Best part of living in Northern California is the nights in the park. Cool breeze, cool music, cool friends. #LiveMusic #FreeParks #NorCalGirl #NeverGonnaGiveItUp #GoodThings

#GoodThings

- saw many buns in the park. and a rat! 😍
- finished last year's spring sketchbook lol
- swapped out tarot decks from storage, found myself trying to reach for the thoth and the morgan greer, so out they came. along with two fun ones.
- revisited different sketchbook for inspiration and i'm mixing up new color palettes with old techniques :) maybe something fun will come of it
- it's supposed to rain all night!
- found a youtube channel very up my alley, don't know why i haven't stumbled across it earlier? (Crecganford)

ok i have to double down with positive things. it's been harder to find/focus on any recently (overall and also acutely in the last week or so), all the more important to get on it.

here are some #GoodThings
- the weather has been cooler and i finally felt like i have energy to live. might even clean up today
- i'm having a lot of fun arting and crafting, using up stuff i already have. it's very rewarding to be in a place where i don't really need to be getting anything
- i am 10 years marry this week! so that's cute. maybe we'll takeaway about it
- blessed to have a friend i could whine to about everything, they're a connection to home and to the good parts of my past
- been listening to music more since we got tidal. i like its algorithm
- ever so grateful for the accessible, no-hoops required trans healthcare around here

Some good things to smile about-

I have a golden eye frog or two that lingers by the light at the front door for bugs. They are cute.

I hear the barking frogs even if I rarely see them & they make me smile.

We have an armadillo (or 2) that have started scrounging the yard for bugs & slugs. They are just plain WEIRD looking.
#GoodThings #Nature #Joy

:blobhaj_prideheart: There's gonna be a pride after party event in our town this year, hosted by some queens. This is actually a *massive* thing for where I live, which is a very conservative area. #GoodThings

#GoodThings
- turns out rose syrup + fizzy water is a decent approximation of Fentiman's rose lemonade!
- pizza and Poirot with the partner :) takeaway is so spoonful
- we were promised a storm and while it seems to have dissipated before it properly arrived there was a very dramatic cloud. and it smells nice
- managed to stop myself from purchasing a ridiculous amount of beads (didn't get any, in fact!)
- reading in the sun!
- luscious soap 🫧

today's highlights:
- launched a peanut directly into a crow's beak! it made a satisfying clack on impact
- enjoying combo postage
https://kirklindsay.itch.io/combo-postage
- cat keeps inviting herself for hugs. it is a bit cold

#GoodThings

#Gratitude #Magical #Grateful #Awareness #NatureIsBeautiful #GoodForTheSoul #GoodThings #BeautyInNature #SmellTheRoses

#Gratitude #Magical #Grateful #Awareness #NatureIsBeautiful #GoodForTheSoul #GoodThings #BeautyInNature #SmellTheRoses

No blog today; gonna revisit doing that every day as my schedule at Hustle Prime starts to pick up. #GoodThings for today: the self-awareness to see and keep control of a case of brainweasels; a new indie game I forgot I had purchased; purring kitties; love.

#GoodThings today -

- saw a super bright crocus
- one crow in the park has a Very Different voice from all its friends and it cracks us up every time
- big snuggles with cat
- i Tried™️ and therefore no one should criticize me

#GoodThings
- got a package from mom! with candy, stickers, and supplements
- getting arty with said stickers and bits of ephemera
- working through a really meaty course of insight-integration. loving it
- another 10°C day! supposed to be 13 over the weekend ☀️

#GoodThings
2023-02-15

1) Started some healthy lacto-ferments. Glad I managed.
2) A short walk lifting the mood.
3) One step further on the way of getting more help with important things.

Yours?

3/3 Interval #GoodThings since the endish of January:

-I finished my first #Book of 2023: #TessOfTheEmeraldSea by #BrandonSanderson. I absolutely loved the book's characters - not just the heroine but the supporting characters as well.

-I started a #reread of Sanderson's #Mistborn #The FinalEmpire with the goal of doing my first #readthrough of the newest book in the series #TheLostMetal.

-My wife and I got married 6 years ago today! So we are going to take the spawnling and eat tasty ramen!

2/ Interval #GoodThings since the endish of January:

-Started to play #DungeonsAndDragonsOnline more seriously with a close friend and two of our EQ2 friends joined us! So we played on new characters with them and did some of the intro quests/zones together.

-The same friends then invited us to try out #Solasta with them and we have since been enjoying the game. I have been told it is similar to #Divinity (which I never played). This game has so much potential for creativity and I am excited!

1/ Interval #GoodThings since the endish of January:

-My Defiler got her Prismatic 2.0, guild ran old content to get people the update so yay.

-I am playing in a weekly #DND #Waterdeep campaign as a Divine Soul Sorcerer named Aelyn - she is such a personal character and I am so lucky to play in a group that I am comfortable enough with to bring that vulnerability to life.

-Attended the spawnling's open house and met all of their teachers at their current high school - so many good comments.

I think I get Sage phones because I like the verdant feeling. Add a case with flowers on, and I'm blooming inside. #GoodThings

#GoodThings
- so warm and sunny! Second time this year i was able to pray outside. Cat got to bask to her heart's content, indoors and out
- nutty fruity bread! That Ben and Jerry's brownie chocolate collab with Tony's chocolonely... And proper leafy black tea. Hit the spot just right
- discovered we can get boostered at any time at the pharmacy. Yay! Now if only there were guidelines and recommendations as to how many to get. Last one definitely ran out

Rich guy gives money for operation to 1000 people so they can see again!

I mean, that can only be a positive thing... can't it... you can't complain about that... can you?

Apparently you can.

(Do you think Jesus was ever critisised for miracle porn?)

#GoodThings
#MiraclePorn
BBC News - MrBeast: Why has YouTuber faced criticism for blind surgery video?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-64490431

January was a very difficult month for me, emotionally, but there were some good things:

Saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker
Started watching Detectorists
Joined Mastodon and liking it so far!
Started my Welsh course with Dysgu Cymraeg
Donated blood, something I’ve been meaning to get back to doing for ages
First Doers & Improvers book club meeting of the year with @dotiau

#goodthings #january