CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Here’s evidence of my foray into growing food. These purple potatoes were plagued by bugs and yet they produced nearly perfect, dense potatoes. The red potatoes aren’t shabby either. I have Yukon golds, and fingerlings already stores in the basement. All of them were grown in cardboard boxes. 021
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Little hummer taking a drink. He may be a juvenile as he’s so thin. A lot of hummingbirds have been coming for a drink lately. I wonder if they’re preparing to go south already? #hummingbirds 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I’m starting to have some success in my enlarged garden. It’s been a long battle with earwigs and beetles but days like today make it worthwhile. What are you growing in your garden? 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The deer won the first round. What’s so discouraging is I had the deer repellent sacks hung on the fences and branches, had spread Repells All around them AND spread a good amount of miligrano around 6 hours prior to the deer dining. The hostas were so beautiful this makes me very sad. Now what? 000
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Happy 17 year birthday to my brave boy Reece. Even though he’s blind now, he’ll go on a leash walk with the other dogs & keep up for the entire walk. (OK, I may carry him a bit 😁). He’s independent, sweet & totally loveable! He’s a Missouri puppy mill rescue dog and I love him to the moon and back. 1223297153
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This man puts our national dismay succinctly www.facebook.com/share/v/1C4q... 000
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 27/03/2026When Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed, none of our people had been hurt during the mission. They’d planned the operation for months. In the first week of the war in Iran without planning and without a reason for taking action 13 soldiers have been killed. Hundreds hurt. And why? 000
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026So yes. Lots of snow here in Traverse City. Reece was out enjoying being out of the house. But I picked him up and brought him inside as soon as I stopped the video. He’s almost 17 after all. 021
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 14/02/2026My dachshund had an issue yesterday and the vet I’ve been taking all my animals to for the past 20 years just raised their prices. It’s now $102 just to see the vet. How is this cost tenable? Corporate vet care is making it impossible to care for our animals many who’ve been rescued from a shelter. 000
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Time to get out the snow blower and bundle up the dogs. Penny doesn’t much like her coat but as a dachshund it keeps her dry on her underside, what I like to call her plow-like chest. 1289736
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Let’s add this to all the things we need to do to make sure we even have an election in 2026. 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 15/01/2025#60DaysofHappiness. Some number. Who cares. In the midst of winter my black cat and this pillow remind me of love and light. 001
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 16/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness -12? I’ve fallen way way behind. I may even have already posted this one. I should research but I’m late to work. This is Reece. 7 years ago. He’s 15 now. He has good days and bad days. The harsh cold we had last week was really hard on him but warmer weather was the cure! 020
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness — 11 The lights are on the tree. It will be a few days before I can put the ornaments on. I wish I felt in the Christmas spirit but the reality of the situation in our country is weighing heavily on my heart. But I will keep going. 020
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 09/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness #10 This may be our last Christmas in a free country. Maybe I will go all out. The fresh tree is now set up inside. I want to feel happy—trees and all the memorable decorations have always meant so much. I can’t let the orange Scrooge ruin everything I hold dear. Who’s with me? 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 08/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness — 9 This pillow always makes me smile. I keep it within view when it’s in storage and love having it out during the Christmas season. How can this face not make anyone smile? 020
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness 8. To sit at the lake in the summer always opened up my claim to happiness. These are memories I treasure, especially when there’s over a foot of snow out my door. 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 05/12/2024#60DaysofHappiness. 7. A bit behind on posting good things. This is a lamp I’ve had for months and finally got the electrician out to install it. Of course there are needed tweaks but the light coming through it is really pretty. 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 26/11/202421 years ago my Kahlil Gibran loving Dad passed on. He was a curious, loyal man who couldn’t float. He came from poverty but became generous with me & had an open mind. He came to understand the war in Vietnam was bad & took us to the Moratorium March on DC ‘69. #6 #60DaysofHappiness 030
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 25/11/2024#4 Good things A painting by an old friend I no longer see. She’s a well-known artist here in Michigan now. 100
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024#2 day of good things: the huge hydrangea that stood sentry at my doorsteps all summer long. 011
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 21/11/202460 days of good things? I can give it a go. #1 Homemade salsa 010
CY @hpfltaurus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024To begin, I have two jobs. One is an officiant for over 35 years. The other is a salesperson/educator at a local holistic pet food store. I feel like everything is being upended and contending with the grief could become my full time job. This is a couple I just married and one of my 3 dogs, Penny. 010