A small eastern cottontail sits in green grass

Glad to see the eastern cottontails are enjoying the backyard salad bar again 🥗🐇

I’m on it 🫡

Nobody out and about yet 😞

A vernal pool with leaves sitting under a few inches of clear water, bare trees are shown in the reflection

I miss my beloved Pacific coast tide pools but I’m learning to love the Midwest vernal pools too 🐸

20+ years of vegetarianism and I’m only just now learning how to cook tofu properly. I had no idea all of the meat cooking techniques I was using could be transferred over. Why did nobody tell me? Goodbye tasteless, soggy tofu - hello yum!

Cardinal bird with different colors of the feathers on each side of the bird.

Chimeric bird, a “gynandromorph,” resulted from male & female embryos fusing & then developing into a single bird.
“We never observed the bird singing & never saw it paired with another cardinal. It was one of the most unusual & striking birds that I've ever seen.” www.birdguides.com/news/half-ma...

A pileated woodpecker photographed on a tree with a grey-blue sky in the background

There is a very thin line between moving to Michigan and becoming a burgeoning birder.

The legend is definitely the version I'm planning on believing.

A grey tabby sleeps, legs akimbo, next to a kindle displaying a page from The Feather Wars by James H. McCommons

Bedtime stories for Boo: The Feather Wars by James H. McCommons

Our Blue Tits are out. Named after the bird, I hasten to add.

I mean…c’mon, how gorgeous were these skies yesterday 😍

Blue skies and clouds reflected in the calm waters of a river.

Despite the recent heavy rains, we’re back out on the road exploring our beautiful state 🌦️

The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914) Selection of book covers produced during the bookbinding revolution of the 19th century and beyond.

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Well, heck. This cover is rather tame so let’s give it a go 🎳

Off white back cover of a vintage paperback that reads: Jack's one big interest was dames... tall, short, blonde, redhead, brunette, young or old, he liked them all. Jack would rather spend his days and nights between the sheets with a broad -any broad-than he would on the bowling lanes, and for a professional bowler that can spell trouble. The unfortunate thing for Jack, was the fact that the dames liked him equally as well. They flocked to him like flies to honey -and he took them the way a chain smoker burns cigarettes...

I’d love to share more of my vintage smut, but since Bluesky apparently can’t handle the illustrated covers, we’ll have to settle for the back copy.

Sex Alley by Ron Gold (1966)

a cartoon of snow white sitting on the ground with squirrels Alt: a cartoon of snow white sitting on the ground with squirrels

I’m on it! 😂

Squirrel chased the rabbit, rabbit chased the squirrel, chipmunk ran after the blue jay, robins jumped in and it became a melee with the jays, chipmunk bounded off, rabbits returned - it’s been quite a morning!

An extremely Disneyesque scene in the backyard right now: two rabbits, a squirrel, a blue jay, a robin, and a few house sparrows are all out adventuring together while a chipmunk watches from the fence.

A gold foiled chocolate bunny sits on a yellow plate with brightly colored Easter eggs.

A small cement statue of Mary stands between two dead plants on a burial plot.

Madonna of the cemetery

“Fighting the Sex Jinx”

AND THE BABIES 😍

Now that the ground cover is finally blooming, I’m looking forward to seeing these fellers nesting out back again.

A fox squirrel sits on an evergreen branch looking down towards the camera.

Spring has sprung and the backyard familiars have returned to their posts ✨

Every part of the lily plant is deadly to cats - even drinking water that lilies were sitting in can kill them. Other popular spring flowers like tulips and daffodils can also make them very sick, but there are plenty of beautiful and safe alternatives.

Vegetarian matzo ball soup in a green bowl with a parsley garnish on top.

Never underestimate my leftover game 🍲

It’s raining outside and I can’t put this book down, a perfect read for a stormy afternoon ⛈️

This is going straight into my MA Creative Writing slides, along with this classic from Twitter:

there’s something fascinating about watching words appear while click-clacking away on a typewriter

A stack of vintage books rest on a wood table, on the top sits a copy of The Invisible Host. Behind the books a small vase of purple flowers.

Midwestern library book sales, I was not familiar with your game. Check out that $4 copy of The Invisible Host. 😍📚