JBR
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Always trying to improve whatever I do.
Truly humbled by the extraordinary talent and intellect of the NIH scientists and grateful for the science/biomedical research funded by NIH that has given so many a second chance in life.
Truly humbled by the extraordinary talent and intellect of the NIH scientists and grateful for the science/biomedical research funded by NIH that has given so many a second chance in life.
Fly little Hummingbird fly!
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Fly little Hummingbird fly!
Sóla’s Wednesday AM walk: 29/78%/5MPH SSW. Dogs:9; Runners:1; Cyclists:2; Excavators:2. 1/2 water main breaks has been patched. Beginning a new stained glass mosaic from M’s shot of the 5th C Ravenna mausoleum ceiling. The “Alt non pareil” cookies taste great - successful experiment. #Dogsofbluesky
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sóla’s Wednesday AM walk: 29/78%/5MPH SSW. Dogs:9; Runners:1; Cyclists:2; Excavators:2. 1/2 water main breaks has been patched. Beginning a new stained glass mosaic from M’s shot of the 5th C Ravenna mausoleum ceiling. The “Alt non pareil” cookies taste great - successful experiment. #Dogsofbluesky
Sixth seasonal cookie made this December: Alt-non pareils. I’ve made these cookies for many years but the non pareils (French chocolate candy) were unavailable this year so I had to substitute with chocolate chips. Baking is part of my family tradition and I love it!
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sixth seasonal cookie made this December: Alt-non pareils. I’ve made these cookies for many years but the non pareils (French chocolate candy) were unavailable this year so I had to substitute with chocolate chips. Baking is part of my family tradition and I love it!
Memo can play this game all day long.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Memo can play this game all day long.
Sóla’s Tuesday AM walk: 19/77%/3 MPH NW. Dogs:5; Cyclists:2. Felt warmer today. Non-pareil cookies - to be baked today. Has been impossible to find nonpareils and we cannot find Terry’s chocolate oranges either. Tariffs? I can “create” a nonpareil but not a chocolate orange. Sad. #Dogsofbluesky
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Sóla’s Tuesday AM walk: 19/77%/3 MPH NW. Dogs:5; Cyclists:2. Felt warmer today. Non-pareil cookies - to be baked today. Has been impossible to find nonpareils and we cannot find Terry’s chocolate oranges either. Tariffs? I can “create” a nonpareil but not a chocolate orange. Sad. #Dogsofbluesky
Sóla’s Monday AM walk: 17/69%/11MPH NW; Feels like: 7. Dogs:7. Sóla wore her wooly fleece today. Her paws had to be held in bare hands 3x to warm & de-ice them, as she will not wear her boots. Today is for baking a Hummingbird cake for M’s lab party. It is their favorite cake. #Dogsofbluesky
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sóla’s Monday AM walk: 17/69%/11MPH NW; Feels like: 7. Dogs:7. Sóla wore her wooly fleece today. Her paws had to be held in bare hands 3x to warm & de-ice them, as she will not wear her boots. Today is for baking a Hummingbird cake for M’s lab party. It is their favorite cake. #Dogsofbluesky
Sóla’s Sunday AM walk: 28/72%/14MPH NW; snowfall:.5 Bloody cold is what with feels like 11. Dogs: 6; Runners:1; Snowplows(salt spreaders):2. Sóla was in snow heaven and ran like a nutcase dog. Difficult walking/taking shots with her enthusiasm. #Dogsofbluesky
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sóla’s Sunday AM walk: 28/72%/14MPH NW; snowfall:.5 Bloody cold is what with feels like 11. Dogs: 6; Runners:1; Snowplows(salt spreaders):2. Sóla was in snow heaven and ran like a nutcase dog. Difficult walking/taking shots with her enthusiasm. #Dogsofbluesky
Reactive whites in glass fusing: before and after firing.
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reactive whites in glass fusing: before and after firing.
Jefferson Bakery - located beside Hemp’s, a place we always visit to buy doughnuts, apple fritters and sometimes cakes. The food is very good.
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Jefferson Bakery - located beside Hemp’s, a place we always visit to buy doughnuts, apple fritters and sometimes cakes. The food is very good.
