: Kayaking with my wife and our dogs on Lake Winchester in northern Idaho.
: Finished listening : Buried by Graham Masterton 📚 This book is part of a series.it is well-written …
: A nice instrument and piece of furniture.
: Our rooster and a few of his court.
: There’s a good chance that it will start raining in a few minutes.
: I filled out a 10 page PDF form on my iPad with an Apple Pencil. It looked great,so I saved and …
: I found this insect in the garden last summer, and took a photo for identification with iNaturalist. …
: One year during the holidays we put together this tiny model bookstore. We had fun, but it took a …
: Finished reading: Freedom’s Fire Box Set (audio) by Bobby Adair 📚 I picked up the 5 audiobook box …
: Our home has lots of houseplants.
: This analog watch was given to me by my beloved wife back when she was my girlfriend - about 45 …
: It may not seem like much now, but once the weather warms this becomes the central location of our …
: 📷 early March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 road March Microblogging Challenge
: 📷 Patience March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 horizon March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 Waiting for a connection. March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 shiny This is a bowling trophy awarded to an ancestor in the 19th century. Years ago we would lend …
: 📷 I made several of these gimcrack yard lights five years ago from some wood scraps and cheap solar …
: 📷 My daily ritual. March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 Together March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 From a walk my wife and I did last summer along the Washington-Idaho border.
: 📷 Whole March Photoblogging Challenge
: The 2023 gardening season has begun with a tray of pepper varieties. 🌶️ 🫑
: 📷 Old time domestic engineering March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 Kitchen tile March Photoblogging challenge
: 📷 Zip tie on a gate next to praying mantis eggs. March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 Solitude. This is a favorite reading spot. March Photoblogging Challenge
: 📷 Weather Micro.blog March Photoblogging Challenge
: The chickens are secure. March Photoblogging Challenge🐓
: Worth reading: Is it ethical to be on Twitter in the Musk era - A personal answer by John Scalzi
: During the winter we have a food court for the birds. I’m glad I filled the feeders before the …
: Our 52 year old 3-door commercial fridge was acting up today. The farm family that installed it in …
: 2.5 years after I retired I still get occasional calls from my old university colleagues for tech …
: The farm cats like it when we park a warm car in the garage in winter.
: We set out some of last season’s apples for the birds. Yesterday they were gone in several …
: One of the many things I like about this platform is the mention of apps and services that folks …
: Ms. Bean will often come find me when I am working in my study upstairs. Sometimes my wife will send …
: I’m updating my web design knowledge, which dates back to the days when the <blink> tag was …
: Is America Broken? I just finished listening to The Gray Area podcast titled “Is America Broken? “. Sean Illing …
: Finished reading: Liberation Day by George Saunders 📚 This is a book of ten short stories. I enjoyed …
: Finished reading: Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day by Clemency Burton-Hill 📚 My …
: I really dislike year end reviews of the news (or most anything else, actually). It seems to dampen …
: The temperature this morning is -15°F. It reminds me of the year we lived in Duluth, MN.
: Finished reading: The Bookstore Sisters 📚
: A huge willow after the ice fog lifted. If you look at the center of the tree you can see a major …
: Roof Socks We have some heavy snow predicted for the next few days, so I decided it was time to refresh the …
: Finished reading (actually, finished listening to): The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
: Three cheers for utility workers We had several days of thick ice fog this past week. The power was out for 11 hours on one of the …
: Elderberry branches after a couple of days of ice fog.
: This is the extent of my holiday decorating this year. I spent more time tracking down dead light …
: On a snowy day like today, it’s nice to be able to sink into the warmth and safety of a …
: The official Washington State fish is the steelhead trout. However, our house favorite is the coho …
: Although the trend is towards a warmer climate, it has been a damn cold November.
: On the topic of backyard birds, I finally identified a little brown bird that has been scratching …
: My motivation was tested today on a difficult jigsaw puzzle.
: I missed yesterday’s mbnov challenge word. I guess that shows a lack of commitment.
: Largely because of this month’s challenge, participating on Mb has become a daily ritual.
: Even though I am retired, I retain my professional interest in maps and the data that go into them.
: I find that reading and participating in conversations on Mb have lead me to adjust my whole …
: Farm animals out for a graze.
: On these unusually cold November mornings I have to break up the ice on the chickens' water bucket. …
: Something I’ve noticed about my use of MB. I check the Timeline, read some of the …
: Every morning I repeat the same farm chores, but I also take notice of the beauty of the early …
: I think I can walk into any room in our house and find a novel I haven’t finished.
: This mystery tire showed up at our place several years ago. I assumed it belonged to our son-in-law, …
: We use lots of rain barrels for watering the gardens on our farm.
: As we were waiting at the pharmacy for our fifth covid shot, I told my wife that a mobile …
: I admit to being an anglophile, and I’ve always liked hearing the British pronunciation of …
: My pondering over my mbnov post for leave has me thinking that English would make more sense if the …
: Although I tried to adjust my technique, I still haven’t found the best method for extracting …
: It is important to remember when looking at maps of election results for the US that land …
: My suspicion is that by the end of the day I will be following 20 more Micro.bloggers.
: The display of avian gluttony at our bird feeders is impressive.
: A cup of hot Irish breakfast tea will minister to my sense of well-being.
: It is a beautiful morning for a stroll across the Palouse prairie in southeastern Washington state.
: I’m certain that I have never spent this much effort trying to use a particular word in a post.
: I’m certain I could be more productive, but I’m going to have another cup of coffee and …
: For a long time non-profit organizations have included address labels in their solicitation …
: We have a green ash tree out our window that attracts a wide variety of bird species. Today I …
: As I establish a habit of making regular blog posts, the insight from my fellow microbloggers will …
: Finished reading: Uprooted by Naomi Novik 📚
: Our favorite plum tree took a hard hit in last night’s wind storm.
: This year our autumn lasted less than two weeks.
: I replaced a picket fence I built years ago with a rail fence. The rails are 100+ year old siding …
: This thunderstorm barely missed us.
: The trellises for the beans are up. 🌱
: Finished reading: [The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society] This is a book that would not …
: I received my second Covid booster yesterday. I’m wiped out today, but it is nice to have some …
: Our hiking companions are tired of having their pictures taken. 🐕
: This is a view from our hike yesterday in McCroskey State Park, along the Washington-Idaho border. 🥾
: My wife read about someone who keeps deer out of the garden by running a single strand of fishing …
: I found this 15 cm painted turtle in the middle of the road while on a walk along the wheat fields …