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August 14, 2025
Thursday Doors: Valladolid
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Sara sent me some photos from her trip to Valladolid, Spain. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Stone spheres. MA
August 12, 2025
Food Tuesday: Po-Tay-Toes
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt Yeah, I’m not supposed to eat potatoes (or rice or white bread), but it’s summer, and I’m not going to miss freshly dug potatoes, especially the little-uns. I like the All The Ways, but a way I’ve recently started having them is Smashed.…
August 11, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: X-Rated Wild Robot and Finally Fluid
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt We tried to watch The Wild Robot on Netflix and turned it off before we’d watched more than 20 minutes. Within that time: cute crab snatched away by bird, decapitated bird head displayed like it ain’t no…
August 9, 2025
Caturday: Tipper At Rest
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma has been home all week, except for the grocery. I get to sit on her lap or in the room where she is any time I want to!…
August 7, 2025
Thursday Doors: Red, Both Tree And Door
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Some of my driving doors this week, which means a certain amount of wonkiness. First, a red door #spoilednotspoiled by a redbud directly in front of it. Stone besties below: A plethora of doors below, including what my cats would call an imbisible…
August 4, 2025
Just Nails: Paint Behind
#NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt Been too busy to find a good Recommend this week, so please yourselves. My nails this week are very simple: A coral base color with a shimmer top coat on the first finger and a stamp in burgundy…
August 2, 2025
Caturday: Adi Gets Got
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #calico #calicocats #scottishfold #scottishfoldlovers #Adi #AdiLadyFluffington #FrauleinProfessorOverknocker Hewwo. Um, I’m Adi, okay? It’s a little cooler now, an EverMom is leaving de catio window open again. But she got tired of telling me not to sit inna chair under de window…
July 31, 2025
Thursday Doors: Sara In Segovia
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt These are the last of the pictures Sara has sent me from her trip to Spain. Next week, we’ll either be back to my wonky shots or she’ll take pity on you and find more from her archives. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME…
July 29, 2025
Food Tuesday: Bacon Jam
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt @learningtosmoke I got ambitious on Thursday and made bacon jam. I saw it on an Instagram video for jalapeno smashburgers by Dead Greg’s Recipes, which is also on YouTube, and searched for other recipes with which to compare it. The one I basically…
July 28, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Drama and Subtlety
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I was watching Grey’s Anatomy but I stopped because, IMHO, it jumped All The Sharks in Season 4. I’ve switched to ER, because 1) I like doctor shows and 2) it started airing in 1994. Since it’s…
