Deb Gau

@debbigau

Non-adventures in the rural Midwest. She/they.

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Deb Gau@debbigau· 1d

August is here, bringing with it a bunch of conehead katydids. A friend of mine once described these guys as "the forbidden okra" . . .

A bright green katydid on a windowpane. This particular bug is shaped kind of like a long slender leaf, or maybe an okra pod with grasshopper legs.

Deb Gau@debbigau· 14d

Just a teeny little guy with *massive* antennae! Meet the chickweed geometer:

Extreme closeup of a small moth on a windowpane. The moth has a golden yellow body and wings. The wings are edged in pink, and a couple of long pink horizontal stripes also stretch across the center of the moth's whole wingspan. Above the stripes on each upper wing is a small pink dot. The moth has feathery yellow and black antennae that are easily as long as its whole body.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jul 4

Omg, check out this fucking impressive big boi scarab beetle! Forget junebugs. We are on to the JULY BUGS now!

A lorge tan scarab beetle with a pattern of eight black dots around the outside of its carapace rests in a groove in a brick wall. I have included a ballpoint pen next to the critter to give a sense of scale.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jun 23

Summer nails are this hot pink/red color. I enjoy the shimmery-plastic Barbie accessory feel of this one, but it's not as opaque as I'd like.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jun 6

One of this year's entries at a local car show seemed absolutely *delighted* to be there.

A small, bright red coupe parked with its front end facing the camera. The car has soft rounded edges all over that make it resemble a child's toy. It also has shiny round headlights and a front grille that make it look like it has an adorable smile. It's giving 😃

Deb Gau@debbigau· May 31

Today in Cooking to Feel Control of My Life: Lemon blueberry muffins. Albeit, a "diabetic-friendly" recipe with like, wheat flour and almond flour and fake granulated sugar. We'll see.

A plate of about 18 round, golden-browned tan lumps that claim to be blueberry muffins.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Mar 28

Today in Cooking to Power Through A Crashout: spicy eggplant w/tomato.

A bowl of chopped cooked eggplant pieces, looking basically orange from the sheer amount of turmeric, cayenne pepper and cooked-tomato juices it has soaked up.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Mar 1

Then there's these things - I can't look at 'em without thinking, "Have you tried the new Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It's a Hot Pocket that tastes just like a Hot Pocket."

A box of Rice Krispies treat-flavored marshmallow chicks. For those who don't know, a Rice Krispies treat already tastes like marshmallow.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Feb 19

It's been a rough winter for trying to get the long manicure started again, but figured I should start back in w/ the short nails here. (Mainly 'cause I like this holographic polish.)

Closeup of a hand with holographic light-purple nail polish. Sunlight is hitting the nails and creating little rainbow spectrums.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Feb 12

Not sure whether to feel approving or apprehensive about this coin pusher machine . . .

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jan 24

Today, in cooking to find the barest thread of comfort and focus in the midst of everything going on: red curry with chicken, squash and green beans.

A bowl of chicken curry over rice, garnished with green chili pepper slices and cilantro leaves.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Nov 13

The holiday season is here again in Minnesota.

A supermarket cold case with four shelf levels, each filled with pickled herring containers of various sizes.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Nov 2

Tonight in Cooking To Feel Control In My Life: this cashew chicken-ish stew with peanut butter, hot sauce, cabbage, and noodles.

A bowl of chicken stew in a brownish peanut-y broth with cabbage chunks, noodles, and cashews sprinkled on top.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Nov 1

I'm far too big a coward to try it, but I always thought it might be funny to go to a Rocky Horror showing dressed as one of these guys:

Promotional still for Phantom of the Paradise featuring the Undeads, a trio of singers in short black robes, black page boy haircuts and black-and-white face paint. They're very much giving "KISS, but make it German Expressionist."

