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George 🍦

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Retired from HealthcareIT

hiking, gardening, cycling, nature studies, birding but #notabirder; aka Emperor of Ice Cream

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Location: Greater Boston, MA, US
Gardening zone 6b

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Not sure what I enjoyed the most this morning: a) planting the garlics; b) harvesting a small amount of lettuces, arugulas, brussels sprouts, kale; or c) cycling to/from the garden. #gardening #gyo #GrowFoodFromSeed #garlic #cycling #CycleEverwhere #CycleForErrands

A row of garlic bulbs laying on top of the dirt ready for planting. There is a kneeling pad on the side of the row, and a small plot of arugula at the end of the row.

A small harvest of lettuces, arugulas, brussels sprouts, kale on red checked cloths.

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Gabriela Díaz performing this morning in what, to me, seems to be the most stunningly beautiful courtyard in America: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. #ISGM #courtyard #CourtyardGarden

An Italianate courtyard decorated with evergreens, multiple flowering bulbs, and a violinist playing from the middle of the courtyard.

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During the 2am hour, Eastern Time, 17 Jan, we doubled the number of grandkids, going from 2 to 4! #grandkids #GrandKidsArePrecious #IcingOnTheCake

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#JohnnysSeeds arrived! Now, it is time to resort all of the seed packets, new and old, from alphabetical into planting order as the time is near for some to be started. #gardening #gyo #GrowYourOwn #GrowFoodFromSeed

A cardboard box full of new seed packets from Johnny's sits on an old oak table.

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Holding and feeding one of the newborns today. #SpecialMoments #grandkids #GrandKidsArePrecious #IcingOnTheCake

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Good Morning from the #allotment. #BloomScrolling #echinacea #GoodMorning

Two bright pink echinacea flowers with darker pink and gold centers. The flowers are vertically aligned. There is a metalic green sweat bee on the top flower, and that green matches a green spot at the center of the flower.

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#gardening report: good news, bad news. I harvested a beautiful basket of tomatoes, and also carrots, collards, kale, green beans, onions, calendula, sunflowers, ageratum, zinnias, and a few potatoes. HOWEVER, the enemy that's been eating tomatoes, carrot tops, zucchini tops, arugula, and peppers has shown itself to be a groundhog. And, it will have the run of the place for awhile, but before the end of the month, the george haveAheart relocation service will once again go into action. #gyo #GrowFoodFromSeeds #share #criters #groundhog

A multisection basket with tomatoes of all shapes and sizes, from little orange, to large red and large purplish.

A large tomato on the vine inside a tomato cages. The tomato has been eaten in half and we see inside the remains.

Lots of loose dirt in front of a tunnel entrance made by a groundhog.

A groundhog tunnel entrance blocked by an old pitchfork stuck into the ground by Mr McGregor.

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Good Morning from the #allotment. #BloomScrolling #sunflower #GoodMorning

A tall velvet queen sunflower against a background of forest and blue sky. The sunflower has one large purple flower open towards us with several others dlfacing in different directions. The leaves look extraordinarily large in this view.

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Good Morning!
#BloomScrolling at the #allotment #echinacea #GoodMorning

Echinacea and metalic green sweat bee. The cone flower has pink petals with a dark greenish/yellowish center and green spot in the very center. At 9 o'clock on the outside of the cone is a truly metalic green sweat bee, head pointing down.

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Good morning!

Hope these calendula bring you peace and joy, and I'll be back on Monday with another flowery good morning wish. #BloomScrolling #flowers #calendula #GoodMorning

Looking down onto a bouquet of orange calendula flowers, with well defined central disks surrounded by a complete circle of petals.

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Wow, the local red-tailed hawk has been so Vocal the past 2 days. And, while cycling this afternoon, there were no fewer than a dozen hawks circling and calling. Moving prep??? #Hawks #birds #NotABirder

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This Friday's art appreciation moment is Blue, 2025 by Kathryn Steams as seen at Berta Walker Gallery in Ptown back in April. #art #artist #painting #OilPainting #PTown #BertaWalker #FridayArtAppreciationMoment

An abstract painting that might be water and sky, mostly in various shades and gradients of blue, with a red orange horizontal shape like a sunset at the edge of the water, reflecting sideways across a part of the painting.

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Everyone, say Yaya!
#gardening #carrots #YaYa #gyo #GrowFoodFromSeeds

A group of orange carrots held by a hand from someone wearing a blue long sleeve with a thumb hole. Green grass background.

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Good Morning!

Dahlia started to bloom at the crops garden. #gardening #dahlia #GoodMorning

A deep red dahlia, with a peek of yellow in the unopened center, against a background of green.

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I learned something important on my recent trip:

you can walk thru a very busy airport blowing bubbles in a large cup with a straw and making singing noises, and no one will blink an eye,

but Do Not do this on the airplane or every kid with 15 rows in front and behind will rise above the seatbacks trying to echolocate the person having fun.
#airports #airplanes #BlowingBubbles