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  1. @alameth
    Mosquitos in my backyard are aggressive 😐 Beer makes them even more aggressive 🤔

    #Mosquitos #Yard #DEET #Beer

  2. I think this is why Buddhist monks lived so long. Only the hardiest specimens survived these stairs.

    In Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden (小石川後楽園).

    #StairsSunday #JapaneseGarden #Tokyo #Japan #Koishikawa #Walking #Pathways

  3. #Walking the Okōchi Sansō #Garden, #Arashiyama, #Kyoto, #Japan. The place is absolutely beautiful, but considering its size, the length of the trail, and all the elevation changes, it felt more like a hike than a garden stroll. 😄

    #FootpathFriday #Footpaths #Pathways #JapaneseGarden

  4. I freecycled my drafting board today. 😢 Many long nights were spent over this board, drawing electrical schematics for angel-funded startups and creating large calligraphic posters. It's been under my bed for about 30 years; whatever skills I had were taken by time and a neck injury. I hope the student who claimed it is able to love it as much as I did.

    #OldTech #Drafting

  5. I freecycled my drafting board today. 😢 Many long nights were spent over this board, drawing electrical schematics for angel-funded startups and creating large calligraphic posters. It's been under my bed for about 30 years; whatever skills I had were taken by time and a neck injury. I hope the student who claimed it is able to love it as much as I did.

    #OldTech #Drafting

  6. This year's batch of Pearsimon Jam. Two of the jars popped before I even pulled them out of the water; all five were popped in a few minutes. 🙂 The flavor isn't as good this year; it more resembles candy than jam. Perhaps because I used last year's frozen persimmons. But we got far fewer persimmons this year than last, so I was glad for the frozen ones.

    #Canning #Fruit #Persimmon

  7. I've been neglecting my birds; no wonder they never come out to say “hi” any more.

    I am _so_ out of practice: I thought this California Towhee was a female house finch until I looked at the photo.

    #BackyardBirds #Towhee #CaliforniaTowhee #Birds #Birdphotography

  8. The legend... returns! Red Tail Ale was among the first of its kind in the late 1980's, sold in 22oz bottles at Liquor Barn and some Safeway stores. Boont Amber was a surprise find on a long weekend in Mendocino County; I came back with bottles from both breweries. Over the subsequent 35 years, Anderson Valley chose to grow modestly, and remains locally owned to this day. Mendocino brewing tried to grow aggressively, trading quality for volume and flaming out in 2018. So it was a surprise and delight to see Fogbelt Brewing bringing back the original Red Tail.

    Both are solid examples of the style. Red Tail is more hopped, with a mild nose, sweeter up front, and more bitter through the finish. Boont Amber is darker with a much stronger caramel malt nose and flavor, considerably more complex IMHO, and smoother through to the finish. I think folks raised on IPAs would lean to the new Red Tail; those of us who lean towards German malty ales will likely favor the Boont.

    #Beer #Ale #AmberAle #AndersonValley

  9. After dominating the airspace for three weeks, the fledgling Cooper's hawks disappeared. Today the jays are making a huge commotion, apparently trying to reclaim their territorial prerogatives. But it appears there are two different clans arguing over whose turf it is, with neither side really asserting dominance. Meanwhile, the house finches are asserting their own imperatives, ignoring the jay's efforts to drive them out.

    #BackyardBirds #ScrubJay #HouseFinch #Birds #BirdPhotography

  10. Dressing is added last: 4T of rice vinegar, 2T of sugar, 1T of water, a few grains of dashi (Japanese fish stock), and a few drops of shoyu. Now we wait. 3/3

    #Cucumber #Daikon #Hakurei #Turnips

  11. OK, here we go: this cucumber is as ready as it's going to get. I love how the sliced cucumbers look like little flower petals. 🙂 Everything gets salted, squeezed, combined, and then thoroughly squeezed again. Three kinds of sesame seed are added at the very end.

    The garden carrots never germinated, so this is is a store bought carrot. The cucumbers, daikon, and hakurei turnips are all from my garden; that's never been possible before this summer. 2/3

    #Cucumber #Daikon #Hakurei #Turnips #Gardening #VegetableGardening