Spent the weekend in a Yurt near Newport, Oregon. It was a super low tide weekend with lots of beach to comb and tide pools to explore!

I went for a walk this afternoon. For the first time in a long time, my walk was completely unrelated to either patrolling my neighborhood, dealing with anxiety, or both. I made the specific decision to return to a former (rough) route that is outside my immediate neighborhood and to listen to music instead of be on high alert.

It was glorious. I listened to Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee, prompted by a friend who I reconnected with last night over dinner after a relatively short, yet significant deliberate stretch of time apart.

There were many chalk drawings on sidewalks, undoubtedly from yesterday when the afternoon was warm and families were gathered for Easter. Those all made me smile, but I was moved to photograph this lone car drawing on the walking path along Minnehaha Creek.

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Robert Smalls' birthday was yesterday; Smalls, who became one of the most remarkable figures of the Civil War, was born into slavery on April 5, 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina.

After working as a sail-maker and longshoreman, Smalls achieved a position of responsibility as a pilot in Charleston Harbor. On the evening of May 12, 1862, Smalls and the enslaved crew of the CSS Planter, a small Confederate transport, had been left aboard the ship overnight.

They arranged for their families to visit and bring them dinner, then hide on the wharf. In the pre-dawn hours of May 13, they picked up their families and, with Smalls mimicking the Planter's captain (wearing his uniform and a straw hat) and delivering the correct hand signals, sailed out through Charleston Harbor past Fort Sumter. They then raised a white flag and delivered the Planter, four artillery pieces, and a naval code book into the hands of the US Navy.

Smalls, with his excellent knowledge of the harbor (including mine placement), began serving with the Navy as a consultant and civilian pilot. In August, 1862, he traveled to DC to help convince Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to allow Blacks to enlist in the US Army.

In 1864, Smalls was invited to Philadelphia to serve as an unofficial delegate to the Republican National Convention; following the war, he purchased his former enslaver's house in Beaufort after it was seized for non-payment of taxes. He used his savings, including significant prize money from the capture of the Planter, to form a short-haul horse-drawn railroad (with an almost entirely African-American board of directors) and start a newspaper in 1872.

Beginning in 1875, Smalls, who had learned to read while in Philadelphia, served five non-consecutive terms in Congress as a Radical Republican, including sponsorship of a (failed) amendment to integrate the Army.

Smalls is commemorated in a number of ways, including the Army transport vessel USAV Major General Robert Smalls and the Robert Smalls House, a National Historic Landmark in Beaufort. Smalls died of complications from diabetes in 1915.

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Mrs. Otaman was busy creating pysanky for customers & clients. I think she made about 36 just in the past week! I only got a few snaps of the leftover ones here. Top right is my favourite – a new design for this year. I also love the wonderful accident on the bottom left. This egg got some moisture inside during one stage of dyeing (my wife works on emptied eggs), and the moisture negatively affected how the blue dye adhered. The resulting starry-sky effect is really cool though, and I'm calling this the Artemis II egg.

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Got all four rows up and running in a single day. A new personal record, and I'm freaking exhausted!

Crate training for the first time, I feel bad when I put her in. I want to get her a ball and glove so she can pass the time like Captain Hilts.

#notesArt #easter

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Today’s find! Signed Joanna Lumley, otherwise known as Patsy from Ab Fab, what an icon 🤩 (£2.50, frame included) 👍🏼

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good public art

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in sheet lined with parchment paper, peeled and sliced a large russet so it fits under a wire rack in roast sheet. season with s/p, chopped rosemary and light oil drizzle. place wire rack over.

2 whole on bone w/skin chicken thighs seasoned with s/p, a splash of dijon to get it fully coated, some freshly chopped rosemary leaves, 2tsp of paprika, splash of oil and mix to coat evenly.

place chicken over potatoes on wire rack, light sprinkle of montreal steak rub on skin side, 425F for 45. serve .

steamed some baby broccoli with drizzle of hoison.

I made a two layer carrot cake.

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I stumbled on this big ass clock in the entryway of the Barcelona History Museum while exploring. It was built in 1576 and ran in the cathedral until 1864.

I’ve watched blacksmithing videos for years. I’ve always wanted to try forging but never really got around to it. Seeing this machine built almost entirely of forged steel was breathtaking. To give a sense of scale, I’m 5’10”/178cm and I was maybe crouching a little for this shot.

I thought the image was more interesting in negative so I didn’t convert to positive. Shot on a Minolta XD-11 with Kodak Tri-X pushed to 3200 and a 35mm lens.