https://blog.skarjune.ink/categories/photos/ Recent content in Photos on Skarjune Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 14 May 2026 08:55:05 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/14/good-morning-catsofmastodon-across-the.html Thu, 14 May 2026 08:55:05 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/14/good-morning-catsofmastodon-across-the.html Good Morning #CatsOfMastodon across the Feline Continuum. “I Meow—therefore I Am.” ~Mazy of Longfellow https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/07/red-maple-leaves-in-spring.html Thu, 07 May 2026 10:23:55 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/07/red-maple-leaves-in-spring.html Red maple leaves in Spring glow orange in the sun. Someday they’ll go green. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/04/daffodils-just-glow-in-morning.html Mon, 04 May 2026 13:41:39 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/05/04/daffodils-just-glow-in-morning.html Daffodils just glow in morning sun. #Spring https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/30/our-red-maple-leaves-will.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:46:53 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/30/our-red-maple-leaves-will.html Our Red Maple leaves will turn green in a few weeks, then wait until autumn to turn red again. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/26/just-daffodils.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:10:06 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/26/just-daffodils.html Just Daffodils https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/20/snow-melting-into-spring-turf.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:45 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/20/snow-melting-into-spring-turf.html Snow melting into spring turf, Minneapolis, April19, 2026. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/19/sure-theres-caturdaybut-i-much.html Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:26:00 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/19/sure-theres-caturdaybut-i-much.html Sure there’s #Caturday—but I much prefer #CatSunDay, knows Mazy. #CatsOfMastodon https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/16/our-first-tulip-on-the.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:19:55 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/16/our-first-tulip-on-the.html Our first tulip on the sunny street corner has bloomed to be admired by hundreds of dog walkers and baby strollers today. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/14/tulips-will-be-blooming-soon.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:58:33 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/14/tulips-will-be-blooming-soon.html Tulips will be blooming soon, and in Minnesota snow might be falling soon too! Our temperatures recently have ranged between freezing and 80°. Not unusual from late March into April, but more and more seems #ClimateChange extremes are happening around planet Earth. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/09/its-so-cold-these-frozen.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:23:30 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/04/09/its-so-cold-these-frozen.html It’s so cold these frozen April nights in Minnesota that Woodstock even visits! https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/02/17/mardisgras-lunarnewyear-solareclipse-ramadan-all.html Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:08:29 -0500 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/02/17/mardisgras-lunarnewyear-solareclipse-ramadan-all.html #MardiGras #LunarNewYear #SolarEclipse #Ramadan — all today, February 17, 2026. #NewMoon enters #Pisces bringing spiritual & philanthropic progress. Forget Presidents' Day. At least forget the current criminal POTUS! Today we all #MoveOn ! Llewellyn Worldwide https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/02/02/my-littlefreelibrary-in-minneapolis-in.html Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:16:13 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/02/02/my-littlefreelibrary-in-minneapolis-in.html My #LittleFreeLibrary in #Minneapolis in January saw least turnover of books in years. Barely 1 every other day, typically 2 a day. #Neighbors really read & donate, but #Community so focused on #ICEout, everyday life has changed. See my books at Longfellow.LIfe https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/minneapolis-star-tribune-sports-january.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:24:51 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/minneapolis-star-tribune-sports-january.html #Minneapolis Star Tribune Sports January 30th reports #ICEout story: (Hockey) Ice was a #sanctuary until ICE agents came to town. Vast majority of #Minnesota people do not feel safe. For real good reasons until #Trump is totally restrained. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/i-have-friends-everywhere-says.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:05:10 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/i-have-friends-everywhere-says.html “I have friends everywhere,” says Cassian Andor, the code phrase for rebels opposing Imperial Authoritarianism in Star Wars: Andor. “It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood … Please, won’t you be my neighbor?” sang Mister Rogers on TV. From Minnesota to America: I have Neighbors Everywhere #ICEout https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/watch-todays-minneapolis-iceout-rally.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:15:19 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/30/watch-todays-minneapolis-iceout-rally.html Watch today’s #Minneapolis #ICEout #Rally live on YouTube via Mercado Media Mercado Media on YouTube https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/25/minneapolis-was-a-peaceful-sleepy.html Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:33:26 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/25/minneapolis-was-a-peaceful-sleepy.html Minneapolis was a peaceful sleepy city come January 2026. With a frozen winter landscape, we hoped for fresh snow for skiing, shoeing, snow sculptures. This morning my own urban street is calm—however a vigil at 26th & Nicollet on dear Eat Street marks the site of a Federal murder. #ICEout https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/17/junko-birds-at-our-feeder.html Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:28:08 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/17/junko-birds-at-our-feeder.html Junko #birds at our feeder are puffed up with extra downy feathers. Stylin' with their hip #Puffer look. Image by The Perfect Shot © CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/05/swear-every-bottle-each-jar.html Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:26:03 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2026/01/05/swear-every-bottle-each-jar.html Swear every bottle, each jar, all my sauces and secret ingredients are Not Expired—so back in the clean refrigerator they go for 2026! #NewYearsResolution https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/12/15/minnesota-winter-roofcicles-frost.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:24:55 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/12/15/minnesota-winter-roofcicles-frost.html Minnesota Winter Roofcicles #Frost https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/12/15/holiday-season-is-a-special.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:44:59 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/12/15/holiday-season-is-a-special.html Holiday season is a special time of year. Old myths are nice enough, or there’s always Krampus… #Solstice brings time for #Reflection. Family memories go back to the best of times, beyond the worst of times as may happen. Here’s my seven-year-old ornament selection from Frank’s Nursery and Crafts. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/29/menards-has-a-blackfriday-deal.html Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:20:22 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/29/menards-has-a-blackfriday-deal.html Menards has a #BlackFriday deal in honor of #Atwood & #HandmaidsTale. Whoda thunk any BigBox store would sell Red Cloaks to the #Woke demographic? Oversized Red Comfort Hoodie Blanket https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/13/after-watching-the-first-two.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:04:24 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/13/after-watching-the-first-two.html After watching the first two #Pluribus episodes, seeing some odd little things differently. Not just social media memes & such. More low-level, like: *Yes, David there’s a GIF for that emotion you can view & transmit via the HIVE… https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/12/northern-lights-in-minnesota-are.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:15:44 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/11/12/northern-lights-in-minnesota-are.html Northern Lights in Minnesota are wild. Sky overhead blanketed in red last night. Here’s from Ely tonight with dancing colors.Live YouTube of Northern Lights https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/10/11/roasted-red-peppers-and-roma.html Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:29 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/10/11/roasted-red-peppers-and-roma.html Roasted red peppers and Roma tomatoes cooked down for a couple quarts of sauce to freeze. https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/10/09/when-you-got-old-bananas.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:22:34 -0600 https://blog.skarjune.ink/2025/10/09/when-you-got-old-bananas.html When you got old bananas, you can could compost, or bake Banana-Nut Muffins. Yum the latter.