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Barred owl perched on a tree branch.
Barred Owl has been hanging around the cottage this week. Let us get quite close today.
nikkuneko
whoaaaaaaa you have been bless't by his presence
who?
a superb owl!
@jive_t cooks for you?
Love these guys, miss seeing/hearing them as often as we used to at the old place
Love these guys, miss seeing/hearing them as often as we used to at the old place
They're very attacky at night, ask me how I know
@mcmjolnir shouldn't have tried to talking to his gal, dude
We've got one or two in our neighborhood (according to Merlin, anyway) and I haven't been able to see them yet but they're audible all hours of the day and night. They can get crazy loud when they feel like it.
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We sent this as our invitation... in a tube. It's 3 feet tall. We have it in a frame in our living room and everything :). My friend, Brodsky, who is the bravest graphic artist I have yet to meet helped me crush the design. A friend of ours, Elke was a CD at an agency where she had these printed for us. We stuck them in tubes and USPSed them out for a couple of bucks each.
It was a wonderful wedding. We had $0 to spend on it. Most of the money wound up going to the New Leaf Cafe. They were in Fort Tryon Park in way north NYC. They hadn't opened yet, so we cut a deal with them using us as a practice event with a buffet with a pay-bar. We put goldfish in take home bowls on the tables instead of flowers. Heather found a gorgeous thrift store gown. We used the venues speakers with a random playlist and that was that.
A friend of ours who was a freelance philosopher and now teaches at Oxford, gave a dissertation on marriage that I cannot remember a word of because I was holding my new wife's hand and sweating in my suit jacket in the usual sweaty August of the city. Fuck it was hot. But that just led to people giving up the usual wedding stuffiness. A lot of clothes went missing almost immediately.
We gave everyone point and shoot cameras, called in a favor for some portraits and table shots. The photographer completely failed, saying "I've never been at an event where I couldn't get people to stop laughing long enough to take a group photo". He was pretty drunk when he said it.
We had a cake with Wonder Woman and The Tick on top that we brought. We had totally forgotten about it, but saw it when we started happily saying goodbye to everyone.
It was a wonderful wedding. We had $0 to spend on it. Most of the money wound up going to the New Leaf Cafe. They were in Fort Tryon Park in way north NYC. They hadn't opened yet, so we cut a deal with them using us as a practice event with a buffet with a pay-bar. We put goldfish in take home bowls on the tables instead of flowers. Heather found a gorgeous thrift store gown. We used the venues speakers with a random playlist and that was that.
A friend of ours who was a freelance philosopher and now teaches at Oxford, gave a dissertation on marriage that I cannot remember a word of because I was holding my new wife's hand and sweating in my suit jacket in the usual sweaty August of the city. Fuck it was hot. But that just led to people giving up the usual wedding stuffiness. A lot of clothes went missing almost immediately.
We gave everyone point and shoot cameras, called in a favor for some portraits and table shots. The photographer completely failed, saying "I've never been at an event where I couldn't get people to stop laughing long enough to take a group photo". He was pretty drunk when he said it.
We had a cake with Wonder Woman and The Tick on top that we brought. We had totally forgotten about it, but saw it when we started happily saying goodbye to everyone.
A billion congratulations, my friend. What a glorious artifact.
Yes much love, forever!!!!
That's just so lovely. Thank you for sharing!
This tale of amazing-ness is simply wonderful! Happy anniversary.
That's awesome. I love interesting weddings. I am pretty sure that interesting weddings require a certain amount of poverty to properly happen.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats!
Yay to continued love!
congratulations!
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Rainbow colours seen in mist rising from black rocky ground
Gorgeous!
👏👏👏
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A three-panel image of my basil garden. The bottom panel is a distant shot encompassing all of the large leafy basil plants and the lemon balm plants on the right.
The top left is just a top-down shot of their bushy leaves, and the top-right photo is from the side, with a tape measure sticking out above the basil leaves to show that the plants are about 30 or 31 inches tall at the highest.
The top left is just a top-down shot of their bushy leaves, and the top-right photo is from the side, with a tape measure sticking out above the basil leaves to show that the plants are about 30 or 31 inches tall at the highest.
Another bumper crop of basil this year!
I let the front two plants flower and flower without nipping any of it off until today because I felt bad about taking flowers from pollinators (we have other flowers, so I didn’t need to feel guilty), and although those ripped taller than the rest at first, they didn’t really feel like keeping up the pace since I let them bloom.
