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Good morning. 🍂🍃🍂

13 April 2025

Ben is barking—it’s almost mealtime. Meanwhile, Charlie is staring at me with his tail wagging enthusiastically. I could feed them early, but rules are rules. I’ve only been awake for about 20 minutes, and as usual, I’m trying to put my thoughts into writing. After only 20 minutes of being awake, my mind feels pretty empty. Lately, I’ve been considering buying a second EGO 5Ah battery. There’s the BA2800 and the BA2800T—the latter costs about $100 more than the former. Essentially, the choice boils down to spending $200 or $300, but there must be more to it than just the price. It’s intriguing how much these batteries cost…

“Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.” - Bill Watterson

An #abandoned #house near our school playground. #SilentSunday
I've been studying in this school for 11 years and this house was still in that place, not demolished yet. We don't know what happened to it, but a classmate told me that it was meant to be a clinic before. I remember a long time ago, my old classmates played some ghostly pranks on the porch of that house which I didn't participate in, thinking it's #haunted.

Shot on Google Pixel 7a. Processed in #Darktable
November 20, 2024

#naturephotography #blackandwhitephotography #pixelfed #photography #amateurphotography #rawphotography #smartphonephotography #pixelography #googlepixel #pixel7a #teampixel #shotonpixel #raw #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #nature #abandonedplaces #overgrown #haunting #spooky #scary #houses #path #trees #grass #leaves #foliage

Good morning. 🍁🍁🍁

21 March 2025

Are you ever in a bad mood for now reason at all? I think it happens to all of us. When it happens to me, I usually just get quiet and mope around, but when I'm like that is not a good time to accidently bump into me.

My mother made me a Dammit Doll—a simple creation crafted from a couple of pieces of cloth, stuffed and sewn together, with buttons for eyes, yarn for hair, and a ribbon with a bell attached. A 3x5 card is tied to the ribbon, featuring these words:

"When you feel you want to throw the phone or kick the desk and shout. Here's a little dammit doll you cannot do without. Just grab it by its legs and find a place to slam it. And as you whack the stuffing out. Yell dammit, dammit, dammit."

"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." - Mark Twain

"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." - J. R. R. Tolkien

Good morning. 🍃🌿🍂

27 February 2025

I'm not quite fully awake yet, but I'm trying to get there. Lucky Charlie! He just plops down on his side, and just like that, he's asleep. If I move from my chair, he'll be instantly awake and ready for anything, especially food. Interestingly, I found Ben curled up in his bed when I got up this morning, and I had to wake him up to go outside. It's usually the other way around. Well ... uh ... he is always the one to go outside, but he usually helps wake me for the event. I think that after mealtime, I'll take a short nap myself; maybe it will clear my head. Hmmm... something's weird. It's seven minutes to mealtime, and Charlie is still sleeping.

"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap." - Bob Hope

Good morning. 🌿🍃🍂

26 February 2025

I spent several minutes searching for this morning's photograph, and once I finally found it, I wondered why I thought it was so special. I had been tempted to post it several times over the past weeks but wanted to save it for a morning post. Perhaps I was viewing it through different eyes. The out-of-focus leaves and glistening dew had obviously captivated me at the time. But this morning, I'm not seeing the magic. Maybe I have a split personality. Let me check. Nope, it's just me in here, all alone. Sometimes, I guess you have to look at things differently to appreciate what is happening.

"Them which is of other naturs thinks different." -Charles Dickens

Sparrow's Sanctuary

If you look closely at the center of this image, you'll notice a rather stern-looking house sparrow (Passer domesticus) staring out. I'm quite sure it's a male house sparrow because, if you look closely enough, you can see a black smudge on the bird's chest.

You know, the photographs I post here aren't as vivid as those in my Pixel's gallery. I reduce their size and slightly decrease their quality to make them easier to load.

Take a look:

swede1952-photographs.pixels.c

Good morning. 🍄🍄🍄

21 February 2025

Do you ever open the refrigerator door and just stand there staring, having forgotten what you wanted in the first place? I wonder if it’s the same phenomenon as the doorway effect. I did that yesterday—stood there for several seconds trying to remember why I was there. It was like that scene from the 1982 version of Poltergeist where one of the characters is drawn to the eerie, glowing refrigerator light. But then I remembered, grabbed what I wanted, and went back to my food-related tasks.

"Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom." ` Thomas Carlyle