The sky to the west after the blizzard. Not much snow but high winds and no visibility. Many crashes on I90 to our east. Last snowstorm of the season?

Blizzard in progress. Worse to come.

After the blizzard

A heron on the wing at sunset. Seen at Wall Springs Park in Palm Harbor Florida. There was quite a bit of smoke in the air which I think was from wildfires between here and Orlando.

A recent visit to a fish shop in Dunedin Florida found this frequent visitor hoping for a handout.

We had some icy days a couple weeks back.

We had some freezing fog the other day.

Hungry Chickadee

Willow in Fog

Frost on Oak Leaves, 2024-12-30.

Ulf, the coffee gnome, wishes you all a Happy New Year!

From the archive: 2015 Christmas Tree Ornaments. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Cougar, Oxbow Park, Olmsted County, Minnesota. This girl was actually purring as we walked by. We were told that she doesn’t do this very often. More likely to hiss, especially at teenage boys.

I might be crazy but I think I’m moving my personal programming projects from Ruby and Python back to Smalltalk in both its Pharo and Squeak derivatives. This could get interesting.

Bald eagle, Oxbow Park, Olmsted County, MN

Just added an album of photos from our trip to Lisbon in 2019 to my photos page.

You have my undivided attention.

I just ordered my Christmas present: Venus Optics Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO Lens

Every time I pick up a camera now it’s my APS-C mirrorless. Seriously thinking of selling all my full-frame gear. Too heavy for me to tote around.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a badger displaying such an attitude of nonchalance.

I was at our Oxbow County Park yesterday. It has a small zoo of animals native to Minnesota. It’s a perfect time of the year to see the furry ones.

📷 I’m finally consolidating photos and making them accessible from my photos page here on micro.blog. I might even get around to using the new photo album support that @manton has recently added at some point.

Editorial shenanigans aside, I still subscribe to the digital versions of the Washington Post, New York Times, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune, as well as my local paper, the mostly excellent Rochester Post-Bulletin and will continue to do so.

📚 Finished the “Demon Copperhead” audiobook by Barbara Kingsolver. Book and narration are both excellent. I’ll have to read “David Copperfield” in the future to compare.

📚 Next dead tree book is “Allow Me To Retort” by Elie Mystal. I like to mix up my fiction and non-fiction. This one is a collection of very opinionated essays. It might be a challenge.