Since we were out of town for two weeks (and had a lot of rain) I only just now finished trimming all the flowers off all of them, and they’re beautiful. As you can see, at their tallest they’re about 30”-31” high now.
At the far side, past the anemic looking basil, are my thriving lemon balm plants, that are lower than the basil. Watering and mowing over here is great. Lemon & basil all the way!
I let the front two plants flower and flower without nipping any of it off until today because I felt bad about taking flowers from pollinators (we have other flowers, so I didn’t need to feel guilty), and although those ripped taller than the rest at first, they didn’t really feel like keeping up the pace since I let them bloom.
Since we were out of town for two weeks (and had a lot of rain) I only just now finished trimming all the flowers off all of them, and they’re beautiful. As you can see, at their tallest they’re about 30”-31” high now.
At the far side, past the anemic looking basil, are my thriving lemon balm plants, that are lower than the basil. Watering and mowing over here is great. Lemon & basil all the way!
This is impressive. I only have one basil plant on the deck but this was the first year I figured out proper cultivating and now have a nice bush.
@homerj Three cheers! 🍃🍃🍃
The firat year we had a basil jungle like this we made enough pesto (froze it into cubes) that we still have a few bits left these five years later. I recommend it. 😂
The firat year we had a basil jungle like this we made enough pesto (froze it into cubes) that we still have a few bits left these five years later. I recommend it. 😂
Big Basil is trying to control you and doesn't want you to know.
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Looking through old Halloween decor I cam across these skull cutouts from Beistle. They are remakes from at least 50 years ago: https://www.beistle.com/vintage-...
In fact, there's tons of vintage Halloween stuffs going back 100 years here. Most of it is on Amazon too: https://www.beistle.com/holiday...
In fact, there's tons of vintage Halloween stuffs going back 100 years here. Most of it is on Amazon too: https://www.beistle.com/holiday...
Halloween Nears is a term that can be applied from the day after Halloween. Every dam year.
That does not mean that we must start a deep dive focusing in on bloody Halloween IN EARLY AUGUST!!!!! ffs
That does not mean that we must start a deep dive focusing in on bloody Halloween IN EARLY AUGUST!!!!! ffs
Ooohhh look Christmas is coming!
bah humbug
bah humbug
@roonie a Spirit Halloween just opened near us. It is end times
Eh... It's just a cool skull. It'll be fine
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back of a woman's shirt reads "pabst powered fuck machine"
she seems nice!
corporate merch is getting spicy
Dress for the job you want?
The shirt really should be made from blue velvet.
is she looking for sponsorship?
@robotmachine Heineken?! FUCK THAT SHIT!!!
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Looks like a bolete butterpilsen.
That looks like something you could spend the rest of your life eating.
bulbous
@urlnotfound Hehehehehe
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Out walking my friend's chihuahua a couple weeks ago! This is Goomba 🩷
This is a cool photo
oh no the chihuahua has The Dots 😍
Looking forward to your and Goomba's album.
Whatcha, whatcha, whatcha want?
Shirt/hat combo = 🔥
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source: https://mastodon.au/@wendypa...
Shaming your high rollers is certainly a business strategy of some kind.
It me. And this would drag my ass directly into a bookstore if I was walking past. It’s impossible to be laser targeted so pristinely and not feel drawn in.
I'd say "it me" but I've given up all pretense that I'll only buy books at the same pace that I'll read them.
Recently bought "The Shortest History of Egypt by Maria Golia, promptly told myself that we are currently in an Ancient Greek phase (cue the Iliad) and that it would just be confusing to read it now, so it went on top of the pile. Tsundoku wins again.
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Current view of London after recent multiple heatwaves. London is the city I have spent the most time in outside of my own and I have never witnessed anything like this. I wonder if English grass is like Australian grass and can recover from this... but also trees instead of grass yeah.
source https://www.reddit.com/r...
source https://www.reddit.com/r...
It's really terrible. What is more sickening is that the Reform party who have gained quite a lot in popularity since the Tories imploded, led by Nigel Mirage, are all in denial about climate change, despite being presented with evidence and living through it.
As they are being funded by big oil, they are constantly banging on "Of course this happened it's Summer" etc.
However England generally has mild weather, I feel really bad for people in France and Spain who've lived in the same places for generations and are being displaced.
At least those governments are a bit quicker to respond action plans. France banned flights for private jets for a period of time.
As they are being funded by big oil, they are constantly banging on "Of course this happened it's Summer" etc.
