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nikkuneko

name a more iconic duo

two cats are partly visible out of a basement window: a grey striped one glaring directly out at the camera, and a marmalade cat turned directly at the first cat.
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two cats are partly visible out of a basement window: a grey striped one glaring directly out at the camera, and a marmalade cat turned directly at the first cat.
my favorite window cats of late, peeping out the windows of a basement apartment in my building.

i call the orange guy “sleepy boy” because he’s always sitting at another window sill looking half asleep and/or zooted AF. (he made a previous cameo here, center right: https://mltshp.com/p/1R2J3 ) today he was apparently monitoring his friend’s monitoring and/or posing for an album cover

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snarkout

Carole Emshwiller

Color illustration; a woman wearing a drapy russet skirt and pink top is standing in on a garden path amongst greenery, holding a string of bells. Her torns and head are in fact a birdcage, and she is surrounded by a half-dozen flying birds.
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Color illustration; a woman wearing a drapy russet skirt and pink top is standing in on a garden path amongst greenery, holding a string of bells. Her torns and head are in fact a birdcage, and she is surrounded by a half-dozen flying birds.
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Carole Emshwiller, the great science fiction writer (largely of short fiction, for which she won the Nebula twice and the World Fantasy Award for her collection "The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories") was born on this day in 1921.

Her first novel, Carmen Dog, wasn't published until she was in her 60s; I highly recommend her *deceptively normal* novel The Mount, in which aliens come to earth and treat humans exactly like horses.

You can read about here here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... — and as a side note, her husband, the sci-fi illustrator and computer animation pioneer Ed Emshwiller, frequently used her as a model; there are a lot of his pieces on MLTSHP, and I believe this one is Carole: https://mltshp.com/p/1FYLV.

Illustration by Gervasio Gallardo for Emshwiller's story "Looking Down" (OMNI magazine, 1990).
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wombatman70

Not AI, just Small

My hand holds a teeny tiny terra cotta pot with a little bitty plant in it.
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My hand holds a teeny tiny terra cotta pot with a little bitty plant in it.
The plant shop had these $0.99 tiny terra cotta pots and I couldn’t resist. Immediately planted this tiny wood strawberry from our yard and topped the soil with a couple pinches of moss.
ITS SO CUUUUUTE
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wmo pro 4 hours ago
so cute
roonie pro 3 hours ago
so cute - but if you asked "How do you like your strawberries?", tiny and wood are not the first thoughts that come to mind.
wombatman70 2 hours ago
@wmo Agreed!
wombatman70 2 hours ago
@roonie Yes and the berries that wood strawberry plants make are not nice. They’re not horrors or anything… just like “what if we took all of the flavor out of a strawberry and made it little and the wrong texture?”
Aka tiny wood strawberries do not come to mind if someone asks how I like MY strawberries, either. Hahaha
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wombatman70

This year’s full-sized varietals

An Image split into four panes, showing four plant tags for four different types of tomato: 
“Mortgage Lifter,”
“Pink Delicious,”
“Old German,” and
“San Marzano.”
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An Image split into four panes, showing four plant tags for four different types of tomato:
“Mortgage Lifter,”
“Pink Delicious,”
“Old German,” and
“San Marzano.”
We like to have half our tomatoes be cherry/grape types because we like how they grow and look and taste, etc., but the other half we’ve started doing as all biggins. These are the four varietals we picked for this half this year. Woohoo!!!
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williwaw pro 4 hours ago
Nice! These looks tasty!

No matter what kind of vegetable it is, I'm always a sucker for any varietal called Mortgage Lifter.
wombatman70 4 hours ago
@williwaw I thought so, too! And while I’m doubting it’ll actually pay our mortgage, I certainly won’t complain if these bumpy maters find a way to do so!
ardgedee pro 4 hours ago
Our CSA includes some heirloom tomatoes every summer, and past batches have included both Mortgage Lifter and Pink Delicious.

