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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026

New Hampshire! Our primary is tomorrow. Here's how it works, especially for the majority of registered voters - The Undeclared! Remember - we have same day registration so tomorrow is a great day to register.

NH Secretary of State infographic dated Summer 2026

NH Primaries!

In a PRIMARY ELECTION:

- Voters registered with a political party select candidates to appear as that party's nominee on the General Election ballot; and

- Both parties consider their Primary Election results when determining delegates to the state and national party conventions.

THE PRIMARY ELECTION PROCESS:

Voter receives a ballot determined by their registered party affiliation. *NOTE: Undeclared Voters must declare party affiliation as either Democrat or Republican.
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Voter marks ballot according to posted instructions.
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Voter casts ballot. *NOTE: If the voter was previously registered as "Undeclared", that voter has the right to return their party affiliation to "Undeclared".

(Anthropomorphic Teacher's Pencil with text in speech bubbles)
In NH, a voter has the option to register as "Democrat", "Republican", or "Undeclared".

For primary elections, you cannot change your party affiliation after the designated date to do so!

Check the NH Secretary of State's website to find out the final date to change party affiliation.

The Ballot Clerk is legally required to announce your name twice, and at Primaries only, your party affiliation. This process helps confirm voter identity and allows party-appointed challengers and members of the public to monitor the check-in process accurately.

All registered voters may vote, but for a primary election, only Undeclared Voters have the choice of requesting a Democrat or Republican ballot. Such a voter becomes a member of that party until they change affiliation after voting.

QR Code with text: Scan here for more election information on the New Hampshire Secretary of State's website.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 23/08/2026

Some IRL stuff offered an alternative today - some Peter Parker action. (Zero intent to bring you down - the synergy of these posts was funny and I hope the photographer wouldn't be mad being compared to Jimmy Olsen or Peter Parker.)

Two posts on bsky in the order they appeared in my feed. Om the bottom, @betarayben posts, "First Sunday after the end of season 3 of MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN, feels super-weird not to have some batshit Jimmy Olsen situation happening this morning."

Post immediately above, from @lookitup.baby, "I love Minneapolis" with a photo of a man dressed as Spiderman popping over a tilted cross, getting ready to enact some vigilante justice on a known white supremacist.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 20/08/2026

To their credit, the Free Staters kicked Kauffman out in 2023 while the NHLP increased his leadership role. The bears come regardless. (That book was a hoot and I highly recommend it for anyone who is in town government with a volunteer fire department.)

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 19/08/2026

Good job hitting your dissertation goal and I am really glad to see you sticking with your mh work. I'm not ignoring the larger issue you raise - I'm focusing on what I can impact today. (That's part of my mh work.) Scooter says you can rub his belly. (Seriously, it is not a trap.)

A brown tabby cat has his head resting on the edge of a grey cushioned cat bed at the top of a cat tree. He is content and getting ready to drift off to sleep. A small oil painting of a scene from Texas is behind him.

The same brown tabby is upside down on a cardboard cat scratcher in a large cardboard box that once held fruit. His feet are in the air and he is scratching his back side to side on the board hoping to entice someone to rub his belly. (I did.)

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 31/07/2026

FINALLY, resuming this absurd project - FLORIDA! First up, Our Lady of Fatima in Dade City. While a subsidiary of St. Thomas More Priory, they own their own church. (The SSPX listing is bereft of content, so I'm not screenshotting it.)

Property records from Pasco County, Florida showing that Our Lady of Fatima is owned by:
OUR LADY OF FATIMA OF SPRING HILL INC
14231 OLD MISSION ROAD
DADE CITY, FL 33525

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

St Lawrence in South Windsor, Connecticut is a mission church from Ridgefield. However, unlike Ridgefield, which is owned by SSPX in Missouri, this is owned by SSPX locally. That's all for tonight - tomorrow I'll start on Florida.

