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A Man Out of Time
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Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
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Goldfinches to support Starbucks workers
Mature and juvenile lesser goldfinches getting the last of the sunflowers
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Here, have a slice of my moon
The fullish moon floating on some clouds just after dark
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Rabbit Rabbit 🐇 🐇 for luck
Two rabbits close together, one snuggling, one very much judging
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Tis Halloween, and here's the traditional cat o'lantern:
A jack o'lantern with cat eyes and a huge fanged grin glows tonight to lead all the spirits home.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Happy International Bunny Day! (Better late than never)
Alphonse, a white rabbit, nuzzles his sibling Lorraine, after they've dined on a celebratory plate of kale and carrots
September 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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A fluffy black cat taking her midday siesta on a fuzzy blue blanket
September 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Here is a bowl that was to be filled with the daily ration of a corvee worker, from Marlik, an ancient site in northern Iran (image from Wikipedia):
A clay bowl from around 1000 BC that was to be filled with the daily food ration for a corvee worker -- not overly generous
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Here is a Cayuga duck for you. She's had a lot of sun this summer, maybe that's why her black feathers look more brown now. Note the sleeping with one eye open.
A Cayuga duck with her bill tucked under one wing keeps an eye on the photographer.
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I fill in my calendar by hand, so it looks like this:
A calendar page for September is annotated with moon phases and major planet movements (Info available at astro.com)
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Some good news from New Mexico (please disregard the "fly in the ointment" reporting in paragraph six; that's just the right-leaning Albuquerque Journal reporting):
NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announces universal childcare for the citizens of the state of New Mexico -- front page, top fold of Albuquerque Journal, September 8, 2025
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Post a random picture so things go well in September -- a new superstition
Sunlight filtered by the twisting branches of a desert willow
August 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Post the most recent pic of your pet:
Silver, ornamented
A beautiful blue-gray cat looks questioningly at the camera. He has a braided elaborate necklace of rainbow-colored Mardi Gras beads around his neck.
August 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Great news! My sister's crippled roadrunner returned this morning!
A roadrunner with a bent and thickened leg stands atop a cinder block wall, with the Sandia Mountains in the background
August 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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A bunny appearance in a neighbor's yard
A brown Eastern cottontail rabbit sitting motionless, hoping I don't notice it Same bun, nibbling a plant after I remained motionless too
August 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Seen in the neighborhood this evening: a grey fox who seemed very thirsty -- I hope it found some water somewhere
A grey fox is seen through an opening in some cactus; it is intently watching something.
July 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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#FilmSky
If you see this, post your favorite anti-war film

I have two: Harold & Maude and King of Hearts
Movie poster for Harold & Maude, psychedelic style graphics, songs by Cat Stevens -- one of my favorite movies Movie poster for King of Hearts, a sweet film about finding friends and escaping war wherever you land, and with their help, escaping war -- illustrated by a faint outline drawing of a naked man carrying a bird in a cage
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Square Pegs (1982)
June 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Jack knows how to relax
A shiny black cat sleeping on his back with all four legs in the air and his paws curled
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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You should try this instead.
Cover of The Big Red Barn, a happy, soothing book to fall asleep to
June 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Through the window tonight
A nearly full moon shines behind leaves and branches outside a kinda dirty window
May 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Black is even harder.
A fuzzy black cat reclines upon a red blanket. A fuzzy black cat looks attentively to her right, making this a better picture.
May 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Whereas mine is full of puffy clouds
To the west, a sky full of puffy white clouds To the east, a blue sky full of white puffy clouds To the south, a blue sky full of white puffy clouds
May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Zuck: The average American has three friends.
The Lone Gunmen, from the X Files: Melvin Frohike, Richard Langley, and John Fitzgerald Byers
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Inspecting the bi-color irises with Pearl
Beautiful bi-color irises lit by the sun blooming above spring green leaves A fluffy black cat's tail seen as she sneaks into the irises Pearl, a fluffy black cat, checking out whatever lurks under the irises
April 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Just got back from the Gathering, way earlier than in past years
Native American sits astride a saucy paint horse, Horse Parade at Gathering of Nations, Albuquerque, 25 April 2025
April 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM