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• Post #4453970

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Saturday, Aug 8 🥀 1. After 15 years on Reddit, I deleted my account today. They’re going full-on AI in multiple ways, and there’s no “redeeming value” to posts anymore. Buh-bye! 2. Lovely patio nap today. 3. Most of my yard looks like the end o’ summer, but there are scads of new blooms on the oleanders. Unpredictability seems to be a hallmark of #ClimateCrisis. 4. Bonus: Rosemary potatoes in the air fryer and an omelet for dinner (if I ever get off this couch...

• Post #4381959

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birds Tuesday, Aug 4 🥀 1. Big, fat, round, firm, juicy, succulent, balloon-like red grapes with cottage cheese. 2. Our delta breeze has returned, temps are down, maybe no A/C today. 😬 3. Lulled into pure relaxation by two of our neighborhood’s Swainson’s hawks circling & soaring on the thermals this morning. Next time around, I want wings! 4. Bonus: This season’s Northern Royal #albatross chick is trying out his wings, preparing to fledge in 5-6 weeks. You...

• Post #4367600

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Monday, Aug 3 🥀 1. Chatty grandson came to visit last night & brought ice cream. 2. Had ice cream for lunch & a carb-coma nap. 😬 3. I’m breaking all our water restriction rules and running a backyard sprinkler for the birds. It’s 103° out and I’m pretty sure they’re hot.

• Post #4334105

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, Aug 2 🥀 1. Our heat wave has arrived, but with ceiling fans & judicious window/door management, my house stays cool without A/C until mid-afternoon. Blue skies & sunny days are worth the few HOT days. 2. Tomorrow is my eldest granddaughter’s 27th birthday — the year she’ll finish her veterinary medicine degree. She’s gorgeous, brainy, and so much fun! (She’s also in NC so I’m missing the cake!) 3. Long email from an Internet-only friend I’ve kno...

• Post #4206438

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling #photography Wednesday, July 29🌺 1. Peaceful, quiet, sunny days with few interruptions and a limited to-do list. 2. Caught up with all seasons’ podcasts from Fr. Jim Martin on the Jesuit ‘America Media’ channel. He is a skilled interviewer & had some remarkable guests. Looking forward to new content soon. 3. Oleander seeds look like dust bunnies & disperse wantonly in early spring, growing EVERYWHERE. This one (below) just bloomed in a...

• Post #4172160

  @violenteastcoastcity@mastodon.social Boomers were the solution, not the problem. Blame Boomers’ parents & grandparents. Boomers were very young adults in the early 60’s.

• Post #4112590

  @violenteastcoastcity@mastodon.social Can’t you just speak into your cuff like they do in movies? 😆 (Boosted your toot for more serious replies)

• Post #4101292

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #poetry Saturday, July 25🌺 1. Another breezy, sunny, peaceful patio morning with tea and a good book. 2. Brunch was leftover sourdough flatbread vegetarian pizza AND popcorn with Cajun seasoning. 😬 3. No chores & no interruptions gave me time & space for a summer poem (below).

• Post #4050653

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, July 23🌺 1. Had a lot on my “to do list before the housecleaner comes” so I drank real coffee and OMG I FELT GOOD TODAY! Got everything done, including spraying floor tile grout with bleach, which both asphyxiated me & wrecked my unused muscles — but the floor is sparkle clean! 2. Filling the hummingbird feeder yesterday when a glorious ruby-red dragonfly sat on a nearby leaf. As serial killers go, they’re stunning. (95% kill rate, more than most e...

• Post #3992462

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birds #eagles Tuesday, July 21🌺 1. Unstable weather over the Sierra means gloriously hypnotic cumulus clouds over my backyard, perfect for patio sitting. 2. Couldn’t think of one reason to get out of bed today but did it anyway & now I’m glad…see Number 1. 😬 3. “Jackie,” the female eagle from Big Bear live cam fame, was found this weekend sick & unable to fly, but she was rescued and is being well cared for. “Shadow,” her mate, continues to feed & p...

