There were berries and cherries as thick as might be seen
My street has lost its cherry trees! Not the weeping cherry, but the pair of regular cherries in the next yard over that I documented so joyously last spring and the spring before. I have no idea what happened. The ground is blackened and broken and bare; all the little undergrowth that used to cluster around the lichen-saddled trunks and branches is gone. There was a dispirited clump of something that might be the daffodils when it's not climate-raddled late winter and some weeds left behind chain-link, like tame brownfields. I loved those trees. I had been looking forward to their blossoms this spring. It had become a ritual and something that made me feel better about the world. I will still visit their weeping neighbor, but damn. If it had to do with property flipping, may all their investments fail.
I have been out of commission for most of this week thanks to pain and other stressors, so have some links.
1. Courtesy of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thisbluespirit: AI-generated Valentine's cards. "Boop-rah, sexy fried heart!"
2. Courtesy ofselkie: the ping-pong ball coronet. I had no idea that defunct coronets were a thing.
3. Courtesy ofminoanmiss: lovers reunited in 1944, now with accurate and heart-touching translation. "Il ne savait même plus son vrai nom tant il en avait changé. C'est celui de droite qui le lui a rendu."
4. Courtesy ofa_reasonable_man: "It was the most successful Jewish ad campaign of all time — but who was the model?" A deep dive into Jewish advertising, Native identity, and now I want a deli sandwich on rye.
5. Courtesy of a friend who isn't on DW: a truly majestic cabbage.
It will not be a full twenty-four hours for reasons of unavoidable capitalism, butspatch and I are in the process of programming ourselves this weekend's Black Cat 'Thon 2022. We have bailed on numerous portions of the official 'Thon in the past. It should be a good time.
I have been out of commission for most of this week thanks to pain and other stressors, so have some links.
1. Courtesy of
thisbluespirit: AI-generated Valentine's cards. "Boop-rah, sexy fried heart!"2. Courtesy of
selkie: the ping-pong ball coronet. I had no idea that defunct coronets were a thing.3. Courtesy of
minoanmiss: lovers reunited in 1944, now with accurate and heart-touching translation. "Il ne savait même plus son vrai nom tant il en avait changé. C'est celui de droite qui le lui a rendu."4. Courtesy of
a_reasonable_man: "It was the most successful Jewish ad campaign of all time — but who was the model?" A deep dive into Jewish advertising, Native identity, and now I want a deli sandwich on rye.5. Courtesy of a friend who isn't on DW: a truly majestic cabbage.
It will not be a full twenty-four hours for reasons of unavoidable capitalism, but
spatch and I are in the process of programming ourselves this weekend's Black Cat 'Thon 2022. We have bailed on numerous portions of the official 'Thon in the past. It should be a good time.
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I don't think cities can afford to lose trees, especially not grown ones. I hope there is at least replanting on the street, but it will not be the same.
I'd seen the AI-generated Valentine's day cards; they're very fun (and must have trained on a fun database).
I would unironically buy several of them if I ever saw them in a bookstore, if I am ever again in a bookstore in my life.
That cabbage truly is majestic. You can play at being shrunk to mouse size beside it.
I like that image. I hope whoever grew it had small children who did.
Have fun at the 'thon!
Thank you!