jerzone

jerzone, 18 hours ago to random

Undulations

Light green inch worm moving along edge of table by seemingly sending a ripple from one end of body to other

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

I think the LED connector is just a SIM card slot? More solid than most connections for light strips.
#LEDs

jerzone, 3 days ago to random

Apropos of nothing (I hope), Shawn Mullin's Beautiful Wreck has been swirling around my brain the last 24 hours. Making dinner last night, “such a beautiful wreck". 2am wandering to the bathroom, “what a beautiful wreck you are”. Walk the dog this morning, “but you make such a beautiful wreck”.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tokw8tbz2w

jerzone, 3 days ago to random

I've been wondering if something in the phone's camera system is visible or audible to bugs and birds. Like I can move around, get closer, but as soon as the camera app is opened that seems to spook them most of the time.
Just me?

jerzone, 3 days ago to MTB

Beautiful morning for a mt bike ride after overnight rain, which brought out a lot of Red Efts with birds in full song.

#mtb #biking #turtle

Big snapping turtle hiding in marsh next to trail
Tiny Red Eft alongside mt bike tire
A couple riders coming up pathway in very green woods

jerzone, 5 days ago to random

A long time ago I made a little pond in our back yard. Ostensibly for the indoor fish (Koi, Comets) to spend Summer outside, but then the scope (and pond) got bigger. Waterfall, rocks for frogs to sunbathe, and deep sections so fish could survive Winter. May 19, 2004 I got the idea to add local fauna to the pond in the form of a couple scoops of plants and bugs from a nearby vernal pool (i.e. roadside ditch). Enjoying water bugs and tadpoles noodling around I spotted a small clump of sticks ... moving.
Posted about it on my blog and a reader ID’d it as a Caddisfly Larva.
Flash forward to yesterday, checking out the frogs in our messy little pond, when a bundle of sticks walked by underwater.

https://lifeinfreshwater.net/caddisfly-larvae-trichoptera/

#caddisfly #insects #pond

jerzone, 5 days ago to random

Working outside and this bit of heavy equipment ambled past.

#toad

jerzone, 6 days ago to Mushrooms

Monday morning trail run had an unexpected "private land" sign half mile down one of the trails. Never fear, I've been practicing bushwhacking for years!
#TrailRunning #mushrooms #salamander #bear

Red Eft on top of an old tree stump that was cut unevenly and has a “cliff” which it seems to be contemplating climbing
Big boulder in the middle of the woods, about 4 foot tall, with a birch growing on the very top, large roots hanging down in a few different directions providing support and nutrients
red running shoe next to a fresh bear print in the mud on a wet section of the trail

jerzone, 7 days ago to 3DPrinting

Today’s quick 3d print of a “pill placer" for our old dog. Big enough for the capsules he has to take 3x a day and hopefully more accurate and less intrusive than my fingers, with less chance of a munched finger.

#3dprinting #DogsOfMastodon

slicer preview of the printed parts showing where 4mm rod goes through and connects

jerzone, 8 days ago to animals

Well, yes, dinosaur shape is unique.
“Behold, a long extinct carnivore is here to dispense medicine!”
[in pink or blue]

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

jerzone, 8 days ago to random

Question for any woodworkers: how resilient are electric planars to screws and does it even make sense to plane old deck boards to reuse? I was thinking of flipping them over.
#woodworking

jerzone, 10 days ago to hiking

Shots from this morning’s almost five mile trail run.

#TrailRunning #hiking #woods #waterfall

Trail named Gnomaste with a gnome in little house, legs crossed, fingers held in meditation pose (?).
Series of cascading little waterfalls along trail
What looks like a skiff of light snow is really lots of tiny flowers

jerzone, 11 days ago to random

Saw this well fed froggo soaking up rays yesterday afternoon and just had to capture all of its glorious textures.
#frog #pond

jerzone, 12 days ago to random

Transmissions are the wildest…

#auto #transmission

https://youtu.be/DlWopZRzkvA

jerzone, 12 days ago to random

Good morning, what kind of rhubarb recipe are you looking for?

Made a rhubarb/strawberry crisp last night. Might have to try a Kuchen or just open book to a random spot and make that.

#rhubarb

part of the appendix with cakes, cookies and bars, and “desserts” as if those others aren’t “:^)

jerzone, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to Mushrooms

Saw something while driving home and just had to pull over to walk back for a look.
#mushrooms

jerzone, 13 days ago to random

#MondayMadness

jerzone, 13 days ago to random

This needs its own post.
First off, I’d love to explore it, especially the very top. But what is up with the windows?? The center jumble on second floor to start, but even the far right windows on 1st, 2nd, 3rd floor all have different spacing. Middle decks are staggered, in fact the whole middle “shaft” seems like an add-on. The left/right 3rd story roofs don’t match, other than the slate.

⭐️8 stars, keep people guessing!

jerzone, 13 days ago to random

Family ride, with bits of rail trail today, but first let’s enjoy some sights along the way.
#NH

A large but tightly packed 4 story house (apartments)
No explanation given for sign saying: Please NO GOLFING

jerzone, 14 days ago to MountainBiking

The Cheshire Rail Trail goes from Keene, NH to Bellows Falls, VT but it looks faint and elusive the further you get from Keene. I'm checking out someone’s Street View, wondering if the family can/would try it, then I pan the camera down to see who’s riding it. ";^)
Shot in 2020, I wonder if the trail has had much work since?

https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/cheshire-north-7476596

#RailTrail #biking #NH

view of person making street view: a dad with two little kids in the back of his bike, one in bright green helmet the other pink
a section of trail with tree across it, the bike sits nearby as if Dad had everyone get off while he carried it across or around
looks like everyone’s heading back to bike after the tree portage section

jerzone, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to animals

Archeologists, studying the origins of cardboard boxes, have found convincing evidence of early and continued ritual use by Felis catus.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cardboard

jerzone, 15 days ago to AppalachianTrail

Hiked part of the AT today to Holts Ledges. Leaves aren’t fully out yet so views were better than usual.
#AppalachianTrail #hiking

Lots of ledges with sheer drop-offs, but unobstructed views
Side view of some ledge faces with mountain in background (Smarts? Cube?)
AT has new (to me) signs, this is an orange and black one saying “View”

jerzone, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to Birds

Noticed something slightly off about the bird feeder this morning. Followed a faintly visible “bent grass" path into the woods, through a muddier section and right over a low point in our notably lame wire fence (to keep dog/chickens in) to find some faint, fresh tracks.
It's been years since a bear has visited and this seems half hearted, maybe because we only have a little bit in the feeder at any point? It didn't have any interest in garbage cans or the nearby chicken coop.

#bear #birds #NH

jerzone, 16 days ago to random

Formal wear at the feeder.

#birdsofmastodon #grosbeak

jerzone, 16 days ago to random

When you’re feeling down … and thirsty.