Beautiful Things We Saw On Neighborhood Walks

[infopetal]

wiener dogs make me think of a former boss, a retired art dealer in her 80s, who had multiple wiener dogs over the years and whose home in the Hollywood Hills I would work from. she never married or had children, so in place of where you might expect to see framed photos of family members, such as by the computer I would work from, she instead had framed snapshots of her many (since passed) WIENER DOGS everywhere!! really the energy I'm going for when I'm 80+.

[m o l l y]

She sounds solid. Teen buds and I (as a teen also) used to dream of having a ranch in our future with an unholy number of weiner dogs who would come running to the sound of a dinner gong rung from the porch.

[RCH]

Yesterday I drove to Toledo, got lost, and was peacefully absorbed in the grey skies and quiet scenery when I saw two big dogs doing a sex in someone's yard! I laughed so hysterically I almost crashed.

[mention]infopetal[/mention] Was your boss in Coraline?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oj8ssipPaI

[meadows]

I'm finely attuned to the geese this year- their honking, which I often hear at night when I can't see them. Their nice v formations.

[m o l l y]

@infopetal I'm about ready for another beautiful NYC dump.

[yourfriendclaire]

Second that!

[infopetal]

ask and ye shall receive! late fall photo dump pt. 1/2

[infopetal]

late fall photo dump pt. 2/2

[yourfriendclaire]

Damn! I can feel the crispy autumn energy RADIATING from these .jpeg files.

[m o l l y]

Thank you for these. It feels good to get away from here for a sec.

[RCH]

I live across the street from a men’s state prison. This morning, a group of protesters set up with a loudspeaker, tunes, speakers, and a table of snacks... I was curious but couldn’t tell what it was.

So I was just sitting in my room watching a movie when my mom came in the front door. I hadn’t known she was gone. Turns out she was over there in support!

The group is traveling to different prisons to bring attention to the healthcare needs of incarcerated people.

[RCH]

Also today:

Steve revealed that when he was about 17, he saw Black Sabbath and Night Rider. It was Dio Sabbath, which I think is pretty cool! It was in what I think was called the Speedway Center, a big arena in Toledo that hosted many bad ass 60’s–70’s concerts.

My neighbor is a 60-year-old bachelor guitar player, who comes from a line of local Quaker abolitionists and farmers. He’s just very chill and humane. I love to hear about rock music history in this era, which was extremely bad ass in his era and in my own mom’s era. I live close to Motown and Rock history here in SE MI, and it’s reflected in the average Joe’s experience!

[infopetal]

with warm weather and vax life I am slowly expanding the circle in which I venture and last weekend I made it all the way to Inwood Hill where I found my first morels as a newly minted amateur mycologist! they were bbs and I just like to look for mushrooms less keen to eat them so I left them in their home where hopefully they spawn more, but it was really one of my greatest thrills of the year. (here's a pic the dismantle uploader has decided should be sideways)

[infopetal]

*s*p*r*i*n*g*

[RCH]

Woww, your pictures look so beautiful! Please post an update if you revisit the morels.

Today I saw a woodchuck climb up a fence and then climb up a tree! He is built like a gorilla the size of a bread loaf. Never seen him climb like that, it was so athletic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy1t5EHLjYA

[m o l l y]

Watching nature eat is pinnacle living.