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Bradstreet Farmer
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Restoring family farm circa 1799 at Sheepscot Lake Maine with Amy. www.onbradstreetfarm.com.
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Covid resisting, socialist, pagan, anti-fascist, ACAB, BLM, 🍉🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️, he/him
“How it started vs how it is going”.

Alternate title, “Nine Years.”

Our little baby balsam tree in the lower left corner of the window frame, vs the 30’ illuminated tree of today.
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Seems on point.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Adding to the blocklist. Make good personal choices - inject Covid into your eyeballs, go for it man! But protecting myself and my family from a preventable disease is cult behavior? Smh.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It is ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Pics of the aurora tonight, the first one is north, and was a really really long exposure (no idea how I got the phone to do that). The second is Orion to the east in red. The third is just straight up. The last is a shot to the west, where the sky was tinted a little violet. Simply beautiful!
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Belfast harbor from the memorial footbridge, while waiting for Z’Apresso pizza. A really good day wandering around Maine.
September 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A little toasty. The 0.15” of rain we got on Aug 17 was our first rain in like 6 weeks after a very dry July.
August 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Alien Nation, 1988. Janes Caan and Mandy Patinkin are excellent. Also stars Terence Stamp!!
August 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The second half of June was dry. Most of July was abnormally dry. August so far has been rain-less. The ground in places is starting to crack. This dandelion and the crabgrass, both with deep taproots are doing their best. This is why fire danger is super high in Maine right now. No relief in sight.
August 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cereal a Band:
Tangerine Sweet Dreams cereal
August 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Cereal a band:
Stevie Wonderworks
August 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Cereal a band:
Gorillaz Munch
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One more lunar photo - not as nacho-cheesey tonight. But the AQI from Canadian wildfires is worse, “like smoking a half pack of cigarettes” worse. Glad to have my N95 on; it is amazing how tiny things can do such big harm. Like smoke particles, or asbestos. Or viruses. Mask up and protect yourself!
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Tonight’s moon from Midcoast Maine
August 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
You can really see the nice Canadian Wildfire effect on the moon tonight. And the reason I won’t do much telescope work in summer in Maine is mosquitos. I got devoured in the 90 seconds I was outside setting this up 🤣🤣
August 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
As a part-time Maine farmer, I have no time for that toxic shit.
August 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rain at last. We had three weeks in June with only 1/4” of rain, and most of July has been dry. We got less than a half inch at the beginning of the month, three weeks of dryness, then about 3/4 of an inch, and then nothing for 10 days. And now this. No idea how much we will get but it is welcome.
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just a couple days after the solstice in Maine, after 9PM, and the sun is still setting – it doesn’t really get full dark until after 10PM, and it will start being light again around 4 AM. But even now, thankfully, the days are shortening a bit.
June 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I attempted this.

“Its like Jurassic Park, but with mammals”- Me.

It is so poorly written. I gave it 2 chapters but after riveting discussions about how everyone is ripped or not that ripped, and two mentions of “Jurassic Park,” I was done.

2 out of 10.
May 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The hummingbirds have been staying close to the feeders on these wet and chilly May days. This is a ruby-throated male - his feathers are flashing neon in the almost sunlight.
May 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Because a stupid fucking human had not cut it down!
Change the fucking house plans. Leave the big tree.
What the fuck
May 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I am trying to vacuum the living room and Alice is guilting me with her chibi eyes.
April 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Self-sufficiency is a myth. What we are is inter-dependent and we need more people to accept that. You are not growing your own coffee or chocolate. Without arable land, time, and ability, this is just performative.
April 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM