"This blow represents the reality of the Law of Thelema which you serve."

Easter

Insert joke about a zombie giving up his weekend for our sins.

The plan is to visit Jen’s mother and step father today. It will be a lovely day, I am sure. They have a new cat. The resemblance to our cat Robin is striking. I expect I’ll use the wrong name at least once or twice.

Until then here is a photographic study. First, we have two cats who were pretending to be asleep as I snuck up on them with my camera.

Awake Lily:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54462894402/in/datetaken/

Awake Robin (also, today’s photo a day picture winner):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54464088330/in/datetaken/

Then a couple of hours later I returned to the scene of the crime and found both of them actually sleeping.

Asleep Lily:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54463924264/in/datetaken/

Asleep Robin:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54463927054/in/datetaken/

Cuteness overload. Happy Easter from my cats to yours.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Cat #Kitty #lily #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin #z5

I guess some people are celebrating Egg Day today or something?

I took this picture back in April of 2009. American robins (𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴) had built a nest at the motel where I worked, in a bush right outside the number one linen room, the second highest traffic location on the property (after the office).

My #Robin friends Henry and Heidi this evening, their eggs hatched 3 days ago, and they are busy finding food for their chicks! in #Bath #Somerset #UK
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon #naturecommunity

Protests

We tried. Twice. We drove up to Kingston, NH for a protest but when we got there there were only a couple of people holding signs in a park. We changed direction and headed to Billerica, MA where there was a big rally going on in the town common. We tried to stop but there wasn’t any place to park and well… at the risk of TMI… there were full bladder issues that needed attending.

We will do better next time, and I promise there will be a next time. Until then, here’s a cat.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54462513639/in/datetaken/

#50501 #antiFascist #antifa #Cat #handsOff #Kitty #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #Politics #protests #robin #trumpIsAFascist #trumpIsANazi #trumpIsEvil #z5

Weird Saturday

It is Saturday morning and it is a weird one so far. Somehow I managed to get a good nights sleep last night AND I managed to wake up early this morning. How did that happen? Weird, eh?

Here’s a cat. It was just before sunrise and it was dark in the room. The iPhone 16 Pro Max’s low light function comes through again. Actually, the cat staying still for 2-3 seconds was what made this one work. Thanks, cat!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54461977894/in/datetaken/

What Are They Looking At

There were two turkeys right outside the window. One of them kept puffing up its feathers and making all sorts of noise.

The cats sat in front of the open window, about 10 feet from these gigantic birds…

and their attention was absolutely NOT drawn to it at all. They were looking off to the left when the turkey was sitting off to the right. What were the cats staring at so intently? What was holding their attention? I don’t know. I saw a squirrel run past from that direction, but they didn’t move their heads to follow it. They just kept staring in that same direction. There has to be something out there that is fascinating them.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54460610760/in/datetaken/

Will I Bring it Next Time?

If you had asked me two days ago whether or not I was planning on bringing a film camera on our next Florida vacation in June I think I would have said no.

Then yesterday I got a bunch of film developed and now I think the answer will probably be yes. I am so easily manipulated.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459172274/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459344305/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459280753/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459195414/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459291188/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459246423/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459022141/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459032291/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54459388860/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54458178597/in/datetaken/

Bike pump fixed
Old bike, “Freyfaxi” last used by a neighbour’s son to get to work during lockdown recommissioned
Preferred human’s bike diagnosed as needing new chain and front wheel truing
Robin fancies the look of my old bike

Next up: checking over my current bike

Bonus points if you can say why I called my old bike Freyfaxi.

Good Morning!
Nice selection, thank you

Dieser kleine Kerl
hat mich gestern bei all meinen Tätigkeiten im Garten begleitet.
Wir haben so viele auch besondere und seltene Vogelarten bei uns,
aber Rotkehlchen sind einfach meine Lieblinge.

Habt einen wunderbaren Tag, ihr Lieben,
genießt ihn allein oder mit euren Lieblingsmenschen,
zu Hause oder im Urlaub, in Nähe und Wärme!

Traffic Sucks

I backed out of the driveway at 7:29am. At that time the GPS app (Waze) was already telling me I was going to be late to work. My ETA was 9:03. The app detoured me off of my normal route less than half a mile from my house…

…and it was all downhill from there.

At about 8:50 I still had 10 miles to go and Waze started recalculating. My ETA started going up… fast. There was an accident on route 128 South (that’s route 95 for all of you non-locals) right at the junction with the Mass Pike (route 90, for all of you non-locals). I pulled into a parking spot at work at 9:30.

Nine. Fucking. Thirty.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54458364315/in/datetaken/

So tell me, how’s your fucking Thursday morning treating you? Nothing like a two hour drive as your democracy is collapsing to make you feel good about the state of the world, know what I mean?

Here’s a cat. Enjoy.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54458359830/in/datetaken/

This was painted for a nursery. Very cute.

#art #MastoArt #fediart #birdart #robin #cute

https://bamalamart.com/featured/cute-robin-with-apple-blossom-1-bamalam-art.html

Shipping

It’s weird but I actually have two packages that have been shipped out by me over the last couple of days. One is a passport renewal form that went out via Fed Ex last night and the other is seven rolls of 35mm film* that I sent out via USPS on Saturday. Which will arrive at its destination first? The race is on! In this post-pandemic era of online shopping it’s common to be following packages that are on their way to you, but less common to have to follow packages that are on their way from you. Maybe not. I don’t know. I have to write about something.

Apparently you can spend six months in Scotland without a visa. Who knew? Ireland only lets you stay for three months. England and Wales are also six months, so is that a UK thing in general? What about Australia? I’ve recently watched two television shows that took place in Australia so I feel like I practically live there already. Duck Duck Go (fuck you, Google) says you need to obtain an Australian visa before you arrive. Well that’s no fun. Kevin Garvey, Jr and Nora Durst must have already had a visa when they left Miracle, TX on The Leftovers. Kevin Garvey, Sr… well who knows that that whack job was doing. He sure as hell didn’t.

The Bruins season ended last night on another painful loss. Some teams still have a game left to play, but my team is done. Mercifully. The best they can finish is tied with Philly for last place in the Eastern Conference. The worst they can do is finish in last all by their lonesome. Unfortunately for the draft lottery, there are 4-5 teams out west that will finish with worse records. Not that we have a General Manager who knows how to draft for shit though. In other Boston sports news, the Red Sox actually won a game last night after getting humiliated on Monday night. Fun.

I’m in the office today and tomorrow so the pickin’s for photo a day will be slim. Not that it matters. They are all just pictures of cats anyway. This one for today made use of the iPhone’s low light feature. It works well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54455674076/in/datetaken/

*35mm film refers to the size of the negative… I think. 120 film does not refer to the size of the negative. I read somewhere that it refers to an old Kodak catalog product code. Mentioning 35mm and 120 film in the same sentence makes my ass itch. It’s like doing your physics homework and mixing up your units of measure. It’s like referring to velocity (measured in meters/seconds) and acceleration (measured in meters/seconds squared) as if they were the same thing. I believe the product code for 35mm is actually 135 (not too confusing there, Kodak) but I don’t know what the negative size for 120 film is. I can’t bring myself to call 35mm 135 so I guess I will continue to mix units and have an itchy ass. I could say medium format instead of 120 but that just feels like taking it all a step too far. I don’t know.

#120Film #35mmFilm #365 #365Challenge #365Project #Baseball #BostonBruins #BostonRedSox #Bruins #Cat #donTMixYourUnits #filmPhotography #Hockey #iphoneography #Kitty #measurements #mediumFormatFilm #mixedUnits #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #physics #RedSox #robin #shipping #shippingAndReceiving #shippingReceiving #Sports #unitsOfMeasure

[14:53] Wethouder in Drachten woest om opofferen Lelylijn-miljarden: ‘Hoe kun je nog vertrouwen hebben in Den Haag?’

,,Een schandelijk besluit.” Wethouder Robin Hartogh Heys van Smallingerland oordeelt snoeihard over het opofferen van de Lelylijn-miljarden.

https://lc.nl/friesland/smallingerland/Wethouder-in-Drachten-woest-om-opofferen-Lelylijn-miljarden-%E2%80%98Hoe-kun-je-nog-vertrouwen-hebben-in-Den-Haag%E2%80%99-46153097.html

#Robin #HeysvanSmallingerland #Lelylijn_miljarden

My #Robin friends Henry and Heidi courtship feeding at the weekend, in #Bath #Somerset #UK
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity

Oh, hi!

A day ago in Northernhay Park.
Young #Robin.
Bird on a stick, yes.