SSPX listing screenshot. No building - this photo is an elaborate stained glass window section of a saint's head.
Text reads: Saint Lawrence Chapel
1001 Foster Street Extension
South Windsor, CT 06074-2151
phone number
website link
badge for Sunday Mass

Property card from South Windsor, CT for 1001 Foster St
Mblu 115/68
Owner: Society of Saint Pius X
St Lawrence Chapel
1001 Foster St Ext
South Windsor, CT 06074

Sale price $175,000 on Nov 17, 2000

2025 Appraisal: $556,900
2025 Assessed value: $389,900

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Connecticut! Originally the location of the SSPX seminary, Ridgefield, CT hosts a church, retreat house, school, and priory. They suppressed the property card and owner name but they didn't suppress the mailing address which is Kansas City, Missouri.

Screenshot from SSPX Ridgefield's website:
209 Takora Trail, Ridgefield, CT 06877 203-431-0201

(Covid 19 Announcement is written in white over an aerial photo of the facility at sunset. It's in a carousel setup but there is nothing else and the link is dead.)

Nestled on 13 acres on Lake Mamanasco in scenic Ridgefield, Ct. (60 miles north of New York City), this former Jesuit house was acquired in 1979. At that time, St. Ignatius Retreat House served as St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary for the International Priestly Society of St. Pius X. In 1988, due to the growing number of seminarians, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary relocated to Winona, MN and St. Ignatius Retreat house was established as the principal Retreat House for the District of the United States. Hundreds of priests, seminarians, laity and students have attended retreats and have passed through our halls. Located on site is Christ the King Church, and Padre Pio Academy. Currently, St. Ignatius Retreat House is home to 4 priests, 1 Monsignor, and 3 brothers. The priests who reside here minister to various chapels in the Northeast. Please come visit us for a retreat, support our school, and pray for our Apostolate. May God Bless you.

Sincerely,

Rev. Fr. Jean Violette - Prior

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Also in Colorado, the dual listing of St. Isidore's Church and Priory (a 4br house) - two parcels that are close but not adjacent. For SSPX, they are big and they own their property - four priests, a school, and they run the "missions" in Ft. Collins, CO; Bismark, ND; and Dickinson, ND.

Screenshot from SSPX:

St. Isidore's Church looms over a hayfield with a clouded sky.

St. Isidore's Church
32100 E Colfax Service Rd
Watkins, CO

Screenshot from the Arapahoe County Assessor

321000 E. Colfax Ave in Watkins is owned by SSPX Denver, mailing address is the same as the property.

Modern 4 BR house, 2 storeys, bit of a front porch, beige house, beige roof, brown 2 car garage off to the right. Big front lawn of dead/dying grass. A few evergreen shrubs and 5 trees.

Property card screenshot from Arapahoe County Assessor for 277 S Watkins Road, It's owned by SSPX with a mailing address of the chapel, 32100 E Colfax Ave in Watkins.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Colorado! Ft. Collins has a "what if mission-style was an idea but also, brick façade" chapel. Owned by SSPX Ft Collins Colorado Inc. with a mailing address in Platt City, Missouri.

This building is a mash of brick with a cream-colored lean-to off the side and another brick section transiting. Giant cement staircase to enter this brick façade. It's Annunciation Chapel, 290 E County Rd 56, Ft Collins.

Screenshot from Laramie County Assessor with property details for 290 E County Road 56, Ft. Collins, CO, key text below:

General Information
Parcel Number: 9813000912
Schedule Number: 1188950
Account Number: R1188950

Owner Name & Address:
SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X FORT COLLINS
COLORADO INC
11485 N FARLEY RD
PLATTE CITY, MO 640798201

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Arkansas! The "Chapel" in Bryant is SSPX renting the purple room in the community center every afternoon. It's $35/hour to rent half of the purple room with a 2 hour minimum.

Screenshot from SSPX:
Picture of a stain glass rendition of the miraculous medal on a gold arch.
Queen of the Miraculous Medal Chapel
6401 Boone Road, 2nd Floor Purple Rm
Bryant, 72022

Find our Mass times on fsspx.today.

