Post-work pool session. 84°F … pool is 80. Perfect.

Good mail day today. Finally got that UWM cap from their NCAA tournament run.

The squirrels dug up and ate all of the fancy sunflower seeds that we planted but the normal ones that fell from the bird feeder took root. So, of course, we dig them up and planted them where we wanted them and now they’re looking reeeeeeal good.

Thanks, Canada/Minnesota.

Why yes we do have an adorable baby rabbit that appears in our yard every morning and evening.

Destroyer of flowers. Eater of peanuts. Backyard World Cup watch party participant.

I’ve been walking a lot. 15-20 minutes at a time, 3 or 4 times a day. I also bought a jump rope. Game changer.

Please stay healthy.

Dodged a bullet/giant tree limb today. 20+ foot log fell from the silver maple and we (and more importantly, our neighbor) managed to escape without damage. 50+mph wind gusts suck.

Good mail day. After a number of months, the @ianmcque.bsky.social Mileships book has arrived!

I’m not much of a take-videos-at-shows guy but here’s a little clip from NIN last night. I last saw them 32(!) years ago at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, with Hole and Marilyn Manson. Trent sounds just as good today as he did back then. The stage production was pretty great as well.

Here’s the hawk that bullies our neighborhood crows.

The fox was hanging out in the backyard again last night.

Here’s a video of a fox in our backyard last night; it’s carrying a rabbit in its mouth. I think it went under the fence and hid it in the neighbor’s yard because it came back the other way two minutes later without it.

Not sure why I never ordered this earlier but it was a Good Mail Day.

Nothing northern about these lights. Just the alley and street variety.

Take a hike.

Wasn’t lying.

Late summer backyard color.

Trees.

Here’s the injured crow that I’ve been talking about lately. She(?) has at least one busted up leg but can fly and her mate is always close-by. They’ve been hanging out more because we feed them peanuts, grapes, meal worms and (sometimes) pecans. #crow

Messthetics at @cactusclubmke.bsky.social were incredible tonight.

I’m from Milwaukee and agree that the Chicago flag is the gold standard. Our Milwaukee People’s Flag is pretty dope but the morons in our City Council keep trying to waste time trying to make another one.

Sunday. Grant Park. Lake Michigan.

The WMSE Backyard BBQ is tomorrow. If I’m not there it’s because I’m drinking wine with my mom in Kenosha. facebook.com/events/s/the...

Thanks, Canada.

Vegetable garden, lilies and bee balm are poppin’ off.

Moon sliver.

Backyard poppies are popping. Peonies aren’t far behind.

Received my 2025 Italian Referendum voting package today. I’ll drop it at the post office tomorrow in hopes that it gets to the consulate in Chicago by 5 June. 🤞🏼