mobrantley

mobrantley

@mobrantley.bsky.social

Deep in the heart of Texas. Loving my neighbors, except the shitheads. Language nerd. Cat lady. Novice gardener.

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If you're trying to track down the funky smell in your kitchen, it's coming from under the rubber collar in your garbage disposal. Omg 🀒

Second spring has sprung in Austin. Flowers are blooming and the hedgewatch is the best show in town. Today a Bewick's sparrow tweeted and trilled at us for a long time and a tiny hummingbird visited every lantana blossom. Sorry no pics. I'll do better tomorrow. This is a previous hedgewatch.

Let's play a little game my grandmother taught me: Guess how much I paid for a normal head of green cabbage, 2 bell peppers and 3 leeks this morning! Go on, guess.

I wanna bitch about the US Healthcare system. Not my actual health, which is fine, but the frustration and aggravation that comes with staying that way. I have access, for which I'm grateful. I'm mostly smart enough to navigate these waters. And I'm the only one I'm taking care of.

Just want to say I know lots of others have to run this gauntlet for multiple loved ones perhaps with less access or energy, and I'm sorry. This is BS. I'm sending you strength and well wishes

Facing day 4 of digging in the yard. I don't wanna. But again, I took the day off for this and I just need a few more hours to wrap this project. Who knew wildflowers required such prep? This better work.πŸ΅πŸŒΌπŸŒΈπŸ¦‹πŸ¦πŸ

Y'all ever hurt yourself doing something stupid then try to undo it by doing the opposite? I gardened like a maniac today with a bum shoulder and knee. I have big plans for tomorrow if I can still walk.

After Sugar came Pangurban, my cow kitty. We slept spooning and he'd hesdbutt you hard on the mouth. And if you didn't make a smooch noise when he headbutted in the mouth hard, he'd do it again until you made the smooch..i lived him so much.

That leather couch also stayed with me until about 2004. Parents know that kitten and that piece of furniture may stay with your kid forever God wiling. My father says he likes coming to my house because he gets to visit his old stuff. Dude bought quality stuff and I'm thrilled go have jh

GenX unite! I have tomorrow off so I drank more than a few beers. I went to get an nth beer but my foot was asleep and I wobbled, so I did a smart thing and didn't have the nth beer! Please clap.

I washed my sheets today and found a little mouse cat toy went into the dryer with the sheets. Now the bed is made and j haven't seen the mouse again I'm in bed and fixing to do some princess and the pea shit with this mouse. Wish me luck

Ow. 99% of the time I love my life and my house i can 90% afford and my garden I can 60% manage and my 2 cats who i 100% dote on. And then my back hurts and I hate my whole existence.

I've had just about enough of this BS. By this point I'm September 2024 i had installed a whole new garden and lined it with limestone.That "chance of rain" a week from now? That's a lie they keep telling us to give Austinites enough hope that we don't start flinging ourselves off overpasses

Who's up? Apparently I'm not sleeping tonight. I'm open to talk endless depressing summer, the simple joy of Tootsie Rolls, Project Runway, cats. I have opinions and advice. Let's talk.