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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I made about four skewers of shrimp, bell pepper, and red onion (that's what I had) that I grilled while I also had the cast-iron skillet on the grill that I used to sauté lightly-seasoned brussel sprouts in olive oil and then balsamic vinegar. I thought I was low […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a bowl containing a mix of sautéed charred brussel sprouts, grilled shrimp, bell pepper, and onions with white rice on the side

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The past few days have had the same power generation charts. I do not remember it being that cloudy on all 4 days of similar graphs during that time. But basically from 16:15 to 19:00 (sunset), solar generation is flat after a steep drop off in the afternoon. The […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a bar graph with blue bars indicating power generation and orange bars power consumption over daylight hours. the blue bars start as a bell curve, peak for several hours, and then a steep drop off in the later hours leading to a flat power output until sunset

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

I love how quickly I can fix interfaces that I make in Views. On this site, I have a remote feed with aggregator items that were simply sorted by date. Sometimes I do get a post from the future, usually from The Programmer’s Fulcrum’s Ghost blog, and that would […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a modal dialog to configure a timestamp filter in drupal views displaying selected less than or equal to operator, value type of a relative date, and the value of now

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

This is the first-time I have baked baguettes 🥖. Per Pepin’s recipe, I wanted to bake 3 of them for 25 minutes so that I could cool, wrap, and freeze them. And then the final one would go for the full 35 minutes. But these baked quicker than expected and if I had […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

3 mostly-baked baguettes approximately 45cm in length on a cooling rack with a light-to-medium brown color with flour sprinkled on top

a solitary baguette approximately 45cm in length on a cooling rack with a deeper medium brown color with flour sprinkled on top

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

I was planning on drying and grinding when all of them were ripe, but this one is the first to ripen of the plant. Also, yes, I know there are other things in that pot, but I like flowers. Anyway… Should I dry and grind this lone pepper, or refrigerate it to use […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a mostly yellow habanero pepper hanging down from a potted habanero plant with some flowering mums also growing in the pot

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@klausi already mentioned this in a now unavailable post so I guess I will you to configure your GitLab notification email on Drupal GitLab Notification Preferences, which is set to the `username@UID.no-reply.drupal.org` email by default. Without that, I would not […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

Gitlab user interface: Global notification email drop down list containing mradcliffe email addresses with the default selected

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

I don’t know why anyone would use Google Search still, but sometimes I still do. Today I was searching the mediocre search results sorted by Google’s now terrible algorithm that does not show any relevant search results. And then bam, on the next page, Google […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a heading Sign in to continue and Sign in button accompanied by a demeaning and dehumanizing message from Google: “Sign in to verify you're a human and see more results.”

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

I don’t think audio censorship is going to work when we all know what two words that Croatian fan was saying. Croatia was outplaying Portugal at the end, but luck and video audio review was not on their side. Portugal literally winning by a hair. I guess we get […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

This is how I feel in the summer. It was 35C (95F), but felt like 41C (106F) yesterday. Today it will be almost 37C.

a squirrel monorailing the top rail of a deck railing on 35C afternoon and evening (feels like 41C)

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

Came out great. I planned and timed it correctly with the Instant Pot natural release at 18 minutes, and I had the lamb chops cooking 2 minutes per side on the hot side of the grill, and then roasting for about 14 minutes. And 4 minutes was grilling the asparagus […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a point of view of a plate and place setting with 3 asparagus stalks, lamb chop with grill marks, in front of a heap of rice pilaf with nicely browned vermicelli, red bell pepper and cucumbers. A glass and bottle of bordeaux in front of an US suburban back yard.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

I got about half of the deck painted with a fresh coat, and I got too sweaty earlier. I should have extended the canopies, painted in the shade, and then drawn back the canopies on the painted sections. I started from the furthest out on the left, then closest to […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a fresh coat of a sable color on a wooden deck lit by afternoon sunlight

a fresh coat of sable color paint on wooden deck boards in the afternoon shade of a silver maple tree.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

