Been a while since I posted here, but got some cool shots from the icy leftovers from night 1 of our "winter storm" here. Thankful we didn't get a direct hit- don't want a repeat of Snowmageddon 2021 🥶 #photography #winter #texas #nature #frozen

Zimomo is helping me with my grad school this week and making sure I'm not procrastinating too much 😅 #labubu #zimomo #popmart #gradschool

It's been awhile since I joined the #BlueSkyArtShow, just been super busy and/or tired from being busy 😅 Yay start of the school year 🤪 Anyway, I have the perfect #skyline picture from a recent trip to Walmart where a #thunderstorm was rolling in as we were leaving. #nature #clouds #sunset #Texas

It's been a minute since I've posted. Life has honestly just been super busy- setting up a new classroom and then school starting. Here's a quick peek at what my room looks like for anyone that's interested. The color scheme was inspired by #SHINee 😅💎 #classroom #teacher #school #kpop

Working on grad school work as per my usual Sunday routine. We had to make an ecobottle & at one point, I thought I had killed the poor snails I put in it. Turns out, my house is just too cold for them cause once I moved the bottle outside they "came back to life" & are doing just fine 🐌

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday July 19, 2025 The theme is #Smooth Any art that fits, any skill level Use both tags to be included in our feed More details in the comments #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #pleinair #poetry #fiberarts #pottery #jewelry #panoramas

My Supervisor says I've been procrastinating too much and I need to get to work on my grad school assignments that are due today. That or she's upset that I'm (slowly) working on said assignments and not giving her attention 😅 #cats #cat #catsky

It's Sunday, which means grad school work is due, which means procrasting! How are y'all procrastinating today? I've made 2 TikToks (about my teacher wishlist) and started laundry- pretty mild compared to my last procrastination day 😅 #procrastinating #Sunday #gradschool #schoolwork

Today I procrastinated by pressure washing my driveway, pressure washing a rug for my classroom, pressure washing a fish tank for my classroom, going to the mall, grocery shopping, and then reading 55 chapters of a manwha online... The assignment I was avoiding took like 5-10 minutes to complete 😅

Slowly working through all my compliance courses for work. Totally looking at school supplies for my new room while the videos are playing (I've seen them so many times I swear I can quote some of them since it's the same videos every year 😅) #teacher #teacherlife #summer

A #narrow beam of light from the #Assateague #lighthouse on #Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #NWR #nationalwildliferefuge

Pursue some path however narrow and crooked in which you can walk with love and reverence. - Henry David Thoreau #photography #canon #photo #photographersunited #quotes #japan #art #arttherapy #installation #teamlab #immersive #lights #light #reflection #reflections #love #blueskyartshow #narrow

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday June 21, 2025 The theme is #Narrow Let's see your trails, staircases, streams, hallways, windows, any interpretation, any art that fits, any skill level. More info in comments. #photography #painting #art #poetry #drawing #sketching #watercolor #fiberarts

I'm already missing all the #narrow passage ways of all the temples we visited. The craftsmanship was just amazing, everywhere we went 🤩 #BlueSkyArtShow #Egypt #travel #hieroglyphs #ancient #summer #temple

Aaannnddd back to the grad school grind. Last day for this class so I gotta finish up a few assignments. Already procrastinated a lot by working on a presentation for a professional development day coming up instead of doing this 😂😅 #gradschool #schoolwork #teacher

Typically if you ask what my favorite type of bee is, I say "bumble bee" to keep it simple. The truth? This bee. They're a native bee species that fall under the "sweat bee" family. I just love their emerald green color and they love my blazing stars 😍 #bloomscrolling #flowers #garden #bees

Another cute bumble bee on some milkweed to interrupt your doom scrolling. Taken at the Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University- loved the wide variety of milkweed they had 😍 #bloomscrolling #flowers #garden #travel #garden #bees #pollinators #nature #flower #bee #bumblebee #Iowa

You may be struggling today, but one day soon things will be better. Some days are just struggly. Ups and downs are part of the deal

Spent the morning at the Iowa State Botanical Gardens- Reiman Gardens. It was absolutely stunning in there and definitely recommend a visit! #bloomscrolling #flowersonsunday #stunday #garden #bumblebee #nature #photography #flowers #botanicalgarden #ReimanGardens #travel #Iowa

The absolute, pure #joy I felt at getting to see the Great Pyramid in person... I was legit crying basically the entire time we were walking around it. #BlueSkyArtShow #Egypt #travel #pyramids #desert #ancient #photography

Went down for breakfast today & greeted my dad. He informed me that while he knows I don't like eggs, they did have avocado toast at the omelet station, which he knows I do like. I've never felt so smooshed into the Millenial-stereotype box 📦 ..The avocado toast was delicious by the way 🥑🍞

Well, it took 3 terminal changes, 6 or 7 gate changes, and a 6 hour delay, but we made it!

