a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table looking at the camera . Alt: a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table looking at the camera .

Friends. I am very tired.

This gal was left out on the curb so I rescued her. I find it so strange that people will live with a living thing and then just abandon it in subzero weather like it’s garbage. Big feelings today, friends!

Woman with small brown dog on her chest.

This is Gus. He loves me.

White and grey cat in front of a white paint pallet.

Henry is an art lover.

I think she’s great! The problem is probably me or in that I’m not picking the right way into her work.

Ursula K Le Guin. Her books sound great but every time I’ve picked one up, I’ve abandoned it. I can’t explain why except it left me cold?

I would love to try again. Which book should I pick?

Fluffy white and grey kitten with blue eyes on a green graphic background.

Henry update: cuddly, happy, doing well! Kittens are resilient.

There’s a dead possum on the road in front of my house. It makes me so sad. Little creature managed to survive a brutal winter, ventures out on the first decent day and gets hit by a car.

Aw! Hi Vespa and Agrippa!

Henry did well! He’s home and very, very cuddly right now. ❤️

Well hello there Scipio! You are lovely.

Haha! I haven’t told him!

PS: I tired!

Fluffy white cat sitting on a woman’s lap.

This small wild beast is becoming a lap cat. Also: he’s getting neutered tomorrow. Time flies.

Beautiful turquoise and purple bird from Costa Rica sitting on a branch.

I thought turning a year older in Costa Rica would be the transformative part.
Turns out it was norovirus.

Nothing humbles you like locking eyes with resplendent birds while actively fighting to hold down the ounce of water you managed to drink. Costa Rica: you were beautiful.

I was not.

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Small down chihuahua with his paw on someone’s lap and wry expression on his face.

We are 22 days into the year and I have already lived several small winters, lost some hope, found it again by spending time with this little weirdo and his siblings, and lost it immediately to the Toronto weather.

Also. He’s the cutest, right?

A white and grey cat sits in front of a computer monitor near a keyboard.

Co-working

More like this please.

Black and white photo of a person walking in winter taken through foggy glass.

More people walking in snow in a photo taken through foggy glass.

Woman with red umbrella walking through snow.

Photo of man taken through a misty window with a yellow cab in the background.

In non weather news (but tangentially related via subject matter), Saul Leitner’s photography was/is magic.

a group of stuffed animals are sitting on a stage in front of red curtains Alt: a group of stuffed animals are sitting on a stage in front of red curtains

Toronto weather is keeping us all emotionally agile. -21c blizzard one day, +1c and melting the next. Cool. Cool. 😑

This account is basically Statler and Waldorf for winter weather. Fewer laughs though.

We are not talking about the snow.

Small brown dog looking sad.

Small brown dog in a sweater.

Most people are back to work tomorrow, but Toronto has put January behind another yellow blizzard warning like “proceed with caution, expectations will not be met.”

The winter is really wintering here this year. The small brown dogs are not impressed.

Oooh! Thank you!

Woman wearing pyjamas with dark red sun faces all over them.

Normalize wearing pyjamas. Nice ones. To work, to play, to make dinner, to hang out with friends. They are just clothes that match and feel good.

Saaame. The kitten is very good and patient. Gus the chihuahua is a maniac and his sister Ella kind of wants to make friends but is easily led by her brother.

I didn’t intend to rescue this kitten. He sort of landed on my doorstep but now I’m in love.

One is getting there and the other is most definitely not. And when he barks, the friendlier one joins in.

He really wants friends.

I accidentally rescued a kitten. He is gentle, curious, and optimistic about friendship.

My dogs are still not on board weeks later.

I keep waiting for the moment where everyone settles in and the dogs stop the barking and chasing.

If you’ve been here: did anything work? How did it take?

Just watched the final episode of Stranger Things and while I thought this series lost the plot multiple times, I found it touching. Childhood, change, fear, love … The end reminded me a bit of how Six Feet Under ended, which destroyed me. Well played.

New Year’s Eve always makes me nostalgic for things I don’t even remember clearly. No idea what next year holds.

Pretty sure some of it involves robots.

Happy New Year friends!