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The Micro.blog challenge word for day 10 is “pot”. On the steering wheel table in our RV is a potted Christmas cactus. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-10 · mbmay · RV

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 9 is “bloom”. One of the succulents in the little Arizona-based tabletop garden in our RV is sending out a shoot; we’re hoping it will bloom. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-09 · mbmay · RV

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 8 is “union”. Joshua Tree National Park is the union of two distinct deserts, the Mojave and the Colorado. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-08 · attraction · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 7 is “park” (suggested by me). We are enjoying traveling around the US in our motorhome, visiting all of the National Parks and other attractions. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-07 · attraction · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 6 is “silhouette”. While taking photos of the alpenglow at the Grand Canyon, I snapped one picture looking towards the sunset, with the silhouette of trees. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-06 · mbmay · sunset

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 5 is “Earth”. The Earth is an amazing place. Go out and see it. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-05 · attraction · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 4 is “thorny”. When I have hundreds of photos for an interesting place, it can be a thorny problem to narrow them down for a Sinclair Trails blog post. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-04 · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 3 is “experimental”. We occasionally buy new cat toys for Paladin, but they are very experimental on whether he’ll enjoy them... or just sleep on them. 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-03 · cats · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge word for day 2 is “photo”. It’s cheesy and arguably a waste of money, but we almost always do the gimmicky green-screen or live background photo ops, and buy at least some of the photos, when offered (this is just some of them!). 📷 #mbmay

2022-05-02 · attraction · mbmay

Once again Micro.blog is doing a photo challenge for the month of May. The word for day 1 is “switch”. Here are some switches by the entry door of our motorhome. 📷🚌 #mbmay

2022-05-01 · mbmay · RV

Concluding the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, final drawings of my duck house (compare to yesterday's). 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-31 · building · drawing · mbmay

Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, early drawings of my duck house. 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-30 · building · drawing · mbmay

Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, side elevation drawings of my feral cat house (see the homestead project page for details). 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-29 · building · drawing · mbmay

Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, front elevation and plan of my feral cat house (see the homestead project page for details). 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-28 · building · drawing · mbmay

Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, just a couple drawings of a potato planter design. 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-27 · building · drawing · mbmay

Continuing the Micro.blog drawings challenge: today, some drawings from my final design of the chicken coop (see the homestead project page for details of the project). 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-26 · building · drawing · mbmay

The Micro.blog challenge this week is artwork and drawings. I will share some of my building drawings, done in Linea Sketch on my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. Today, some early chicken coop concepts. 🎨 #mbmay

2020-05-25 · building · drawing · mbmay

For the last quote of this week’s Micro.blog mini challenge, here’s one from Heinlein’s famous Stranger in a Strange Land: 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-24 · mbmay · quote

I had thought -- I had been told -- that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't. Not ever is it funny to the person it happens to. The goodness is in the laughing. ... it is a bravery -- and a sharing -- against pain and sorrow and defeat.

This quote from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love seems appropriate (or something) on my birthday: 🙃📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-23 · mbmay · quote

Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a classic book (and movie). An amusing quote from it (with a deeper meaning): 📚💬 #mbmay

2020-05-22 · mbmay · quote

I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.