Oh, fossils and relics we are!
@lisabie.bsky.social
U.S. expat in Germany, since 1984. Call me an immigrant. Historical tour guide. Fence straddler between old, new worlds, locations. times.
How do you do that? I looked up Catturd for kicks and giggles, and all I got was
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How do you do that? I looked up Catturd for kicks and giggles, and all I got was
I for one, am also happy with pictures of cute little bugs! We thought this might be a strange sort of lady bug, but google lens suggests it to be one of many nymph stages of the shield bug. Also known as stink bug, but I've never noticed any smell :)
July 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I for one, am also happy with pictures of cute little bugs! We thought this might be a strange sort of lady bug, but google lens suggests it to be one of many nymph stages of the shield bug. Also known as stink bug, but I've never noticed any smell :)
Although The Devil's Hour is really from November 2024. I just noticed I could add it at letterboxd. Really number four is The Ordinaries. Yay, mubi!
#LetterboxdFriday,
#lastfourwatched
#LetterboxdFriday,
#lastfourwatched
June 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Although The Devil's Hour is really from November 2024. I just noticed I could add it at letterboxd. Really number four is The Ordinaries. Yay, mubi!
#LetterboxdFriday,
#lastfourwatched
#LetterboxdFriday,
#lastfourwatched
This month's cover.
Why does the Republican business man put up with Trump's destruction of actually has made American great? They are not blind. Their bank accounts will suffer.
Why does the Republican business man put up with Trump's destruction of actually has made American great? They are not blind. Their bank accounts will suffer.
April 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This month's cover.
Why does the Republican business man put up with Trump's destruction of actually has made American great? They are not blind. Their bank accounts will suffer.
Why does the Republican business man put up with Trump's destruction of actually has made American great? They are not blind. Their bank accounts will suffer.
Really, Politico? There is no Twitter anymore, haven't you heard? Only X, the home of DOGE chainsaws, Nazis and white supremacists.
How am I supposed to trust your being up-to-date when you can't even get this most obvious and well-known fact right?
Besides that, where is BlueSky?????
How am I supposed to trust your being up-to-date when you can't even get this most obvious and well-known fact right?
Besides that, where is BlueSky?????
April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Really, Politico? There is no Twitter anymore, haven't you heard? Only X, the home of DOGE chainsaws, Nazis and white supremacists.
How am I supposed to trust your being up-to-date when you can't even get this most obvious and well-known fact right?
Besides that, where is BlueSky?????
How am I supposed to trust your being up-to-date when you can't even get this most obvious and well-known fact right?
Besides that, where is BlueSky?????
#bloomscrolling
And here are winter aconite - poison in your garden, but so pretty, and snowdrops, which I read (wiki) contain lectin, so not really to be eaten, but might have been Homer's "mysterious magical herb 'moly' ... antidote to Circe's poison." Photo from today.
And here are winter aconite - poison in your garden, but so pretty, and snowdrops, which I read (wiki) contain lectin, so not really to be eaten, but might have been Homer's "mysterious magical herb 'moly' ... antidote to Circe's poison." Photo from today.
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#bloomscrolling
And here are winter aconite - poison in your garden, but so pretty, and snowdrops, which I read (wiki) contain lectin, so not really to be eaten, but might have been Homer's "mysterious magical herb 'moly' ... antidote to Circe's poison." Photo from today.
And here are winter aconite - poison in your garden, but so pretty, and snowdrops, which I read (wiki) contain lectin, so not really to be eaten, but might have been Homer's "mysterious magical herb 'moly' ... antidote to Circe's poison." Photo from today.
#Bloomscrolling
Anybody can do pretty ;) These are amazing, to me. Bok choy plants, planted from old seed in the early fall and left on the terrace - temps down to -7°C (that's around 19°F for the non-metric among you) It's February, that low temp was recent, and yet look! The pic is from today.
Anybody can do pretty ;) These are amazing, to me. Bok choy plants, planted from old seed in the early fall and left on the terrace - temps down to -7°C (that's around 19°F for the non-metric among you) It's February, that low temp was recent, and yet look! The pic is from today.
February 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#Bloomscrolling
Anybody can do pretty ;) These are amazing, to me. Bok choy plants, planted from old seed in the early fall and left on the terrace - temps down to -7°C (that's around 19°F for the non-metric among you) It's February, that low temp was recent, and yet look! The pic is from today.
