Seasonally appropriate.

Thoughts of spring during these dark days. 🌱

Sometimes I post art even though I'm not satisfied with it—people still enjoy it. Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you. Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜

THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS

🌱Camellia “Buttermint” Doing better this winter with more summer watering during bud formation. Buds and blooms often get moldy because of all the rain we get in autumn.

Happy New Year! And no… I am not staying awake to ring in the new year.

Thread. 🧵

Classic. And a favorite.

Merry Yule!

Our warmest wishes for a restful and convivial holiday break. Happy Holidays!

🌱Also making a timely appearance… the hellebores have started. Early for us. But welcomed nonetheless.

🌱In keeping with the season, Camellia Yuletide. Finally coming back after a year or two of struggling. And with excellent timing. Merry Yule!

🌱More iris for the Gardening feed.

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

🌱 bumping to Gardening feed. Need to see more Japanese irises.

America: we love our guns more than our children.

For your collective delectation this holiday season: Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!) loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...

This was fun and interesting and historical and…

'tis the season

"That's just what I mean," explained Milo as Tock and the exhausted bug drifted quietly off to sleep. "Many of the things I'm supposed to know seem so useless that I can't see the purpose in learning them at all." (Pure Reason’s full response is in the attached image)

So much wisdom in a “children’s” book…

People who argue "who cares it's just for kids" all I can say is fuck right off. Kids deserve thoughtful, well-made movies that challenge them just as much as adults do. Kids aren't stupid, and they remember how movies affect them basically forever.

“Gosh Steve… you seem to have so much potential… what’s the problem?”

@heralyn.bsky.social and I were getting our holiday on yesterday… festooning and swagging the front patio, we quite enjoyed the fragrance of witch hazel. Gave us cause to wonder if witch hazel is considered to be part of pantheon of holiday fragrances… 🌱

The camellias are starting early. The witch hazel is in full bloom. Also early. And I heard tell the daffs are peeking up. We’ve not had a legit hard frost yet. Warm (for winter) and plenty of rain. 🌱

🌱uh oh… It looks like our holiday shopping guide arrived. I wonder if they have any kale?

Happy WInnie-the-Pooh Illustrator Birthday. I always loved these books and the drawings—as a child and as the parent of young children. It was quiet magic.

"There's nothing to it," he said, "if you have a magic staff." "But it's only a big pencil," the Humbug objected, tapping at it with his cane. "True enough," agreed the Mathemagician; "but once you learn to use it, there's no end to what you can do."

This stuff is cool! Check it out!

On that note: Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day. Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links. Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

🌱The Impromptu Bed. We needed a spot to put some perennials 3 years ago. And now we have to provide some winter protection for a handful of dahlias. Left side is the bedraggled soggy mess. The right shows the same bed, that’s been cut back and mulched, and now covered in frost cloth.

Happy Chompsgiving!

🌱So… as @heralyn.bsky.social was potting up 300 spring bulbs, I was tasked with placement. The potted dahlias are gone, camellias brought forth, and some bulb pots to await the warmth of spring. Last year’s pots are under the eaves on the driveway side. They’ll be rotated in once things kick off.

🌱The patio wrap completed for this year. This is an open-on-2-sides patio with a translucent plastic roof. We close it in and use it as a heat sink or large cold frame for some of our potted plants.

🌱Gardening! It’s all glitz and glamour!

I’ve been really impressed with Little Pearl. And it has a mild fragrance of honey. 🌱

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you. There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.

If It Doesn't Exist, MAKE IT. Aka. The motivational bnuy. #originalart

happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it

This is excellent news. www.kptv.com/2025/11/19/g...

To celebrate the end of the pepper harvest, I did the thing I’ve been avoiding all season: let the goats in.

Bulb order? Spring? Uh… yeah… This is the list of 280 new bulbs (tulips, iris, narcissis, hyacinths) from one of our orders. We bought a mass of terracotta earlier this summer in preparation for this. Each spring, it’s a new show. Plus, we’ll add last year’s pots to the group. 🌱

A bit of sunshine came out over the weekend. This camellia is putting on a nice show in the front patio area. Gives us a lift to see such flowers with winter approaching. 🌱

I need to keep this in mind…

It's the 40th anniversary of the debut of Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes, so let's dive back into what made that strip so wonderful with insight from Skottie Young, @chriseliopoulos.com, Michael Cho, and more. Note: This was written for the 30th anniversary of SKTCHD and is free to read.

A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest. #scotland #birchtree #betula

“Half-baked ideas are very tasty,” explained the Humbug, “but they don’t always agree with you. Here’s one that’s very good.” He handed it to Milo and, through the icing and nuts, Milo saw that it said, “THE EARTH IS FLAT.” “People swallowed that one for years,” commented the Spelling Bee