Julie Butcher 🌴
@juliebutcher
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." ~ Hunter S. Thompson My local reporting: My writings & such:
“People are born so they can learn to live a good life. Dogs already know how to do that; that’s why they don’t have to stay as long.” ~ W. Bruce Cameron Cynthia wishes a loving & kind #TerrierTuesday to all the #DogsofBlueSky 🐕
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ~ Confucius #MagentaMonday 🩷 #MicroMonday 🐝 #Bloomscrolling ☀️ #FlowerReport 🌱 #Gardening 🦋 #Zone10a
"If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers." ~ Doug Larson A happy #SundayYellow 🌱 #YellowSunday ☀️ #Stunday to all the kind #GardenersofBlueSky 🐝 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France 🩶 Willie wishes all the #CatsofBlueSky a wondrous #Caturday 🐈⬛ & a #WorldCup win for Norway 💙 ❤️ 🤍
"We owe the bees. Act accordingly." ~ Lars Chittka 🌱 Sending joyous hopeful #InsectThursday 🐝 love to all the kind #GardenersofBlueSky 🦋
And a big big thank you to you. You know how I love the miniature roses. This one's so orange, she almost glows!
“What a lovely thing a rose is!” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle Right? 🌹 #RoseWednesday🌱 #Bloomscrolling☀️ #FlowerReport #Gardening 🐝 #Zone10a
"The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic." ~ Henry Ward Beecher Cynthia loves frolic. And her children. All of the children, actually. Happy happy #TerrierTuesday to all the glorious #DogsofBlueSky 🐕
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” ~ Luther Burbank 🌱 Wishing all the kind #GardenersOfBluSky a peaceful (quiet?) #Stunday ~ maybe you'll get to spend some time in your garden, even🌹
"To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely." ~ Edmund Burke Willie wishes all the #CatsofBlueSky a very happy #Caturday ~ and a safe & joyous Happy Birthday, USA ❤️ 🤍 💙
"We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see." ~ Andre Gide Ominous or prophetic? 🌱 #FloralFriday #FlowersonFriday #Gardening #Zone10a #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🤍
🌱 This puppy bloomed overnight #InMyGarden (I know it's not a puppy). She's the nicest rose: Rosa 'Scentimental' ~ blooms all summer, smells the way a rose should, never complains. 🌹 And she's pretty, huh?
"The face of an old dog feels like home." ~ Author unknown Cynthia loves celebrating every #TerrierTuesday, and she honors all the wonderful #DogsofBlueSky 🐕
“You could smell ripe strawberries before you saw them, the fragrance mingling with the smell of sun on damp ground. It was the smell of June, the last day of school, when we were set free, and the Strawberry Moon, ode’mini-giizis.” ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass 🌱 #StrawberryMoon 🍓 🌕 🍓
"Wisteria woke me this morning, And there was all June in the garden." ~ Ann McGough Roses are happy in my June garden 🩷 ~ a bit cool this California morning 🐝 #MagentaMonday 🌱 #Bloomscrolling 🌹 #FlowerReport #Gardening #Zone10a ☀️
The response I got to offering to cover #Glendale's first (ever) Gay PRIDE Parade {'Gaywalking!!') was "that'd be fabulous"! And it was! Big & loud & bold & welcomed with cheers & honks & joy! Nice work glendaleOUT! & the organizers! @glendaleout.bsky.social @pinkjerkoffboy.bsky.social
“The phrase ‘domestic cat’ is an oxymoron.” ~ George Will Willie: Who you calling an oxymoron? #Caturday #CatsWithJobs
“Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands." ~ Japanese proverb 🌱 I share these two tiny roses for all the glorious 🌹 #GardenersofBlueSky on this #FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #Zone10a 🩷
“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” ~ Maud Hart Lovelace #Bloomscrolling 🌱 #FlowerReport 🌹 #Gardening 🦋 #Roses 🐝 #Zone10a
“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.” ~ W. H. Auden I know I do. A joyful tail-wagging #TerrierTuesday to all the magnificent #DogsofBlueSky from our sweet Cynthia 🐈⬛
"Love is like wildflowers; it's often found in the most unlikely places." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌱 A lovely little #MacroMonday #MagentaMonday to all the wondrous 🩷 #GardenersofBlueSky 🦋 and a joyous #SummerSolstice to all the faeries🧚
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." ~ Audrey Hepburn 💜 A happy #Stunday to all the lovely #GardenersofBlueSky #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱
Indeed. Also, we named this kitty Thomas Stearns after he moved in from the great feral outdoors and we exhausted all the other possible black cat names. Meet T.S.
“If you think that it is only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat.” ~ T. S. Eliot 🐈⬛ Willie (pictured as a youngster kitty) wishes all the delightful #CatsOfBlueSky a very happy #Caturday ~ & he hopes your World Cup team wins ('cause he's that kind of cat).
"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms." ~ Koshin Ogui Good morning to the very helpful & wonderful #GardenersofBlueSky 🌱 #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday She volunteered to grow with the strawberries, and she's too pretty to pull. Any idea what she is?
Thank you, kind human! They do, the way one expects a rose to smell. She's a Peace rose, so her scent is subtle. For that powerful rose scent, this one here (Rosa 'Bella Roma'); I'd be surprised you can't smell her from there!