Simple Routines during the University Break

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😇 How old are you? 23
📝 What are you studying? I am set to start my MA in English Literature at Oxford this autumn.
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[@RubyGranger8]

The phrasing of that comment about flowers was definitely off! All I meant was that flowers don't have a clear/superficial use for humans in the same way that edible plants do. It goes without saying that they're important for local ecosystems and the planet (and thank you everyone for stressing this in the comments!) - I didn't realise this was unclear!!

[@hollysteele123]

off topic but can we hear about your dissertation idea for Oxford soon?

[@karagaw-yy9no]

Your heart was in the right place and it has to be really hard to have to be always so careful about every word you say. ❤ I love how you care and I would like to kindly ask others to be more understanding of the fact that we’re all just humans.

[@karagaw-yy9no]

I’ve decided to leave another comment. Even though, I actually have a degree in biology and yes, flowers are important… It saddens me that so many people didn’t catch the beauty of your thoughts. But still, I rest content in the fact that I can now remember to appreciate the ephemeral beauty of this world. So as I watch the sunset I thank you for your kind reminder. Also, I value so much more when people are kind over being right. ❤ Thank you for all of the art you share with us. You have made me feel calmer so many times over the past few years and for that I am grateful.

[@ColonelKurtz69]

@@hollysteele123 Its probably rubbish

[@ColonelKurtz69]

@@solarydays Yes I really don't how Ruby got into Oxford. I do think It could be something to do with her online influencing .

[@pratyasharoy8200]

I can watch your videos for endless hours, your aesthetic is so pleasing to the soul, I can't describe

[@SUBHOJITPAL-tf6ou]

I am from Kolkata ... You are from.....??

[@my_warm_Africa]

Beautiful video. Watching from Africa.

[@becca0668]

Flowers are useful ! They play a major role in ecosystems 😂

[@ieatgremlins]

Literally everything in the world has an use, that's how ecosystems work lol I didn't get that comment at all.

[@Limp_shallot]

I was going to say that. We all need to plant more (organic) flowers people!! To save the bees and our ecosystems. Flowers are really important!!

[@chloehunter3428]

Wow. I haven't started the video yet but after looking at these comments I'm both excited and scared for when Ruby starts mentioning flowers... cause everyone seems to be extremely hung up on it.

[@Westly.3]

I know why seeing and smelling the flowers for you this spring was so special to you Ruby. As i felt the same way when I returned home in the holidays from university, it was because the time at home was so brief and it makes you contemplate what your missing out on whilst your away from there studying at university. It's an odd feeling being home sick while actually at home, it almost seems impossible but it surely is a thing I just know it because I too experienced it.

[@limeparticle]

Flowers are far from useless 😅 They’re particularly important in the spring as they provide the first food for bumblebees and other pollinators. There’s more to this world than us humans and our ”getting potatoes at the supermarket” 😂 I loved this video though, especially as there’s snow on the ground where I live. How’s your dissertation going? Could you do a video on that? What’s the topic?

[@sarahwas1118]

I think Ruby is aware that flowers play an important role in the ecosystem. Her point was rather that they initially seem insignificant for our everyday lives. Basically, she's saying the same thing as you: we humans are always so focused on what we want and need and don't see how much more there is in the world. ❤

[@ninakw5279]

I think she was talking about whether they were useful to humans, relative to something like fruit or vegetables!

[@limeparticle]

@@ninakw5279 I’d argue they’re useful to humans in the sense that much of our food relies on the survival of pollinating insects.

[@ninakw5279]

@@limeparticle yes I agree however, that’s not immediately obvious especially as a child which is the context she was talking about this in.

[@limeparticle]

@@ninakw5279 I think a lot of her viewers must have misinterpreted this in the video, given how many comments there are pointing out the same thing.

[@AnnieCheadle]

Watching you do back flips and front flips was so joyous! Thanks for sharing as always

[@liredelis]

truly magical vlog✨thank you so much, Ruby, for inspiring us in such a cozy and beautiful way🤎

[@AliceCullen151]

Thank you Ruby! Your videos are so motivating. So cozy and wholesome. ❤ Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed and I watch your video, I genuinely feel better and have motivation to keep trying to fulfill what I want to do. 😘

[@karagaw-yy9no]

Same ❤❤

[@RockDove5212]

😱 Flowers are an essential part of our ecological system!

