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 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 Dogwood and sleepy dog. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's a wet day today. Nice stick 👌 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Lots of wind! We've got dead grey here. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's endless waiting in February, I still can't get over the snowlessness. 🌿 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Moonrise npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike She was good at it. 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] npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It's the colors of your cranberry bread 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Did you end up using more spices? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Looks great 😋 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Vegan apple crisp npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Looks like a sweetgum, maybe. Such a great color, against the blue sky. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Still life npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I've never made this with orange, might be good with a bit of persimmon npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I'm glad I saw it before it fell, (not during 😆) npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike #clouds npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Wasn't that Wall Arch? It collapsed a few years later. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike What is catitstu? npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Couldn't, or didn't, get much closer, just happy that it let me get this close. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Everything is so condensed and concentrated this time of year, sweets, sauces, gravies. I made a bread, not a cake bread like cranberry bread, but a dense unsweetened bread with cranberry and orange and ate it spread with dates and cream cheese. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1EhEeqOu8Ts npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Another unannounced AI intrusion 🙄 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike small young turnips npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Boise is a lot more pretty than I expected. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Walden, Stranger in a Strange Land, Sand County Almanac npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Lavender and chilis, and I was wondering if rosemary would clash. You never know. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/509/548/967/954/736/original/5e1d96776bbd9f48.jpg npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Holy crap, I suddenly have my full SNAP benefits. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I love it when it's a headwind in both directions 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I can tell just by glancing that I'll be ready to head out around 1:00 today 😆 🌧 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I only had to trim the wick on mine, not wait for a confirmation code. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Nicely done 😊 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike This may be the jar that finally defeats me, I even broke the seal with a nail through the top. I'm setting it aside because it could be hazardous to keep trying when I'm a tiny bit annoyed 😠 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Squash soup, not blended yet npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I never thought it was spooky, just seemed like a little strange adventure. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Sorry, I've posted this before, but thought of it for Halloween. I followed it for a few blocks, but it was leading me into traffic and I wanted some Caribbean Food down another street. Harlem, January 2013 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Cool, literally, heating assistance applications are on hold in Lane County. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike doesn't scratch glass npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I can't really tell what the crytal structure is, my first impression is they're 4 sided or cubic or something 🤔 🤨 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike That's what I thought at first... I can't think of any glass that needs scratching. I didn't taste it or try to burn it. That class was kind of fun 😁 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Someone gave me this and I don't know what it is, I've been out of school too long. Is it apophyllite? The back of it reminds me of mica, like it could peel off. Kind of heavy for its size. Really pointy crystals, not something I'd carry around in my pocket. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I went to New York in 2002, the green berets were something else... weirdly fascinating, it felt like they saw everything and knew what you were thinking. Bumping your luggage down the subway stairs. And the black-clad security right around the UN during security council meetings. Weird and scary as it was, they weren't playground bullies handed guns and a mask with a quota. Not that it's a competition 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike What would happen if everyone dressed like ice and wandered the streets 🤔 the times are inane npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I really liked our old Bell phone with the number prefix, it was the phone everyone had, sturdy, had a real metal bell, didn't follow you around. It rang, you picked it up. Or went outside. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike water and salt... npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Greetings from olive ciabatta npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Unlnown, to me, yellow flower npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike There's always one, no matter how hard you look, zucchini especially. npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Riding out the storm 😆 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike My friend in Honolulu npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike Pansies are loving the rain npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike I love the maples outside my place 😍 npub19007dnpwj3gfxq5m5jalkqzvumumgk8lez59vqx9g9vkgfluyrmq8pey4x Mike It was coming from the speed boats. Not a natiral gas leak.
