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Student of Life 📖🐦‍⬛☯️ “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?” (Lao Tzu)
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This renovation project is officially called: <<Repetitive Strain Injury>> (Like a skipping record 😅) The weird angles & the very limited space to maneuver a ladder is proving to be a superb pain in my ass but I hope the reward is worth it!! #homerenovation #diy

Two friendly visitors yesterday 🐦‍⬛ #crows #birds

Back at it with my painting renovations. Bathroom space is very small, so I’ll be tackling most of it with a flat brush and taking my sweet time with it 🎨 #diy #homerenovation

Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.

Movies you’ve watched more than six times, gifs only

Another day reflecting 🌅 As a currently unemployed person w/ chronic conditions, 2 college degrees & a former small business, I have struggled to adjust in our ever polarized society. At the same time, I continue to strengthen my health & cater to my needs, reminding myself who I am. #disability

Idk about y’all but I was already tired of being an American, and now I’m extra tired of it… So here’s a picture of my youngest whose bloodwork just came back “perfectly healthy” according to her very kind, compassionate & professional veterinarian. Compassionate care makes all the difference 🤍

Listening to local radio discuss how the Super Bowl did not, in fact, help New Orleans local business like anticipated - My favorite brewery’s head brewer commented how bizarre it was watching grown men drink and vape with machine guns attached. And that, my friends, is a lot to unpack… 🤦🏻‍♀️

I painted walls full time this week. As someone who has experienced depression since my youth, staying busy keeps me healthier. I said goodbye to my lavender and lilac massage room walls, and transitioned to midnight blue. Fitting, fitting, fitting… #diy #renovation

Another one from the archives, circa 2017. For years, I was focused mainly on lettering & ink. After a series of repetitive strain injuries (video camera switching, massage therapy & drawing) is when I finally transitioned to watercolor & other paint mediums in 2020. I do miss it though! #art

Good weekend to you all, fellow Blueskiers #art #creativity #resist

From the archives. Instant film from 2017, taken in Denver, CO. #photography #art #integrity

May you all find a moment to practice self love today 🩷🌷☕️

The Red Room is complete 📚 #diy #homerenovation

I woke up this morning fully convinced it was Friday. It is indeed Thursday 😭

I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe. She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today. RIP Elisa.

Musk threatening to cut 30-40% of the federal workforce is less "touching the stove" and more "accelerating a cybertruck into an oil refinery in a fire"

Painting rooms is more difficult for me than the painting I do for my artwork. I spent another day painting my audacious red walls, and I just hope I wake up and approve it still 🫣 It does me wonders to stay busy and focused on other things while everything seems overwhelming outside. #homediy

I said I was going to rest today, and then decided to paint my office/library space… Needless to say, I did not finish painting… but I made great headway and now I’m definitely worn out 😮‍💨 🥱 #homerenovation

…go birds 😏🦅 #SuperBowlLIX

Baby plants 🪴 have been transitioned to outside. Funny how a few months ago my garden was overflowing, but due to a wild turn of natural events, they are all gone now. To be fair, part of the blame is on me bc I truly didn’t believe it would freeze over 🤷🏻‍♀️ #plants #houseplants #gardening

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

I can’t stop wondering what Kendrick has to say about all this. 🫨🫣🫡

Today was my semi-annual melting of leftover candle wax into new candles, and although it is quite a bit of work - the reward is generally worth it! 😏 #candles #diy #reducereuserecycle

That crazy snow storm we had wiped out a bunch of my outdoor plants. Lucky me, I have back up propagations indoors. Here’s a baby spider plant in a “baby” yogurt pot 🤭 It’s so cute I couldn’t help myself… I’ve had so many babies from a single spider plant purchased 7yr ago! #plants #houseplants

DEI is what was going to get me back into the labor field. Now what? I’ll keep plotting on the sidelines about a viable future career… I left corporate America during the 45th’s tenure. Ain’t no way I’m going back now! #disability #equity #inclusion

Elephant calf update: very baby