Deb Gau@debbigau· Sep 7

Welp, nails took a bad break at week 14. This is about as long as they got:

Close up of a hand with longish nails. Polish is dusty rose with a golden holographic sparkle on top.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Aug 2

From a 1950s high school class photo in rural MN. . . . . . Guys, I think the 'Bobson Dugnutt' people may have been right.

Extreme close-up of a 1950s black and white photo of a teen boy, focused on the caption beneath the photo. The caption reads "MERALD SHEVELAND."

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jul 31

And just for the hell of it, a big field of sunflowers just outside Canby MN.

A field of big yellow sunflower blooms stretches to the horizon on a sunny day. A small line of trees and a distant white water tower can be seen in the far background.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jul 31

Belated vacation highlight: Did you know that the cemetery in Wahpeton ND has a big stone tentpole, marking the graves of two circus workers struck by lightning in the 1890s?

Stone grave marker in an open grassy lawn on a sunny day. The stone is carved in the shape of a splintered-off circus tentpole hung with chains and pulleys. The base of the marker is shaped like the pointed top of a circus tent.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jul 21

8 weeks into the nail-growing project. The polish is called "Choo Choo Choose You," but instead of something silly & befitting the Simpsons reference, it's this borderline-gross iridescent gunmetal color. Like they took "locomotive engine" & interpreted it literally. 😐

Close up of a hand with dark metallic nail polish.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jul 15

Whoa, the fizzing is literal? My best guesses up till now had been either like a pork rind or like this stuff, which is the halfway point between buttered popcorn and fluffy cheetos:

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jun 27

*hums while studying maps for a trip* "I'm afraid of the Interstate. I'm a hick on the road. I'm afraid I can't help it . . ."

In a scene from the "I'm Afraid of Americans" music video, David Bowie sings/yells from the back of a taxi, his hands pressed on the glass divider & a look of fear on his face.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jun 13

Post the first album you bought with your own money. (I regret nothing. 😆)

The cover of the Spice Girls' debut album, "Spice."

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jun 2

Cuticles are sloppy as hell, but I got compliments on the Velveeta yellow nails! (Think I'm gonna use this as an occasional manicure thread. I want to compare progress as I try to grow them out to pandemic length again.)

Close up of a stubby-fingered white hand with short fingernails painted a bright orange-yellow.

Deb Gau@debbigau· May 31

Got myself an @nora.zone pendant that I only just got around to taking pics of. I love how it looks like the sky. ☺️

Deb Gau@debbigau· May 10

Today in Cooking to Feel Control of My Life: trying to do something with the canned butter beans I accidentally bought because they were mixed in with the white beans. Beans cooked w/ diced tomato, spinach, garlic, etc. Fortunately tasty.

Bowl filled with a mixture of large lima beans, tomatoes, steamed spinach and carrot bits. Topped with grated manchego cheese.

Deb Gau@debbigau· May 1

Nothing makes me do the sickos "Ha ha . . . YES!" laugh quite like going to a car show and finding the one rusted-out Volkswagen Rabbit in a sea of chrome '50s land yachts.

A boxy VW hatchback with a rusting white paint job is parked conspicuously at the end of a row of shiny new sports cars and restored 1950s American cars.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Apr 2

Mmmm - April in Minnesota.

A bicycle chained to a signpost along a residential street. The bike, like everything else in the landscape, is slowly being covered in snow.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Mar 22

Oh, sweet - Pennywise is targeting millenials now.

A boarded-up door with peeling paint and a metal mail flap. Battered letter stickers above the flap read "MOVIE RETURN SLOT."

Deb Gau@debbigau· Mar 9

Today in Cooking to Feel Control of my life: this slow-cooker quinoa/beans/corn/enchilada sauce concoction.

A bowl of enchilada-flavored quinoa sprinkled with chopped avocado, cilantro and sour cream.

Deb Gau@debbigau· Jan 18

Today in Cooking to Feel in Control of My Life: "I know it's not REAL pasta fazool. Shut up!"