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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 35m

The Stench is clearing! Opened cupboard to put stuff in compost, got faceful of awful, clued in. Roommate had rebagged green bin stuff, rather than moving raw chicken bone bag elsewhere. It's now outside in a tight lidded bucket. I don't know why they decided to cut meat off bones raw.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 5h

The Stench persists. The vinegar makes slightly less awful, but Mystery Smell still strong Roommate took car to Japanese folk dance class It's 5°c outside, and this townhouse has poor air circulation if I open all the windows. The kitchen especially is hard to get fresh air into.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 21h

🎵The townhouse has a Mystery Smell My brain has not gone nose blind to it 🎵 Seriously though - we have looked in the feasible kitchen places. It seems to be emanating from empty space between dishwasher and cupboard, just above the floor Like rotting meat or dirty aquarium

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Woke up this morning in drenching sweat for first time in a few months. Wanted to go get vaccinated against COVID, but overheated in bathroom before I got out the door, so figured I needed to let my body rest. Now I've got chills, which persist despite putting on more layers, room is 21°c

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So close to almost done The hockey puck rope is firmly stuck in the tree 😭 (Safety hazard, ropes tangle wildlife and people; hockey puck if it flies loose is significant weight to get hit in the head with)

Blue Hyundai hatchback, nearly entirely stuffed full. My chair and a blue garbage bag with mushroom smelling ground tarp not in the car

A tree in foreground. Area where tent was, rectangle of different color in forest floor.

Another tree, this one with two difficult to see yellow ropes hanging, and a hockey puck wedged in a branch

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today: drove up, got everything out of tent, tent down. Taking break to eat cold ravioli, then tarp takedown & stuffing car (Last few weeks probably were influenza, rapid tests arrived beyond test window and were negative. Talked to land owner & had car access & wasn't feeling wrecked)

Tent under tarp, bike in foreground, lots of pine needles, no tents visible in distance

40 minutes later, tarp is no longer under tarp. Shirt was shed onto bike because overheating

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saw a post yesterday, got my SAD lamp plugged in last night. And used this morning. Reminder for anyone else who might benefit: find it & start using sooner than later, or acquire one. They are so much more available (and much less expensive) than they were ~2007 when my doctor had to prescribe it

Lamp for helping with Seasonal Affective Disorder turned on. It's bright and makes the surroundings look dark, but it's a sunny 10am here.

A screw together container for pills on a keychain, the edge of a book visible in the gloom created by the light's brightness

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I, grumpy, asked them to put on headphones. Then thought to ask to phone general practitioner for me - they're going to go to office instead, with print out of fax number (to double check if didn't get sent to one of the previous two other clinics associated with my sleep specialists)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And then roommate started blasting reels and I ended up overwhelm shutdown fml

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I need to try for a Third Phonecall in one day, and I am exhausted. (First two were unexpected incoming doctor office calls, I need to verify my general practitioner is faxing correct number for sleep specialist and not one of the ones from years ago)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have the car. I am supposed to be driving to pack up my campsite. Sore throat and lymph nodes showed up to party. Sleep specialist receptionist emails at end of day that I need a new referral from my general practitioner before Tuesday or my appointment is cancelled and I'll be billed. 🤦

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Was offered a loom last year, and it lived in friends' garage. Today was take it apart for transport into townhouse. 2 hours. (I looked for and found assembly instructions before I started) Aprons (canvas wrapped around beam) likely to replace, heddle maybe, but will try cleaning first

Nilus Leclerc floor loom before I started. It needs rehabilitation, but bones are good. The apron has mildew and dust, the heddle is rusty.

It is on a grassy suburban lawn, with driveway in the background

Disassembled loom leaning against garage wall, ready for transport in my hatchback on Monday. The foreground pieces are the shafts that warp is threaded through - I may also end up replacing them later on

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My first drop spindle got damaged at my brother's wedding -- I was in overwhelm overheating, had gone outside to cool down with it in my bag and one of us leaned on it. I managed to use it that night, but the piece cracked off between there and home. Took hacksaw to it today to try to fix it

Drop spindle on pale white knees. The hook is missing, wood is splintered on the side. Framed by orange hacksaw. Asphalt background.

Drop spindle wedged upright between knees, broken piece sitting on the whorl.

