Notes | Brutkey

Snow on asphalt, blown by the wind and with wheel tracks crossing diagonally at the lower left. The photo has been edited to emphasize the blue tones and contrast. It looks like a lot of comets, with the snow clumps being the "comets" traveling to the right, and the "tails" being the snow that was blown to the left.

A little while ago, my husband sent me an article about Costco. The author said that at Costco, you never seem to get a cart with a bad wheel, like at all the other shops. I had never thought about it, but it's true. But then:

Screenshot of a text message exchange. I wrote:
You jinxed me with that Costco article. Ever since l read it, every time l've gone, I've had a bad cart. Today's was steering strongly to the left
(Delivered)
Reply:
Better that an extreme right-leaning cart!
(Thumbs up reaction)

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

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

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

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.