Burkittsville, MD, trip to Hemp’s Meats continued. We have a circle we drive through the country when we travel to Hemp’s. We check on the same houses each time. The yellow brick house was recently restored. Before restoration, it was in grave danger of falling in. They did a great job!
December 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Burkittsville, MD, trip to Hemp’s Meats continued. We have a circle we drive through the country when we travel to Hemp’s. We check on the same houses each time. The yellow brick house was recently restored. Before restoration, it was in grave danger of falling in. They did a great job!
Short trip to Hemps Meats, livestock merchants, in Jefferson, Frederick Co. MD. We have been going to this country butcher for 25+ years for our lamb, pork, beef and eggs. They sell top quality meats and we especially enjoy their country ham rolls. We passed on the chitterlings though.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Short trip to Hemps Meats, livestock merchants, in Jefferson, Frederick Co. MD. We have been going to this country butcher for 25+ years for our lamb, pork, beef and eggs. They sell top quality meats and we especially enjoy their country ham rolls. We passed on the chitterlings though.
WTF! The things you see on I-270!
The placard on this truck, UN 2977, refers to Uranium hexafluoride. Toxic, radioactive, corrosive, etc.
The placard on this truck, UN 2977, refers to Uranium hexafluoride. Toxic, radioactive, corrosive, etc.
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
WTF! The things you see on I-270!
The placard on this truck, UN 2977, refers to Uranium hexafluoride. Toxic, radioactive, corrosive, etc.
The placard on this truck, UN 2977, refers to Uranium hexafluoride. Toxic, radioactive, corrosive, etc.
Sóla’s Saturday AM walk: 28/81%/3 MPH SSW. Jupiter was visible; hole has deepened and a new water main break spotted. New Santa made my day. Will travel way out to the country butcher to pick up a rib roast for Christmas dinner before having a Winter scene glass class later today. #Dogsofbluesky
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sóla’s Saturday AM walk: 28/81%/3 MPH SSW. Jupiter was visible; hole has deepened and a new water main break spotted. New Santa made my day. Will travel way out to the country butcher to pick up a rib roast for Christmas dinner before having a Winter scene glass class later today. #Dogsofbluesky
Sometimes you share DNA with someone with whom you want to claim kin, sometimes not. In this case, I’m so happy to say she is my cousin, a photographer who lives/works in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
www.meryltruett.com/meryl-in-mex...
www.meryltruett.com/meryl-in-mex...
Meryl in Mexico — Meryl Truett Photography
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December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sometimes you share DNA with someone with whom you want to claim kin, sometimes not. In this case, I’m so happy to say she is my cousin, a photographer who lives/works in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
www.meryltruett.com/meryl-in-mex...
www.meryltruett.com/meryl-in-mex...
Water main break in the neighborhood.
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Water main break in the neighborhood.
Sóla’s Friday AM walk: 26/62%/5MPH W. Dogs: 7; Runners: 1. Water main break has been reported to WSSC. Black ice on the street, as a result of the break. Lucky we did not fall. Saw Jupiter today but sky was too cloudy. Need to shop for Sóla, et al. today. #Dogsofbluesky
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sóla’s Friday AM walk: 26/62%/5MPH W. Dogs: 7; Runners: 1. Water main break has been reported to WSSC. Black ice on the street, as a result of the break. Lucky we did not fall. Saw Jupiter today but sky was too cloudy. Need to shop for Sóla, et al. today. #Dogsofbluesky
Stranger things than these, up too early…again…and looking through the past.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Stranger things than these, up too early…again…and looking through the past.
That night when M played Santa for the FD - their regular could not make it so he volunteered. The suit was a bit too big but his highlight was getting to ride up front in the truck and sound the horn.
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
That night when M played Santa for the FD - their regular could not make it so he volunteered. The suit was a bit too big but his highlight was getting to ride up front in the truck and sound the horn.