(This is not how I cut it)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For anyone getting boosted soon: antihistamines beforehand can decrease feeling awful. Also, I now have clue maybe why I've been looking sunburned after showers and before my gastro flares - got to chase doctor about MCAS. I hadn't thought to mention, as it's been weird but not worst thing

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Logged in to try to look for a Costco receipt I can't find. Holy fuck I am beyond savings. Did math, from August 7 to September 3, I put $576.76 on Costco card. I get $250/month. I spent that $250 in first week back from festival

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I had been wondering why the cedar was turning yellow, but hadn't really looked until yesterday. So many ripening seeds / cones. Also learned that "cedar nuts" is used to refer to pine nuts by some companies. (Was trying to look up if they were edible, probably not)

Ripening brown seeds look vaguely like pistachios on a eastern white cedar tree

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Alas, the new to me wheelchair is max 17" between the armrest / clothing protectors, and 18" from ground to seat. My old chair is 20" by 20" It isn't uncomfortable in it, but body let me know after that it was too squishy (hip felt like it had been slightly out of joint)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Someone on local free page is clearing out a house. There was a wheelchair. I figured it was gone. It was still there today. I thought the price difference from $300 wheelchair to $1000 wheelchair was just having cushions, but, fuck it is elegant engineering. And folds smaller. And is lighter.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got holes drilled for handles, got one door reattached to hinges . I am pouring sweat and overheating despite shower earlier, starting out dry and cool, and the kitchen is only sitting at 21.4°C and 66% humidity. Breakfast, then I guess nap again, because this much sweat is exhausting

5 upper cabinet doors. The left are original veneer over chipboard that need to be taken off, washed, sanded.

Middle skinny door that is slightly open is the one I just reinstalled.

Two right most are ones I did previously, with handles in place.

I wash with spray nine and a powered spin scrub brush - first owner of townhouse was a smoker, and nicotine keeps coming out, despite having previously heavily cleaned them on move in.

Then orbital palm sander to scuff veneer. The. White enamel floor paint. Two or three coats, depending on how things are drying / if I think to do a third.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

my allergies just flared wildly ugh. Unsure if it was from walking into cobweb in basement at far end of workshop or aerosolized ragweed and grass from the condo corp grounds crew doing common area. It is amazing how fast mucus can be produced and flow out of my face (I do not like this)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I know we bought the rest of the handles for the upper cabinet doors, but where did roommate put them? 🤷 I thought they were in one of the drawers beneath the cutlery, but that's only the four longer handles (with different screw spacing) Took an existing handle, so I can drill countersink holes

A white painted kitchen upper cabinet door, stacked on another wider door. A black cast metal handle is lying on its side.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Got the raccoons done to this point before ceremony. And I just realized I can take breaks from reception to work on them more if I want to. (Although my brain also just realized I could go lie down and nap. But also, if I do that, will I remember to come back to reception?)

Embracing needle felted raccoons. They sit on a yellow-green envelope on a window sill overlooking a lake.

The needle felting is a bit wispy in places like the head. Just realized I can take breaks from reception to work on raccoons more

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The critters spent the night overlooking the lake and train track. I thought the lake was a tailings pond as a kid. I didn't realize it was a lake lake until I looked at map trying to figure out where gas station cheese curds came from (Lorrainville, Quebec)

Needle felted animals overlook Lake Cobalt.

From left: owl I made for partner for our first Yule together, two in progress raccoons embracing*, chickadee finished for Lou, my chickadee, first chickadee, raccoon partner is working on, and my three raccoons

* I need to get the raccoons finished around everyone getting ready for the wedding. At minimum add tails, ideally also get garnet eyes sewn on and a bit more detailing in arms and face

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Realizing I was feeling shame about not managing to craft at same goodness as when I spend several weeks on critters. Just some raccoon beings for brother and bride I have to be with it to drive 3 hours north at 9am. Partner needs to do meetings on borrowed satellite & laptop battery not run out

Two needle felted raccoon like beings. They have legs, a body, and head.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

First round of polish daubed on boots after brushing dust & dirt off. Figured I should tidy them before brother's wedding. (I don't have any training on cleaning boots, just trying my best. Frustrated that one of the soles is splitting, but I might have only gotten one re-soled last fall, I forget)

Left boot has been brushed. Right boot was brushed and then polish daubed on.

