Took a big ol' "loading dose" of a new heart med today and I'm so light-headed and drunk-like that I said 'blood-cressure puff' on the phone with the triage nurse. Lol! Whee!

Anyone else having trouble posting jpg pics to Bluesky this morning? My photo of my mother's beautiful pink peonies showed up as a black square - all four times I tried. And even when I tried a different photo.

“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” ~A. Rose Good morning ~ May we always find the right light - a sustaining ray or beam - to get us through the darkest of hours. 📷 "Mom's Peonies," Ann

I went to pick up my partner, was waiting in the car, looked up, and saw that the sky was doing this. Thank you, sky.

Today's lies. (But wait! There's more!) Here: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

A cheerful thought: The first daffodils will be blooming soon. 💛🫶💛 📷 2/3/2019

Why did the heron cross the road? 😊 (Better hunting on the other side.)

His piggy eyes just keep getting piggier. It's a thing that happens with greed: "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion... an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view. And they continue to grow." -NY Times

I forgot to share with you these images of a GORGEOUS Great Blue Heron - at least four feet tall! - that we saw on our walk yesterday. He was having a fine time hunting in this field.

We will never give up. We will hold on to each other. We will continue to do the next right thing. We will do all the good we can and shine light in life's darkest corners. We'll still bring love, hope, and joy. Listen: All is not lost. [Lyric: "Saturday In the Park," Chicago]

Advice columnist Carolyn Hax response to woman complaining about her boyfriend: "The one thing I absolutely do not advise is the exact thing you’re doing: staying right where you are, unhappy, wishing something would change. That is the universal formula for misery." Yep.💯%

This is a lovely physician whose Reels I follow. This may have been intended as her medical advice, but I hear it as advice to the felon and everyone in his administration. Advice they seem unable to follow.

Good morning! I fell in love with the colors of this Winter Rose. On closer inspection, I saw that it was ragged around the edges, a bit weary, but still bringing a brightness to the chilly Winter landscape. Tattered, with tenacity. Like us sometimes. 🩷💛🩷 📷 Ann, 1-19-25

❤️🇺🇸 #Resist

This is from MLK's "Drum Major Instinct" speech. He concluded with: “Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.” Real Kings know what matter most. Good works, not gold.

It was such a pretty sunset tonight. No filter on this whatsoever. It was just this pretty. I hope you all had a good Saturday. Good-night; sweet dreams. 🩷🩶

😂 I, for one, will welcome our Danish overlords. Calidania? [See link in Comment.]

"𝑰𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔." ~𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒊𝒓 Good morning! From our 1-10-22 walk. Some beautiful old stone steps. May all you seekers also receive today, in abundance. 💚

Quote of the Day [Unknown Source] On Machado giving her Nobel Peace Prize medal to the felon: "Sometimes you let your younger sibling hold a controller that isn't connected to the game console. Same thing."

I made a meme just now. All of our thoughts DID go exactly here, right?

Tonight's dinner: Orange Roughy baked with fresh lemon and dill; cauliflower roasted with just a spritz of olive oil. Delicious. This is how I eat, and have eaten, for decades. It kind of pisses me off that my heart artery still clogged (90%!). All heredity. Stupid genes. 😄

Good morning, Friends. I'm feeling into my b&w photography this morning. This is "sun trying to break through clouds." Maybe metaphorical imagery for the times. Love you all. Stay strong. Keep breaking through. ❤️ 📷Ann, 2-10-17

Good morning, Just something pretty to start the day. A reminder that, right now we're in the depths of winter, a flowerless landscape, but soon the blossoming will return. First the wildflowers, then the roses. 🧡 📷 Roses, 5-25-23

“Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich Good morning! ❤️ Photo: Ann and Friend, 1-13-21

Would any of you like my Honors Cords from my 2010 graduation? My Team Mom plaque for my hard work in Little League? How about my brother's archery trophies? Anyone?

“Like wildflowers, allow yourself to grow in places people thought you never would.” – E.V. It's at this time of year when the wildflowers start making their first appearance. Joyful. 💚💛💚 Here's hoping there's some goodness in your day. 📷 Ann, 1-12-24

Day dreams. Life dreams. Dream houses. Dreamboats. We are dreamers by nature and inclination - sleep just gives us an opportunity to dream a little bigger and with more creativity and panache. Good-night, friends. Wishing you fanciful dreams. 🩵 Photo: Dreamy Sky, 12-6-20

The sky was rosy again this morning. I wonder why it is that winter skies are pink? 📷 Ann, 2-15-16

Good morning, Friends. Leaning into goodness today. Bowie was goodness. “Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.” ~David Bowie

Oh my heart. 💔 #bobweir #GratefulDead

Things I think about while doing the dishes and listening to music: if every song about falling in love, being in love, unrequited love, and/or breaking up were to disappear from the face of the Earth, what percentage of songs would be left over? 🤔

Good morning. Rainbows: A sign of promise and hope. Some people think that rainbow photos must be perfect: a bright half-bow. But I like the faint ones, too. The pale pastels. The ones that fade into sky as you watch, leaving you with an imprint on your heart. 🌈 📷 At my office, 1-10-24

Friends ~ I thought I'd bring you some cheery flowers. These flowers had pink and purple and white and yellow - all one one blossom! We still need beauty, and joy, and to fill our hearts with wonder. We just do. Good-night; stay strong. Okay? 🌺🌸🌺 📷 Ann, 12-20-19

On 1-1-23, my son who'd been living with my fragile elderly Mom became deathly ill. My partner and I left home to live with her as she couldn't be alone. I slept on the floor; he slept in a chair. I couldn't work. He would entertain Mom while I did the caregiving and chores.

Have a break from doom-scrolling and enjoy this beautiful panther cat we met on our walk on 1-2-25. So sleek, so wild, so gorgeous.

"Take your broken heart, make it into art." - Carrie Fisher Also your rage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...

I like to spread light as well as hope and joy but, man, my soul is shredded right now, my friends. I'm going to a protest tomorrow. It will help to gather with others who cannot believe what is happening around us. Group hug, anyone? Good-night. 🧡

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕. -𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒊𝒓 Friends ~ I'm not feeling very cheerful right now, but I did want to say good morning from California. 💛 📷 Sticky Monkey Flower

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.” -David Bowie Today would have been his 79th birthday. 📷Los Angeles, 1989 - Bruce Malone #davidbowie

Hey I don't need to give you advice on how to get through this. You're all smart, capable, and have your own coping strategies and ways to contribute. But if anything here appeals, feel free. Love you all. Hold tight.

May you be blessed with sudden insights and inspiration May you be graced with quiet moments of simplicity and reflection And may you be a source of strength to those around you .... [From a New Year's Blessing] Good-night; sweet dreams. 🩶 📷 Ann - "Creekbed Tracks and Shadows"

Even though the sun came out and temps reached near 60F, the western sky decided to be all up in its drama. 😊 📷 Ann, 1-6-26

More beautiful green from today's walk. Everything is covered in moss from all the rain - tree trunks and branches, steps, walls... so lovely. 📷 Ann 1-6-26

We had such a beautiful walk in the SUNSHINE today. Everything is so green and alive! The streams and creeks and runnels are providing the background music for all of this loveliness. 📷 Ann, 1-6-26

Friends. When someone Follows me, I stroll their their feed. If all they ever do is Repost others' posts, I don't Follow back. Why? Because I like to engage with people who have their own opinions and shares - not just use others' efforts. I hope that doesn't make me a Bad Person. Thoughts?

Good morning. Something I posted on 1-6-21. I guess we know the answer now, huh? #Insurrection

Courage. Honor. Service. Integrity.