Phone: +1 720 505 7191
E-mail us
Visit the website

Property ownership record for Parcel 840-15335-000
City of Bryant
210 Southwest Third Street

Screenshot from the City of Bryant

Event Rooms
Event Rooms are located at The Center and require advance reservation. Key policies and room details are below.
[Pricing/Book an Event Room]

Event Room Policies (not expanded)
Blue Room (2nd floor): Large meeting room, elevator access. Pre-set with 15 round tables (72") and 3 rectangular tables (6'). Layout sheet required 48 hours before event.

Purple Room (2nd floor): Large meeting room, elevator access. Pre-set with 15 round tables (72") and 3 rectangular tables (6'). Layout sheet required 48 hours before event.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Phoenix, Arizona Our Lady of Sorrows Church, which is listed by SSPX as being Priests' Residence, Retreat House, Sunday Mass, Weekday Mass Not listed is the Academy, a school that shares its name and location and advertised for 2026-2027 staff vacancies on the church's website.

Screenshot from SSPX listing. Photo of a large vaguely mission-style church with a crowd of people outside.
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
750 E. Baseline Road
Phoenix, 85042-6615

Find our Mass times on fsspx.today.

Phone: +1 602 268 7673
E-mail us
Visit the website

Badges:
Priests' Residence
Retreat House
Sunday Mass
Weekday Mass

Screenshot from Maricopa County Assessor website (including his picture)

114-17-007B
Commercial Parcel

This is a Commercial parcel located at 750 E BASELINE RD PHOENIX, AZ 85042. The current owner is SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X PHOENIX AZ INC. Its current year full cash value is $13,478,233.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Arizona! Mission Santa Maria in Dewey, AZ is owned by SSPX Prescott AZ Inc. with a mailing address in Missouri.

Parcel listing from Yavapai County Assessors:
Information for Parcel 402-14-039C:

Owner
Society of Saint Pius X Prescott Az Inc

Owner's Mailing Address
11485 N Farley Rd Platte City, MO 64079-8201

Physical Address
12028 E Turquoise Cir, Dewey, 86327

Recorded Documents & Sales (0)

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 25/07/2026

Since the question of who owns SSPX facilities keeps coming up in @clairewillett.bsky.social's excellent schism threads, I thought I would start a thread of property records using the SSPX list at: sspx.org/en/list-sspx... Starting with Anchorage, Alaska! It's on the property of Bell's Nursery.

Screenshot from SSPX listing for the worship site:
St. Therese, Patroness of Alaska
Bells Nursery
7653 Cranberry Street
Anchorage, AK 99502
(907) 349-2042
Mass times:
4th Sunday of the month at 10:00 AM

Property tax map showing 7643 and 7653 Cranberry Street as one big property that is known as "Bell's Nursery" and legally owned by Mosesian Farms of Alaska Inc.

Screenshot from Bell's Nursery website for the "Cranberry Location" with an interior photo of plants on shelves in the background, an iron bistro table is in the foreground with a mixed dish garden in a ceramic shallow planter. The address is included as 7653 Cranberry Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502, a phone number, and the Store Hours as "Closed for the Season".

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 19/07/2026

Hey, is that Jujubee that likes to hang in your lap? Our brown tabby, Scooter, is my lap cat. He's got the personality of that nice young man who will come help you move furniture for some beer and pizza.

A large brown tabby cat is on his back, feet up, belly exposed, sleeping. He is on a tan blanket that is on human legs like a hammock. This time the hammock has slid down to the sofa because he wiggled so much when he was turning onto his back. He's using the right leg as a bit of a leg rest for himself. The human is feeling a bit mummified. The cat is completely in relaxed bliss.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 16/07/2026

Hippo would absolutely rock one of these. She's a little heavier than your spec, but she's leggy. I'm sure we can come up with a reasonable barter.

An Alaskan Husky sits on a braided wool rug wearing a too large tank top that says, "Everyone Welcome" in cascading rainbow text. She is also wearing a rainbow tutu. Her tail is wagging so fast that it is just a blur. A Shiba Inu (chaos goblin) looks on.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 08/07/2026

Sipping a totally normal soda like a totally normal person.

Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda in its bright green can. It is proud to be "The Original" and since 1869. It is, truly, a celery soda. It contains celery seed. It is sitting on a piece of scrap marble, there are Independence Day lights in the window in the background. (Yeah, that's what we're calling them now.)

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 05/07/2026

Watching the @romancingthevote.com bid feed when what is the suggested video beneath? Something made for @clairewillett.bsky.social

Screenshot of YT in a browser. Romancing the Vote is at the top. Immediately beneath it, YT has decided that I should watch, "What is the Problem with the New Mass?" - SSPX Sermons on the SSPX News channel - yeah, that's right, the newly schismatic organization.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 05/07/2026

Having finished Independence Day, @shroderdog.net put on the next great American Movie. (To his credit, the soundtrack is spectacular.)

A 21 year old Christian Slater looks to camera right with a big radio microphone in front of his mouth. He is wearing a navy blue bowling shirt with red and white stripes on the shoulders.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 04/07/2026

My three choices are ones that made me think critically about the naturally incomplete tale we get in school.

Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois (introduction by David Levering Lewis)

The Jamestown Brides, The Bartered Wives of the New World by Jennifer Potter

Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 01/07/2026

Speaking of bears, the female who usually hangs out next door just stopped by hoping for food. Both of these pictures are *close*, like she's about 5 feet from the house in the one with the bright plants and about 10 feet away in the other picture. Closer than the deer. 🐻

A medium-sized adult black bear stands on a 3-foot wide concrete "manhole cover" with one foot just getting ready to step off. She is sniffing the ground for strawberries. Video still from an IR camera, so b/w image.

Medium-sized adult black bear is walking from the driveway towards the front door (it's fine, there's a path, this is normal.) You can see the smaller (for adult bears) legs, less chonky, narrow wedge-shaped head, ears seem large relative to skull. This is a female who frequents the neighbors.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 01/07/2026

It's SO easy. I mean, this was last week (you can just see the burn pile in the back right). See the unraked leaves? Unmowed "lawn" - you get rewarded for being lazy with deer, turkeys, lightning bugs, birds, and, of course, Kevin the Bear.

White tailed deer, a doe, stands amidst a yard of tall grasses, wild parsnip, wild strawberry, and maple saplings. She has her head up after snacking her way across the yard. Apparently it's good browse.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 29/06/2026

Thanks in part to @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and her campaign to Leave the Leaves, I now have so many fireflies around my house that relocating them back outside is a regular evening chore. This one is a Say's Firefly, Pyractomena angulata (I think).

A firefly is flashing green. We can see the color and bright spot very clearly because it's on a wall, indoors.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 26/06/2026

I'm a fan of 2 Kings 23-25. Kids who live in bear country get a real kick from this one.

2 Kings 2:23-25
New International Version
Elisha Is Jeered
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. 25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

Video still of two adult black bears, female on the left, bigger bear, a male on the right (Kevin). Both are on all fours, nose and ears forward, walking up to the house for a routine food smells inspection. It's 6:11pm on June 12, 2025, a sunny day, so this is a daylight visit. They smell dinner inside. You can get a rough height on the female bear based on the driveway marker behind her (marking the well head).

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 18/06/2026

She can't even get her friends to read it.

skeet by @amandacollinsbeans.bsky.social from May 17, 2026, replying to 'a post': Several of my friends bought signed print copies of my novel but have never read it. It’s frustrating because I’d love their input but I can’t force them to read! One girlfriend asked if I could record Microsoft Word reading it aloud when I told her I couldn’t afford to make an audiobook! 😳✍️📚

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 09/06/2026

A rare photo of them together from Christmas. Aether is a svelte 17 (upper level). Scooter started at 16 pounds, got to over 20, is now down to a steady 18. (The ham on the lower level.)

A Siamese-esque (excessive white) cat looks down from the highest level of a cat tree on a brown tabby, upside down on the level below. Both are clearly spilling off the edges of their platform despite not being in an elongated position.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 07/06/2026

Thank goodness, or you would have been laid off a year later. I hope the swarm of chuds gave them some amusement as they wound down operations.

