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Trumpet flower!!!!!

Flower without bee and ant in it

Flower with bee and ant in it

Red flower

White flowers

Sleeping cat...

Acrobatic cat!

Cat looking pensively at the lamp...

Cat on scratching board

Sunrise

Cat! So cute!

More Great Falls.

More overlook at Great Falls...

Different side of Great Falls -- also on a day with particularly high water levels.

The overlook at Great Falls -- this was on a day with particularly high water levels.

Mini waterfall at Great Falls -- repeat photo

Bridge leading to the overlook

Sun through the trees -- Great Falls

Bench at Brookside Gardens

Big pink flower

Hot pink flower

Braised pork

Little plant sticking out of a tree

The day I got my cat! It was real quiet on the way home... Must've been terrified.

Sunrise on my way to work

Some stuff I made for dinner -- crispy pork belly and stir fried pork with dried tofu

Pink tulip (what is a tulip? Is this a tulip? maybe a rose? I dunno)

Blue flowers

Cat

Big ol' red flower -- stands out and really makes a statement.

Big yellow puffball. Also liked the softness (simlar to the pink rose nearby), edited slightly to accentuate the water droplets a tiny bit.

Pink rose, was going to edit it but then decided I liked it how it was. Probably cause of the the softness.

Sunset on a building.

Sunrise

I went with my mom to go look for a sunflower field. When we got there, there were no sunflowers -- just a nice field.

Set of books I bought -- two for birdwatching, one that I read for a class and really related to.

Really pretty pink flowers -- apparently they're hydrangeas. Really love how the colors pop, especially after a bit of editing.

Hairy woodpecker. These guys look a lot like downy woodpeckers, but there's a few ways you can tell them apart. First, hairy woodpeckers have longer beaks! Around the size of their heads, I think? They also don't have black spots on their tail feathers at the edges.

Green Heron -- adult one, saw a juvenile one the other day

Pretty flower!

Sunset at Dulles airport

Squirrel eating out of my birdfeeder

Necklace I use as a bracelet that I bought from Harper's Ferry

A blue cornflower (maybe)

Turtle on a log.

I think it's some kind of gayfeather that's dying out? Not sure, but I thought it looked interesting.

Blue balloon flowers, I really like how I framed this image (although I may have messed up the editing).

Apparently these are called Culver's root. I liked how it stood against the background, like three strong pillars in a field.

First dinner I cooked during my first week of work!

Squirrel munching on some takis someone dropped.

Great blue heron -- super cool. Got to watch it fish.

Overlook along the George Washington Memorial Parkway -- drove there for a sunset a while back.

Maybe possibly my dream home? Love how "rustic" it is, if that's the right term, and how it's kind of tucked away. It's on sale, but probably uber-expensive.

Pagoda at Brookside Gardens

Lilac Dahlias! (I think? Dunno in terms of color or flower, I used an image search XD).

Pair of pink Dahlias, hiding out in a bush

Orange/yellow flower! Like the sun flaring out B) But not really? Who knows

Pretty flower, kind of reminds me of a sunflower but pink -- I also like the pastel colors (if it counts as pastel?).

A Cooper's Hawk! Taken through my binoculars haha. Also didn't know what it was, so I asked the birding discord to id it, and they said it was a Cooper's Hawk! So exciting!

My first time making quesadillas! Surprisingly easy after you have everything prepped.

二二八和平紀念公園 (228 Peace Memorial Park)! I spent a lot of time here when I was in Taiwan, made me feel calm and comfortable.

Pretty butterfly I saw in Beitou District of Taiwan.

Water buffalo (I think) on 阳明山 (yangmingshan). Loved how comfortable they look bathing in the water.

A sewing repair I did on my pants! I was experimenting with different combinations of over/under, seems like over tends to be a bit cleaner, no extra fluff poking out...

Super pretty pink flowers -- I really like how the pink flares outwards, like a star.

Picture of Northwestern University Campus, as seen through binoculars from the John Hancock Tower!

First harvested tomatoes from my mom's tomato plant!

Hallway between concourses B and C at O'hare airport! I like the bubbles hanging in the air.

Picture of the Chicago water tower! It's a lot older than the rest of the buildings around it because it survived a fire that took down a bunch of Chicago.

More pretty purple flowers.

Pretty pink flower! I liked the star shape and how the water droplets accentuate it.

Another set of pretty purple flowers.

Pretty purple/pink flowers! Colorblind so not sure which color it is...

Some kind of plaza area in Taipei, next to a coffee shop called Mountain Kids. I was feeling very overwhelmed and tired, but resting here made me feel a lot better.