Alexis Nikole Nelson @blackforager Twitter profile

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Here it is! Mushroom pants! Foraging! Hijinks!

Jimmy Kimmel Live

@JimmyKimmelLive

2 years

Jimmy and @IamGuillermo go foraging with the @BlackForager ! 🍄🌱🌾

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Everyone says “take a break for your health when you need it” but like???? We do not live in a world that is conducive to that????

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Was waiting for my bag at the airport carousel and a guy goes out of his way to stand RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, so I audibly laughed, stepped right in front of HIM, and then my bag was the first one out from our flight 💅🏾

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

11 months

At me next time, sis 😚 or are you too busy baiting people who would never stand up for you given the chance? 😆 also bold to just… ignore the entire video’s contents just for a couple likes! Have you considered a new hobby? Like foraging? Or reading comprehension?

Amala Ekpunobi

@amalaekpunobi

11 months

Guys wake up! A new form of racism just dropped!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Why yes, I will retreat from all people I know and love & ignore my phone and e-mail just to come back a week later to be hyper-productive/responsive for 72 hrs before burning myself out again & there’s NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT because there’s NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT EITHER

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

4 years

@enrondripgod I already beat you to making the video oops 😅

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

29 days

I don’t know who needs to hear this: You’re allowed to put salt and/or seasoning on steamed and roasted veggies

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

I did the CUTEST lil twirl whisking my bag of and made the MOST DIRECT EYE CONTACT

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

I hope people know I am NOT KIDDING when I say I’m gonna be a smidge miserable for a few years to make that ✨money✨ and then I’m buying a cottage near the sea!! And deactivating every device!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

(And for those of u who know me u know eye contact w strangers is VRY HARD FOR ME SOMETIMES, but this was WORTH IT and DELISH)

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Did it hurt? When they stole your kidney in the candy mountain cave?

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Beginning of the pandemmy vs now. I don’t talk about it a lot, but I was in the trenches of an ED and VERY unsure about if I needed to be here Now I’m making a living out of the things that’ve always brought me joy, and WOW I’m glad I tripped and fell into this phase of my life

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

At this point I’m just seeing how many followers I can gain WITHOUT being given a blue checkmark. Cause you KNOW I’m not giving Apartheid Clyde 8 whole dollars 😭

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Y’all I got myself a lil gratitude journal and I’m a lil over a week in and HOW DARE IT BE WORKING???

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

11 months

I guess my video mentioning the ✨botanical racism✨ that led to an edible plant being listed as poisonous has made the weird, angry part of Twitter mad 😆 just say you didn’t understand the video, and move along!! Normalize not getting LIVID when you don’t understand something!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

IM GONNA BE ON @JimmyKimmelLive TONIGHT HOLY CRAP SOMEONE TELL MY MOM

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Well, @Delta ’s “goodwill gesture” for leaving me stuck with no help getting a hotel for the night is… *drumroll 🥁 🥁 🥁* Thirty dollars! CAN WE PLS HAVE STATE RUN AIRLINES NOW PLS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

CLOVER vs WOOD SORREL for St Patrick’s Day 🍀✨☘️

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Being a black person who does anything notable and outdoorsy in Ohio means you will anger a small pocket of old white men at least once a month 😅🥲

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I made a post saying “hey! More people should observe the honorable harvest! Maybe don’t be a jerk when foraging” and CHILE u would’ve thought I told some people I was going to eat their mom Here’s a selection of comments, and I bet you can’t guess what they all have in common!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

19 days

I had a very silly fear of starting to film content on a good camera because I was afraid if people could see me more clearly… they would find me less attractive. But I was editing some footage I took on a whim yesterday, and??? I look?? Pretty?? 😭🌸❤️‍🩹

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Luna! Moth! Outfit!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

how to make your own throat coat teaaaa 🫖 thank u to my backyard elm trees! 🌳

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

I MET A FLYING SQUIRREL TODAY AT @OHWildlifeCntr AND IT WAS AMAZING

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

It’s flowers in hair season again!!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

We lost our oldest cat yesterday. She was 23, we knew it was coming, it still hurts. I was away for work. Thanks to the White River for holding some of my tears ❤️

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

MOM, IM ON THE COVER OF @columbusmonthly !!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

I’ve been in NYC for less than 20 minutes and I just watched a woman punt an iced coffee down the sidewalk like it hurt her feelings

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Woods to wings in two hours!! I love Chicken of the Woods season!!!!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

SEAWEED WEEK: a seaside foraging experience brought to you by my trip to Maine and my obsession with macro algae! #seaweedweek A THREAD!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Went to the woods for spicy smartweed, left with 16lbs of Chicken of the Woods!!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

