Much appreciated, thank you.

On the other hand that sort of selfish weirdo should absolutely not be a parent, for the sake of children.

If anyone's the praying/think-good-thoughts sort, I'd appreciate you aiming some toward my grandmother. She's headed into surgery for a broken hip, & at 94 that's more than a bit risky.

Eep! Then when it's out, you're in close proximity to a moose!

Mountain cedar forest with a dry cedar littered forest floor with an almost perfect round pit full of water.

This is why we don't go off trail or let dogs run off leash in areas that have a long underground mining history.

Something also commonly forgotten by people who try to drive or wade through moving floodwaters!

"Oh but after Katrina…" those waters were still, trapped behind levees, & it was still a bad idea to wade through them, just less bad than dying of thirst!

Chaps are more often worn OVER whatever other trouser situation (or lack thereof) is going on… 😜

There's been an uptick in weird stuff about the Masons again, here, too. What numbnuts is pushing all these old bullshit conspiracies again I'd like to know.

Oh, no, here it's going to need CLOSING (private & home) schools. And forcing the dimwits off of school boards.

Not sure how the pastries are a problem…

It’s morning, it’s Monday, I need a vacation 🤣🤣🤣

VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?

ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]

Broken hip, unfortunately. Surgery today, fingers crossed.

Apparently this was "twisted her ankle & instead of staying in a chair or calling for help after it was seen to, decided to be stubborn & go to the kitchen herself."

Which is not at all surprising, my other grandma was the same way.

That was my celebration this year. A few days later I did an escape room with friends, but less as a birthday thing & more as a "this is my excuse to be a benevolent dictator & make plans because otherwise we never do anything we say would be fun"!

United States continues to murder fishermen in the Caribbean ocean. This is illegal by international laws.

"You may kiss the paw"

"Vicar-spider, vicar-spider,
Arachnidic church officer.
Reads the banns, cleans the pews,
Criticizes stained-glass hues.
Oh no! It's a giant vicar-spider!"

Thank you! Going for a CT scan & told Mom she's upset because she hasn't had a haircut recently 🤦 But that's her usual priorities so I suppose a good sign.

They're dishearteningly common.

I JUST got a text that my nonagenarian nana had a fall, so I will be texting back to tell Mom this!

Ah, so they saw a sore spot & couldn't not poke it? So pathetic, even if they're going through things. Bullies are rarely right about anything, especially other people.

Two red squirrels sitting next to each other in a bird feeder, studiously avoiding eye contact as they munch on sunflower seeds. Barely visible on the right is the nose of a third squirrel about to cause chaos.

One squirrel holds down another while a third squirrel squirms on its back as the three of them high-speed wrestle in a wooden bird feeder.

A chaotic ball of three red squirrels in a wooden tray feeder. Seeds fly through the air as they recreate the cartoon depiction of a fight as a cloud of dust with arms and legs sticking out.

One squirrel lies on its back eyes closed against the chaos, almost in the arms of another who looks appalled at the third squirrel face-planting in the feeder at the feet of the other two.

Chaos in the bird feeder this morning. My two squirrel buddies decided to tolerate each other again so I grabbed my camera. A third tried to get in on the action and these crazy photos ensued.

I promise no squirrel was injured. All of this happened in the space of seconds. #Mammals 🌿

Like most cruciferous vegetables it was a victim of traditional English cooking "technique" aka "boil it to shit."
Cooked (or not!) literally any other way it is amazing.

strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news

It looks like someone did that thing kids do, "do you like butter?" & rubbing a dandelion on someone's nose to turn it yellow!

Similar ancestors plus my own farm childhood means I am also approaching sphereoidicity.

I'm trying to embrace vegetables but sometimes the heart wants bratwurst & kraut on rye.

A decade ago: "duh librulz r gonna make u eat BUGS!"
Next year: "dood did u kno bugs r full of PROTEIN?!"

I don't get that, why would they breed out the best part of lilacs?
During lilac season I walk around like a cartoon character who's just smelled a pie on a windowsill!

I don't even know how to escribe thise. A black dog with white underneathy bit is cockroached on an ugly mustard colored couch. Both forelegs fully extended with paws crossed cuz she's fancy like that. Her expression is the canine equivalent of a loading screen.

I dunno man...
I think Esme might be a little weird.