pixelazy We checked out the #northernlights from a suburban field this evening. Not as spectacular as a drive to country, but worth a quick look…

gamerdad As I continue my adventure thru the commonwealth slaying beasts and robots and ghouls and super mutants I’ve been trying to break some of my gaming habits, like the rainy day rule, that itch in the back of my head that begs me to be frugal with weapons and ammo rather than just having fun and using the big guns more often. I too often find myself saving up all my precious resources only to find that either I’d way over-prepared or just getting bored of some game before I ever used them. So sure, I was stomping around in my power armour launching missiles at robots, what’s your point. They make big explosions. As a progress note, I took the Castle this afternoon and now we’re cooking with gas.

pixelazy The temperatures climbed up into the high 20s this afternoon which was nice enough to sit in the backyard and #spider watch. #insect #macro

8r4d Day 10 of my month of #running streak was pretty mundane compared to our adventure yesterday, with just a few more clicks of gauntlet running around the hood. Fortunately the sun was shining. Unfortunately the summer heat has come with it. Great for the flowers and sunbathers, bad news for long runs.

pixelazy Just a nifty #sunset on the way home from a run.

8r4d Fred was hanging out in a park near the river valley on the north side of town. #buggyland

8r4dsfeets I was a little stumped while waiting to run from LGs front yard.

8r4dsfeets LG’s new house is a block away from a natural spring in the woods where the locals haul away jugs of water for wine making and pickle pickling.

8r4d Our regular Thursday #running meetup was quasi-hijacked because LG’s new house sits right near some fancy #rivervalley trails and he was itching for us to come check them out. My ninth run of May turning into a bit of an adventure run then. We crossed the river and back on two different bridges, found a spring, and meandered along some familiar trails we had run on racers or adventures past.

gamerdad Another few hours and I moved into some deeper exploration and sussing out a few of the deeper missions of the game rather than just building my little empire. I found two more sets of power armor and started the robotics quest in earnest. I built myself a new companion in the form of a little orange robot with laser arms, named Frodo because I’ve been watching Lord of the Rings again and it’s a bit stuck in my craw. All that said my biggest challenge is finding interesting moments to grab screenshots without getting my arse blown away while I move my attention to the photo button.

gamerdad My adventures thru the wasteland continues this week. My build this time has been less of my usual tank and more focusing on the intellectual pursuits, ramping up my base building perks so that I’ve been able to build supply lines early in the game and really focus on the Minutemen story. That said, I’ve as already built out at least two sets of respectable power armors and have done some serious wandering and cleaning up some of the main thru routes.

pixelazy A certain sign of #spring that the plum tree is in full bloom, but does this count as an #insect photo or a #flower photo or both? #macro