I'm laying in bed watching TV with a cat in my lap and coffee in my hand. How's your Sunday afternoon going?

#catsofmastodon #coffee

This barred owl stopped by the backyard this morning. Still up from last night's work on the spooky Halloween soundtrack.

#owl #nature #wildlife

Happy Halloween! Have a spooky time, pet a black cat, and do run upstairs from the knife wielding maniac instead of outside to safety. It's what Halloween is all about.

#Halloween

This is pretty cool! I'm a big supporter of bees and other pollinators so I see this a win for them. 🐝🦋 I think people benefit from the little green spaces too.

Mini-gardens for bees on Peterborough bus stop roofs approved

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e9vynyvdpo

> Living Roofs aimed at boosting biodiversity in urban areas will be installed under a new bus stop contract.

#beekeeping #pollinators

Melissa ordered this large canvas of a picture I took last year months ago and it arrived today. I've shared it before, it's the Victorian garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. I lucked into a chance where the day was gorgeous and the garden empty. She really thought it was wall hanging worthy and caught a good sale. I appreciate that someone likes my photography, even if it's my wife. 🙂

Have a good night! 🌃

#today #photography

I'm ready for November 4th.

I've got a sleepy pup here, who with her sister completely wrecked the bed.

Luckily our fresh bedding is waiting to swap out later.

#dogsofmastodon #pixie

Melissa has a meeting this evening by an antique store I haven't been to. She asked if I wanted to ride along and go to the store while she was in the meeting. A part of me does want to go, but I don't really have uranium glass money at the moment with Pixie's surgery approaching. I told Melissa if they have a grail piece I must have, I guess I'll see if trading a kidney is possible. 🤷🏼‍♂️ A 1930s art deco nude figurine or better.

Have a pleasant evening!

#today #antiques #uraniumglass

I think he might need new glasses. From my middle class perspective, the economy sucks. Guess it looks great to the ruling class view on high.

Kevin Hassett calls the economy the best ever despite voter concerns

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6170922-hassett-economy-midterms/amp/

> Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, on Sunday said the economy is the “best we’ve ever seen” as the Trump administration and Republicans make their final pitches heading into…

#politics #news #economy

If you have to feel bad about hanging out with someone after the fact, should you have been hanging out with them in the first place?

Bishops lament White House meeting that produced photo with Trump, say session was "manipulated" and "exploited" - CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-photo-bishops-white-house-meeting/

> Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Trump.

#politics #news

While setting up my floodlights and automations last night I revived some old tech I'd not used in years. In the process I put together Cat TV with an old POS Samsung smart (very dumb) TV. We weren't using it but the cats sure enjoy it. I'm only leaving it on for half an hour here and there but it's a hit.

#catsofmastodon

The OCD got me last night and I didn't go to bed until 2:30. Our new floodlights arrived yesterday and by the time I got everything installed it was 8pm. Then I thought I'd easily tie everything into the motion sensors in my cameras to detect people between 10pm to sunrise+15min and turn the lights on for 5 minutes then turn them off. It wasn't as easy as I thought but when I went to bed, they were working as I wanted.

So tired though. 🤦🏼‍♂️Now off to the bees.

Have a good day!

#today