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2025 Archives

Hoping my DIY acrylic flag outshines the polyester ones

Posted at age 37.

It wasn’t quite as quick and cheap and easy as I was hoping, but I have painted a new pride flag instead of buying yet another replacement for the one that faded too quickly. Pictured at left is a 210D polyester flag flown about 12 months from June 2024 to June 2025. At the right is a much cheaper one flown about 6 months from November 2023 to May 2024.

My newly painted pride flag between two sadly faded ones.

My newly painted pride flag between two sadly faded ones.

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Went for spontaneous late night walk, found abandoned cat

Posted at age 36.

In the middle of some turmoil involving our own two cats, we had some added excitement in January thanks to my randomly deciding to take Ruffie for a short walk to meet Alan at the bus stop at 20:45 Saturday night. On the way down there, I found a small carrier with what seemed to be an animal inside.

A male cat I found in a carrier abandoned on a sidewalk near the bus stop.

A male cat I found in a carrier abandoned on a sidewalk near the bus stop.

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