Joyful Democracy where even in King City, Oregon we want No Kings!
October 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Joyful Democracy where even in King City, Oregon we want No Kings!
Yep, hard to take a selfie in an inflatable! I had to scour the internet for shots from our small town rally.
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yep, hard to take a selfie in an inflatable! I had to scour the internet for shots from our small town rally.
I came out from the garden.
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I came out from the garden.
Trade you. Peanut the Squirrel reminding us to play even now.
October 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trade you. Peanut the Squirrel reminding us to play even now.
I met a homeless little girl and her mom at a rest stop. I had no money but I gave her my hand lens. I said it was a window to a magical world. I told her I was a scientist because of what I saw in the window and maybe she could be one too.
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I met a homeless little girl and her mom at a rest stop. I had no money but I gave her my hand lens. I said it was a window to a magical world. I told her I was a scientist because of what I saw in the window and maybe she could be one too.
Hiding in the war-ravaged jungles of the Portland metro. One can hear the explosions of color all over the region. Running out of food for the blue jays and squirrels. Molotov kombucha mocktails thrown into glasses everywhere. Oh, the horror . . .
September 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hiding in the war-ravaged jungles of the Portland metro. One can hear the explosions of color all over the region. Running out of food for the blue jays and squirrels. Molotov kombucha mocktails thrown into glasses everywhere. Oh, the horror . . .
Bet you could use a smile right now.
June 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bet you could use a smile right now.
I found the eggs this morning!
Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae on my cauliflower leaves.
Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae on my cauliflower leaves.
April 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I found the eggs this morning!
Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae on my cauliflower leaves.
Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae on my cauliflower leaves.
She’s named Betsy. She has the best taste; buttermilk, dill, and chives.
March 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
She’s named Betsy. She has the best taste; buttermilk, dill, and chives.
Twiddle Dee, three seed on the left. Tweetle Dum, sunflower seed, to the right. Stupid little drama king stuck to the cling wrap. Everyone else has played nice, but not Dum.
March 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Twiddle Dee, three seed on the left. Tweetle Dum, sunflower seed, to the right. Stupid little drama king stuck to the cling wrap. Everyone else has played nice, but not Dum.
So many poppy seeds! I will likely light up an opiate drug test.
March 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So many poppy seeds! I will likely light up an opiate drug test.
I have named my stress loaves. Today, Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dum are loafing around the heater. Proof, once again, that rising up is a good thing.
March 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I have named my stress loaves. Today, Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dum are loafing around the heater. Proof, once again, that rising up is a good thing.
Despite all that is going on, there’s peas in our house.
March 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Despite all that is going on, there’s peas in our house.
I bet you could use a little color right now.
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I bet you could use a little color right now.
Most people have no idea how many slug species can inhabit their landscapes. In a slug haven like the northwest, there can be many species. A milky slug, a dark-face arion, and a European red slug are sharing a meal in the garden. The meal was one of their fallen comrades.
February 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Most people have no idea how many slug species can inhabit their landscapes. In a slug haven like the northwest, there can be many species. A milky slug, a dark-face arion, and a European red slug are sharing a meal in the garden. The meal was one of their fallen comrades.
No fan of teasing, but teasing a slug to see the color of its slime can help with identification. Note the orange slime for dark-face arion.
February 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No fan of teasing, but teasing a slug to see the color of its slime can help with identification. Note the orange slime for dark-face arion.