Eight mason jars of varying sizes containing golden and purple beets, and peppers

Pickled a peck of peppers (and beets)!

This made me chuckle a few too many times

Merry May!

Down one of the paths at Alewife Brook Reservation! They just swam right up to the water's edge checking things out (and startled a handful of painted turtles in the process).

a large turtle hides in muddy water behind a log, it's head and shell breaking the surface

Summoned a snapping turtle by playing concertina on my lunch break

I was one of the bellringers for tonight's Lantern Service at Old North Church.

In case you didn't know why we remember historical moments like this one, there it is, written on the wall.

In someone's vegetable garden in Portland, OR - the banana slug autonomous collective has issued a proclamation recognizing the fluid existence of a multitude of sexes

OK but now I actually just want to go read like half of those articles.

Somerville neighbors, there's a protest at 17:30 in Powderhouse Park. Tell ICE we don't want them here and we definitely don't want people disappearing for speaking out.

PEENT! I spotted my first Woodcock of the season today. If you've ever seen one of these delightfully funny birds, you'll know how exciting this is.

A Week at Whipple Observatory I went out to the Whipple Observatory in AZ and learned all about the telescopes and the reality of being an astronomer. I took in the sights while I was at it and got some good photos too!

Last week I went out to the Whipple Observatory in AZ and learned all about the telescopes and the reality of being an astronomer. I took in the sights while I was at it and got some good photos too!

Really, NASA? Are you erasing people now? There wasn't a single mention of policy in this article. Just the real story of a hardworking inspired scientist who overcame adversity to follow her passions. I think we used to call that the American dream.

I'm curious what you're hoping/expecting to find. That email got spammed, right?

Wild ice! Great skating on the southern end of Sebago Lake this weekend. Get out while it's still good! (and be safe)

Thanks for posting this! My mind was coming up with all sorts of explanations while shoveling.

When the grocery store orders its eeggs sunny-side-up

A frozen section of pond fills the frame. The image is crisscrossed with duck prints that have frozen into the ice.

Some (frozen) solid evidence of a duck party on the pond

Effectively no more slow zones on the Red Line, the last 14s are likely just ops which will clear tomorrow.

Exciting stuff! All heavy rail is (almost) slow zone free!

Check out this MBTA slow zone tracker that I helped bring to BlueSky.

@transitmatters.bsky.social has been doing great work visualizing the performance of the T and keeping the MBTA accountable.

Definitely sock-sock shoe-shoe