Anybody can do pretty ;) These are amazing, to me. Bok choy plants, planted from old seed in the early fall and left on the terrace - temps down to -7°C (that's around 19°F for the non-metric among you) It's February, that low temp was recent, and yet look! The pic is from today.
As a counterweight, might I suggest Ted Chiang's book of short stories, "Exhalation"?
Just for balance.
Just for balance.
December 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
As a counterweight, might I suggest Ted Chiang's book of short stories, "Exhalation"?
Just for balance.
Just for balance.
December 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
We have an olive tree in a pot that we bring in at Christmas and decorate.
Which is odd, given that I live in Germany, origin of the evergreen tree tradition.
But makes sense to me, given that Jesus of Nazareth was born in the Middle East where there are far more olive trees than fir trees 😂
Which is odd, given that I live in Germany, origin of the evergreen tree tradition.
But makes sense to me, given that Jesus of Nazareth was born in the Middle East where there are far more olive trees than fir trees 😂
December 8, 2024 at 1:51 PM
We have an olive tree in a pot that we bring in at Christmas and decorate.
Which is odd, given that I live in Germany, origin of the evergreen tree tradition.
But makes sense to me, given that Jesus of Nazareth was born in the Middle East where there are far more olive trees than fir trees 😂
Which is odd, given that I live in Germany, origin of the evergreen tree tradition.
But makes sense to me, given that Jesus of Nazareth was born in the Middle East where there are far more olive trees than fir trees 😂
Daniel Mason's "North Woods". It's a book to be enjoyed leisurely, which rewards reflection while you read it and afterwards.
December 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Daniel Mason's "North Woods". It's a book to be enjoyed leisurely, which rewards reflection while you read it and afterwards.
#books📚💙
#non-fiction 📚💙
Currently reading after losing in my Kindle library🤣
Graeber makes an interesting case that the ideas of the Enlightenment were supplied by native Americans. Freedom, liberty, autonomy brought to a central Europe and England that suffered under Aristocracy and Church.
#non-fiction 📚💙
Currently reading after losing in my Kindle library🤣
Graeber makes an interesting case that the ideas of the Enlightenment were supplied by native Americans. Freedom, liberty, autonomy brought to a central Europe and England that suffered under Aristocracy and Church.
November 27, 2024 at 10:35 AM
#books📚💙
#non-fiction 📚💙
Currently reading after losing in my Kindle library🤣
Graeber makes an interesting case that the ideas of the Enlightenment were supplied by native Americans. Freedom, liberty, autonomy brought to a central Europe and England that suffered under Aristocracy and Church.
#non-fiction 📚💙
Currently reading after losing in my Kindle library🤣
Graeber makes an interesting case that the ideas of the Enlightenment were supplied by native Americans. Freedom, liberty, autonomy brought to a central Europe and England that suffered under Aristocracy and Church.
If you see this, post a cat. Don't ask, just post a cat.
November 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM
If you see this, post a cat. Don't ask, just post a cat.
#proofofcat #brookeentrytax
Unfortunately, my old kitty, seen in front of the tv, died in 2022, at the ripe old age of 16 years. Pretty good for a stray cat's kitten. Now no cats, but a ball python lady. Will she do? Named "Toothless", because she is :)
Unfortunately, my old kitty, seen in front of the tv, died in 2022, at the ripe old age of 16 years. Pretty good for a stray cat's kitten. Now no cats, but a ball python lady. Will she do? Named "Toothless", because she is :)
November 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
#proofofcat #brookeentrytax
Unfortunately, my old kitty, seen in front of the tv, died in 2022, at the ripe old age of 16 years. Pretty good for a stray cat's kitten. Now no cats, but a ball python lady. Will she do? Named "Toothless", because she is :)
Unfortunately, my old kitty, seen in front of the tv, died in 2022, at the ripe old age of 16 years. Pretty good for a stray cat's kitten. Now no cats, but a ball python lady. Will she do? Named "Toothless", because she is :)
I watched an X-Files episode last night (I missed the series when it came out, living in Germany). This morning, I look out the patio door to find something Mulderianly spooky. But thank goodness for Wiki. It turns out to be an "inverted ice spike". Truely rare. But no aliens involved :)
December 17, 2023 at 8:17 AM
I watched an X-Files episode last night (I missed the series when it came out, living in Germany). This morning, I look out the patio door to find something Mulderianly spooky. But thank goodness for Wiki. It turns out to be an "inverted ice spike". Truely rare. But no aliens involved :)
