The pear tree has put on white sleeves! 🌱 #organic-gardening

A new tulip (Ballerina) that’s not just pretty but that also has a lovely scent. 😍🌱 #organic-gardening

Very sound advice, no matter how old you are!

I love the absolute clarity of this. We all need to ask ourselves each time whether we deem it worth accepting all this (and what makes us think it is). Or just not worth it at all.

A very red tulip! 🌱 #organic-gardening

I was taught that tulips need to be dug up and replanted every fall. I just leave them be. Works out alright. These were planted in 2019 and look better than ever. They only changed their color a little. 🌱 #organic-gardening

My storm-damaged cherry tree doesn't want to be replaced. Hard to argue with that. 🤷‍♀️🌱 #organic-gardening

After following a training plan last year, I’ve switched to intuitively deciding what I’ll do based on the weather and how I’m feeling that day. Curious to see if I’ll get to a sub 30 5k that way. Yesterday, I did two fast 5 minute intervals and was quite happy with the pace. #running

The woodpecker has discovered the insect hotel. I’m afraid that doesn’t help the bees at all. 😬🌱 #organic-gardening

In other good news: I just got promoted at work and a nice raise to go with the new title! 🎉 As a career changer and woman in tech, this means a lot to me. ☺️ Not sure how I feel about being called a “Senior”, though. 🤭

March went really well with regard to #running 🎉: I did 18 out of 18 planned runs! (13 more than last year, 8 more than in February.) I ran 10k for the first time ever. Total distance this month: 83 km / 52 mi, which is more than ever before. 🏃‍♀️

Phew, a slightly dislocated joint in my foot sorted itself out. It was getting annoying enough that I contemplated taking it to the GP. As a kid I’d simply kick the wall until the joint snapped back into place, but I’m too old for that now. I’m glad I don’t have to explain all this to the GP. 😆

Needed some cheering up. These did the trick! 🌱 #organic-gardening

Did someone teach AI models weird things about e-mail addresses? I‘ve signed up for two different web services in the past few weeks and one thought the first part of my e-mail was my name and the other the first two letters were my initials. 🫟 🤦‍♀️ #coding

Lucky accident while sowing. Can’t wait to see which color the Aquilegia will be! 🌱 #organic-gardening

Mission: “Free the Tree!” 😂🪶 #birds #magpies

Saw a beginner in his 70s (?) run in thick, old-school jeans (100% cotton) today. Doesn’t that … chafe? 😬 #running

Weee, I managed to run 10k for the first time! (Made it 10,6k because hubby felt a quarter marathon would sound even more impressive. 😁) I let my body decide which pace we’d do. This was very comfortable. I only raced the last km (simply because I could). #running

Yes, it’s a tulip! 🌱 #organic-gardening

I purchased an “insect hotel” because upcoming renovations will close some cracks that have been used by bees in the past. I’m happy to report that the bees are loving it. Other insects have also started to move in. 🌱🐝 #organic-gardening

Putting the hyacinths into a raised bed was a good idea - so much easier to smell them! 🌱 #organic-gardening

This #running thing is getting out of hand. Even though I don’t sweat much I felt like it would have been nice to have had some water on me during my long run (8.6k / 5.4 mi) today. Now I have to figure out a way to take water with me. What happened to “I’ll stick to short distances”? 😆 1/2

The town delivered and planted the hawthorn tree they had promised us today. It is 5 m / 16 feet tall! 🤯 Now I see why they included the planting in the gift 😂🌱 #organic-gardening

German candor taken to extremes: A contractor called before I even had my first cuppa this morning. “I have to cancel the appointment next week, because I have cancer.” (…) “Oh, I’ve had it for a while now. It’s fine. It’s just an appointment for chemo that I can’t miss.” Ooof.

My almond tree would like to announce that spring has sprung! (The forsythias have started to bloom which is the official signal even though they aren’t native in Germany. 🤷‍♀️) 🌱 #organic-gardening

I recently realized how all those children’s books I read back in the day have influenced me. They instilled that unhealthy protestant work ethic into me. They made me believe that changing your opinion was somehow wrong. They made me feel like I owed the world something. What power books have!

