The world is beautiful. The world is terrible. I like sunsets.
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Last Notes npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunset reflections. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunset pillars. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Power-pole silhouette. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater @nprofile…ume6 Speaking of cool rain clouds tonight…. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Also from tonight’s surprise sunset. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater After a long rainy day, a Saturday night surprise! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Day 1 of Benny Beagle’s new diet is going every bit as well as I thought it would. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Lake level for this morning's sunrise. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater A pair of rare pre-WWII MGs, both with the Tickford drop top: a red MG SA and a slightly larger green MG VA to the right. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Good morning, Mastodon. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I’ve had a delightful Saturday puttering about the house while watching the Winter Olympics. This is my recently acquired Hudson’s Bay Company point blanket, manufactured in the early 1950s and still completely practical and cozy 3/4 of a century later. Well designed, well made things with a sense of history in them are a special pleasure in this throwaway age. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater [Looks outside at snow still falling.] MUST. BAKE. MORE. COOKIES. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I can’t fix the doom in our scrolls, but I can give us this picture of Benny Beagle laying in his kennel curled around his dinner bowl in hopes that it will soon contain more snackums. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater It was -12°F for our morning business trip. Now Benny Beagle is staring out the window wondering why the world’s thermostat is broken, and why I haven’t called the repair man. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Benny Beagle has proclaimed himself to be a lapdog who shall henceforth be called “Tricki Woo” and be fed only the finest of liver bon-bons while sitting on my lap. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Benny Beagle, surveying his frozen empire. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Yesterday we were supposed to get less than an inch of snow from the cold front passing through. We got six inches, instead. The forecast was spot-on about the cold in the cold front, though! It was COLD out there today! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater It will never stop being crazy to me that I can just watch lava shooting out of the ground, live. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater There’s aurora afoot this weekend, but it was in retreat when we finally got a small gap in the clouds. Pretty picture, tho’! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater It's time for Number One! After all the spectacle of many of this year's sunsets, a quieter image from June 2 captured my top slot for this year's sunsets: Smoky Sun with Geese. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater We're running out of year and we're running out of photos! Number Two in the Top 25 countdown: Dawn. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater #10 (four-way tie) - November Surprises! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar, #11 in my Top 25 Sunset Photos of the Year countdown - "Boom!" npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for the #ArtAdventCalendar and #13 in my Top 25 countdown - High Drama npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar, at #14 in my Top 25 Countdown - No Parking npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Benny Beagle wants to know if you’re giving him snackums for Christmas. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater A two-fer for the #ArtAdventCalendar today as we catch up in the countdown. At 16, Frozen Snowflower. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar and 17 in my Top 25 Sunsets Countdown, Mongo Sun. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar we have a pair of sunsets suitable for Valentine's Day: hearts in the sky! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar and at number 24 in my top sunsets (and sunrises) countdown, a three-way tie among photos from the May 27, 2025, sunrise. The colors were amazing! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Today for my #ArtAdventCalendar, I love the white of these swans against the shadowy fall colors and sunset light behind. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another batch of honorable mentions for my #ArtAdventCalendar and my Top 25 countdown: How about some lovely birds on sunset water? npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another Top 25 Sunsets honorable mention, ducks flying into the mouth of an enormous shark. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Pretty decent sunset tonight, if you like that sort of thing. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Green flames. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunset swan from October 2. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Wow! That October 2 sunset really was crazy. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another from last night’s sunset. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Lovely sunset clouds last night. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Still working through the same sunset as yesterday's photo. So many lovely images.... npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Still working through those summertime sunset reflections. Still amazed by what I'm finding in here. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Well hello there, my beauty. Look at you swimming through these pictures. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another summertime sunset reflection. Just amazing shapes and colors. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another pretty sunset reflection from this summer. I am always amazed to discover some of the things I caught when I finally get a chance to sort through the year's photos. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater My aurora photo from last night’s amazing event. Sigh. You can see the green glow through the clouds and a bit of red is even forcing its way through, but … sigh. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Forget ducks. I finally got my *geese* in a row! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I didn’t expect to catch anything at all under the bright light of the supermoon, but this aurora substorm was bright enough to overcome it! The bright red patch and the green flashes were even bright and visible to the naked eye. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater We live in a topsy-turvy world. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Good morning, Wolverine Lake, part 2. