I suppose I like Walz, too, but how is it going to feel listening to him trying to justify sending more weapons to Israel? Anyway, here are a pair of sand fleas my kid and her cousins found at the beach. [\#macro](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/macro?src=hash) [#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#crustacean](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/crustacean?src=hash) [#WeWantWalz](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/WeWantWalz?src=hash) [#FreePalestine](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FreePalestine?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

I suppose I like Walz, too, but how is it going to feel listening to him trying to justify sending more weapons to Israel? Anyway, here are a pair of sand fleas my kid and her cousins found at the beach. [\#macro](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/macro?src=hash) [#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#crustacean](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/crustacean?src=hash) [#WeWantWalz](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/WeWantWalz?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

"Pikachu? Nooooo!!!" I went to a kid's birthday party yesterday and his dad hit it out of the park with this homemade Pikachu cake. The photo shows it mostly carved and served, but it was two-tiered, with a red and white poke ball bottom. Also not shown are the fondant ears. It was delicious, too. [\#Pokemon](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Pokemon?src=hash) [#Pikachu](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Pikachu?src=hash) [#cake](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/cake?src=hash) [#DadsRule](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/DadsRule?src=hash) [#DIY](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/DIY?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

My almost six-year-old just asked if Kamala Harris is Calvin Harris's sister. Nope, sorry kid. Anyway, here's a photo of a tiny clam I found on the beach. [\#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#clam](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/clam?src=hash) [#macro](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/macro?src=hash) [#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#Harris](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Harris?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

I think the transmission in my 2007 Mazda3 is toast. It had been shifting badly and the AT indicator light turned on the last couple of times I drove it, so decided to try and scan it for error codes. Nothing came up so I thought I would take it around the block. Didn't even make it up the hill before the magic smoke escaped. Fortunately, I was able to roll back home. Anyway, here's a shot of a pill bug on some stringy stonecrop. [\#mazda](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/mazda?src=hash) [#CarTrouble](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/CarTrouble?src=hash) [#PillBug](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/PillBug?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

[\#SilentSunday](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash) [#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#Beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Beach?src=hash) [#BlackAndWhite](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/BlackAndWhite?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

That's nice, but I'm not voting for Harris either. [\#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#sand](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/sand?src=hash) [#feet](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/feet?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Something isn't right about this one. [\#NotDeer](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/NotDeer?src=hash) [#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#buck](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/buck?src=hash) [#deer](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/deer?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

I missed the meteor this week, but at least got to see a combined atmospheric phenomenon this morning at the beach. [\#FireIsland](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FireIsland?src=hash) [#22DegreeHalo](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/22DegreeHalo?src=hash) [#CircumzenithalArc](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/CircumzenithalArc?src=hash) [#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#sky](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/sky?src=hash) [#SunBow](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/SunBow?src=hash) [#halo](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/halo?src=hash) [#sun](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/sun?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

HORSESHOE CRAB UPDATE! I have been recognized by the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service for participating in the Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program by reporting the tag I found last weekend ([https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/i/web/post/715310569850044948](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/i/web/post/715310569850044948))! They sent me a certificate and a pewter pin. Somehow we got so excited about it that we had to take a family photo. [\#HorseshoeCrab](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/HorseshoeCrab?src=hash) [#crustacean](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/crustacean?src=hash) [#conservation](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/conservation?src=hash) [#family](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/family?src=hash) [#Cornell](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Cornell?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Neither my smartphone camera nor the Prudential Center sound system can do this woman justice. [\#JanetJackson](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/JanetJackson?src=hash) [#plaid](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/plaid?src=hash) [#tartan](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/tartan?src=hash) [#Newark](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Newark?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

The moment any of you tells me that Janet Jackson performed in Israel recently. [\#bds](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/bds?src=hash) [#FreePalestine](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/FreePalestine?src=hash) [#JanetJackson](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/JanetJackson?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

[\#Nelly](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Nelly?src=hash) They've got couches and coffee tables on stage. Bringing me back to highschool! [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

The Newark Bay Bridge as seen from the upper floor of the Prudential Center in Newark. [\#Newark](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Newark?src=hash) [#NewJersey](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/NewJersey?src=hash) [#bridges](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/bridges?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Pollen Pants Here we have some type of bumblebee on some type of St. John's Wort flower, pollen pants loaded. [\#bloomscrolling](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/bloomscrolling?src=hash) [#pollination](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/pollination?src=hash) [#pollinator](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/pollinator?src=hash) [#bee](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/bee?src=hash) [#bumblebee](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/bumblebee?src=hash) [#flower](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/flower?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Time comes for us all. We found this dead horseshoe crab on the beach today. It had a numbered tag on its shell apparently put there by The Maryland Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office. I've seen many horseshoe crabs here over the years, but never one with a tag. I made sure to go to the website and log it. [\#beach](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/beach?src=hash) [#shore](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/shore?src=hash) [#NewHavenHarbor](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/NewHavenHarbor?src=hash) [#HorseshoeCrab](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/HorseshoeCrab?src=hash) [#conservation](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/conservation?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Ships at anchor. Spotted the Cape Fear tug and Aegea tanker anchored in my parent's backyard. [\#shipping](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/shipping?src=hash) [#NewHaven](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/NewHaven?src=hash) [#NewHavenHarbor](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/NewHavenHarbor?src=hash) [#overcast](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/overcast?src=hash) [#smartphonepic](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/smartphonepic?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

88888 Reached a cool milestone on the odometer the other day. [#VW](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/VW?src=hash) [#Volkswagen](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/Volkswagen?src=hash) [#odometer](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/odometer?src=hash) [#family](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/family?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Burning sage My sister had a little ceremony for her son who just turned one year old. It involved some burning sage and, uh, magic mushroom chocolates (for the grown-ups). [\#macro](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/macro?src=hash) [#sage](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/sage?src=hash) [#UncleLife](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/UncleLife?src=hash) [#ember](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/ember?src=hash) [#smoulder](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/smoulder?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)

Burning sage My sister had a little ceremony for her son who just turned one year old. It involved some burning sage and, uh, magic mushroom chocolates. [\#macro](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/macro?src=hash) [#sage](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/sage?src=hash) [#UncleLife](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/UncleLife?src=hash) [#ember](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/ember?src=hash) [#smoulder](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/discover/tags/smoulder?src=hash) [@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work](https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work)