Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick)

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick).


Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick)

BSQ stands for (Think) Big, (Act) Small, (Move) Quick. Think Big means choosing a goal that is worthy of your effort, a major accomplishment. Act Small breaks it down into actionable steps. Move Quick means to start working on it immediately and create a timeline for your chosen goal.



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Birdfeeding

Today is mostly cloudy, breezy, and mild. It rained off and on yesterday.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity yet.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I planted 4 sweet basil, 1 lemon basil, and 1 purple basil in pots on the patio. That finished off one flat of herbs.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I planted a Lantana 'Cherry Sunrise' and an Old-Fashioned Climbing Petunia in the barrel garden. The petunia is what my grandmother callled "yesterday-today-and-tomorrow" because the flowers open white, turn pale pink, then darken to orchid. I planted a Joe Pye Weed in the prairie garden. This concludes the Select Seeds order.

The first raspberry blossoms are opening. :D

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I brought in the anemometer so my partner Doug could change the batteries, then put it back on its stake in the septic garden.

I sowed Bee Lawn Mix over bare spots in the ritual meadow.

I moved the two white owl pots and the blue chalk-horse pot to the old picnic table, but haven't filled them yet.

I've seen several sparrows and house finches, a mourning dove, and a male goldfinch. :D

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I filled each of the two white owl pots with a 'Dusty Miller' artemesia, a white petunia, two blue lobelia, and two purple-and-white verbena.  I filled the blue chalk-horse pot with a purple petunia, a white petunia, and four purple and white mix sweet alyssum.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I sowed moonflower and morning glory seeds in the barrel garden.  I sowed Shithouse Marigold seeds in the oval pot on the old picnic table and several pots in the septic garden and new picnic table.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I planted 4 perennial pinks in the notch of the prairie garden.  

Nannyberry and wood hyacinths are blooming.  Irises and blackberries have flower buds.  :D

More drizzle, but not the promised storm, which is fine.

EDIT 5/1/25 -- I planted 4 marigolds around the 'Mr. Stripey' tomato, then added Shithouse Marigold seeds.

I've heard blue jays and catbirds, but haven't seen them.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

Galloping Crocodiles

Giant croclike carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound -- that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until about 11 million years ago. Or at least, that's what paleontologists thought. A new study shows the Caribbean Islands were a refuge for the last sebecid populations at least 5 million years after they went extinct everywhere else.

LOL yes, I spotted those in Peculiar Obligations. Nice to know people have found them in the Caribbean here too, and later than expected.  They're often called galloping crocodiles or hooved crocodiles.  Here are some different examples.

Color Fest Bingo Card 5-1-25

Here is my card for the Color Fest Bingo over in allbingo. The fest runs from May 1-31. (See all my 2025 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


COLOR FEST BINGO CARD

local color	black and blue	true colors	blue law	white noise
shades of grey	chase rainbows	all that glitters is not gold	shrinking violet	little brown jug
splash of color	little black book	WILD CARD	caught red-handed	yellow jack
the green stuff	golden opportunity	silver-tongued	pale imitation	war paint
paint a picture	grey area	riot of color	red hot	color coded

Hobbies: Graphic Design

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Graphic design is a hobby of making images, often digital. It includes things like banners, icons, and printables. These are super popular online to promote fun activities.

On Dreamwidth, consider creative communities like allbingo, drawesome, graphics, icons, or justcreate. There are lots more.

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Listen to "Hal-an-Tow"

This is one of my favorite Beltane songs.

Watch on YouTube