Although I tried to adjust my technique, I still haven’t found the best method for extracting walnuts from their shells.

It is important to remember when looking at maps of election results for the US that land doesn’t vote, people do.

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.

Palouse prairie in SE 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 read through the MB Discovery feed.

For a long time non-profit organizations have included address labels in their solicitation mailings. Any single mailing would provide a lifetime supply for me. Now the consensus among non-profits seems to be to send calendars.

We have a green ash tree out our window that attracts a wide variety of bird species. Today I snapped a photo of a female downy woodpecker on the trunk. 🐦

Downy woodpecker

As I establish a habit of making regular blog posts, the insight from my fellow microbloggers will be valuable.

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 boards from a farm shed I dismantled. I trimmed the edges and hand planned the faces before painting and installing.

This thunderstorm barely missed us.

The trellises for the beans are up. 🌱

Columbine from the garden.🌱

Finished reading: [The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society] This is a book that would not normally be one that I picked up, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. (https://micro.blog/books/9781408803318) by Mary Ann Shaffe 📚

I received my second Covid booster yesterday. I’m wiped out today, but it is nice to have some downtime.