Screenshot of webside for [Redacted, Inc]: After 7 years in business, Redacted, Inc. has closed its doors as of June 2023. Thank you to all of our wonderful clients for their business and support over the years.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 01/06/2026

Rabbit Rabbit! (Hoping snowshoe hare as a regional variant is acceptable.)

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 30/05/2026

Scooter wants you to share what you have with the less fortunate. He believes that group includes him (it does not.)

A brown and faun colored tabby cat is looking up with his sweetest, most kitten-like face, in hopes you will meet his demands to share because he's so sweet and just a wee babe and he is only here for kindness and snacks.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 29/05/2026

I think the data shown includes Kavanaugh stops - that's the only explanation for having "United States" listed as a country of origin for a detainee and these charges. (No civil disorder or similar that could have been a protestor.)

Data from the vile "Aliens" site showing, in a table, the following:
Malone, NY 20 total arrests from 2/28/25 to 5/12/26
Criminal charges are Assault, Burglary, Family Offences, Homicide
Countries of Origin are: Burma, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Pakistan, United States, Venezuela
Under "Gang Affiliation" there is no checkmark.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 20/05/2026

This is a cat checkpoint: show the most recent cat photo on your phone.

A tabby cat is lying down, looking down at the camera that is beneath him, like everything is. In the background, there is a Dark Side of the Moon poster because it is the bedroom of a college kid.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 18/05/2026

I know shit sucks, but I just read the extended weather forecast and if it holds, I can safely plant *this weekend*! First up, wildflowers and pollinator-friendly annuals from the Vermont Wildflower Farm as we rewild a meadow that held dilapidated chicken sheds and trash on the bank of a creek.

Low-growing wildflowers as groundcover, annuals and native perennials, in clumps including daisies, Sweet Alyssum, Dwarf Evening Primrose, Purple Moss Verbena, and dwarf poppies.

5x5 grid of different wildflowers, including coreopsis, butterfly weed, conflower, beardtongue, blackeyed susan, partridge pea, blue vervain, asters, blazing star, milkweed, senna, spiderwort, monarda, mountain mint, false indigo, lespadesa, boneset, and joe pye weed.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 17/05/2026

Before and After! New approach has a safer approach for the carrier (driveway) and the box is hanging above standard plow height. On the back of the mailbox 2x4 will be a small planter. Also, the house marker is now in front of the house, which matters in an area where GPS is routinely wrong.

A mailbox is mounted on a 4x4 post in a white 5gal bucket on the side of the road in rural Northern New England. Two driveway markers are being used to hold the bucket in place. The mailbox is tilted forwards and looks sad. However, it is a beautiful day with blue skies, a few fluffy white clouds, the dandelions are blooming.

A new reflective house marker and mailbox are mounted to a weathered 4x4 post. The mailbox is white, hanging from a shiny silver chain (zinc coated steel). The 2x4 from which the mailbox is hanging also extends out the back for future flowerpot.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 17/05/2026

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. Thanks to elkinsdiy.com/remodeled-no... - I have plans to make one this summer.

A coroplast bicycle camper in the general shape of an airstream is towed by a motorized recumbent bicycle. The camper is painted in a woodlands camo motif.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 16/05/2026

It's almost Mailbox Improvement Week! In true North Country style, my mom's mailbox is currently in a 5gal bucket of gravel. Tomorrow, we're adapting an existing signpost to also hang a mailbox. For height, Maine DOT illustrated it and the Postmaster says 24" from edge of pavement or fog line.

Maine DOT annotated cartoon showing a truck with a plow blade and a mailbox hanging on a chain from a post mounted back from the road. The hight of the wing (39"), USPS standards (41-45"), and what Maine DOT recommends (44-45").

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 12/05/2026

My No. 1 Husky of this time. (It's hard to pick just one favorite after 50 years.)

