Brown bird carcass on sandy ground with metal tools nearby.

Veggieholic

Posted on by brucewinter

Creek fountain upgrade continues. It now controls the fountains based on pressure:

Man wearing glasses smiles for a selfie while holding a paint roller; driveway with stacked metal poles, blue recycling bin, and greenery.
Man selfie outdoors holding a shovel over shoulder in a garden, wearing a dusty gray sleeveless shirt and glasses.
Black plastic toolbox on rocky forest ground with hoses and a pump nearby.
Cluttered electronics workspace with tools, wires, a magnifying lamp, and multi-panel photo collage on a glass shelf.
Pressure history chart (psi over time) with spikes to ~7 psi and drops around 4 AM and 8 AM.
Blue US‑SOLID irrigation solenoid valves on a brass pipe manifold with hoses and an open tool case.

07/27/2026 09:43:26 AM Rain done, opening creek valve
07/27/2026 08:22:27 AM Rain rate is 0.1, closing creek valve
07/27/2026 07:04:27 AM Rain rate is 0.2, closing creek valve
07/26/2026 02:00:00 PM Deck pressure recovered at 6.6 PSI, valve 3 to 10 percent
07/25/2026 01:50:52 PM Deck pressure recovered at 4.4 PSI, valve 4 to 20 percent
07/25/2026 11:50:51 AM Deck pressure low at 2.9 PSI, closing valve 4

I have become a veggie inhaler. I mix 3 day’s worth at a time, then snack on them twice a day, 20 oz per day total (600 g, 200 calories):

Mixed vegetables in a stainless steel pot: broccoli, purple cauliflower, carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.

I spice them up olive oil and various spices. My trail snack also has a v8, fermented pickle, mix of nuts, and a chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cottage_cheese-allulose-low_carb cookie of my own design:

Roasted broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and pickles in a metal lunchbox beside a McCormick All-Purpose Seasoning bottle.

Cleared out another trail-crossing tree fall:

Fallen tree across a rocky hillside in a dense green forest with tangled branches and undergrowth.
Fallen moss-covered tree trunks and cut logs on a forest floor with green undergrowth and rocky soil.

The deer thank me via a special eye communication protocol. They also do their own tree pruning:

Close-up of a deer with velvet antlers and large ears among green foliage.
Young doe standing beside a makeshift outdoor shelter with a bed and blue bedding inside

The squirrel has mastered the bird feeder, but this wren has yet to figure out how to plug into USB:

Squirrel gripping an outdoor seed feeder, hanging upside down with front paws reaching for seeds.
Brown bird carcass on sandy ground with metal tools nearby.

Closing pretties:

Turkey tail shelf fungi with orange, tan, and cream concentric rings growing on a decaying log.
Small black beetles crawling on a yellow, rocky surface with crystal-like textures.
Elephant-ear plants (Colocasia) with large green leaves on dark stems in a garden beside a stone railing.
Cracked brown seed pod on wet rocky shore among small stones.
Spider on a circular web in a sunlit garden with green foliage background.
Yellow lichen growing on a mossy rock in a forest setting.

Bruce

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