Black Canadian Army boots (hand-me down from friend who was peacekeeping in Crete) unlaced for cleaning, sitting on a yellow towel on a patio chair, on a deck

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yikes on bikes, did not realize how much anxiety I have about seeing family for the first time in person with noticeable facial hair. Although, if they make me shave it off / get a haircut before my brother's wedding, going to see if I can finagle them buying me a suit.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In the woods with partner I waded into the river. I really want to swim but the healing skin on my finger keeps cracking open. I can swim on the last weekend in September, at the harvest festival, finger should be more healed. (I want to swim now)

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There was magic smoke from this adapter, likely from iPhone 4s Glad I was there when it went pop and smoke started Yes, it hurts to grab a nubbin that is smoking. (I hit power button on power bar, then grabbed). Sink is heat isolation, don't use water on anything with power source / battery pack

An Apple A1265 usb to 120v adapter sitting in a sink drain

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Partner arrives tomorrow. My gut is unhappy with antibiotics. The only thing I must accomplish today is clear off rest of king sized bed (crafting space!) so they have a place to lie down when they get here. My brain: "what if we wash and sand and re-paint the kitchen floor, as a treat?" 🥹 (NO) 🥺

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My brain is working differently in a way I do not appreciate - partner is literally getting on plane tomorrow night and will be here day after and I somehow felt like I had a week of days to do things. Antibiotics are working weirder - logic was get all 3 doses in, despite only receiving at lunch

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gentle reminder for anyone who has a medication they need to take. I'm usually a bit earlier in the day for this weekly dose, but had to get antibiotics at pharmacy earlier (Skin reacts to bandage adhesive some weeks but not others, so I just sit still for a while like this)

Pale white thigh with light pink-brown bandage partially stuck down amongst mostly blonde leg hair

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A bouquet of sticks Sat and removed roots, then pulled off all foliage Roots removed to avoid potentially reviving during retting. Letting them dry inside townhouse for at least a few weeks* before over winter retting on ground. *Dependent on me figuring out where to put them out of the way

Left hand with watch holding a handful of stripped strangling dog vine sticks. They are green and varying diameters. This is the root end of plants, with roots cut off. Background is common greenspace lawn of grass and assorted green plants that get mowed short

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I picked a bouquet of dog strangling vine. Retrieved my garbage can, realized lots of dog strangling vine Spent an hour pulling some vines this morning before I remembered I hadn't eaten breakfast yet. Pods pulled off vines into sealed bag to heat treat before trash, vines will rett for fibre

A gloved hand holding a handful of dog strangling vine with seed pods. More exists on the ground. The background is cracked asphalt

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I picked a bouquet and forgot to post it. (I think it is Persicaria lapathifolia, curlytop knotweed. When I was pulling it out of the garden, I thought it might be one of the ones with the pea family seed pods coming later in the season)

A handful of probably Persicaria lapathifolia with small flowers. Narrow leaves with very little stem, grows kind of like a weedy vine here, I pulled it from garden thinking it was pea family

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I picked a bouquet in the dark yesterday, after dysregulated day (early morning bloodwork) (It's clear weed, with some clover I hadn't realized I was pulling up in the dark. Clover not visible in this image)

A handful of Canadian Clearweed in a white gloved hand. Fragment of a black silicone pride bracelet visible with pale arm.

Background is pavement, some other plants, a chair

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I picked a bouquet for some of my beloved dead. (It's hedge cedar, garden sage, creeping thyme and wormwood)

Left hand holding cuttings of cedar, garden sage, creeping thyme and wormwood.

Common greenspace background, shot after dark lit by lamp post. Plants are more difficult to discern in image, sorry, lost track of time spinning yarn and thinking of friends beyond the corporeal

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I picked you a bouquet! (It's ragweed and pineapple weed and similar looking plants out of the lawn, sorry)

Left hand holding assorted plants picked out of lawn, including ragweed and pineapple weed. The foliage looks vaguely like carrot leaves or wormwood / mugwort, but was very thick stems from repeated mowing.

Left hand has a metal watchband.

