Before: The photo I posted to Micro.blog in 2019 of the blackjack oak on the mobile sawmill. The slabs from that day dried for more than 3 years, then went to the cabinet maker working on our new house.
After: The cabinet maker crafted this table for the dining room. We’re very happy at the result and looking forward to many meals, drinks, and conversations with family, friends, and strangers.
This male box turtle was not happy at being bumped by the wheel of the lawn mower. He was hissing and moving away but stopped long enough for a photo.
Big rains and turtles on the hunt.
Noticed this delicate strand of flowers at the base of a tree on our property: naked-flowered tick trefoil (Hylodesmum nudiflorum).
Walking into town for coffee, observing spring blossoms, cottontail rabbits, caterpillars and millipedes. In the power company easement along the creek I locked eyes with a large coyote that then turned and trotted away.
How I am feeling on my birthday: I have watched this flash mob video of Ode to Joy 3 times and cried each time. I also walked into town for breakfast with my lovely wife, then we planted a dogwood in the front yard. Now cooking a meal for friends and family. A good day.
A photo of the red-spotted newt.
Have not been able to use Sunlit app in many months. Updated to latest. Still always get a snippets error when trying to post. Will jump over to @help pages to troubleshoot.
Still working to dig out the Chinese wisteria. Today dug up old oil jug and found this red-spotted newt beneath.
If you enjoyed the music in Ted Lasso Season 3 Episode 3, then you must watch the fabulous music video for Adriano Celentano’s Prisencolinensinainciusol.
Emptying closets in preparation for the move to the new house, I found this instrument, oboe I played from 7th grade through college.
This bloodroot is having a great spring.
New bottle of tasty heat filled from the jar of homemade sauce I processed last summer.
On a walk in the woods this morning, along the hill just below our new house, I came across pennywort (Obolaria virginica), hairy bedstraw (Galium pilosum), and this rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides), all so delicate.
I’m seeing an error message at the top of the page here in Micro.blog. Never realized there was a log I could follow. Interesting, and yet another reminder of the tools and functions so carefully built into Mb.
Solved today’s Wordle and laughed out loud. This word has been one we’ve said too many times over the last week during some unfortunate screwups down at the new house.
Picked up a used copy of Songdogs by Colum McCann, now my McCann library is almost complete. Will read this in a couple of months. 📚
Spring day, sky is blue
Redbuds bloom along highway
Bald eagle above
Just finished reading: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid 📚 Such a beautiful story. The racial plot was though provoking, the descriptions of the emotions that the characters have in their various relationships were insightful. I needed to read this book at this time and at my age.
Red-tail hawk near the farmers market with hectoring jays and mockingbirds.
Chilly morning visit to the Carrboro Farmers Market to get more bloodroot for the forest. At $5 a pot, quite the bargain, and vendor brought them at my request. Love our market!
Found in the woods this morning.