[@milisuarez-al-nashy4314]

Thank you Ruby for such a lovely video, my daughter and I loved it. We also appreciate how busy you must be in Oxford, but we love to see your experiences there as well. 🥰

[@AnneOfCottage]

Ahh hasn't it been long since we saw that intro. Brought me back into pre-Oxford times. As someone who gets excited over my brother comming home from uni, I am so glad you take time to spend with your family 🤍🧸🎥

[@bonniepaora8664]

Your poem was beautiful! I love your philosophy on bluebells and the fleeting beauty of such limited time things. I feel the same about the gorgeous autumn leaves im blessed to see at the moment in New Zealand, i need to go on more autumn walks and enjoy them while they last

[@elifyalcinkaya6281]

Hearing the rose and the thorn made me emotional 😢

[@hansikaaju3413]

So very happy that she is posting again. Have been really missing her videos. ✨♥️

[@alodiah2422]

You literally had one of the most fulfilling days in a beautiful environment, in my opinion. So I completely understand when you miss this when you're at Oxford. Also nice flips, they looked really cool.

[@cornflakegirl4811]

Thx for another lovely video! It's great to see you reset, rest and recharge! I can totally relate to your thoughts about flowers ... if I discover the first tulips in my garden it's such a wonderful sensation ... much better than buying a boquet anywhere.

[@RubyGranger8]

You’re so right! There is something magical about seeing them there in your own garden… 🪴 also, thank you so much for being so lovely in those negative comments! x

[@cornflakegirl4811]

@@RubyGranger8 More than welcome! And have a great spring Sunday!

[@mariademartinstauffer372]

Dear Ruby, thank you so much for your lovely videos. You always inspire and relax me at the same time 😊 You are such a nice and calm person. I am glad to have discovered you some month ago. I like the way you look at things and also you poems. Thank you for being and much luck at your studies. Have a nice time and all the best on your way. Much love from Germany ( but I come originally from Switzerland), Maria ✨

[@aryastark7195]

6:49 you found flowers boring as a kid?? 😢 Sorry, idk why but that stood out to me. I’ve never known a kid who was more interested in the use than the beauty of plants like flowers but each to their own I guess 😊Glad you’re enjoying more ‘useless’ things now, it makes life more charming!

[@lunamestrela]

Thank you for sharing the moments of your days, this video was so cozy and calming ❤ it's like the healing elixir for my tired brain today! I hope we get flowers soon too, here we still have snow, can you believe it?? I really want to go and read outside with singing birds as well 🥲🌱

[@nanan8992]

without flowers we wouldn't have most of our vegetables and fruits so not really useless

[@Yesica1993]

My plan was to sit outside and read today. (Chicago.) I brought my little camping chair and everything. But it was in the low 40s F, no sun, and windy. I wimped out and ended up at the library, instead!

[@absurdism101]

Your poetry is just getting better and better! Loved loved loved this one

[@hollyc4624]

Did you notice the ladybug on the post about halfway through the video? You captured such lovely scenes of nature. Thank you for sharing and have a great term.

[@Ktls-mr4li]

i love your poem!!

[@issie.and.her.quills]

i love the style of your videos at the moment Ruby!! i think forget me nots may be my most favourite flower, they're so simple but so beautiful especially when there's a whole bed of them

[@lurspops1517]

Spring is a great time to read outside. The blossom is looking lovely, albeit for a brief time! We have the warmth from the sun (peeking out now and then!) Maybe this northerly wind will ease up and we can ditch our coats soon!

[@LehansaLinadi]

You inspire me to romaticise every moment more than anything or anyone else ❤❤

[@Tsm2605]

Omg. Ruby is so talented🥹😩🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@younisakram6424]

Awesome video ruby

[@epicpheonix3000]

Happy 420, Ruby! ❤

[@hanjissidegirl8672]

Gallant is such an excellent read! I agree with you that she's an amazing author! She's so wonderfully gothic ❤

[@EmilyAnneeeHinman]

It gave me a mix of Coraline and Crimson Peak vibes, I absolutely loved it too!

