Post something random or you will have an awful April

A young black labrador retriever is coming toward the camera.

The same black labrador is sitting on the floor, looking up at a hand holding a big snowman head shaped dog cookie.

Hi Darth! Lucy turned 1 year old!

NW Wyoming to Saint Paul, winter 2019. Had to detour south at Cheyenne to Denver and then across Kansas because all of I-80 through Nebraska was closed due to a massive ice storm. Cold, long, boring, cold.

A rainbow at sunset.

A pale beer in a tall skinny glass, next to a book and a piece of bread.

Happy International Women's Day! Yay to this lovely pear kölsch brewed for IWD at @badweatherbrew.bsky.social

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

A black labrador is laying on a person's leg. They're both watching a TV that's showing the Mystery Science Theater 3000 marathon.

Happy Thanksgiving! Turkey, etc., has been eaten and now we're all going to watch the MST3K marathon.

Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up, I close my eyes

An eight month old black labrador puppy sits in a recliner covered with a blue blanket. She is looking right at the camera.

The same black labrador puppy looks away while I sing a silly song about how pretty she is.

Lucy just wants to hear the word "supper", and isn't too interested in hearing a song about how nice and pretty she is (well, it's not a great song)

A pint glass printed with Minnesota- and beer-related things like moose and trees and hops and wheat half-filled with a very dark beer sits on a worn wood table.

This Ominous (cask on amburana wood spirals) @badweatherbrew.bsky.social is especially tasty!

The smooshed face of a sleeping black lab puppy on the armrest of a gray couch with her sleeping person in the background.

Sleepy monsters after a loooooong week

Duluth, December 2024

One pink and purple daylily blooming in a big patch of green daylily plants under a hackberry tree. There's a silly cheap pink plastic flamingo in front.

First funky daylily to bloom this year!

Your Neighborhood Textile Stores: Where To Go Now That JOANN Is Gone - Racket From giant, well-stocked warehouses to smaller, curated offerings, these stores have the stuff you need for your next project.

RIP JOANN, but these local shops rock:

Piroshki, Russian Tea House
Chocolate cake, Coffee News Cafe
Everything about Cuchillo Cafe
Gordita day, La Pinata
Zwetschgenkuchen, Salzburg/zwetschegenteufel liqueur, rural Austria
Peach prosciutto pizza, Denver
Green chile cheese fries, Dairy Queen in T or C

February means it's SOUP OF THE DAY MONTH here at Rancho Gordo. Every day we'll have recipes for the coziest, zestiest, and yes, soupiest February yet. New recipes every day so don't miss a day. Grab a spoon and warm up!#soupoftheday #soups #wintercooking #peopleofthebean #ranchogordo #heirloombeans

Two bowls on a kitchen counter, holding a stew made with mottled brown lima beans, mushrooms, and a tomato-based sauce, sitting next to a small red dutch oven and a pan of cornbread muffins.

Christmas lima bean and mushroom stew with cornbread muffins, yum #beansky

Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter Donnacha Dennehy · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

Currently listening to Donnacha Dennehy's "Land of Winter" on the first chilly, snowy day in MN. Beautiful, fierce, energizing. ❤

open.spotify.com/album/4QEDYZ...

This starter pack has been constructed by from handles of those who interact with classical music posts *Please don’t be offended if I haven’t added you yet*. If you repost and if you have classical music in your feed I am likely to add you. Follow everyone by going to ‘about’. go.bsky.app/2rDVe3x

I have started an #operasquad starter pack. LMK if you'd like to be added as an opera / classical music concert goer go.bsky.app/CFRfNyf

The Dairy Queen in my hometown was sold and torn down 😭
Planet Pizza (another hometown place) closed shortly after half its employees went to college (sorry)
Hollywood Video is dead and buried under the Loons stadium
OfficeMax is now OfficeSomethingelse
Also worked at Gymboree (also now dead)

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
-Ice cream slinger, Dairy Queen
-Pizza delivery driver/dishwasher, Planet Pizza
-Clerk, Hollywood Video
-Print shop, OfficeMax

(fun fact: none of these exist anymore)

STOP

THIS IS A CRAFTING PIC CHECKPOINT.

Please share a minimum of (1) picture of your crafting WIP before proceeding.

Recommended action after sharing the pic is to craft instead of doomscrolling. Thank you.

Starting two star quilt wall hangings today, one that's red and green and one blue.

The view of the Saint Paul Cathedral from Bad Weather Brewing on a clear warm early fall evening

Damn it's a nice night in the Cities

Look, everyone has a thing and the more you're into that thing, the harder you go in on failures.

But why these folks *so savage about apples*? It's honestly impressive.

applerankings.com/pick-an-apple/

Rust and purple irises with small native pollinators in a small boulevard planting

The irises in the neighborhood are just amazing this year. Even mine are beautiful. I am excited for a much prettier summer.

A sunny day spent watching small Lake Superior waves crash on the beach in chilly Duluth

Woo Spring Break!*
Surf's up!**

*three-day weekend in March
**water is deadly, swimming not recommended

Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2024?

Hungarian Mushroom Soup Spiced with Hungarian paprika, dill, and thyme, this comforting soup is just what you need when winter seems to go on forever, and ever, and ever…

This is a lightly creamy soup, with a nice blend of spices and lots of meaty mushrooms

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