That was a great suggestion from the rescue agency to wrap the plank in a towel for traction (I really write like this, and I maintain that I’m a lurker not a bot ::: spoiler ¯\(ツ)/¯ HeliBoard has a double backslash for the emoticon left arm, lmk if that’s not how it’s done here ;) ::: clearly I don’t know what I’m doing. The left arm is fine but not the spoiler?

I really had an emotional reaction and I’m happy to hear she made it out! It might be worth getting grate covers installed for the window wells if you can invest in that (I might not be able to say DIY covers, maybe for legal reasons, j/k). They can open from below to allow emergency egress from the basement if you need that for code. Best of luck keeping the critters wild :)

I saw Sleeper as a yout and thought it was funny before I knew anything about Woody Allen as a person. I was old enough to rent that VHS, or however I watched it, but I certainly didn’t mean to endorse him. To be fair, I haven’t watched it again since.

ETA: This isn’t some stance I’ve taken. This is just an anecdote about how I saw a movie both directed by and starring a person who some may find objectionable. For me at that young age, there was only the art because I was not aware of the artist so there was no “separating” to do. I’m not making any suggestions about what others should do.

My favorite smells are the few that nearly transport me back in time, maybe like some form of déjà vu but I can’t quite pinpoint what exactly those scents are. I’d never be able to recreate them intentionally. Two different soap scents bring me to two different familiar childhood places. Sometimes when I come back in through the back door I get a rather neutral smell but also very intense feeling like I’m suddenly at an old friend’s rental house from decades ago. There’s one smell that instantly brings me back to a childhood scratch n’ sniff book. As a side note, I find that nostalgic textures bring back strong memories too.

When I was a kid, my friends and I thought it was funny when an older woman mentioned to us that she loved the smell of crayons and that they brought her back to her childhood. Now I understand!

I opened an old point and shoot camera and removed the IR filter in the early 2000s but it seems to have caused autofocus problems. Purple images are unedited, converted to b&w with slight contrast adjustment.