Back at my happy place ☺️ #mdrenfest #renaissancefestival

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I love them 🥰 And I highly recommend Yukimi to work with! I love their art, and they’re super nice and great at capturing your vision!

Watching #IndianaJones and the Quest for the Holy Grail, and this exchange between Indy and Elsa stuck out to me for sadly contemporary reasons: “I believe in the Grail, not the swastika.” “You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything that the Grail stood for.” #nazisarebad #woke

Jogging was a mental struggle today 🫠 I wanted to stop after 4 minutes, but I managed to do the whole 15 through sheer force of playlist #c25k #couchto5k #morningjog

Spent the day prepping/designing new #embroidery projects, and I’ve got quite a few I’m excited to start! I will say, I’m a one-at-a-time gal, so it will take me some time to work through all these. #dnd #dragon #lotr #thehobbit

After our walk, Calcifer dives into his pool, then begins digging 😆😆😆 #muddydog #goldenretriever #dogmom #happydog

Got caught up on my #readingtracker today! I’m on the last shelf!!! #embroidery #wip #bookworm #booksky

Found more mushroom clusters on the walk today 😚

I drew too much attention to myself today 😅 I’m wearing a shirt that says “Never Laugh At a Live Dragon”, and two waiters complimented it. The one waitress had a Maas tattoo, and I complimented her, which sent her gushing about the dragons in GoT for some reason 😆 #ootd #booksky #booknerds

Found a really cool mushroom cluster on our walk today! #nature #naturewalk #mushroom

Finished the quilt!!! Then had to play with Calcifer and his bunny, because he said so 😆 There are 32 quotes in the black and red squares. My most quoted author was Hannah Whitten, with a 4-way tie for second being Ava Reid Holly Black Leigh Bardugo Roseanne Brown #bookquilt #quilt #booksky

Accidentally ran 15 minutes straight today (mental calculations as HARD when running), and I’m pleased to find I’m capable of such a stretch. Still not ready for that 22 minute stretch, though! #c25k #couchto5k

My #quilt is almost done! All quotes have been stitched, all squared have been sewn together, so now all I need to do is actually quilt the thing and attach the binding ☺️ #quilting #wip

#Couchto5k wanted me to go from running 10/3/10 to 22 straight, and I need more of a build up before I lose that precious 3 minute walk, so I’m using their #freerun feature to work up to 22 minutes. 12/3/8 to 13/3/7, slowly pushing that rest until I don’t need it. Today it was more 3/2/10/5/7 😅 #run

Last set of red squares for the night! Hopefully I’ll be finished embroidering by Wednesday, then it’s binding and quilting and done!

What a beautiful day to roll around in the grass #dogsofblusky #goldenretriever

I so did not want to get up and run today. It was a mental battle all up and down the trail, but I did it. #couchto5k #c25k #running

Making progress with the quotes for my quilt! I’m working on the galaxy squares, and as you can see, I was trying to pick fairly short quotes so they’d fit. There are a few longer ones I’m opening that I hope will work 🤞🏻 #booksky #bookquotes #quilt

Calcifer was owning the camera today ☺️ #goldenretriever #dogsofblusky

Was misting today, making everything wet, but it wasn’t enough to keep me from doing my #couchto5k today! Calcifer wasn’t bothered at all #c25k #jogging #5ktraining

Finished the last row of my #bookish #quilt last night! Each of the red and black squares are going to get a #book quote, so now I have to pick 32 of my favorite book quotes! Challenge accepted 😎 #booklover #booksky #handicraft

My mom made me a cozy for my Ben & Jerry’s from scraps from my quilt, and it’s so cute! #handicraft #icecream #booklover

7/9 rows of the quilt stitched together! #quilt #wip #handicraft

Repeated 6.1 again, and had an overall good run. Changed up the end of my route for some variety and accidentally found myself running uphill. 😅 Lesson learned! #couchto5k #c25k

