Nostr notes by handmade ghost

I love the morning light in autumn--like spot-and footlights ...

2026-10-27T16:27:26Z

I love the morning light in autumn--like spot-and footlights warming to the stage and all her players.

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2026-10-26T16:09:50Z

#MonochromeMonday

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part three: American Robin ...

2026-10-25T22:37:49Z

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part three: American Robin

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part two: "Lincoln's" ...

2026-10-25T22:37:33Z

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part two: "Lincoln's" Sparrow

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part one: Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...

2026-10-25T22:37:00Z

Birds Masquerading as Foliage, part one: Ruby-crowned Kinglet

I was surprised by the most amazing pop-up vaudeville act when I ...

2026-10-25T18:08:42Z

I was surprised by the most amazing pop-up vaudeville act when I opened the back curtains this morning! #quorb

They also shovel, who only shovel rain. ...

2026-10-24T17:32:16Z

They also shovel, who only shovel rain.

Snufkin hibernating in his little den by the heating vent. ...

2026-10-24T14:39:46Z

Snufkin hibernating in his little den by the heating vent. #Caturday

"Common" mergansers. ...

2026-10-23T16:14:48Z

"Common" mergansers.

Watching kinglets in the aspens for #FootpathFriday. ...

2026-10-23T15:05:39Z

Watching kinglets in the aspens for #FootpathFriday.

I love catching the surprising iridescence of turkeys--they are ...

2026-10-22T17:46:13Z

I love catching the surprising iridescence of turkeys--they are clearly part dinosaur, part rainbow trout as they swim and chuckle all over the hillsides.

The spare and lovely scepters of the teasel. ...

2026-10-22T14:55:33Z

The spare and lovely scepters of the teasel.

Bonus #Wrensday hidden subject puzzle. ...

2026-10-21T15:33:50Z

Bonus #Wrensday hidden subject puzzle.

The morning sun just rising on #Wrensday here in Oregon. ...

2026-10-21T14:45:55Z

The morning sun just rising on #Wrensday here in Oregon.

The surface of a miniature gas giant? Nature's own mummy ...

2026-10-20T14:06:58Z

The surface of a miniature gas giant? Nature's own mummy winding cloths? A lantern shaped to represent a grey alien? #TextureTuesday

Because I am seeing a lot of pigeon love on my tl today, ...

2026-10-19T16:49:32Z

Because I am seeing a lot of pigeon love on my tl today, here's a rec for any pigeon lover who's not yet read it: Rosemary Mosco's _A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird_. Includes such chapters as "Why Pigeons are Dinosaurs, Doves, and Puppies" and "Why Is That Pigeon Doing That Thing?" It's so funny, so informative, so full of cartooning, and, ofc, so good. :brdPigeon:

And of course, my favorite next-door neighbors. #quorb ...

2026-10-19T15:56:14Z

And of course, my favorite next-door neighbors. #quorb

One of my little backyard visitors, the dapper chestnut-backed ...

2026-10-19T15:49:08Z

One of my little backyard visitors, the dapper chestnut-backed chickadee.

Autumn colors in bird form. ...

2026-10-18T18:27:45Z

Autumn colors in bird form.

The view just beyond the cedar in the previous post. The little ...

2026-10-17T19:08:27Z

The view just beyond the cedar in the previous post. The little bay here is almost entirely dry, though lush with dock and rushes, the distant mountain bare of her usual snow.

The gorgeous rosettes of the incense-cedar. ...

2026-10-17T18:56:53Z

The gorgeous rosettes of the incense-cedar.

Classic #Caturday bouquet. ...

2026-10-17T18:26:08Z

Classic #Caturday bouquet.

Also: In my head, the voice of the milkweed sounds like the hat ...

2026-10-16T15:39:06Z

Also: In my head, the voice of the milkweed sounds like the hat worn by the drowsy wiseman in Jim Henson's Labyrinth:

I mean, honestly. 2/2 ...

2026-10-16T14:24:09Z

I mean, honestly. 2/2

Impossible not to be constantly distracted by the milkweed plants ...

2026-10-16T14:16:46Z

Impossible not to be constantly distracted by the milkweed plants at this time of year--they just shine and shine.

Late summer greens. ...

2026-10-15T15:20:55Z

Late summer greens.

One of my favorite signs of autumn here are all the white-crowned ...

2026-10-14T23:33:46Z

One of my favorite signs of autumn here are all the white-crowned sparrows hopping around in the wild rose and blackberry bushes.

