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tportch88.bsky.social
@tportch88.bsky.social
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I travel full time according mostly to the temperature. National Parks and Forests. Nature. Wildlife. Geology. Quiet. Solitude. Hiking. Stargazing. Wildlife. Cooking. Wine. Unless noted, I cooked it myself and took the pics with my Pixel 7. NO AI HERE.
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Near where I'm staying, there's a crossroads with a tiny post office (been twice), a tiny diner (haven't been), a tiny gas station and general store (been several times, found exactly what I wanted each time), and this place across the street.

#NewMexico #abandoned #exploring
An old concrete block building with faded white paint, a front canopy, boarded up windows and the words 'MERCANTILE GROCERIES MEATS' painted in red on the side sits under a brilliant blue sky with faint whispy clouds. There are mountains in the distance in the background, and two huge deep green bushes tower over the back half of the right side of the building.
February 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Seen on a recent hike

#hiking #cactus #NewMexico #nature
A huge barrel cactus with thousands of needles in neat rows and a wild twist at the bottom of it's barrely base takes front and center, while a cluster of smaller ones reside in the background amongst desert bushes, scrub, and sand.
February 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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One of my favorite dinners - lentil curry.

#food #fromscratch #dinner #lentils #curry #raita #naan
Bottom center of pic: spicy, savory orange brown lentil curry surrounds a pile of while rice in the center of a bowl as a fork protrudes from the top. Above, a bowl on the left and a plate on the right create mouse ears. The bowl on the left has raita, a cool and creamy white salad with bright green shredded cucumber. The plate on the right has a failed but still delicious attempt to make naan bread with Bisquick mix. I will just use self rising flour in the future, that has worked out much better. But these golden brown mottled garlic pancakes were pretty good haha. In between the ears, a plastic wine glass contains a really bad red blend.
February 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The early part of sunset last night

#clouds #sunset #mountains #sky #nature #NewMexico
Beyond a gravel road and bushes in the foreground, shaded gray mountains lay low in the distance while firey clouds spread across the sky with layers of orange, yellow and pink still lit by the sun.
February 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Doo, doo, doo, lookin' #outmyfrontdoor

#mountains #rv #nature #newmexico
Through an as-seen-on-tv magnetic screen door, sand and dried shaded desert brush and bushes in the foreground give way to multicolored striped mountains in the distance, seemingly glowing while still under the sun, all under a pale blue sky with a few thin whispy clouds
February 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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#sunrise #nature #clouds
As the sun rises, the turquoise gray sky and clouds turn into a burst of pink, yellow and orange emerging from behind the black silhouette of mountains and trees in the foreground. A single mysterious light shines from just under the ridge of the mountains.
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Split pea soup, garlic parm bread, cheap chardonnay.

#dinner #food #homemade #fromscratch #comfortfood
Split pea soup in a blue plastic bowl; two long narrow pieces of bead with melted parmesan, butter, garlic, and parsley on a swirly paper Walmart plate; and a glass of the cheapest chardonnay possible in a plastic wine glass with a lid. Delicious.
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I didn't even have to hike today to see the wildlife, I just stuck my head out the door and there it was.

#nature #roadrunner #bird #wildlife
A lone roadrunner walks through some sand and multicolored fallen leaves in search of insects
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Banana walnut steel cut oats.

#food #breakfast #tastesbetterthanitlooks #homemade #comfortfood
Banana walnut steel cut oats, homemade, from scratch. In a paper Walmart bowl with the blue swirls. This is my first experience with this type of oats. They're an off brand and when I first opened it up, I thought something was wrong with them LOL. A few minutes of research later, I learned how to cook these and YUM. Nothing wrong with these at all.
January 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Posting mostly because I need the practice...my dinner from a few nights ago. Ground turkey sausage, broccoli, egg noodles, garlic, CRP, butter, Parm, chardonnay. It needed a little more sauce but it was still delicious.

#food #dinner #homemade #cooking
Ground turkey sausage, broccoli, egg noodles, garlic, butter, CRP, chardonnay, Parmesan cheese. Yum.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Now that I've learned to add hashtags, and also that you can't add them after the fact, I'm posting this one again, with hashtags.

#nature #wildlife #photography #hiking
Two mule deer in brush near the banks of the Rio Grande. I've finally learned to take a few pics First, Then say 'hi, pretty!' to the wildlife, like a giant dork. The closer one took a few steps towards me when I did haha.
January 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Some people I met raved about the ribs at the hot bar at the local grocery store, and they were Right. I made a great corn casserole with sweet hot sauce, a salad with raspberry vinaigrette, and a cheap cab sav that went really well with this.

#dinner #mostlyhomemade #delicious #comfortfood
BBQ ribs, corn casserole, side salad, cheap wine
January 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I have finally learned to take a few pics first, Then say 'hi, pretty!' to the wildlife like a giant dork. That one in the front took a few steps towards me when I did lol
Mule deer I saw while hiking this morning
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I cooked for the first time in two weeks after being extremely sick. Ground turkey Italian sausage; broccoli, noodles; butter, chardonnay, garlic, CRP sauce; grated Parm. Delicious.
January 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM