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tsmyther.bsky.social
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@tsmyther.bsky.social
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I like, in no particular order, social justice, my two adult daughters, most cheeses, Apple® gear, biking, cocktails, gadgets, bacon, board gaming, coffee, and NC.
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A riff on the Last Word and the Paper Plane, this one was new to me, but an instant favorite. Naked & Alone. (I don’t think it’s related to the reality show!) Equal parts Aperol, Génépy (in lieu of Yellow Chartreuse), Mezcal, and lime juice. I didn’t have a lime for the twist garnish. Try it!!
A light orange tinted drink in a coupe glass sits on a black bar mat. In the background, it is surrounded by the bottles of ingredients: Aperol, Mezcal, Génépy, and lime juice. I love an equal parts cocktail!
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The Last Word. ‘Nuff said.
Slightly yellowish cocktail in a clear rounded coupe with a brandies cherry barely visible through the drink. Sitting on a bar mat with the tools and bitters of a home bar visible in the background.
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Some days you just wanna get waked up and f-ed up. “Dick Bradsell claims a famous supermodel walked into the bar and requested a cocktail that would ‘Wake me up, and fuck me up.’ “ vintageamericancocktails.com/espresso-…
An espresso martini in a coop glass sits a top of cork coaster that’s on a round wooden table. In the background is a home bar and beside the drink is a book, ready to be enjoyed.
February 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I guess this will keep body and soul together for a few days while the snow melts.#foodstadon #snowpocalypse2025 #foodie
Ceramic frying pan full of penne with tomato meat sauce sits in a black flat stove top, next to a seafoam green bowl with one serving dishes up and topped with Pecorino Romano cheese. The empty pasta pot and another sauce pan sitting the background.
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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You would not believe the collection of Hadley pottery I have!! This is just mine. The ex has more, and we’re cleaning out the attic tomorrow. Sending for consignment. But if you’re interested…
Two 12”x12”x”18” U-Haul moving boxes marker “Hadley” sitting on a blond hardwood floor.
December 10, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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Happy Monday! This was going to be an omelette, but then I got distracted, and the eggs went too hard, too fast. So now it’s just kind of scrambled eggs mixed together with omelette stuff. Still very tasty though! #foodie #hotBreakfast #Foodstadon
A sea foam green triangular plate with scrambled eggs , onions, mushrooms, peppers, and bacon mixed together into a single serving rests, steaming hot, on the stovetop next to a mug of hot café au lait.
November 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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Salmon with lemon butter sauce (thanks, Wegman’s!) and asparagus risotto (thanks, Ttader Joe!). #foodie #notFromScratch #MealsForOne.
Salmon filet topped with lemon slices and lemon-butter sauce, plated alongside asparagus risotto on a triangular seafoam green plate. There is an orange and a tomato in the background on the cabinet.
November 11, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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If no one hears from me by tomorrow morning, don’t send help. #selfcare #footbath #relaxing
A blue and while foot bath bubbling away as it heats up, in front of a purple corduroy mama San chair with two large, fluffy bath towels folded for later use.
November 9, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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I did it, you should too. Everybody should.
A blue sticker with red and yellow borders. There is a white bull silhouette with seven stars in white on the blue field, and the words “No Bull, I Voted” aroind the rim. The colors are those of Durham, NC, the “Bull City.” The seven stars are the Pliedes constellation on the shoulder of Taurus.
November 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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I’m glad they think I’m reusable.
A red tag with the words “stop do not discard, reusable” and printed on it in white.
September 27, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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Current status - I may have a kidney stone! Fun never ends!!
Selfie made from a high angle showing a crowded waiting room behind the main subject, an older, white-haired white man.
September 27, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Sometimes, when there’s no one around to spoil you, you just have to spoil yourself!
An aqua green shallow bowl with a clear ramekin in the center. The ramekin is filled with red cocktail sauce, and it’s lined around with a dozen jumbo, tail-on, boiled shrimp. 