Background is the assorted grass and greens lawn of condo common greenspace. There are some nice yarrow patches not shown in image

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I picked you a bouquet! (It's clearweed, sorry)

A handful of Canadian Clearweed (Pilea pumila) plants, held in a glove covered hand. The background is green grass and plant mix lawn.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I picked you a bouquet! (It's ragweed, sorry)

A gloved hand holding several small ragweed plants, with green grass, clover and assorted plants shared greenspace lawn in background

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If I get dressed, shift stuff in car, get wheelchair, I could go get cheesecake at Costco Should I eat cheesecake by myself over the next however many days as my primary meals? 🤷 Although need check fridge space, roommate flew to Japan but cooked large vat of tasty curry that my gut can't handle*

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A moment of calm standing in the river before storm systems projected to come through tonight and Kaleidoscope Gathering tomorrow

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My sleep specialist office*: we've moved! Here are possible appointments Me: later dates if in person, early date if phone or virtual available. Sleep clinic: emails that I am booked in person day after festival ends at 10am, 7 hour drive away on day I said I can't get there in person Me: 😬🤬

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I made it to the woods! Pegged tarp back in place - pleasantly surprised that there was only tiny bit of water on tarp over tent contents. I'm somewhat unpacked, while trying to think ahead to forecast 1-3mm steady rain over 12 hours. Still overheating. River shortly to cool again

A half off tarp over a tent. The main rope still is up, as are pegs on left side of image.

The loose tarp side got tied to bicycle by a friendly camper, probably to stop it flapping or ripping

A metal patio table is at bottom left.

The tarp and tent are in a pine forest, distant tents visible across the road

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Okay, so trying to pack to do bathrooms at a pagan festival when more unwell (over heating, weirder brain stuff) is an Experience. I am bad at estimating how much stuff I need normally, but this is another layer of confusion. (My gut/liver /something super reactive so maybe oatmeal every meal 🤷😬)

A Metro grocery store foldable box with various Mason (canning) jars and some reused peach jars.

Visible at top left are dates, then almonds, some pumpkin seeds, then steel cut oats. There are also cranberries and hemp hearts in jars in the bin.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tried to make CNC sign (something I have done before, just not very recently) Severe brain crash, and new to me (or I don't remember previous experience) brain heavy in skull and inexplicable feeling of impeding doom and wrong. Food and nap helped, but closing Mason jar lid defeated me.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Storms: "oh, you thought we were done? Roflmao. Have fun!" (Heavy rain, some thunder distant, I was outside trying to secure pegs without a mallet, and couldn't hear partner on Bluetooth headset anymore from how loud rain had gotten) Naked goblin did make appearance & is now wrapped in wool cape

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A few sprinkling drops off trees now on tent tarp. Sleeping bag outside damp, most of inside dry. CPAP dry. Journal damp, but is fairly recent, and I spilled protein shake on it on Thursday. Tent floor has water. Stake ropes for tarp all let go, back right corner flipped over to front left.

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Dancing naked in rain is all whimsical until simultaneous triple lightning strike within kilometre or two that jumped ahead of lightning map. (I was sitting in tent getting meds. Have been sitting in car sauna since) Sounded like hail as I typed Running car to unfog windows in case wind picks up

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I got tarp up yesterday. Couldn't quite remember what I was doing, muddled through Staying until tomorrow, to see how it holds up vs storm system coming through. Yesterday's projections were daunting, but we now have wildfire smoke from near Thunder Bay blanketing us, which impacts storm intensity

Coleman 8 person Lake Tenaya tent from end, now with 12 by 18 foot tarp over it.

My bike with Tilley hat right foreground, red and blue porta potties in left distance.

A yellow rope winds around tree in middle. Various smaller yellow ropes from tarp grommets to ground

AccuWeather screen grab of current conditions in North Algona Wilberforce, Ontario:

32° Mostly sunny
19-33° Feels like 36°

A box has Yellow Warning - Air Quality with a pink triangle exclamation mark.
Yellow Warning - Air Quality in effect until Saturday 2:21 PM EDR. source: Environment Canada

Current conditions
AQI Fair, 29
UV Index Moderate
Precipitation 0mm
Humidity 56%
Wind 16.5 km/h (West, not shown)
Pressure 1,009.1 mb

Weather Network crop for North Algona Wilberforce, Ontario current conditions: 34°C, a few clouds, feels like 44. High of 35°, low of 20°

A red box says Storm Centre in italic all caps, a cut off scroll has "y with risk of damaging winds, tornadoes" with a pause icon. There is an arrow with "See updates"

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Ārums / they/them @amalyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hockey puck is usually excellent way to get my ropes placed for tarping Except I got it wedged in a branch I wasn't trying to remove (and not in an ideal place to remove the branch) I'm eyeing my metal patio table wondering if it will support my weight, if extra 3-4 ft will help it wiggle loose

A hockey puck with eye bolt (with yellow rope tied to it, hanging down) stuck in the crotch of a large dead tree branch, which is on a living pine tree

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