MarieM

If you enjoy cooking at all I say hit up his mom and aunties for some family recipes and/or cooking tutorials of local foods. “The way to a man’s heart” and all that.

A man appeared to faint during a press event in the Oval Office.

Sandwich guy is basically the Luigi of "no one was even a little bit harmed" misdemeanors.

Thank you for the chuckle this morning.

Portland Uniform

I’m sorry but not having earbuds in is not going to make a difference when masked men are determined to grab you. Being alert is great but “our people of color” have had more than just “their wits” about them since the day their parents had the police talk with them as kids. Don’t shift blame here.

At best they are ignorant and/or afraid. At worst they are a cancerous rot on humanity.

There’s a website that has live cams etc etc to see in real time what the city looks like. Not sure your dear brother would believe they’re real, though. Anyway, it’s isportlandburning.com

A creamy white flower (with peachy tendrils behind the petals) shoots from a light green stem. In the background are two books about birds local to Oregon on the windowsill.

My fishbone cactus bloomed for the first time! The bud it sprang from was very funky looking but I didn’t get a picture of that stage.

Librarians are the best.

Thank you so much for presenting this. We in the Portland area especially appreciate it.

Picture taken from my lap, my leg is in the foreground, ankle crossed on the opposite knee. Patio table and chairs mid ground and then a glorious sunny morning, sun filtering through deciduous and evergreen trees

Sitting here breathing in the trees and mid morning sun. A squirrel is on a branch several meters away just absolutely going OFF. I feel you, squirrel. I see you, hear you and feel you.

Pretty much.

I was not aware that I needed to have an outfit prepared for the rapture.

A small plant pot that resembles a smiling spherical being with arms and legs sitting on a wooden swing has dusty green crocheted yarn leaves and tendrils spilling out of the top and over the sides.

A dear friend gave me this cute lil hanging pot fella. Prob wouldn’t be great for a live plant so I’m crocheting one of yarn instead. Need to add a few more on top, I think. 🧶

Tall tan layer cake dripping with glossy chocolate ganache on a wooden cake stand sitting on a kitchen counter. Various household items are in the background like an aloe Vera plant and a table and chairs.

It’s that time of year. Happy Bday to my better half.

(Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake from Smitten Kitchen)

Tan round layer cake with glossy chocolate ganache dripping down the sides on a wooden cake platter. In the foreground is a pan scraped clean of the ganache with a whisk and a spatula resting in it.

This cake is from Smitten Kitchen. I believe it’s just called “Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake”.
This is the 14th year I’ve made it for my husband’s birthday. If you make it, you will not regret it.

Blue skies with a few whispy clouds above sun sparkly ocean with sand dunes and dune grasses in the foreground.

Had a lovely pause amongst the dune grasses the other day.

What a lovely resting place.

Sunshine hitting the ocean with a sandy beach and seagrass growing on a dune in the foreground.

Spent a few days at the coast *almost* running away from current events. Manzanita, OR, USA

🌲

The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good

This scratches a bit of the “I miss Mr Rogers” itch.

Sarah holds up a brightly colored eel calendar with a moray, ribbon eel, splendid garden eels, and American and European eels, in front of some plants on the sidewalk

Last year we sold 5x more advent calendars than we have this August. Advent calendars are the biggest thing that keep the lights on at Skype a Scientist so this makes me a bit nervous!

These calendars are bright and cute and are full of really fun information about eels!

Get one here: EelFacts.net

In case you’re still wondering…

SLAVERY. WAS. BAD!

And Dr Oz

A large mound of Black Eyed Susan flowers growing in the foreground with a maple tree and blue sky in the background.

Beautiful beautiful beautiful. Thank you nature for giving respite to my addled brain.

He’s magically forgotten about the “anarchist jurisdictions” of Portland and Seattle.

It’s like he’s forgotten all about the anarchist jurisdictions of Portland and Seattle. 🤔