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What kind of tree makes teeny tiny pine cones?

#nature #pine trees #identification

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Decided to make a vintage gelatin … salad? This year. It was so odd putting soda in gelatin, and I didn’t even know canned cherries existed. I actually liked it!

#christmas #retro recipes #salad? #dessert #Minnesota salads that aren’t really salads

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This is my cat!

i love my cat 

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Camellia blooming over a leaf-covered pond. Fall turning into winter.

#gardening #flowers #south carolina #november

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My dad has a massive vegetable garden and it is his life. Whenever I ask how things are going, he tells me about the garden. Periodically he will text me a picture of the things he's harvested and ask when I'm coming to pick them up. And for a while, the biggest bit of garden gossip has been his nemesis, the gopher. This gopher was consistently ruining his day by pilfering the best of everything just before my dad could harvest it. Anytime I talked to him, all he had to tell me about was "that damned gopher." He dreamt about killing the gopher, his truest enemy. He tried to train the dog to hunt the gopher, but the dog is a pacifist. He led some of the barn cats to the holes, but the barn cats have unionized and refused his offered rate. He then laid no-kill traps (can't risk having poison near the crops) with eventual gophercide in mind, but then suddenly he was faced with a cute and terrified animal and didn't have the heart. He released it. "He was so scared, he'll never come back." The gopher was back the next day, with a vengeance. That was some weeks ago. Today, my dad sent me pictures of his garden, and I saw a squash gently laid by the gopher's hole, like a package left on the doorstep. I said "Dad, what's that squash doing there by the gopher hole?" He said "Oh, he likes squash best." In an effort to appease the gopher, my father now gives him a little squash everyday, like leaving an offering for a garden spirit. This apparently works well as a compromise; the gopher has stopped stealing, content to have his meals delivered to his door.

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Everything is turning golden brown

#fall leaves #fall 2022 #south carolina

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Fall is coming!

#fall leaves #fall colors #fall 2022

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Good thing I didn’t take a bite; we think these are poisonous green spored parasols. It looks so tasty.

#mushrooms

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My bebe waiting for the storm to start

#cats #cute kitty

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A tea cozy that has been sitting on the shelf half finished. Sometimes it in bills nice to come back to things.

#knitters of tumblr #crochet #handmade #crafts #cottagecore #teapot

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Stressful day ends with me in bed before 8, drinking tea and crocheting

#crochet #blankie #teapot #too much

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a pastry is more than a snack or little treat it is medicinal. it's a vitamin

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Peach blueberry pie tastes like summer 🍑🫐

#homebaker #summer #vegan cooking #sweet #fruit