Posts by Julie Butcher π΄
Soon. I hear them!
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It's called a Mandevilla? What a lovely name! Thank you gardening friend!
A colour shot of my stripey purple & black tshirt and checked scarf lying over the back of a garden chair in Prestwich, Manchester, while a pair of purple plimsolls is on the seat. They have white toe caps and black laces
Uploading...Spring Goth ππ€
After @zohrah.bsky.social 's post of the "Warning, When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" poem by Jenny Joseph for #WeekPforPurple yesterday
I already wear it, albeit it heavily supplemented with black but I cant deny i'm old now!
#TextileTuesday #AlphabetChallenge
Mostly white, kind of scruffy, terrier dog lying on the top of the coach
βIβve seen a look in dogsβ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.β
~ John Steinbeck
Cynthia definitely agrees, but she is much too polite to say it out loud!
#TerrierTuesday π #DogsOfBlueSky
For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured theyβll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them
Sweet!
π± Look at all these pretties!
Red blooms in the garden
βThe nature of a Flower is to bloom.β
~ Alice Walker
π± What's blooming by you?
I love when that happens! That's kinda what this guy did!
Thanks! @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Big yellow rose bloom, in the garden
βWhen you smell a spring flower, it's as if the soul of that flower settles inside you! And then you become that flower for a short time!β
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
π± A delightful #YellowSunday π #SundayYellow to all the glorious #GardenersofBlueSkyπΉ
#Bloomscrolling π #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a
Gray cat looking a bit surprised (as they do) on a reddish patio chair, garden in the background
βThe innocent look on their face is enough to take up most of the room in your heart.β
~ Mark Twain
#Caturday? Willie queries. Already?
Gosh, Peg, he's gorgeous! And so flooffy!
He is precious! Love the eyes!
I am so grateful for the outpouring of support from Californians across this state.
This is what a grassroots movement looks like. Real people showing up because they believe California deserves better.
I believe that too. And I am ready to fight for it.
Join us: XavierBecerra2026.com
#wildlife #WildlifeCrossings
More photos of wildlife crossings in comments. Great idea!
Pink rose bloom, smaller rose bud, in the garden
βFlowersβ¦ are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.β
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
π± A very happy #FloralFriday to all the #GardenersOfBlueSky #Bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #Zone10a
#Glendale has a new mayor!
www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/news/04/16/2...
I hate Joe Buck.
Awww, thank you!
βThe quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well."
~ Stephen King
A sweet #RoseWednesday to ya π±
Come meet Xavier Becerra in person this Saturday, 4/18, in LA. Sign-up at the link below. π©΅π»βοΈ
#xavierbecerra
#fightingforthecaliforniadreamtour
#xavierbecerra
#becerraorbust
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My black dog Oscar.
Iβm Oscar. I eat dandelions. Today I barked at a fly.
Cynthia (terrier pup) in side profile, brick wall in the background
"If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am."
~ Charles Yu
Amen to that!
Cynthia's happy to greet all the #DogsOfBlueSky on this coldish #TerrierTuesday π
β‘ Thunder!!!
NASA reminded us all that, even in the darkest of times, our flag is still there. πΊπΈ β€οΈ
It actually is. Sometimes her blooms look more pink and sometimes they're edged in pink with some yellow. Beautiful rose, she is!
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Thank you! Beautiful flowers, aren't they?