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Mike McCaffrey 
@mikemccaffrey@pdx.social
mastodon 4.7.3Portland, Oregon, Covid, urbanism, city planning, dogs, crows, insects, weather, nature, food, flowers, photography, house projects. Some politics, sorry.
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Joined November 28, 2022
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Stopping to smell the flowers is strictly prohibited.
We done blocked that moon real good.
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Reminds me of our old dog, who–due to a takeout box mishap–found an entire fried egg in the middle of the lawn one afternoon, and then proceeded to return to that exact spot every single day for months to see if another fried egg would magically appear.
How many years of flyers did it take for this telephone pole to become so perforated?
#TextureTuesday #Textures
Dinner plate self portrait.
Saw a story about a guy who brought back a waterway in eastern Oregon by building dams to capture the infrequent rain, which was very inspiring.
I just wish I could find a video to link to that wasn't an #AI regurgitation that might be distorting the facts.
Before and after the mineral wool installation in our attic today. Alas, we had to say goodbye to some of the beautiful 90-year-old wood.
Anyone in #Portland have a length of 4-inch cast iron pipe? We need to extend our main plumbing stack above the new roof that is going to be 6-inches higher.
The drywaller has gone a bit extra with masking off the attic. I understand throwing paper on any surfaces adjacent to installation, but the dude put paper over the RAM board that was already protecting the floor.
At least he didn't use plastic, or I'd be worried that he is preparing to murder someone.
Boy, I'm glad I looked down before moving my chair.
#DogsOfMastodon
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @regehr@mastodon.social @dan@discuss.systems @dev@discuss.systems No one can say that Softbank hasn't laid some big eggs over recent years.
These displeased dogs could not properly supervise the internet repairman.
Saw some nature channel action going on that is too cool to wait until #MacroMonday.
#Insects #Spiders #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #ArachnoPhotobia
How does someone take the combined awesomeness of bikes and data collection and turn it into such an ick.
I was skeptical of this @TechConnectify@mas.to video title and that Alec's water heater is cooler than mine, since I installed basically the same make and model of #HeatPump water heater in my house almost 5 years ago. However, his is just using a 120V circuit and isn't taking up two slots in his electrical panel, so I guess he is actually cooler.
A bit of a #ThickTrunkThursday postscript, but now that the weather is nice in #Portland, we are finally able to use the beautiful table that #BurlAndGrain in #HillsboroOR made from our beloved #HoneyLocust that fell over in the ice storm two years ago!
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This is what the single stalk of #Fireweed looked like two years ago. I'm glad the flowers are so beautiful, since it propagates like bamboo, growing runners under the surface in every direction.
#BloomScrolling
Time for the annual washing of my #ToyotaTacoma now that the #Maple trees are nearly done with dropping pollen and flower remnants on everything below them.
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@jti42@infosec.exchange @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social They sound plenty knowledgeable to me about the bullshit that tech capitalists are trying to get away with in their belligerent attack on workers, the planet, and society as a whole.
One of the many diligent workers in my compost pile.
#MacroMonday #Worms #AnnelidsOfMastodon #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography
Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
We brought visiting family to the #FosterFoodCarts yesterday, which turned out to be a mistake since almost all the carts are closed on Tuesday, so I went across the street to #IshtarGate. It kinda looked like a sketchy hole in the wall between some dumpsters and a tire shop, with just a computer on the sidewalk to order from instead of a person. It took them quite some time to make the food, but it ended up being the best falafel I've had in #Portland.
This guy's idea of #MonopolyFraming (a continuous thermal barrier between internal and external framing) kinda makes me wish we cut the ends off our house's rafters, though otherwise we are close to this method with the exterior foam insulation we installed.
I haven't appreciated how well-behaved our #crows are.
I've been resisting buying adorable electric #microcars, but this one might just be too adorable. Look at that boat tail!
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Oh, google photos just gave me a memory of Precious standing waiting near the fried egg spot exactly 9 years ago! The spot was right behind her on the grass about a foot from the walkway.
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@incanus@mastodon.social That must have made the cat doubly pissed about moving. All that work, and then forced to leave right as it was paying out.
A rare #MirrorMonday #MacroMonday combination, since this #spider was so shiny you can see a reflection of the circular led light diffuser.
Nearly 100 degrees out, and of course the dogs are laying in the sun.
#DogsOfMastodon
Would have been nice for a school not to remain named after a racist until 2026, but at least it was finally changed.
https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/05/12/jason-lee-elementary-renamed-sunrise/
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@David@setouchi.social I've found that my crows get especially desperate for food during the time when they are responsible for feeding a child that is almost as big as they are.
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@KayJanes@mstdn.social @sunumbral@beige.party I don't understand why people plant the chestnuts that are not edible!
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@alexwild@mastodon.online Such tiny little legs! Am I correcting in assuming that it is to reduce temperature transference from the hot desert ground?
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@mariekung@growers.social The weedy geraniums are lovely, but holy crap can they take over your entire backyard. I'm endlessly pulling them up just so there is some space for the dogs to walk around.
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@alicefrieren@mastodon.social Luna enjoys chasing them off the porch and the crows put up with it because they get fed worms.
It is my dream to have a #BMW2002 one day. Rare to see such a cute compact car with such generous headroom.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-bmw-2002-293/
Somehow the #BlueAngels have gotten even worse.
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@falcennial@mastodon.social We joked about doing it, but never had an extra fried egg on hand to make it a reality.
The #GuardrailGuy is usually quite matter of fact, considering how his daughter was killed by a faulty guardrail, but he got emotional when showing how this truck was speared by a guardrail.
Edging my lawn and wondering how much of suburban development is fueled by the deep-seeded psychological need for humans to defend a plot of land from the encroachment of nature.