Definitely a help.
I've never understood why I dislike weaving in the ends so much, especially now that I know how to do it properly.

Pretty!
(but the weaving in that's a-comin 😳)

Share an 80’s movie you will always love.

Surely, we must!

May Day is next week and there are many ways you can join the massive day of economic disruption, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

Douglas & I were standing by the bulkhead, enjoying the view. Yogi didn't like it.

A black domestc-mallard hybrid and his mallard companion sleeping in the grass next to a bulkhead.

3 male mallards resting at water's edge at low tide -- one on the muddy creek bed, 2 about a foot away, in the shallow water.

(a lot of this)

A mallard hen resting with most of her brood tucked in beneath her. One duckling has emerged and is in front of her.

Weather turned chilly today. Here the hen is trying to rest with most of the ducklings tucked in beneath her. (One reason we did not get to count them today.)
#birds #ducks #nature #wildlife

From one "off map" knitter to another, respect. (Tho' you are obviously better at it than I.) 😄

Ditto

#wildlife #ducks #birds #nature #mallards

She still has 9.

The ducklings make it look so easy. The adults, not so much.
#wildlife #ducks #birds #nature #mallards

If your Crites peeps have OH or MI roots we might could be distant (very) cousins, in which case they predate Ellis Island. 🤓

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I hoped he was going to start preening, or dive for a fish. Instead, he just dropped a bit of "fertilizer" before taking off. (sorry re the unsteady-cam, still getting the hang of vid mode)

This also happened today:

#birds #birding #nature #wildlife

May Day 2026 - TAAAC

TAAAC and community partners SURJ3A, Chesapeake Indivisible, and other local Indivisible groups throughout the county.

What: May Day protest in solidarity with all working people of Anne Arundel County.

When: Friday, May 1st, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

taaaconline.org/may-day-2026/

Post a picture of yourself as a doctor (Aspirational)

Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the "lightning rod."

Don't tell anyone, but I think I still know all the words from all the songs on Hot August Night.

A Giant Wool Form by Nicola Turner Heaves and Skitters Through an 18th-Century Chapel The artist uses light-colored wool for the first time in a large-scale installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Simultaneously really ambitious and a bit spooky. For me, the little 'feet' give it an unexpected edge of danger #fiberarts #knitsky #wool www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/nico...

word.

900lb crates full of onions in a field

The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

Deaths in ICE custody hit record high under Trump admin, agency says Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, USA TODAY’s tracker shows at least 48 people have died in ICE detention facilities.

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9 ducklings, we think, possibly on their 1st outing. #mallards #birds #birding #ducks

Last year, despite the bakers' dozen or so of female mallards on the creek, we had no ducklings. NONE. Fingers crossed, this will not be the only brood.

Today in duck world:
(yes, I am squeeing.) The first ducklings of the year. #birds #mallards #waterfowl #backyardbirding

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