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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 24d

We’re just hanging around

Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 24d

Awww… thank you for your concern. Garden, substitute teaching, and a cold have kept me from checking in much with social media. Still here though, and fine. Thanks again, my friend

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · 24d

A day of harvest for me. 🍅 🫜 🥬
Enjoy yours and look for that equilibrium in an often crazy world 🌞🌒 #Mabon #equinox

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 30

Bit of an August harvest 🌻🍅🥦 #smallfarm #harvest #garden2025

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 30

Still holding strong. The #smallfarm is taking a lot of time right now. 😘

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thinking of a trip down under. Where might you suggest?

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 24

Doing well, my friend. Hope all is fine with you!

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 21

I wish there were a, smell this, feature, because the fresh cut basil is absolutely amazing 🌱 #basil #pesto #Growyourown

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 19

I have put up as much as possible! Today, elderberries and more kale.

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 16

Happy #Caturday from the boys 🐾

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 15

This looks like a 2028 trip! 🖖🏻

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 15

I told my kid to bring the grandchildren over. I added an above ground pool 😂 #summer2025

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 12

Summer meal from the garden on a paper plate 🍅🌱🍷

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 12

First tomato sandwich of summer, just picked tomato, basil leaves with salt and pepper. Bliss 🍅 #garden #summermeal #tomato #Growyourown

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stage two of wine making. Now we wait #wine #growyourown

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 9

Happy #Caturday 🐾💗

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 6

Please explain to me, because I truly don’t understand, how can this be acceptable to America POC?

apple.news/A-l5UmdH9Tqy...

Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled — NPR

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.

apple.news

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some things in life just shouldn’t be this difficult. I am trying to do one last renewal on my teaching certification. I have all the coursework required, but the process is a nightmare. UGH! #retiredteacher

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 4

Every year I like to try something new. This year I hope to dry nasturtiums to save their peppery goodness. 🌼 #gardening #growyourown #smallfarm

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 4

It isn’t a bad way to spend some time on a Monday morning 🫛 #peas #garden #growyourown #smallfarm

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 2

Has anyone tried making garlic powder? I would like to give it a go this year 🧄 #growyourown #gardening #garlic

www.almanac.com/making-garli...

Making Garlic Powder: A DIY Recipe!

Dry your garlic and see how to make your own garlic powder. Much more flavorful and medicinally healthy than store-bought garlic powder!

www.almanac.com

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 1

Love this!

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 1

Oh, but yum!!!! 🍅

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The Old Farmer's Almanac @oldfarmersalmanac.bsky.social · Aug 1

Summer stargazing is here! 🌟 From the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, to planetary conjunctions throughout the month, August's night sky will have you looking towards the heavens all month long. Find more night sky highlights here! ✨️ Almanac.com/Night-Sky-August

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Lisa Ravelo @oakntyme.bsky.social · Aug 1

Welcome August 🌾🌞

It was upon a Lammas night,
When corn rigs are bonie,
Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie;
The time flew by, wi’ tentless heed,
Till, ‘tween the late and early,
Wi’ sma’ persuasion she agreed
To see me thro’ the barley.

–Robert Burns (1759–96)

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