Renee

@jg-pgh.bsky.social

I had that very specific late-century Florida childhood every middle grade author wishes they’d had also, if i ever complain ever ever about being tired <at ALL> on here, pls remind me to check the barometric pressure

awww, didn’t know they both sang, too alt-text: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon sitting in a room with red-paned windows, singing as Kevin Bacon plays an acoustic guitar 

someone pls write a story for a highly visible publication about how Home Alone 2 has now lost Catherine O’Hara, Brenda Fricker, and Tim Curry this year. it would be a dereliction of patriotic duty to _not_ help the orange man feel some truly hardcore dread every night

i went to bed early last night, my parents went to bed early last night, i woke up all congested, my mom had issues with her cpap, the cat’s eyes are running… thinking that the late summer/early fall pollen is beginning to ramp up the histamines

Dolly’s Imagination Library donation page keeps crashing, but i got thru. i chose 2 places to give my donations to: 1. a very MAGA, poor county in GA, & 2. a county w/a high ICE presence. my wish is that these stories give the kids in the former a broader compassion & the kids in the latter, love

i woke up to 53°F temps w/low humidity coming through my bedroom window and it is unreal how much that helps me sleep like a rock. my summer sleep is about half the quality of my sleep during all other seasons, apparently

y’all cannot believe how much wound cleaning this girl put up with just 2 minutes earlier. if i go too long, she’ll stop eating & turn her head to look at me, & i’ll put my hands up immediately. then she relaxes & continues eating or tries to climb on my lap (which i don’t let her do!)

1.85” rain have fallen since midnight and my backyard has many small ponds now. a positive thing is now i know where to put a rain garden next year!

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We had our final special state legislative election of the year tonight in Pennsylvania's #HD12, a Trump+18 district covering the suburban Cranberry Township area. Democrat Brandon Dukes flipped it blue tonight, defeating Republican Scott Timko by 88 votes!

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you would not believe how chewed up i got from a sudden mosquito plague just taking this pic. we’ve never had a mosquito problem & i change out the wildlife water daily so this was a surprise that was not cool

A large Barn style shed with a small deck and stairs is in the left background. Behind it the sky is a very pretty azure that comes after sunset. In the right four ground is a large twisty apple tree. Most of the photo is dark, but you can see multicolored solar globe lights all around the yard so it looks a little bit like a fairy forest.

reason 36 why i can’t just rent a trencher to do this gd 30’ trench keep finding giant pavers 6” down. no pattern, no lines of any kind beneath them. just…there. might have been buried to support the above-ground pool that used to be here before we moved in? idk b/c i’ve never had that kind of pool

A giant rectangular paver that’s very heavy that I unearthed while digging and 8 inch trench in my backyard

that dewpoint has been 70°+ for over a week (and often with 70-90% humidity) and i cannot tell you how good it feels to not be dripping sweat constantly for the first time since that short cool stretch of days in early july

81°F
FEELS LIKE 82°
Mostly Cloudy

Wind & Gusts from NW
Humidity
43%

Dew Point
56°