nrohluap

paninid, 15 hours ago to random

How do #ReplyGuys fit into the model of #followership?

Asking for a frenemy.

nrohluap, 20 hours ago to Bloomscrolling

The California poppies are finally blooming on the hillside. We planted mostly natives this time around, and with no big dogs to rip up the landscaping we scattered poppy seeds in the early spring.

Most of the green carpet here is poppy plants, with a few sages and yellow daisies visible.

Within a week or two we’ll have our own little SuperBloom. Hopefully they reseed well for next year too.
#Bloomscrolling #gardening

A hillside covered in bright green poppy plants. A couple open poppies are visible. Two sage bushes show with contrasting grayish-green leaves. Yellow daisies and a different variety of sage are visible at the upper left. The hillside is topped by a brick wall with the neighbor’s hibiscus plant visible.

BlackAzizAnansi, 21 hours ago to random

Where do you get your news from?

nrohluap, 1 day ago to Bloomscrolling

Beautiful afternoon in the backyard. Have a gladiolus.
#Bloomscrolling

nrohluap, 3 days ago to cycling

Out for a ride today, and I believe I discovered the Field Of Beans.

Castor bean plants have taken over most of this hillside.

#BikeTooter #plantstodon

Thick green foliage with spiky seed pods on a tree, with red stems visible among the leaves. The background shows more greenery in a natural outdoor setting.

Quinnypig, 3 days ago to random

I'm sorry Slack, you're doing fucking WHAT with user DMs, messages, files, etc? I'm positive I'm not reading this correctly.

Yehuda, 3 days ago to random

Is this some kind of herb or spice growing unattended in the sidewalk tree cutouts on my street? If anyone knows...

DavidNielsen, 4 days ago to random

Somewhere, somehow, YAML is laughing evilly.
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112440612414591116

middleclasstool, 5 days ago to random

I have history's most earworm absorbent brain. Normally this is a huge frustration. Today it isn't. My brain is shouting

I MAY BE FULL
OF BISCUITS AND WIIIIIIIIINE
BUT I ALWAYS HAVE ROOM
FOR THAT
SHOO-FLYYYYYY

And that's occasionally leaking out of my mouth. Which benefits all living beings. https://youtu.be/ZG7AkNPZdNU

nrohluap, 8 days ago to Birds

The Mourning Doves 🕊️ are back this year.

As the tree they nested in last year is just beginning to leaf out, they seem to have settled into a hanging basket instead right beneath it.

Literally feet from the family room windows.

If they stay, it could be quite the chick show later!
#birds #BirdsOfMastodon

View through the family room window shows the dove more clearly. From this angle there are umbrellas and patio chairs visible in the background.

nrohluap, 9 days ago to random

The Interwebs said “use the phone camera” to glimpse the Aurora.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present … May Gray in Los Angeles, underlit by the basin of 20 million souls?
#aurora

nrohluap, 11 days ago to woodworking

Helped my daughter and SIL with a wainscoting project in their new place.

Bullnose corners with beaded panels were no walk in the park. Wasn’t sure about the bullnose closet corners, esp. since the wall wasn’t quite true, but I’m inordinately happy with how it turned out.

Best part was getting to play with - I mean use - all his new equipment. Freehand cutting curves into a couple thin panel pieces on the table saw - 48” long by less than an inch wide - to match the not-quite-true corners was fun. Took me back to cutting skateboard blanks the same way in Dad’s garage all those years ago. Miraculously I still have all my digits intact.

#woodworking

A wider view of the room, showing green wainscoting, a white double door closet, a window with a view of a wooden fence, and an air purifier on the floor.
Various baseboard and belt rail trim pieces cut and painted with a forest green paint, drying in the garage.
Close shot of finished corner and bullnose closet inset panels after final paint applied.

nrohluap, 12 days ago to animals

Stella, Stella, Stella.

