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"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." ~ Hunter S. Thompson My local reporting: https://muckrack.com/julie-butcher My writings & such: https://butchershop-nobonesaboutit.com

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · Nov 24

Welcome to the California GARDENERS feed! Please click on this post for more info ☀️ 🥑 🍊 🌺 🌵 🌴 🩴 🌹

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3h

Right? (Do we still do drinking games?)

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4h

I read the first one a couple of years ago and have no idea how I'd missed it 'til then!

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4h

Amen to that!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Terrifying!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 16h

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
~ L. M. Montgomery

A joyful #RoseWednesday to you all 🌱 #FlowerReport 💮 #BloomScrolling🌹

Light yellow 'Peace' rose bloom, green leaves in the background

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

Amen!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

👂LISTEN — (U.S. Navy veteran) country Singer Zach Bryan’s lyrics about ICE that triggered the White House

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

"Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots."
~ Shannon Mullen

I love the little ones!

🌱 #TinyFlowerTuesday 💜 #BloomScrolling 🌼 #FlowerReport

Bunch of small purple flowers on delicate green leaves and such

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ladydodgerfan.bsky.social @ladydodgerfan.bsky.social · 2d

a blue background with the words let 's go dodgers on it

Alt: a blue background with the words let 's go dodgers on it

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

"She has a cop's heart and a tadpole's brain . . ."

The content here is important to read all of; the writing, by the way and thank you dearly, is magnificent.

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 2d

"Weiss [is] someone blissfully captured by the richest people alive, and invested in smashing the last vestiges of liberal power in this country: universities, civil servants, and the media. She has a cop's heart and a tadpole's brain."

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 2d

"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love -- that makes life and nature harmonize."
~ George Eliot

🌱 On #MagentaMonday I'll be pulling stuff I don't remember planting, cleaning, weeding, and getting ready for what's next.

💜 #FallGarden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling 🩷

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Dr. LeShane @brakeformoose.bsky.social · 3d

Portland’s been dealing with invading Californians for decades. You think we’re not prepared?

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

He's not wrong.

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

I have better luck with plants that grow outside, but I keep trying nonetheless!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

“Don’t let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.”
~ Steve Maraboli

Happy #YellowSunday🌱 #SundayYellow to all you'se wonderful gardeners 💛

#BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #FallFlowers

Yellow rose bloom, green leaves, black background

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

It really is!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

A sweet happy birthday to you, Anna! Hear all the singing!

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

Puppy!!!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

Got me with "autumnal."

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

Indeed. Still won't make your peace plant bloom. They're stubborn, in my experience.

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

She's quite a special plant!

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

"large, beefy" 💥

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

“If you think that it is only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat.”
~ T. S. Eliot

A peaceful, happy #Caturday to all you lovely #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛ ~ & a hearty good luck to your baseball team (unless they're playing mine!)

Willie, clearly a Dodgers fan, shown here, a gray cat on a white chair, atop a white and gray blanket

Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

Or, hear me out, not enough peace?

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Julie Butcher 🌴 @juliebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you kindly! I love the miniature roses!

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