Tyler and I opened our first batch of Chaos Rising Pokémon packs and I pulled the chase card — Mega Greninja Gold!

Look up.

Tall tree trunk seen from below, spreading into wide branches with bright green leaves against a clear blue sky.

Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail with our niece and nephew.

Man in white helmet and sunglasses takes a selfie on a paved trail while three cyclists ride behind him on a sunny day.

Memorial Day weekend Dairy Queen with the Lundeen’s. Mazie on her summer job in Boundary Waters.

Group of people smiling outside a Dairy Queen holding Blizzard cups and ice cream cones on a sunny day.

These plants are invasive but their flowers sure are pretty.

Purple wildflowers lining a paved trail on a sunny day with green fields and trees, and a small group of people walking a dog in the background.

Morning sauna time. 🔥

Interior of a small wood-fired sauna with a lit Harvia stove, wooden benches, sauna bucket, and polycarbonate walls letting in natural light.

First time at Marc Hue Patisserie. Won’t be my last.

Display counter at Marc Heu Patisserie showing pastries and tarts on gold stands beneath glass domes, with brick walls and espresso equipment behind.

A pattern I’ve adopted when I’m heavily engaged with Claude Code or Codex is to have an open text file where I’m keeping the “next prompts” that I’m considering. While the agent is working I’m continuing to refine these so we are ready to move to the next feature or task.

Mazie and I went to Project Hail Mary. It was a second watching for me and her first. She isn’t the biggest movie person but loved this one and thought that Rocky was very cute.

Man and teen girl giving thumbs up beside a lit Project Hail Mary movie poster showing Ryan Gosling in a spacesuit.

Mazie and I had a great dinner at Khâluna. She had the Mango Fish and I had Laksa. We started with the Basil Wings (wow!). Great food and an amazing dining room to boot. Recommended!

Two people at separate restaurant tables, each holding up a phone to take a photo, smiling at the camera.