Brought home some groceries in reusable bags earlier. Put them by the front door, as usual, so I’d remember to put them back in the bike panniers for the next run.

She found that something in there smelled really good, and proceeded to lick at whatever it was.

Moral of the story: wash those reusable bags, or a dog may “wash” them for you!

#DogsOfMastodon #FediDogs #dogs

A fat brown dog has her head inside a white plastic reusable grocery bag. She is licking vigorously at the bag, and it makes crinkling noises as she works it over. Off-camera, someone calls her name. She turns, bag on head, toward the voice. She nearly falls off the stair ledge. Shaking her head a little, she looks out from the bag handle toward the speaker, with the bag still on her head. The camera operator can’t stay silent, and voices what Stella cannot: “I’m trying, but I HAVE A BAG ON MY HEAD!”

nrohluap, 13 days ago to random

Look, I know the sunrise is beginning.
But do the birds outside the window have to get THAT excited about it? 🎶 🐦

nrohluap, 14 days ago to Bloomscrolling

A whole freaking FLOCK of Birds of Paradise doubly-lit in the late afternoon L.A. light.

The sunset is backlighting them, while a bright bounce off of a window behind me lights them from the front.

No wonder so many filmmakers gravitated here.

#Bloomscrolling #LosAngeles #Hollywood

nrohluap, 18 days ago to random

A pair of house finches has decided to nest in the eaves above my bedroom window. Watched the two of them zoom in and out from under the roof and occasionally sit in the tree and sing.

He had no idea I was standing right there, not six feet from his perch in the tree outside.

Just before I got the camera out for these two, a hummingbird flew right up to the glass and checked me out. I could have easily touched it, it was so close.

Not bad for a cellphone photo through window glass.
#BirdPhotography

Same bird looking to its left

nrohluap, 21 days ago to random

I don’t wanna Monday. K?

nrohluap, 21 days ago to random

Busy Spring day in the yard today. Me, the birds, and the bees were all enjoying the riot of flowers on display.

The birds were also fighting over what’s left of the neighbor’s Pampas grass seed fronds. Couldn’t get a decent picture, but nests around the place are loud with song and the cheep-cheep-cheep of newborns demanding food.

#Bloomscrolling #SpringFlowes

nrohluap, 22 days ago to animals

Someone is in full-on Antisocial Wildebeest mode.

I feel ya, Stella Luna!

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

rooster, 23 days ago to random

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nrohluap, 24 days ago to cycling

First acoustic MTB ride in a long while. Good to get out of traffic for a spell.

Recent heavy rains have already undercut the new boulder + concrete attempt to shore up the abutments under Istik Bridge over Lemon Creek.

Good to get some organic grime on the old legs, too!
#BikeTooter #cycling #AcousticBike #Lagunitas #RubSomeDirtOnIt

A wooden pedestrian bridge over a rocky creek bed with scattered vegetation and a palm tree in the background. Below the bridge, on both sides of the creek, the banks have been reinforced with concrete and boulders. At the lower left, the reinforcement has been undercut and fallen away from the main part into the creek.
A person's lower leg showing a sock with a red paint splat design on the ankle. Dirt marks are visible on the sock and leg, with one large smudge on the leg.

nrohluap, 26 days ago to animals

The little ones were in SERIOUS need of some grooming. Stella Luna has tan fur and generally looks less messy at first glance. Eloise (aka Wheezy) is largely white and shows dirt immediately.

In an effort to preempt the usual shit show, I took them for a pre-visit walk until they both did their business. Success! A poop-free trip to the salon!

Taking them in using a shopping cart is necessary if you’re one human vs these two.

They do clean up nicely!
#DogsOfMastodon #FediDogs #dogs

Close-up of Eloise, a white small dog with a fluffy coat wearing a collar with a bone-shaped tag. Her fur is trimmed and much cleaner than the first photo.
Two dogs on a blue leather couch, Eloise looking elegant in white and lying down, and Stella Luna looking trim in brown standing to the right.