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I'm indescribable. Wait, is that good or bad? Alexandria, VA -> Ottawa, ON He/him My photography: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/599316491175426399

A Coastal Flats dessert menu, featuring key lime pie, warm white chocolate bread pudding, and a warm flourless chocolate waffle. Coastal Flats is in Virginia, in this case the suburban mega-highway interchange known as Tysons Corner.
A white hand holds up a City of Alexandria "I VOTED" sticker. A brick courtyard flanked by low brick buildings, along with a red "VOTE HERE" sign, is blurred in the background.
A cocktail menu in a cocktail bar, with cocktails in view. There's a back wall of white tile with multiple shelves full of liquor bottles.
An "appeal to heaven" flag flying from the top of the "Cherry Blossom", a paddlewheel steamer docked in Alexandria, VA. The "appeal to heaven" originates during the American Revolution but has more recently been co-opted by christian nationalists.
Hot pavement at the beginning of a thunderstorm. It's speckled with the first few raindrops.
A sign that says "DO NOT KNEEL BUS" with a kneeling bus and a "no" sign superimposed on top.
The inside of a free, frequent, and wonderfully air-conditioned bus.
A big billboard that says NEVER in white letters on a blqck background. It's facing another billboard about a meter / a few feet away. Art!
A big billboard that says NOW in black letters on a white background. It's facing another billboard about a meter / a few feet away. Art!
A busy streetscape full of people on a pedestrian-only street lined with shops and restaurants. You can even see where there used to be parking! Isn't this a better use of the space?
The Potomac Yard/VT Metro station, now with added wildfire smoke. The view is of a sign pillar, with greenery and an elevated walkway. The sky is a sickly tomacco-colored orange-brown.
A screenshot (well, photo) of YouTube trying to get me to drink The Spaghett like some sort of Midwesterner (?)
A person in a red coat and hiking pants standing on the edge of a cliff with an expansive view of Zion Canyon below him. Far, far below him there's a river and a road. He's holding his arms wide with a big smile on his face. He's having the time of his life.
Blue and white and greenish fireworks over a darkened cityscape
Fireworks over a cityscape at night.
A bottle of Heaven Hill bottled-in-bond bourbon.
A gas grill on a rooftop with a variety of foods being cooked. The sun is low in the sky and there are high-rises in the distance.
A car with an occupant waving a large Moroccan flag from the sunroof. It's at a stop sign in a busy marketplace with lots of pedestrians around.
Closeup of a rainbow, with construction cranes and trees and building.
A Bee's Knee's cocktail made with Ungava Gin (bakeapples are one of the ingredients!) It's in a coupe glass on a Canadian flag coaster.
That's not fog. Heavy rain outside the window, with shapes barely visible in the distance. Downtown Ottawa is out there somewhere.
A puffy white thunder cloud lurking behind dark clouds with some blue sky high above.
Heavy rain. Good thing we haven't gotten our act together to leave the apartment!
Freedom Units: 87 degrees, with a predicted high of 93 and a "feels like" of 102.
A screenshot of the Android weather app stating that the current location (Westboro, Ottawa, Ontario) is 31 C and mostly cloudy, while Alexandria Virginia is mostly clear and 30 C.
A photo of an informational sign at a festival. At the top is a cut off photo of people in shorts or swimsuits with splashing water. The text reads: "THE FIRST THING ALBERTANS want Americans to know is that their province is not a frozen wasteland. It is true that Alberta's climate can occasionally dip to a frigid -40° Fahrenheit and it does snow, especially in the Rocky Mountains (where snow is welcomed by Alberta's many world-class ski resorts). It is equally true that serious winter is balanced by three seasons of enjoyably temperate weather. In southern Alberta, winter cold is often mediated by the chinook winds -- a front of warm air blowing in from the Pacific that can raise temperatures by fifty degrees Fahrenheit in just a[...]"
A white car with red wheels and a "who saved who" sticker "parked" with two wheels fully on the sidewalk. It's in a spot labeled "locker pick up" but was there when I went into CanTire and it was still there when I left. Conveniently enough it's also the closest spot to the door.
A photo of a TV showing that there's a live, 24-7 pickleball streaming TV station.
A man wearing white pants, a green shirt, and a red cape towering above the crowd at a busy street festival. A small child is holding a hand up towards him, and he's reaching down. The scene is reflected in a puddle on a street corner. I suspect the man may not naturally be that tall, probably because he's wearing stilts.