A recent update broke my arrow icons in `waybar`. I use a combination of Font Awesome and Noto Sans for my icons.I needed to change my style.css to use “Noto Sans” to “Noto Sans Mono”. Ahh... That's better.

a multi-colored bar with various icons representing home, notepad, volume, network, memory, cpu, temperature, battery, among other information in text

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

My first full month of solar production: * 497.6 kWh generated * 225.2 kWh consumed * 397.1 kWh exported * 125.6 kWh imported * 271.5 kWh net exported That first Wednesday I was out for most of the evening so imported practically nothing.

A bar graph depicting power generation vs consumption with mostly generation including a couple of days of very little consumption.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

[I captured debug output from swayidle for a period time when using sway and then when using niri, which helped me understand a bit more of what’s going on. It seems that when running sway, I am getting idle state events at the _expected_ intervals (300s), but […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

I generated enough power in _a little over a week_ to cover my entire usage in April. Net Usage: **-62 kWh** It will take several years to make up for the investment, but I feel like a better person contributing back to the grid (but still awful for being dependent on natural and other gas).

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

I was not expecting much from this place, but it surprised me by being decent. I ordered the vegetable fried rice combo, which came with 6 chicken wings (and drumsticks) and a soft drink. The fried rice had a choice of “sauce” for which I chose “soy”. There were […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

two disposable containers side-by-side one with fried rice containing broccoli, corn, carrots, some egg, mushrooms and the other containing 6 chicken wings and drumsticks with several hush puppies.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

It always felt like I lived at the heat center of the universe, but... It is still providing this reading this morning so I guess this reader is bust.

a mashup of two pictures of an Acurite thermometer depicting metric and imperial readings of 65 and 149 degrees respectfully.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

It was a nice mostly-sunny day in my first full day of generating power from the sun. I generate enough to cover my consumption by 8:15 (currently 1.5 hours after sunrise) and start having to _fully_ rely on the grid at 19:30 (currently 45 minutes before sunset) […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

bar graph over 24 hours of power generation (blue) vs consumption (orange) showing a flattened bell curve from sunrise to sunset of solar power with dips accounting for clouds.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

I was expecting 5-7 business days based on the email at 6:30 AM this morning, but AEP Ohio came out 3 hours later and 30 minutes after that I now have permission to operate. It’s partly cloudy today and so far producing from 0.6kw to 2.6kw and only consuming 0.2-0.3kw for my normal work day usage.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

I baked them for about 22 minutes this time, and that resulted in a better color. I made more furikake bagels this time since it tasted alright last time. Anyways, bagels for lunch this week. @cooking

6 boiled and then golden baked braided bagels, half with sesame seeds and the other half with furikake seasoning.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

drumm shared this image on Slack about the increase in traffic going on drupal.org since yesterday: > red is blocked requests, green is what got through Remember this is run by a 501(c)(3), not a billion-dollar private company.

a graph of several lines with red (blocked traffic) and green (allowed traffic) lines sharply increasing upwards

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

[mentions AI and a microsoft event] Content Warningmentions AI and a microsoft event Earlier this week I changed my RSVP to attending for this ColumbusJS meetup. I am lucky I did because I probably would have forgotten about the Artemis II mission launch, which […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a screenshot of a prompt and answer from youraislopbores.me: draw a wizard giving a talk about AI and a hastily drawn wizard in a blue hat with a pink rod saying AI Sucks

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

I think this is the best that I am going to get this year. My iPhone SE, which someone remarked last week “what kind of iPhone is THAT”, does not quite capture it. But I was delighted when I looked out my bedroom window this morning. The forecast for the rest of […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a branch sparsely-populated by yoshino cherry blossoms in various forms of bloom in the morning light

a young yoshino cherry tree with blossoms on most of the lower branches standing in a grass yard in a blue sky

