Skivingwords

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Reimagining myself in New England, after living so many other places. Containing multitudes.

A sheep on rest because his leg was broken in the paddock named Popper
Got to see a brand new calf that's 2 days old today, a Brown Swiss. This is a really fun conference.
The view of several pine trees and a cloudy blue sky as seen from me lying on a bench looking up.
A wide expanse of water with clouds overhead framed by two points of forested land.
Fireworks beginning at a summertime ski resort with a crowd of people on blankets watching through the chair lift up the mountain
Moosetracks ice cream with hot peanut sauce on a red lattice work picnic table with napkins
View of the sunset towards the bow of a sailboat, rigging and mast in middle of view, sunset on the left side of picture, in the bay of a lake.
Simmering vegetables and chicken in a yellow curry sauce in a round frying pan.
Green bags of trash on the side of a road awaiting pick up by the city and a sign that is upside down about free parking for some event from last year.
A view of soapy water running off a windshield in a garage/ car wash
A barn owl at the raptor center in Davis, CA inside an enclosure.
A field with lush green grass and some round oak trees in the background.
Textbooks for people learning Japanese in the bookstore in Japantown.
The underside of the arch portion of Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the roof of Ft. Point in San Francisco.
A snow covered road that hasn't been plowed much at night.
A frozen snow covered river that had a little bit of flowing water and a tree covered in snow framing it.
A bare shrub cake in heavy snow.
A lamppost lighting up falling snow after dark in a parking lot.
Christmas lights in blue, gold, and red on a field of snow at the Shelburne Museum
Lake Champlain frozen and a sandy beach at the end of December. On the left hand a line of bare trees and a spit of land. The sky is overcast and it is near sunset.
A black table with cards and two people's hands shuffling cards.
Ducks and a few geese on a river that's icing over slowly on Christmas day.
A cheese and meat board with a bowl of cookies and candy, a Lego set and kleenex in the top frame.
A pan of golden butter and vegetable liquid next to a bowl of breadcrumbs on a stovetop.
Eggs mixed with peppers and onions in a seeded round Turkish bread with a side of labneh in a leaf dish
Rain on the windshield of a car in a parking lot at night, lights from another car illuminate the water on the road and windshield.
A rocky river bed with not much water in it, bare trees.
Purple, red, yellow, orange, and green peppers from a local farm stand.
A contrail over a wooded hill at sunset
Lake Champlain before sunset by the dog park
A hand with something like half a ream of white paper that is the result of printing out three random recipes from the internet.
A metal tray of raw meat, onion, hatch chilies, and tomato kebabs ready for tonight's grilling.
The sunset over the Lake Champlain valley from the top of Mt. Philo.
Trees distorted by light blurs from the camera
Woman standing to the left of a view of pine trees and a pond with not much water in it.
Atlantic ocean water with seaweed in it in different shades of blue
Lots of trees and brown grass with Lake Champlain in the background.
A dirt road stretching towards a red, New England barn, at sunset, heading east. A tree overhangs the road along with a hedge.
Just a ridiculous amount of Canadian geese and goslings swimming around and eating.
Quintessential statue of liberty on a cloudy day from the Staten Island ferry, with a tall sailing ship next to it
Sunrise from an airport window
A birthday cake with six blue candles in different shades, all lit. White frosting and real flowers and meringue decorations on top, no frosting on the sides, only in-between layers. Secret raspberry filling inside, not shown.
Books, a board game and some Japanese snacks on a bed. Top row from left: book: Hot Sheet by Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine, comic: The Power Fantasy words by Kieron Gillen and art by Caspar Wijngaard, Snacks: yuzu and black pepper baked shrimp chips, Himemaru Japanese Rice Crackers. Bottom row from left: board game Wilmot's Warehouse (of video game fame), book: The Emile Adventures combined books Emile and the Hollow World and Emile and the Sky World by Martha Wells, and finally book: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire
Winooski river fall dam not quite in flood but definitely with spring rain effects. The water is high and misty and partially framed by green trees. Part of a brick building that used to be a mill but is now apartments is in the background.
A stone altar in the woods with happy mother's day written using sticks to form the letters. A small spiral of flowers is in the center. A bouquet is up in front of the cross.
A variety of colorful flowers clouds up
A garter snake wrapped around a brown stick on a stone covered in moss
A basket of Easter candy.
Daffodils and forsythia flowers coming up from brown leaf litter.
An outdoor chapel of stones paving around a low stone wall, and a raised platform of granite in two levels and a cross that looks quite Celtic in style. Trees and a lake are in the background.
Lake Champlain on April 14th,2025. Sunset reflected in a glassy lake surface, near Leddy Beach.
A small ice jam blocking a stream from a small pond that has a fallen log across it. Grass is visible on either side of the stream but is colored brown and yellow from winter. Leafless trees are in the background. It is sunny. The ice is melting.
A snowy field that's been walked through with two trees, Mt. Mansfield in the distance
Vermont Garden Show, Gardens through history 2025 Netherlands
A road without snow with a red barn on the left and trees on the right and a low mountain in the background.
A railing separating the viewer from mallard ducks resting next to trees on a snowy landscape next to a frozen river, looking from Winooski to Burlington. A brick mill and trees are on the other side of the river.
View of Isle La Motte, Lake Champlain, Vermont in January
Yzma from the Emperor's New Groove as a cat saying "Is that my voice? Is that *my* voice?"
A person so wrapped in winter gear you can only see their eyes and glasses.
A twilight sky with clouds and a tree and a church steeple