@donray@mastodon.online

Don Ray Songs (#DonRaySongs)
I've started an ongoing project to record my original songs to share on Mastodon.

My Recording Equipment (pictured)
An Olympus LS-10 digital recorder and a Shure SM58 microphone.

My Instruments
An Art and Lutherie nylon-stringed guitar (cedar top, made in Canada). An Amahi Banjolele (Banjo-Ukulele).

Mastodon Version
Brevity is a virtue on the Fedi, so I'm recording the songs without instrumental breaks.

I hope you'll enjoy these #DonRaySongs

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

Mastodon / Fediverse question.

Home, Local, and Global (Federated) Timelines. Did those options disappear?

On the desktop version of Mastodon, there used to be (as of 2 days ago) a menu item, "Live Feeds," to choose which feed to browse. Now it's not there.

(If anyone knows a pertinent hashtag for this question, please put it in a comment. Thanks.) #FediTips @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

Here’s the response from the admin:

“We are actually planning to disable the "live feeds" functionality on both mastodon.social and mastodon.online as it generally provides a poor method of discovering good posts and often has a lot of spam. (It's a new feature so we're testing it at the moment on mastodon.online.)”

My comment would be: It’s interesting to say that removing something is a “new feature.”

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

Mastodon / Fediverse question.

Home, Local, and Global (Federated) Timelines. Did those options disappear?

On the desktop version of Mastodon, there used to be (as of 2 days ago) a menu item, "Live Feeds," to choose which feed to browse. Now it's not there.

(If anyone knows a pertinent hashtag for this question, please put it in a comment. Thanks.) #FediTips @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

Don Ray Songs (#DonRaySongs)
I've started an ongoing project to record my original songs to share on Mastodon.

My Recording Equipment (pictured)
An Olympus LS-10 digital recorder and a Shure SM58 microphone.

My Instruments
An Art and Lutherie nylon-stringed guitar (cedar top, made in Canada). An Amahi Banjolele (Banjo-Ukulele).

Mastodon Version
Brevity is a virtue on the Fedi, so I'm recording the songs without instrumental breaks.

I hope you'll enjoy these #DonRaySongs

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Gatos

A minor #blep for #TongueOutTuesday.

An orange tiger cat with white face and chin is sound asleep. The cat’s tongue is sticking out just slightly from its closed mouth.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #NativePlants #Trees #Iowa

Confusion. The Gray Dogwood is putting forth a few new flower clusters (spring in August). The Hydrangea did the same. In a few weeks, I expect I'll see a few Lilac blossoms as well.

Seen from above, a round cluster of delicate white flowers (4 petals on each on flower). The dark green leaves below the flowers are summer leaves with some damage and imperfections.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#PhotoMonday #Butterfly #Pollinators #Flowers #Iowa

Pearl Crescent; Burning Hearts

A small burnt-orange butterfly (Pearl Crescent) with many brown markings rests on a burning heart false sunflower. The butterfly is small, but large enough to cover the orange-red center zone of the flower. To the right, is another burning heart flower with its red and golden yellow petals.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#Vegetables #Gardening #summer #iowa #alliteration

With Sunday supper
a side
of sautéed
summer stuff.

A small cast iron skillet that contains sautéed zucchini, eggplant, onion, and red sweet peppers.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#Spain #España #Valencia #lion

#WorldLionDay reminds me of the mail slots on the side of the grand Post Office building in Valencia. (Photo: July 2010)

Two fierce-looking gold-colored lion heads side by side on a white (marble?) wall. The mouth of each lion is a wide slot for dropping in letters. The lion on the left is marked "Extranjero" (Foreign). On the right: "España" (Spain).

The wall is the back of a shallow alcove that is protected by a roof with fancy wrought iron supports.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#SilentSunday #Sunrise #Iowa

Cottonwood Skyline

A touch of rosy color on the horizon is all the sunrise the clouds will allow.

Against the solid background of blue-gray clouds, two large cottonwood trees stand above the other trees in a wooded area.

Dark green fields in the foreground.

Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Gatos

A shady character.

An orange and white cat sits upright with a stern look on its face. The cat is the shade of green, leafy vines growing on white lattice on the side of a porch.