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Though one of them won't see this for a very long time, I just want to wish a very happy birthday to these two magnificent ladies: ( Cut for images! )

Sixteen more days. Baby, slow down.

Everyone should enjoy this hair, though. Those Winters genes.

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FILTERED TO CATY

I have so many idea for holiday onesies. Do you have time to meet up this week?

Also, if I were considering reaching out to the others to let them know about Cersei... do you think it would be better to wait until after the new year? Or am I just making excuses to delay?

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FILTERED TO GAME OF THRONES DREAMERS

Hi everyone,

If I haven't met you personally before, my name is Avery Perkins. I'm the director of Picasso art gallery and run an Etsy shop with Caty Norfolk.

I'm reaching out to all of you today to let you know that I've been sharing dreams with someone from Westeros as well- Cersei Lannister.

I hid it for a long time for a variety of reasons. The largest and most important reason being that I know just how much Cersei has hurt all of you. I thought that by keeping her from affecting you here, in this life, that I was protecting you from her in my own small way.

I recently came clean with Caty about everything and she encouraged me to reach out to the rest of you to let you know. I took some time to think about it, and realized that she was right. (She usually is.) So this is me letting you all know.

Please understand that I do not agree with any of the horrendous things that Cersei did within her life. If I could take them back or do anything at all to fix them, I would. So I hope you won't hold them against me, but I also understand if you'd rather not interact with me beyond this.

[Stones & Perkins]

Now that Thea and I are more or less completely moved in (minus a few boxes, but we just won't talk about that), what would you all say to celebrating Thanksgiving here?

To be clear, I'd definitely need some help cooking, but we've got a nice new kitchen and I can't imagine that anyone with a kid under 1 wants to be hosting much of anything. (No offense.)

It's Astrid's first Halloween next week, and I couldn't deprive her of trying chocolate. We did a trial run at the house this morning to see how she'd react. I think she might have liked it. Sorry, not sorry for the mom post.

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My stock is currently overflowing right now, so I have a pretty intense sale going on in my Etsy shop and will also have more options than usual down at the farmer's market alongside the Navarro produce. I will still do custom orders, of course, but my existing pieces are very much on sale, if anyone is on the prowl for some jewelry.

JEB

Do you know how to make pineapple upside down cake? With a bundt pan?

Today is the day! The first annual Dunhaven Youth Center 5k Run/Walk begins this morning at 9:30! You still have time to go down and register.

Astrid says she's been training all week, and she's getting pretty good with the proper motivation! Gotta go out there and support Dad!

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P.S. If you didn't know, it's officially Sixlets season. Time to fight the children for candy.

It is my absolute pleasure to announce that the newly minted Dunhaven Zoo & Rehabilitation Center will be reopening on October 3 to kick off our first annual Halloween at the Zoo season. Each weekend, including Thursdays, in October through November 3, we will be hosting a kid- and family-friendly Halloween party with the animals here at our zoo from 5pm-9pm. There will be lots of local vendors stationed throughout the area with treats for everyone and the zoo itself will be transformed into a festive and charmingly spooky park. Meet princesses and other storybook characters, or swap spooky stories with our friendly ghosts. Costumes are encouraged and kids are not required! All kids at heart are welcome. 🎃💀🎉😊

If trick-or-treating isn't your cup of tea, we'd love to see you during regular admission!

Hi, everyone! Another post so soon? Thanks to Naomi's brilliant idea, I'm going to put together a resource accessible to anyone dealing with the Dreams that essentially just lists who is being dreamed of and any other pertinent details you might think need to be included for others to identify that they're at least sharing dreams about the world even if they don't know the name. For example, it might look like:

Leia Organa-Solo - From Alderaan, daughter of Breha and Bail Organa
Han Solo - Made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, from Corellia

Just leave a note here, anonymously or not, letting me know the name of who you are dreaming about and anything else you want to mention. If you want YOUR name attached to it, as well, for shared dreamers to more easily get in touch with you, let me know. Otherwise, I'll attach your Anon ID so that others can filter you anonymously!

This is totally optional, but I hope you'll consider doing it, at least anonymously!

I saw this on social media: ( Cut for image! )

And while I don't think there's anything wrong with venting your problems when needed, I do love the idea about venting about joy. So with this holiday weekend coming and it being Friday and all those sorts of things, I want to hear what you're excited about, Dunhaven! Maybe something in the way future, maybe something you already did and are still riding the excitement waves in -- anything that has you all pumped.

As for me, I just finished unpacking and decorating my room last night so it feels even more cozy and just a little while ago I finished talking to my adviser and I officially (finally) declared a Social Work major. It all feels pretty good. 🎉

Okay, your turn!

ZEKE

I need to tell someone something. Can you be that someone?

LYLLIA

Guess what.

THEO, ARIA, LYLA, RHYS, KIERA

I need someone to talk me through something that's been on my mind since before this latest round of memories even became a thing. I need to know if I'm just being impulsive, or if it's a bad idea, because it really doesn't feel like a rash, or bad idea. It feels right. But I also know that I'm still in a weird place mentally so I could just really use a second opinion before I do something that isn't received well.

And that was all very vague and probably ominous, I realize. Basically, I want to ask Danielle to marry me. I just know that, whatever obstacles we still need to get through, it's easier when I'm getting through them with her. I don't want to wait until everything's perfect because nothing will ever be perfect. That's not life. I want to do this messy, imperfect, unpredictable life by her side.

So yeah. There it is. What do you think?

It's no secret that winter is my favorite season, but spring and summer do bring an abundance of flowers and I am all about that. I'm very lucky that I get to enjoy the beauty of the stables, and make my home into the flowering oasis that it is during the summer.

I'm hoping to impress the importance of nature, and the care of animals in Astrid early. So check out who is helping Mama in the flower garden this morning.

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Don't worry. We enjoyed our tummy time and didn't stay out long in the heat or sun. If she doesn't totally tune me out, she's going to be a master of identifying flowers by the time she's old enough to get her hands in the dirt (without eating it), too.

I am so tired.

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These are super great and make my heart happy so I'm sharing them. But also they forgot to mention the part about always getting them their favorite candy at the gas station and only gloating a little bit when you win at Mario Kart.

Unrelated, Dunhaven! Is anyone hiring for the summer? I am being upfront in that I cannot guarantee employment beyond the start of fall semester, but I'd like something until then. I'm a fast learner and I am up for pretty much any job! See, I'm getting a little too good at Mario Kart and I'm kind of bad at remembering my rule of only gloating a little bit when I get really good so I need something else to do during the day when my husband is gone so I don't keep refining my skills.

Father's Day, like Mother's Day, are tough holidays for me when they come, though that doesn't mean I can't appreciate them. In a way that definitely makes me sad, I think that I might appreciate them more now than I ever did before. But, I wanted to wish a happy day to all the dads out there, but also to my brother, who took on a role he never should have had to in order to make sure my life didn't change anymore than it already had and gave up a lot to take care of me.

I love you, Max. Thank you for being the best big brother I could have asked for, and then some.

Hi, friends.

It's been a long while since we've done one of these and, though I no longer need the data for my sociology class, I do think they've been very productive in terms of discussion. So here's another anonymous post for you! Again, you can turn on the anon filter and no one will know who you are, or you can just respond as yourself, whether because you're not ready to reveal who you're dreaming about, or whatever the case may be.

Tonight's question is: If you could say something to someone you knew/know in your dream world that you can't say here for whatever reason, what would it be?

As much as I love winter (such a cliche for so many reasons), I am all about it officially being summer. ☀️

MAX & LYLLIA

Just so you both know, I'm going camping this weekend. I don't know what reception is going to look like, but I will have my phone and stuff.

Also, I remember everything now.

[Rhys, Brynn, Lyllianna]

Are you all busy this Sunday?

AVERY

I know today is a busy day, but I'd there any chance I could steal a few minutes of your afternoon? I'll come bearing food-type gifts and Happy Mother's Day tidings!

KNOWN GOT FOLKS (& ELI)

So I thought today might be the most opportune time to tell you all my news, for multiple reasons. Partly because I don't know what's coming tonight, or next week, and I'd like to take back Sundays with something good. And, of course, today is a good day for this, in general.

Because my news is that Eli and I are having a baby. We just found out this week and I'm not that far along (we're due in December!), so I probably should have waited to tell you, but I want to remember today as the day I got to share something special with my new second family.

Anyway, that's all I have for you! I thought about waiting until most of us were together tonight, but I know not everyone will be there. There were other reasons for choosing to do it this way, too, but I think those reasons are mostly obvious to all of us.

I'll see most of you tonight, and I'm glad it's with the knowledge that, no matter what happens, good things are coming. Good things are going to come for all of us. ❤️