The humidity was back with a vengeance today! It’s amazing how much that affects my morning run 🥵🫠 Even Calcifer had to take a lie down for a quick break! But we did it, and now we’re hiding in the AC exhausted. #couchto5k #c25k #morningrun #dogmom #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever

He’s such a beautiful boy 🥰 I love him so much 💕 #dogmom #goldenretriever #dogsofbluesky

After a rough jog on Friday, having a 5/8/5 #run today with 3 minute walks in between was so nice! Definitely still challenging, but it left me encouraged and determined to do better (unlike the 20mn jog Friday which left me depressed, lol) Calcifer enjoyed the brisk outing, too! #couchto5k

Working on a new #quilt, this one for personal use ☺️ Two of the fabrics are scraps from older quilts, one fabric is a gift from my SIL because she knows I love #books, and the others were chosen for this project. I’m planning on putting book quotes in the red and black squares. #booksky #wip

Also went to a book signing at Barnes & Noble and got even MORE books! #booksigning #booklover #booksky #fantasyreads

Had a blast at the @parkbooks.bsky.social author signing event! I met a bunch of cool authors and bought some exciting books that I can’t wait to read! #shopsmall #booksky #authorsigning #books #booklover

Been using #couchto5k to get back into running—mostly for Calcifer’s benefit. Last time I completed the program was in 2016, so it’s been a while, and yes, I’m absolutely dead by the time I finish. Calcifer, however, is ready to go again 😆 #jogging #exercise #dogmom

Calcifer DROOLING at the treat potential And he absolutely got a treat, because he’s a good boi #goldenretriever #dog #doggy

Made this really cute cup wrap inspired by “Assistant to the Villain” by Hannah Nicole Maehrer ☺️ #booksky #embroidery #assistanttothevillain

Had a little #anime fun as an #embroidery palate cleanser between Christmas projects #korosensei #assassinationclassroom

Mommy, I haz ball, but Stardust block stairs #goldenretriever

To whatever person or persons who dumped a bag of mainly beer cans onto the trail… You are an asshole. I picked up as many as I could carry after walking my dog this morning, and there’s still at least two more armloads down there. #dontbeadick #recycle #protectourplanet

Finished this cute #embroidery project today! It’s an original design, and will be a present for my parents. It includes all the initials of their children, children in laws, and their grandchildren. ☺️ #handembroidery #christmasinjuly #christmas

It's Saturday! 📺 Post a cartoon TV series you love.

My SIL just gave me this 12x12 square of fabric with these beautiful classic books on it! I wish she had given me at least a yard of it, since I’m not sure what to do with a small square, but it is REALLY pretty. #booksky #fabric #bookish #handicrafts #sewing #embroidery

Why is it that as soon as I open my notebook and click my pen, all plot thoughts vanish? #writerproblems #author #writersblock #writer

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I was so proud of myself for stitching my OC’s signature jewel into this t-shirt—until I realized I stitched the colors upside down 🤦🏻‍♀️ Painterly artwork by @lumaris.net — characters are mine #embroidery #originalcharacter

Every day, my mind spins with new #embroidery ideas And then, while I’m stitching, I think, “I need to make time to actually #write.” It’s so hard to juggle interests 😞

#nokings #booksky

Absolutely love this Cruel Prince pin from Owlcrate!!! #booksky #folkoftheair #cruelprince

June wrap up! I read a lot of #lgbtqbooks for #pridemonth and moved to the third shelf of my #embroidery #readingtracker I’m pretty pleased ☺️ #booksky

Got Calcifer some shoes to fight against the hot pavement. It took a lot of treats to get them on, and he’s not thrilled about them, but we’ll work on it. #dogmom #goldenretriever

Library day! #booksky #saveourlibraries #supportlibraries #libraryhaul

I’m so very behind on reviews 😮‍💨 Why does it feel so impossible to catch up once you’ve fallen behind? But since reviews are important to authors, I’m trying to catch up! Is this a problem for anyone else? #booksky