Weekly #forestpark #pdx update: Kinda miserable for trail running, tbh. The leaves were pasted to the trail with mud and the canopy above was just letting all the rain through.

Plenty of solitude and foggy views. Very #silentsunday themed.

I just wanted a hot shower and warm house afterwards.

Another sunny day for a trail run in #forestpark #pdx! This is my typical view. The dog can run much faster than me. At this point I’m hoping the rains stay away for a few more weekends.

You know you’re getting old when your favorite bands start performing with the symphony. That said, this was a fantastic show.

My only regret about the picture is that Jenny Conlee got cut out and her enthusiasm was one of the best parts of the show. #decemberists #pdx #concert #oregonsymphony

Sunny November run + KEXP Runcast = peak PNW. #forestpark #kexp #pdx #run #silentsunday

Same trail, ten minutes apart. It was nice to have the atmospheric river dry up for a little bit, but most of my time in #forestpark #pdx looked like the first picture.

It’s been a while! Today started off as extremely rainy, which left the forest floor pretty muddy and wet. But the view above was really nice! Even though we’re well into autumn there is still a ton of green in the trees. #pdx #forestpark

So, I got to hang out with Caesar the No Drama Llama the other day. I don’t think it can be a bad day if you get to hug a #llama on said day. What a sweet creature!

Another mollusk picture from #forestpark in #pdx this week. I stopped my run to see a banana #slug crossing a little bridge next to me.

There was some kind of trail race today happening in the park. It looked like fun! The slug was thankfully not on the course.

I saw this snail on my weekend #ForestPark #pdx outing and figure I’d take a picture looking down for once. Much prettier than the banana slugs!

Still mostly avoiding the social media world darkness but at least I made it into the forest this weekend. I was hoping to get some wildflower views but settled for the usual spot - thankfully there were a few wildflowers up there!

I was about five minutes away from leaving for Timberline Lodge when I got a text incidentally mentioning that the conditions were terrible up there today. This made me wonder: where is the best place to get real time info about ski/snowboard conditions? Forecasts are easy to misinterpret.

This is a great YouTube video exposing how Honey (by PayPal) stole affiliate links from YouTubers and then also just failed to do what it promised for their users in the first place. I always felt a little squicked out when I heard a YouTuber or podcaster with them as a sponsor.

But what if… you were petting me more?

Post-Thanksgiving coffee in my favorite mug. Kent Brockman tells it like it is.

Happy Turkey Day for those celebrating. I’m spending some time as a sous chef and watching the #mst3k Turkey Day Marathon

Right now: Hobgoblins!

Absolutely miserable outside today in #ForestPark in Portland - just constant cold rain and muddy trails. Still, sometimes you go around a bend and look up and it might be worth it.

Forest Park in #Portland by mid-November. We’re properly in the cold wet fall. It’s up to the ferns and the conifers to keep things green through the winter.

Other things to think about rather than impending doom: New social networks and POSSE - the idea that you should post on your own site and syndicate everywhere. Important these days when we can’t really trust any server. I chose micro.blog for my host, and this post goes to multiple sites.

Things I’m doing to stop thinking about impending doom for a bit: watching Frieren with my kid. Imagine if your D&D campaign ended 89 years ago and a character was still reminiscing about those times, and put it in a gorgeous setting. It’s fantastic.

I voted, and you should too! #oregonvotes

More Forest Park October magic here in #Portland. The sun through the high canopies was giving a distinct Lothlorian vibe this late morning. This was taken on Wildwood trail, not too far from Birch Trail.

Yesterday I discovered that the remodeled #pdx airport has a little section devoted to the Tiny Chef show! I don’t think they shoot it here in Portland any longer but I think it was here for a while!

Another Forest Park update from #Portland. Fall is definitely showing up now! The trails are now sided with fallen leaves and there are far less worries about hot days. This view is from Nature Trail, between Wildwood and Leif.

Forest Park update: it still feels like summer is hanging by a thread here. Despite the cooler weather, the leaves don’t seem to be ready to drop for a bit. It was noticeably emptier with the #Portland Marathon happening!

Ok, I kicked Wordpress to the curb and I’m trying out micro.blog as a simpler/cheaper home base. The nice thing is that it seems to support cross-posting, but we’ll see what kind of features make it through to Mastodon and Bsky.