Sóla’s cold & windy Thursday AM walk: 32/59%/11MPH NW. Dogs:8; Runners:1. Today is trash pick up day and all along the walk, boxes and debris had been blown across yards and streets. Looked trashy. Saw a water main break with street flooding too. That time of year. #Dogsofbluesky
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sóla’s cold & windy Thursday AM walk: 32/59%/11MPH NW. Dogs:8; Runners:1. Today is trash pick up day and all along the walk, boxes and debris had been blown across yards and streets. Looked trashy. Saw a water main break with street flooding too. That time of year. #Dogsofbluesky
Sóla’s Wednesday AM walk: 33F/81%/10MPH S. Dogs:6; Runners:1. Cloud cover prevented stargazing today but it was milder than yesterday so this was good. M took 1st box of cookies to the lab yesterday. Said there were no cookie survivors. Seasonal cake baking, my favorite, is next. #Dogsofbluesky
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Sóla’s Wednesday AM walk: 33F/81%/10MPH S. Dogs:6; Runners:1. Cloud cover prevented stargazing today but it was milder than yesterday so this was good. M took 1st box of cookies to the lab yesterday. Said there were no cookie survivors. Seasonal cake baking, my favorite, is next. #Dogsofbluesky
Fifth seasonal cookies: Linzer, M’s favorite. A complicated cookie that begins with processing hazelnuts, almonds with AP flour. Then adding spices and cutting in butter. The dough is formed into 2 balls then chilled o/n before rolling out and cutting. It is a sandwich with raspberry jam/xxx sugar.
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fifth seasonal cookies: Linzer, M’s favorite. A complicated cookie that begins with processing hazelnuts, almonds with AP flour. Then adding spices and cutting in butter. The dough is formed into 2 balls then chilled o/n before rolling out and cutting. It is a sandwich with raspberry jam/xxx sugar.
Sóla’s AM walk: 17F/67%/2MPH N. Dogs:6; Deer:2; Cyclists:1; Runners:1. Night sky was visible as we were walking before the start of astronomical twilight. Legs were burning with the bitter cold, despite layering. Today I’ll bake the 5th seasonal cookie: Linzer, M’s favorite. #Dogsofbluesky
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sóla’s AM walk: 17F/67%/2MPH N. Dogs:6; Deer:2; Cyclists:1; Runners:1. Night sky was visible as we were walking before the start of astronomical twilight. Legs were burning with the bitter cold, despite layering. Today I’ll bake the 5th seasonal cookie: Linzer, M’s favorite. #Dogsofbluesky
Buckeyes, 4th of the seasonal cookies and a favorite of the UMich folks. Legend has it that Buckeye cookies once fed 3 on their long return drive to Ann Arbor. Saved them time & $, as they did not need to stop for food. These cookies are highly addictive, BTW and Sóla loves them w/o chocolate.
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Buckeyes, 4th of the seasonal cookies and a favorite of the UMich folks. Legend has it that Buckeye cookies once fed 3 on their long return drive to Ann Arbor. Saved them time & $, as they did not need to stop for food. These cookies are highly addictive, BTW and Sóla loves them w/o chocolate.
Sóla’s extra early Monday AM walk: 31F/65%/11MPH NNE. Dogs:3, Runners:2. This is the high for the day. Going to plunge in temp. Never made it past civil dawn today. Today’s discussion: greatest addiction is revenge, as spelled out in Slate. Really interesting to know. #Dogsofbluesky
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sóla’s extra early Monday AM walk: 31F/65%/11MPH NNE. Dogs:3, Runners:2. This is the high for the day. Going to plunge in temp. Never made it past civil dawn today. Today’s discussion: greatest addiction is revenge, as spelled out in Slate. Really interesting to know. #Dogsofbluesky
Sorry to see this news. My cousin, a professional photographer and former instructor of photography at SCAD, said that Martin once gave a lecture at SCAD, at her invitation and that he was hilarious and brilliant. She was a huge fan.
www.1854.photography/2025/12/mart...
www.1854.photography/2025/12/mart...
Martin Parr, 1952 - 2025 - 1854 Photography
A giant of photography, Martin Parr helped foster a seachange in documentary at Magnum Photos and went on to publish scores of photobooks and win retrospectives at Barbican Art Gallery and Jeu de Paum...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sorry to see this news. My cousin, a professional photographer and former instructor of photography at SCAD, said that Martin once gave a lecture at SCAD, at her invitation and that he was hilarious and brilliant. She was a huge fan.
www.1854.photography/2025/12/mart...
www.1854.photography/2025/12/mart...