Black-Eyed Susans These sunny flowers are the essence of summer — they completely fill one area in my garden and bloom all summer long. #blackeyedsusan #summer #flowers #annasgardens #sheltonwashington #washingtonstate #loves_blossom #eye4flowers #floral_secrets #floral_shots #floral_perfection #flowerstarz #ig_captures_flowers #soul_curry #rebels_united #rebel_flowers #rebel_colors #royalsnappingartists #rsa_flowers #rsa_rural #rsa_nature #naturehippys #colors_of_the_day #colors_of_our_world #123yellows #global_nature_yellows #jj_florals #jj_colorlove #bns_flowers (at Shelton, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch_vGjIPJ40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I made lobster tails for Valentine’s Day🦞. Do you like them? They were OK, but I don’t think I’ll do it again🙄. In any case, I hope you had a great day💝! Recently, a few friends who are blogging on Instagram🤳 have asked me questions about visibility🕵️♀️. Independent blogs benefit from a niche📥 & IG can work similarly. Sometimes we love a subject & want to only share that topic🤗. Like, if I see @musicol.mandalas, I know I’ll see mandalas💮. Or if it’s @straycat1957, I expect to see a fantastic variety of tarot cards🎴. If we show too much variety 👨👩👧 🥘 ✈️, it’s hard for IG to understand who would enjoy our posts, and our content isn’t offered to as many of our friends as we’d wish 🚫. A visual niche helps, but sometimes it’s a head-scratcher🤔. I recently posted a photo of my classic 1976 BMW 2002🚘 . I share it infrequently. It had more traction than any of my posts since last fall🚘 & even landed on the explore page🧭. But WHY? The evidence points to a few things. FOR GOOD TRACTION, POST: 🔝 a good photo of a subject that has a large, devoted audience 🔝 a caption that introduces the image, & 🔝 popular hashtags that are regularly searched I was surprised😲. I included a screenshot of the data in the carousel above📊. The photo was taken last minute as I left a car audio shop in Ballard. I wasn’t even planning to post it🤷♀️. Although IG’s algorithm predicts what we want to see🔮, & hides other content, lately, I’m seeing long-time friends who vanished from my feed 🥰. It’s great to see them again! The days of seeing all our friends in chronological order are gone forever, but maybe IG realized we want to see anything our friends post👫. Or could it be the algorithm is getting a bit more human🤖? DID YOU KNOW You can find out when you started on Instagram. On your phone: 🔎 Go to the hamburger menu in the upper right corner 🔎 Go to “Account History” 🔎 Scroll to the bottom. Voila! PHOTOS #lobstertail #valentinesdinner #valentinesday2023 #roseslover #rosesofinstagram #bouquetofflowers #floralflourish #floral_shots #shotbypixel #pixelphotography BOOKNOTES Thank you ❤ Wayne & Katrine Otsuki; Karen Padrick @lauraurbanperry (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coy9CbYOGTR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Rescued Christmas Rose I found this broken rose stem under my Heirloom Roses Bull’s Eye rose bush under 3 feet of heavy and crusted Pacific Northwest snow last week. The stem with four closed buds had broken off from the weight of the wet snow. I put it in a vase of water and miraculously, the buds opened! That is a very hardy perennial! #rescuedrose #christmasrose #snowrose #winterrose #hardyperennial #pnw #pnwroses #loves_blossom #heavenlyflowerz #eye4flowers #rebels_united #rebel_flowers #royalsnappingartists #rsa_flowers #rsa_rural #flowerstarz #ig_captures_flowers #floral_secrets #floral_perfection #floral_shots #splendid_flowers #soul_curry #superb_flowers #jj_florals #bns_flowers (at Shelton, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmbGFl5u7cC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
It’s a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that’s you. PC:- @irwlvishesh and @manish_krmishra CC:- @irwlvishesh #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #bud #buds #flowerworld #flowerworldnature #flowerphotography #florals #flowerporn #flowers_floral #floral_splash #flowersofinstagram #flower_beauties_ #bestoftheday #ig_discover_petal #igdaily #world_bestflower #world_bestnature #world #world_bestsky #floral_shots #floral_perfection #kings #rainbow_petals #rainbow #flower_daily #daily #everydayflowers #kings_macro (at KOTA:-Apna Sahar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfM5zbfhOG4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=