Julie Nye

Life on the Bridge From Autistic Advocate, Love on the Spectrum cast member, and therapist Kaelynn Partlow, a warm, personal, and practical guide to understanding autism—from ...

Pending Edition 2 release from a friend & co-worker! Best layman's resource I know of for families/friends of #autistic people.

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Regularly!!

He totally agrees with you! 😆

I'm prejudiced, but I think so! 😍 He's also a ridiculously loveable doofus and a total failure as a watch dog. But hey... he's still mine!

A dark sable German Shepherd sits on a lawn behind a large collection of stainless steel dog bowls and pails. He is holding one of the bowls in his mouth.

His current mission: helping me publicize this weekend's yard sale. 😆🐾

#GSD #GermanShepherds #DogsOfBluesky

A dark sable German Shepherd sits in a kitchen, holding in his mouth a copy of a book picturing dogs on the cover and a title, "Shepherds of our Hearts." He is looking up and to his left, as though waiting for a cue.

Voelker is getting ready to help me with signing some books. Since the story is about his family, it seems like more people want his Pawtograph than my signature. But... hey... whatever it takes, right? 🐾😎🐾

#authors #GSD #GermanShepherd #WritingCommunity

A tall, broad lilac bush is nearing full bloom. An inset oval shows a spring of flowers at closer view.

It's almost full lilac season in #Michigan, so Happy #Friday, y'all! I wish I could attach the scent to this post. 😎 🙃

#BloomScrolling

A light-gray cat lies in the trough between a windowsill and the outer screen. She is flattened out on her side, with a flabby abdomen protruding onto the sill in a weird-looking lump. Her bottom ear is curled against the frame. Sun reflects on her coat and lights up the greenery outside the window.

This ( exhausted, out-of-shape) cat... looking like poorly-mixed pancake batter, complete with ear curl? Yeah, I'm pretty sure she's channeling every human in this house tonight. What a week.

#CatsOfMastodon #AlmostFriday

I really miss access to private groups. Spoken like a true internet child of the 90s when email "lists" were mostly hosted on private servers.

--An old fuddy duddy

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Thank you for all the #bloomscrolling photos! This is the best profile I've found all week!! 🌷💜🌹

Photo of an apple tree in full bloom, taken from underneath some branches up toward the blue sky. The buds are dark pink. The blooms are white with lighter pink edges. All leaves are as green as spring itself.

We have very happy pollinators these days. All the apple trees are in full bloom and it's quite a show--complete with a heavy buzzing soundtrack! Alas, I lack the photography skills to get a shot that really shows the overview.

#Michigan #spring #bloomscrolling

Same! Glad you liked Mr. Wylie. He's still going strong at 7yrs.

I am so sorry. They are part of us, in some ways are the essential beat of our heart even more than our human companions--it's wrapped up with their complete dependence on us, but I can't put it into correct words.

Only just now spotted your profile! 😄 👋

Congrats!! Lookin' good.

Five years ago today. Here's #GSD Wylie, my very last service dog trainee... one of the real-life dogs behind the fictional story in my new book, "Shepherds of our Hearts." (www.amazon.com/Shepherds-Ou...). Shared with the owner's full approval--he loves for people to see his dog.

Two dogs are on a game show stage, standing on either side of a pedestal case that has a carrot squeaky toy with a glass lid over it. Off to the side, there's a digital sign with the number 6 displayed. The game show host is saying to the contestant, "When I lift the lid, you have SIX SECONDS to, well, you know what to do." There's a big sign on the stage with the game show's name: "Destroy That Toy!"

Oh the suspense

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#booksky 📚💙

Welp. I've been ignoring this account due to general life chaos. Time to plug back in and start acting like a writer, #author, whatever ya' want to call it. 🤨 🤷‍♀️

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A solid black German Shepherd works with his Search and Rescue handler, becoming accustomed to hoist harnesses that might be needed with helicopters or rappelling scenarios.

I might have to start posting a nightly #GermanShepherd photo until I succeed in finding all my people. This is "Thunder," who was born to two of my own dogs a long time ago. He was a drive fireball & worked with a SAR team in Georgia until age 11. This photo was from his early team training.

A reddish sable German Shepherd lies on a lawn with a bright blue and green toy in his mouth.

In my world, it is #MonDog. So here's young Ajo, who says he's ready for summer. I'm on his side. Time for the snow to go away and mud to dry up!

I'm still looking for #GermanShpeherd people! 😀

They are puppies on the inside!! 😄😍

Absolutely!! And so incredibly much nicer to look at than the current news!

I don't believe they are ever truly "gone." They're too firmly entrenched in our hearts not to be present!

Two sable German Shepherd puppies at about six weeks old.

A solid black German Shepherd puppy who's about 5 weeks old running straight toward the camera.

I need emergency #puppy pics. I don't see many, so I'm going to post some in hopes of priming the pump. 🐶 Meet some long-ago dogs from my past, all of which grew up to be service dogs: Rhythm & River (left) and Uno (right). Where are your pics?? 😀

#GermanShepherds #GSDs

I don't especially want to confess how many I have had at one time. 🤐😄

Only two now... I'm getting old! There was a day when I had a dozen at a time. 4-5 was probably about minimum for most of my life.

That said, it was a while ago and there may be better automated processes now. But it left a very bad taste in my unpractical mouth and I won't go back if I can help it.