today is septidi 17 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating currant

gotta get dressed for the family 4th bbq

it's time! happy 4th of july!

(yes the country is mortally wounded and bleeding out with every passing day, but....) WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER!?!?!?!

If you're celebrating America250 with fireworks tonight, make sure to celebrate safely! Never hold a lit firework. Never launch fireworks off your body. Never try to relight a dud.

may the 4th be with you

mugwort vapes

dude across the street (attentive readers may recall their trump flags, and when their shed caught fire) have put up a ridiculously large american flag, which looks like it might actually contact the power line to their house with a strong enough east wind

personally i have never in my nearly 38 years felt more american than oregonian

today is sextidi 16 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating tobacco

babiiiieeees!!! american coot and pied-billed grebe 🪶

the theme for the bird photo contest this month is a photo from 2026 with a bird and flowers, thinking maybe one of these 2? I could also try to take one that fits the description in the next 2 weeks, but I dunno how many flowers will still be going off in July 🪶

i'm gonna start compiling famous first words instead of famous last words

today is quintidi 15 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating the chamois

IT'S DOING THE THING! IT SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE!

would love to see scripps' murrelet, it'll be the right time of year. guadalupe murrelet would be incredible but extremely rare

did you guys see this

today is quartidi 14 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating lavender

is there a bosnian community in the willamette valley that i'm not aware of? like i was driving into salem from regions west and there was a billboard about like "remember srebrenica"

good old falls city kids, setting chairs on fire in the river

IT'S STARTING

i love summer so much, i just made an entire dinner out of nectarines and strawberries and pineapple and iced tea

although really, even with the species of albatross around here being relatively small, seeing an albatross irl makes you understand why poets and sailors would obsess over them

fuuuuck yes I signed up for a boat trip for birds for late September, love spending ten hours on a boat looking at birds

Knowing the lion’s preference for red meat, the spamalopes remained calm but wary.

that's incredible

today is tridi 13 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating clove

between my work computer and my laptop next to the work computer i have 102 tabs open. (some of them probably have not been used in a month but you know)

do you think in star trek it's a slur to call a hologram a glitch? (there's actually an extremely good chance this has already been addressed and i'm just not a big enough trekkie to know)

for whatever reason, i was rooting for ivory coast in the world cup in 2014, now in both since i get a surprise when my phone suddenly starts telling me ivory coast scores that i barely remember signing up for

now reading! basically going in blind but i found it on a list of books recommended to fans of another book i liked

@wyden.senate.gov, I trust you and Jeff to be on the ball about this

the weird commoditization of diagnostic health services is so strange and has nefarious vibes, like you should not want to routinely get ultrasounds, that indicates deep mental issues

modernizing big rock candy mountain to be about juul pods and celsius

today is duodi 12 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating the artichoke

We must now retrace our way a little.

what the fuck is the point of fireworks at two in the afternoon on the monday before the 4th?

armistice day white elephant

text-based hype man

I have just 2 days left to make the rest of rent! I need to sell at least 5 framed pieces (or the equivalent, like 10 prints) to have the rest of it. New work in the store & lots of specials in this feed. Thank you for looking! <3

just a heads up this is a great time to check on nextdoor to see people frantically asking "did anyone else just hear a loud boom??!!??"

garlic parm smart coffee

not saying i did or didn't do anything but that house sold ten days ago and there's no one living there yet, so it would have been a good time to pull a heist for a decent deep stoneware pot

they're getting so close! this plant might give me flowers for my birthday

today is primidi 11 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating coriander

today is décadi 10 Messidor in the year of the Republic CCXXXIV, celebrating the sickle

barnes and noble 50% off criterion sale 👀

THREATENING COMPUTERS WORKS! my laptop froze up while updating, so i went and used the old laptop to make a windows reinstall USB, and when i turned off the frozen one to reinstall, suddenly the updates were finished and perfectly fine

he was not thrilled that I was walking within eyeshot of his perch (Northern Harrier, Finley NWR today) 🪶