A black and white Siberian Husky has the rips and is running like a crazed maniac in a double-suspension gallop. He is going just past the camera to the left because no, you cannot quite catch him yet. He's not done. He is running on short green grass with fallen leaves, brown.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 02/05/2026

I slowed it down so it's easier to see a bear at a gallop. Poor guy was crossing the road and a car came along so he booked it. (This is not Kevin but a younger, smaller, leaner bear).

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 28/04/2026

Kevin the Bear is back to do his Spring inspection. He's been in the burdocks again. 🐻 #wildlife

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 27/04/2026

Honestly, as far as possible. I was closer than normal for this photo but had terrain in my favor in case the moose became agitated at all. Here's the same shot without the zoom lens and you can see the width of the river and that I'm shooting down from a high bank.

A moose stands in but on the opposite side of a very wide, shallow river. An old birch tree is in the foreground.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 27/04/2026

Not my first moose of the year (or even today!) but the first one I could safely photograph. #wildlife

A young, healthy appearing moose of indeterminate gender stands in a swift moving but shallow river, next to a mossy bank. The moose is almost sideways to the camera (and parallel with the river bank and flow), but their head is up to look at me with one eye and keep an ear forward. The birch trees in the foreground have giant buds.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 18/04/2026

Tried taking the former owner's excessive number of chicken coops to the town burn pile. Got told we needed a "demolition permit" (no, we did not) but that's OK. I am handling this the old fashioned way.

A bunch of old scrap wood is on fire. The land around it is bare dirt. There are trees in the background but they aren't close. A single beam of sunlight is shining through the smoke.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 17/04/2026

Tonight I learned that Scooter the Cat is now afraid of thunder. I am entirely perplexed by this because he seemed just fine last Summer and DNGAF about thundersnow, but tonight? He went for an interior wall away from windows.

A brown mackerel tabby cat lays across the foot area of a large recliner. His torso, not stretched, covers the width of the recliner. He is a large cat. His rear is on the right side, tail hanging off. His front is on the left, shoulder and paw tucked under is 1.5 inches from the edge. He is on his side, propped up on his shoulder to better look at you and implore you to do his bidding.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 16/04/2026

The best picture I've ever taken of a dog, IMHO, is William doing FastCAT, a timed lure chase event. He's a sled dog but he sure wanted Swifty that day. He has one of the loveliest gallops of any of our dogs and it was nice to see it on a straightaway, instead of making zigzags at play.

Orange snow fencing in the foreground, chain link amd woods in the background. A Siberian Husky runs as fast as possible chasing a tea towel on a rope. He is in the contraction phase of a double-suspension gallop: despite an essentially flat back, his front feet are in and under* and his rear legs are also in and under. No feet are touching the ground at this moment.
*although straight and almost touching ground because of the photo timing

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 16/04/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet. Jinx tolerates my existence - she has claimed The Girl as hers - but this is one of my favorite photos of an animal ever. (Next I'll post my fav dog pic.)

A small black cat is on her back on a tile floor. She is stretching in a curve, her paws are extended and toes are stretched out wide, her mouth is open and you can see all her teeth. It's got a bit of an Aliens but Cute vibe.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 11/04/2026

The very first flower has pushed its way through mud, leaves, and the last snow (Wednesday!) to emerge, bright and beautiful.

A purple crocus stands tall amidst an inch of leaf cover, next to a hunk of granite. It is a splash of vivid purple amidst trampled brown.

Same crocus flower from the top, showing the detail of the petals and the bright orange stamen in the center.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 07/04/2026

It is April in the North Country and that means alternating between rain showers and snow showers. These are the same trees, just a few hours apart. Where the ground is not accumulating snow is probably a spot where the birds are active.

Cluster of tiny spruce trees getting dusted with snow, like someone is gently dusting them with powdered sugar.

Same spruce tree cluster as before (slightly different angle) but now it's like a 5 year old glopped on a bunch of icing on the trees and on the ground. It's just a mess, not picturesque.

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Something Spooky @phiguru.myatproto.social · 06/04/2026

To that end, the labeler @labeler.antisubstack.fyi is very helpful for quickly flagging custom domains that are hosted on substack. (I've obscured the user and post text here because they were posting a link to someone else's newsletter.)

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