd to Moist. They were in the queue, weren't they? Was it only real if they read about it?

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

I obviously need a fourth chair on the porch. 😂 #TuxedoCats #GingerCats #OrangeCats #CatsOfBluesky

A long covered porch lined with three wooden chairs and a small side table. Three cats have each claimed a separate chair: a ginger tabby in the foreground looks directly at the camera with alert green eyes, while two tuxedo cats farther down the porch lounge comfortably on neighboring chairs, one stretched out and the other curled into a loaf. A pair of yellow work gloves rests on the small wooden table between the chairs, and a broom leans against the porch railing.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sylvie and Bruno know how to spend a hot afternoon. #TuxedoCats

Two tuxedo cats are stretched out asleep on a neatly made bed with a textured sage-green quilt, making the most of a warm afternoon. The cat on the left lies on his side with white-tipped paws extended and its head resting comfortably on the blanket, while the cat on the right is curled into a tight loaf with her face tucked down and a white patch visible on her neck. Behind them, pale pink pillows and a large pink-and-blue fox Squishmallow create a cozy backdrop. A wooden nightstand with a lamp, a glass of water, and a can of A&W root beer sits beside the bed, completing the relaxed, stay-inside-on-a-hot-day atmosphere.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today's moment of #Zen Deer #Pond #GardeningForWildlife #BackyardWildlife

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is a high pain day for me. My Fitbit thinks I slept well. There is a fundamental mismatch with what it thinks is a good night and what a #hypermobile body needs. Fitbit sees low restlessness as good, but a hypermobile body needs to move. Lying still too long causes muscle strain and fatigue.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your moment of #Zen Steller's Jay (molting) #Birds #BirdWatching #Pond #Waterfall #GardeningForWildlife

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

A not quite camouflaged invader. 😂 #Mushrooms #Garden

A small tan mushroom with a delicately pleated cap rises from the soil of a glossy ceramic planter, partially sheltered by thick, rounded bergenia leaves. The pot is glazed in mottled crimson over black. The background is a woodland of ferns, shrubs, and evergreen trees.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a molehill that has been rained on. The rain washed away the grains of sand and soil gradually, but everywhere there is a pebble in a stable position, it has protected the column of below it creating a perfect miniature #hoodoo landscape. #Geology #MacroPhotography

A close-up of an eroded molehill creates the illusion of a miniature landscape filled with hoodoos. Narrow columns of compacted earth rise from the soil, their tops worn into uneven pinnacles and capped with small tan pebbles as balancing rocks. Tiny twigs and bits of bark weave between the formations like fallen logs.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Can't get a much warmer spot than a black trashcan lid in the sun. 😂 #TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky #SunWorship

A black-and-white tuxedo cat lounges contentedly on a black plastic trashcan lid on the ground. The cat's eyes are nearly closed in relaxation, with white paws draped over the edge of the lid and long white whiskers standing out against his dark face. Tall grasses and scattered yellow wildflowers surround the makeshift bed. Sunlight gleams off the cat's sleek black coat.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your moment of #Zen Juvenile band-tailed pigeon #Birds #BirdWatching #GardeningForWildlife #Pond #Waterfall

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

This galaxy petunia is unusual. I'm used to seeing purple and white, not yellow, and with more dominant purple. #BloomScrolling #Petunias #Flowers

A close-up of a Galaxy petunia growing against a dark, leafy woodland background. The blooms are unusual: instead of the typical deep purple with white speckles. Some flowers are creamy yellow with soft golden throats and bold purple star-shaped veining radiating from the center sprinkled with yellow speckles over the purple markings, creating the familiar "galaxy" effect. Some are almost entirely yellow, and one upper flower is mostly purple covered in bright yellow flecks. The dark background makes the flowers glow.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Longhorn beetle grooming an antenna. #Beetles #Insects #Entomology

A close-up photograph shows a longhorn beetle clinging to a painted porch post in warm afternoon light. The beetle has long, gently curved black antennae, one of which it is drawing through its mouthparts while grooming. Its wing covers are glossy bronze and amber with darker geometric markings that shimmer metallic gold where the sunlight strikes them. Slender tan legs tipped with black grip the vertical surface.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tastes of summer: the root beer float. #Summer #Drinks #IceCream

A frosty, heavy glass mug holds a root beer float a blue-and-yellow lemon-patterned placemat. The mug is chilled enough that condensation and a thin layer of frost cling to the outside. Dark root beer fills the lower half while ribbons of melting vanilla ice cream swirl through the soda, creating creamy tan marbling. A thick cap of bubbly foam rises above the rim. A white spoon straw stands upright in the float. A wooden dining chair and a light wood cabinet blur softly in the background.

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today's #earworm, although I learned the line as "I'm a Ford" which makes more sense because it rhymes with "running board." 😂 #Songs #ChildrensSongs

Honk, Rattle, Crash, Beep Beep

YouTube video by Kim Mitzo Thompson - Topic

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The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3w ago

I find myself this evening very much wanting to watch the 1969 film "The Bed Sitting Room". The track went something like this: In The Truth ( #TerryPratchett ) #vampire Otto Chriek turned to dust and some carpet fluff mixed up in his ashes. Reconstituted, bits of his jacket were carpet. 1/2

The Garden Hermit @gardenhermit.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today's #earworm #JudyGarland #TrolleySong #ShowTunes

Judy Garland - The Trolley Song

YouTube video by beralts

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