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This poem is spillover from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "WILD CARD: brownie" square in my 11-1-25 card for the Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Monster House, although it's a side story featuring different characters.

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Today I finished assembling the lantern terrarium.  I installed the branches, air plants, and other decor.  \o/  (Start with Photos: Fairy Garden Lantern Deconstruction, Photos: Lantern Terrarium Assembly Part 1 Gathering Materials, and Photos: Lantern Terrarium Assembly Part 2 Testing the Fit.)

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Today is partly cloudy and cold.  It snowed a bit more last night, leaving white patches sprinkled over the yard.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/10/25 -- I finished assembling the lantern terrarium with the air plants.  \o/  It looks pretty good.  I had to put it on the table with two other terrariums, though, because today is too cloudy to see where the light falls in the planter window.

Also I need to bring in the ceramic pots from outside, which I should have done earlier.

EDIT 11/10/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches mobbing the fly-through feeder.

Most of the mulberry leaves dropped all at once, and this year they're a muddy shade of yellowish-brown instead of the normal bright gold.

EDIT 11/10/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 11/10/25 -- I brought in the goddess statue and the ceramic pots.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night. 

There are currently three poems available from this week's fishbowl, and I'm working on the next.  If you're still shopping, now's the time to make your choices. 

Today is cloudy and much colder.  Bits of snow and grauppel are falling from the sky.  Last night it drizzled a bit.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 11/9/25 -- I went out looking for more bits to use in the lantern terrarium, but didn't find much.  It started snowing more briskly, enough to collect in places on the ground, which counts as First Snow.

EDIT 11/9/25 -- I went out looking for more bits to use in the lantern terrarium, and found a bit more.

I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 11/9/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 11/9/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

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For my friends who are from afar, or forced away from home, or may become so.

Today we visited the Charleston Food Forest, Coles County Community Garden, and Lake Charleston.  These are the community garden pictures.  (Begin with the food forest.  Continue with the lake.)

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Engineers built a drifting wheelchair for an injured colleague. 

Given how crappy the official  medical equipment is, and how expensive, I'm delighted to see people making adaptive equipment on their own.