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Spotted the ridiculous Cybertruck driving down my road yesterday. Lots of embarrassing pickups out there, but that one takes the cake.

Anyway, this handsome robber fly let me take its photo this afternoon.

#macro #BlackAndWhite #Cybertruck #Tesla #bug #insect #fly

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I pulled a wookie out of my shower drain last night, but I won't be sharing photos of that. Instead, here are some new Amazon lockers going in at the cemetery by my house.

#graveyard #cemetery #construction #concrete #death

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In "the suck zone".

🎥: Twister (1996)

I know fossil fuels are bad, but I think it would be cool to have a working oil derrick in my backyard.

#movienight

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I suppose I like Walz, too, but how is it going to feel listening to him trying to justify sending more weapons to Israel?

Anyway, here are a pair of sand fleas my kid and her cousins found at the beach.

#macro #beach #FireIsland #crustacean #WeWantWalz #FreePalestine

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"Pikachu? Nooooo!!!"

I went to a kid's birthday party yesterday and his dad hit it out of the park with this homemade Pikachu cake. The photo shows it mostly carved and served, but it was two-tiered, with a red and white poke ball bottom. Also not shown are the fondant ears. It was delicious, too.

#Pokemon #Pikachu #cake #DadsRule #DIY

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My almost six-year-old just asked if Kamala Harris is Calvin Harris's sister. Nope, sorry kid.

Anyway, here's a photo of a tiny clam I found on the beach.

#beach #clam #macro #FireIsland #Harris

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I think the transmission in my 2007 Mazda3 is toast. It had been shifting badly and the AT indicator light turned on the last couple of times I drove it, so decided to try and scan it for error codes. Nothing came up so I thought I would take it around the block. Didn't even make it up the hill before the magic smoke escaped. Fortunately, I was able to roll back home.

Anyway, here's a shot of a pill bug on some stringy stonecrop.

#mazda #CarTrouble #PillBug

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That's nice, but I'm not voting for Harris either.

#beach #sand #feet

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#SilentSunday #FireIsland #Beach #BlackAndWhite

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Click through to the Pixelfed post for a second photo of just the halo.

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I missed the meteor this week, but at least got to see a combined atmospheric phenomenon this morning at the beach.

#FireIsland #22DegreeHalo #CircumzenithalArc #beach #sky #SunBow #halo #sun

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HORSESHOE CRAB UPDATE!

I have been recognized by the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service for participating in the Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program by reporting the tag I found last weekend (https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/i/web/post/715310569850044948)! They sent me a certificate and a pewter pin. Somehow we got so excited about it that we had to take a family photo.

#HorseshoeCrab #crustacean #conservation #family #Cornell

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Neither my smartphone camera nor the Prudential Center sound system can do this woman justice.

#JanetJackson #plaid #tartan #Newark

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The moment any of you tells me that Janet Jackson performed in Israel recently.

#bds #FreePalestine #JanetJackson

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#Nelly

They've got couches and coffee tables on stage. Bringing me back to highschool!

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The Newark Bay Bridge as seen from the upper floor of the Prudential Center in Newark.

#Newark #NewJersey #bridges

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Pollen Pants

Here we have some type of bumblebee on some type of St. John's Wort flower, pollen pants loaded.

#bloomscrolling #pollination #pollinator #bee #bumblebee #flower

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Time comes for us all.

We found this dead horseshoe crab on the beach today. It had a numbered tag on its shell apparently put there by The Maryland Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office. I've seen many horseshoe crabs here over the years, but never one with a tag. I made sure to go to the website and log it.

#beach #shore #NewHavenHarbor #HorseshoeCrab #conservation

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Ships at anchor.

Spotted the Cape Fear tug and Aegea tanker anchored in my parent's backyard.

#shipping #NewHaven #NewHavenHarbor #overcast #smartphonepic

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Reached a cool milestone on the odometer the other day. #VW #Volkswagen #odometer #family @[email protected]

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Burning sage

My sister had a little ceremony for her son who just turned one year old. It involved some burning sage and, uh, magic mushroom chocolates (for the grown-ups).

#macro #sage #UncleLife #ember #smoulder

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Still thinking about this pizza.

I ate a lot of good stuff this weekend, but this pizza I had for lunch on Sunday really hit the spot. Right in the center of the pie they sprinkled some grated Parmesan and/or sea salt that provides a nice zing of flavor as soon as you put the tip of a slice in your mouth. It's the Simple Enquiry pizza from Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats in Rehoboth, Delaware.

#pizza #beer

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Hey, little buddy!

I heard this little guy chirping in a bush while I was cleaning up some dog poop. He didn't flinch when I reached in with my camera to get this shot, so I reached in again and petted him gently with my finger. Hopefully, mom or dad will come back with some food soon.

#sparrow #fledgling #bird #birb

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Our little tradition.

#cannoli #anniversary

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Ex marks the spot?

I found this marker at one end of the sidewalk of a drawbridge in Lewes, Delaware. There's an identical one at the other end. Any guesses as to what it means?

#Delaware #infrastructure #drawbridge

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Parenting.

This osprey had just brought a fish to its young in their nest on top of this man-made osprey platform.

🌎: Lewes, DE, USA

#osprey #birds #BirdOfPrey #Delaware

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