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dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I came for the photos and I stayed for the community. "You all are like each other's cheerleaders on here." -my husband aka coffeemaker. 
Photos my own, CC BY-NC, taken on my phone.
Avatar: tired-looking white woman with short brown hair.
Banner: red and orange moss sporophytes


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dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

All right, this hashtag needs a kickoff.
#MagicInTheMundane

Bubbly foam on my car's windshield during the car wash with the tri-color option. Swirls of blue, yellow, and pink, combining to form turquoise and Chartreuse.
dillyd
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Bridge reflections

a ground level view of a puddle on a pedestrian bridge, giving a perfect reflection of the concrete sides and metal fences on both sides of the bridge, as well as the partially cloudy sky.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I never saw a rainbow in a dandelion before

Looking up at a dandelion gone to seed. The white fluffy seed ball is catching the early morning sun and creating a prismatic effect, with colors of the rainbow tracing the individual seeds.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I didn't edit this except to crop it. Kind of an interesting eerie sunset skyline.

Train tracks in the foreground, and the Montreal skyline at sunset on the horizon. There is a large yellow glow surrounded by orange over the buildings. The buildings are silhouettes, but they look pale gray, not black. The tail tracks reflect the sunset colors of yellow and orange.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I went hiking with my kids yesterday. We saw mushrooms and caterpillars galore. And my eagle-eyed kids spotted some really cool things that I've seen pictures of before, but never saw in person, like this bird's nest fungus.
#MushroomMonday

A white person's hand holding a thin dark twig with bird's nest fungus. It looks like a tiny bird's nest with eggs in it. It's so small. The entire "nest" is less than half a finger's width.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

A question for people in Quebec. Has anybody enabled apple's call screening? Is it bilingual? I'm wondering how it'll handle an incoming call from a Francophone who doesn't speak English.
#quebec #ScreenCalls

Popup on my iPhone, asking me to enable call screening. Screen Unknown Callers Your phone will ask who's calling before it rings. Calling and data rates may apply.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Sir, I strongly advise against wading into snow that's deeper than you.
#DogsOfMastodon

A small gray dog looks out a sliding glass door, at snow drifts that are deeper than he is tall.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Why?! Why is the date solid, and the time transparent?

My iPhone lock screen. Mon Jan 26 3:47 The date is solid white. The time is transparent, and the tail of the 4 is disappearing into the background.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Hmm, not a fan of things flying onto my screen and bouncing into place.
This liquid glass may be exactly what I needed, to spend less time in my phone.

(She writes, on her phone 😂😂)

dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

(Talking to myself): "you walk to work in this weather. Why not ride? It'll be fine. You can do this. You can do this."
Husband: "sounds like you're trying to talk yourself into it."
Me: "of course. Did you see what it looks like outside?"

Final result: easy peasy! Plus a sense of exhilaration and accomplishment. My first winter bike ride to work in snowy weather with snowy ground. I'm even getting used to the sensation of the tires sliding out sideways in the snow.

#WinterBiking

Selfie of a person wearing bike helmet, ski goggles, balaclava, and layered jackets. In front of a chain link fence overlooking train tracks below. It's snowy and gray.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Don't forget to get physical prints of your photos every once in a while.

I just got some prints for updating various family photo frames, plus a few of my own favorites, and it's such a pleasure to leaf through them with my hands. They look different, often better, in physical form. And as long as you store them carefully, they won't become obsolete like file types or computer media.

dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Seaglass suncatcher, detail

Pieces of seaglass hanging on strings in a window near sunset. The strings are arranged by colors, blue on the left, then green, yellow, light orange, and dark orange. The piece that catches our eye (because it's in focus) is a vaguely triangular green piece, almost shark tooth shaped.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Snow on yew
#snow

A tip of a yew branch, with its slender green needles and little brown flower buds, holding snow.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

Laundry revelation: button up the duvet cover before washing, to keep it from ingesting everything else in the washer.
Now if only I had a solution for the hungry fitted sheets.

dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

A common sight in Quebec, the fallen glove that has been placed on a fence post in hopes that its owner will find it when they pass by again. A sign of optimism and good will towards strangers.
#MagicInTheMundane

A black glove on a fence post, vaguely featuring to the left. The background is a snowy hill dotted with trees. The sun is bright and low in the sky.