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Swede’s Photographs @[email protected] · 2026-05-07 · 13:33 UTC

Good morning. 🍵🍵🍵

7 May 2026

While feeding Charlie this morning, I discovered Roomba wedged under the breakfast table. It must have gotten stuck yesterday during its rounds, and I only just noticed — meaning it had been stranded for nearly twenty‑four hours. The suffering it must have endured is unimaginable. The thought of being pinned between a table leg and a chair for that long is simply horrid.

Naturally, I blame myself for being so unobservant that I didn’t hear its cries for help. It was neglect on my part, and I feel deep regret. In my defense, the moment I spotted Roomba lying lifeless under the table, I immediately extricated it and rushed it to its base station, where it is now receiving the resuscitating care it deserves.

As you can see, the excitement of mornings in this household knows no bounds. Mine begins with the sudden realization that I am, in fact, still here — awake, with ambient light filtering through the curtains. When I say I “discover” I’m still here, it’s because seconds earlier I was somewhere else entirely, in a world that exists only in my mind. Or does it.

I get up, stagger into the bathroom, and revive myself with a toothbrush after the night’s sleep. When I open the bedroom door and step into the rest of the house, Charlie is waiting. The moment he sees me, he turns and thunders toward the back door, fully confident that I will follow and let him out.

And now, somehow, I’m already out of space this morning, so I’ll have to end it here. That’s all the chaos my morning budget allows.

“Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” — Van Gogh

“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” — Yeats

“The universe is full of things that are patiently waiting for us to notice them.” — Eden Phillpotts

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Swede’s Photographs @[email protected] · 2026-01-08 · 15:41 UTC

Good morning. 🌄🕗☕

8 January 2026

I’m still trying to wake up. It’s supposed to be my morning quiet time, but there’s noise coming from the kitchen. We’re having a new stove delivered today, and my wife is getting everything ready for the old one to go. She keeps miscellaneous pans in the drawer underneath, so she’s emptying that out.

What set all this in motion? Oddly enough, it wasn’t the stove at first—it was the microwave above it. It stopped working a couple of days ago, so we went to buy a replacement. While we were at the store, my wife mentioned she’d been noticing some performance issues with the oven on the stove, so she decided we might as well replace that too. Both appliances are over twenty years old, so maybe it really is time.

The delivery guys showed up while I was typing. They brought the new stove in and hauled the old one out to the truck. Unfortunately, there was a “but.” Because of the way the plug was positioned and the design of the back of the new stove, it wouldn’t slide in flush like the old one. That created a gap behind it—and worse, the oven handle stuck out just enough to block a nearby kitchen drawer. Technically, we could open the drawer, but only if we opened the oven door first, which wasn’t going to work.

So, we had them take the new stove back to the store and reinstall the old one. I could tell the delivery guys were frustrated—they’re on a tight schedule, and none of this was their fault. I gave them a small tip to help turn the mood around. C’est la vie.

It’s a bit of a letdown. Now we wait for the return to process correctly and then try the whole new‑stove thing again.

The microwave arrives next week. Here’s hoping that part goes more smoothly.

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat‑Zinn

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peachfront @[email protected] · 2025-02-11 · 13:44 UTC

Mighta run this pic before but i'm still struggling to figure out how you'd photo giant ancient oaks... this is a new edit

#ThickTrunk #ThickTrunkTuesday #tree #oak #SpanishMoss #Louisiana #outdoors

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