Re-Tiredprof
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Retired academic
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A little wildlife hanky-panky going on in the backyard this morning (this is why I can't grow flowers here):
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A little wildlife hanky-panky going on in the backyard this morning (this is why I can't grow flowers here):
We were cloudy last night and missed the bright colors everyone else in the state saw. But things are picking up tonight, so maybe we'll get even more color as the evening moves along.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We were cloudy last night and missed the bright colors everyone else in the state saw. But things are picking up tonight, so maybe we'll get even more color as the evening moves along.
Too cloudy to see the auroras at this point, but we're told the clouds will blow out of here soon, so maybe we'll get lucky. In the meantime, here's a picture from October 2024 (front deck, southern Wisconsin):
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Too cloudy to see the auroras at this point, but we're told the clouds will blow out of here soon, so maybe we'll get lucky. In the meantime, here's a picture from October 2024 (front deck, southern Wisconsin):
This is why we love Tony Evers and will miss him after his term ends.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is why we love Tony Evers and will miss him after his term ends.
So we aren't going to AMS this year & received this yesterday (we donate the registration to scholarship funds instead of wanting a refund). Note the highlighted passage (ignoring the typo): we have attended annual meetings for over 40 years & don't recall this sort of rudeness in comms before...
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So we aren't going to AMS this year & received this yesterday (we donate the registration to scholarship funds instead of wanting a refund). Note the highlighted passage (ignoring the typo): we have attended annual meetings for over 40 years & don't recall this sort of rudeness in comms before...
This gave me a smile this evening. A favorite spot in Rome (aside from the "Julius Caesar was likely murdered here" part). The square has an important opera house, too (Rossini "Barber" premiere, etc.). But the cat sanctuary is the best part! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largo_d...
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This gave me a smile this evening. A favorite spot in Rome (aside from the "Julius Caesar was likely murdered here" part). The square has an important opera house, too (Rossini "Barber" premiere, etc.). But the cat sanctuary is the best part! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largo_d...
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell hole it is.
No outdoor pictures last time, but here's a WPA kid's show poster I looked at. And my lovely walk in the LOC neighborhood in the evening was [not at all] scary.
No outdoor pictures last time, but here's a WPA kid's show poster I looked at. And my lovely walk in the LOC neighborhood in the evening was [not at all] scary.
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell hole it is.
No outdoor pictures last time, but here's a WPA kid's show poster I looked at. And my lovely walk in the LOC neighborhood in the evening was [not at all] scary.
No outdoor pictures last time, but here's a WPA kid's show poster I looked at. And my lovely walk in the LOC neighborhood in the evening was [not at all] scary.
@musicologyduck.bsky.social Since you've had a crummy day, here's one of your relatives we met at the state fair this morning. All 4H animals and well-taken-care-of by earnest young people. Hope tomorrow is less crappy, Duck.
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@musicologyduck.bsky.social Since you've had a crummy day, here's one of your relatives we met at the state fair this morning. All 4H animals and well-taken-care-of by earnest young people. Hope tomorrow is less crappy, Duck.
Lest you think I was kidding...
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lest you think I was kidding...
Timeline cleanser. These two are eating everything in our backyard, but they're too cute to bother.
July 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Timeline cleanser. These two are eating everything in our backyard, but they're too cute to bother.
Everything is pretty horrible, but here's what's going on in my yard tonight (yes, 3 fawns--this is the mama on the twins, but apparently she and the other doe trade playdates and feeding). Thankful for the distraction (and the fences around the vegetable gardens)!
July 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Everything is pretty horrible, but here's what's going on in my yard tonight (yes, 3 fawns--this is the mama on the twins, but apparently she and the other doe trade playdates and feeding). Thankful for the distraction (and the fences around the vegetable gardens)!
I am so, so sorry. I can't think of many worse things. Here's a picture from my yard this afternoon, which won't make things better, but maybe make you smile, however briefly:
June 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I am so, so sorry. I can't think of many worse things. Here's a picture from my yard this afternoon, which won't make things better, but maybe make you smile, however briefly:
We moved to a wooded older subdivision & have abundant wildlife (lots of deer). We've enclosed vegetable gardens & given up on flower gardens. We enjoy (mostly) the new fawns & this evening discovered that the doe who hangs in our yard had twins again this year. Destructive but they are cute!
June 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We moved to a wooded older subdivision & have abundant wildlife (lots of deer). We've enclosed vegetable gardens & given up on flower gardens. We enjoy (mostly) the new fawns & this evening discovered that the doe who hangs in our yard had twins again this year. Destructive but they are cute!
This is a couple-days-old one from our yard, 3 summers ago. This one and its twin were the youngest we'd ever seen. They were both boys and so now we have resident bucks in the neighborhood (instead of a passerby dude in the Fall). Life's rich tapestry!
June 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a couple-days-old one from our yard, 3 summers ago. This one and its twin were the youngest we'd ever seen. They were both boys and so now we have resident bucks in the neighborhood (instead of a passerby dude in the Fall). Life's rich tapestry!
A film that takes place where you are from:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0102...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0102...
April 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A film that takes place where you are from:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0102...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0102...
35 years of university teaching in several states confirms the accuracy of this statement...
April 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
35 years of university teaching in several states confirms the accuracy of this statement...
Seems like a good time for these two:
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Seems like a good time for these two:
Things are wild around here this weekend... (my back yard, yesterday morning. Video camera only caught half of the herd)
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Things are wild around here this weekend... (my back yard, yesterday morning. Video camera only caught half of the herd)
Busy today, so late to this party. HBD, LvB! (and Jane Austen, too)
December 17, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Busy today, so late to this party. HBD, LvB! (and Jane Austen, too)
Here's a diversion for the evening (I found it the other day and had been meaning to send it to you). You'll recognize the context-hope it brings a smile. Take care, Duck!
November 28, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Here's a diversion for the evening (I found it the other day and had been meaning to send it to you). You'll recognize the context-hope it brings a smile. Take care, Duck!
Not the earliest, but glad to be here!
September 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Not the earliest, but glad to be here!