Long-haired red and white female corgi sitting on a stump, smiling, with lawn and playground in background.
Hello from Zephyr!
17.11.2025 21:48 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1@ptice.bsky.social
Retired Jack of all trades; high school and college teacher, policeman, businessman, drain tile installer, broadcast engineer, middle manager in healthcare. Also dad, ham radio operator (WA0TDA), book lover, photographer, dog person, and husband of Susan.
Long-haired red and white female corgi sitting on a stump, smiling, with lawn and playground in background.
Hello from Zephyr!
17.11.2025 21:48 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/f...
01.10.2025 20:20 β π 16 π 11 π¬ 1 π 1Red/white Pembroke Welsh Corgi with long fur, sitting on a stump and smiling for the camera.
Our fluffy corgi, Zephyr.
11.09.2025 22:41 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0$6 dry cereal, $10 watermelons, and smaller packages of overpriced everything - that was our eye-popping grocery trip yesterday. At the checkout line, the cashier was talking with the woman ahead of us, and the topic was how hard it was to keep the totals under $300 for typical grocery runs.
24.08.2025 17:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall. Let's hear from George Will this morning. wapo.st/47xIPiD
19.08.2025 12:08 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall.
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Gift article - no paywall. Atlantic's photos; surfing dog, spectacular lightning in volcanic smoke, Gaza food drop, Pope Leo looks out helicopter window, tourists in France walk through smoke, straw bale wedding couple, more. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
09.08.2025 18:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall. wapo.st/47fFjcy
06.08.2025 11:31 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 2 π 1Sun shines on shepherd's hook with two hanging flower plants and a colorful cylindrical ceramic birdhouse.
Greetings from the backyard garden.
11.07.2025 17:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I guarantee that you will like this gift commentary. (No paywall)
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Rainy here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota today, too. We've got KY kin in Louisville who are complaining about the WX, too... Making a few FT8 contacts this morning, but couldn't get the Cuban station running POTA on 20m, dang.
09.06.2025 13:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Foreground is large (6+ feet high, close to 50 feet long) pile of wood, rocks, rock sculptures, metal art, animal statues and art including moose, fox, dogs, loon, and more. The ranch house is seemingly buried in the background of the photo.
Yard art gone crazy! North of Grand Marais, MN on Highway 61 near the Canadian border.
09.06.2025 13:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today's new word: "agrivoltaics".
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1...
Gift article - no paywall. wapo.st/4jpDeNW
22.05.2025 11:22 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1Here's one of the best videos I've seen on PFAs. youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?...
16.05.2025 12:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall. Jaw-dropping story about plastic found in birds. wapo.st/4km2PrB
16.05.2025 12:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
15.05.2025 13:11 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1Gift article - no paywall. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
24.04.2025 14:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Corgi sitting next to chalk art Easter egg.
Bee nice chalk art with cartoon bee.
Happy Easter sidewalk chalk on today's dog walk.
20.04.2025 22:46 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0DOW (DJI) -2231.07 at close.
04.04.2025 21:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He thinks he can issue commands to the market - how can he be a business school graduate?
28.03.2025 23:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why is there even a ? at the end of that headline?
28.03.2025 22:28 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThe Handmaidβs Taleβ could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis, MN. Too bad itβs banned. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...
19.03.2025 15:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This isn't 1950. Today travel is much more granular and isn't even close to that era's limited destination model. To return to anything like that, cities need to up their densities and redefine zoning to allow infilling that includes both businesses and residential in close proximity.
19.03.2025 12:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Why don't they think they need permission to use intellectual property? This happens over and over again.
19.03.2025 12:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gift article - no paywall. "More than 800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have lost their job in recent weeks, including many who helped mitigate climate disasters, track hurricanes, predict ever-stronger storms, and notify potential victims."
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