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Dr. Freud would like a word with this accident. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunset light reflections. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater This may be the swoopiest automotive photo I have ever taken, a Jaguar XK120. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater When 1974 is in your rearview mirror. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater If your crazy beagle is going to wake you up early, it’s best that he does it in time to catch the end of a good sunrise. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Twilight clouds. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater One year ago: The photographer photographed. Plus the picture I took. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater The full Harvest supermoon living up to the hype. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Setting Sun with stripes and sunspots. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater How do I end up with hundreds and hundreds of photos of sunsets to sort through? Trying to catch the light, which is tricky when the Sun is setting and the light is constantly changing. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Thursday's sunset: one from the big camera. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I feel the #monsterdon crowd needs to know about this. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater @nprofile…3keh That’s lovely! Thanks for sharing it. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another spectacular sunset tonight. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater It's not that I don't know how terrible the news is. It's just that I don't think my calling is to be one more voice telling you how terrible things are. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater A Dream Cruise reminder that the Detroit Lions kick off their season today! Let’s go, Lions! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another MGB at sunset photo with the iPhone, since I like the reflection on the hood. Had I planned a photoshoot I might’ve looked for a more inspirational background than my little suburban street. But all I had in mind was shuffling the MG TD from my in-laws’ garage to my own, so that I can work on it this weekend. Then suddenly I looked up and we had a nice sunset afoot. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another pair of photos from my sunset MGB cruise, the same photo once in color and once in black-and-white. Which do you prefer? npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another fun picture from the Woodward Dream Cruise: I loved the sunset light on this gorgeous Cadillac Eldorado Convertible. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater @nprofile…gj99 You do see some strange things rolling down Woodward Avenue during the Dream Cruise. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Blimp, boat, shopping cart, wagon: only one of these four things that we saw at the Dream Cruise wasn't actually a car. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Rear view on Woodward Ave. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Big cat on the Serengeti. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater The passing storm. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Bloody Moon. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater For those keeping score at home, another smoky sunset in Michigan tonight. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Fixed an electrical problem** with the FUN MG, then took the neighbor for the shakedown cruise. Total funsies. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater A bug-eyed Sprite in the vintage races at the Waterford Hills Race Track. These may be the most cheerful looking cars of all time. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Some pretty sunset colors in the water tonight, too. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I loved tonight's sunset. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater When it’s too hot outside, so you need to hide in the shade … even when you’re inside in the air conditioning. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another fun automotive adventure today, the vintage races at the Waterford Hills Race Track. At lunchtime they invite spectators to run parade laps on the track. Ken invited me to ride along in his 1931 MG D-Type. Fun laps in a 94-year-old sports car? You betcha! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunlit osprey. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater SQUEEEEE! Look what my sister just sent me! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunset and seaweed. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I had a fun automotive adventure today, a trip to a local pick-a-part in search of a headlamp assembly for my Jaguar. Mission accomplished, as this one had just what I needed and had already had some of the pieces in the way removed. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another view of those lovely MG T-Series cars on Sunday. Starting from the ash green beauty in the front they are a: MG TD, MG TC, MG TD, MG YT, and MG TD. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another picture from last Tuesday's splendid sunset over Lake Huron. I loved how the tops of the storm clouds far out on the lake made it look as if the Sun was setting behind a mountain range. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Smoky sunset. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Another luxury cruiser that caught my eye at the show, this 1961 Jaguar Mk IX was a beauty with a great story. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater If I win the lottery one day, I won't post it on social media, but there may be signs. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater A little bird in a big sky. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Going, going, gone. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Tonight's our big fireworks night. And I'll be damned if I'll let a bunch of fascists take over a holiday dedicated to the notion that we shouldn't let a tyrant unbound by law rule us. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Reflections of cars of yore. A late 1940s MG TC spotted in the hubcap of my 1950 MG TD. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater I took my 1950 MG TD out to a Michigan MG T-Series club meeting last night. I have a few small repairs and some maintenance to do before I can drive it much, but it’s good to have it back on the road. Such a pretty car. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater ACTION BEAGLE!!! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater WHOOOSH!!! npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Sunday night sunset. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater Nearly full. npub1tmd3zld33fksaxplra0yt2qxxzqwg74de4m2cgxh74jz8egy4gws5h35ej Patioboater ME [Looking at popular photos I posted yesterday]: Let's see, everybody likes stripes, smoky red-sun colors, birds, and reflections on water.
