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Lori Humphreys Stewart

@fernandannie

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…you’ll find soil ‘neath my fingernails, seedlings in my soul & stars in my eyes.
land stewardship, historic preservation, tree tending are my jam 🌳🦦

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How Many Birds Can You Count? . . . .♥️ Today is the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Please join us… and help protect our birds. It only takes 15 minutes; you can participate for only one day or all four (February 13 - 16, 2026) See birdcount.org for more information — it’s really simple and fun. “Count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org. Anyone can take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, or anywhere in the world.

Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Birds Canada learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment we share.” (Thank you to Alisa Williams for sharing the beauty and magic of Amanda and the Owls 🦉) by @fernandannie

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Nesting Instincts . . . ♥️ How Many Birds Can You Count? Please join the Great Backyard Bird Count on February 13 - 16, 2026 — see Birdcount.org for more information. [The Songbird by Alisa Smith Williams. Thank you, Alisa for sharing the beauty and magic of nature.] by @fernandannie

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The Blessings of Renewal and Light . . . . 💛 Wishing you warm blessings on this St Brigid’s Day. “May Brigid bless the house wherein you dwell, Bless every fireside, every wall and door, Bless every heart that beats beneath its roof”. ~ St Bride (St Brigid) by John Duncan by @fernandannie

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A blessing to the wisdom of trees . . . 💛

And when I rise, let me rise,
Like a bird, joyfully
And when I fall, let me fall,
Like a leaf, gracefully
When I stand, let me stand,
Like a tree, strong and tall,
And when I lie, let me lie,
Like a lake, reflecting all.
When I resist, I will resist,
Like the sea, relentlessly.
And when I speak, I will speak,
Like the wind, loud and free.
~ Wendell Berry by @fernandannie

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“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return” . . . ♥️
~ Eden Ahbez

May today, and every day, be touched by love and sweetness xo by @fernandannie

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To Love that Well Which Thou Must Leave . . . 💛
“That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire,
Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.
This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.”
~ Sonnet 73, William Shakespeare by @fernandannie

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May the mystery and magic of the season tickle you with delight, and tiptoe through your days . . . 🤍 by @fernandannie

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Sweet morning grace . . .🩵
“Here, on the pulse of this new day
May you have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister’s eyes, and into
Your brother’s face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope—
Good morning.“
~ Maya Angelou taken in A Room With A View by @fernandannie

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For the love of berries . . . ♥️
my garden is a tangle of wild brambles. one for me and two for the red bird; one for me and three for the wren; one for me and four for the catbird. Then we start all over again.

“Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten’s feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one’s hand.”
~ Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1924) taken in Home Sweet Home by @fernandannie

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Zen and the art of pea shelling . . . 💚
and the pea-eyed cat with no patience for peas (or “will you pet me NOW, please?”)

Five little peas in a pea pod pressed, One grew, two grew and so did all the rest, They grew, and they grew, and they did not stop, They grew so big that the pea pod popped!
~ old nursery rhyme 🫛 taken in Home Sweet Home by @fernandannie

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Listening to happy talk from my Pansy pals . . . 💜 by @fernandannie

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Spring . . . ♥️
I want to twirl to the dance of Spring . . . in a sun-tipped scarlet tutu.
~ me taken in Home Sweet Home by @fernandannie

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