Meant to share a colorful heart rate graph from today’s run, but it’s boring, so I’ll add a picture instead. Ran a good 6k, up that mean hill, then along a new trail that was an official hiking trail but quite an adventure - barely visible at times, lots of fallen trees. Fun! #running

On my run, I saw two runners ahead of me, going at a medium pace and turning towards that mean hill (about 450m @ ca. 10 % incline and no easing into it either, you go straight from almost flat to steep). She slows down considerably. He keeps going. 1/2 #running

@squirrellyaltruist.bsky.social Do you have anything that helped you recover?

Me, every single time: *posts flower pic to gardening feeds* *immediately forgets about it * Later: “Oh my, why do I have 30+ notifications?!” 🤦‍♀️😂

Tiny daffodil says hi! 🌱 #organic-gardening

I am very much in love with my almond tree at this time of the year. 😍🌱 #organic-gardening

Me: Anyone up for a nice picture? Shy Hellebore flowers: Nope, nope, nope … 🌱 #organic-gardening

A professional gardener told me last year that planting trees that flower early wouldn’t help pollinators as they could only fly as high as the flower bulb flowers that were in season. May I prove him wrong? When this pic was taken, it was snowdrop and crocus season here! 🌱 #organic-gardening

February went a bit better with regard to #running: I got 10 out of 16 planned runs done (7 more than last year, 3 more than in January). 4 times my health kept me from running, 2 times it was icy outside. I got myself some spikes for icy days now. Total distance this month: 38 km / 24 mi

I thought it was a myth that Germans dress according to the season rather than the weather, because my family doesn’t. Today, I was proven wrong, though: I took a long walk in sunny 17 °C / 62 °F wearing a t-shirt. Almost everyone else was wearing thick, fully zipped-up winter jackets.🤯 #Germany

Whenever our neighbors’ dog comes to our fence or leans against my legs to get scritches from me, I’m not 100% sure if she really enjoys my scritches or just takes pity on me because I can’t have a dog of my own. 😅

Yay, the first almond flowers are open and the first bees are out to visit them, too. 🌱 #organic-gardening

From hail and snow to 17 °C / 62 °F in just a few days … The crocuses and bees are making the most of it! 🌱 #organic-gardening

I’m not the only one who’s impatient for (early) spring to arrive! 🌱 #organic-gardening

Today, the crocuses had a blanket of snow. Surely that’s nicer than all that hail the other day! 🌱 #organic-gardening

What the heck?! We just had a thunderstorm with a “wee bit” of hail coming out of thin air. In February! I’m glad most things in the garden are still asleep (and that I wasn’t out running either). 🌱 #weather

Some pretty amazing #running!

Also today: My manager sends me a meeting invite called “Exchange with Cyrinne” before my upcoming vacation. My brain: “Why would I want to talk to myself? What do I need that meeting for?!” Yes, I really do need that vacation. 🤭 (And no, I won’t be traveling.) #work

My husband got a phone call from the municipality today. They want to show my “beautiful” garden to groups of people in the summer. I think I need more information about the target audience before I can decide if I want to do this. Most neighbors call my “wild” garden ugly. 🙈🌱 #organic-gardening

Apparently, I planted some crocuses! These have got to be the wettest crocuses I’ve ever seen, though. 😅🌱 #organic-gardening

An orange with a star! ⭐️

#LetterMo is wonderful for finding new pen pals: I’ve always wanted to get in touch with younger folks, but felt it’d be weird for me to contact them (and that I’d only bore them with my quiet life). Today, I received a letter from a 21 y.o. who hoped I didn’t mind their age.🤩 #SnailMail

Note to self: Use orange carrots for making broth. 😆 (Pic in reply, shows cooked meat.) #cooking

Can’t remember what I planted there (a tulip, perhaps?), but I’m looking forward to the flowers! 🌱 #organic-gardening