September 23, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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The moon over my neighbor’s houses is a fine sight after several days of rain where nothing was visible through the clouds. #night_photography #ShotOniPhone #dog_walk_photos
Bright full moon seen through a haze, with a large, deciduous tree on much of the left side of the picture. There are other trees in the lower background.
September 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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If this doesn’t speak to your soul, you just may not have one. #foodstadon #bacon #homemade
Closeup of a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich on toasted Tuscan bread on a Hadley Pottery plate. Several bites have been taken. They were wonderful! 
September 2, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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Using up frozen foods and that one package of tortellini that was calling my name in the grocery earlier this week!! Should keep body and soul together for a few days.
A sea foam green shallow bowl with a serving of tortellini pasta with peppers, onions, green peas, and bacon in a crème sauce. There is a pan full of the same in the background, as well as a measuring cup full of pasta water and the pasta pot. It’s all arranged on a black glass stovetop.
September 1, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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Just after midnight, arriving home from Game Night, the mostly full moon and the street light perfectly backlit this tree in my neighbor’s yard. Had to capture it!
August 20, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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A Mezcal sour with a Bruléed lemon peel garnish. Second time I’ve made one, hits just right.
Recipe to follow
Close-up photo of a yellow drink with pale yellow foam and a lemon peel floating in the foam with slightly singed edges. It’s in a V-shaped cocktail glass. The background is liquor bottles of various sizes and shapes, but it’s all out of focus. The only thing in focus is the drink itself.
July 6, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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I should have started a “Dating Profile Bloopers” hashtag after my divorce. Often I just shake my head, like the one who under favorite books put “The Bible” and then second, I kid you not, “Fifty Shades of Grey”! This one is pretty interesting as well.

#DatingProfileBloopers #DatingAsASeniorAdult
Screen capture from a dating profile website with most of the personal information blocked out. Circled are interests, one of which is “Mixology“ and then there are states like divorced, has kids, smoking, drinking, etc. Under drinking is listed “Never.” &10;&10;But she’s interested in Mixology…
July 5, 2024 at 7:58 AM
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Yeah, don’t have work until 4 m tomorrow.
A fake traffic warning sign over a bar next to beer taps that tears “If you’re looking for a sign to drink tonight, this is it”
July 3, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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Late lunch was worth waiting for.
Medium rare steak cut open to show the pink insides, on a blue and white Hadley pottery plate. There’s an iPad in the background. All my photos have an iPad in the background.
July 2, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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“…Take another shot of courage,
Wonder why the right words never come,
You just get numb…”

Tequila Sunrise
The Eagles
A tequila sunrise in a clear glass with white screen, plant vines, and two Moschino cherries for garnish sitting on a black bar mat. It is surrounded by its ingredients: a bottle of Powell & Mahoney grenadine, a bottle of Two Fingers tequila, and a mason jar with fresh squeezed orange juice. 2:1 juice to spirit over ice in Collins glass, stir, drizzle a bar spoon of grenadine to simulate the colors of dawn. Garnish.
June 24, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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The rest of the story.
Half a grilled shrimp taco, a cup of guac, and a second margarita have joined the now nearly chops and salsa containers.
June 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Cycling is much more fun when there is a goal along the way. The grilled tacos will be out in a minute.
A margarita in a rock class with a salted rim and a lime side beside an order of chips and a few little containers of salsa on a wooden bar.
June 19, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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It rare for me to open a bottle of wine when I’m eating alone. There’s too much compulsion to finish it so it won’t go bad. But I have a very nice slice of stuffed beef loin roll just out of the oven and I think this will go better thank a caffeine free Diet Coke! #foodie #drinksdodon #mealsforone
A wooden cutting board with a stemless wine glass full of a deep red wins, alongside the bottle (Apothic Red) and the cork from said bottle. There are other things in the background out of focus - I’m packing to move.
May 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever! #foodstadon #durhamNC #Dains Dani’s Place on Ninth Street is alwayss the best place for a late lunch!!!
A blue tin plate, half full of fried tater tots, and the other with a “Dainer” burger with no bun.
May 7, 2024 at 7:38 PM