*Woody from Toy Story voice* There's a frog in my tent!

Am I about to catch a ban over a wip snip?

Me: Why is the northern sky so bright? It can't be city lights, right? The Aurora Borealis: 'Sup.

Autumn fire

Something I have learned while camping is it's weirdly bright at night, even when you're far from the city.

Gettin cozy

Not the most aesthetic setup. The fire mat is all sooty because of an earlier mishap when I was burning the stove off outside. But it's already warmer in here.

First burn in the wood stove

I found a coffee shop with vegan options reasonably close to my new home, so things are really looking up.

All tuckered out

*Woody from Toy Story voice* There's a snake in my tent!

Making a mess again while I decide what to bring.

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

I made a possibly questionable spending decision and got a credit card so that I could get $100 off a GoPro camera. But I bought an older model so it came out to $114, and now I can make some fun videos of the homestead project. Maybe it will even pick up the weird forest noises my phone won't catch

Pro bushcrafting tip: Put your socks under your dog to warm them up before bed. Like this:

Today's tasks: - Apply for privy permit - Figure out how to fix the easement road - Tidy up the apartment - Try once again to find a truck rental in da yoop (unlikely) - Purge the car of any smells that might attract bears - Double check the pronunciation of our town name

The Tribal leaders are tryna appeal to a mf with the intelligence of lettuce. truthout.org/articles/tri...

I don't think this video fully captures how messed up the driveway is.

If you want to help with this project, I've started a gofundme.

The luxury of peeing at night without looking over your shoulder for bears. 😘👌

John Cage's 4'33".. and he's famous as hell. short men, don't let anyone tell you that you gotta be over 6' to be successful

I was going to stay here through the weekend, but it has become inescapable that I need a bigger vehicle and a warmer tent. Going to go home and regroup.

I have admitted defeat and called for a tow.

Now to see if I can get the car out of the mud 🫠

And this is why I'm so nervous about bears.

Bwahahahaahahaaaaa

I need to take my food up to the car but it's so dark and I have convinced myself a mountain lion or bear is waiting out there to eat me.

This dog is afraid of just about everything, but somehow completely unbothered by wildlife noises. Coyotes howling? Meh. Bobcat screaming? Barely noticed. Car ride up the bumpy driveway? Absolutely terrifying.

The last two nights, I've had bad dreams about people or animals coming into my tent. And now, as I sit by my fire, sharpening my machete and axe so I can use them tomorrow, it occurs to me that I'm probably the scariest thing in the woods right now.

Pretty sure I heard a bobcat just now. And after looking up other bobcat sounds, I'm pretty sure what I thought were bird calls were a bobcat.

I purchased motion sensor lights for the campsite. This will either make me feel less creeped out about every sound I hear, or will scare the shit out of me going off every time a squirrel walks by.

Campfire dinner and a very tired dog.

There's a lot of neat plants here, I feel a little bad about cutting them down.

Tfw mom got you McDonald's breakfast because she spilled your dog food and she wants to bribe you into liking camping and car rides.

Sunset over the aspens and birch last night. Sunrise through misty pines this morning.

TIL that black bears purr when they're happy

Penny is feeling better

Starting a new adventure. Penny is less than thrilled.

Diese Rekonstruktionszeichnungen der #BadDürrenberg​er #Schamanin aus den Jahren 2003 und 2022 sind außerdem ein wunderbares Beispiel dafür, wie anhaltende Forschung (in diesem Fall neue paläogenetische Untersuchungen) unser Bild von der Vergangenheit im Wortsinne erweitern und verändern können.

Not sure if she counts, but I'm sure she gives good advice. . . . No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is you therapist. Who is it?

Words to live by, tbh

ICE attempted to enter the home of a woman with her children in Huntington Beach. However, the entire community, police department, and city council intervened and forced them to leave. Keep fighting back ✊🏽

Ah, reddit. Never change.

The whole world used to be like this.

advice wanted!! there is a publication accepting pitches that would be an excellent fit for a piece i've wanted to write for several years. however, i am not published, and have never pitched anything before. any writers seeing this who would be willing to give me some general advice/tips?

Does anyone on here know about bonsai and want to help me out? I'm afraid to post on the bonsai subreddit.

Seed potatoes are finally sprouting. The purple ones have a mysterious sticky sap leaking from the eyes. I might not plant them.

Happy Pride, queers