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Cheerful Tuesday... what's something that's made you happy this week? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 days ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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[–] Bags@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

My brother and I spent some quality time one-on-one. We went motorcycle camping.
Just like a similar post I made 2 weeks ago in the cheerful tuesday when I spent some one-on-one time with my dad for the first time in a long time, I haven't done anything with just my brother in almost as many years. He even mentioned how weird it felt to not be with his husband, because they are just always together. His husband is super dependent on him and they've been inseparable for the ~5 years they've been married.

We rode almost 450 miles up through the mountains, stopped at some roadside oddities, somehow found an excellent first-come-first-served campsite right on the river on one of the busiest camping holidays of the year, cooked over the fire, and had an amazing time.

The only downside seemed to be that my brother has a propensity for vintage bikes, and modern vintage bike reproductions... so even his most comfortable ride out of the 3 bikes he has was still a bit of a pain in the ass (literally) compared to my cushy little adventure cruiser.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago

I remember the time with your dad! It sounds like your time with your brother was pretty much perfect, I'm really pleased.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Warren, lovely!

[–] Bags@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

I visit that rocket a lot, it's always the perfect rest stop to stretch the legs, grab a snack, marvel at such a crazy machine just perched on a concrete slab kind of in the middle of nowhere... Rt 118 is such a nice drive from there up to 112/Lincoln, it's one of my favorite roads to drive or ride. It was my brother's first time riding 118, and he agreed that it is one of the better roads up in the mountains!

[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My local ice cream parlor expanded their vegan offerings from 4 flavors to 8. Oatmeal cookie dough was really good.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

Oh that sounds really good. I'd have chosen that flavour straight away

[–] PositiveNoise@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yesterday I was on my morning walk through a lovely meadow on a cement walking/bike path. I noticed that a somewhat large old dead tree had fallen down, a few hours earlier probably, and it was blocking the path. A moment later two guys on bikes rode up and were blocked. The three of us managed to move the tree out of the path and picked up the bigger branches that were lying on the trail. We congratulated each other and continued on our separate ways, full of 'did our good deed for the day' vibes. It was quick and awesome. Go Team Civics!

[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

I had this same experience a month ago in Madison, WI.

[–] Lukaro@piefed.zip 5 points 5 days ago

I found a keyboard that I like the look of ridiculously cheap.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

I walked out of the house and didn't immediately start hating the weather. Summer is my least favorite season, and Autumn is my favorite.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Mother's cat has been eating all the treats I've giving her and all the snackies for being medicated which is good. She's lost so much weight it worries me.

The kitten is adjusting well to losing half the house to mothers cat. She does whine at the gate, but been better. She's also been very affectionate once at do wake up and come spend time with her.

Still working on convincing mothers cat to let me strip the bed. That's... well maybe tomorrow, haha!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I figured out how to get games "for free" on my SteamDeck (yaRrr🏴‍☠️😏🤫), and I've been enjoying Resident Evil 4 Remake. Oled display is amazing.