[@happy_reads]

Hi Ruby✨ you are such an inspiration to me, I really love all of your videos ❤

[@mrenaep]

Your videos are so relaxing. 😊

[@zoekoza436]

Your poem was great, thank you for sharing, I know it can be frightening to share work

[@ayahramy]

I admire your videos

[@Willowinthewinds]

Thanks for the video, I went through some old videos and found books to try. I love some of them already.

[@doris_1325]

I like the idea of being a tourist in your own city. I am aiming for that this year.

[@sofielamy]

Thank you for your content, Ruby. You really inspire me to keep going. ❤

[@priyankapayel7787]

Eagerly waiting for this video.. You actually know how to enjoy nature as well as life & show it to everyone in a aesthetic way!! That's a great talent you got! 😊❤

[@PlanetImo]

Flowers give us oxygen to breathe, but I know what you mean - I don't tend to bother growing them. I favour edible stuff.I expect they go into some of the teas you enjoy... of and rose is an ingredient of turkish delight. Yum yum! Mind you, fruit and vegetables have flowers too.

[@katiemintle]

the bird song in the background of your garden scenes are so lovely

[@32446]

Bees need flowers therefore they have a use. Plus we get to eat their delicious honey 😊

[@victoriageorgopoulou4292]

Hmmm I am sure that those who are involved in plant physiology would say that flowers have a very clear functional role to play in the cycle of plant development....hmm most likely with their vivid colours they attract bees and then the plant gets easily polinated... this is only a tiny little comment i still agree with Ruby's point about spring being a wonderful season

[@maddietighe5881]

Thanks for posting. This retired person needs routine so I enjoyed watching this. I've learned that my routine changes and adapts with the seasons which I'm loving! Beautiful spring images.

[@hananebouslahi1433]

Great video Ruby, watching you from Algeria.

[@dawnnicholson9675]

Having a pretty awful day so your video is a major comfort for me...thanks for sharing this today.. It means the world to me and a welcoming distraction for me.. ❤❤✨✨

[@mikewingert5521]

Our favourite Oxford blue stocking.

[@Lifeisastory95]

Thank you for another wonderful video ruby!

[@SeerOfTime577]

Wonderful video as always, Ruby! I especially loved your bluebell poem and your eloquent thoughts on the ephemerality of flowers. It's so true; we, as humans, tend to put aside things more often if they are always available to us, and that can cause us to never fully appreciate them.

[@ana_muumibrav]

You have such a lovely dog. I had a westie terrier :)

[@MsDancer256]

goodness Ruby, that was such a beautiful poem !

[@parth558]

It reminded me I have to buy the book- A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

[@juliemarty1952]

On an average day, I love your calming videos. Forget me nots are my favorite flower, so today was even better.

[@eleanorofaquitaine1899]

A lovely video as usual, it brings me so much comfort to hear your poetry and see your garden.

[@krissyhuxley0713]

The collared top worn in the outro ☺️ thank you for this little slice of peace, Ruby 🌸

[@Vlogsbynat6]

Thank you Ruby! I wish I could meet you in person!😆❤️ I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how truly inspirational you are. Your kindness and positivity shine through in every video you create, and it's truly a breath of fresh air. You are such a good person, and your genuine nature is so refreshing to see. Your videos bring so much comfort to me and so many others, and I just wanted to thank you for all that you do.

[@tentoumushi8]

Adore your countryside videos, they are full of peace and calm. 🌿

[@saranasir6430]

What a lovely poem, just took a print to add to my collection. Would love to hear more of your work!

[@chloepauwels4445]

YAY I LOVE UR VIDS!❤

[@kellilee7433]

I love Rubys videos

[@PlanetImo]

My dad was giving me a lesson in how to tell the difference between native and Spanish blue bells the other day. You could Google if you're interested. Yours were Spanish, I think. The native ones droop over.

[@pauljermy7072]

Thing called pollination.. fairly useful

[@badwolftina8716]

Plus there are lots of medicinal plants. Flowers are definitely not useless!

