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What’s here: camping, emergency prepping, dog, cool clouds, projects, new or old art by me, small triumphs, cool rocks/roadcuts/landscapes, old things, being disabled, autisming, Minnesotan forever. I do alt text.
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What’s here: camping, emergency prepping, dog, cool clouds, projects, new or old art by me, small triumphs, cool rocks/roadcuts/landscapes, old things, being disabled, autisming, Minnesotan forever. I do alt text.
dragonsden.biz/creature-art
I have a small stamp collection. No, not that kind. The other one.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I have a small stamp collection. No, not that kind. The other one.
I’m going through storage stuff and realized I am old.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m going through storage stuff and realized I am old.
“Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.”
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers
Photo: Glendalough State Park, 2012
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.”
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers
Photo: Glendalough State Park, 2012
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.”
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers
Photo: Glendalough State Park, 2012
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.”
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers
Photo: Glendalough State Park, 2012
Warm thoughts as the winter storm creeps closer.
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Warm thoughts as the winter storm creeps closer.
I took these around Thanksgiving on my 25 year old film, 2 days before everything froze under snow and ice. It was a beautiful day. This is the Kirkbride former mental institution in Fergus Falls. I always stop and say hi to the ghosts.
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I took these around Thanksgiving on my 25 year old film, 2 days before everything froze under snow and ice. It was a beautiful day. This is the Kirkbride former mental institution in Fergus Falls. I always stop and say hi to the ghosts.
I am still trying to get the hang of centering my Polaroids. Vincent is modeling for me today.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I am still trying to get the hang of centering my Polaroids. Vincent is modeling for me today.
I put 25 year old film in a new Polaroid and am having fun.
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I put 25 year old film in a new Polaroid and am having fun.
I am sad so here is a very old doodle. This dinosaur was my RPG character in a superhero campaign. I decided the best superpower was being a dinosaur. Also she could turn invisible. The campaign before that I was a space lizard disguised as a large old woman in a mumu.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I am sad so here is a very old doodle. This dinosaur was my RPG character in a superhero campaign. I decided the best superpower was being a dinosaur. Also she could turn invisible. The campaign before that I was a space lizard disguised as a large old woman in a mumu.
I have yet to present this idea to my anthropologist mom but it came to me when I was making my bed and I thought “each layer is like a talisman of something that brings me joy, protecting me while I sleep”.
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have yet to present this idea to my anthropologist mom but it came to me when I was making my bed and I thought “each layer is like a talisman of something that brings me joy, protecting me while I sleep”.
I made honey garlic shrimp for myself. It turned out quite well, but I won’t be attempting again. A painful reality of chronic illness is needing to accept where to draw the line for things that you can’t quite handle doing. It took 3 hours for me to prep for a 10 minute prep recipe. I am exhausted.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I made honey garlic shrimp for myself. It turned out quite well, but I won’t be attempting again. A painful reality of chronic illness is needing to accept where to draw the line for things that you can’t quite handle doing. It took 3 hours for me to prep for a 10 minute prep recipe. I am exhausted.
Sometimes we get bored while doing laundry.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sometimes we get bored while doing laundry.
Vincent says when the world feels like it’s falling apart, the best place to be is in a warm bed.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Vincent says when the world feels like it’s falling apart, the best place to be is in a warm bed.
Vincent is not a fan of the gales of November. He says they are too cold.
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Vincent is not a fan of the gales of November. He says they are too cold.
I love dressing up and decorating but Vincent is glad Halloween is over. We do share a fear of clowns.
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I love dressing up and decorating but Vincent is glad Halloween is over. We do share a fear of clowns.
THIS IS MY FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY ROCK. It is a polished slice of 3.5-4 billion year old metaconglomerate. This means it started as mixed sediment deposits in a shallow sea. They were smashed into stone and then twisted, crushed, heated, and cooled to end up in the Narryer Gneiss terrane in Australia.
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
THIS IS MY FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY ROCK. It is a polished slice of 3.5-4 billion year old metaconglomerate. This means it started as mixed sediment deposits in a shallow sea. They were smashed into stone and then twisted, crushed, heated, and cooled to end up in the Narryer Gneiss terrane in Australia.
My toxic autistic trait is that every time I see a cool historically significant vehicle of any persuasion I become convinced it is my life’s purpose to ride in it.
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My toxic autistic trait is that every time I see a cool historically significant vehicle of any persuasion I become convinced it is my life’s purpose to ride in it.
“For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.” - Aldo Leopold
October 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.” - Aldo Leopold
Minnesota things, no edits.
October 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Minnesota things, no edits.
The stars over a Minnesota lake cabin quiet the mind.
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The stars over a Minnesota lake cabin quiet the mind.
My vacation is going well.
September 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My vacation is going well.