LeeMacL 📎

@leemacl8

born and bred noo yawker so what about it? gregarious hermit. consume less, conserve more. repurpose, reuse, recycle. 🌱🪴 zone 4b Vermont was a country before joining as 14th state. 📎 resist! ☮️ Allez VGFC! TG22110 ♾️ in our 🫶🏼 MP

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LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· 19d

Had some dark orange cheddar cheese that was getting moldy so cut off nasty bits, grated with some jalapeño cheddar, made mac and cheese with panko topping. Yummy! 👨‍🍳

Glass container with lightly browned mac and cheese with red and jalapeño cheddar, panko topping.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· 19d

First delicious harvest from my indoor container garden! 🪴 🌱

Wooden bowl with ripe grappoli d’invierno tomatoes, some with stems.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jul 8

Our boys are undefeated tonight winning Northeast Division title for the second year in a row 6-2 against Connecticut Rush in front of sold out crowd of 2700! So much fun! Sorry, USL2, not MSL2, duh. Got too excited!

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jul 1

A Grappoli D’Inverno Tomatoes are starting to set fruit! 🍎 🪴🌱

Clusters of small green tomatoes, green cage visible.

Small cluster of green tomatoes, surrounded by leaves.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jun 18

A mayor who knows how to do things right! Yay Knicks and Mayor Mamdani!

Mayor Mamdani giving speech in front of City Hall with the Knicks‘ trophies in foreground. Blue and orange Knicks banners hang from portico behind him and several Knicks sitting to the right side, including former players.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jun 16

First tomatoes of my indoor season starting! Tomato A Grappoli D’Inverno. 🌱🪴

2 tiny green tomatoes hanging from branch.

A small cluster of tiny tomatoes shaded by greenery.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jun 13

I got one! With wonky knees it’s perfect.

Blue etrike with smaller seat than it came with (it was too big and had a backrest which was uncomfortable.) Has a wide rear carrier with gray zippered case.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jun 4

Blue Velotric folding etrike. 750 watts, torque or cadence, 7 speed shimano, brake and turn signals, 20 mph top, hydraulic brakes, 3x20” Kenda tires, many great features. A sweet ride, very stable.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· May 31

Yes! With bad knees a bike wouldn’t do. I got one with a bit more power (750watt) because it’s hilly around me. Max 20mph. 500 lbs max load! Mine has nice rear rack, and I replaced seat with no backrest one. Local electric company had generous rebate program which made it even more reasonable.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· May 9

Perhaps ignoramus is more appropriate.

American Heritage dictionary definition of ignoramus.

A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool. In a former classification of mentally retarded people, idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year old or younger; this corresponded with an I.Q. level of approximately 25 or less.
A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Apr 26

Budding. Green soon!

Buds filling out on tall shrub, left of edge of house with blue horizontal siding. Other house roofs in background.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Apr 25

I replaced my super cushy seat that had an adjustable back (not needed!) and almost no nose with this one. It was hard to pedal because I have small rear end. 🙄 This is comfy!

Wide padded seat with slight lip in back to keep from sliding off and a ventilation space behind nose of seat where crotch rides. I have an etrike because I’m old. 😎

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Apr 20

Snow this morning.

Side of grey building with horizontal siding, with doorway, small window above. Roofs covered with over inch of snow.
Fluffy snowflakes visible.
Tall bare shrub on right.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Mar 29

8 million in 3200+ cities is only 2500 per city. Burlington VT is a city of under 45,000 and we had more than that. A gross underestimate, as usual. #NoKings

Burlington VT shows up at City Hall with families, pets, and homemade signs.
More than the average of 2500 the msm is “reporting”.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Mar 28

Burlington VT City Hall Park People came with family and friends, kids, dogs, signs. It was around freezing but Vermonters are hardy!

Crowd at City Hall Park with mostly homemade signs.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Mar 18

Vermont Green FC wins 1-0 against Portland Hearts of Pine, first game Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Streamed LIVE from Virtue Field on Paramount+, and CBS Sports Network! Hardy Vermont fans braved 20° weather with 11mph winds making it about 9°! Allez VGFC!

