Eclecticism

Year 50 Day 187

November 5, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me sitting on a footstep outside our home, in front of a collection of fall and Thanksgiving-themed decorative gnomes.

Day 187: Spent part of this afternoon swapping out Halloween decorations for Thanksgiving. So many cute little gnomes!

Year 50 Day 186

November 4, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me holding two plates of cake and ice cream, one with birthday candles in the cake.

Day 186: One of these plates is for me, the other is for the birthday girl. I wonder which is which?

Year 50 Day 185

November 3, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me with a skeptical expression, next to a painting of a man who looks very much like, but is not, Teddy Roosevelt, smoking a cigar at a bar, with a drink and a gavel in front of him.

Day 185: We ran away to the Elks Temple McMenamins in Tacoma to celebrate my wife’s birthday (and my half-birthday). This gent graces the wall in our room, and, despite appearances, is not Teddy Roosevelt.

Year 50 Day 184

November 2, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me standing outside in front of a large tree with orangey-red fall leaves, with other trees in fall colors in the background, and lots of leaves on the ground and scattered across the wet pavement of a walkway.

Day 184: It was quite the rainy and blustery day today. Calmed a bit by the time we were leaving, but I’m glad this was a day when I didn’t have to go running around campus.

Year 50 Day 183

November 1, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

A black-and-white selfie of me, a white man with very short cropped hair and greying beard, wearing silver half-rim eyeglasses and a black t-shirt, looking off to the right of the photo with a neutral expression.

Day 183: Nothing of particular interest today, except that an evening throwaway “gotta post something” picture turned into one I actually kinda like. Might want to try to remember what I did for this and try again after I’ve done my usual monthly trim and de-scruffing.

Year 50 Day 182

October 31, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me wearing a plastic Loki horned crown and a Time Variance Authority ‘Variant’ hoodie over a black button-up shirt with ghosts and Jack-o-Lanterns print.