Speaking as somebody who's not even big on tomatoes, they were really great.
wombatman70 4 hours ago
@ardgedee yussssss I’m looking forward to it even more, then!
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LocalStain

 

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O_C

"All of the outfits I wore for my first week at my new job as a hatter."

Photograph. A young(ish) man stands in a parking lot next to a retail establishment which a sign identifies as "Henry the Hatter" 2472 Riopelle Street, Detroit, MI. The man is wearing a tan button-vest and khaki pants, brown leather shoes, a dark brown sport coat, a bow tie, and a brown bowler hat. He is bespectacled. His left hand rests on his hip, his right knee is slightly bent. A fine gentleman indeed.
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Photograph. A young(ish) man stands in a parking lot next to a retail establishment which a sign identifies as "Henry the Hatter" 2472 Riopelle Street, Detroit, MI. The man is wearing a tan button-vest and khaki pants, brown leather shoes, a dark brown sport coat, a bow tie, and a brown bowler hat. He is bespectacled. His left hand rests on his hip, his right knee is slightly bent. A fine gentleman indeed.
https://www.reddit.com/r...

titled as found, rest of the outfits (which are all amazing in their own way) at the link
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BennyTheIcepick pro 11 hours ago
Oh this guy needs to watch Chris Fleming’s new standup show on HBO.
jer pro 10 hours ago
Elementary, my dear Watson...
williwaw

The Fart of War

Image of Trump's face merged into a Sun Tzu meme, so that Trump has Tzu's face, with the words, "Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade. - Don Tzu"
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Image of Trump's face merged into a Sun Tzu meme, so that Trump has Tzu's face, with the words, "Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade. - Don Tzu"
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
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scruss pro 9 hours ago
reminds me of the (current?) cover of the Economist, with a blurry bloviating TFG in the foreground but the focus on a wry-looking Xi Jinping further back. The text is an abbreviate Sun Tzu quote: "Never interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake".
MackReed pro 9 hours ago
this'll teach 'em to mess with the United States.

O wait, they already know how.
bezt pro 7 hours ago
@scruss This one: https://mltshp.com/p/1RNAQ
roonie pro 3 hours ago
Now, now! Cap'n Donny has worked out that if them I ran (so far away) Ian's, are charging millions of dollars then it makes economic sense to collect that revenue for himself... I mean for the greater benefit of USA!
mcmjolnir pro 2 hours ago
@roonie gotta get his beak wet with tolls too
scruss pro 2 hours ago
@bezt thank you. Didn't know it has been posted
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joffaboy

A dark and furry pattern

Via Facebook
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Via Facebook
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roonie pro 3 hours ago
"Click Like, or we'll shoot this dog."
artwells

into Sunday like

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bugs bunny making faces
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jaybee

good afternoon

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jpoulos pro 8 hours ago
Maulania
m3moellering 8 hours ago
@jpoulos Bwahahahahaaaa! !!!
mcmjolnir pro 2 hours ago
@jpoulos A+
jpoulos

And I Am

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foist pro Yesterday
Love it in two places!
0y3ahSansAcut3 12 hours ago
That hairdo is unreal.
dapete

St. Jonesie

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bezt pro 14 hours ago
Paolo Rivera, _Alien: Priority One_ https://www.sideshow.com/collecti...
patd

Time for resurrection

The backside of a wrist watch with its battery panel open and to the side. The panel shows the manufacturer (Skagen from Denmark).  The watch's battery and some mechanical components are visible. The band is in rough shape.
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The backside of a wrist watch with its battery panel open and to the side. The panel shows the manufacturer (Skagen from Denmark). The watch's battery and some mechanical components are visible. The band is in rough shape.
Mrs. PatD got me this watch 20 years ago and I'm intrigued by the idea of a watch that's not connected to a data center. Battery replacement was a success - there is movement! Now trying to get the case back on again without smashing the face.
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m3moellering 13 hours ago
Bon chance!
joffaboy