One ticket, please. 🐥 ...

2026-10-14T16:33:44Z

One ticket, please. 🐥

Milkweed bouquet. ...

2026-10-13T21:11:04Z

Milkweed bouquet.

"It would be pleasant To walk as ghosts walk, Swaying a ...

2026-10-13T16:17:53Z

"It would be pleasant
To walk as ghosts walk,
Swaying a little
As willow trees sway;

And in rain voices
To talk as ghosts talk
In the penultimate
Hours of day;

To have for one's heart
The heart that a ghost has,
Quiet and only
A little forlorn

With memory washed
Clean of remembrance,
And nothing to hope for
And nothing to mourn."

--Elizabeth Coatsworth, "As Ghosts"

Don't forget to tie your shoes before heading out for the ...

2026-10-13T14:05:47Z

Don't forget to tie your shoes before heading out for the day.

"For the soul is a wanderer with many hands and feet." ...

2026-10-12T14:38:14Z

"For the soul is a wanderer with many hands and feet."

--Joy Harjo, from "A Map to the Next World"

We rarely get grackles where I live, but the local ...

2026-10-11T15:11:53Z

We rarely get grackles where I live, but the local "Brewer's" blackbirds have no problem filling the gap in sweet, unassuming, eldritch terror left behind by their absence.

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2026-10-11T14:08:01Z

#SilentSunday

Fall colors in the semi-desert watershed. ...

2026-10-10T17:24:26Z

Fall colors in the semi-desert watershed.

Harvey posing for his author photo. #Caturday ...

2026-10-10T13:51:56Z

Harvey posing for his author photo. #Caturday

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2026-10-09T23:19:07Z

🧐

Just a little grasshopper. ...

2026-10-09T17:14:42Z

Just a little grasshopper.

A sort of selfie from my morning. ...

2026-10-08T19:16:31Z

A sort of selfie from my morning.

Another little peek-a-bird (a "lincoln's" sparrow). ...

2026-10-08T18:59:40Z

Another little peek-a-bird (a "lincoln's" sparrow).

Stars all across the marsh. #marshstronomy ...

2026-10-08T18:27:49Z

Stars all across the marsh. #marshstronomy

I love catching the little birds peeking out from behind the ...

2026-10-08T18:06:40Z

I love catching the little birds peeking out from behind the bushes.

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2026-10-08T03:09:37Z

Right-side-up: The robin lifts eir head from a sip of river atop ...

2026-10-06T15:29:12Z

Right-side-up: The robin lifts eir head from a sip of river atop a tiny crest of rock.

Upside-down: The robin lifts eir head proudly from the peak of a tall, pointed monument.

Look! And Listen! Up in the sky! It's . . . . . . Very ...

2026-10-06T00:15:19Z

Look! And Listen! Up in the sky! It's . . .

. . . Very Distant Kingfisher!!!

My lady of the river, deep in her thoughts. ...

2026-10-05T16:45:03Z

My lady of the river, deep in her thoughts.

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2026-10-04T14:24:37Z

#SilentSunday

Even indoor kitties can reach for the stars. #Caturday ...

2026-10-03T15:53:19Z

Even indoor kitties can reach for the stars. #Caturday

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2026-10-02T21:27:15Z

:eariz_bun_peek:

Little princefisher in the morning calm. ...

2026-10-02T16:38:28Z

Little princefisher in the morning calm.

Tiny friend coiled around the top branchlets of some dried brush ...

2026-10-01T17:07:27Z

Tiny friend coiled around the top branchlets of some dried brush along the wetland trail (a few feet off the ground, just a little snek flower blooming on the brush 🥹). #snake

Last week's egret encounter: Pied-billed grebe standoff ...

2026-09-30T16:28:21Z

Last week's egret encounter: Pied-billed grebe standoff edition.

One pelican smuggling another six across the river as eir bustle. ...

2026-09-29T14:53:02Z

One pelican smuggling another six across the river as eir bustle.

The sky here tonight is performing F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. ...

2026-09-29T03:50:17Z

The sky here tonight is performing F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu.

I love how bushtits are like the sweetest little flooflets ...

2026-09-28T17:11:05Z

I love how bushtits are like the sweetest little flooflets chippity-chip-chipping amongst the flowers, and yet always come across in photographs as tiny murder borbs (zoom in if you don't believe me). :brdPeekWingHyper: 🥹 #BackOnMyBushtit

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2026-09-27T15:03:00Z

#SilentSunday

Found this desert diorama by the trailhead. #quorb ...

