Starting to add some color to this angel, love doing these not much thinking goes into the process.

It’s fat fuck Friday

photo by @xlntwtch2 december 2023

"is he hiding? she asked"

small santa claus thingy

rainbow inflatable tree at Target $59

its very amusing to me when skilled horticulturists know fuckall about native plants

I have so many things I need to catch up on and respond to (I have severely neglected my email which is NOT good) so I apologize. I will get around to it this week I hope! 

Old followers will know that this is the norm for me this time of year as I once again rally the strength to try and make the most of my severely neglected little urban hellscape of a yard. I mean, how do you recover from the knowledge that ALL of the native milkweed species you planted over the last 4 years has died, never to return? (I can’t stop being sad about this you have no clue, I had 5+ species native to the state!) All that remains is the common milkweed volunteers that have come up wherever they feel like it, and I’m obligated to let them do as they wish. Feels bad, man. I would have killed to see that purple milkweed flower.

Have spent the last 2+ weeks getting my veggie garden and containers up and running (still need to sow beans and more kale) and I’ve got more natives/ornamentals to go into my nearly cleared side yard. I’m really really REALLY hoping my new virginia bluebells don’t die with this heat/likely drought, but I’m pretty confident everyone else will come through okay. I mean, if the cardinal flower can come back for the 3rd year like a champ, what’s their excuse? (Dear self: be thankful, the cardinal flower likes you and you know it shouldn’t and that’s rad. Also the prairie smoke plant is starting to spread and that’s really cool. So is the hepatica. And your ferns are getting big and beautiful! So remember what’s working out, ok?)

I just want my little plot to be the hopping hot spot for all the local wildlife. It’s nice to see so many critters anywhere I look but I know I can do better and that requires A LOT of work. I’ll never be anything akin to a master gardener, but I like to think I’m learning a lot every day and working WITH nature instead of against it. Battling invasives is one hell of task. (Rot in hell, creeping bellflower!)

Now if only it would rain, and I can find a way to get a rain barrel setup! (No gutters in my back yard to access for rain is a major L...)

The image reads "public on 03/03/2024"

This is Sims 4 cc. It looks cute and and all, that's what made pause on the post.

I saw this post today - 12/21/23

As in, I'm seeing this Sims 4 CC posted on December 21st of 2023 and it will remain paywalled until March 3rd 2024.

That is more than 3 months. This is wild. What in the fresh hell...

Balls of Fun 2023

Festive decorations around Toronto’s east end – mostly ornamental balls but a star or two as well. red glitter shiny red fuzzy glitter bejewelled star blue stripes silver grey silver glitter & white tower of balls Hey! You can give me $$$ to defray blog fees & buy coffeesweet, eh? paypal.me/TOpoet

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Ok, so went to Target a while back, to check out their Christmas stuff. Went down the ornament aisle and found this guy.

Anxiety

I LOVE YARD SALES!!! I paid 6$ for these in boxes in excellent condition! I got a Riker! I got a Riker! These sold out of our Hallmark stores in 1 day!( yearrrrssssss ago) I finally got oneeeeee! Dancing around I got a Riker I got a Riker!! F*uck you ebay gougers!

pulled out my winter decorations and look at this Wirt ornament I painted a few years ago!

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© two photos by @xlntwtch2 ..year of the dragon + solar eclipse

"art reflects life in small ways today, she said"

im such a plant guy but ONLY for native and/or wild plants i can do just fine in a forest and i have done gardens! but only native gardens. trying to navigate our new garden here and it’s like fuck i dont know anything that’s happening here

Landscape (Chicago)

Patio con decoraciones y colores, La Faba, León, 2011.