Marina 🌎📖📚

@walkingoutside.bsky.social

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Books, animals, nature, art, diversity, cultures, humor, music. I work in school-based mental health/Special Education. I sometimes post pics of my Corgi. 49ers fan and transplant from SF to the PNW. Please do not send dating profiles etc. 🦨🚫 DMs

Tri- colored Corgi at the beach h
A Corgi ripping up a cardboard box for his birthday
A brown black and white corgi smiles at the camera to celebrate his 10th birthday 🎂 🥳
Jesse the floofy latte colored Burmese Mountin/ Corgi mix and her ball tucked safely into the green bushes.
Daffodils in various shades of pink, cream, yellow and orange bursting in bloom at the flower market
An opening in a moss and lichen covered tree in the forest. A portal to another world perhaps?
Cozy socks, stickers, bookmark, highlighter, pens and a beautifully wrapped book from wonderful DogEaredBookCompany order.
My Corgi and my ginger cat sl spooning in a pet bed
A Corgi wrapped in a soft, bright yellow blanket
One MonkFish at Pike Place Market fish market with a sign that reads 'Hello I'm A Monkfish'. It is sitting over the edge of the iced fish display area with a wide mouth and a golden color
'Nobody's free until everybody's free' a quote by Fannie Lou Hamer with beautiful art by Petra Braun birds flying upwards in purple, blue, yellow and orange colors
A Corgi sleeping upside down on his bed of blankets
Various books from my year in reading. Favorites on this list are Buffalo Hunter, The Message, Our Share of Night
Smores the Corgi holds onto his new Chrismas Santa Pickle toy
Tri-Colored Corgi with his stubby paw on his favorite large, green, stuffed pickle toy we replace every year
Apples and blossoms on a tree with the blue sky in the background
A gray fluffy cat and a tri- colored Corgi dog by the sliding glass door. The Corgi is a little too close with his snout behind the cat's left ear.
Elita by Kirsten Sundburg Lunstrum cover depicts Ash colored tree trunks against darker forest behind them
October reads Exposire b6 Ramona Emerson
A Tabby cat inside a blue glass paned door looking outside where a entry mat of the same cat rests on the ground in front of the door.
Smores on strike to move out of the way
Trail on the water behind a ferry with a blue skyline and mountains behind it
Two street signs pointing in two directions that say Recycle and Tunnel
A giraffe using their long neck to reach some grass to eat outside the enclosure.
An orange nectarine with a bite out of it showing the bright yellow flesh of the fruit.
My tri-colored Corgi propped up sideways against the wall and hallway rug runner. His short back legs touching the wall.
Lakewood by Megan Giddings
Outside evening shadows on mustard bloom off the highway creating a dark green color on the bright yellow bloom
A narrow path through a dry grassy hillside. Tall trees surround it between which you can see the blue sky.
A tri-colored Corgi upside down with his feet pushing against the wall
A orange tabby cat on his back in the dirt with a smile on his face in a yard
Belly rubs for a willing Corgi. My corgi on his back with paws relaxed as I pet his white undercoat.
P Djeli Clark's Ring Shout
Bottles of Gin and other spirts above serving glasses at a bar bathed in amber light
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark audio version
A textured ceiling lit with a turquoise light against a lit up theatre stage with redish lights.
The Audobook Ring Shout by By P.Djeli Clark. A Trangle shaped white hood is over red mouths for eyes with a pair of black hands in front of it. All against a blood red background
Corgi asleep in the sun
A slice of Red Velvet Cake with sprinkles on top in perfect vertical lines.
A tri- colored corgi asleep on the deck with just his back feet resting on a brown, soft blanket and his butt facing the camera.
A crocodile smiling with glasses painted onto a fence next to a sidewalk in a New Orleans neighborhood
Colorful rainbow colored cover of a mask of Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka 's novel The Seven Moons of Maali .
Huge redwood burl that sits at the entrance to a restaurant. It is brown and redish with twisty shapes and pockets of holes. It stands around 10 feet tall and is almost as wide.
A black woman stands in front of a golden prairie dressed in a white shirt and skirt of the era. An ominous black, wispy entity looms above her. The cover of Victor Lavalle's novel Lone Woman.
Two large yellow and black butterflies dancing together in a back yard filled with green grass, flowers and plants. It was like a dream
A cozy corgi wrapped up in a gauze cinnamon colored curtain as he rests on his orange blanket on the couch.
Blooming Wisteria hanging over a deck. Purple flowers and bright green leaves.
Throwing a ball at sunset for the corgi. Low tide and a relection of the sunset on the wet beach sand. Silhouette of a man and the outline of the corgi dog.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephan Graham Jones. Book cover of the side view of a Buffalo's head with snow on his snout, blue eyes and molting horns. The title in red lettering sits across the face of the Buffalo against a beige background.
A orange tabby cat flops in front of a tri-colored corgi dog showing his tummy in an arch shaped way
Pelicans fly in the sky in a v formation traveling to another location.
An Orange Tabby Cat with his eyes closed enjoying sitting on a lap in the sunshine
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa Multi-colored cover with a white rabbit in the middle.
Orange tabby cat relaxing under the wisteria. Shadows of the fence and vines shade the brown deck.
Buds of wisteria against a fence. A welcome sign of Spring.
Our Share Of Night b Mariana Enriquez.Cover is of a red hand with sharp yellow nails aflame against a blue backdrop. Currently reading
Orange tabby cat and Tri-Colored corgi dog enjoy time outside on the deck. Both standing near one-another with their heads pointed towards each other in front of blooming trees and homes.
This Tender Land by William Krueger. Book cover is of a setting sun by a lake with a young boy sitting at the end of a dock. The sunset is reflected on the lake in a lovely orange color
Our corgi Smores tucked in with a yellow blanket around his body as he lies on his dog bed. Night night 🌙
An orange tabby cat sitting atop a blue chair looking down on a tri-colored Corgi who is waiting to block the cat from jumping down. It is a standoff