Monday Update 3-17-25

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Recipe: "Pistachio Cardamom Cookies"
Exoplanets
Birdfeeding
Photos: South Lot
Photos: New Rocks
Little Free Libraries
Creative Jam
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Animals
Follow Friday 3-14-25: Ghosts
Poem: "Of Greater Value"
Bird Apocalypse
How to Avoid Blisters from Yardening
How to Plan a Food Forest
Birdfeeding
Gully Stuffing
Lunar Eclipse
Potting Bench Ideas
Photos: Miniature Irises
How to Grow Plants
Review: Cocojune Passionfruit Organic Cultured Coconut (nondairy yogurt)
Birdfeeding
Solar Power
Photos: Garden Shed
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Conservation
Birdfeeding
Good News

"Not a Destination, But a Process" has 118 comments. "The Democratic Armada of the Caribbean" has 66 comments. Joann Fabrics going out of business has 51 comments.


There will be a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics from Monday, March 17-Sunday, March 23.


marchmetamatterschallenge is running this month. See my tracking post and the first check-in post.

* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 1: The Importance of Fanifestos"
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2a: What Is a Fanifesto?" intro & canon guide
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2b: What Is a Fanifesto?" cast list & character study
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2c: What Is a Fanifesto?" ship manifesto & milieu study
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2d: What Is a Fanifesto?" plot analysis & crossovers
* Meta: "Why We Need Fanifestos Part 2e: What Is a Fanifesto?" trope manifesto & format guide


"Babes in the Pineywoods" belongs to the Big One. It belongs to the Big One thread of Polychrome Heroics. Bo-Art and Creamjeans talk with the Black Doctor.


The weather was unseasonably warm for much of the week, stormed a couple of times, was cold and miserable yesterday, and today is sunny and moderate. Spring in Illinois, LOL! :D Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large flock of mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a flock of blackbirds, several starlings, several mourning doves, several grackles, a pair of cardinals, a pair of house finches, two crows, a tufted titmouse, a male downy woodpecker, a robin, a phoebe, and a fox squirrel. Currently blooming: crocus, mininature irises, daffodils, winter aconite. Honeybees, bumblebees, and other flying insects are out on sunny days, brawling over the first few blossoms.