Whip of the Week

A truck with a capybara on the cargo area
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A truck with a capybara on the cargo area
https://www.tumblr.com/sandmand...
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poorusher 16 hours ago
Should this also be in Big Units?
dreyfusslugado 14 hours ago
Temu CatBus from My Neighbor Totoro
Argie pro 14 hours ago
@poorusher we're currently not accepting Hybrids 😁
Xedrik 13 hours ago
Ooooooh, Capybaracuda.
MackReed pro 9 hours ago
@Xedrik godDAMNit
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LocalStain

And here I thought I’d run out…

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ba pro 6 hours ago
...fuckload of...
ardgedee pro 4 hours ago
That's a shitload of fuck there.
grantbarrett pro 4 hours ago
Do you have any to give?
m3moellering

Recreating Memories

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We are hosting our friends from Stockholm this week. We drove to Niagara Falls and walked across the border for the views. This is Celia and Sarah recreating a photo of them from five years ago. It’s so lovely to have her and her beau (not pictured) here.
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BooBounder 9 hours ago
Very cool to see one of my old haunts
m3moellering 8 hours ago
@BooBounder Well, the U.S. side certainly looks haunted.
artwells

deebdeebdeebdeeb

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woman saying something
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snarkout pro 9 hours ago
Loved her on Buck Rogers.
jpoulos pro 8 hours ago
@snarkout 👏👏👏
spingo pro 6 hours ago
@snarkout hahah
dogwelder pro 2 hours ago
that's all folks!
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artwells

sup

Me in sunglasses
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Me in sunglasses
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jpoulos pro 2 days ago
Clearly you are doing everything right. 🫡
m3moellering 2 days ago
Aqui no mas.
dad 2 days ago
Always gets the replay, never seen him fall
spingo pro 2 days ago
😍
MackReed pro Yesterday
DAING.
cristin pro Yesterday
nice glasses. wherelight?
artwells pro Yesterday
@cristin free box. I was going to take of the limbs and bridge, and.make them into clip.ons,.but I don't think.they are worth it. I'm just going to let the family have them for fun
m3moellering Yesterday
Beeteedubs, Elton would be proud.
Lockjaw pro Yesterday
@m3moellering Came here to say that! +++
crazyunclejoe pro Yesterday
@dad ++
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artwells

cheese slicer

bannister with a wire pulled across it by figurines
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bannister with a wire pulled across it by figurines
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homerj Yesterday
This is great.
samh

High Country

A bicycle on a dirt road with a snowy mountain peak in the distance.
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A bicycle on a dirt road with a snowy mountain peak in the distance.
The high country is starting to allow passage. Middle section of my ride had a fair amount of snow and mud on it but well worth it for some quality time in the wild.
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williwaw pro Yesterday
man, that looks worrisomely dry (for this time of year)
samh pro Yesterday
I should absolutely not have been able to ride this section of road until mid-May at the earliest, @williwaw.
williwaw pro Yesterday
Annnnnd as you probably know you've got a super el nino warm pattern incoming - one of my weather colleagues told me this could be the strongest el nino on record, they're seriously freaking out about it.

Holy shit this summer is going to be bad for fire - especially with the essential dismantling of the USFS on top of the shit fuckery at FEMA. . . . I think we're going to see another Paradise/Lahaina/Marshall Fire situation somewhere. :( Keep your head on a swivel, my friend.
samh pro Yesterday
On Friday afternoon there was a huge plume of smoke rising up from the Madison Valley, @williwaw. It's already here : (
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BooBounder

