Ooh, tornado sirens are blowing! Time to go out on the deck and savor the storm.

#MidwestLife

(Seriously, I checked the warning and it's not headed at us.)

When it hails during a violent storm, start filming. Was able to snag these beauties during the fray #picturesofmastodon #lightning #SamsungGalaxyS21Plus #4K #hailstorms #MidwestLife

Walking along the side of a county highway after a 5k. A guy in a red Prius pulls up behind me.

Guy: Excuse me!

Me: Uh--yeah?

Guy (gestures at all the cars): What's the occasion?

Me: Oh, there's a race. A 5k.

(beat)

Guy: Great!

And he leaves. And I leave.

I got second in my (new) age group and won a small pie.

#MidwestLife

Not sure what to do about gardening this year. I'm half tempted to skip it because I'm overwhelmed with other stuff and I think I've compromised the soil in my raised beds; I've had disease problems the past couple years.

That aside-- spent a couple hours outdoors turning things over, pruning herbs, getting rid of dead leaves, covering some stuff in black plastic to bake. The wind was pesky but all in all a great reason to be outdoors.

#gardening #annarbor #spring #sunshine #MidwestLife

I like how in Wisconsin you can go from a full foot of snow on the ground to allergy eye drop season in like three weeks.

#MidwestLife

This is an actual place across the street from the bookstore I went to last night. If you ever read me writing about how weird Madison is, please realize I've toned it down a bit.

#MidwestLife #MadisonWi

Hoping alarming weather predictions do not come true.

#spring #weather #gardening #midwestlife

Go home, Wisconsin. You're drunk.

#Wisconsin #MidwestLife

At my café 30 min later than usual and there are a lot of old people kibbitzing. Behind me, a group of old men started out critiquing the idea of what being within six months of death means and moved on to "does stretching increase your muscular endurance?"

Their analysis of the second point is actually much more sophisticated than that of the first, surprisingly.

#Overheard #cafe #MidwestLife

It's 10°F this morning, coming on the heels of a long period of low to mid 30s, and the number of people walking around in a sweatshirt and jeans without a coat is surprisingly high.

#MidwestLife #Wisconsin

@urbanmicrofarmer same. #MidwestLife

It’s a stunner of a sunny day, I thought maybe I could go for a long walk…then I checked the temperature and, uh, not yet. Present wrapping by the fireplace it is! #sundaymorning #fairweatherwalker #midwestlife

It’s a stunner of a sunny day, I thought maybe I could go for a long walk…then I checked the temperature and, uh, not yet. Present wrapping by the fireplace it is! #sundaymorning #fairweatherwalker #midwestlife

@epp_john

In a pinch, your trunk can be fridge #3 too

#MidwestLife