Saturday Tweets: Bad Data and Cats

January 12, 2019

...ries, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1908 pic.twitter.com/gQ3VHURtYH — old fruit pictures (@pomological) January 11, 2019 Franciscus versus his evil opponents. pic.twitter.com/t0a35Kofzg — JESUSISM (@OfCatholics) January 11, 2019 Sad if environmentalists wax poetic about electric individual vehicles rather than examine a basic mass-transit approach. Good for private car capitalists' profits but neither necessary nor justifiable economically, e...

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Saturday Tweets: Under New York, Moths and Caturday

Mr. Homegrown

January 26, 2019

Saturday Linkages

...emotional support bicycles” do you think airlines would stop charging extra for flying with them? — Bicycle Lobby (@BicycleLobby) January 25, 2019 terret monstre grapes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914 pic.twitter.com/jsL3dCRIcy — old fruit pictures (@pomological) January 26, 2019 Happy #Caturdaypic.twitter.com/VPNxplL6MP — Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 26, 2019 Demon with bad breath @GallicaBnF Ms-1186 f. 65r pic.twitter.com/CrUNSOXp...

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February 2019 Garden Update

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2019

Gardening

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...Then plant trees that either feed native wildlife (such as oak) or provide fruit. Think carefully about their placement. Do all hardscaping first and build it out of durable materials. Those retaining walls that failed in the front yard are wood and only lasted 15 years. If you don’t know what your doing hire a professional. It think this would have actually saved money over the years due to hasty and poorly thought out amateur landscaping attempt...

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Wallpaper: Like a Tattoo for Your Walls

Mr. Homegrown

March 15, 2019

Design

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...w wallpaper so here you go. It’s William Morris’ popular pattern known as “Fruit,” first produced in 1864 and still available in a variety of color combinations. There’s also a version with birds (put a bird on it!), but Kelly thought the bird-less version would look less repetitious. We also installed Morris’ “Daisy” wallpaper in our breakfast nook. “Daisy” is the first wallpaper that Morris manufactured and it’s inspired by the illustrations in...

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May the Work I’ve Done Speak for Me

Mr. Homegrown

March 18, 2019

Thoughtstylings

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...ps or fret about insurance. He speaks often of addressing the “low hanging fruit” in our communities, things like planting a garden, mulch and compost. Many years ago he banished paper and plastic plates from the church’s kitchen, installing a commercial dishwasher and accumulating a supply of ceramic and metal utensils. Along with Kelly, he’s also the survivor of a harrowing aortic dissection. There are a number of lessons to take from Fr. Peter’...

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