What are your jeans doing today?

[Double 0 Soul]

40 minutes ago, gnewix said:

Expecting our first child in a few months, so my LVCs & I are painting and getting a nursery set up

Happy Days!

I remember doing the same, i was going through a bit of a Futura 2000 phase at the time

 

Edited April 18 by Double 0 Soul

[PartTimeBarista]

3 weeks ago this weekend, my neck of the woods was hit by a devastating ice storm. I was fortunate to only have been without power for 3 days. Some friends were without power for over a week, and some areas on the outskirts still are without. I spent a fair few hours (in jeans) on clean up in my yard and around town the last few weeks. Some of these photos are mine, some are borrowed. There definitely was a certain beauty even in the midst of the destruction. And it was interesting to see the way the community responded and came together, it reminded me of the early days of Covid in a sense.

[gnewix]

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Happy Days!

I remember doing the same, i was going through a bit of a Futura 2000 phase at the time

 

Thank you! And this looks awesome 😎 

[Maynard Friedman]

7 minutes ago, PartTimeBarista said:

3 weeks ago this weekend, my neck of the woods was hit by a devastating ice storm. I was fortunate to only have been without power for 3 days. Some friends were without power for over a week, and some areas on the outskirts still are without. I spent a fair few hours (in jeans) on clean up in my yard and around town the last few weeks. Some of these photos are mine, some are borrowed. There definitely was a certain beauty even in the midst of the destruction. And it was interesting to see the way the community responded and came together, it reminded me of the early days of Covid in a sense.

This looks beautiful, where is it?

[ATWM]

^ Probably Upper Peninsula in Michigan? Beautiful indeed! 

But yea you guys got walloped @PartTimeBarista - glad you’re doing okay. I know it’s been really rough for some people. I’ve lived quite a few places in the US and the grid in Michigan is a level of shittiness only rivaled maybe by PG+E. That said this storm would have been a problem anywhere. 

[PartTimeBarista]

25 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

where is it?

Petoskey area, northern Michigan (US)

[Double 0 Soul]

12 hours ago, gnewix said:

Thank you! And this looks awesome 😎 

We've still got that Marks n' Sparks wardrobe 15yrs later.. i took the shelves out and gave it a coat of Farrow & Ball to make it suitable for a teenager

..although, getting him to sleep in the cot was a bit of a struggle..

[rbeck]

Busy weekend so far. 

Thursday night (basically Friday night cos of the holiday) my band played a benefit gig for a homie of our who got hit with some sever emergency medical expenses. Haven't rocked a gig since December so that felt good. 

Then spent Friday (Saturday) and today (second Saturday) working on the bathroom at the new place with my dad. Got the old wall ripped out and lucky for us the pocket door frame fit perfectly into the void left by the wall. Got the frame installed, got a temporary floor where the shower used to be, and got the header installed above the door. Also borrowed a family friend's truck to get some of the bigger furniture out of my girlfriend's apartment. 

The Big Move is next weekend and then I'll finish up the bathroom at some point. 

[CSL]

We're getting some mild Spring-like weather which can be a rarity around here, so I'm taking the opportunity to do a few chores around our patch. Trees were long overdue for a trim so I've had to be ruthless. That's hard for me as I'm one of those hippies that feels the trimming causes pain to the tree. I've used the tractor to push away the trimmings, and do a bit of mowing too as the foxtails are starting to sprout.

Met a gopher snake soaking up the heat from the pebbles.

 

[smoothsailor]

Gopher seems sad.

[CSL]

True. He should be happier considering I was able to avoid him with the tractor.

[Double 0 Soul]

1 hour ago, CSL said:

 Trees were long overdue for a trim so I've had to be ruthless. That's hard for me as I'm one of those hippies that feels the trimming causes pain to the tree.

I'm the same Carl.. the first 10mins of a tennis match is spent picking up the worms which have wandered onto the court and putting them back amongst the trees..

Before i left work on Friday, i washed my hands in the sink, I turned the tap on but there was a baby woodlice which had fallen into the sink getting washed down the plughole.. like a coiled spring, i err.. sprung into action and covered the plughole with my hand before he got washed away.. alas, i was a second too late.. when i looked under my hand he or maybe she? .. (you know how these woodlice are with their pronouns) was hanging onto the metal thingy which catches the debris.. "hold on little woodlice" i ran back into the workshop and got some tweezers and picked him out, i put him on a piece of kitchen roll to absorp the water.. his little anteni were still moving around so i thought he'd be ok after he got over the shock.

Then when you get home and put the news on.. 300 dead today in this war, 200 dead in that war and you think "what the fk, why do i even bother" ..

Sadly, when i got to work yesterday morning, the little woodlice had died.. he was all curled up so it was possibly too late to defibrillate him with the 9V battery from the smoke alarm and a couple of wires.

I thought giving him a decent burrial was going a bit too far so i just chucked him in the bin..

[Geeman]

Barry Island day trip...

Tidy.

Real McCoys

Toys McCoys

Fullcount 

NB MiUSA

[Double 0 Soul]

My jeans have just taken this leg of lamb out of the oven 😋

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

My jeans have just taken this leg of lamb out of the oven 😋

Looks delicious! Took me a few seconds. I was 100% it’s a boars head (I guess the upper cut of the knife looked somewhat similar to eyelids?) 

