#MV26, #fosterjoy

Yolanda and Nigel.

Story time;

Andrea was down for the weekend and left first thing this morning. It wasn't until after she left that I saw the text from my boss that i could take tonight off, the last of these sorts of breaks we might get til Sept, and though I was initially interested in an extra night off I demurred in favor of pulling in some scratch...

Fast forward a few hours and Michael messaged that he needed to speak to me about some things and reiterated his offer and I accepted. Based on timing and logistics of ferries and buses that meant I had to leave my house almost immediately lest it cost me an extra few hours and have me home after dark.

Out the door I ran. I remembered my jewelry and forgot my wallet...

To the bus stop to make a ferry two towns over. Only the gates at the terminal are down. It's 72 with a 2kt breeze in VH where I live, It's 68 and blowing 10kts on the other side of the island. Ferries are re-routed... to the town I just left...

It happens.

I learn this upon entering the ticket office at the terminal. A smiling Yolanda says; they re-route the boats due to the weather. Do you live here? Can I give you a lift to VH...?

I mean that would be amazing(I say as I see the bus that would have got me there on time pull away from the terminal). She is sure to warn me that Nigel, a wire-haired bundle of love at her feet, would need to remain navigator on our journey.

We bounced and made it with time to spare.

We chatted and learned we had more than a hadnful of shared friends, and interests; she's a cook who spent years here on the island in catering and private chef gigs.

This sort of thing might happen in your neighborhood from time to time, too! It's the sort of thing that makes living here special and feeds the idea that there is a magic on this island that is nourished by the people here as much as the place itself.

🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

Appropriates the old Icee (predecessor of Slurpee, Slush Puppie, etc.) logo. geddit?

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Surprise, why am I in your machine, I once was a God! I don't like having my image taken!

There is a young man in the kitchen this summer who replies to almost every order call/instruction set with a slow, drawling;

Awlllriiight.

That makes me want to kick things.

He has yet to peel the glue off of his hands, is what I'm saying.

Ya know, it's just a high school horse. He probably just wants to sell me mulch or something to help support his riding club.

Source: yesterday

I haven't looked at my desktop computer for more than a year.

Ribboned water at the Stone Reservoir, 5 miles into Southern Idaho, North of Snowville, home of Mollie"s Cafe, which has all kinds of pie. Immediately north of the proposed data center site, in Box Elder County, Utah.

#photography #DayleRecord

Waiting for another dog to come through the gates of the park I think

Or, at least, that’s what he thinks he’s doing.

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This coupled with the Norwegian fans chant https://mltshp.com/p/1RR7L
I like it 😁

We said goodbye to one of the greatest dogs today. Lucky to have had him in our lives.

We gave him a good life after he came to us abandoned. I like to think he gave us a bit of life over the years. The epitome of “man’s best friend”, he’d follow you to the end of the earth and back. Six years is too short for the love we had and cancer just fucking sucks.

Edit: I just realized I've posted about him a few times over the years. That brings me joy. https://mltshp.com/search...

NSFW for crude drawing of a wiener and some swears. We went to a board game convention over the weekend and passed by this on my way from the parking lot.

Another card done. King of Wands featuring author, Devin Hunter. Created entirely in Adobe Illustrator. ©2026 Davezilla. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Mat Auryn for giving me extra details to include.

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One of the things I will do now with this free time is pursue my love for photography, recently bought these 3 cameras and will be exploring the country and maybe further afield!

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major 8-bit vibe, esp. if you perspective correct it: https://xoxo.zone/@scruss...

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Another plant in my native garden for my mother's memory.

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I've been hard at work in the last two weeks together with my colleague Ivonne (in the background). But we've been slowed down a little bit. Last week there was a heatwave of more than 30°C and this weekend it's been raining a lot. But we've got some extra time. So I'm not too worried. We're not nearly finished, although some people might think it is done :-)

By the way, the design is basically a watercolour I did a couple of years ago, with some minor alterations: https://mltshp.com/p/1N5L6

The official opening is on Saturday afternoon June the 13th. If you're in the neighbourhood of Rotterdam, drop by!

#art #painting

After 12 years of working in the same place, I have finally left. It came as I was getting despondent and really getting mentally tired from the role that I was doing. I asked for some time off which was rejected and in turn they came to the idea that leaving was best for business. I have so many fond memories there and made so many friends so it was hard to decide that but that means I can forge another chapter in my life...

Kazakh scavengers stripping copper off the second stage of a Soyuz rocket that plummeted back to Earth. The men are surrounded by giant clouds of white butterflies. Taken by Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen, 2000.
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Been picking up embroidery after a forty year break. Thought I'd look at my one big project, a pair of 501s.

Had to go back for the sight of I and my car, reflected. This is a great day, almost hot, but not quite. Nice talk with coffee friends. The evening air stirring is already cool.
#photography #DayleRecord

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