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[AI: magic eraser]

The progression of fall.

"Magic eraser" was used to remove mailboxes with street numbers.

#Autum #FallColors
Fall trees: a browning sycamore, green pear tree, yellowing river birch, bright red autumn blaze maple, yellowing magnolia, and blue spruce. Fall trees: a mostly brown sycamore, mostly green pair tree, thinning yellow river birch, red autumn blaze maple that has lost its crown, and a blue spruce. Fall trees: a mostly bare sycamore, a thinning red pair tree, a bare river birch, a bare maple tree, a bear magnolia tree, and a full blue spruce
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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[AI: magic eraser]

She was on a pink leash, removed by magic eraser.

#coonhound
A treeing walker coonhound in the woods, sitting and looking at the camera. She is in an opening covered in fallen leaves, with a lavender harness. Yellow maples are in the background. A treeing walker coonhound in the woods, sitting and lookup and to the right. She is in an opening covered in fallen leaves, with a lavender harness. Yellow maples are in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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#dachshund #Autumn
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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#Squirrel
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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#dachshund
A dachshund being held by his owner. He is staring straight into the camera with his ears slightly blown by the wind. The sky is gray behind him. A black and tan dachshund with a red collar. The wind is blowing his ears backward as he looks to the side. The background is gray and dreary.
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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#dachshund #Autum
A dachshund walking into a pile of leaves almost as tall as he is. His legs are obscured, with just his head and upper torso visible.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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#deer
Two deer in an open field at sunset. Brown oak leaves hang at the top of the picture. One deer is grazing while the other looks at the camera. A deer at dusk, looking at the camera. The deer is in a field in front of a soccer goal.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Autumn yielding to winter

#FallColors #Flurries
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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#Autumn #FallColors
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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#Autumn #FallColors
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#Squirrel #FallColors
Squirrel sitting on the edge of a rotting pumpkin. The pumpkin's top is cut open, giving the squirrel access to seeds to nibble on. In the background are walnut trees with yellow leaves.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Met some new coworkers on my last office trip.

#Puppies
Three puppies asleep on a carpeted office floor. One is brown and white, one is black, and one is brown. The brown one is asleep with one leg propped on the black one. Toys are scattered on the floor, along with QA codes for the Haven of the Ozarks, where they were from.
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#coonhound #Halloween
Treeing walker coonhound in a red panda costume. She is standing in the dark, illuminated by a fire off camera. The panda face partially covers hers. Treeing walker coonhound in a red panda costume. She has her side toe the camera, showing the costume along her entire body. The panda tail covers her own. Treeing walker coonhound in a red panda costume. She is standing on a wooden floor by a step ladder, facing and smiling at the camera.
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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#Ducks #Mallards
Five mallards swimming in a narrow retention ditch. They are swimming away from the camera, with the sun on the weeds along the far bank. Five mallards swimming in a narrow retention ditch.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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#Autumn #FallColors
Maple tree with brilliant red leaves in the sun against a clear blue sky Two sweetgum trees with bright orange leaves against a clear blue sky. A shorter tree with some reddening leaves is behind it. Trees with yellow leaves in a forest, with a ray of light coming in the top right Entrance to a forested path. The tree leaves are a mix of yellow and green.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Sitting by the fire, eating a Polish sausage, watching the World Series, reading the Rust Book. Not a bad evening.

#Fire #Autumn
A fire pit in a driveway, illuminating a maple tree with red leaves. It is late dusk, with a dark blue sky in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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His snoot has been buried in the hole for a few minutes. I am beginning to wonder whether my dachshund is actually an anteater.

#dachshund
A dachshund standing in the grass, with his nose intensely buried in a hole in the ground. He is wearing a jacket with a "do not pet" sticker.
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I like the days leading up to peak fall colors. Reds and yellows are lovely, but green is still beautiful, too.

#Autumn #FallColors
A grove of trees leading around the head of a wooded trail. There is bright red, yellow, and some normal summer greens.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The family can't agree on salsa heat, color, or cilantro, so I make lots.

#Salsa
Bowl of salsa verde with cilantro, hierba buena, green onions, garlic chives, and various red peppers Bowl of pureed brown salsa with roasted tomatoes, hierba beuna, green onions, garlic chives, and various chiles. Bowl of chunky red salsa with roasted tomatoes, onion, hot red chiles, and garlic chives.
October 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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#Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #CosmosFlower
A monarch butterfly flies over two pink cosmos flowers, some drying out goldenrod, and an unidentified plant gone to seed. A monarch butterfly, wings spread as it sits on a pink cosmos. There is goldenrod and another unidentifed plant beside it. A monarch butterfly with its wings spread on a pink cosmos. More pink cosmos are beside it. The sky behind it is a clear blue, with power lines in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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[Barbecued meats]

Brisket is coming along slowly, but here's the appetizer platter.

#BBQ #PorkRibs #BeefRibs #RibTips #ChickenDrumstick
Clockwise from top: beef back rib, pork baby back rib, chicken drumstick, rib tips, mixed greens with hierba buena and bean sprouts, cornbread muffin with serrano peppers
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Howling at the fire truck again

#coonhound #dachshund
October 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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#Goldenrod
Two locust borers together on goldenrod in full bloom Wasp feeding on goldenrod in full bloom
October 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Head of a stone garden gnome. It's smoking a cigar and raising its middle finger. It is sitting in the dirt next to a frisbee golf tee.
October 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM