Early years in Venice Beach, then the desert in California, early teens in rural central Utah, then high school and college in SLC. Western Oregon since early 80's.
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Last Notes npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Just saw a piece of cottonwood fluff, the second cottonwood release is beginning, which usually means hot weather coming, and antihistamines.... npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nice, there's a Victorian sort of nearby that I love, I'm with Archie the collie next week, I'll post a pic when we walk up the hill 📸 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Zuke npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike The giant rhubarb is becoming giant again 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Evocative uneven sidewalk announcement npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Beautiful. Do you do it totally freehand, or sketch it out first? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I want to make something with the fine lilac thread/yarn, so I'm refreshing my doily knowledge with something bulkier and less microscopic. Probably this hook is too big, but I like it, I can use a smaller hook if it's completely ridiculous. Just have to have 12 double crochets (american) in a magic ring to start, I've lost all memory of how to make a magic ring. It's like falling off a bicycle, it'll come back to me 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nancy Drew and the invisible dog poop bag perforation. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike "I don't care how many people they're paying off or mind-controlling, even eldritch abominations can't get a construction permit overnight in *this* city." npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike She's so big now ☺️ npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Rough first draft of the mid-Spring porch garden. Hot weather plants will happen in late May, early June, if it's warmish then. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike My friends in Hawaii are beginning to accept that this dove has adopted them 💜 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Once again, open all the windows weather coincides with maximum cottonwood fluff. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Compliments on her stick choices, they're good sticks 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Birches npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike #oregon npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I was doing dumbbells (is that really how you spell that?) but I stopped because it was tedious. But I really liked feeling if not super strong, at least capable. And it looks good 🙄 My dusty dumbbell is snickering at me right now 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike And the things you think you can still do because you did them 20 years ago... surprise! I've been thinking I need to do a little weight training for my noodle arms. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I had a pot of flax on my windowsill years ago, pretty flowers. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nice sky. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Dogwood and sleepy dog. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I can't speak for the rest of the world, or those in space, but I'm weary of being jerked around like a cat toy. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Archie in the forget,-,me-nots npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Pansies on the porch, survived the winter npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I thought it was a squash flower at first, but that didn't make sense npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Archie the collie likes to see the turkeys and deer, but he's a little perplexed and we keep our distance. Don't want to rile up the turkeys. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Does Summer interact with the otter? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's a wet day today. Nice stick 👌 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike The little canlings are so cute when they first pop up ☺️ npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Archie and the daffodil npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Library holds 😌 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I told my friends that I'm housesitting for, that Archie the collie and I are on standard time 😆 . Up at dawn, down at dark. Or up at bark. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Archie and the daffodils npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike This is cool, I'll stop tooting about getting well after this. I couldn't eat, I lost 30 pounds over the last months, down to my ideal high school weight, (135 lbs) was that my intent? Anyway I've gone to the taco truck a few times, had a couple of bites, tossed the rest npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Winter garden, messy, but thriving npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Walking home from cat feeding last evening there were a *lot* of sirens, turns out there was a fire at the Ninkasi brewery, I could see the commotion when I could look down Blair (it's a diagonal street). I think they got it out fairly quickly, I haven't read much about it. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Lots of wind! We've got dead grey here. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike O was thinking the middle a in banana wasn't short, but I'm not good at this 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Copper liked his dinner 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Although it might snow here (western oregon) this week, we'll see. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's endless waiting in February, I still can't get over the snowlessness. 🌿 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/116/082/529/144/940/746/original/24dbea66e2c4a07f.jpg npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike At a friend's place npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I often wonder if bald eagles are really as angry as they look 24/7. I kind of have resting bald eagle face, so I'm sympathetic, and certainly not about to tell one it should smile more. 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nice lantern 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike That's alarming. Our nearby mountains have no snow. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I finally found the pestle I knocked off the counter. It bounced into the bathroom and rolled behind a bucket under some shelves 😃🙃 I wondered if I had somehow knocked it out the window when I was throwing peanuts to the jays, that's what I was doing when it vanished. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike From July, 2023 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Next time! npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's slightly hazy here, too.... can you see any of the moons with binoculars? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Jupiter's up there too, but I can never get a good photo. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Moonrise npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Both of my grandmothers had intricate starched doilies and things, and it never once crossed my mind to ask who made them, how did they keep them clean and starched (besides never touching them). Misspent youth. Life there was hazardous enough without getting too involved in lace 🤷 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike She was good at it. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Do you know if she knit them or crocheted them? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nice. Corner to corner is fun. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Began again, because I decided I like the moss stitch better. Midway through, I realized I was doing a denser variant that must have a name I don't know. I'm not sure about the colors, and it will probably just be that potholder I'm never quite sure about. But I'm learning a few things. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/958/797/905/984/737/original/a9ff3c4b332aea43.jpg npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I was 7 when the Watts riots happened, close enough to see the billowing smoke, and I remember seeing (on tv) a kid my age lying dead on a sidewalk and asking my mother to explain what was happening. And there are kids that aren't even there that will never forget what they've seen this past week. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike From 2022, summer, Lupe and Sadie in the park by the river npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike There's a curb sign around town, some city planning thing with a QR code that says across the bottom SHARE YOUR OPINIONS, and I read it as "share your onions" every time. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Crocuses, bryophytes, a collie, a sunset npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Looking at youtube and its recommendations are all what I was interested in yesterday. Watched the hearings a bit, but it's all Jordan thumping his white shirt and reps on all sides posturing predictably, the timeline is already outdated as it happens. Maybe I'm resisting cleaning out my fridge, speaking of outdated 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Took Archie on an evening birthday walk, now back to my scheduled day of being snuggled up in blankets 😀 🥳 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Might be a promotion going on that led to the beans being available and instagram photos npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I'll be feeding a kitty next month at a place with strawberries, can't wait, I hope they're bearing by then. Seems early, but I'm really bad at predicting strawberries. There are tiny ones that grow in the dunes west of here, nearly the size of a dried chickpea, and almost impossible to pick without smooshing. So good. All of the really good local ones are impossible to ship very far. Not so great for anything needing more than a thimbleful 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Strawberry season approaches (too slowly 🐌) npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike nice stick 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike #MagicInTheMundane npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike What if I got off my tired butt and finished washing the dishes, huh? Imagine the possibilities. At least I'd be pleasantly surprised in the morning 🌄 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Things that are not the other knitting needle npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike This was just before 5 PM npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It helps to see some beauty, thanks. The clouds look like open hands offering the sun 🌞 Or maybe trying to warm themselves. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Taking the ferry back from a walk to Sausalito, Nov 2010 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It all gets down to bare bones this time of year 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I had this "eyedea" in 2019 to use my cataract eye shield in a zombie plane wreck sort of thing, and the spray bottle was the only thing I could find in the shops. I had a house walkthrough right after and i left a note saying I may have missed some spots 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I have peppercorns, cloves, and rubbed sage in bottles labeled "sage", it's usually obvious. But I have identical brown sprayer bottles with muscle rub and fake Halloween blood, they'll get me one day. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Revenge of the silkworms. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I've gone back to the lifeline, and snipped out the frayed knot 😳 the scarf goes on.... npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Quite some time later it's down to an impenetrable knot. Negotiations are ongoing 😆 It's already too frizzed. I spend so much time knitting and crocheting, but knots are a mystery to me. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike My yarn would like a word npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Lane County heating assistance *applications* beginning in a week or so, due to Congressional shutdown, should see assistance in a month or two, luckily it never gets cold before then 🤔🙄 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Happy cooking, spills, burns, and all. Into 2026... npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike My friend told me that the white tip of a collie's tail is called a shepherd's lantern, because it can guide them home through storms and fog 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike An outdoor shower would be great. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike What light through yonder window breaks npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Well, hello there, I bet you'd like my cucumber 🥒 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Just remembering watching The Wizard of Oz this time of year, it's a lot for a kid, tornados, witches, munchkins, kansas, relaxing poppies, hourglasses, rubies, flying monkeys, golden bricks, the heartless, brainless, fearsome crew. And the little dog too. Thankfully we had b/w tv and I didn't even know the color changed 😅 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Always a treat checking the mail after some time away, how hard can it be to open an envelope npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Long thread (sorry 🙄) npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike What happens when you close a "choice of cookie" box without choosing an option? Is it a tacit ok to everything, or a no to everything, or does it vary from site to site? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike That color, it's hypnotic. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Meanwhile... Kilauea livecam npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Terrible photos, I thought a crow hsd landed next door, but no. Oops, it saw me. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Thats kind of what I'm having tonight, I don't have an orange, but I might add a little cabbage. I'm still hungry after a big bowl of oats, I should probably wait a minute 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Macadamias ended up in chocolate banana bread npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike My friend grabbed a few macadamias from her housesitting, one just popped out of its husk after drying a bit, she's getting a hammer to crack the shell. Wild boars crash into that yard to eat them and dig up the garden. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I used to make green beans with sliced almonds and sesame seeds, it's good with marinated tofu or chicken, too 😋 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Yum. I was finishing up housesitting leftovers, fried rice with broccoli 🥦😋 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike [Horse nickers]
