Laurie Agard

Laurie Agard

@laurieagard.com

Author, filmmaker, American Aussie married to extraordinary doctor. Proud mom, sister, aunt, daughter. PhD, traveler, volunteer, reader, mosaicist, minpins & cockatiel, ally, x-college athlete who loves sports 🏀 💙 🐾 🌈📕 🧳 🎥

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#BlueBrewBooks #Booksky I’m reading “Land” by Maggie O’Farrell a historical novel set in the ancient woodlands & windswept coast of Ireland. An ode to the sanctity of natural places set in a country ravaged & emptied by the Great Hunger. It’s about separation & reunion, colonization & rebellion. 👍👍🇮🇪

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#BlueBrewBooks This last week, I finished “The Mountain Shadow” by Gregory David Roberts (900-page follow-up to “Shantram”) and began “A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers (first recommended here by Dwight @dwightreads.bsky.social ). (More on books in ALTs)

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#Nature #Photography #Photo #Landscape #Travel Chabahar #Iran Where golden dunes meet turquoise waters, the desert embraces the ocean in a breathtaking dance of contrasts. 🌊🏜️ A lone camel wanders between two worlds. Nature’s most beautiful wonders are often found where opposites meet. 💙

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🎼"Give me love, give me love Give me peace on earth Give me light, give me life Keep me free from birth Give me hope, help me cope With this heavy load" - George Harrison. #ColorADay #GreenSat #ECK #ShowHeart #plants #nature

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Are you ready for #BlueBrewBooks?! Sundays during #BlueBrew Coffee Hours: 6:30-10:30 EST Share a book or a pile with us! •A Favorite Book, •A New Book, •A Recommendation, •What You’re Reading, or •To Be Read (TBR)! Please don’t forget to use the hashtag #BlueBrewBooks in your post! #BookSky

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This man was dead weight, hanging high above the ground after touching a high-voltage line. His coworker climbed up, held him in place, gave him mouth-to-mouth. Randall Champion survived—and lived another 35 years. Rocco Morabito’s photo, “The Kiss of Life,” won the Pulitzer Prize. True heroism.

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Warnemünde / 'Unter der Oberfläche' #FotoVorschlag #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Stunday #ArtChallenges #Fujifilm #x100vi

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Happy Aloha Friday, Happy Saturday & thanks for the continuous warm support here! Wishing all a beautiful and peaceful weekend too! 💃🧉🍹🌺🍹🧉🕺 Mini red orange/ coral hibiscus plant is blooming again in the house. Lots of buds now. #tropicalhibiscus #coralflowers #pottedplant #indoorgardening

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Happy #ForestFriday from Forest Friday A glimpse of Puget Sound through the autumn trees at Tolmie State Park. October weather in the PNW has been beyond spectacular. Including yesterday's hike. We emerged from the trail at dusk. Mere minutes later: Pouring rain. Dark AF. Hello, fall. -Chris ✌️

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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Attributed to Confucius. Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful weekend! #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #FloralFriday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling Community garden. I love how this cosmos glows!

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An attempt at landscape photography during our hike in Japser National Park last month. #Scape #Photography #Mountains #Jasper

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#Haiku #Woodblock #Autumn In the shape of golden small birds Leaves fall from Ginkgo tree On the hill, against the evening sun. - Akiko Yosano (1878–1942) 🎨 Tanaka Ryōhei (1933–2019)

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I've taken a lot of turtle pics while snorkeling - and occasionally I've gotten 4 or more in the same shot... but never with this kind of lighting. Only really possible when the sun is first rising. (Also cool because nobody else is out there). #turtles #honu #photography #marinelife #nokings #maui

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#MorningVibe Paul McCartney wrote Blackbird during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, inspired by Black women fighting for equality. Its signature acoustic tune uses the metaphor of a bird learning to fly in the dark to represent hope, freedom, and resilience. 🕊️

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Some more rainbow magic. Photo taken yesterday in St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. The little blobs are raindrops, it wasn't easy keeping the rain off my lens 😂Despite a coat I was absolutely drenched as the rain and wind were a bit intense.