Marilyn Rude

@marilynrude

I read. I watch. I have opinions.

1,076 Following1,017 Followers527 Posts

Bluesky

Is this your profile?Claim it and marilynrude.dirty.social is yours.Claim profile

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 7d

My beautiful boy.

Blue Merle sheltie watching people at a lake.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 8d

Missing my boy.

A grey and white sheltie photographed from behind. He is looking out at a lake with the wind blowing in his hair.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 19d

Round one.

A large stainless steel bowl containing about 16 cups of freshly picked red raspberries.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 21d

Just finished The Rose Field by Philip Pullman. As always with His Dark Materials, I have mixed feelings about the ending. A great read! Thanks @philippullmanreal.bsky.social

A book cover depicting the silhouette of two people on camels moving away from the viewer against a desert and sky in orange and yellow tones.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 27d

Houdini

Orange tabby with a white chin and chest and long whiskers squinting at the camera.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· 28d

Everything from my garden! #salad #summer soon to be topped with a raspberry vinaigrette!

Salad of mixed greens topped with green onion and raspberries. from my garden.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 12

Thunderstorm bouquet.

A clear glass vase 1/3 filled with water holding pink and strawberry sorbet peonies and various blue delphiniums. All were bent or broken off by severe wind and rain.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 9

Just finished’The Rook’ by Daniel O’Malley. I’m happy to report that it kept me up way past bedtime two nights running! 😃

Red cover with the rook title at the top and a coat of arms with a teapot, a rook, an octopus and a rabbit surrounded by solar style spikes.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 24

Iris season is beginning! #northerngardening

Indigo blue Siberian iris with lemon purple veined falls tipped with purple.

Purple Siberian iris against spiky spring green foliage.

Purple Siberian iris with more rounded falls. Was supposed to be pink! Oh well!

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 13

Just finished #TheNavigator’sChildren by @tadwilliams.bsky.social. Left lots of doors open for more…. Thanks Tad!

Dark blue hardcover book The Navigator’s Children by Tad Williams with a silver mask with filigree in place of hair centered in the upper two thirds of the image.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Dec 27

May the waffle be with you!

Death Star waffle with butter and maple syrup.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Dec 23

Don’t touch me.

reclining Orange tabby with white chin, chest, and paw, staring disdainfully at the camera.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 19

Trondheim, Norway.

White stone fortress in Trondheim, Morwsy.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 19

Borgund Stave Church

Medieval wooden church almost black because of pitch painted over the outsides, sitting surrounded by gravestones.

Detail of a roof dragon from Borgund Stave Church. Carved Celtic style dragon similar to those on Viking longboats.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 19

Santa, Oslo, Norway. Not sure if the tree was intended as a joke… 😂

A giant red statue is Santa hold a tree that looks like a sex toy.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 8

Oslo round one: Norwegian folktales. Pretty sure not a lot of people were running around naked here in the north, but you mileage may vary.

Naked woman wrestling a bull bronze statue.

Naked woman riding a bear bronze statue.

Nude man with fiddle mounting a horse bronze statue.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jul 3

Poppy!

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 28

Lich Field Angel - David Austin.

Pale yellow rose. Much Field Angel by David Austin.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 28

Boscobel by David Austin.

Glowing pink rose with orange tones. Boscobel by David Austen.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 19

Eustacia Vye, Bolero, The Lark Ascending.

Light pink rose and 3 buds against dark green leaves.

Orange rose, less petals against green leaves and cedar mulch.

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 15

Black Siberian iris #garden #bloomscrolling

Block Siberian iris blossom shot from above

Marilyn Rude@marilynrude· Jun 12

The Generous Gardener. Last year when newly planted it was tiny and was ravaged by budworm. Lots of BTK later happily spreading and blooming. #Bloomscrolling #garden #davidausten