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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Hello, #PortfolioDay. For decades, my motto has been "I draw for a living". Not so much in #architecture these days.

A collage in a grid of 25 drawings, paintings, and photographs of projects.

mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Josie and the ancient Japanese maple street tree just starting to change to fall color. #ThickTrunkTuesday #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

A Bernese Mountain Dog sniffs the trunk of a massive Japanese maple tree on a bright early fall day. Strong shadows are cast across the concrete sidewalk and bright green grass curb strip.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

One of the ways we like fresh tomatoes, homemade sourdough bread, and basil is in panzanella - a bread salad.

Closeup view of panzanella, a mixture of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, red onions, lightly toasted fresh sourdough bread, and basil tossed in a garlicky vinaigrette.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

September 23 in the #WillametteValley, tomato harvest from 4 plants. My opinion is that the two Russian heirloom tomatoes, "Brown Sugar" and "Bread and Salt" are spectacular varieties for this climate. I planted 2 of the "Moneymaker" variety from a local […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A willow basket half full of small red tomatoes, with brownish heirloom "Brown Sugar" tomatoes and enormous pink-red pointed tip "Bread and Salt" tomatoes in the foreground.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Josie 30 minutes before bedtime and 15 minutes before bedtime. She puts herself to bed every night. #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

An alert and smiling Bernese Mountain Dog sits near some pink Japanese anemones in the early evening, looking up at the camera

A sleepy Bernese Mountain Dog lies on a small wood deck with her chin on the wood, paws splayed out, and eyes half closed.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Wallace Stegner & the Angle of Repose Plagiarism Debate | Alta www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a3… > Finding current relevancy in the accusations of plagiarism that have long haunted a classic of the West: Stegner’s Angle of Repose.

Illustration showing woman with a man's shadow behind her, and a man with a woman's shadow on top of him.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

A massive #UlnusAmericana, #AmericanElm tree next to the curb by the #OregonStateCapitol. It's been inside a construction fence for years, but work is almost done.

Base of an extremely large American Elm tree by a street curb, showing deep vertical ridges in the bark. A Bernese Mountain Dog stands in front of the tree. I noticed a lot of elm leaf beetle damage on the foliage.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

More #Garden! Panzanella made with homemade sourdough bread, cucumber, tomatoes, basil, and freshly pickled red onions. #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

A big white bowl on an elm cutting board, filled with panzanella (bread salad) made of fresh tomatoes, cucumber, basil, bread, olive oil, homemade red wine vinegar, freshly pickled red onions

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

I picked a bushel basket of Dolgo Crabapples today. They have rosy red interiors as well, make a stellar jelly. I steep some lavender in the hot jelly for some of the jars. This crabapple is an excellent pollinator for some apple varieties. #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

A wooden bushel basket full to the rim with oblong red crabapples.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Josie went to #Hoopla today before the summer heat. She watched the children learning basketball skills. #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

A Bernese Mountain Dog lies on a concrete sidewalk looking up at the camera. She is wearing a red harness and leash with water bottle, dish, and poo bag dispenser clipped on the back.

A Bernese Mountain Dog stands on a concrete sidewalk looking up at the camera.

Children in aqua blue t shirts dribble basketballs under lowered baskets in front of the Oregon State Capitol building

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

One of my favorite roses, that always seems to bloom best in mid-summer. #RoseWednesday #Roses #JohannStrauss #Rose

Full double light peach colored roses with green foliage and a dark kiwi vine in the background.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

I traveled through Redwood National Park on a recent road trip. The National Park Service has been gutted. The restrooms were closed, and the overflowing Porta potties had not been serviced since February (per service tags). Infuriating that we will have so […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

View down a narrow paved road snaking between towering redwood trees

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

"I was just taking a nap on my little concrete doorstep," says Josie. #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

A Bernese Mountain Dog sits on a concrete doorstep surrounded by pink and blue hydrangeas. Her eyes are wide open, and her bottom teeth are showing.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

I am exhausted by wedding celebrations, but got to be with my three surviving siblings and my twins with their spouses. #OneGoodThing

Dark gray Adirondack chairs on a small weathered granite clearing in beach grasses, at a resort overlooking Bodega Bay

Twins, a man with a dark beard and glasses, and a laughing woman in a baseball cap with ocean and Bodega Bay in the background

A smiling blond bride in a lace gown, her groom with a stunned expression holding her hand, and a laughing bearded twin brother of the bride in the background

Oldest and youngest of six siblings, separated in age by 15 years, share a sunset laugh on the eve of their niece's wedding

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Closeup views of a #California wildflower meadow in a vacant lot, seeded in April, 2026. #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Pollinators

Wildflowers, showing mostly yellow and deep rust coreopsis in this view

Wildflowers in the sun, showing California poppies, pink poppies, lupine, and centaurea

Many colors of wildflowers, red, orange, pink, purple, and blue

Closeup view of wildflowers, mostly California poppies

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Road trip to Anna's garden. We sowed a wildflower meadow with the sunflowers (and many others) in April. She has a monarch butterfly enclosure that is working, now on a second generation of butterflies mating in the garden. They repeatedly perch on the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A pink coneflower with stiff orange center

Selfie of gray haired woman in a packed car under shady street trees

Pink hollyhocks reaching for the blue sky

Yellow sunflowers against a bright blue sky.

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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Today is #MakeMusicDay in Salem OR. Perfect weather, but Josie and I went out early so she would not get too hot. A Dad band singer was wearing Crocks. Some young people were murdering Misty - could not help thinking about Play Misty for Me. #DogsOfMastodon #BerneseMountainDog

Sunny street scene in historic district with a fanciful Queen Anne storefront showing a Yoga sign. A colorful hanging basket of flowers is in the foreground.

A Bernese Mountain Dog stands in an urban alley between brick buildings with a high trellis and vines making shade.

Looking down at a prone Bernese Mountain Dog wearing a red harness and leash

A trio of rock musicians on a sidewalk in front of storefronts. The drum kit is electric yellow, and the drummer and guitarist have long red hair. The bassist has his back to the camera and wears a purple guitar strap.

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