11 months

@KeepitrealAust I literally teach about wild foods and how to process and eat them, so there’s a solid chance I’d last longer than you, friend 🤣

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

The one time I wear sweatpants to the airport and an employee thought I didn’t know what first class meant when I went to board the plane Y’all this is why lots of black women are constantly feeling like we need to be done up, even in casual situations

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Sometimes I feel very small and meek, and then I remember my ex’s wife (who I’ve NEVER MET) had to block my IG to stop seeing my face all the time and I suddenly feel too powerful

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

5 months

I ALWAYS LOOK CUTE ON DAYS WHEN I DONT END UP SEEING ANYONE IRL 😤

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

This is what reciprocity looks like! Gathered a TON of knotweed shoots from my fave creek bank so the native plants stand a chance!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

The hens have arrived at home mostly intact!!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

4 months

Today’s foraging walk fit! 🌼🌸

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

We’ve been in NYC for less than an hour and I just watched a man steal a whole school bus He immediately hit a tree on the sidewalk and how do y’all live like this?

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

If you work for a company, you KNOW the weird pressure to get right back to work, and since so many are working from home, it’s like “well… I guess I can use the computer from bed, right?”

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

GINKGO BILOBA: STYLISH TREE, QUEER ICON, AND SNACK MAKER

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

AAAAAH!!! IT ME

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

Alexis Nikole Nelson represents part of an increasingly visible community: Black foragers.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

My last day at my job, and I am SOBBING. It’s crazy how much more happy and stable you can become when you’re surrounded by good people. When I was hired five years ago, I was wayward as heck, and didn’t have faith in myself to do much of anything… (First week vs Last week😭)

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Was this written by a goose

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

@OKWildlifeDept

1 year

Your ancestors hunted mammoths with a spear, you can walk past a goose on the sidewalk.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

I think we should just call Spiderwort drinks magic potions because LOOK AT THAT COLOR!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

I’m literally sitting here asking myself “am I just being lazy” and YALL THE WAY WE ARE TAUGHT TO GASLIGHT OURSELVES 😆/🥲

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

I’m already feeling so thankful for this meal (wild rice risotto) not only because of how deeply important and labor intensive wild rice has been and continues to be for indigenous peoples of the Upper Midwest, but also because it was gathered and given to me by a friend ❤️

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Watching the Studio Ghibli movie The Secret World of Arrietty for the PLANTS 🌱 A (VERY PRETTY) thread:

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

The speed with which some 🖐🏻 folks will immediately say a black woman is “bitching” or “having a breakdown” just because they don’t like what you’re saying to them is WILD

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 months

This is what I’m trying to do to my yard right now!!

eldritch possum cat (she/they)

@Eldrtichpossum

3 months

@blackforager this your kinda jam

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

JORTS, IS MY LIVELIHOOD A JOKE TO YOU? 😆

Jorts (and Jean)

@JortsTheCat

2 years

Are paw paw fruits real or is that just a joke

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

OH MY GOSH, IT ME 🥹💕💕💕

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

5 months

Nothing seeing a fave painting in person!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

11 months

@shelly35160 Ah, so you didn’t watch the whole video, just blindly responded, huh?

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I hope people keeping their pet cats inside (unless on leash!) is the next having the family dog live inside instead of in a dog house or garage!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 months

wHO WAS GONNA TELL ME HOW FUN BIRDING IS 😭 I AM TRULY ADDICTED

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

If you work for yourself, LOL, it’s like do I send an email to everyone I’m working with rn and say “sorry… my cat just died AND I’m super sick and tbh I don’t know when I’m gonna be feeling better !!” Because I just hear my parents voices saying DONT MAKE EXCUSES

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I was Kida from Atlantis for Halloween and now I wanna have silver hair all the time 😭

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Hi hello I put effort into my appearance TWICE this week. Pls give me a cookie and a gold star.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Is the moral of the story that capitalism might kill me someday? Maybe!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

WAIT IS IT TOO LATE FOR A COSTUME PIC?

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

First lightning bug of the season spotted on a walk, and he decided to hang out with us for a bit! I love these lil beans so much!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Nothing like an Ohio tornado warning basement party

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

MY FACE!! IN THE NEW YORK TIMES??? 😭 @CynthiaGreenlee I’m crying all the happy tears today!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Indigo Milk Caps! Very blue! Very edible (once cooked/processed!)

