Bob Clint
@clinto.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, retired data guy, loves birds, music, cooking, gardening, fishing, single-malt Scotch, the northern Great Plains, and most of all my wife; support farmers and ranchers. Living in the beautiful Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin.
It’s a cool, damp morning. I’m going to head to Duck Lake, Saskatchewan to drop off two quilts for longarming. The one I just finished is fun — vintage school days. I found a batik that had all the colours in the prints and used it for the cornerstones and outer border. 😊
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Happy Birthday to President Obama. Here's how he celebrated the day in 2005. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi6J...
Wait, wait, don't tell me (2005): Senator Obama
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Found a bunch of monarch caterpillars this afternoon. I love these guys.
this ROCKS lmao just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
Every day seems to bring gifts at the moment. 🧡
Some of our evenings lately have been cool enough to produce some morning fog. Marshes are always magical places but the fog brings such a quiet beauty! As the sun came up, this female Redhead duck greeted it with an exuberant wing flap! #Birds 🪶
New baby hippo born at Berlin Zoo. Named Brötchen. Which means "little bread roll." You're welcome
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
Little Miss Hallie is growing like a weed! But, we finally found a rawhide chew she can’t destroy in two minutes, so yay for that 🙄
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A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering while deciding what flower to zip over to.
The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14 million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.
Prosecutors move to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism case, saying 'botched installation' to blame
The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14 million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.
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Sandhill Crane at a marsh, in it's habitat. Unfortunately they (the city) killed off a large reed bed this year, but it will come back. Their habitat is a small park on the back of a marsh. #SandhillCrane #birds
I'm here! All went well & I can see. Celebrating with this final Great Blue Heron video from last Friday's canoe outing 🪶 Check out that wingspan!
A few stills from tonight’s sunset taken from the kayak. I’m so glad I got out for a paddle tonight.
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
A really cute boy is staying with me for a bit. I’m even letting him sleep with me.
Seven years ago today, I adopted a formerly feral dog from a rescue agency. This is a photo I took on the day she arrived at my house-- to this day she won't touch food unless she's explicitly invited to eat it, no matter how many times I tell her she's allowed to have whatever she wants.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Devastating loss 😭https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ekn9d37qvo
Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
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