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Wetlands with a boardwalk, and some large clouds in the sky.

A frog pokes its head out of a mossy wetland.

A large white bird flies right to left. An out-of-focus tree is to the left of the frame.

📷 🐦 🐸 🌅

Ribs with a spice rub and wood chips on a gas grill

One benefit of working from home is you can start dinner at 1:30.

🥘🍗 The cast iron cooking continues at speed. Last night I made macaroni and cheese in one pan and cooked up some pork chops in the other. Tonight, fried chicken breasts for sandwiches and nuggets for the kids.

When you go grocery shopping and find a couple steaks marked down to sell today, you have a pretty decent lunch & leftovers.

📷⛰🌲 I was in Southeastern Illinois for a funeral yesterday morning, and realized that Garden of the Gods — which I had somehow never visited — was nearby. So after the funeral I did a little solo contemplation walk. Nice place.

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A spreadsheet of sheet music titles and composers ranging from foreign language choral music to pop music of the 2000s.

Finally starting to catalogue my collection of sheet music and it might be overly revelatory.

Text reading Correction: A surprising discovery in our Aug. 11 brief claimed hermit crabs were quote sexually excited unquote by a chemical released by plastic garbage. The researchers have since clarified the crustaceans were just hungry.

Common mistake.

via qz

🪨 🐚 🦷 📷 Couple recent creek finds.

A hand holding a glass of wine in front of a small bonfire.

The thing about playing in the fire that no one ever tells you as a kid is that A) yes it is fun to play in the fire and B) eventually you’re old enough that no one tells you to not play in the fire.