A small black duck with white wing flashes and bright red feet swimming on deep green water.
I always look forward to seeing the Pigeon Guillemots. They're sea ducks that usually nest in cliffs, but here they're nesting in the ferry terminal pilings.
#Birds #BirdWatching #Ducks
Today's #earworm
#PinkyAndTheBrain
A lit, pastel green pillar candle with a twisted spiral design burns with a small flame. It sits inside a translucent pink container wrapped with a green fabric band and button.
This is me not cursing the darkness.
An orange tabby cat, Jasper, peers out from the round opening of a soft, cave-style felt cat bed patterned in gray and cream.
Cheers! 😄
Definitely my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie. Did you know Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a variant? They're a type of fae from Celtic folklore.
A soft, cube-shaped gray pet bed with a wide arched opening sits on a wood floor; inside is a plush, donut-style dog bed. The top surface is slightly indented by a black cat sleeping on top.
The same gray cave-style pet bed now holds a tan dog curled up asleep inside, tucked into the plush cushion.
I made Pooka's den more cushy by shoving her bed inside. It fits perfectly.
#Dogs #DogsOfBluesky #Comfort
There's a massive ravine through the area. I bet there's a trail on the other side, too.
If only it didn't smell so terrible. 🙂
A tan-and-white dog wearing a harness stands alert on a dirt forest trail, facing uphill between tall mossy trees; sunlight filters through the canopy, and the trunk of one tree is dotted with rounded burl-like growths.
A shallow woodland creek flows over small stones and pebbles, framed by mossy logs and ferns, with a fallen tree bridging the water and a winding trail continuing through dense evergreen forest beyond.
A Pacific Northwest native bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) stands on a slender stem above lacy green leaves, with several soft pink, heart-shaped flowers drooping downward in a shaded forest understory of moss, leaf litter, and twigs.
This is one of the things I love here. Pooka and I were heading out for a walk when I realized I didn't have any poop bags, so I stopped at the drugstore. Pooka was throwing a fit because she wasn't allowed out, so we took a turn around the parking lot. Boom! Trail! 😄
#Dogs #NatureWalk #NativePlants
Also, his curliness is adorable.
I wouldn't be surprised if he can hear the Mars rovers. 😂
Alien! 👽
Something eldritch going on there.
Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):
This evening I found myself watching my fish and chips cook in the air fryer while singing Santa Lucia with just the words Scooby Dooby Doo. 🤷♀️
#Random
A neatly made bed with stacked pillows and a colorful patchwork quilt, with a small, rounded lump under the quilt hinting at a cat curled up beneath the covers.
Mine like being made into bed. 😄
Just put sheet and blanket on top of him. 😄
It came with a tape measure. I have no idea why.
Jasper, an orange tabby cat, is lying on top of a soft, cube-shaped pet house glaring down through the opening at Pooka, a tan-and-white dog inside, who is lying on a cushion and chewing a toy, creating a playful “top bunk/bottom bunk” scene.
I think this will be a good furniture purchase. Dog den on the bottom, cat hammock on top.
The zipper had no stops, though, so the slider zipped right off. That will make laundering the cover difficult.
I'm going to have to rearrange the furniture.
#CatsOfBluesky #DogsOfBluesky #GingerCats
Today's #earworm
#Jobs #JohnnyPaycheck #AntiWork #TakeThisJobAndShoveIt
PS: It's not on my behalf but a friend's. I love my job.
Pooka, a tan-and-white dog lies stretched out on a large gray crash pillow between two black-and-white cats, Sylvie and Bruno, curled up on either side, all three resting together in a cozy room with bookshelves and a crocheted blanket nearby.
Hey! That's MY crash pillow! 😂
#TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky #Dogs #DogsOfBluesky
A tan-and-white dog named Pooka sits upright on a couch sitting on her tail with back legs in front, one hind leg lifted as she grooms her toes.
Is Pooka broken? 😂
#Dogs #DogsOfBluesky
You're very kind. I've never done this before. 😊
Thanks! It's an interesting and somewhat alarming process. 😂
This is year two. I pruned and roughly shaped the top last year. It overwintered well.
A Dark Star mountain lilac (Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’) bonsai sits in a nursery pot on a patio table, next to a green ceramic bonsai pot, cardboard work surface, and a root rake tool, ready for repotting.
The Dark Star mountain lilac bonsai is lifted out of its pot, showing a dense root ball with long, dangling roots spread across a painted patio table.
The bonsai is set into a green ceramic pot, roots spread over a soil base, with pruning shears and loose soil visible around the work area.
The Dark Star mountain lilac bonsai sits newly potted in a shallow green ceramic container, top-dressed with a coarse black-and-white soil mix on a painted patio table.
Well, I did the thing. Now we wait and see if it keels over.
A gravel garden path curves gently through a dense spring garden, leading past a twisted contorted filbert on the left with gnarled, leafing branches. Near the center, a plum tree is covered in soft pink blossoms, while behind it a taller cherry tree is thick with white flowers, bright against a backdrop of dark evergreen forest. On the right side of the path, a black metal trellis arches overhead, supporting a climbing rose with emerging leaves and stems. In the foreground, a large pieris japonica spreads outward, its glossy green leaves and drooping clusters of white bell-shaped flowers tinged with red new growth, framing the path with layered texture and color.
Sometimes you just need to stand on the porch and breathe.
#Garden #Spring #BloomScrolling
Now I have to learn about raking and pruning roots.
Image 1 (after overwintering): Alt text: A small Dark Star mountain lilac (Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’) bonsai sits in a black pot, with a short trunk, exposed roots, and a loose canopy of small green leaves and buds. A metal trellis and other potted plants are behind it.
Image 2 (first pruning): Alt text: A freshly pruned Dark Star mountain lilac (Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’) bonsai with a compact, branching shape and bright new leaves, set on a patio with chairs and plants in the background.
Image 3 (cuttings): Alt text: Cut branches from a Dark Star mountain lilac (Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’) bonsai lie in a shallow box, with the small potted tree visible behind them on a patio.
My try at bonsai overwintered well. It's about to bloom.
Dark Star mountain lilac (Ceanothus impressus x C. papillosus var.
I bought the plant last year and pruned off about 3/4 of it. This year I'll prune its roots and wire it into a bonsai pot.