orangepippin

please show us yours!

I regret not going out to the sheep and taking livestock + aurora pics, bc that is a quality genre.

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red aurora borealis over a vegetable garden under a light blanket of snow. the snow is magenta, reflecting the aurora’s color.

my nails 💅

blueb smoothie

is actually purple

then oxidizes pinkish brown

😕

yes - this! I’m excited we get to skip golden trying to outgun Matt Dunlap. lepage is a trump-aligned elderly wacko. we spanked him before, and we’ll do it again. it shouldn’t be that hard, in our current gop-led predicament.

yes, thank you. Jared snubbed ME-2 democratic voters. he and his staff were uninterested in listening to our input & concerns, especially this year as we’ve seen our worst fears play out. they send these glib weekly emails like “don’t worry about it, we’re in good hands.” so tone deaf, disconnected.

lol I think terrible videos of ICE and the unaffordability of everything may have already swung the swing voters, remember Tuesday? Susan’s hopeless, clapping her hands for trump, voting in favor of letting him start rando wars.. no more praise, she’s abandoned us

that is absurd. she is so out of touch. why would anyone here want her to vote that way? I can not understand how she can justify in her mind acting this way on behalf of Mainers. does she consider our interests at all, ever? it’s insulting, especially in light of Tuesday’s results. SHAME!!!

Maine just passed a gun safety measure by a huge margin! I am so surprised, and hopeful! Would susan have a better chance if she broke with her party and went indie like Angus? I dream of her defection… it’s a naïve, earnest hope, but her abetting is indefensible! so much harm done to Maine. Shame!

‘Pinto’ potatoes with red skin spotted with yellow clustered in a cross section of a potato hill being harvested by hand. the soil is dark brown and has nice granular texture. an earthworm is hanging from a soil macropore between the potatoes. lots of fine white roots from garden weeds are visible.

Pinto potatoes, the best

this is slightly off topic, but I’m curious: what is The County to you? In Maine, “The County” refers to Aroostook, which is separated from the rest of the state by lots of wilderness, so it’s a bit of a cultural island. Now I’m wondering how many other states have “The County.”

ahh I think it’s the mom of multiples brain that requires study! how does someone SO exhausted from working double manage to keep the all kids safe?? hyper awareness of surroundings and super agile dexterity?!

No! in my experience, largely by lowering expectations, lol. PASS on 1 adult adventures.

this is my question of the past decade plus. I remember listening to Troy debate Emily on the radio way back when, and my husband and I were like HIGH FIVE HELL YEAH TROY YOU’VE GOT THIS IN THE BAG! how wrong we were, lol.

!!! and a great photo, too!!

my garden lacks late fall color - I’ll add this variety to my list for next year. thanks for sharing!

it’s gonna be stinky

I am in Maine listening to my young lefty female coworkers, nice people, try to rationalize the tattoo, and they are landing on “maybe he’s still okay, maybe it will make sense,” and this hurts. an SS tattoo is disqualifying, it HAS TO BE disqualifying! what are we doinggggg

we are a very clothed people. this may require some degree of darkness, and/or coffee brandy, fireballs, or beer (soliciting additional campaign support here)

Orange Pippins are LIFE CHANGING

DIRIGO, babyyyyyy!

Large crowd of peaceful protesters with signs.

Large crowd of peaceful protesters with signs.

Large crowd of peaceful protesters with signs.

Large crowd of peaceful protesters with signs.

Belfast Maine 10/18/25

wrong season - that’s a pic from June when we had a rainy day. that account is posting outdated or false stuff 🤷‍♀️

hold me, Perry!

define your music taste in 8 artists:

Ty Segall
Mulatu Astatke
Wanda Jackson
Desmond Dekker
ESG
Marc Bolan/T. Rex
Michael Hurley
Mississippi Fred McDowell

thinking about it like a web, like these are all solid faves, and everyone else falls within its bounds

yeah. I’m not considering voting for the 29 year old redditor, anyway. people grow and change, and he’s already told us this about himself.

I just read this aloud to my husband in the car. very well written, thank you for this thoughtful piece!

you’re in everyone’s replies with “no we can’t” - got it. message received.

yes! and please tell me more about “even bolder ways of turning grasses into high quality feeds.. to mitigate agricultural emissions”! what are they up to over there?

Yes, thank you for understanding.

It’s a ranked choice primary! we can vote for whoever we want without fear of tossing our votes.

fwiw my old parents and their old friends will rank Platner first bc he isn’t old like them. We don’t want a one term ancient senator. (even tho Mills is good stuff!)

AI is frigging with my favorite Christmas caroler/lovable peak dad vibes man!? he sings about the lord of the dance and the boar’s head and the salty sea, c’mon! don’t make a robot facsimile, he’s too wholesome!

these are the weirdest times, so creepy.