• Post #3970746

  The list of “undesirables” and implied “expendables” keeps growing, and with it the change in policies & enforcement: Immigrants (documented & undocumented). Detained immigrant children. Asylum seekers. Disabled/Seniors/others on Medicaid. Trans folks. Unhoused. Veterans. Families using SNAP benefits. “Antifa terrorists” & protesters. Haitians & Somalis on TPS. (Plus, non-whites, non-Christians…and others I can’t recall right now.) With its recent rulings SCOTUS has...

• Post #3938431

  #SilentSunday #Photography #NaturePhotography Lake Louise (July, 2026, taken by a traveling friend.)

• Post #3866625

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, July 16🌺 1. Our blessed delta breeze spun up last evening & cooled things off — expecting low 90’s for the next week. Patio sitting was A+++ this morning. 2. Long conversations with AZ son & NC son (who almost always call on the same day — it’s that twin ESPN thing). 3. I found joy in this beautiful short clip from YouTube Chamberlin Nature — sharing with you. 😊 https://youtu.be/2iRvF3uzbrY?si=kzE2XkvDixJIjvks

• Post #3838067

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #cooking Wednesday, July 15🌺 1. Waking up to early sunshine on a day when all I have to do is shower and put away one basket of folded laundry. No cooking! 2. Nectarines, red grapes, Envy apples & honeydew melon — summer on a plate. 3. Learned & tried a nifty hack for times you need cooked chicken breast quickly: boil water (with celery, onions, carrots & seasoning if you feel like it), add a bit of chicken broth if you have it. Add chicken (breast...

• Post #3814957

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Tuesday, July 14🌺🇫🇷 1. Our muggy monsoon clouds are gone and we have a couple of sunny 100°+ days to enjoy. 2. Southwestern salad for dinner last night with chicken, black beans, Mexicorn, & leftover jalapeño dressing. Yum! Redux tonight. 3. Found a beautiful reference photo for a new digital painting. I’ve been on an art break but this pic is inspirational & I’m anxious to get started.

• Post #3767185

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, July 12🌺 1. BFF just left after a great visit — on his way to NYC. Almost everyone I know is traveling or just returned and I’m SO DARN GRATEFUL to just remain home, home, home! 2. The strawberry (colored) crape Myrtle tree has finally bloomed, just as the pink double-oleander begins to fade. 3. Hosting two visitors within a few days is hard for old hags, and a nap looms in my immediate future!

• Post #3695055

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Friday, July 3🌺 1. “My” two hummingbirds put on quite the air show this morning; they were apparently not in the mood to share the feeder and their display rivaled anything I’ve seen from show-off jets. 2. Vagabond son & DIL made it safely to Berlin, 4 hours by train from Munich. 3. I bought a microwave popcorn popper that looks like a little coffee pot & I’m going to try it out in 3-2-1…🍿

• Post #3681598

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Tuesday, July 8🌺 1. Delightful, conversation-filled overnight visit from my inimitable youngest granddaughter (beautiful, funny, brilliant, charming, industrious, & wise beyond her 20 years). 2. Vagabond son & DIL arrived home safely after a 19-hour journey from Germany. I’m not even gonna ask. 3. Sweatshirt weather until noon today. I don’t understand it, but I approve of this summer’s NorCal weather.

• Post #3637507

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Monday, July 6🌺 1. Good karma knocked on my door as a sweet Filipino lady brought me Communion — which I used to do 30 years ago for “elderly shut-ins.” It only took me six years to work up the courage to ask. 🙄 2. It’s a sunny, breezy, no-A/C day again, the perfect atmosphere for a patio nap, and which I did. 3. If you have a “West Coast Sourdough” restaurant nearby, get their Southwest chicken salad. OMG-Good!

