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Garden 2015 Explore this photo album by Miki on Flickr!

My last, best year of gardening. www.flickr.com/gp/luvlymiki...

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Picture of apple cake on green and white plate, sitting on stove top.

Fabulous cake! It's been was away too long since I made one (circa 2012).

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

These people want any excuse available to abuse women.

Just imagine that logic applied to anything else. For instance, it's exponentially more likely that any random man will rape any random woman than that an undocumented immigrant gets Medicaid. So by Karoline's logic, all men should be locked up permanently, right? 🤔

Military families seek out food assistance amid shutdown anxiety "We expected an increase, but didn't quite expect this," said Dorene Ocamb, Armed Services YMCA chief brand and development officer.

The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, yet they've shut down the government. It's unacceptable that military families must rely on food pantries. Our troops shouldn’t pay the price for Republican political stunts. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

Washington Post Poll: Out of the shutdown gate, Americans STRONGLY support extending the enhanced ACA tax credits Via NBC News: A Washington Post poll conducted on Oct. 1, the first day of the shutdown, found that 47% of U.S. adults blame Trump and Republicans in Congress, while 30% blame Democrats and 23% said t...

Washington Post Poll: Out of the shutdown gate, Americans *strongly* support extending the enhanced #ACA tax credits:

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The GOP wants to let enhanced ACA tax credits expire, skyrocketing health care costs for millions.

Some perspective: Trump’s billionaire tax cuts cost 10 TIMES what it’d take to extend the ACA tax credits and keep care affordable.

They don't care about working people.

Americans can't afford a pound of ground beef, but Pete Hegseth blew millions of your taxpayer dollars flying in every General and Admiral around the world so he could yell at them about the Top 100 things he hates about facial hair.

It was visible when he was in the UK as well.

Join this #protestingpoodle today at 50th & Halifax to rally against the current regime. What is stopping you? For now, we still have #freespeech. Use it or lose it.
@sengelweb.bsky.social

Pic of cream miniature poodle lying on his back on a couch, looking at camera, with his legs spread and a blue squiggle covering his boy part.

"Paint me like one of your French Boyz."

#poodle #poodlesofbluesky #poodlepron

Oxo Good Grips.

On left, sliced white mushrooms in a red bowl. On right, one mushroom sitting in egg slicer with cutter resting on top of mushroom. Both sitting on a lime green cutting board.

PSA: Egg slicer+ mushrooms = Magic.

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More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “What of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know.”

Been there, done that, for multiple poodles in my lifetime. It works.

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Best Instant Pot Corn on the Cob | Tested by Amy + Jacky Quick & easy way to make perfectly sweet, juicy, & tender Corn on the Cob! Fresh & healthy summer treat for the whole family.

If I'm only making a few ears, I make it in the microwave. If more, I make it in the Instant Pot - www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-...

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Stove Art: Bowl of stewed tomatoes and lentils with grated Parmesan cheese and saltines, sitting on a plate on a stove top.

Stove Art: Barefoot Contessa's Stewed Tomatoes and Lentils

This recipe, but I use plain old brown lentils and canned diced tomatoes, and make it in my Instant Pot: barefootcontessa.com/recipes/stew...

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rach...

I read this as "Heirloom Tomato Art," and I wasn't wrong. 😋

Watch for lowered BP/orthostatic hypotension. For some people, magnesium supplements can cause sudden falling, esp. with magnesium oxide.

What an unbelievably stupid time to be alive.

Addison's is quite manageable - it's getting the diagnosis that can be a challenge. My Addisonian standard poodle lived a long, good life until he passed at age 12 from something totally unrelated. Meds will need tweaking until you find the sweet spot but it's very doable.

Pic of a cream miniature poodle lying down with a yellow, orange, and blue braided rope toy circling his muzzle.

Ty sez Happy International Dog Day!

#poodle #poodlesofbluesky

Pic of mug on top of stove with Constant Comment decaf tea bag steeping in mug.

Didn't make it past the mid-60s F today, with a low of 50 F forecast for tonight.

Stove Art: Evening Tea. 🍽️