Welcome to the party, my dear

Easily in my top 10 of favorite books

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( Posting just to antagonize @kreupelino.bsky.social )

Man with hiking poles walks between trees with a mountainous view before him

Sometimes we just have to hike up a mountain, look at some trees and ridges, and forget the world exists for a while. Today was one of these days.

Bots to the left of him, bots to the right. Here he is, standing in the middle again. (With apologies)

Sent by a very good and snarky friend

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other. The most reliable form of resilience is not individual wealth or distant institutions, but solidarity.

#SolidarityForever

It looks like it‘s an introduced species in these parts

I’ll have to look it up. I just saw it on the edge of a Blue Ridge Mountains trail and liked its happy, sunny appearance.

Some pretty wild flowers for a day with some pretty wild election news

The Glasshouse Theatre, a new venue at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane, Australia

The Glasshouse Theatre, a new venue at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane, Australia

Hungary election live: Polls in Hungary close in tightly fought election after 16 years under Viktor Orbán Prime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia

BREAKING: Victor Orban has CONCEDED to Magyar www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5.

My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

Ghost advertisements are some of my favorite things

Walking into a local museum, especially a small local museum, is like walking through a secret door.

Actually is has more to do with the car-centric nature of American cities, but the heavy traffic is making me very on edge

Big city has me feeling tense and overwhelmed. Get me back to small towns and quiet living!

Downtown Raleigh is an absolute madhouse today 🚫👑🚫

We just watched a pair of bald eagles angrily chirrup a few vultures away from their nest and it was a remarkable experience. You never know what you’re going to see.

Learned today that a friend is apparently ghosting me. I guess I should have figured it out earlier, but I just assumed we all have lives of our own and sometimes too little energy to hand around. Life marches on.

Leaving the McLeod tour was like walking out of Gone Girl

Foggy sunrise walk

Foggy sunrise walk

And they just keep finding new lows to go to as a nation

1. Klein geel-groene blaadjes in de lente
2. Klein hagedissen observeren
3. Het tak-tak-tak geluid van spechten

I hope pollen doubles as a super food because we’re eating, drinking, breathing, and all but drowning in it lately

We fill up about every 3-4 days now. I’m so excited about that fact 🤦🏻‍♀️

Dat deden we gistermiddag 💸

We just paid $4.80

Foggy campground starts. Later editions include the highly prized dog snuffling, pensioner on e-bike, and kindergarten chatter soundtrack.