• Post #3612840

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, July 5🌺 1. Unusually subdued 🇺🇸evening in our neighborhood last night — one hour of kabooms from 9-10 and that was it. 2. Chatty grandson expected this afternoon to help me get ready for his NC cousin’s visit this week. (Hosting is hard when one’s knees are on strike.) 3. Long phone call from my BFF, who will also be here in a few weeks, after Vagabond son & DIL. >

• Post #3610457

  #SilentSunday #photography #TravelPhotography #bloomscrolling Berlin Cathedral (vertical photo, click for full view)

• Post #3544723

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, July 2🌺 1. Recovered from a necessary Uber trip to the hairdresser yesterday with seven (7) hours of sleep last night. A miracle. 2. Chandler: “Could this weather BE any more beautiful?” 3. Considering myself on vacation now since I moved from one side of the bed to the other. I may even try a new spot on my couch next . Oh, the excitement! 🙄

• Post #3503762

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Saturday, June 27🌞 1. Cool weather system circling the area, bringing puffy white sky fish swimming across the blue expanse over my garden. 2. I’ve had nothing to do and have done nothing for three lazy days. No regrets. 3. Chatty grandson visited & repotted my bonsai crape myrtle, fixed a screen door latch, & solved an electrical issue. I didn’t even have to feed him!

• Post #3502513

  Assuming everyone won’t be converging on Washington DC for the 250th on 7/4, do you have plans? #FourthOfJuly

• Post #3498941

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #photography #TravelPhotography #StainedGlass #France Tuesday, June 30🌞 1. Vagabond son & DIL arrived safely in Munich, first stop in a multi-city tour of Germany. 2. A bit of a warmup in the forecast here, but still under my A/C use parameters. Is it really summer in the Sacramento Valley? 3. Dozing in the sun, time-traveling via an unexpected trio of sounds: a meadowlark’s call, a single-engine plane overhead, and a neighbor’s push mower — familiar echoes f...

• Post #3479332

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Monday, June 29 🌞 1. I get that the Internet has degraded since the good old days, but texting is still a communication miracle to me. Spent at least two hours today online with my sons (in France & NC) & it was a freaking party. 🥳 2. Made a digital art birthday card for my BFF — 80 varied candles on a cake was quite the challenge! 3. Both Big Bear eaglets have fledged - one accidentally after a nest mishap, but she’s apparently okay. (Lady Hawk channel...

• Post #3384444

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Tuesday, June 23🌞 1. Vagabond son & DIL arrived safely in Southern France for a wedding, sightseeing, & then a trip to Germany. 2. Another perfect morning on the patio, yesterday’s redux. 3. Finished the last two available seasons of Grey’s Anatomy (a chore) and of “Silent Witness” (a creepy pleasure)…and scored Apple+ for $5.99 x 2 months. I’d rather just pay to watch seasons of selected shows instead of the crap that clutters up 99% of each streamin...

• Post #3376450

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Monday, June 22 🌞 1. Perfect morning in all respects: enough sleep, sunny skies, light chores, excellent breakfast, good book to read on the patio. 2. Found this: https://www.raptitude.com/2026/03/in-favor-of-enjoying-things-on-purpose/ This was posted by @maya@social.seattle.wa.us and is WELL worth your time (IMO) — it’s especially relevant to this wonderful 3GT community. 3. Sent surprise See’s Candy truffles to a local friend celebrating her 🎂tomorrow. 4. B...

• Post #3368501

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, June 21 🌞 1. Visit from chatty grandson last night, which kept me up laughing WAY past my bedtime! 2. I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but I’m happy when the daylight hours get shorter. Solstice! 3. Flatbread veggie pizza for lunch/dinner. (Take THAT, MyFitnessPal! 😝)

• Post #3356470

  #3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Friday, June 19🌞 1. I’m pickling this gorgeous weather for use in July & August, when I’m sure I’ll remember these as “the good old days.” 2. (Long, boring lament about my bedroom TV dying at 2:30 a.m.) — I just fixed it. Unplug/wait/plug in. 🙄 3. Received the new container to repot my bonsai crape myrtle that hasn’t bloomed for two years. Now searching for the courage & energy to actually do it!