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Matt @gsogeek.com · 27/05/2026

Garden Haul, A little of the harvest from the garden so far. More on the way. 📍 Greensboro, North Carolina, US #GrainSocial grain.social/profile/did:plc:2a37pj…

French Breakfast Radishes harvested from the garden

The first raspberry from the new plants this year.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 22/03/2026

Garden time! Plants are set for the containers going up the steps (poppy and petunia) and the hostas and astible are in the ground now. 🌱🌺 #flowers #plants

A set of steps leading up to a brick building with a white railing. There are three potted plants on the steps, one yellow, one white, and one red. There is an azelea bush with red flowers next to the steps. The word "Love grows here" is written in gold letters on the yellow pot on the landing with native honeysuckle growing.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 21/03/2026

I got the short cider run bottled and resting to finish and clarify. Not sure how sweet it will be, but man it’s got a kick already. #homebrewing

Small test bottle of blueberry cider finishing and clearing up.

Six large blue and clear bottles of blueberry cider finishing and resting.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 17/03/2026

When did cough drops start including motivational quotes on the wrapper…

Wrapper from a Halls cough drops with yellow branding and blue motivational quotes.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 12/10/2025

It’s finally chili season! #cooking #chili

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 03/08/2025

Today’s haul from the #garden.

Peppers, cherry tomatoes, and a small pumpkin.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 03/08/2025

Such a cool little Lego model! #lego

Lego pumpkin truck from the front. Number 40822

Lego pumpkin truck from the side. Number 40822

Lego pumpkin truck from the back. Number 40822

Lego pumpkin truck from the other side. Number 40822

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 02/08/2025

Finally a lazy Saturday morning to just relax. #weekend

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 16/07/2025

Raining again today. It just keeps coming, it seems… 1.23 inches in the last hour. #ncwx

Rain gauge report for Greensboro, NC showing 1.23 inches of rain in the last hour, and 3.28 inches over the last 7 days.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 12/07/2025

Been busy here lately, so, it’s a cider night.

Blake’s Peach Party cider (blackberry and peach).

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 06/07/2025

Sunday is going to be bread day going forward. Honey-wheat out of the proof and ready for the oven. #baking #bread

Honey-wheat bread loaf in a red bread baker after proofing and waiting for the oven to heat up.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 22/06/2025

It finished printing, and oh my does it glow!

3-d printed plant pot with glow in the dark PLA filament.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 22/06/2025

Starting a new hobby. The 3-D printer is set up and part way through the first print. Decided on a glow in the dark plant pot. It’s a fun little first item to make.

Glow in the dark plant pot pruning about ⅓ of the way completed.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 18/06/2025

Does this mean we’re entering the Disney princess era?

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 18/06/2025

Does this mean we’re entering the Disney princess era?

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 17/06/2025

And our first batch of cucumbers are coming in. You know what that means… Pickle time!

Two whole fresh cucumbers and one peeled and sliced cucumber.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 17/06/2025

Cheddar-stuffed, bacon wrapped hot honey glazed chicken with rice for dinner tonight. #dinner

Bacon-wrapped chicken breast, stuffed with Cheddar cheese and glazed with a local-sourced hot honey with a side of rice.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 12/06/2025

The dahlias are starting to look really nice.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 03/06/2025

Just walking around the garden and seeing what all is growing. As the sun started to set, it was neat to see all the fireflies around. #gardens

Peas growing and filling out against a trellis.

Small bell peppers growing on a pepper plant

Hydrangeas are finally starting to bloom, they were blue when we planted last year, but the soil pH is turning them pink.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 17/05/2025

Getting ready for dinner time!

Pizza oven heating up over a solo stove.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 10/05/2025

Dinner on the grill tonight. Mediterranean salmon, corn, and mashed potatoes.

Salmon filets on a grill, with a herb crust.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 10/05/2025

Taking to some friends and I think it’s time to get back into photography again.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 03/05/2025

It’s time for a classy dinner and movie. Pizza and rosé, lol

Pizza from a great local place and a glass of Lidl’s best rosé wine.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 28/04/2025

What a day. Was going to the plant sale at the farmer’s market, but we decided to go to the Bog Garden and walk aroid instead. Then home to plant a few last flowers for the day. #gardens #wildlife #parks

Common water snake (Nerodia sipedon) in the creek at the park.

Star of Bethlehem Lilly (Ornithogalum umbellatum) by the trail at the park.

A robin perched at the top of the information kiosk at the Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden.

Red-spotted admiral butterfly (Limenitis arthemis) on the trail at the Bog Garden.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 26/04/2025

Hanging out a while for the earth day celebration at Keely Park, put on by the city’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience. This year’s native plant: swamp milkweed. #EarthDay #nature #conservation

Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) seedling to plant in the garden this year.

Booths, tents, and food trucks for Earth Day

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 26/04/2025

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 25/04/2025

Made a berry compote for part of dessert tomorrow. Overall, got two pints of mixed blackberry, strawberry, and blueberry sauce.