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

The solar install went well today starting at around 9:00 and ending at around 14:00 to install 8 450kw panels. I won’t actually be generating power until after the county inspection and the electric company comes out. The installers were not able to schedule in […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

live status of power generation producing 2.2kw, exporting 1.9kw, and consuming .3kw

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I have been trying to do use todotxt to manage reminders and tasks, but I have not found a good enough user interface. I settled on GoForIt! because it was a non-electron-based GUI that works on my systems. It has some faults like not being accessible when using […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a bordered box describing a todo card. A go back to list button in the top-left corner, a delete button in the top-right corner, centered text to display todo first line, categories, projects, smaller todo second, and a bottom row with add a new todo, done and skip buttons

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

I like this recipe from Melissa Clark’s _Dinner in One_ (p. 140), and I cook it regularly. I tend to add more tomato paste and garlic, and I did not use capers. This time I added a side of steamed jasmine rice. I forgot a side of fresh vegetables, but I will […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a table setting with a plate of a chicken thigh with a darkened tomato-based sauce topped with green beans and olives with a side of steamed jasmine rice and a glass of red wine in front of a book describing the recipe “Crispy Chicken Thighs”

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

@foodcrimes Following my recipe from before, I seasoned five bagels with a sesame, nigella and garlic mix. And then one poorly-shaped bagel with... _furikake_ Yes, I boiled, then baked them.

a bagel sloppily shaped into a rough circle seasoned with furikake

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

This is probably an unintended behavior, but I was trying out Drupal CMS 2.0.0 release candidate in ddev. 1. Make a change in the code component editor 2. Publish changes 3. Try to make another change 4. A refresh button is displayed 5. Changes are lost […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

A collection of videos captured by the camera feeder of dark-eyed junco sparrow behavior including chirps and flight from the other day. The Juncos visited again earlier this morning and yesterday. I read that they like to scavenge on the ground rather than from […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

I received a pleasant surprise this morning when I caught a bird of prey perched on the fence as I made a coffee mixed with cocoa and milk (the trip to japan got me back on coffee due to jet lag). It is a juvenile red-shouldered hawk. > Perched for a moment, > a […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a juvenile red-shouldered hawk at dawn perched on an old wooden fence behind a silver maple tree without any leaves staring at a trash can in a fire pit on a lawn.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

The first _real_ birbs have landed. The finches and sparrows have finally found the new feeder.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

Some people dislike living in a split-level home because the neighbors can look inside from the window, but on the other hand you can also look outside at the neighbors.

a rabbit curled into a ball taking a nap on a grass lawn by a reddish-brown deck with a young cherry tree without any leaves in the background

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

I did not use enough cayenne pepper mixed in with the seed so the first visitor was my resident squirrel who happily sat in the feeder munching on seeds for an hour. I did sprinkle some more and they only visited one more time, but the birbs haven’t discovered […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2025

Oh, hello, it wasn’t snowing when I landed 5 hours ago. I think I just got delayed _into_ a blizzard. As a former coworker always reminded me, > The only winning move is not to play. After the short 3 hour red eye, which I uncomfortable slept in, I wandered to […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

looking out from above the airport road and automated tramway with snow falling

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2025

[ I never thought I would be posting slop, but here we are…Emergency Ration Slop with a side of apple<ul><li>Prep Time: 4 […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a thick porridge like substance made of water and cornflake-shortening emergency ration with a side of apples.

