I swear I’d lose my head if it wasn’t screwed on…wait, there it goes…
Northern Mockingbird
Pelican Cove, just past the point with the lighthouse
Pelican Cove, just past the point with the lighthouse. Unlike other parts of the preserve, there’s a trail here that lets you hike down to the (rocky) beach. Of course then you have to hike back up again.
I don’t know what kind of rock this is or why it looks like layers of thin pastry (or maybe a sponge), but it certainly looked interesting!
#cove #ocean #nature #california #rocks #photo #gloomy
Flapping Finches
I startled a group of around four or five finches on a lawn and they flew up to the nearest cables.
–Pixelfed
House Sparrow
Coastal hike at Vicente Bluffs Reserve
Coastal hike at Vicente Bluffs Reserve, on the peninsula southwest of Los Angeles.
#nature #ocean #california #hiking #flowers #cove #coast #florespondence #photo
I think I have heard “Never gonna give you up” more times in the 2 …
I think I have heard “Never gonna give you up” more times in the 2 weeks since school let out than I have in the entire history of the Rick Roll up to that point.
I saw this squirrel a few lots down the street while I was out walking.
I saw this #squirrel a few lots down the street while I was out walking. It paused. I paused. I got my camera out. It stood up to look around. I kept my camera out. Then it slowly ran down the street almost but not quite in my direction until it passed about 4 feet away, then paused in the shade before continuing on its way. I think it started trying to determine whether I was a threat or not, and then whether I was likely to give it food or leave it alone. #nature
Scenes from a seasonal marsh.
Scenes from a seasonal marsh. Low areas collect water and form ponds during winter and spring, then it dries out over the summer. All the ground in these photos except on the near side of the logs in the last picture usually spends part of the year underwater.
The lowest part of the preseve is also where the most trees are (presumably because water has more time to soak into the ground there).
Ad for a restaurant: “Why drive? We deliver!” Well….
Ad for a restaurant: “Why drive? We deliver!”
Me:
- It gets me out of the house.
- I know my car can make it there and back on the electric battery. I have no idea what your delivery drivers are using.
- You have a Pokéstop in your building.
Two birds spotted while hiking the trails on top of the coastal bluffs
Two birds spotted while hiking the trails on top of the coastal bluffs southwest of Los Angeles. First a lesser goldfinch, which took me forever to actually catch on camera (there were 3 or 4 of them flitting around and not stopping for very long anywhere!) and a black phoebe that was perched a few yards from the trail.
#birds #photo #nature #finch #phoebe
“Non-screaming goats now have a rare chance to produce a screaming goat when bred”
“Non-screaming goats now have a rare chance to produce a screaming goat when bred”
Okay then….
Oops, I forgot to include the link. It’s from the next bugfix release for Minecraft.
The kid has taken a midi of Pachelbel’s Canon and used a sample of the …
The kid has taken a midi of Pachelbel’s Canon and used a sample of the Roblox player-hurts sound for every instrument. “Canon in Oof,” he calls it.
“Oof remixes” seem to be a thing among this set.
This hawk was riding the updraft above the coastal bluffs.
fleabanes and horseweeds (blooming, edge of path)
Kid’s friend, playing Minecraft, deadpan: “I spent all my emeralds on bread, I hope you’re …
Kid’s friend, playing Minecraft, deadpan: “I spent all my emeralds on bread, I hope you’re happy.”
Grocery & takeout run yesterday, first since Tuesday’s CA “reopening”
Grocery & takeout run yesterday, first since Tuesday’s CA “reopening” (i.e. no more restrictions on what can be open or what capacity, masks only required if unvaccinated, but venues can still have their own requirements if they want to.) Most people are still masking indoors, even in the mall (I forgot which entrance the restaurant was next to).
Holding out hope that in this area at least, people are taking it slow this time instead of throwing caution to the wind again.
Telling Firefox to open Lagrange for Gemini links
Response to a question about telling Firefox to open Lagrange for Gemini links
I don’t remember exactly how I set that up, but I’ll see if I can configure a fresh profile and write it down this time!
What I remember: I either pasted a gemini: url into the Firefox URL bar or clicked on an actual hyperlink to a gemini: url and it asked what application to open it with.
Firefox also has a per-website security setting on whether a website is allowed to open links in other protocols.
Yeah, that’s basically it. Paste the URL into Firefox, choose the application (either from the list or from the file picker), and check the “always…” box. Then gemini: links in web pages will open the confirmation box and you can click always-allow per site.
(It won’t work on Mastodon, unfortunately, because Mastodon doesn’t turn gemini: URLs into links.)
I’ll write this up on the #gemini capsule too!
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Here it is: opening #gemini links in your preferred client from Firefox.
Gotta love those mornings when you walk outside and the quality of the light makes …
Gotta love those mornings when you walk outside and the quality of the light makes you ask “ok, where’s the fire?”
I really need to start setting a timer when I brew tea.
I really need to start setting a timer when I brew tea.