These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:PermacultureConservationEarly HumansCreative JamBirdfeedingRecipe: "Dark Chocolate Brownies with Raspberry Spread"BirdfeedingPhilosophical Questions: ProductivityPermacultureSurvival SkillsSelf-CareBirdfeedingCurrent EventsFirefliesFruit TreesPermacultureVolcanoesFollow Friday 7-18-25: HomestuckHobbies: Makeup ArtConservationSafetyInvasive SpeciesBirdfeedingAnthropoceneEarthquakesEvolutionPoem: "Beautiful, Damn Hard, Increasingly Useful"PaleontologySmoothie KingBirdfeedingGood News"
Philosophical Questions: Looks" has 46 comments. "
Not a Destination, But a Process" has 147 comments. "
The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 96 comments. "
Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness" has 65 comments.
Last week's bonus fishbowl went well. Writing is slow, but I have drafts of a triptych to thumbnail shortly.
sunshine_revival is running through July. See the
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Sunshine Revival Challenge 1: LightPoem: "The Pleasure of Escaping the Responsibility"*
Sunshine Revival Challenge 2: Tunnel of LovePoem: "Legs of Grass, Feet of Flowers"*
Sunshine Revival Challenge 3: Food*
Sunshine Revival Challenge 4: Fun HousePoem: "The Bee Tree's Gift"*
Sunshine Challenge 5: Carnival Barker*
Sunshine Revival Challenge 6: Game NightPoem: "A New Twist"
summerofthe69 is now open! You can see the
calendar here and the current themes are and
Greater Than 69 and
Sopping Wet.
There are no open epics at present.
The weather has been hot and wet here. It rained again yesterday. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a pair of cardinals, a mourning dove, and a fox squirrel. I've heard red-winged blackbirds, wrens, and a woodpecker without seeing them. Currently blooming: dandelions, pansies, violas, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, wild strawberries, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, impatiens, oxalis, moss rose, yarrow, anise hyssop, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, Asiatic lilies, cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, morning glory, purple echinacea, narrow-leaf mountain mint, black-eyed Susan, yellow coneflower, wild bergamot, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, gladioli, firewheel, orange butterfly weed. Tomatillo and pepper have green fruit. Wild strawberries, mulberries, tomatoes, and cucumbers are ripe. Peas are winding down. The first crop of blackberries is done.