A mixed berry compote simmering in a saucepan on the stove with blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 25/04/2025

After a great dinner, we spent a little time watching the local sky puppies (bats) dance and feed. They’re tiny, fast, and incredibly agile, but caught a little on camera. #bats #nature

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 18/04/2025

A robin found the birdbath and had a little fun splashing around. #birds #garden

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 16/02/2025

And it’s out of the oven. The top crusted wonderfully. #baking

7-Up cake fresh out of the oven and cooling before coming out of the tube pan.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 16/02/2025

About to introduce the fiancé to an old family favorite: 7-Up cake. #cake #baking

Tube pan with the batter for a 7-Up cake to go into the oven.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 15/02/2025

Tonight has been fun and eventful. Had an amazing dinner, proposed, he said yes, and now celebrating at the bar with friends. Not a bad start to the weekend.

Dinner was chicken piccata, mushroom risotto, and duchess potatoes.

The ring for my future husband. White gold band with black and clear diamonds. Waiting for it to be resized.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 01/02/2025

Today’s project: pressure washing 60 years of grime from the front walk and steps. #HomeMaintenance #Chores

Pressure washing the front walkway and steps to clean away over 60 years of built up grime and dirt.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 19/01/2025

This rainy and grey Sunday morning is a biscuits and sausage gravy kinda day.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 12/01/2025

It snowed! Again… yay, Somali getting out of the house.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 05/01/2025

And it’s snowing here now. Yay!

Snow starting to cover the yard and road

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 01/01/2025

New Year’s Day and playing with a Christmas gift. Last year, dad got us a Solo Stove, which was great. This year, he got us the pizza oven for it. Just made our first wood fired pizzas, margherita style. Not bad for a first time, I believe.

Pizza oven attached to a Solo Stove with a pie cooking inside.

Closeup of a pizza baking in a Solo Stove Pi Oven

The results of a first attempt at wood fired pizzas.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 19/12/2024

One thing about having an office on the top floor, they never tell you about the types of visitors you’ll have at the windows.

Turkey vulture on the ledge outside my office window on the 6th floor of the building.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 08/12/2024

Having a day today out in Raleigh. Brunch at Wye Hill, then a neighborhood art walk. Should be fun. #brunch

Brunch drinks on a table with a menu for Wye Hill Kitchen and Brewing.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 03/12/2024

We got snow! Wait.. we, got snow… I-40, I-85, US-52, and US-421 all have detours and closures for wrecks. Lovely. At least the snow is pretty.

Snow dusting a planter with the last remaining plants of the year.

Map of road conditions in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad area.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 17/11/2024

Tonight is Friendsgiving at the bar. The tables go on around the side of the bar as well. Amazing turn out and needed more tables for both people and food.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 14/11/2024

With how things are going this year, yes, we put up the Christmas tree already. I need something pretty to look at while working through the existential dread that will be the next term.

Christmas tree set up and decorated weeks before Thanksgiving.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 12/11/2024

Completely agree. Most accurate oven I’ve ever used, and all mechanical and can be fixed. I may change counters and wall color, but not these beauties.

1960’s era Hotpoint range in robins egg blue.

1960’s Hotpoint electric oven in robins egg blue.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 11/11/2024

Drop an alien not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

Photo from Babylon 5 of Ambassador Molari of the Cetauri Empire and Ambasador G’Kar of the Narn Regime.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 10/11/2024

Tonight’s character is my gnomish artificer, Gin Ger. They’re in their cookie era.

Felt and ceramic gnome figure in brown hat and coat with Gingerbread cookie hat. Their name is Gin Ger.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 09/11/2024

So to help relax my mind, a little homemade compound butter was in order. Rosemary-garlic and honey-cinnamon-brown sugar. Been a while, but I think it came out good.

A container of honey, cinnamon, and brown sugar compound butter next to a container of rosemary and garlic compound butter.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 31/10/2024

The hubby and I finally got our carving done. He went normal with a pumpkin and gourds while I went old school and carved a turnip (which glows!). 🎃👻 #HappyHalloween #JackOLantern

Large orange pumpkin carved to be a Jack O’Lantern.

Small green and yellow gourd carved into a Jack O’Lantern.

Small orange and green gourd carved into a Jack O’Lantern.

Turnip made into a Halloween Jack O’Lantern glowing from the candle and how thin the sides are.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 23/10/2024

Oh, it’s too early for this. I need coffee and lots of it to get moving today.

Selfie waiting for the first sips of coffee to awaken my soul and start the day.

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Matt @gsogeek.com · 22/10/2024

We had a busy day today with several hardware store trips, but… the 1962-era flooring is out and new flooring is in as well as getting trim and cabinets painted. Taking down the wall paper and painting will be the next phase.

Finished with replacing the flooring and painting trim and cabinets in the bathroom. Wallpaper and remaining cabinets are left to finish.

Mauve carpet in a bathroom straight out of 1962.

Grey tile replacing carpet in a bathroom.

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