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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 20, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 18, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 17, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 16, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day -The Blue Bird (1908)

Posted on November 15, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

There were five; two took off when I picked up the phone. I didn’t dare waste time zooming in. I just wanted proof. They. Do. Exist. Bluebirds in my yard.

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 14, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 13, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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The Wait is Over – I am at a Happy Place

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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My husband passed his stress test and got the cardio clearance for his DOT card, the permission to drive commercial trucks, which he sometimes needs to do when a driver calls off in the morning.

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 12, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 11, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 10, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 9, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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What a Heartbreak To Read From A Writer

Posted on November 8, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
Pulling back to move forward

Scott’s post touched my heart, and it also gave me a heavy dose of keep it real. I fell in love with writing while blogging. Now it’s no longer a love affair, but a real hobby, something I do for my entertainment.

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 8, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 7, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 6, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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How Much and What Exactly For?

Posted on November 5, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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My favorite scene in the movie “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” Judi Dench sits on the roof of a building in Mumbai, she talks to her business partner about her private life and concerns.

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Flashbacks and Déjà vu

Posted on November 5, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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I have left the stage of nervousness behind a long time ago. I am now a calm mess. No fidgeting, just a quiet stage of waiting to hear the verdict. It’s going to be good because the bad already happened. It can’t happen again.

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 5, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 4, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 3, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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From Now On I will Honor Each Book

Posted on November 2, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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I was an ungrateful reader at times, a moody one as well. I opened each book with the highest expectation and closed many not even halfway in. I had this rule, made up by me, to save myself from wasting time, like I would never waste time doing silly things—ever.

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 2, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 1, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 31, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 30, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 28, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 27, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 26, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 25, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 24, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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The Paradox of AI

Posted on October 24, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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In a world of endless pain,
Where conflict rages on and on,
There is a hope, a saving grace,
In the form of machines, AI-grown.

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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 23, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 22, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 21, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 20, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 19, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Yesterday, I saw a rat

Posted on October 18, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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Hope is not the thing with feathers
That comes home to roost
When you need it most.

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Photo of The Day

Posted on October 18, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the DaY

Posted on October 17, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 16, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 15, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 14, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Unapolgotic Myself

Posted on October 13, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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That’s the only principle I live by, to be unapologetic myself. To be me and to allow myself to be me, even if it makes me feel uncomfortable at times.

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Photo of the Day

Posted on October 13, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug
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Photo of the Day (and its story)

Posted on October 12, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

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I didn’t know we had a sanctuary for birds of prey so close by, but learned about it when my friend Angie became a volunteer.

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An Open Poem To Closed Hearts

Posted on October 12, 2025 by nonsmokingladybug

when you hate
someone else
because they are
different than you
you are unknowingly hating on
the very Architect of Creation itself

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