2 emergency ration bars of yellow color on a digital scale reading 150g

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

## It’s -8C/20F outside this morning Submitted by mradcliffeon Fri, 2025.12.05 - 09:01 It’s -8C outside and the invasive house sparrows do not care. Also spotted a solitary cardinal and a solitary mourning dove in the mix.

over 30 house sparrows hopping, flying, and darting below a mostly empty bird feeder tilted by wait of the snow on it in a surburban back yard on a cold, gray day. a cardinal watches from a branch above.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025

> Fluttering about after the first snow—Winter sparrows 初雪の後に飛び交う寒雀

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2025

I stopped drinking coffee over a year ago while my pipes were being replaced and switched to tea after I got running water again. While I was in Japan I needed to feel functional in the mornings so I started drinking a cup of coffee again. I did not want to go […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

a small cup and saucer with a packet of coffee grounds suspended in the cup by paper “wings” hanging from the edges of the cup. a torn package labeled Drip Coffee Mild Taste lies above the cup.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2025

I am finally back home from Nara after a Thanksgiving holiday in LA. It will be nice to sleep in my own bed and have more than 4 sets of clothes to choose from. I did have a variety of outfits I could make based on layering and had to plan temperatures from 0c to […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/11/2025

It has been a good day so far with 45 contributors most of them new contributors to Drupal from all around the world at DrupalCon Nara 2025 Contribution Day! I think Miffy is mad that they didn't get to eat @dries’ birthday mochi, @DrupalConEur @DrupalConAsia.

Matthew and Miffy in DrupalCon Nara t-shirt standing in front of the contribution room

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

It’s the perfect clear, but windy Autumn day when the leaves are streaming off of the maple tree. The rustling sound is one of my favorite sounds of Autumn.

a silver maple tree on a clear day with yellow-orange leaves

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

It’s end of the week left over night. We’re starting off okay here with jasmine rice, eggs, bell peppers and frozen peas for a lazily prepared fried rice... But we have one ingredient remaining—

a small fry pan with left over jasmine white rice, frozen peas, orange bell peppers surrounding scrambling eggs. The start of a normal fried rice.

a white plate with a single tortilla with the ends showing the filling of fried rice

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

They put two small gaga pits in one of the play areas by the shiny (fake grass) new international football fields. I have not seen a gaga pit in over 30 years since playing in the East Bay elementary school I attended. Gaga was the source of many a skinned knee […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

A small gaga pit made out of thin (approximately 2 cm thick) composite blue and orange materials on a concrete slab.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Sometimes you have to go to the basics. I have been making Ling Ling’s pot stickers since I was 12.

a dish crowded with sautéed pot stickers next to steamed jasmine rice with orange bell peppers sliced vertically. A pair of chopsticks is haphazardly placed adjacent to the bowl.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2025

It’s not an expertly carved jack-o-lantern, but I think I did fairly _gourd_.

A smiling jack-o-lantern with two buck teeth and triangle eyes in a window.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

Beggar’s night is the worst—A perfectly clear Halloween forecast ruined because of US high school (and up) football dictating that Halloween not be celebrated on Halloween. Also it would actually be night if we did not have Daylight Savings Time.

The forecast for Thursday (90% chance rain), Thursday night (40% chance rain) for beggar’s night and Friday and Friday night are partly cloudy for true Halloween. Temperatures listed are 39-55F (approx. 5-12C).

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2025

I have been trying to use my cast iron skillet over the grill as I have a glass stove top. Even though the handle has a silicon protector, the skillet is still too hot to handle without an oven mitt. I use a silicon spatula to sauté with as I grip the skillet with […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

A cast iron skillet filled with brussels sprouts being sautéd on a grill over white hot charcoal briquettes.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2025

At the end of last week after talking with my mother and explaining my chili pepper drying, I had decided that I probably would just use the oven or the basement without trying to get any sun as the chili peppers weren’t drying. And then at the beginning of the […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

9 chili peppers hanging from twine by clothespins slowly drying out. The 2 peppers on the left have mostly turned an orangish-red on one side after 3 weeks, but have not hardened.

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mradcliffe @mradcliffe.nokoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

I hung some twine from the curtain rod over the kitchen window to try hanging some peppers for drying. My initial thought was to do it in the basement where it is probably colder and drier, but if I can hang them here in the window, then hopefully they catch […] [Original post on nokoto.org]

Nine green chili peppers hanging from clothespins across the kitchen window backlit by daylight coming in from the kitchen window.

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