My Wife's Easter Eggs

My wife's Easter eggs, made with mint and celery leaves, and red onions.
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My wife's Easter eggs, made with mint and celery leaves, and red onions.
Celery and mint leaves, steeped in red onion skin broth. On weird Chinese country-shaped (Poland) plate, on contemporary imported Polish table runner.
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otaman pro 15 hours ago
Beautiful!
BennyTheIcepick pro 14 hours ago
I’m curious about the process if you are willing to share the technique
jer pro 11 hours ago
Likewise, those are really cool.
wjcstp

welcome home, nerds

Metallic space capsule with 5 large red balloons on top, floating in the ocean
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Metallic space capsule with 5 large red balloons on top, floating in the ocean
Successful splashdown for Artemis II
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Argie pro 2 days ago
Okay I've got my chimp suit on, everyone else?
roue 2 days ago
uh oh, space hemorrhoids.
scruss pro Yesterday
@roue arse grapes .... FROM SPAAAAACE!
0y3ahSansAcut3 Yesterday
So much risk, so much time and money, wasted on that pick up yesterday. If they were going to haul the capsule up onto the ship, why didn't they just haul it up, with the astronauts in it? I really do not want any snarky answers to this question. Just so many more elements of risk introduced in their wonky business. Then all those people out on the ocean at sunset, had yo strip the enormously expensive stabilizing ring, and porch, to clear the capsule and pick it up.
ckoerner Yesterday
@0y3ahSansAcut3 I had the same question. Apparently it’s to keep people and the capsule safe. It’s 10 tones in the middle of the wavy ocean. NASA wants to evaluate how well it performed (like the heat shield) in space and if they scrape/bonk it while trying to load it they have to ask, “Did that happen while we were trying to load it onto the ship or when it was out by the moon?” The ship that picked it up has a bay they can flood and then pump the water out of. Neat stuff. Here’s a video of Artemis I’s recovery https://youtu.be/_4FbuN-Q...
Argie pro 14 hours ago
@0y3ahSansAcut3 @ckoerner I've been reading the same discussion elsewhere, and some reasons...

1: Because it’s way too heavy, bulky, and unstable once it’s in the water. (weighs 10 Tonnes)
2: Space travel takes a long time and things are done precisely, 2 hours at the end of a mission is a blip
3. The craft is documented/photographed underwater, this is so they can see the state of the heat shield and other b ase parts of the craft as it landed. It may not look the same after its been carted around a bit. This is the best way to understand how it all went because science
4. Safety, it's done like this because it's safer

and a bunch more reasons but that's all i kinda remember
0y3ahSansAcut3 12 hours ago
10 tons! What? I get out of this chair just fine, several times in a day.
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cristin

keep seattle weird

A sign, in Letter-sized paper, pinned in a cork board. The board is labeled at the bottom "City of Shoreline". At the top, in large print, the sign reads, in all caps "Is your 3D printer haunted?" then assorted pictures of 3D printers where the printing went massively wrong. The pictures show weird tangled artifacts where the filament has gone in all directions, forming blobs and just very weird, maybe of dreadful shapes.  
In small font, next to the pictures, there is a paragraph of text reading: " Bring Your 3d printer or any haunted prints. Feel free to bring snacks. I will bring crystals to trap up to 8 spirits."
Then, in medium size, all caps font: "Join the seance to banish the spirits causing your 3D printer to misbehave. 1pm april 25th 2026 Carkeek Park Fire Pit, Seattle" 

Then a picture of a funny guy with a quote suggesting a review "I have done this before and it works". 

One of the pictures has a caption, in yet a different color and size font, "If you have any energy imbalances, be careful of excised spirits taking over your body, please protect yourself". 

Then "Email for questions: zeitlicht@gmail.com".
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A sign, in Letter-sized paper, pinned in a cork board. The board is labeled at the bottom "City of Shoreline". At the top, in large print, the sign reads, in all caps "Is your 3D printer haunted?" then assorted pictures of 3D printers where the printing went massively wrong. The pictures show weird tangled artifacts where the filament has gone in all directions, forming blobs and just very weird, maybe of dreadful shapes.
In small font, next to the pictures, there is a paragraph of text reading: " Bring Your 3d printer or any haunted prints. Feel free to bring snacks. I will bring crystals to trap up to 8 spirits."
Then, in medium size, all caps font: "Join the seance to banish the spirits causing your 3D printer to misbehave. 1pm april 25th 2026 Carkeek Park Fire Pit, Seattle"

Then a picture of a funny guy with a quote suggesting a review "I have done this before and it works".

