Minerva Zimmerman

@grumpymartian

Pretend human and own worst enemy. What am I doing here? Where is this? Do I really need to share my opinion on anything? Why should anyone care? Ignore the creature behind the curtain!!! Do not perceive!

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Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 13d

Went to the thrift store looking for display supplies for an exhibit I’m building but they didn’t have any. Picked this up off a shelf and the weight and shape and mechanism was so nice I couldn’t leave it behind.

A hand held mechanical tally counter held in my hand with “1656” visible. It has a dark green paint or powder coat on it.

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 17d

Was discussing earlier what flavor this ramen is trying to be— not sure there is an actual answer

Maruchan ramen noodle soup Chili flavor packet. The packaging is green and features jalapeños in the photo but the broth is red

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 17d

Maaaaaaatttttttttt. I got all the smol forest creatures together and threw a party for you.

It is way way way way too much forest creature clip art put together with rainbows and fireflies and snakes and bugs and ice cream and cake and mushrooms and a wooden sign that says "happy birthday Matt" hanging from a tree.

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 18d

a coffee cup, gray yarn, and two sets of knitting needles for working in the round, "I like my coffee black and my strings Boolean"

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 22d

Me with Cooper trying to lay on top of my head like a hat who is trying to gently eat me

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· 27d

A borb whale keychain made with needle felting

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Jul 10

I patched my garden overalls!

A bit of tan overalls with a darker tan canvas patch with a barn owl on it and poorly stitched on with green embroidery floss

A brown speedweaver patch on tan overalls

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Jun 30

Trying to set up NFC stickers throughout the house. You put your phone up to the icon and it triggers an automation. The washer sets a timer on my phone for the exact length of the washer. The dryer also sets a timer and a reminder to move the clothes

A yellow card labeled Laundry at the top with three lines on it, next to each line is an icon and under the icon is a small silver chip. The top line reads Washer, middle Dryer, bottom Rug

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Jun 26

Found a review - www.thetakeout.com/2182921/nosh...

Personally I think I'm fine with my protein intake as-is, but that's not why you're here.
You, like I, need to know how this stuff tastes. And let's cut to the chase, because man, this stuff is wild. Since bone broth contains a ton of collagen, this sparkling beverage has a silky body to it, which might be off-putting to some. However, if you hadn't told me what was in it, I might not have actually noticed. In terms of flavor, imagine it like a lightly sweetened (with stevia) kombucha. And that beef flavor? Oh yes, it's there, just beyond the fruity flavors.
The beef comes out at the way end, making this a drink that finishes with a twist like an
M. Night Shyamalan movie (My favorite flawar huthaunu in Dinakharrl ima whinh

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Jun 16

Chilling

Three heeler mixes (white, brown, red) laying on the grass next to an empty Gatorade bottle in front of where you can see my knee as I sit in a lawn chair. A rusty burn barrel and a large purple herding ball can be seen in the distance of a field of grass

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Jun 10

Had to do some office adjacent tasks today (meaning I was out at the coast) and stopped to try and take a picture of the basking seals. Ran into a hiker doing the Oregon Coast Trail who asked what I was looking at. I pointed out the seals which she had assumed were logs or rocks. Always fun to share

It is a sandy spit in the middle of a bay, at the edge of spit across an expanse of water are a bunch of silvery white shapes and some black birds. The silvery lumps are harbor seals and the birds seem to be mostly cormorants

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 13

Saw an owl. I’d like to think it was a spotted owl because I was in protected old growth— but probably a barred owl.

A cedar tree with short projecting bare branches. There is canopy above and behind it. About midway up the trunk into picture is a large brown and white owl.

A large owl flying away into the tree canopy

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 12

I couldn’t get this out of my head…

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 12

So I will finish putting that secondary fence up in the next few days but the dogs can’t get out there so I didn’t prioritize it. What took way longer than you think it would was this “stay in the damn yard” fence made of posts and mesh because it turned out I needed 60 feet of it

It’s hard to see but just in front of a line of trees and bushes is a short mesh fence to keep the dogs from going into the bushes and through gaps in a very old farm fence to the other side to run on this side of a chain link fence the back neighbor has for her dogs. The space between the mesh and the chain link is technically plotted to be a road but there’s no reason to put it through right now and hopefully never will be

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 12

So we haven’t had the yard able to be used by the dogs since the neighbor put up the wooden fence which put a hole in the old farm fence that predated us. On that same side where the fence is intact there’s a dog on the other side who is equally lunge first think second as Benny is.

Behold a wire fence enclosing the corner of the back field again.

I am adding a second line of fence on the actual property line about 2 feet in front of the other old fence that the neighbor has also reinforced with hog panels on the other side. This will keep a gap between the dogs if they are ever outside at the same time— since neither of us can legally put a new fence exactly where the old one is

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 12

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 10

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Amid some low vegetation are some white bones probably from a faun or young deer

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· May 3

Unusually hot day means all the little garden gods are out

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 18

Finally remembered to bring @chrisbunward.bsky.social his requested Sacabambaspis fren I made him

It is a needlefelted prehistoric bony fish with no thoughts in it’s head. It is gray on top and white on the bottom and looks to have an emoji smile of a face. It is being held by my brother’s hand

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 17

Cooper (red heeler mix and we are now certain he is half beagle and half heeler— for our sins) curled into a tight donut sleeping on the bed he looks so innocent and not at all like a baby who snuck into the kitchen, got stuck behind the baby gate, ate the favorite plastic serving spoon and then cried like he was being murdered until someone saved him from himself

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 16

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 12

An illustration from Doom Of The Gods Oxford Myths and Legends, the illustrator is Tudor Humphries, the illustration is of Loki getting his lips sewn shut

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 10

This unrepentant one knocked down a bunch of dog digestion supplements and ate a whole bunch of them necessitating a call to doggy poison control first thing this morning. Luckily everyone is fine and other than some uh extra digestion results— nothing to worry about

Cooper (red heeler mix) getting his ear rubbed

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 7

Unrepentant

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 2

I have this guy on my laptop stand who has the same energy

A tiny glow in the dark amorphous man lays on his back his head to the side with a look of ennui on his simple two dot and line face.

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 1

I need to make web design my passion for today's tasks, and I suspect I will stoop to bribery to make it happen.

A four panel square comic by CHUCKDRAWSTHINGS/TWITTER @CHARLUBBY
panel 1: A pigeon on a pink background "You know what's an underrated motivator in dealing with mental illness?"
panel 2: same pigeon with narrowed eyes and making a fist with a wing "SPITE."
panel 3: same pigeon looking humble against a lavender background raising one wing as a gesture "In spite of whom. You may ask?"
panel 4: close up of pigeon eyes wide reflecting fire with fire in the background "MYSELF!!!"

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Apr 1

I have to do pretty much every activity with one hand on Cooper so he doesn’t help with his whole being, with his mouth, with his full weight on me

Cooper a red heeler mix looking vaguely guilty with one ear flipped up. I have a hand gently cupping his neck pressing him gently against my leg— because you can’t see I have food he’s trying to stick his nose into

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Mar 27

Cooper says he hopes you had a nice nap. Naps are very important

Cooper (red heeler mix) snoozes so his snoot is very boopable on the screen

Minerva Zimmerman@grumpymartian· Mar 26

Here’s me telling Cooper that his father was supposedly a poodle but that’s not possible because…