However England generally has mild weather, I feel really bad for people in France and Spain who've lived in the same places for generations and are being displaced.
At least those governments are a bit quicker to respond action plans. France banned flights for private jets for a period of time.
Nigel Mirage 😂 France (and Austria) also banned short haul flights you could do by train in 2.5-3 hours and have reduced emissions.
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A person wearing a rusty iron suit stands in a pale green space. The suit is haphazardly bolted together and looks vaguely like a minimalist metal sculpture of a rodent or fox: conical body, conical snout, pointed ears. Where its right arm would be is an open hole that looks like it was fitted with a robotic arm at one point. Its eye is also an open hole. Emerging from the armhole is a green tentacle with small white spots. The figure holds a red balloon in its left hand. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
I hope if I ever lose a limb it's far enough in the future that they can replace it with a tentacle.
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An oldy-timey newspaper illustration of a woman wearing a skirt, blouse, and large tam and holding a basket, wandering a landscape with some artfully illustrated rocks. She's holding a snake by its neck.
GIRL SNAKE CATCHER.
She Makes a Snug Little Income by Securing Reptiles for Traveling Shows.
SHE JUST GRABS THEM.
GIRL SNAKE CATCHER.
She Makes a Snug Little Income by Securing Reptiles for Traveling Shows.
SHE JUST GRABS THEM.
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Doris Day, poolside, Hollywood 1950
Doris was ripped!
More old Hollywood here https://mltshp.com/oldholly...
Doris was ripped!
More old Hollywood here https://mltshp.com/oldholly...
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I canna remember where I came across this. Either green or orange.
The Kleene Star state.
@lamnatos Hehehehehe
I did an ID on this license plate number, and it seems to match every car in Texas.
@jtj 😂😂😂😂😂
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A primitive rendering of a hammerhead shark in blue and pink on a circular black background. As much as a non-human creature can be said to express the emotion we call love, this work overflows with the emotion.
Today's favorite kid art in the 'to be framed' pile. I know it resembles an elephant, but it's a hammerhead shark. The tag says so.
The Hammerphant.
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My folks worked in academia all their lives. I feel this cartoon in my very bones.
Damn you, trustees of Miskatonic University!
I found a sheaf of Doonesbury strips depicting a literal Academic Marketplace, that my Mom cut out of the paper in the early 80's when she was finishing her Ph.D
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A good friend of mine dropped by and wanted to take my picture.
Cannot <3 this enough!
@jasperzelf dank jeeee😘
♥️❗❗❗
Shoes 👠👀
@poorusher 💗💗💗
How nice it is to see you in frame with your work!
@m3moellering and wearing the same palette... perfect 😊 @waa
@waa Kathryn (Katyusha) wanted me to let you know that you look great and that she says “Hey!”
:)
I also agree that you look great. ❤️
:)
I also agree that you look great. ❤️
Amazing! Every part of this!
This is just all kinds of lovely
@m3moellering @kokogiak @waldopepper Thanks!!!!
@robotmachine Please do say HEY back :-) And thanks for the compliment!
It's so good and your outfit is cute.
(applause)
@waa Message relayed!
excellent.
@robotmachine Please tell @Katyusha that I said hi!
And @waa you and you work look incredible.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
And @waa you and you work look incredible.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
@LocalStain Message relayed!
Art personified!
gahhh all of this is gorgeoussss
@drurystephanie thank youuu 😘
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When I abruptly moved into the parents' house, 5 years ago, I found that even I had gotten more solitude than I wanted or needed from COVID, but it was really kind of great for a couple of months. I felt a bit guilty about enjoying it, but honestly, I did enjoy it. The transition was abrupt: I went from being alone basically all the time, with just a couple of people in my "pod" as some called it. to being with people all day every day. I went from having no one to please or take care of but myself to having two elderly people with dementia (Mom's was still mild) to supervise. There were times that I wished to be back in my fortress of solitude, to be sure, but it was also deeply fulfilling, and it made me realize how lonely I had become.
@thelonius I think Keanu Reeves talks about the sparkle of hermitism and that it is a hollow soft of safety and insidious in its allure
I was a hermit for four years, sometimes going weeks without speaking (except pleasantries when I shopped). It was hard to give up.
This is how I get my best work done.
Having had a hermit career, working in a remote or solo situation for most of the past 25 years, speaking only for myself here, solitude sucks. I live for collaboration of any kind.
Absolutely, living the dream. If I didn't need a good internet connection for work I would be somewhere even more remote than I am now, down some dirt road with nobody in sight.
