dkozlov

dkozlov, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

Well-meaning able-bodied neurotypical "helpers" firing off rapid-fire questions at me like "do you want this? How about this? Or this? Just tell us what you need" but not giving my neurospicy brain space to react, till I have to interrupt crying "please STOP!! so I can even think enough to form words, let alone figure out what I need-- and wait I didn't tell you to do THAT, give me a moment PLEASE!"

#ActuallyAutistic #disabled

dkozlov, 10 days ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one was having so much fun jumping down the big hole in the Sword-Singer's Redoubt courtyard that he didn't even notice this handy magic rope until now. He'll probably just keep on jumping down because it's funner, but he won't turn down taking the magic rope back up to the top again!"

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 17 days ago to crochet

I celebrated today's summer-ish weather by hanging out on my porch all afternoon making this. I have no idea what this granny square will eventually become - that depends partly on how many more squares I can squeeze out of this stash of odds and ends of cotton yarn I'm using up. I'm less into the destination and more into the relaxing journey with this project TBH. And the rainbows. There will be variations on the rainbows, that I've already decided. 🌈

#crochet #crocheting

dkozlov, 20 days ago to Flowers

Visiting one of my other favorite parks to check how the fleurs are progressing.

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #flowers #spoonie

dkozlov, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one is certain he was not the first adventurer who, upon entering this doubtful redoubt, immediately had to jump down the big mysterious hole in the courtyard to see what was up with that. Or should he say ... down with that?" 😸

(Okay, fess up! Who else immediately jumped down that hole over at the new Sword-Singer's Redoubt house?)

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 29 days ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one likes the way his hair now matches his tattoos ... not to mention the feel of the breeze on the back of his head." 😺

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

I'd forgotten that my favorite accessible riverside hang is on the route of the local marathon event happening today. The marathon started at oh-dark-thirty so this checkpoint was receiving few runners by 1pm when I showed up, but I did see one determined person chug by before the volunteers started folding their tent and getting out of the rain.

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #rivers #spoonie

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Sigh. The friend-with-$$$ has gifted me a gorgeous duvet with cover, saying "oh it'll be so much easier to make your bed." It turns out to be heavier, hotter, and more difficult to move than the old smelly sleeping bag I was using, and I'll need assistance changing the cover to wash it. NOT disabled-friendly. Par for the course with this friend sadly, who does not get that decorator-think is often not disabled-friendly. (1/thread)

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Crow-friend! I have traveled all the way from Nirn to this strange dimension to seek your donations to the Blackfeather Court!"

(The Blackfeather Court is one of my favorite things in The Elder Scrolls Online. Because corvids rock.)

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #crows #ElderScrollsOnline

dkozlov, 1 month ago to gardening

Now here's some Weird Science for ya: "Forced rhubarb, which is made to mature in near total darkness, grows at such an alarming rate—as much as an inch a day—that it actually makes squeaks, creaks, and pops as it gets bigger." Click through to the article for more info and to get a listen to the veggie-beats. 🤣 🌱

#WeirdScience #rhubarb #gardening

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/forced-rhubarb-makes-sound

dkozlov, 1 month ago to transmasc

I went to Ye Olde Big Box Store to pick up a garden hose spray nozzle I ordered online, and was greatly entertained by the unexpected, if random, little hit of transmasc joy among the freebies they added to my bag. 🤣🏳️‍⚧️😎

#transmasc #trans #TransJoy

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

I did not know I needed a video of a donkey having a blast playing with a rubber chicken, but turns out I did. And here's the video in case you need it too. 💖

https://youtu.be/NBdhNL8WFe4?si=GUrr-C9KtJlHgduF

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one may appear to be a mild-mannered Khajiiti peasant, minding his own business as he forages herbs, but in reality he is SuperKat bwahahahah!" 😸

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit #FashionIsMyEndgame

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one is getting a kick out of his new gear, but can't help wondering: if the Tsaesci were 'snake people' as some of the shaveskins claim, then why do their outfits come with shoes?" 😸

#ElderScrollsOnline #khajiit #ShareYourGames

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

The occupational therapist I'm seeing to help with CrankyBod crap recommended I try out guided meditations for sleep, so I googled one just now ... and after 10 seconds of Typical NewAgey Voice monotoning on and on about gliding down a river over a bad ambient-ish drone, I had to shut it off. Is there any such thing as a non-corny non-cringy guided meditation tape? 😅

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Some annoying lower back pain today. Did I stress it in my sleep last night? When navigating in the shower yesterday? While forgetting about my posture during gaming that evening? ... oh yeah, I also spent an hour doing the Skeery Important Online Form yesterday afternoon. That would be the straw that, well, not broke, but aggravated the geezer's back. But at least I banished the Skeery Important Deadline anxiety. For now. 🤣

#spoonie #anxiety #FormsAnxiety #CrankyBod

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Once again I have managed to delay doing my tax return until the deadline is breathing down my neck. This year I do have moving cross-town as a valid-seeming excuse ... until one admits the move was back in January. Nope, this is just my usual mental dance between my Big Skeery Important Forms Anxiety and my Big Skeery Important Deadlines Anxiety, until I finally settle down and do the dang thing. Or file for an extension. 😜

#ActuallyAutistic #Anxiety #FearOfForms

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Gleep here tells this one it is embarrassed to be seen with him in his latest Jester's Festival outfit. He just laughs and gives his little pet the only appropriate response under the circumstances: - fork you!" 😸

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

It's lovely, by the way, to live near the gloriously complex confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. Having grown up in the very different Hudson River Valley, the nature geek in me is fascinated by these examples of rivers that have more room to wander.

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one appreciates the Jesters Festival as a lovely excuse to annoy the haughty shaveskins with garish outfits and other disapproved behaviors."

(Seriously - that Evoker on Errantry costume might better be named Evoker on Acid - someone was trippin' when they chose those colors! 😜 )

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 2 months ago to Sleeping

I haz a new bed as of today, courtesy of friends. Even more than the attractive bedframe, with under-bed storage drawers yet, I treasure the gel-and-memory-foam mattress for promising the ol' CrankyBod<tm> a decent night's sleep for a change. We'll see how sleep goes tonight.

#CrankyBod #ChronicPain #sleep

dkozlov, 2 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Well! This one had no idea Orcs had such refined fashion sense - but then, most of the orcs he has met have been too busy fighting to have time for fashion. Come to think of it though, EVERYONE he has met in Tamriel has been too busy fighting - including himself. Maybe need to fix that..."

#ElderScrollsOnline #khajiit #ShareYourGames

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."

Okay, it's only just turned March, but my bit of western Oregon does seem to be doing an analogous Mud Time Weather Shuffle.

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #rivers

dkozlov, 2 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Silly netch. Shoo. You're scaring my partner's catch."

"This one thinks perhaps you should not antagonize it?"

"Relax, they're herbivores."

"That's what they all say before they whack khajiit upside the head."

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit

dkozlov, 2 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Sharp here is of the opinion that the strangest waters draw the rarest fish. This one has his doubts but hey, Sharp's the Fish Whisperer here so who is khajiit to question?"

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit