@peppermintleprosy.bsky.social
Native plant gardener, long distance hiker, carpenter, drummer, and most importantly, lover and supporter to my beautiful girlfriend.
More threatening insurrectionists in downtown Portland trying to burn the city down with Woody Guthrie
07.10.2025 20:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Over 21,000 at a Portland Thorns women's soccer match last night in Portland, Oregon.
Nope, not a war zone.
#thisisportland
wizard frog is insane
04.10.2025 22:24 β π 13636 π 3770 π¬ 247 π 1260Love this way of protesting at the ICE facility in Portland. Like yeahβ¦ people in pajamas with pastries are militant insurrectionists burning down Portland?
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Looks like a great route you have planned!
25.09.2025 00:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love me some desert scenery! Gonna get on the AT?
24.09.2025 15:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I got to listen to that podcast on Friday. You got me googling images of this mini-bus. Very cool! How hot did it get inside there? Could you feel the bumps and turns? Looking at visiting Latvia next summer. I will be looking for those mini-buses!
21.09.2025 19:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Good Lord! An undersized electrical box for the number of wires and nuts coming into it. Some of the wires not sufficiently secured. Gah!
15.09.2025 04:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Such a wonderful episode! My girlfriend and I are considering a vacation to Europe, and Iβd love to get back to Latvia. Iβve heard so much about Sigulda, and your episode left me ever more curious about that place.
04.09.2025 21:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Enjoyed listening to this episode. Any idea if thereβs a movement towards a craft nonalcoholic beer there? Here in the PNW thereβs several craft nonalcoholic beers in pubs and at the grocery store.
04.09.2025 20:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pride Parade here in Portland, Oregon. Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers are about to march the gauntlet of joy! #prideparade #portland #lrsd #lastregiment
20.07.2025 17:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. I wander in my yard, proud of all the invasive plants, I have removed, and then I spot a stinky Bob waving its blossom in between a Maiden Hair Fern and Pacific Waterleaf. Gah! Then I yank the damn thing
16.07.2025 03:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks for your reply. Certainly thatβs unfortunate, but I imagine that sitting on the property instead of repairing is cheapest option for some owners. I do look forward to returning to Riga to see all those being repaired in 2014 finished!
16.06.2025 15:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When I was in Latvia in 2014, there was a lot of construction restoring the facades on the Art Nouveau buildings. Is that still the case? I know that there was little effort during the Soviet era to maintain many of those buildings
14.06.2025 22:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0via Wild Bird Scoop
07.06.2025 08:47 β π 9087 π 2382 π¬ 9 π 99I love it! I have been quietly going around and cutting English Ivy at the base of trees. We got to get aggressive with the invasive!!
18.05.2025 06:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kill your lawn!
16.05.2025 15:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely. Gorillaz definitely has some staying power
12.05.2025 15:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We should all be fighting the battle against invasive plants! Bring clippers with you, and snip an ivy growing up a tree, or pull garlic mustard or stinky bob if you get a chance!
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Heartbreaking loss yesterday. Heartbreakingβ¦
04.05.2025 15:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cheap plastic crap from Temu just got way more expensive, but still same crappy quality
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Alternatives to planting arborvitae in landscaping. Arborvitae are immense fire risks, and should not be planted AT ALL!
I will definitely check it out! I love your podcast on life in Latvia!
16.04.2025 16:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That Adam Ruins Everything video was great to watch!
31.03.2025 01:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes. Borglum. I think that was his name. Apparently he was white supremist
31.03.2025 01:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bear in mind that there is also a carving of civil war heroes on Stone Mountain in Georgia. When I went the park recently, they were downplaying the monument and carving, and focusing more on the geological history. Agree, Rushmore should have never happened
31.03.2025 00:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Free gnome decor on Craigslist folks! Ainβt mine, but thought someone out has a real fetish for all things gnome!
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I always wondered what SATO means. A friend of mine in high school suggested βSatan And The Ozzyβ
22.03.2025 07:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0