Jay Taylor

@jaytaylor.bsky.social

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Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Bicycling, Live Music, Film Photography, Mechanical Watches, Dogs, Bourbon, Progressive Independent. 🚫DMs Signal Messages: JayTaylor.56 Session Messages: 05bf5c0f7d68b0105b23bc4d8e4a0b709528b4c44391e3065fb89c4052c7749d6f

Zoey the Mini Fox Terrier relaxing in the grass.
Frannie the Corgi sitting in front of trees with colorful Autumn leaves.
The local park covered in yellow flowers.
Mahjong #1
Vegetable Stew 1 Tbsp olive oil 7 cloves garlic 2 cans diced tomatoes 2 red peppers 3/4 cup lentils 8 large carrots 1 pound celery 6 small portabella mushrooms 5 oz baby spinach 2 large russet potatoes 16 oz firm tofu 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce 1 can corn, low sodium 1 can peas, low sodium
12 flats of organic raspberries from Costco, sitting near the canned blueberries and rhubarb sauce canned earlier in the Spring.
My wife and I, ready to leave from the DSM airport.
Frannie, soaking up the hot sunshine on the driveway after I finished up the yard work.
Thank you for your decades of service! The string trimmer is no more.
Organic blueberries are heating, getting ready to hot pack can.
70 miles logged yesterday on the bicycle ride.
Sipping on a glass of bourbon and enjoying the warm temps.
Vacuum seals being made on my rhubarb sauce jars after processing in a water bath.
Freshly picked and chopped rhubarb getting prepared for water bath canning.
A wise shot of Jennifer Lyn and the Grove Revival on stage.
A bottle of Jack Daniels 12-yr Tennessee Whiskey, batch 03.
Zoey, our Mini Fox Terrier, sleeping while I’m outside listening to MLB baseball.
Spent the afternoon riding bicycles today with my friend. Pictured here at the ice cream stop in Dallas Center, IA.
Cloud-to-cloud lightning show happening now to the South of our house.
A small cigar humidor holding my growing collection of good-quality cigars, including some Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series, Arturo Fuente, My Father Le Bijou 1922, Oliva Serie V, Drew Estate Liga Privada No. 9.
I’m at the Knapp Center at Drake University in Des Moines for a graduation ceremony. I’ve taken my seat on the optimal side of the stage for action photos.
The 2026 lineup of the Cover That band setting up for the final rehearsal before gigs start for the year.
A relaxing scene at a local cigar lounge.
A speedometer showing 1,982.9 miles logged for my motorcycle trip.
A bottle of Whistlepig Snout-to-Tail 10-yr old bourbon.
The winning hand I built in the first game of Mahjong last night.
The computer on my bicycle shows 30.9 miles logged on our lunch ride.
My 2023 Harley Davidson Road Glide Limited, freshly washed and ready to get dirty again.
The 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon. Modeled after the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, CA, USA. It opened in 1966, 30 years after the Golden Gate.
Umbrellas covering the seating area.
A funicular in Lisbon, currently not running...
Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to us!
The hallway in our hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.
Photo from a corner in Lisbon, Portugal.
Leaving DSM to go to Chicago, then on to Portugal.
My hand in American Mahjong.
The Wine-O Bingo group.
The news door is being hung.
All of the mods have been made to the 2026 Heritage Softail in Purple Abyss.
My wife, checking out the mods to her new bike (so far).
A bottle of Weller Antique 107 from Buffalo Trace.
A measuring cup filled with the mixture of Poor Man’s Pappy.
A bottle of Poor Man’s Pappy. I’d like to compare it to actual Pappy Van Winkle 15-yr bourbon one day to see how close it is.
A fiberglass door with brown stain.
A pour of Redbreast PX Irish whiskey.
Smacking the pork shoulder
A pork shoulder covered in Bad Byron’s Butt Rub. This will go on the smoker tomorrow morning.