Terra Thomas

bopping along to this most apt talking heads song, playing around with these absolutely incredible flowers from the sweetest farmer friend @bad_dog_farms , pursuing my daily efforts not to spiral as i think about *everything* lately i’ve been chewing on rage, grief, pain, anguish, despair, doubt, and despondency… and wondering if, how, and where things like hope and transformation live when shit is so dark. how every moment of happiness and joy is lined with the undertones of dissonance - complicated feelings of guilt, gratitude, desire, disappointment, fear, freedom, and attachment. looking to much smarter people than myself (like Audre Lorde, Rebecca Solnit, Miriame Kaba - a few particularly brilliant on these subjects) trying to digest their insights on how to proceed. trying to understand that despair is not actually the antithesis of hope, that both can and do coexist. on hope as an act of defiance, as a practice and a discipline. the uses of anger, the importance of pleasure. so here we go, chugging along, creating, crying, disassociating, fighting, giving, taking, finding and sharing little bits of good stuff whenever we can. but also not ignoring all the rest of it, the destruction, the suffering, the heartbreak that is so real. still trying to figure out where all of it leads us that was an embarrassingly long, rambling caption. my apologies. as always, free palestine fuck ice be gay, do crime

the sweetest week celebrating the sweetest couple. such an honor to flower for you @____rachelanne & @saignee so grateful to get to work with so many flowers from local farms @bad_dog_farms @rbow_flowers @figandoaklouisiana makes it all the more special major thank yous to friends for helping me pull it off @_alisonnp @thishumbleabode @crybabyfloral 💖

some highlights from a very short but oh so sweet trip to california featuring: the best produce from @sigonasfarmersmarket , the bay, mom dancing in my salad hoodie (thank’s @mollydiana1 !), a stop in pescadero for the best bread in the world, waves, collecting stones with @lenz7023 , @elizasarts incredible art show at @rubysclaystudio (go check it out!), my favorite innkeepers @sarah.gehweiler and @eduardimusprime + their son Broc (Broccolini), @lauradison professional painting attire, flowers flowers flowers with @thishumbleabode , pacific coast sunset, and a foggy bart ride on the way out thanks for having me 🖤 i’ll be back again soon ily

a florist’s unhinged search for that good light which feels increasingly difficult as of late, regardless of the sun but still, it’s important to try, i think 🌾100% locally grown blooms from @bad_dog_farms here in louisiana🌾 [ID: video clips of a flower arrangement in different locations edited together. the arrangement is set against various white wall backgrounds with differing amounts of sun exposure and is sitting atop a stainless steel table. the arrangement is composed of foxgloves, statice, snap dragons, pieris, and oats, and is in a vintage dark green glass footed vase. a curious black and white cat enters the frame in two of the clips]

back on my baking bs. lemony summer fruit tart [ID: A bird’s eye view of a light yellow lemon tart with dark red and purple fruit swirled, in a light pink glass pie dish, on a white countertop. the tart is sitting on a blue dish towel with a pattern of flowers and oranges. a whole, unpeeled orange sits next to the tart. sunlight from the right hand side casts shadows on the left.]

This time last year. ID: A mostly white flower arrangement in a white vase sits on a wood table in a darkened room. The arrangement is made with sweet pea, ranunculus, larkspur, and tulips that have been reflexed, a lichen covered branch extends upward. There is the faintest light cast on the wall behind the arrangement coming from from an adjacent window. The overall feel is dark, moody, winter.

One more from this year. A little morning light and some packing material. In Santa Fe with @thishumbleabode ID: a floral arrangement made of mostly white and neutral color flowers including roses, lisianthus, centaurea, and ranunculus, sitting on the ground sounded by darkness. The arrangement is backlit by a sliver of light from a door. Silver packing material is barely visible in the background.

From a few weeks back. For @thishumbleabode 2nd post this year, I’m on a roll 🥁 [ID: A closeup of a floral arrangement of various red dahlia varieties, butterfly ranunculus, and plum foliage, sitting on a table against a white backdrop]

WIP

Come hangout with me over at @eatemandweepbakeclub . We have sweets for the end of the world. Cry your eyes out and stuff your face. For FREE.99 Yep. (See story for deets)

Thank you Malaysia 🧚🏻

I guess I’ve only posted 3 pictures so far this year. Here is a 4th. From back in May. At this rate I’ll have last week’s stuff posted sometime in 2032.