Niki Nightshade

So much awesome, so little time.

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Sun tea brewing in the windowsill. I must've sat there for ten minutes watching the tea start oozing through the cheesecloth in long, wispy strands and droplets into the pitcher. The whole time I imagined a jellyfish swaying with the rhythm of he current. Magic, kids. That's life simple pleasures in action! #tea #brewing #domesticanarchy Shoutout to @wisdomnectartea for the wonderful afternoon sipping my favorite flower power tea.

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Small but delicious harvest from our #victorygarden. #domesticanarchy #growfoodnotlawns

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They are with me always. #Ohana #office

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Blood red cherry tomatoes from the garden. There were five of them but for "quality control" purposes, I "tested" them. #growfoodnotlawns #domesticanarchy #victorygarden

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@jilmarie_gee @thatlilmama @niki_nightshade back in the late 80's. I couldn't wait for #tbt this picture was too good. #sisters @badbartgrrrr well aren't you a lucky duck having three rad sisters!? #brother #siblings

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Cheeseburger zucchini bread..because I took out a pizza dough yesterday fully intending to use and and now I HAD to use it before it spoiled. I threw together readily available stuff from my garden, pantry and fridge and BOOM. I'm salivating just thinking about what this is going to taste like. #growfoodnotlawns #homemade #breadporn

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I grew this from a tiny seed! Thanks for the amazing seeds, @sarahjospell! #growfoodnotlawns #urbanfarmer #victorygarden

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Box of awesome. These babies are a piece of history, the earliest model I've discovered so far is from the 1950's. They will be up for grabs on eBay really soon. (Is it terrible that I wanna keep most of these for myself?) #transistor #radio #solidstate #am #fm

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Sphinx is always on Bee Guard duty. At night, she sleeps at my feet, staring directly into David's crib. Little man is fascinated by her, I'm grateful for her loyalty and love. #blackcat #catsofinstagram #babybee

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Raw, real, no filter. True Life: I'm the mother of a teething infant. My mother told me I look "spent". 🙃😒😩😲😴💤 I'm reminded of a Darius Rucker song as this all plays out before my eyes. "You're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back, you're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast..." Oh Darius, I'm going to have to agree to disagree on this one week in our history together as Mama 🐝 and 👶🏻🐝#babybee. #motherhood #reallife #babiesdontkeep

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What I imagine David & Greg will do when Niko & Bri start driving. 😂🚙💨 #no #overprotective #bubblesuits

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The poor teething boy, he's fought sleep for days and is thoroughly exhausted. I resorted to rocking him on my pillow so when it came time to put him in the crib, the feeling of me pulling my arm out from under him wouldn't startle him awake. He stayed asleep for about half his average nap time, but I'll take it. He's in pain and a total grumpus. I feel ya little buddy, Mommy's got ice cubes, Tylenol, teething biscuits and cool baths lined up as many and as much as you need them. #teething #infant #babybee #exhausted

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First tooth popped through overnight! My little overachiever has another up top about a day away from popping through also. But OMG 1st Tooth!! #babybee #firsttooth #sharkbaby

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TFW you have that forever kind of love. #undead #eternallove #july #anniversary

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I put my shake in my iced macchiato cup. #protein #almondmilk #orangejulius #byebyethighs

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Twins, Bazzle..Twins! 👶🏻👨🏻 Daddy and Jr have the same hairstyle (aka the Johnny Bravo, the Jimmy Neutron and the Superman Flip) 🏃🏽💪🏻🖖🏼😹#hair #likefatherlikeson #twins #seeingdouble

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I'm back at it, the never ending battle to love the skin I'm in. My drink looks pretty ugly, but I assure you it tastes pretty good. Otherwise, why the hell would I be drinking it?! #greens #protein #almondmilk btw- does anyone else wonder how you milk and almond? Hehe I can only picture Gaylord Focker milking tiny almond nipples while pondering that.