dkozlov

dkozlov, 1 month ago to gardening

Green stuff is growing at my place even with my rudimentary gardening skills. (Okay, the grass replanted in the firelane median after too many people misdrove on it and turned it to a muddy mess was done by the landscaper, but that's even better than relying on my skills for that.)

#gardening #SpoonieGardening #spoonie

Two strips of concrete, the two wheeltracks of a fire lane, run horizontally across the picture. Between the strips of concrete, lots of little sprouts of new grass are just poking up out of otherwise bare soil. On the outsides of the concrete, the grass is full and already in need of a cutting.

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Some good old hippy-dippy public art in the good old hippy-dippy neighborhood.

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #murals

dkozlov, 1 month ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"Crow-friend! I have traveled all the way from Nirn to this strange dimension to seek your donations to the Blackfeather Court!"

(The Blackfeather Court is one of my favorite things in The Elder Scrolls Online. Because corvids rock.)

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #crows #ElderScrollsOnline

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Just slept for eleven hours in a row, and now I'm finally feeling reasonably rested after the past week's assorted mishegas. Sometimes the urge to sleep a whole lot is pure and simple exhaustion, totally aside from any depression going on (and depression is exhausting too, TBH), so I've slowly learned to give myself permission to sleep long and not further upset myself by worrying about it.

#spoonie #ChronicFatigue #QueerSpoonie

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Even though I've calmed down a bunch from the difficult peopling situation earlier this week, and diluted it with some more supportive, lowkey, neurospicy-friendly peopling since then, I am so glad I can take a day or so of no planned peopling whatsoever. The brain just needs a full brainwave reset to dispel the remaining bad vibes.

dkozlov, 1 month ago to gardening

Now here's some Weird Science for ya: "Forced rhubarb, which is made to mature in near total darkness, grows at such an alarming rate—as much as an inch a day—that it actually makes squeaks, creaks, and pops as it gets bigger." Click through to the article for more info and to get a listen to the veggie-beats. 🤣 🌱

#WeirdScience #rhubarb #gardening

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/forced-rhubarb-makes-sound

dkozlov, 1 month ago to gardening

I haz plants! Now let's see if I can keep them alive (i.e. not forget to water them till they're dried up sticks). 🤣🌼🌿

#gardening #SpoonieGardening #spoonie

dkozlov, 1 month ago to trans

Sometimes I like to amuse myself by tallying which items of my outfit came from a "men's" department and which from a "women's" (per US retail designations). Today's tally:

"Men's": hat, t-shirt, denim shirt, cargo shorts, boxers, shoes
"Women's": hoodie, ankle socks

So... huzzah! My garb is spontaneously leaning into the masc dimension of my genderfluidity presentation sphere, and I'm loving that. 🏳️‍⚧️💖

#trans #transmasc #GenderFluid #nonbinary #QueerElder

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Had another interpersonal meltdown yesterday. Still rattled from it. Mortified over losing my shit in a committee I'm trying to keep working with, but on reflection (and after debriefing with a witness), I have concluded I did not go off completely without provocation. I've become the neurospicy canary in the coal mine of repetitive, stalled-out meeting "discussion," ... and when I attempted to intervene and got talked-over, I went blooey.

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

Some dramatic lighting courtesy of mama nature.

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography #spoonie #QueerSpoonie

dkozlov, 1 month ago to transmasc

I went to Ye Olde Big Box Store to pick up a garden hose spray nozzle I ordered online, and was greatly entertained by the unexpected, if random, little hit of transmasc joy among the freebies they added to my bag. 🤣🏳️‍⚧️😎

#transmasc #trans #TransJoy

dkozlov, 1 month ago to random

I did not know I needed a video of a donkey having a blast playing with a rubber chicken, but turns out I did. And here's the video in case you need it too. 💖

https://youtu.be/NBdhNL8WFe4?si=GUrr-C9KtJlHgduF

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

Apropos of samurai-ish silliness: the inimitable Goemon Ishikawa XIII. (Yes, I'm a little bit of a Lupin the 3rd geek.)

#LupinThe3rd

https://youtu.be/kLyZJDIEdjY?si=BxFNxbeom8ggpAJl

dkozlov, 2 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one may appear to be a mild-mannered Khajiiti peasant, minding his own business as he forages herbs, but in reality he is SuperKat bwahahahah!" 😸

#ElderScrollsOnline #ShareYourGames #khajiit #FashionIsMyEndgame

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

The Book of Face takes one more step towards convincing me to flush Zuck entirely. Sadly it's my only line of communication with some old friends/relatives, or I'd have been gone long ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/1c13hym/how_to_turn_meta_ai_off_in_my_search_bar_it_just/

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

Over in my local public rose garden, there's not a lot of roses yet but the vines are showing a lot of heart.💖🌺 (Peculiar white smudges on the images courtesy of my windshield.)

#DrivebyPhotography #WindshieldPhotography #RoseGarden #SpooniePhotography #QueerSpoonie

A closeup of two of the arches in the previous photo. In the midst of the lower arch, A single pink blossom is nearly overwhelmed by all the greenery surrounding it.

LadyMarth01, 2 months ago to music

Album of the Day 236: After the Gold Rush by Neil Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppMcqsg0Sw&list=OLAK5uy_l61knFHCT9-JvA88E172MSuaGZupcQwSc&index=1

1970 folk rock/country rock album. The front half of this album has an incredible run of some of the best of Neil Young's work—not to say the back half is bad by any means. "Tell Me Why" might be my favorite Neil Young song overall.

My picks: "Tell Me Why," "Southern Man," "Don't Let It Bring You Down"

#AlbumOfTheDay #AOTD #Music

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

Today there's both enough sun, and enough new foliage to intercept the sun, to cast actual shadows on the ground. 😎

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography #spoonie #QueerSpoonie

dkozlov, 2 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

"This one is getting a kick out of his new gear, but can't help wondering: if the Tsaesci were 'snake people' as some of the shaveskins claim, then why do their outfits come with shoes?" 😸

#ElderScrollsOnline #khajiit #ShareYourGames

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

The occupational therapist I'm seeing to help with CrankyBod crap recommended I try out guided meditations for sleep, so I googled one just now ... and after 10 seconds of Typical NewAgey Voice monotoning on and on about gliding down a river over a bad ambient-ish drone, I had to shut it off. Is there any such thing as a non-corny non-cringy guided meditation tape? 😅

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

My phone camera is not quite doing justice to the river's color today. One of the side-benefits of taking multiple pictures of this location over time is being able to appreciate little variations like this. 🥰

#DrivebyPhotography #SpooniePhotography #rivers #QueerSpoonie #spoonie

dkozlov, 2 months ago to random

Some annoying lower back pain today. Did I stress it in my sleep last night? When navigating in the shower yesterday? While forgetting about my posture during gaming that evening? ... oh yeah, I also spent an hour doing the Skeery Important Online Form yesterday afternoon. That would be the straw that, well, not broke, but aggravated the geezer's back. But at least I banished the Skeery Important Deadline anxiety. For now. 🤣

#spoonie #anxiety #FormsAnxiety #CrankyBod