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Made some lily pad coasters—very happy with how they turned out even though my embroidery skills are sketchy.

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#garden #myspace

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#hummingbird #garden

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#artsandcrafts

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✨🌿 Welcome, Kindred Spirits 🌿✨

Hola! I’m just a wandering soul rooted in both soil and story, a Mexican-American woman with her hands in the earth, her nose in a book, and her heart somewhere between hummingbird wings and whispered prayers.

This little corner of Tumblr is where I’ll be sharing pieces of my quiet magic —

🌱 garden daydreams and green-thumbed experiments

📚 book thoughts and the occasional story I might tell under moonlight

🕊️ hummingbirds who visit my backyard like tiny messengers from another world

🌾 college adventures in plant science and agronomy (yes, even the dirt-under-the-nails kind)

🎨 maybe some art, maybe some wondering, maybe just breathing in the moment

🌙 spiritual musings and mindful practices rooted in ancient earth and stardust

🌞I grew up beneath the golden Central Valley sun, where the scent of pan dulce mingles with orange blossoms and the breeze carries the soft hush of orchard trees. My heritage whispers to me in Nahuatl echoes and grandmother remedies and I carry that warmth and wildness with me here.

No big reveals. No family snapshots. Just a quiet little sanctuary of my own thoughts, growth, and curiosity. If you're into slow mornings, blooming things, and stories with roots and wings, you’re in the right place.

🌼✨ Let's grow something beautiful together.🫶🏽

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“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Grow Your Garden Instagram page

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Annie Choi, Studio Ghibli

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Source: Pinterest

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Some observations on book covers

Edit because apparently this needs to be said: the point of a book cover is to tell you what you're about to read and whether or not you want to read it. Following trends in cover design doesn't mean the book is bad or had a bad cover designer. It's visual communication. I've read and enjoyed about half the books featured here.

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How Influencers are Killing a Sacred Tradition

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— Leo Tolstoy

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16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere

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Our Critic’s Take on the 100 List: Books That ‘Cast a Sustained Spell’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/books/review/critic-intro-best-books-century.html

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Best 2024 Game | If you have an Android phone, this city-builder is a must-play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innogames.elvenar&hl=en_US