Kimberly

@booksrlife

Books. Coffee. Yoga. Retired pediatric RN. Purdue. Jeopardy auditioner. Island enthusiast living the coconut laden, subtropical life after years of shoveling snow. Summertime dune dweller. I grow things. True Blue 💙 🌊 My photos are mine. ✌🏼

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Kimberly@booksrlife· 10d

Up close and personal. #Sunflowers #Flowers #Gardening #LakeMichigan #BloomScrolling #Photography

Center of a deep yellow sunflower prior to seeding out.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 10d

My zinnias bring all the butterflies to the yard… #Zinnias #Flowers #Gardening #BloomScrolling #LakeMichigan #Butterflies

Lovely yellow swallowtail resting on a pink zinnia.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 12d

This one… #Sunflowers #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Garden #Monday #LakeMichigan

A perfect, large sunflower with an entirely brown center.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 13d

A double dose of yellow on this fine #SundayYellow morning. #Sunflowers #Gardening #Flowers #BloomScrolling

A yellow papilio glaucus swallowtail resting on a yellow sunflower petal.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 14d

Today’s beauty. #Sunflowers #Gardening #BloomScrolling

Burnt-orange sunflower with yellow-tipped petals on a sturdy stalk.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 17d

Prepare for an onslaught of sunflower pictures. Lots of rain, sunshine, and warm weather have produced a plethora of sunny faces this summer. #Sunflowers #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Summer

A vividly yellow, fully opened, sunflower.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 17d

“We’re all golden sunflowers inside.” Allen Ginsberg

First blooming sunflower of the summer, just beginning to open.

Kimberly@booksrlife· 28d

Wondering how everyone’s tomatoes are doing in the upper Midwest area. I have huge plants, but very few tomatoes. All heirlooms. #tomatoes #gardening #LakeMichigan #heirloom #greenzebra

Three lonely green zebra tomatoes on the vine, still moist from the rain.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jul 10

Happy Friday, everyone. Go outside. Touch grass. Have a fruity drink. And check your tomato plants for those big green worms. #Gardening #Tomatoes #Friday #BloomScrolling

Some lovely ripened, red tomatoes hanging on the vine.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jul 4

A couple of raucous pelicans for #BirdOfTheDay #WildMotion #Birds

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 28

A lily for your thoughts… #YellowSunday #Lilies #Gardening

First bloom. Yellow lilies on the east side of the house.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 28

Today’s highlight: a low country boil with some regional additions on this sweltering summer day in the South.

Huge table of boiled crawfish, shrimp, potatoes, corn, hard boiled eggs, and “lord only knows” what else…

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 23

I grow them also!

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 21

“You can never tell with bees.” A. A. Milne #WildFlowerHour #PolinatorPals #Gardening #Bees #Photography

A busy bumblebee partaking of a yellow wildflower snack.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 20

Happy Juneteenth

Text: I hope the Universe love you today- Kendrick Lamar

Kimberly@booksrlife· Jun 14

An entire field of poppies and various larkspur planted with the bread wheat by a local mental health facility. #WildFlowerHour #Gardening

Kimberly@booksrlife· May 15

A Little Golden Book biography gifted to our families’ newest little sailor. Best to read while listening to his music. Salt shaker nearby. Fins up. 💙 📚 #JimmyBuffett #LittleGoldenBook #BookSky

A cover of a Little Golden Book featuring Jimmy Buffett sitting on a boat on the shore, holding his guitar, barefoot and smiling.

Kimberly@booksrlife· May 10

Delighted to see gaillardia growing just steps from the shoreline. #WildFlowerHour #BloomScrolling #AtlanticOcean #Nature #Flowers #Sunday #MothersDay2026

A patch of orange and yellow flowers growing in the sand between an oceanfront condo building and the beach.

Kimberly@booksrlife· May 5

Cinco de Mayo falling on a Taco Tuesday (or is it the other way around?) calls for a little extra effort.

Salsa! A bowl of: surrounded by all the fixings. Jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, onion, tomatoes and lime.

Kimberly@booksrlife· May 3

A purple water hyacinths plucked from my backyard on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon. #WildFlowerHour #Nature #LakeLife #Sunday #BloomScrolling

A single purple water hyacinth held aloft along water’s edge. Blue sky with fluffy, white clouds in background.

Kimberly@booksrlife· May 1

May Day, Beltane, and a Full Moon in Scorpio? Going to yoga and having a cocktail after. And maybe my “transformation and hidden truths” will be revealed…

Kimberly@booksrlife· Apr 19

Spotted on the shore of Lake Michigan last summer. #WildFlowerHour #Bloomscrolling #Sunday #Nature #LakeMichigan

Yellow black-eyed-Susan growing on the beach near the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Yellow sand with blue wavy water in the background.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Apr 6

“To all of you down there on Earth - and around Earth - We love you, from the moon.” ~ Artemis II Crew

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 28

Something new-to-me: up-cycled bubble wrap used as a seed starter. A little loofah, nasturtium, and tomatoes shown here. #Gardening #Garden #SpringPlanting #PlantStarts #Loofah #Seeds #Reusable

Starter plants from a rolled up piece of bubble wrap filled with dirt.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 20

Just spotted another gift from the pineapple gods. #Equinox #Spring #Photography #Gardening #Friday

A small pink-ish pineapple bloom embedded in green leaves.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 18

Suddenly in the mood for lemon pound cake. Does anyone have a good recipe to share?

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 12

Started a book at the beach today with this epigraph. #BookSky 💙📚

Page reads:
“I hope the Universe love you today” -Kendrick Lamar

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 8

Timeline cleanse, yes? Time for a margarita and some reflection on the women who hold up the world, lending their voices and strength, on International Women’s Day.

A perfect margarita. On the rocks. Outside, near the yucca that survived freezing temperatures.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Mar 7

Imagine my delight in finding this nub of color after losing so many of our tropical plants during the hard Southern freeze. #Pineapple #Spring #Gardening #Subtropics #Homegrown #Endurance

The small beginnings of a pineapple fruit. A spiked plethora of purple, orange, pink, and tan nestled in streaks of bright green leaves.

Kimberly@booksrlife· Feb 14

Or bacon