2026-09-26T15:31:30Z

Found this desert diorama by the trailhead. #quorb

At the foot of the mountain, in the shadows, I also met this ...

2026-09-25T14:46:07Z

At the foot of the mountain, in the shadows, I also met this little patch of mushrooms pretending to be a tree. 🍄‍🟫🌲 #FungiFriday

I spent a long time on the mountain with this gorgeous early bird ...

2026-09-25T14:32:03Z

I spent a long time on the mountain with this gorgeous early bird before e joined eir friends in their large, slow kettle overhead, so close I could hear their wings.

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2026-09-23T14:22:51Z

#EgretsIveHadAFew

"I sit with my grief. I mother it. I hold its small, hot ...

2026-09-22T16:23:24Z

"I sit with my grief. I mother it. I hold its small, hot hand. I don’t say, shhh. I don’t say, its okay. I wait until it is done having feelings. Then we stand and we go wash the dishes. We crack open bedroom doors, step over the creaks, and kiss the children. We are sore from this grief, like we’ve returned from a run, like we are training for a marathon. I’m with you all the way, says my grief, whispering, and then we splash our face with water and stretch, one big shadow and one small."

--Callista Buchen, "Taking Care"

"We weren’t told as children there is no going back. But we ...

2026-09-20T14:27:54Z

"We weren’t told as children there is no going back.
But we are allowed to keep with us a few times and places
thin as tissue paper in the mind.
Finding these in the mind is like moving through a forest at night.
We do this alone in our rooms in the dark by light of an open door.
Then a thought comes like a bird landing on a blanket. /. . ./"

from "In Lieu of Flowers" by Carolyn Forché

I love acorn woodpeckers. They are like the perpetually stunned ...

2026-09-11T14:53:41Z

I love acorn woodpeckers. They are like the perpetually stunned Harlequin birds of the woodland commedia dell'arte.

Enjoying the last of the late summer midge confetti. ...

2026-09-07T18:36:40Z

Enjoying the last of the late summer midge confetti.

It's my birthday today, so here's the age-matched bit of ...

2026-09-07T17:51:38Z

It's my birthday today, so here's the age-matched bit of bibliomantic finger-pointing I got from Sappho this morning (fragment 51, as translated by Anne Carson). I guess I need to decide what to do with myself this year!

Someone's been out graphing live-action pelican trajectories ...

2026-09-05T14:44:31Z

Someone's been out graphing live-action pelican trajectories on the stormy morning sky.

Fell suggesting that she understands why I'd want to join her ...

2026-09-05T14:17:37Z

Fell suggesting that she understands why I'd want to join her in the window seat but taking up every inch of space with her floof. #Caturday

Blue and grey skies with matching birds. ...

2026-09-03T16:34:55Z

Blue and grey skies with matching birds.

Don't let the rumpfled figure of this junior scrub jay fool ...

2026-09-03T14:17:35Z

Don't let the rumpfled figure of this junior scrub jay fool you--we here are all really happy about the sudden and copious rain.

"From the porch at dusk I watched a kingfisher wild in flight ...

2026-09-01T03:56:24Z

"From the porch at dusk I watched
a kingfisher wild in flight
he could only have made for joy.

He came down the river, splashing
against the water’s dimming face
like a skipped rock, passing

on down out of sight. And still
I could hear the splashes
farther and farther away

as it grew darker. He came back
the same way, dusky as his shadow,
sudden beyond the willows.

The splashes went on out of hearing.
It was dark then. Somewhere
the night had accommodated him

—at the place he was headed for
or where, led by his delight,
he came."

--"Before Dark" by Wendell Berry
(d. Aug. 31, 2026)

Great blue heron getting a little hug from the sunlight. ...

2026-08-30T17:17:30Z

Great blue heron getting a little hug from the sunlight.

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2026-08-30T14:14:49Z

#SilentSunday

How do you calculate the shortest distance between two herons? ...

2026-08-29T16:49:45Z

How do you calculate the shortest distance between two herons?

Consultation with a bat. #Caturday ...

2026-08-29T13:23:48Z

Consultation with a bat. #Caturday

Dapper splash of midnight in the park this morning. ...

2026-08-28T16:08:27Z

Dapper splash of midnight in the park this morning.