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Feb 23

I always have a rubber chicken.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Jan 29

Got a craving for japchae. Took a few days to get all the ingredients lined up. Worth the time and effort, cooking all components separately and assembling. #food

Separate containers with sliced matchstick red onions, carrots, sweet peppers, shiitake mushrooms, zucchinis. Steak defrosting a bit then also slivered.
Next: add marinades to shiitakes and beef slivers.

Finished with cooked marinated beef and onions. Forgot to top with slivers of fried egg whites and fried egg yolk, sesame seeds! Tomorrow’s lunch will have it all!

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Dec 17

I have black leather, red line around sole seam, waterproof Cole-Haan boots which are quite fashionable, warm, and DRY! I have North Face boots for serious weather. Used these for dog-sledding!

Black waterproof Cole-Haan boot, red sole seam, with ankle strap, snow and salt stains around sole.

North Face serious weather boots. Black rubber bottom, beige leather top, lined with fuzzy stuff, pull-on loops. Practical for Vermont winter.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Dec 2

Bhut jolokia pepper. #2. Still waiting for first pepper to turn red! My plants are in flower, been hand pollinating like crazy. Hope I’m doing it right! 🪴🌱🌶️

Close up of green wrinkled hot pepper, stem arched in same way as the flowers hang, the original flower (dried up) still girdling the pepper about 1/2” from bottom, surrounded by large rich green leaves. Growing under lights.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Nov 30

Oooh love it. Sandwich without the sand. I grabbed a bite last night that was sooo good! Tender brined bird. 24 hour stock that was started right after dinner. So much stock! 3 different concentrations.

Three jars of turkey stock, left to right, light to dark: strong, stronger, strongest, concentrate.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Nov 28

Dawn, and it snowed while I slept, happy and content after a lovely evening of good food and company, turkey carcass simmering all night, everything cleaned.

View from window of snow covered rooftops around dawn, sky with a few low clouds, palm plant fronds visible on left.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Nov 28

16 pounds “and whaddaya get, another day older and deeper in debt!” 😎 A perfectly brined and cooked bird, sides, my offspring, an “orphan” friend, enjoyed an evening of food, talk, music. All’s cleaned up, carcass simmering overnight for turkey broth. A very good thanksgiving, and I’m grateful.

The 16 pound bird, beautifully browned skin, resting. Much butter was inserted under skin.
Local farm bred bird, locally grown veggies.
We didn’t know how big the bird was going to be (ordered smallest available!) so didn’t buy aluminum roasting pan, improvised with foil.
It was moist and delicious!

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Nov 11

First real snow of the season! Gorgeous but dangerous. People are just on getting their “snow driving” together.

Bright moonlit snow on houses and car.
About 5” so far.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 31

The beginning of the end. The leaves are coming down and with the rain and wind, it will be done. #lastcolor #vermont

Some red and yellow leaves, a few green, remain on a large tree in front of the porch of a white house, which has a brown wood door with rectangular panels. There are a few plants in pots on the porch, and a hanging fern on the left.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 31

Playground trees. 🌳 #vermont #fallcolor

Trees in school playground. Large tree on right in blaze of yellow and red. Smaller trees on left are yellow and orange. Lamppost on far right. Rainy day.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 26

Maple leaf color in the rain. Burlington VT 🌳 #fallcolor #vermont

Tall maple tree, ablaze with red, orange, yellow leaves next to slightly shorter lamppost. To the right is a smaller tree, almost as colorful.
Quiet street, corner of yellow house visible on far left. Overcast skies above. Wet sidewalk in foreground.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 24

🌱🪴🍅 Tiny Tim tomatoes growing under lights, getting close to harvest.

Bunches of green cherry tomatoes ripening under lights.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 24

Autumn color on Front Street, Burlington VT

Vibrant red orange leaves on tree starting to lose leaves, tree on right just beginning to change. Overcast sky with light rain.

LeeMacL 📎@leemacl8· Oct 22

10/18/25 sign