Dave the Pondering Introvert 🎷

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Sunflowers in front of the Chicago skyline that appear as tall as the skyscrapers behind them.

Sunflowers
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition
#UrbanGaze #Chicago #scape
#ColorADay #YellowThu #sunflowers

A veritable obstacle course of tree trunks line the rich dirt of the forest floor. Moss creeps up each sturdy tree which is highlighted by sunlight streaming through the forest. A windy path with many directions.

barriers demand a new kind of presence

#photography #nature #huh #let'sgothisway #daybyday

Throw a hip into them (as long as they have the puck) at about a 45 degree angle and give a little push upward just as you hit

I am an "AI hater" so I argue that it shouldn't be used for research (writing, recipe lookup, email summarization, etc.) at all

Yeah in Northern CA this week, I saw $5.79 for Premium and $6.89 for Diesel. By shopping around, I can get 91 gas for $5.14 but I expect my next tank will be substantially higher as prices are still rising here.

it’s a mystery worthy of benoit blanc

😂

It's N95 Mask time. It's carry hand sanitizer time. It's social distancing time.

Please keep yourselves safe.

GNU TERRY PRATCHETT

#gnu #terrypratchett

Wow, well done

Leave us out of this fkn war!
We in California didn't vote for the #Felon47!
#StopTheMadness

Selfie if the author in an under the see patterned jump suit.

The author with her book noumenon and her book the helm of midnight.

Traditional birthday selfie is late because I slept in due to the major storm last night. P.S. I don't feel guilty hawking my books today--there are seven to choose from!
bookshop.org/lists/books-...

Well I assume that the followers were lost while on a march - following you through the perils of the dark realm.

Too many years reading various fantasy war series, I guess. I cut my teeth on Zelazny's Amber series

mornin' sunshine

Always tough on the road through the gorge with the waterfall on the left. Too many Bandersnatchi hiding in the trees. Good news is that you can usually recruit replacements in the valley of snowdrops

When Americans were asked to temporarily sacrifice going to their barbers so we could keep the morgues from overflowing, people with guns stormed the Michigan capitol.

I could use some ideas for the Saturday meeting - if you know of any good ways to help make things better right now (candidates to watch, organizations doing good work, good sources of actionable information) - lemme know!

Iran Drops Unredacted Epstein Files Over U.S. (A plane dropping leaflets)

On Toad’s birthday Frog gave him a hat. Toad was delighted.

Black-and-white photo of an elderly man in a long coat, leaning into playing his violin beside a wire fence and flora, with an open instrument case on the ground in front of him.

Adolfo Kaminsky

Mid-leap, a black war horse is captured regal in profile against a backdrop of gray-clouded sky. The claw-like hooves and furry lower limbs of the mount suggest an alien world. Turning in its saddle, a red-haired man in gold armor, black cloak, and feathered cap holds a smoldering ball of fire in one hand and a mace in the other. In the low background, a city rises constructed of tall white towers topped with gold spires. Green grows throughout, nature in harmony with the classical architectural detail that includes spired domes and elegant columns.

THE NONBORN KING (1983)
Mixed media on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”

Once or twice a year, for a change of pace, I work in watercolors as I did here.

A number of paintings I’ve done—including SNOWFALL and SWORDS AND ICE MAGIC—began with an overall wash of color... 1/5

#art #booksky

Nice to see your face, missed you

Loved that book - and yeah, the opening line was fire

Same, pretty lady, same

TBH, I regret contributing to a candidate via ActBlue as they seem to have shared my email with every "Blue" candidate in the U.S.

I tend to view you as the poster child for factual, honest posting. On the rare occasion that you post something incorrect, your retraction/correction comes almost immediately.

You are definitely in the stratosphere of integrity

sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen. anne sexton white anemone with amethyst center against a black background

Hi me

They are not enough. Nothing wrong with intensity