Pelicans pelicanning. ...

2026-08-27T16:50:46Z

Pelicans pelicanning.

The hummingbirds are finally back! So good to see this little ...

2026-08-26T15:50:45Z

The hummingbirds are finally back! So good to see this little Thumbelina in the curly willow out back.

Step right up and win a prize (the prize is this turtle). ...

2026-08-25T15:50:22Z

Step right up and win a prize (the prize is this turtle).

"the seven songs After joy raises you into the stratosphere, ...

2026-08-24T16:55:28Z

"the seven songs

After joy raises you into the stratosphere,
ride earth’s colors as you wheel down.

Fear backs you into a cave,
only then do you cackle and hiss.

Curse at a tornado and it might curse back.

Why kick pebbles on your enemy?
You will die without burying him.

The ascent out of despair
must be steady, slow, or your lungs
will explode, your blood boil.

Which is wisest: to endure hunger
or waddle among wolves?

Warn those you love when the predator approaches. Screech loudest when you are the predator."

--Susan Elizabeth Howe, "Advice from the Grackle"

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2026-08-24T16:28:17Z

Teacup.

The youngster on eir own, seemingly unbothered by the host of ...

2026-08-24T15:58:00Z

The youngster on eir own, seemingly unbothered by the host of midges surrounding em. Just a spectacular bird.

Three turkey vultures in a juniper tree--two adults and one ...

2026-08-24T15:49:27Z

Three turkey vultures in a juniper tree--two adults and one grey-faced juvenile. They were kettling right over my head before lighting here! Such a thrill.

The bright, early morning sunlight catching the #spiderwebs and ...

2026-08-24T03:44:40Z

The bright, early morning sunlight catching the #spiderwebs and midges along the lake makes for some simultaneously eerie and magical late summer tableaux.

Yesterday's see-n-say sunning emself some more at the dam. ...

2026-08-23T20:06:09Z

Yesterday's see-n-say sunning emself some more at the dam.

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2026-08-23T14:08:48Z

#SilentSunday

pulls string "The black-crowned night heron says, ...

2026-08-23T00:04:13Z

*pulls string*

"The black-crowned night heron says, 'Squawk, plup, woc-a-woc, rattle rattle.'"

Just really the most adorable, strappy young creature. I've ...

2026-08-22T16:45:37Z

Just really the most adorable, strappy young creature. I've missed these birds so much.

The kingfishers are back at play along the river!! ...

2026-08-22T16:30:00Z

The kingfishers are back at play along the river!!

Algae, shadows, and reflections. ...

2026-08-21T16:42:15Z

Algae, shadows, and reflections.

Enormous cloisonné brooch of a darner (probably a blue-eyed or a ...

2026-08-21T14:06:37Z

Enormous cloisonné brooch of a darner (probably a blue-eyed or a lance-tipped). #dragonfly #insect

My daughter and I watched a pair of California quail lead their ...

2026-08-20T14:14:42Z

My daughter and I watched a pair of California quail lead their sixteen gawky juveniles through the shadows along the back fence near sunset yesterday. Here are a few that just barely stepped into enough light for pictures. 🥹 #quorb

"One day, like the morning sun, my feathers, too, shall ...

2026-08-19T17:00:26Z

"One day, like the morning sun, my feathers, too, shall return."

insert goth bird captioning here ...

2026-08-18T03:48:40Z

*insert goth bird captioning here*

That great blue heron smile. ...

2026-08-17T15:38:23Z

That great blue heron smile.

Some clearer skies and air this weekend (local fire now 47% ...

2026-08-16T17:33:28Z

Some clearer skies and air this weekend (local fire now 47% contained)! Even the clouds over the lake have been celebrating.

One of my neighbors' favorite breakfast spots. ...

2026-08-16T15:50:30Z

One of my neighbors' favorite breakfast spots.

Out in yesterday's pocket of clear air. ...

2026-08-15T15:21:13Z

Out in yesterday's pocket of clear air.

Fell enjoying a little of what in my family we call "ice ...

2026-08-15T14:05:21Z

Fell enjoying a little of what in my family we call "ice cream paw." #Caturday

A large bouquet and some little tussy-mussies just off the ...

2026-08-15T00:30:53Z

A large bouquet and some little tussy-mussies just off the parklet trail. #FungiFriday

@nprofile…w4ya I would stalk the paperback kiosk for every new ...

2026-08-14T16:30:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…eram
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