[indigoeagle]

45 minutes ago, Hopethisoneisnttaken said:

Looks delicious! Took me a few seconds. I was 100% it’s a boars head (I guess the upper cut of the knife looked somewhat similar to eyelids?) 

I saw the same image at first.

[smoothsailor]

Took my jeans and my boy to see Dizzee Rascal. Was pretty a pretty cool show.

I listened to his first album . My boy sometimes hangs out in my shop and it’s on music. The other day I asked what cool song he was playing, dizzee rascal. And I just saw he was playing in our town. 
he was surprised his old man knew about the cool stuff and even joined him in the moshpit.

this type of moshpit was new to me. They open up some space in the crowd, and when the climax of a song starts everybody moshes in that space.

a lot friendlier than some pitts at hardcore shows

[ATWM]

Adding to the gardening talk in the contest thread - I spend some time mostly each spring trying to set our now mostly established pollinator garden up for success. Light layer of mulch to spread this year after deadheading all of last years growth, and still some light weeding to do my best to keep out invasives. Lots of alliums, bluestar, goldenrod, false indigo (yellow), coneflowers, sedges, butterfly weed - I’m forgetting some - and a stray milkweed shoot setting up here. The goal is basically to have a little bit of prairie - mostly natives - in the front yard instead of grass.
 

We have a (comparatively at least) small lawn as it is but happy to have even less here. Bonus of my favorite tree a weeping cherry in full bloom. Okay well a tie for my favorite with out black walnut. I was wearing the contest jeans but no pic of that! 

[nopal]

Went to Monet’s house in Giverny the other day. Too many people for my liking, but lovely flowers:

Edited April 28 by nopal

[bod]

Enjoying a rest and a brew at work, uh oh looks like a hole is going to form on my front pocket 

Only washed these the other day

And back down stairs to graft a few hours more…

[Maynard Friedman]

What line of graft are you in @bod?

[bod]

Supermarket management for the past 5 years, prior to that I was a graphic designer for a long long time

[Double 0 Soul]

Weather was just too nice to pass up..

Traveling light so strapped a rollmat to my bike.. using one SimWorks strap and one vintage 70s Snakebelt because someone (who will remain nameless) only bought one strap

Not great for the knees but i was only going a couple of miles up the road..

Sun setting over the Burbage valley

Looks like a nice spot.. last time i camped here, it was during the beast from the east..

Only had space for a couple of beers but i had a few mushrooms i picked in the autumn

S&M Bikes, Chucks, Vintage Champion, Supreme Work Shorts and PHD down vest which doubled as my pillow

Goodnight bike.. goodnight denim people..

 

Edited May 3 by Double 0 Soul

[Geeman]

I've got the Birmingham Half Marathon tomorrow and today was the Kids mini marathon event at Alexander Stadium. My youngest first running event. 

Obviously in a Darth Vader onesie cuz its May the 4th.. 

[indigoeagle]

5 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Weather was just too nice to pass up..

Traveling light so strapped a rollmat to my bike.. using one SimWorks strap and one vintage 70s Snakebelt because someone (who will remain nameless) only bought one strap

Not great for the knees but i was only going a couple of miles up the road..

Sun setting over the Burbage valley

Looks like a nice spot.. last time i camped here, it was during the beast from the east..

Only had space for a couple of beers but i had a few mushrooms i picked in the autumn

 

S&M Bikes, Chucks, Vintage Champion, Supreme Work Shorts and PHD down vest which doubled as my pillow

 

 

 

Goodnight bike.. goodnight denim people..

 

 

Looks great.

What does your whole baggage look like? The roll mat on the bike and a backpack?

[Double 0 Soul]

I’m not ‘bike packing’ as such so I have no bike luggage, just this small 13l hike/bike daypack..

https://www.sim.works/products/chips-bag-13l?srsltid=AfmBOopyy3VLlLzF2XprK4U4iw-ztV_B6TUMqUlMNYm3FXSO_gfst_wH

It’s only just big enough to hold a single season down bag, tarp and the pole

 

..which is all I need for a single nights camp without food.. my rides are usually 60% road, 30% trail and 10% climbing up rocks with the bike on my shoulder, thankfully the bike is light af.. but it would be impossible to shoulder the bike laden down with luggage.

If I sized up to something large enough to carry the mat, it would be a 40- 50l alpine pack.. way too big for a single nights camp but I might try using the bungees on the Chips Bag to hold the mat if I go further afield.

 

Edited May 3 by Double 0 Soul

[Geeman]

Managed a 1hr 51min Half Marathon yesterday. 3rd fastest I've run that distance. 

The young whippersnapper that won dit it in1 hr 8 minutes...

Edited May 5 by Geeman

[Maynard Friedman]

Well done @Geeman! Did you specifically request your year of birth as your race number?

[smoothsailor]

Brazed a mini velo cargo bike frame today, not the whole thing today, but closing in on it.

mini velo means 20” wheels front and back

 

[NilsLW]

Found a wild rhubarb patch while out on a walk today (wearing SC 66s). Became quite a harvest! Any suggestions on what to do with it all?

Edited May 8 by NilsLW