Susan

@ohbejoyful.bsky.social

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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. — E. B. White

Left to right: light pinky-beige from my Blue-Laced Wyandotte, blueish-green from my Whiting's True Green, olive green from my Americana, small white egg from my Black Polish Crested, light pink from my Speckled Sussex, and reddish brown from my Rhode Island Red. My Bielefelder isn't laying for some reason.
Backyard with a copper birdbath. There's a robin sitting in the birdbath. It overlooks some newly planted annuals, including a black-eyed Susan.
Overhead shot of a jeans-clad knee and a hand, full of tasty dandelion greens. Circling around are 6 hens in varying shades of red and brown.
I asked Kagi Search AI "Is it 2027 next year?" Its answer: "No, 2027 is not next year. Since the current year is 2026, the next calendar year is 2027."
My backyard, from back to front: a wall of deciduous trees with one Western Red Cedar. Split rail fence. Pink azaleas. Lush bright green lawn. Deck with built in bench overseeing the lawn. Low round clay pot at the foot of the bench, and finally my sage green Ember mug on the end of the bench.
This is our backyard garden. Looking over a small grassy area and between two fruit trees we see two 3 feet tall cedar beds. Leaning against the right end bed is a straw bale. Thru those you can see the freshly amended and tilled garden bed. And just beyond that is my chicken coop.
Bottle of Argyle champagne chilling in my little bedroom fridge. #WhenItHappens.
The small British foods section with about 6 rolls of McVities Digestives.
A wall mural of a very helpful saying, "Fail Harder". The mural is made up of 100,000 clear pushpins. The pushpins comprise the negative space of the Fail Harder script. The mural is located in the Portland office of the ad agency Wieden Kennedy.
The horizon line cuts the landscape in half - the bottom is a mown field and the top is a grey blue sky. A row of wintery leafless apple trees march across the midline, almost hand-in-hand. Half of full moon is centred in that line, pink.
Black and white photo of Nima, a small black cat perched on top of a cat post and staring at you with crazy demon eyes. She's leaning forward and down, her two front legs clutching down like she's about to launch.
Clementine lantern on top of small rocks.
Poster for "The Exorcist". It's the poster with the possessed girl, all green, face rotting and distorted. Lovely. Happy 2026.
Buff Orpington hen glaring at the camera.
The NYT headline has changed to "A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars", removing the "sexually" from "sexually assaulted a nanny".
Children's picture book titled Baby Susan's Chicken. It's a sky blue background with 3 young children and 1 yellow chickie on the cover. The illustration is circa 1951.
Minam Lake in the Glacier Mountain range.
Better than TV - two friends sit outside a chicken coop, watching the hands in companionable silence.
5 hens at my feet, short story “Nine Billion Names for God” on my lap.
Brown speckled chick giving you The Look.
A black and white etching of Phyllis Wheatley. She is a young black woman seated at an oval table, facing left. She holds a quill in her right hand, writing visible on the sheet of paper beneath. There is a book and an inkwell on the table. She is wearing a dark dress with a large white shawl and a white ruffled cap.
Mt. Shasta under an expanse of clear blue sky, a long line of fluffy white clouds at its base, making it look as if the peaks are floating above.
happy jumping spider coming right at you!
Silver white wheaten terrier with a fresh trim. He's got an orange bandanna around his neck.
Cell phone sim card
Buff coloured chicken, her eyes are narrowed as if she's angry or annoyed, facing you.
Beat up mints tin, golden orange with doggy bite marks. The product name is VerMint’s Ginger Mints.
Brown and black husky-shepherd mix, her name is Mica and she is smiling at the camera, her light blue eyes looking up and to the right.
Two Adirondack chairs, one in front of the other. There is snow on the ground, and the chairs are half covered in icey snow. There is a snow covered birdbath in the background.
Dachshund with a big stick
Sunrise reflected on a mountain in the Black Butte area of Oregon.
Anansi folly bollard
Promotional image for tv series The Inside.
Promotional image for television series Day Break, featuring Taye Diggs