Notices by elle (ellegray@mstdn.social), page 6

these are late bc they required a child to send photos lol but my daughter was on an overnight ferry out in the Pacific ocean (near Haida Gwaii, BC) when the northern lights came.

The kids had one of the nights of their lives. I think these are great, so I'm putting them here

This is the Cyanometer. Invented in 1789 by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt, it can be used to measure the blueness of the sky. Or my moods.

neighbor kids' soccer ball came into our yard so I kicked it back over

All I saw was sandwich for at least 15 seconds

horror writers, start your engines

this morning I was out-poetried by a sidewalk that had thoughts on pain, impermanence, resilience and beauty

Classic case of how extenuating circumstances should include "sure but it was fucking hilarious, your honor"

Saw this and immediately wondered if the sound a parent made stepping on it in the dark in ancient times is the same noise we'd make today

Scottish power

I'd like to think one of the blondes had the papers tucked into her garter and served them to him the second he pressed Send

At last, a worthy adversary

so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one

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oh to have the confidence and charisma of Shelley Duvall's middle child. ultimate lounge lizard. in the best possible way

Both of my kids got up early, ate fast and headed out for busy days. On the one hand, no mention of Mother's Day. On the other, a house to myself and possibly the perfect Mother's Day? Lol. Parenthood is full of paradoxes. I'm going to sit outside and read something good.

my plan for surviving the apocalypse is no thank you

sneaking into the movies with my outside snacks

you wouldn't think a small pile of words could cheer you up but my Scottish friend just told me she's going to the Firth of Forth on the fifth (imagine it said very quickly with a strong accent) and I'm really delighted. Sometimes I'm a very simple person lol

time for the toddler to start working construction. she's had it easy for too long

don't get me wrong, the rap battle is fun, but a fight between men named Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham should really involve dueling with swords at dawn