I love birds that hold down winter in the mountains - towhees, chickadees, woodpeckers, cardinals, sparrows, etc - until spring brings back fancier songbirds, like buntings, grossbeaks, orioles, warblers, goldfinches, etc.
But also turkeys. Here are three from “our” flock of ~15 a couple weeks ago.
But also turkeys. Here are three from “our” flock of ~15 a couple weeks ago.
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I love birds that hold down winter in the mountains - towhees, chickadees, woodpeckers, cardinals, sparrows, etc - until spring brings back fancier songbirds, like buntings, grossbeaks, orioles, warblers, goldfinches, etc.
But also turkeys. Here are three from “our” flock of ~15 a couple weeks ago.
But also turkeys. Here are three from “our” flock of ~15 a couple weeks ago.
As the days get shorter, I’m reminiscing about sunrise over the Pacific in Korea this stiflingly hot summer, when I was convinced I couldn’t wait for chilly winter weather.
I miss Korea, and I almost (gasp) miss summer.
I miss Korea, and I almost (gasp) miss summer.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
As the days get shorter, I’m reminiscing about sunrise over the Pacific in Korea this stiflingly hot summer, when I was convinced I couldn’t wait for chilly winter weather.
I miss Korea, and I almost (gasp) miss summer.
I miss Korea, and I almost (gasp) miss summer.
Just a quick Korea appreciation post.
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just a quick Korea appreciation post.
My hometown doesn’t have a flag, but the flag Wikipedia offers up as the flag of the town where I spent my childhood summers is unflinching, and also very clip arty. But I swear Jimmy Stewart’s face is the town’s real flag.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
My hometown doesn’t have a flag, but the flag Wikipedia offers up as the flag of the town where I spent my childhood summers is unflinching, and also very clip arty. But I swear Jimmy Stewart’s face is the town’s real flag.
Summer is easily my least favorite season, but views like this, colors like this, the sound and smell of this, convinces me summer isn’t all bad.
July 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Summer is easily my least favorite season, but views like this, colors like this, the sound and smell of this, convinces me summer isn’t all bad.
Lotuses in almost-bloom.
July 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Lotuses in almost-bloom.
Sometimes, no matter what else is happening in the world, a summer night is more lovely than you’d ever thought possible. Tonight is one of those nights.
June 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sometimes, no matter what else is happening in the world, a summer night is more lovely than you’d ever thought possible. Tonight is one of those nights.
But also, counterpoint, here’s the message from the sheriff from the next county north.
June 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
But also, counterpoint, here’s the message from the sheriff from the next county north.
Film definitely would have been better. Alas.
This moped was abandoned/flooded during Superstorm Sandy, and after that people just moved it around from spot to spot in DUMBO for about a year.
This moped was abandoned/flooded during Superstorm Sandy, and after that people just moved it around from spot to spot in DUMBO for about a year.
May 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Film definitely would have been better. Alas.
This moped was abandoned/flooded during Superstorm Sandy, and after that people just moved it around from spot to spot in DUMBO for about a year.
This moped was abandoned/flooded during Superstorm Sandy, and after that people just moved it around from spot to spot in DUMBO for about a year.
My favorite alien flowers.
Appalachia is awash in them now. Like blackberries, they’re going completely wild this year.
Appalachia is awash in them now. Like blackberries, they’re going completely wild this year.
May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My favorite alien flowers.
Appalachia is awash in them now. Like blackberries, they’re going completely wild this year.
Appalachia is awash in them now. Like blackberries, they’re going completely wild this year.
This is my favorite thing the internet has evereverever produced because we can whip it out any week and it’s just as relevant.
@www.jrrjokien.com
@www.jrrjokien.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is my favorite thing the internet has evereverever produced because we can whip it out any week and it’s just as relevant.
@www.jrrjokien.com
@www.jrrjokien.com
For no reason other than we all need to stop and breathe more than we do, here’s a field of bluebonnets.
April 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For no reason other than we all need to stop and breathe more than we do, here’s a field of bluebonnets.
This one’s from February but it’s my all time favorite now.
April 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This one’s from February but it’s my all time favorite now.
Running from/raised with. 😑
I will share this, which I saw someone else post this morning, but I lost his original post and have no idea who he was. It’s an essay George Orwell wrote decades ago, and it resonates really powerfully right now.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
I will share this, which I saw someone else post this morning, but I lost his original post and have no idea who he was. It’s an essay George Orwell wrote decades ago, and it resonates really powerfully right now.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
February 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Running from/raised with. 😑
I will share this, which I saw someone else post this morning, but I lost his original post and have no idea who he was. It’s an essay George Orwell wrote decades ago, and it resonates really powerfully right now.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
I will share this, which I saw someone else post this morning, but I lost his original post and have no idea who he was. It’s an essay George Orwell wrote decades ago, and it resonates really powerfully right now.
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Yesterday I scrawled this purely for my own benefit, to come across in my camera roll years later and either say, “yeah, that was a crazy time,” or “whew, we thought it was crazy then….”
January 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yesterday I scrawled this purely for my own benefit, to come across in my camera roll years later and either say, “yeah, that was a crazy time,” or “whew, we thought it was crazy then….”
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Um, hello pillow friend.
January 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Um, hello pillow friend.
I’m so sorry. It really doesn’t ever end. I had the dog show on, too, and was getting misty for my Georges-Pierre, gone five years now. Dogs are such a gift, and so hard to live without.
November 28, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I’m so sorry. It really doesn’t ever end. I had the dog show on, too, and was getting misty for my Georges-Pierre, gone five years now. Dogs are such a gift, and so hard to live without.
Yes and I’m an equal combination learner.
Discovering we don’t all visualize things blew my mind. My dad, whose learning style I don’t know, but he has a Ph.D in literature & criticism, told me when he’s reading, he doesn’t see what the author describes. He can’t conjure up an apple like 1 or 2. 🤯
Discovering we don’t all visualize things blew my mind. My dad, whose learning style I don’t know, but he has a Ph.D in literature & criticism, told me when he’s reading, he doesn’t see what the author describes. He can’t conjure up an apple like 1 or 2. 🤯
November 25, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Yes and I’m an equal combination learner.
Discovering we don’t all visualize things blew my mind. My dad, whose learning style I don’t know, but he has a Ph.D in literature & criticism, told me when he’s reading, he doesn’t see what the author describes. He can’t conjure up an apple like 1 or 2. 🤯
Discovering we don’t all visualize things blew my mind. My dad, whose learning style I don’t know, but he has a Ph.D in literature & criticism, told me when he’s reading, he doesn’t see what the author describes. He can’t conjure up an apple like 1 or 2. 🤯
Long day. But it’s culminating with a family dinner, and there’s a very cozy bed waiting for me after that.
November 17, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Long day. But it’s culminating with a family dinner, and there’s a very cozy bed waiting for me after that.