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

5 months

The speed with which I would be in LA if anyone on any @dropout show asked me to be a guest!!! I’d literally go straight to the airport with just the clothes on my back!! Anything for those goofy goobers!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 months

I made some Crimson Clover jelly today and it’s SO DANG PRETTY 💖

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 months

Hello from the basement #tornadowarning

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I have a few official photos from my @TEDTalks !!! I can’t wait for y’all to see it 😭❤️🌊

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

HEY @Twitter WHYYYYYYYY 😭

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

RANDOM SECRET HOBBY REVEAL: I play the autoharp and also really like @falloutboy ’s new album (and all their other albums tbh)

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

4 months

Would anyone watch a YT video breaking down what is and isn’t true to life when it comes to Stardew Valley foraging? 🍄🌱🌼 because… I really wanna make one 😆

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

ASDFGHJKL OH MY GOSH!! I made the @FortuneMagazine Creator 25!!! WHAT IN THE WHAT!!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Thinking about that time I laughed out loud during Elon’s q&a sesh in the TED auditorium because someone in the Black @TED group chat called him Apartheid Clyde

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

MY SILLY FACE ON *THE* @NPR ???

NPR

@NPR

3 years

We spoke to Alexis Nikole Nelson, a.k.a the "Black forager" on TikTok, about foraging, the outdoors and connecting with African American and indigenous food traditions.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

When I tell you it is dangerous to be black and doing ANYTHING that isn’t immediately recognizable… I hope Bobbi doesn’t let this deter her from science (1/3)

A 9-Year-Old Black Girl Was Catching Lanternflies Outside. Her Neighbor Called The Police On Her...

The neighbor called 911 after spotting her outside testing an environmentally friendly spotted lanternfly solution she’d made, identifying her as “a little Black woman” with a “hood.”

www.buzzfeednews.com

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

4 years

@OmerButWorse @enrondripgod I did NOT want to laugh at this but HERE I AM. LAUGHING.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

MOM, LOOK, MY FACE IS ON @CBSMornings !!! 💕

CBS Mornings

@CBSMornings

2 years

Alexis Nikole Nelson ( @BlackForager ) is teaching the internet how to safely forage for food — for free. She says seeking out plants and weeds for meals helps her feel “connected” to the environment, adding she wants to see a world where everyone feels “entitled to the outdoors.”

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

This is how one dresses for the airport… right?

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

@theferocity I definitely think it’s gotten worse lately!! (Or maybe we are traveling more??)

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

She plays in the dirt a lot, but she cleans up cute

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 years

Finding out Avril Lavigne wrote “Breakaway” made my world make 1% more sense and honestly I needed that today

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Spiderwort soda color progression!! 5 mins in vs 4 hrs in!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 months

WHAT IN THE ROASTY TOASTY HELL IS THAT AI ANSWER GOOGLE

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 months

✨🌸🤡🌸✨

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Wineberries may be invasive as heck, but they are also SO DANG PRETTY 🤩 Like lil glass raspberries!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

3 months

LOOK AT @vicmmic DOING THE LORDT’S WORK THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF PLANT NERDS WORLDWIDE

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I also love the purposeful obtuseness, the literal mental parkour that folks are doing to miss the point

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Do I ever get emotional because you love your friends SO MUCH and it’s literally CRAZY that out of all the people and all the times to be alive, you got to meet and know and love them??

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

@nellarose I had the cops called on me when I studied abroad there. A woman in the same store as me SWORE that the reason she couldn’t find her wallet is because I must’ve stolen it. Two hours later, it’s found under a shelf and the police “apologize” w a kids gelato and a pat on the rump

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Thanks for snacking on flowers with me @rainnwilson ! I hope you’re day is as zesty as a Nasturtium!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 month

Did some snorkeling 🤿 gathered some seaweed 🌊 I love the ocean so dang much Feeling especially grateful for a soft lil body that runs and jumps and swims and climbs and dances, even when I haven’t said the kindest things to her lately

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

My face is in @Cosmopolitan this month which is just honestly never something I’d be able to say!!

Ciara Turner

@CiCiTurner

2 years

That moment when you open @Cosmopolitan and see @blackforager 😍🤯😍🤯

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

Happy earth day!! celebrate by laying face down on the damp earth and screaming!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

SPIDERWORT SODA TIME ✨💜

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I am amazed by my own ability to go from “not hungry” to “oh my god feed me or I will turn into the worst version of myself” in, like, 20 minutes

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 months

My fit from the launch dinner for my collab w @blueland !! 🫧✨🌸

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

I looked cute today! That is all! 🥰

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

1 year

Forever obsessed with how detailed the plants are in The Secret World of Arriety 😭 look at those Dayflowers!! And the tiiiiiiny pink sprig of Lady’s Thumb hiding among them!!

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Alexis Nikole Nelson

@blackforager

2 years

The wee-est wild strawberries I ever did see!!

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