Judith DeGroat

@jdegroat

historian, modern France, gender, loves goldens, cats, knitting, gardening, & justice. she/her. trans rights are human rights.

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Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 2d

Arlo the Anxious sends solidarity to Rosie.

In the foreground, an anxious-looking reddish golden retriever (who is terrified of thunderstorms) standing on a wooden deck, stares at the camera. Planter with red geraniums & a dog waterbowl & a bird bath in a garden, with grass beyond, in the background.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 7d

Peace on the porch. Much needed.

View from a porch framed by silhouette of leaves & grape vine. Grandfather Mountain with rising mist in the background.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 8d

So much beauty. Ficusing on that rather than be 🤬#lanesitters Almost there.

Truck towing RV in foreground, trees then mountain peaks under dramatic clouds in background.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 9d

Entering the Shenandoah Valley. 💜

Highway with grass on the left, a white car ahead, & trees, then gentle mountains in the distance.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 14d

I am so very sorry for the loss of your dear friend. Our almost 18 yo Rue-the-Day-You-Brought-Me-Home has ruled us (dogs, other cats, humans) since she entered our lives as a 9-week shelter kitty. While Rue sleeps a lot now, she still lives up to her other name, Screamy. Sending you 💜 from us all.

An older grey cat sleeps on a yarn & fur covered couch with her head & paw on a human leg.

An older grey cat sleeps on a couch with her head resting on a human leg. A ratty couch blanket is in the background.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· 24d

First batch of pesto this year. Grateful amid weird weather, beetles, & slugs.

A glass bowl full of basil pesto sits on a countertop next to a coffee mug. In the Background two red garden tomatoes & a pepper mill sit on a window sill with a view of a lilac.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Jun 22

Dublin is indeed a fair city.

Folks cycle down an urban street that has a Pride flag painted on the road.

Statue of Molly Malone and a young busker on Suffolk Street, Dublin. Sun and passers-by/audience are out.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Jun 13

Neighbor visiting the garden.

Large bumble bee feeds on fuchsia-colored dianthus flowers growing in dry earth along with weeds.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· May 27

Late spring in the St. Lawrence river valley. Grateful that things are blooming & sending best wishes to those in the heat.

Blazing yellow and soft orange Icelandic poppy blooms next to a comos seedling in a weedy garden bed.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· May 8

Amid rampant judicial fuckery, Rue-the-Day-You-Brought-Me-Home says keep screaming! (We are at the vet)

A sliver grey cat glares out from a blue pet carrier. She is ready to scream, & rightly so.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Apr 27

Pansies every year to remember my mother. Les pensées deux fois.

A ceramic pot of purple-blue pansies on a glass table top over a wooden deck. Gardening gloves to the side

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Apr 8

Beautiful girl! What is her name? You are both fortunate. Btw, rescuing goes both ways in our experience or so say Lily the Destroyer, Arlo the Anxious, & I.

Two golden retrievers (one white, one tawny), lay on a patterned rug on a wood floor with furniture in the background.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Apr 3

Experiment: planted Japanese indigo seeds in hope of fall dye projects.

Black plastic flat full of potting soil (& buried seeds) sits in the tray of a light table I front of a window.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Apr 3

Oh, need to check on mine! The crocuses are open, so the peony-dragons should be next. Nice photo!

purple crocuses blooming in dead leaf litter, grass, & creeping Charlie

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Feb 21

🙄

Ad in metro station for a cruise to Corsica with a ship on the sea. Main text “Of Corse”

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Feb 18

Just love working at ANOM, & being in Aix (even though it’s a bit chilly haha)

Photo of a register page from a ship listing the French women political prisoners transported to Oran, Algeria in 1852.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Feb 16

On the train to Aix & ANOM with some inspiration, leaving Paris snow behind (hopefully).

A painting of Simone S on the street in Paris in lovely shades of violet, black, & white.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Jan 26

Weather app says snow will stop in 10 minutes. Hope so as we cannot find the tires.

View off a wooden front porch with snow everywhere and a small car covered in it, the tires almost buried. In the background, bare trees, houses, a pickup truck, and lots more snow.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Jan 11

No apologies needed. The posts help so much. Rue-the-Day-You-Brought-Me-Home & Myna say "we do, too!!"

An elderly grey cat & a younger black cat snuggle between a couch back & a leg in grey sweatpants. There are messy knitted blankets around.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Jan 10

165 or so folks came out in raw, damp 36F Potsdam NY to honor the memory of Renee Good. Young, old standing together.

3 young people (not dressed warmly enough!) hold signs "Justice for Renee Nicole Good" & "ICE=Tryranny/Criminality.

A line of people in winter coats stand along a road, holding signs & candles.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Dec 7

When you can’t have a Yule tree, make a forest in the window.

A window strung with vertical strings of fairy lights, embroidered Christmas stockings hang from the latch. Outside a snowy yard, a white wood frame house, & the reflection of a Tiffany-style shade from the interior.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Dec 2

Blooming “Gran Ruby” cactus. FIL divided his mother’s huge cactus for the grandkids when she died 25 yrs ago. Seasonal, family marker.

The blossom of a “Christmas” cactus in front of a window showing falling snow.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Nov 23

The church across the road repaired the windows that had been boarded up for a long time. These lights give this non-believer a feeling of hope.

Night photo of a wood framed church, tower on the left & leaded windows with lights shining. On the right a dark rectory. A tree stand in between the two buildings.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Nov 22

Flu? Cold? Why not both?

Tea steeping in a mug with the slogan “bonjour connard!” In front of a jar of honey on a blue glass cutting board.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Nov 9

Ode to chores left undone.

Foreground late fall garden with a dusting of snow. Background a porch with a pumpkin, and a mess of tools, table with plants, & a wicker chair.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Nov 7

Last of the summer CSA. Despite lack of rain, a very productive year. Grateful.

Fresh potatoes, onions, tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, garlic, spinach, fennel bulb

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Nov 2

I am grateful to be able to vote and also so disappointed at the huge number of uncontested races in my county - yes, Stefanie's domaine but come on, Dems, try harder. Tbc, I am not qualified to run for DA or the others.

A round sticker, top third blue with white stars, middle "I VOTED," bottom third red & white strips. It sits on ugly gray carseat fabric.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Oct 27

Happy National Black Cat Day from Myna.

A black cat sprawls on a wood floor with a goofy wide-eyed expression.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Oct 12

Sunday am after what looks like a rather rough night.

A white dog, a black cat, & a grey cat sprawl in an apparently dissolute fashion on a couch in the sunlight.

Judith DeGroat@jdegroat· Oct 7

The woman who cuts my hair not only does a great job, she has a way of capturing this moment in history. 💜