One of the pictures has a caption, in yet a different color and size font, "If you have any energy imbalances, be careful of excised spirits taking over your body, please protect yourself".

Then "Email for questions: zeitlicht@gmail.com".
source: https://social.coop/@marsipo...
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artwells pro Yesterday
So many times, I did things far more futile than this.

I would have traveled states for this when I had my Velleman monster
nikkuneko pro Yesterday
spoiler: the crystals were also 3d printed
[ominous droning increases]
m3moellering 14 hours ago
@nikkuneko Hehehehehe
patd 13 hours ago
Having recently tossed my Creality 3D printer into the abyss (because man was not meant to spend every weekend leveling things), I wish I had known that faith-based healing was an option.
MackReed pro 9 hours ago
WHICH Carkeek Park fire pit tho??
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LocalStain

Purple Rain (Live From Minneapolis)

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#essential, #covers, #RIP little purple one.
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Lockjaw pro 12 hours ago
Came here to post this! So good!
spingo pro 11 hours ago
It's still kinda shocking to me that motherfuckers this old can still play that well, and play hours-long concerts. I don't even like to STAND that long.
joffaboy

Red flowers against a stone wall

Red flowers against a stone wall
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Red flowers against a stone wall
Lumix G95, edited in Lightroom
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artwells

 

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vincent price saying "Don't be frightened, my children... The worst is yet to come.
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n0wak

Simulacra and Simulation

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Argie pro 2 days ago
Aligators all the way down
poorusher 2 days ago
PHWOAR
bezt pro 2 days ago
That's not a croc, _this_ is a croc.
bezt pro 2 days ago
@bezt However, this is probably ML generated, and it's simulacra all the way down - the legs on the furniture in the background don't quite make sense. AI-ligator, not alligator. This does seem to have happened in 2019, though on a smaller scale. https://www.clickorlando.com/news...
samh pro 2 days ago
Nothing about that patio furniture looks out of the ordinary to me. Not saying this isn't generated but it looks very much like an unkempt AirBnB would look after a big storm to me.
otaman pro 2 days ago
Lars and the Real Girl
ian_crowther pro 2 days ago
Ideas about the thing and the thing itself
cristin pro Yesterday
this one is 100% simulacra, the real one has a different gator, different pool https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news...
BennyTheIcepick pro Yesterday
I hate living in a timeline where we have to debate about whether an image is real or not. Fuck you, AI.
minimumsafedistance Yesterday
if not wife, why wife shaped?
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artwells

squad goals

vintage ad with illustration of fruits and vegetables with human faces on them that don't seem particularly happy, captioned "WE GREW FROM O.K. SEEDS"
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vintage ad with illustration of fruits and vegetables with human faces on them that don't seem particularly happy, captioned "WE GREW FROM O.K. SEEDS"
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poorusher Yesterday
I'm getting an acid flashback from this
ardgedee pro Yesterday
In what universe were seeds like this OK?
dapete 21 hours ago
"We grew from seeds that look to the left for some reason"
m3moellering 14 hours ago
@poorusher /same
Mr_Encyclopedia pro 3 hours ago
If these are OK seeds I'd hate to see the bad seeds
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otaman

every time

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heyitsal pro 2 days ago
Beetlemoses is coincidentally in Austin, TX this weekend for https://staple-austin.org/ guessing he thought of this trying to leave the airport earlier.
david_adams Yesterday
I have a worse problem. I drive a right hand drive van in the USA.
robritz

HRMFMFPHHGRFLFRMPH?

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Translation: Can we get ice cream later?

My daughter working on blowing up a floaty.
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Xedrik Yesterday
This would have been so perfect if only one leg was sticking out :D
minimumsafedistance Yesterday
this is also how i beach.
robritz Yesterday
@Xedrik aaaahhhhhhhh perfect! if we end up reshooting it we'll do that!
cristin pro 20 hours ago
took me a bit to see the flamingo head, and I first thought "Kirby?"
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