Jill Menning

jill@social.jmenning.com

I design and build tools, mostly on the web. Also, a confessed serial hobbyist.I'm much more likely to post photos of dogs, travel, and craft projects than to talk about work.I'm very round, easily amused, and I sing when I'm happy.

Posts

Post #2556688
Put up some photos from a recent morning at Tohono Chul (garden in Tucson, AZ) https://www.jmenning.com/places/TohonoChul
Post #2355171
@davatron5000 Better yet, not just the previous and next post chronologically, but specifically the ones in the current series. So, if you inject something unrelated in the middle of a series on, I dunno, contrast color, previous/next can keep you on track to the next article in the series.
Post #2355170
I subscribed to a monthly yarn box, with the goal of doing more projects, inspired by what&#39;s in the box. This month the colors are a bright blue, a dark purple-blue, periwinkle, and pale gray. Here&#39;s my tablet woven band in progress. I was trying for drops of water splashing into a puddle, but what I really see is jewels set into a bracelet.
Post #2355169
I love, love this essay. It&#39;s beautiful and kind and is making me think about &quot;boundaries&quot; in a different way. https://sarahmock.substack.com/p/for-the-love-of-the-barda
Post #1015158
@davatron5000 More than anything else, this is why I love RSS. The posts just sit there until I&#39;m ready to read them. For days, for weeks, for months... patiently waiting until I get to them, tucked away in a single web page
Post #872029
It&#39;s springtime in the desert and it&#39;s starting to bloom
Post #872028
Another weekend, another set of flowers in bloom at Saguaro National Park The fairy dusters are a hot mess, but they are absolute bee magnets. The rocket is an invasive weed, but it looks cool.
Post #872027
Also, exciting times, the palo verde trees are warming up for their big show!
Post #872026
For real, I just need to stop sharing anything on Reddit. I posted some of my photos of spring flowers. First two comments were pedants complaining that it isn&#39;t spring until March 20 🙄 and that I should really be worried that they were blooming this early. Like, obviously. I never said it wasn&#39;t. But also, it&#39;s still pretty and I can enjoy it. Pedants and gloom-mongers are the worst when I share things that make me happy. I&#39;ll take the zero-reply environment...
Post #872025
After about two years of being mildly curious about them, I finally sat down and played with view transitions for the first time. I&#39;m not crazy about fancy animations, but I really do like the basic crossfade effect that you get from just putting them in the html element. Thanks @davatron5000 for your blog post on how to get started with them. I know it&#39;s not new territory any more, but it was a good first read on the subject.