went to a disco-themed party with @marisamorby.com and steered directly into my inner scumbag

Did my first dried flower arrangement today. It’s amazing how many flowers you can get into such a tiny vase!

Today has been a whole lot of day.

It's surprisingly hard to sign up for print magazines now, assuming they even have a print magazine. I don't want a bunch of digital crap in addition to the print magazine. I'm already buried in digital crap. I just want to flip through the pages of a magazine with a cup of tea on a weekend morning.

February is always rough for me. It's not quite spring but the days are longer but it's also still cold so I have to push myself to go outside. This February I found a few new magazines that I've enjoyed and wanted to highlight some of the artists in them. hopefulnature.studio/art-on-drear...

Things I really enjoyed today: - hearing a new metal band that was very fun and somewhere between pop and power metal - did a PR benchpress and PR lat pulldown at the gym - watched the birds chirp and sing and chase each other - walked to the grocery store and looked at people's gardens on the way

I like to listen to power metal or symphonic metal when I work out. I feel like every week I stumble on a new (to me) metal band and it's been a really fun part of my workouts.

I have an emotional support garden database and it’s been doing a lot of heavy lifting for me lately.

Thoroughly enjoying this issue of Orion. It's all about cryptids and is a lovely exploration of art, nature, fiction, and a little bit of mystery. This is a new to me magazine and is quickly becoming a favorite!

This was so fun! I got down to 1300 okay. I understood a portion of 1200 and the last two got me. When I was in college one of my classes was translating Beowulf from Old English. I *loved* it and this was a bit reminiscent of doing that.

I bought the rest of the supplies for my orchid cabinet and am so excited to finish this project. So far all I've done is put in an old larch trunk from one of my favorite trees that got crushed in a storm a couple years back. She's gonna be the substrate for several of the orchids.

Love seeing governments asking how they can improve services for their people. Also it would be so fun to participate or facilitate!

This is the type of technology I'm excited about. Vaccines are a modern miracle. www.bbc.com/news/article...

You've heard that something is going on with colon cancer. I'm working on a thing...let me know what you think!! Is it helpful? What would you do different? hankgreen.com/crc

Waiting for spring is so hard at this point in winter. Lots of winter flowers are blooming, or even done blooming, and it looks like spring might finally be here but all of the spring flowers are so S L O W. Bring me the blooms!

How do trees live for hundreds of years without breaking? hopefulnature.studio/eso/

Absolute madness at the bird feeder today. Finches are dive-bombing juncos while the juncoes retreat to the shrubs and watch for an opening. Chickadees are perched even higher up waiting for everyone to leave before they come and take a seed or two. And they’re all singing (yelling?) at each other.

Imagine being paid to do creative work and the country you live in sees it as a good investment, which it absolutely is. That’s the stuff strong societies are made of. Making things that explore our creativity, humanity, and cultures.

Our final speaker at All Day Hey! is none other than our irreplaceable MC, @philhawksworth.dev. Phil has stuck with us since our very first conference back in 2017, so it's only right that we finish with a talk from the man who's supported us from the start, talking about "Learning along the way".

We gotta make this an album cover. This was captured by photographer Pete Arnold on his GoPro. He's been photographing burrowing owls for several years but this is amazing. www.wyomingnews.com/features/tod...

I love working on my garden database on a rainy weekend. Very calming and I get to look at flower pictures all day.

One of my favorite parts of walking in the woods is seeing branches like this with all types of lichen and moss on them. Did you know that lichen are used as bioindicators of urban air quality? Scientists can gauge air quality based on things like species type, coloring, and growth pattern!

also: if you want to be on Web Dev Challenge, there’s a casting call! codetv.link/wdc/casting-call also please nominate great devs that haven’t been on the show. it’s important to me that the show includes real representation of industry devs in addition to bringing on recognizable community folks

At night the neighborhood raccoons move the rocks in my fountain so they can create little ponds to wash their hands in. Every few days I have to go out and rearrange the rocks because it basically breaks the fountain. Nature is passive aggressive.

📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on! “Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤 A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.

A very good article on Heated today that explains why the EPA wants to repeal federal climate regulation and what that might mean for states ability to go after oil companies for damages. heated.world/p/trump-is-w...

Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.

What happens in our brains when we see something beautiful? How does beauty impact the rest of our body? Why can we even perceive beauty at all? hopefulnature.studio/beauty/

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along!

The stage design, the music, the dancing! That halftime show was so fun!

I'm finishing up this week's newsletter and it's about beauty and neuroaesthetics. I've gone down about a dozen and currently have like 23 tabs open. I don't know what I've gotten myself into. 🫠

Today I was so tired, everywhere, and decided it was a good day to write up some short garden thoughts. marisamorby.com/garden-thoug...

It's pretty cool to see a mayor be like, "I live here, how can I make this city better for all of us?" And then just... do things? Plus he actually talks about the things he's doing so you know about it? Seems really nice, actually.

Today I did a 200 pound sumo deadlift, which is a PR for me. It also means I'm getting *really* close to lifting twice my body weight. This has been a goal for me since last year and I can finally see that it's gonna happen!

Did you know there's a tree in Hawai'i that can grow out of lava rock? Or a flower that blooms in the Arctic? New post up for this week's newsletter. hopefulnature.studio/resilience/

Ferbruary #oldknees

"Strike! strike! strike! It's our duty. It's our right" #Portland

A lot of businesses here in Portland, OR closed for the US General Strike today, and many of those that didn't are donating a portion or all of their sales today to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. I've loved the community in Portland for years and was so touched and heartened to see this.

Wrote some thoughts on where I feel we are today as a country. I normally don't talk about politics but here we are. marisamorby.com/on-being-free/

Said the same thing a couple minutes ago.

Me when someone parks next to me when the entire lot is empty.

I feel like not enough people saw this Little Penguin. Behold. The Little Penguin. This is their actual common name and they're native to Australia and nothing has ever made me want to go to Australia more than this little guy.

I've picked my newsletter back up after a bit of a hiatus and the next issue comes out on Sunday. I'm excited to see where this new writing takes me. Takes us, maybe. I write about hope, nature, and connection. You can read more about it, and sign up, here: hopefulnature.studio/a-hopeful-na...

Catching up on Birbfest Challenge. Day 25: Common Kingfisher Day 26: Common Cuckoo Day 27: Red-bearded Bee Eater Day 28: Australian Little Penguin

👋 Say hello to Loud Room, my small design practice focused on craft, learning, and human relationships. loudroom.com (and be sure to refresh for random color chaos)

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

Catching up on Birbfest challenge Day 22: Galak Cockatoo Day 23: Red-breasted Nuthatch Day 24: New Holland Honeyeater

I have to paint this one tomorrow but day 22 of Birbfest Challenge is the Galah Cockatoo. I spent awhile trying to get the perspective right so ran out of time to paint!