Big human, little kitten! Always a good pair.

Blue-black Grosbeak

This is a chunky, dark songbird found in the humid lowlands of Central and South America, known for its deep blue-black male plumage and rich dark brown female, both with stout bills. A member of the cardinal family, it skulks in lush vegetation.

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I seriously thought I was alone in this. I never talk about it, even with my long time friends. 🫂

Oh my sister!

I understand where you are. I almost pulled the covers back over my head until I acknowledged the cat quietly waiting for me.

I wave twice just to make sure you saw me the first time. Oh and by the way, I love pot roast.

We love #CheddarPoetry in our house 😺

Way to go, Marcel!

Nevah have I evah seen a heron like this!

Perhaps, if the forces of sanity align, his path to confirmation moves from limbo to another level of Dante's Inferno.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

Poppy looks like a doll right down to her ruffly right ear. 🥰

photo of a big black and white farm pig with a pink and black snout. He is standing outside, looking at the camera through a red wooden fence. Text says "in a world where you can be anything, be kind".

This is Buster. He escaped from a slaughterhouse in Connecticut and a series of wonderful people found him, cared for him, and transported him to us in December, 2024. He is a big, big boy with the sweetest personality. He LOVES people and getting belly rubs! ❤️

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

Inquiring otters want to know...

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

Tiff.

A burning ring of fire 🔥

Even the Avignon Papacy threat was a losing gambit.

Happy 80th Birthday to the legendary Tim Curry! 🖤

Pigs are very intelligent, and sometimes emotional, animals. Poor Gertie and Eloise.

"The secret to happiness is to spend more time with animals and less time with idiots." ~ #unknown

Teddy is 15. Bless their senior kitty hearts 🥰

Perhaps a final call from the actuarial tables? None of us live forever. Except maybe Chuck Grassley.

Teddy is all wound up. It's been a week of zoomies for this old boy. It makes me happy.

I would eat those cookies if they came with sour cream dill dip!

Personally I will never change the names! Currently some real estate people renamed it 875 N Michigan. Completely uninspired. Real Chicagoans, know especially Sears Tower!

Floating above it all.

It really is weird being above rainstorms too. I used to work at the top of the former Hancock building.

Trump Wants Regime Change at the Fed He still thinks he's infallible

1/ “When Trump took us to war with Iran, he dismissed warnings from the experts, from the military, from the intelligence community, saying that this was a highly risky proposition. Now he wants to bring that same level of clarity and judgment to monetary policy, and we should all be very afraid.”

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.