A t-shirt with an original blue iMac on it and the Apple slogan "Think different." Underneath that there's a signature in black sharpie -- somewhat illegible but you try writing with a sharpie on cotton!
A screenshot of kayak.com showing a direct flight from Ottawa to Calgary is only $309 CAD/person for a week in July.
Several rock shelves of waterfalls on the Mississippi River, just downstream from a hydropower dam. It's raining.
A picture of the Mississippi River Power Corp. with a waterfall next to it. The skies above are gray.
A nearly empty container of fish and chips with a gull lurking menacingly in the background. The food is on a blue picnic table next to a gravel parking lot covered with rain puddles.
The same view as before, but a wider angle showing the farmland and a wooden railing, as well as a sun I didn't think I'd see this afternoon.
A view of Quebec, and in the distance, Ontario. The skies above are blue with high white clouds. There is a hill -- part of the Eardley Escarpment -- covered in deciduous trees in the foreground and a plain full of farmland below.
Sweet basil plants under bright string lights on a balcony at night. In REM's defense, I'm not actually gardening, I'm just next to our garden.
A photo of a container of strawberry and rhubarb jam (or preserves I guess?) from Morrison & Co Preserves. The container is being held up by a pasty guy's hand in a somewhat soggy park in front of a blurry stage. The music is now a Donovan cover. Yes, this is my jam. Or preserves. I never really know the difference.
Planteray rum, Appleton Estate rum, Cointreau, limes that were in the fridge too long, and Liber orgeat (which I threw away and replaced with 100% pure Canadian maple syrup because if I don't they'll throw me out).
A mai tai held up by a pasty white hand. Ottawa is visible in the background, but it's blurred.
The hot sun in a blue sky, shaded by palm leaves.
A rainbow appears to emerge out of a chimney cap on a house.
An old fashioned made with Angel's Envy bourbon.
A deviled egg, but some genius looked at a deep fryer and thought, "how can I combine these two things?". Voila, the tempura deviled egg!
A rooftop view of condos and apartment buildings (some under construction) with Centre Block tucked into the corner, just barely visible.
A long exposure of the Gatineau River with a dock in the foreground and a covered bridge in the distance.
A statue of Queen Victoria on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Victoria Day Weekend. There are some spring tree leaves in the foreground as well as a decorative fence. It's an hour past sunset but there's still a lot of light in the sky.
Pink-hued sunset clouds and a path of low-altitude clear sky, partially reflected in a building's windows.
A screenshot of this skeet and its responses. There's a notification over the top of the Bluesky interface: "Hi, it's Graham Plat..."
A large 3D sign of the word AWATTO. I'm pretty sure it says Ottawa when viewed from the other side. It's surrounded by parking and roads, despite the large number of shops flanking both sides and the pedestrian plaza in the middle.
A view of Parliament Hill from Kìwekì Point. Centre Block, West Block, and the Library of Parliament are visible, as is a construction crane. Much of Centre Block is covered for restoration work.
A view over the Ottawa River from Westboro Beach. The beach itself is hidden from view but in the foreground are some bumpy rocks (ok fine, stromatolites) and in the background there are some tall buildings reflected in the water the sky overhead is blue with some high clouds. The light is late evening.
A cityscape in the chilly rain. In the foreground there are condos, and in the distance there are taller condos.
A screenshot of the Bluesky search. There's an error box on the page: "We're sorry, but your search could not be completed. Please try again in a few minutes. Error: Rate Limit Exceeded" The search was for "DoS" (Denial of Service)
The Centennial Flame outside Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Canada on a very foggy night.
Two Canada geese nesting in planters outside a furniture store in Canada.
A view of snowy rooftops with distant skyscrapers obscured by falling snow.
An Alf stuffed animal (is Alf an animal?) in a gift shop in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario His face is contorted in a horrified scream, presumably due to his missing, uh, appendage.
A screenshot of people on Nextdoor pretending to care about other people as an excuse to try to prevent the scariest thing of all: places that aren't built around cars. The text: "This makes the Braddock Rd Metro Station very unfriendly for people who are older and who have physical differences, There is nowhere to park and meet people with mobility problems. This needs to be rethought to make sure people in wheelchairs and people with other mobility devices can get to a the people who are there to take them home." "Could this plan be in violation of ADA?"
A roadside sign announcing the Allegheny National Forest boundary. The trees are bare, and the skies overhead and the road below are both gray. There is nobody visible.