GM Nostr! Yin yang eggs, totally unintentional. 🍳 A reminder to find balance in our lives. As my junior high principal said every morning, "Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours." Go get 'em, nostriches! 😁 #grownostr #powerofpositivity

Snack with wine berries foraged from a local park. Yum! Sweet summer. #grownostr #foraging

GM Nostr! I hope your days is as cheerful as this sunflower! 😊 And what a cute little red and green bug! (Hoping it's not harmful...) #grownostr #plantstr

Purple hyssop in bloom! What can I do with this besides please pollinators? (fennel in background) #grownostr

GM Nostr! Back from an 8M run (w/ some walking...) in killer humidity this a.m. At least we've finally been getting some rain. So many maters and peppers are going to be ripening soon! May your Sunday be everything you want it to be! 😊 #runstr #grownostr

They're multiplying.... 😁 I love how they appear out of seemingly nowhere after rain. #grownostr #mushrooms #fungi

Can you tell it finally rained?? 😂 #grownostr

Lovely common milkweed blooming at our neighbor's house. Bring on the butterflies! #grownostr

Camping weekend with sis and niece was a huge success! Weather was much better than expected. We hiked, swam, sat at the campfire, and toddled around a lot. Nothing like a 1-year-old to get you out and about early!! So thankful and already excited to do it again. #grateful #grownostr

It's arrived! Camping weekend with sis and one-year-old niece starts tomorrow! 😃 And the forecast is off and on storms all weekend...wish us luck! 🏕 #grownostr

Another Great Blue Heron at the lake...headed home now. Blessed with a gorgeous week of weather and quality family time. ❤ #grownostr #birdstr #grateful (ignore prev post w/o pic, doh...deletion request in)

Can you see the Great Blue Heron on the post in the middle of the frame on this misty morning at the lake? What a way to start a day of vacation. #morninglight #grownostr #birdstr

Headed to family camp this week...a treasured 60+ year tradition in my extended family. 🥰 Imagine typical summer camp activities (archery, arts and crafts, swimming, boating, horseback riding, ropes course, etc. etc.) except with your family. Or if you just want to hang out on the cabin porch, go for it. So thankful to have dedicated family time that's more than a hectic one-day holiday to relax and really spend time together. Brilliant idea to start it in the '60s, Grandma. 😊 This year we have 20+ people!

From my garden today...foxglove beardtongue and two varieties of bee balm. 😊 #plantstr #grownostr Plus a bonus garden ornament.

What is this animal?? Pheasant variety? Weird chicken? Alien? It was wandering around and very tame near a stream in a rural area. Escaped domestic or wild? Just...no idea. 🤷‍♀️ #grownostr #birdID #birdstr

Spent a life-affirming weekend leading a relay team in covering 200 miles on foot in a unique event where the goal is for every team to finish at the same prescribed time on day 2, starting whenever you need to after midnight on day 1. 🏃‍♀️ Very little sleep, but an overflowing wealth of teamwork, friendship, scenery, physical and mental challenge, and just pure joy. So grateful. 😊 And exhausted. 😴 #grownostr #runstr

I just made a camping reservation for a weekend with my sister and my adorable 1-year-old niece. This will be her first tent (or any) camping trip. Wish us luck! Sister wants this to become an annual tradition. I am touched and so looking forward to it!! #grownostr #milestones #familytraditions

So I think this is a strong contender for worst bird photo ever, but I had to provide an attempt at #proofofbaldeagles from our local hike today! (It's the two blobs on the upper right of the tower.) Never seen them so close to home. We are lucky to have several state park areas and a medium-sized river not too far away, but this was in a relatively small parcel of forest in the middle of the burbs. So cool. Maybe they have a nest nearby! #grownostr #birdstr