[@elenithebrownie]

the poem at the start made me cry 💜 recently i painted with some water colours a bunch of bluebe flowers and it was so magical to hear this poem from u ✨✨🌱

[@penultimateh766]

Ruby, you are such a dear. Thanks for sharing your break with us.

[@robertmueller2023]

I like the University of the Idaho wilderness the best. Somewhat like Ernest Hemingway.

[@larrymilliken288]

Dear Ruby, thank you for reminding me that life is fleeting. “They never last long and two weeks later they were dead”. The metaphor in a little Bluebell speaks to our tenuous lives and the relatively short time we have to bloom for the sake of others. Anne Bronte expresses a similar emotion in the first stanza of her poem The Bluebell. Ruby, I’m very grateful for your visits! A fine and subtle spirit dwells In every little flower, Each one its own sweet feeling breathes With more or less of power. There is a silent eloquence In every wild bluebell That fills my softened heart with bliss That words could never tell.

[@silvialogan9226]

Ruby, the countryside in your backyard with those lovely flowers just looks beautiful. I have been having a cold April this year where I live in Ottawa, Canada. I found March much warmer than this month.

[@TheDentistryDiary]

This afternoon I made your cucumber sandwich with my earls grey loose leaf tea during my study break, can’t wait for another one tomorrow ✌🏼

[@luis_morales4082]

Thank you.

[@leehyunzar1]

Happy to update your new video....❤❤❤

[@MariaMedeiros]

wonderful as always! 💐 🌸 🌺

[@Judy122550]

Ruby, what a most beautiful poem you wrote I love it ! Have a lovely day !

[@andreav83]

Wow, those are some insane gymnastics skills there! Looks like such fun on the trampoline, but I would break some part of myself if I even thought of attempting it 😅

[@KMort]

I've been watching your videos while studying and wasn't sure if this was new or not😂 They've blended in my head.

[@brittizepunkt4838]

Vergissmeinnicht sind meine herzallerliebsten Lieblingsblümchen!💙

[@KB-bx9ui]

Ruby...the bees you speak of in your lovely poem about blue bells, those bees pollinate them, and other flora which grow food. Flowers are essential to our very existence. 😂

[@leabeckman3558]

Your yard look like Secert Garden 😲

[@creativebee866]

I just love u ruby ❤

[@allysonroyston9671]

Just seen you on Sky Ruby on television talking about how to take exams!!! You did a good job! Hope other people saw you. Well done!

[@billoddy5637]

Where did you see that??

[@yusufislambayraktar5393]

It's really nice, I graduated from high school, I'm in Turkey, my dream is to study history at Oxford University. 🥺🥺

[@pippa1515]

I love the end of the bluebell poem !!!!!

[@beepboop9976]

What do you mean flowers don’t have a use????

[@canopus78]

Campanas azules..

[@annette4929]

What a lovely poem! Thank you for sharing :)

[@SobirovaMadinabonu]

I do love your outfits!🤍💕

[@strangergirl9905]

Hi, I'm your fan. You always make me super motivated. Hope you are doing well. 😊

[@jasminheidemann6568]

rubyyyyy

[@fionahowellwrites5302]

I love Spring! Except allergies....Lol

[@TheAboriginal1]

And the flower enthusiasts emerge en masse.....

[@marinakamura-ox8qr]

Thank you Ruby❤ Ｉlove your videos🌷from tokyo

[@CDash162]

Wow, that was some beautiful Poem. Your poetry is amazing Ruby.

[@jiho_leee]

As I became an adult, I hardly jump or run around. I can feel your pure delight, happiness through this routine! I hope you're not losing them😊

[@GoldfinchRobin]

Lovely poem Ruby.

[@Lifeisastory95]

That flower animation was wonderful!!! 🥰

[@pim1234]

Nice poem !

[@xX_GameSlayer_Xx]

What happened Oxford?

[@noozhatwara2061]

Does anyone know who films the video for her? It seems like someone is behind the camera, it’s not static like before.

[@becca0668]

Probably her mom or her sister

[@Vlogsbynat6]

Hi Ruby!❤️

[@jasminheidemann6568]

greetings from Germany