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bits of motherhood & nature

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Introducing him to the world is my favourite thing ever

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May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no holding back,
the way it is with children. - Rainer Maria Rilke

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your future self is looking at you through your memories and telling you to relax

[gal౨ৎ @prtygal777]

4 years old beekeeper distracted by a roly poly

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A Wind Phone was set up near us, it is a global project of disconnected phones for people to talk to loved ones who have passed while surrounded by nature. Grief truly connects us in the human experience and is always looking for somewhere to go (https://t.co/kVAOY794Jq)

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Mulberries in our garden have ripened and the farm we have a membership to are doing their strawberry harvest and picking. This week is a jam jamboree fr 🍓🥧

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I’m planning a road trip and remembered a neat field guide I came across a few years ago, for window watchers like myself: Roadside Wildflowers At Full Speed. (https://t.co/hlSTGvTD0F)

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Baby has started to give kisses on the cheek but a 50/50 chance he takes a little nibble at the end. We’re calling it a “keeth”

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Milkweed is heaven for monarch butterflies. If you see her, leave her be

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Flower petal nail colours are the next big thing (to me)

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Life is so beautiful, I planted this apple tree with my late grandfather when I was in high school. Now my baby gets to enjoy it’s shade and fruit

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My mom made the sweetest things for my baby in between times she wasn’t staying with us postpartum to help me. I cherish her gifts, talents, and her example of motherhood as a working mom of 3

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My mom likes to make us beautiful macrame gifts, in addition to working as a scientist. An inspiration and an icon

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Summer horror story: We three played outside carefree, inside we counted four, not a ghost but a tick trying to find a host.

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Big Lawn doesn’t want you to know “weeds” are a made up concept, unless it’s invasive or harming the ecosystem let the clover, milkweed, purslane, native grasses thrive as they are meant to do.

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I recall deciding to pack away a lot of my books so there would be more space for baby things before he arrived. I’d tell my past self, you don’t need to do that, in fact you’ll be fishing through boxes to make space for yourself. Your life doesn’t get packed away, it expands

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

Pooh could get his chin on the bottom rail if he wanted to, but it was more fun to lie down and get his head under it, and watch the river slipping away beneath him… and it slipped away very slowly, being in no hurry to get there. ~A.A.Milne

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Chive flowers, dill, thyme, oregano, lavender, marigold. Ready to infuse, eat, sprinkle on whatever I want 🙂‍↕️

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A little family garden harvest and catch up with my sister while baby explores lavender. Perfect summer evening. Mulberries will start to ripen by next week.

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reminder to sync up with nature’s QR codes regularly

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these are nature’s QR code to access peace, belonging, and rest btw

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@cardamomkiss So precious! Imagine a little leaf satchel for them to collect morning dew drops