I love having both solitude and strong collaboration. Let's meet for an hour or two and then go back to our separate hermitages for the rest of the day.
It beats nearly all of the alternatives.
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a lot of the time, mrs roonie is the only person i speak to
not by choice
she makes me talk to her
not by choice
she makes me talk to her
Personally, I cherish variety. And seasons.
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Chart indicating how to kill a robotic quadruped, using knives or guns, as provided by the manufacturer
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a young person takes a photo of the red-and-gold-painted console of a pipe organ in the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ
"The massive red‑and‑gold console of the Chicago Stadium pipe organ now sits in MIM’s United States / Canada Gallery with six manuals and 800 stop tabs. ... Installed at Chicago Stadium in 1929, the organ was the first of its kind in a sports venue."
I absolutely heard this thing in action at the Barnum & Bailey Circus at Chicago Stadium when I was a kid.
"The instrument, which provided the soundtrack for many opening faceoffs and tips, was the largest built by the Maxcy‑Barton Organ Co. The behemoth cost $250,000 in 1929 dollars, nearly $5 million today."
The Musical Instrument Museum is fully worth the visit if you're ever in Phoenix.
source: https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyl...
I absolutely heard this thing in action at the Barnum & Bailey Circus at Chicago Stadium when I was a kid.
"The instrument, which provided the soundtrack for many opening faceoffs and tips, was the largest built by the Maxcy‑Barton Organ Co. The behemoth cost $250,000 in 1929 dollars, nearly $5 million today."
The Musical Instrument Museum is fully worth the visit if you're ever in Phoenix.
source: https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyl...
Also visit: https://organstoppizza.com/
[Phantom of the Opera theme intensifies]
This is worth seeing if you’re ever in San Diego https://balboapark.org/arts-cul...
"Why do you think I'm conning you? I tell you I really do have this big organ!"
-- Sylvester Stallone as Nick Martinelli in 'Rhinestone'
-- Sylvester Stallone as Nick Martinelli in 'Rhinestone'
thats what she said.
Absolutely love the MIM, Jim goes there every time he's visiting his mom.
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Not shown is their sandwich-board outside with a blazon reading
“GET OVER HERE!!”
https://myrtlewombat.com/
“GET OVER HERE!!”
https://myrtlewombat.com/
Sounds fabulous. I was really hoping this was going to be in Greenpoint. I know, it wouldn't be a great neighborhood for it, but still, it's where I spend most of my time when I'm in NYC.
I weirdly just came across this 10 minutes ago. Here's the sandwich board.
https://www.instagram.com/reel...
https://www.instagram.com/reel...
@jpoulos 😳
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Yesterday I spent the afternoon at a friend's studio documenting an absolutely massive build he's working on. Here he is welding one of many frame sections. That radius is 1/4 of one section. I believe there's 4-6 sections.
I was careful to frame the shots before he started welding and then used the camera body to shield my eyes. He has very good rhythm so every time he'd pause I'd check the framing quickly and then shield again. I wasn't sure how the film would handle the light. Thankfully I was using an SLR with a metal shutter, so the mirror and shutter curtain were safe. I know Leicas can get burn holes in the fabric shutter curtain if you're not careful with direct sunlight. Not sure about welding arcs.
Camera nerdery: Minolta XD-11, likely the 45mm f2, and either Kentmere 400 or Tri-X pushed to 1600 (this is probably the Kentmere).
I was careful to frame the shots before he started welding and then used the camera body to shield my eyes. He has very good rhythm so every time he'd pause I'd check the framing quickly and then shield again. I wasn't sure how the film would handle the light. Thankfully I was using an SLR with a metal shutter, so the mirror and shutter curtain were safe. I know Leicas can get burn holes in the fabric shutter curtain if you're not careful with direct sunlight. Not sure about welding arcs.
Camera nerdery: Minolta XD-11, likely the 45mm f2, and either Kentmere 400 or Tri-X pushed to 1600 (this is probably the Kentmere).
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A street sign: "This dimension protected by houses who walk like men; For more information call: 1-844-517-4445 Ext: 781". The sign hass ome stickers and graffiti. There are three stylized logos of red houses with little feet and an eyeball.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
More surreal Toronto street art signs at the link. "Warning! Frog", etc. The phone number apparently works but I haven't called it yet!
More surreal Toronto street art signs at the link. "Warning! Frog", etc. The phone number apparently works but I haven't called it yet!