Quote from The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: 💬
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The word 'temporary' ... has elastic qualities of infinite expansion.
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August 2020
The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 11 is "transport" (suggested by odd). This morning I moved my (rather dusty) truck in preparation for going out to transport the new ducklings home, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. 📷 #mbaug
· mbaug · vehicles
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Flowers of the day: a couple of yucca plants. 🌱
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Quack quack! The newest ducklings have been hatched and shipped, so the quackage should arrive at my local post office for pickup either tomorrow or (more likely) Wednesday. 🚚🦆🎉
· ducks · shopping
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Dithering podcast 📡 #MediaMonday
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A fairly new podcast from the insightful Ben Thompson and John Gruber, talking about current tech news and issues. Three episodes per week, exactly 15 minutes per episode.
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I saw a headline today that Best Buy currently has Apple’s HomePod for $199. Since we’ve been eating at our dining table more recently (instead of in front of the TV), listening to music on the Amazon Echo, we thought we’d get a HomePod for better sound.
· apple · shopping · technology
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 10 is "windows" (suggested by @Miraz). Here are views out two of the custom-built chicken coop windows. 📷 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: a rose bush in the garden by our kitchen. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: Welcome to season three of the Yellow Cottage Homestead Ducklings show! We begin by cleaning out the duck house in preparation for the new ducklings, due around Thursday. 🦆
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 9 is "black-and-white" (suggested by @Gabz). Here’s a black-and-white (or really grayscale) night cam shot of Porcini outside the feral cat house early this morning. 📷 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: achillea, in our new fountain garden. 🌱
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 8 is "view" (suggested by @Florentin). I enjoy the view of Mount Hood when flying my drone above my homestead; unfortunately it is obscured by trees and hills at ground level. 📷 #mbaug
· aerial · mbaug
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On the homestead blog: your weekly cat update. #Caturday 🐈
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Flowers of the day: evening primrose & lavender. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: welcome to the first Flock Friday with the new ducks. Plus chicken pictures, of course. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
· chickens · ducks · FlockFriday
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 7 is "daytripping" (suggested by @stevsmit). We’re not likely to go anywhere any time soon, but the last day-trip we took was to the Stonehenge replica in the Gorge back in February. 📷 #mbaug
· mbaug · travel · vacation
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Flower of the day: love-in-a-mist. 🌱
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My announcement of getting new ducklings seems like a good place to end the series of daily duckling posts… until I start the new series next week. Pictures of the ducks will roll into my Flock Friday posts, starting tomorrow. 🦆
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On the homestead blog: oh noes, we decided to get more ducklings! 🦆
· ducks · shopping
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 6 is "bisect" (suggested by @cdevroe). Our path from the chicken coops bisects to the veggie garden and the driveway. 📷 #mbaug
· landscaping · mbaug
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