I love him so much… he stood guard over Halloween in our neighborhood from our front 2nd story bedroom window for at least 15 years! 👻 #Casper #Halloween #Tradition

My art project is ready ! One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸

We're going to make history tomorrow. #NoKings

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring. Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

Waaaaaah! 😪 Way too soon! We should have a Diane Keaton party and everyone come dressed like Diane Keaton, and celebrate her life and all our memories she was part of. Very sad to see her gone.😔

I’ve been watching this butterfly chrysalis hanging from my birdbath… yesterday it was EMPTY!😱 I’m new at this so I thought something got it. But no, just below it, supping on yarrow, there it was!💃🏻 We grow butterflies in our butterfly #garden You’re welcome earth, it’s the least we can do. 💞💞💞

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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Not even about politics. It’s about this, the Epstein files, & other assorted corruption by the rich and powerful.

Have to show you this rose we planted this spring! It’s like a watercolor… no two flowers are the same. Do you have it? It lasts a long time in a vase, looks beautiful until the bitter end. Called Double Delight. Fragrant! And prolific! My new favorite! #rose #garden

Sunday Morning 🌞 just starting!👏

It's here! It's here! Henry and I are excited! Your new Summer Book has made it all the way to Indiana!! @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social. "Summer" was my first SB book, so I've always been partial. You know what I'll b doing tonight. xxoo

It’s a Time Machine in our garden! And an amazing sky!

Going fast, to the tune of 400 books in the mail each day! Did you order yours? When you get it, let me know; already running out! Think Christmas! BTW, from left, Kellee (Queen of my Studio), her MOM, Kitty😍, Kellee's friend, Ashley, MY Joe!!!💝 Revised 30th Anniversary edition of The Summer Book!👏

Last night, warm and crickety! Outside enjoying Joe’s birthday lights at 8 pm when it finally got too dark for gardening!!!

Guess what? A new blog post is UP!! Hope you love it!💝(Video catches sights and sounds on my walk! Joe on the tractor!)

We met in 1972! Girlfriends forever! Terrie has ice cream, I have peach dessert, Diane has pitcher of water! Getting by with a little help from our friends!😘😘😘😘 New friend, Butch on guitar!🥰

More more more…💝💝💝 🥳🎈🥳🎈🥳🎈🥳🎈🎂🎈🎊🎁

MIA because we had a party that took every last second to prepare for— Joe’s birthday! It was the BEST! Such a fun time… a whole garden full of love -~ to heart overflowing!

It’s my dad’s birthday, he’d be 102 today. My champion! Here he is with me at a book talk in Santa Barbara; plus a little note he wrote for no reason, (proof of paternity👏showing off his happy gene), and two excerpts from my book, Fairytale Girl.💝 Happy Birthday darling Daddio in heaven.💝

It’s here! 5 copies for me, overnight from the printer — it’s gorgeous! They did a wonderful job.👏👏👏This never gets old! If you preordered, your book will be sent the minute the rest of the shipment arrives! Can’t wait to see what you think!💝

#Tsunami watch issued for US West Coast, #Hawaii after 8.7 magnitude #earthquake strikes near #Russia. If a wave is generated, it's expected to reach #California at 11:50 p.m. and the Los Angeles area around 1 a.m.- ABC7 Los Angeles abc7.com/post/tsunami...

NEW: New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) has declined a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over the state’s full statewide voter registration list, citing state law and cybersecurity concerns. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This orange tree was here when we bought this place in 2002.🍊 Juiciest best oranges, no seeds, maybe Valencia. It sits on the edge of the driveway with a dry field behind it. I gave it a bench and a hydrangea… and WATER! 💝

News from the garden! Nature is pure magic. I am in awe of what it can do. We need to love it more. Such a GIFT!💝 Here’s our Calamondin tree in bloom, happy agapanthus, our plum tree, the calamondin is still a baby, someday it will be 15 to 20 feet tall. 😊 Have a WONDERFUL day!😘

Today is #AskAnArchaeologist Day and our intrepid team @nattrustarch.bsky.social is poised ready to answer. So, what have you always wanted to know about archaeology?

My dad used to review my books.👏👏👏How I miss him!!! 💝

Summer afternoon in the garden!!⛱️

This must be @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social Art. 🩵💙

@dearsusanbranch.bsky.social @nelliebragg.bsky.social @salfrye.bsky.social @davidbarbour.bsky.social @dogdad999.bsky.social volunteered at the 4-H Fair, then homeward bound at sunset. America is still beautiful.

They. Don’t. Care.

Sadly, you have to be crazy to want to visit the US these days: Irish tourist jailed by ICE for more than three months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation.

If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.

We planted a new apple tree in the wildflower garden!

While others are writing memoirs and playing it safe, Justice Jackson is writing history—one fearless dissent at a time.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

I think we might have finally finished planting this corner of the perennial garden!!!

Dinner in the garden is hidden behind the big Albizzia tree in this picture!🌸🌸🌸

My brand new baby, adopted WITH flowers, so pretty. We have the perfect view of it from the living room!!! A pink “dinner plate” Dahlia!!! Will come back year after year! I will take such good care of this one!!!

But it’s true.

Another look at the wild flowers! 🌺 So summer!

So here’s a look at the wildflower garden in July!🥰

A long time ago I had my own farmstand! My friend painted a picture of it as a gift! It hangs over my art table!💞💞💞

Rabbit rabbit darlings!

Popped in the car and ran up the road to this fruit stand. There are small farms everywhere around here.👏 Isn’t my car cute? Waiting for blackberries I looked at it and thought better take a picture. I bought it in ‘06, and it’s STILL cute!😊 I think it’s a Toyota.

End of day, 62°, Sun shining through the agapanthus, and a few last rays into the garden. From my perch on the porch. Sending love to all! 💖

Things our trips to the English Countryside has given us! The gift that keeps on giving.🇬🇧

Here's some news to celebrate. 🦋 One of the UK’s rarest butterflies, the heath fritillary, is seeing a significant rise in numbers and range on the Holnicote Estate, Exmoor. This is bucking the national trend of butterfly decline. Photo: Matthew Oates

Look what I got yesterday!!!👏 #2026Calendars are in!!!💃🏻 susanbranch.com

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.