Flight has been majorly delayed due to weather, but it was really cool to watch the storm roll in! #storm #clouds #thunderstorm #texas #Houston #travel #nature #sky

I was gone for a couple weeks & my zinnias have started to take off! I know my neighbors hate this space most of the year- looks like a garden of weeds- but once things start blooming, the pollinators flock in for a feast! #garden #bloomscrolling #flowers #zinnias #bee #pollinators #summer #nature

Enjoying some #caturday snuggles with my baby. She definitely missed me while we were out of town and has been glue to me since we've been home 😅 #cat #cats #pet #Saturday

The #vibrant colors at the Dendera Temple blew my mind and this one of the eye of Horus on a mirror was by far my favorite. #BlueSkyArtShow #Egypt #travel #summer #ancient #Temple #historic #restoration #hieroglyphics #Horus

Gonna take this #BlueSkyArtShow a bit literally as we descended #underneath a carving of the goddess Mut into the ground in the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. #Egypt #travel #tomb #ancient #goddess #valleyofthekings

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday May 31, 2025 The theme is #Underneath Interpret as broadly as you like Any art that fits, any skill level Pin the feed to follow along Use both tags to be included Hold your posts till SATURDAY Share the link for the feed when you post More info in the comments

Since it's now Sunday where I am, here's a photo for #Stunday taken during our descent into Frankfurt this morning. Love the layer of blue between the grey clouds. #traveling #travel #clouds #sky #flight

Traveling today but wanted to share something for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #lightandshadow with this cute jellyfish from our trip to Moody Gardens. #jellyfish #aquarium #Galveston #Texas #photography #ocean #art

Well, my classroom is all packed up & ready to be moved to my new campus (since mine is closing). It's a bittersweet feeling- excited for the change & new adventure, sad to be leaving since this is where I started 11 years ago. #teacher #teacherlife #summer #classroom

My milkweed flowers are starting to bloom 🦋 They were part of my chaos pollinator garden I started last year but they never bloomed. I was super excited to see these beauties open up, & there are several more coming in 🥰 #flowers #bloomscrolling #milkweed #pollinators #garden #nature

Back to that grad school grind. The grad school is actually the procrastinating work this time since I also need to make an end-of-year video for the 5th grade promotion ceremony and I know I'm going to sob through it so I'm putting it off 😅

Field trip only gave me 12k 😅 I covered more physical distance today though than my classroom though, so that probably counts for something 😁

Yesterday, I walked close to 20,000 steps while working on packing up my classroom and the science lab. Today, we have a field trip so let's see if I'll top yesterday lol

Here's some pretty clouds with some rainbows going on from today at recess. #sun #clouds #sunny #nature #photography #rainbow #bluesky #blueskymonday

Been working on cleaning out my classroom and science lab since my school is closing. I keep having to pause though since I keep tearing up. I do have my classroom cleaned out and ready to pack and I'm about half way done cleaning out the lab. 11 years worth of memories here... #teacher

So fun fact about me (that I kinda forgot about), my COVID hobby was making stickers 😅 Here's a few of my (mostly) flower crystal designs. I'm a very amateur artist with basic skills on Procreate 😅 Still proud of these though 😁 #flowers #crystals #stickers #hobbies #bloomscrolling #art #artyear

Had one of my students give me this today- it's filled with little notes to me from all my kids in my homeroom. So pardon me while I just read through them and cry 😭❤️ #teacher #teacherlife

Looking for #book recommendations, specifically teaching books related to gifted & talented teaching strategies. Moving into a GT position next year after 11 years in regular ed, so looking for some books I can read this summer 📘 Specifically 5th grade science GT 🥼 #bookrecs #teacher #BookSky

Oh don't mind me over here crying, I just got flowers from one of my favorite k-pop idols tonight 😭 #SHINee #Onew #kpop #shawol #jjinggu

Spent the day in Houston leading up the Onew concert tonight. So excited to get to see him live again 🤩 #SHINee #Onew #kpop #shawol #jjinggu #shawol #Houston #concert

Playing Stardew Valley for the umpteenth time and trying not to "romance" the same character I always do.. but it's so hard cause he's so cute 😩 #StardewValley #gaming #Stardew #sdv

The #green foliage in Versailles proved to be the perfect place to cool down and relax in the summer heat. #France #travel #BlueSkyArtShow #nature #Versailles #park #summer #Paris

Adding more proof to the theory that Walmarts somehow always have some of the best sunsets. #sunset #Texas #stormy #golden #goldenhour

My hydrangea also put out its first set of blooms and they're coming in a beautiful shade of pink 😍 Last year they were green 😅 #hydrangea #flowers #bloomscrolling #pink #spring #garden #nature #plants

Last year I started doing the decomposing pumpkin in a jar so my students could see the full cycle. This year's pumpkin took a while to decompose and turned into decaying goop for a while, but this week the seeds finally started sprouting and are starting to really take off! #plants #garden

We have wpnderful weather and a beautiful blue sky here which is perfect for #BlueSkyMonday Like, the clouds almost look fake/AI but they aren't. ☁️ ☁️ ☁️ ☁️ ☁️ #clouds #bluesky #spring #relaxing #blue #Monday #photography

Got my grad school work done early for once so I have no procrastinating to do... I do still have laundry though which is now the less desirable task that is being procrastinated on 😅🧺