California glaciers would like a word w..... hold on, I'm being told that they've pretty much vanished over the last 100 years.

I was a kid in the 70s and it truly felt like a golden age was beginning, between the Bicentennial celebrations, and increased inclusion and rights for women and POC. We were all so patriotic and loved America so much in a healthy way, not a jingoistic way.

Alas. What we have lost.

De-shittification?

@actualnames.bsky.social should know about "Backlick"

You said you heard a bird you couldn't ID, and I thought the Merlin bird ID app would be helpful.

2079 because I won't be there tonight 😂

STOP SMIRKING, YOU LYING TOAD.

small pink roses on a rose bush named Ellen Poulsen

a ladybug on a wavy leaf soap plant

white sage plant growing in a garden

A few more random garden snaps from this morning: Ellen Poulsen heritage rose (1911), ladybug on a wavy-leaf soap plant, California native white sage (yes, the smudging kind). #gardensky #cottagecore #cabincore

Check out the Merlin bird ID app!

WHOOPS I mislabeled that purple stripey one, it's actually Peggy Anne. I wish I could edit my post...

Lady Jean variegated iris flower just starting to open

Temporal Anomaly irises

White Hot iris blooming with another bud in the background

A few irises in bloom today. I'm especially excited to see Lady Jean's arrival, it's a new one I planted last summer. #gardensky #iris #cottagecore

a row of small pea plant seedlings next to a trellis made from willow branches

young artichoke plants in a garden bed

young rhubarb plant in a garden

small starter plant of a california native blue elderberry in a pot

Good morning. Keep growing. To garden is to have hope for the future.

#gardensky #foodgarden #homesteading #cabincore #cottagecore #selfsufficiency #peas #artichokes #rhubarb #elderberry

Far more than 10

Re-enchant your life by making the mundane exciting. You're not going to CVS, you are visiting the apothecary to buy potions. You are not running an errand, you are doing a side quest. You are not feeding the birds, you are making an alliance with the crow queen.

Good morning

Nikyle Begay Resurrects Century-Old Diné Weavings As an artist and shepherd, Begay facilitates their own creative process, from breeding and shearing to weaving long-undervalued twill patterns.

Nikyle Begay is rekindling Diné weaving techniques that have been suppressed by colonial market preferences. Begay tells us the history of twill weaving and their involvement in each aspect of their creative process, from breeding and shearing sheep to weaving long-undervalued twill patterns.

Fascinating.

The food looks similar.

Just here to remind folks that she created her own production company "because of all the gatekeepers against women" and it's basically impossible to get past her company's gatekeepers. IOW she solved nothing other than greenlighting projects from about 4 of her friends.

I read this as "second moists" and thought it was some awesome new slang I was just hearing about.

Golden Corral's new slogan

Mead is so stinkin' easy.

a jar of pasta sauce without a label. someone has written "Skabitty Sauce" on it with a marker

Here's another...

Two jars of peanut butter without labels. Someone has written labels on them with a marker that say "Legume Good with Chonks!" and "Smooth Allergen Paste"

A 2-fer --

three plastic containers of a yellow powder. someone has labeled them with a marker. the first one says "citrus flavored sugar dirt" and drawn a picture of half a lemon. the second one says Lemon-Aid! Ha! Tee he! Chortle! Heehee! and the third one says "When life gives you artificial lemons..."

Here's a 3-fer.

A glass jar of red sauce that someone has written "Basketty Sauce" on with a marker

Basketty Sauce

a squirt bottle with a red top that someone has written "Kitty Discipline Device" on with a marker

Kitty discipline device

a glass jar with no label, someone has written "Tater Glaze" on it with a sharpie

'Tater glaze.

a silver food can with no label, someone has written "Ah, beans!" on it with a Sharpie marker

Ah, beans!

a silver food can with no label, someone has written on it in sharpie, "This is a can of soup. (like, almost certainly)"

"This is a can of soup. (Like, almost certainly)"