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marnier

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Environmental policy nerd, plus I like to make and fix things: #permaculture #textilearts #3Dprinting #cooking #gardening
Gubmint lawyer by trade (this is strictly a personal account).
I like reading about law stuff, social structure stuff, ecology, public health, public goods, and such. I like to see things people made or fixed or grew or noticed themselves. I don’t talk about myself TOO much, and I boost things I find funny, beautiful or interesting.

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marnier, to Bloomscrolling
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Love these clusters of simple little roses. Extremely cute dog provided for scale.

Black-and-brown dog with a red collar, very cute, looking to the side, standing on a grassy patch with bright pink roses in the foreground.

marnier, to random
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I am sad, but I have some flowers. Scarlet amaryllis keeps on coming back here in Zone 7; I leave it in the ground all winter, well buried in fallen leaves and mulch, and it’s fine. Elderflowers are almost ready to bloom. And the first butterfly bush flower is here.

Four clusters of elderberry flower buds, against a backdrop of elderberry leaves
Bright fuchsia cone of tiny butterfly bush flowers

marnier, to random
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My helpful helper with the apron and the oven mitts 😍😍😍

marnier, to Bloomscrolling
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Looks promising #bloomscrolling #berryscrolling

Bright pink small roses, many buds, with the leaves of a small redbud tree in the background

marnier, to random
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Accountants are the real American heroes, baby

From: @inquiline
https://union.place/@inquiline/112370043095368720

marnier, to Bloomscrolling
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This week’s blossom report. #bloomscrolling

Two white iris blossoms in foreground, driveway in background.
Deep red rose blooming in shade
Orange-red anemones blooming, with daffodil foliage in the background

marnier, to random
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I’m in this post and I don’t like it

From: @jimray
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marnier, to gardening
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The grapevine is beginning to leaf out and I wanted to share the pretty colors with you.

A budding grapevine in front of bamboo posts and a chain-link fence. The unfurling leaves are bright pink with green highlights.

marnier, to random
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We just had a bit of weather outside DC #dcwx #mdwx #vawx

Large (1-inch-plus) hailstone resting in the palm of a hand

marnier, to gardening
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Looks promising! #gardening #bloomscrolling

marnier, to animals
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“Oooh, scritch my ear like one of your French girls” #dogsofmastodon

Dog, sprawled on its back on a couch, getting its ear scratched, one paw pointed at the camera
Dog, sprawled on its back on a couch, getting its ear scratched, looking cute

marnier, to Bloomscrolling
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I haven’t gotten a perfect shot of my neighbor’s fairytale cherry tree this year, but this gentle morning light is nice. #bloomscrolling #cherryblossoms

marnier, to Bloomscrolling
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#SilentSunday #BloomScrolling

gedeonm, to random
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Price increases of the various streaming services since 2011. Ugh.

marnier,
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@gedeonm but…but… competition brings prices down, not up!!

marnier, to random
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Beet chips!

nathanlovestrees, to animism
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"Yule is the ritual centre of gravity in the animist year. In pre-Christian reckoning it was also the anchor point between the cycles of the moon and the sun. The New King, the first New Moon after the Winter Solstice, was the first day of the second Yule month (Midwinter Month/January), and the Full Moon of this month was the apex of Heathen Yule celebrations, but with the rise of Christianity the ritual focus moved closer to the Winter Solstice..." From "The Nordic Animist Year" #animism #yule

marnier,
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@nathanlovestrees i always felt that way too. I leave my house tree up until the last possible minute (the night before final mulch collection, usually mid-Jan), leave lights up or redeploy the tree lights, and make an extra effort to throw little house parties/get-togethers/backyard bonfires in Jan and Feb.

marnier, to gardening
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You guys, I just spent a year turning this useless sloped backyard with useless muddy grass on it into a couple of slightly more useful #gardening terraces. All of my exercise for the past many months has consisted of shoveling dirt and woodchips and dry-stacking old concrete blocks and bricks I scavenged from the little house they tore down next door to put up the much bigger house you can see in the “after” photo. Third photo is the view from above. #landscaping #LiftHeavyThings #recycling

The same sloped backyard, but it has been adorned with two concrete block terraces with curved walls and a central staircase.
View of the terraces and stairs from above.

marnier,
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@mastodonmigration @earthmothering9 it was fun to build, will be fun to use too!

marnier, to ADHD
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Ok #introduction post. Pic is me in a monster mask I made a few years ago.

Used to litigate, but it was too much drama, so I got a PhD; not sure what I was thinking other than “anything but litigation pls.” It turned out ok; met my spouse, moved around, stint at #WHOSTP, met good people, got sucked back into lawyering as a public servant - much better than litigation.

Otherwise I’m nice enough, I guess, mostly. Probably #adhd, fall in love a lot, but easily bored.

marnier, to FiberArts
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Today I learned how to use the free-motion #embroidery foot on the #sewing machine and made this mask cover for my kid

marnier, to gardening
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I have packed in the precious leaves for winter. Cash poor but carbon rich, is what they call that. 😎 #compost #gardening

liminoid_space, to Podcast

Before the fell apart, I was listening to four days a week. The hosts did a great job of presenting difficult topics in a way that was engaging and informative. I weirdly miss bar exam questions.

After it fell apart, I stopped listening to all of the podcasts each host was associated with and have been making an effort to diversify the podcasts I listen to. Strict Scrutiny and 5-4 have been a good start. Do you have any to share?

marnier,
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@jackiegardina @PeterRobison @liminoid_space @andrew The Lawfare Podcast is one of my favorites; also Serious Trouble (Barro/White). And I looooove If Books Could Kill!

marnier, to random
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Can I just marvel at/publicly appreciate the amazing #dirt at my house? It’s pinker in person, glittery with these gorgeous flaky micaceous chunks all throughout, absolutely 0% organic matter, never cared for or built up or cultivated, never had a chunk of #compost waved in its direction, pure as the day it was made and then promptly buried under builder-grade turf rolls. I think it’s beautiful and I just want to save a portrait or two before I mix it with brown stuff and try to grow things.

Light orange dirt with shiny white and yellow specks
Light orange mud chunks with whitish flakes, sitting on the ground

marnier, to random
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#FungiFriday I couldn’t believe this wasn’t blue paint when I picked up this old chunk of lilac wood… not used to seeing this color in nature. It is a fungus called cobalt crust (according to iNaturalist)

Blue fungus spreading on the bark of an old tree branch.

marnier, to random
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I wanted hot and sour soup so i made some, since I’m a grownup and I can do that

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