Tom Paden

Last week's selfie 😀

A photo of tom (to the very right, wearing a Black Panther themed shirt, with Quinn, Danielle, Ellie, and Cianna, three wonderful women. They are all wearing gray and Black clothing and Quinn is wearing a shirt featuring the Muppets

Me and the beautiful people 😀💚

Three small glass stem flowers.

The same three glass stem flowers, with a little glass dragonfly and a small Easter bunny

Glass flowers with a carrot and Easter egg bouquet

LEGO flowers with glass flowers, Easter decorations, and a hedgehog sitting on a giant carrot (it's just a decoration)

Right after my mom died a few months ago, I went to her place to help clean and organize. We donated a lot of things, and kept some of her favorite possessions. She had a few small vases with little glass stem flowers. Lately we've been adding to them. It's a nice way to remember my mom.
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Anyone here using Busuu for language learning ? I've been loving it and want to add friends. Ever since Duolingo laid off staff a few years ago in favour of AI, I've dropped them like a had habit.

Mike (a black lab/pug/pitbull/giant bat mix. No joke. He looks like a bat) looking out the window

Mike (a black lab/pug/pitbull/giant bat mix. No joke. He looks like a bat) , and Roux, a light brown French bulldog.

Biscuit, a fluffy white labradoodle. He has a big smile.

Mike (black lab/pug/some other dog or twelve mix) , Roux (light brown French bulldog), and Biscuit (larger white labradoodle) all looking at something in the distance.

Roux (light brown French bulldog), and Biscuit (larger white labradoodle) looking at my camera. Roux has an inquisitive face. Biscuit is smiling.

Biscuit, a white labradoodle, tucked in his dog bed.

The past week was dogs. Just dogs. Lotsa dogs

Easily can.

Love you!

Tom and his Quinn at Krustyland in Universal Studios Hollywood. Tom broke a ton of bones 18 hours prior and is smiling away through it all.

This is a throwback Friday. This is me at Krustyland with @jedikermit.bsky.social
. I'm one and a half days out of the ER, still morphined up from a surfing injury that broke 4 ribs, two bones in my back, and my shoulder in two places.
Krustyland was fun. I remember most of it.

Memory Grove, in Salt Lake City Utah. A creek/spillway for city creek (i think) is featured in the center, reflecting trees and mountains.

Memory Grove in SLC earlier. Very beautiful night

Tom on camera left, Mike the dog on the right. Mike has a big grin for the camera, he is a pit/lab/pug black dog , small, ahout 30lbs. He has premature gray in his muzzle, just like Tom.

Love this pup

This is absolutely beautiful

I'm slowly losing all of the vision in my right eye so I'm trying to do a better job of alt text. I'm grateful I can still see so much beauty

A metallic "stargate" like structure that serves as the entry point to the art installation "Dreamwalk Park" in Orem Utah

A small man-made rain waterfall in the center of a ceiling that has the appearance of being a cave. The waterfall and cave (all man-made) are surrounded by glowing crystals that emit sound frequencies, along to a musical tune. The music was very reminiscent of James Horner's "Avatar" score and the crystals/cave/waterfall features bear a strong resemblance to much of the visual imagery in that movie. It is mostly crystalline, however, in lieu of being bioluminescent plant life.

A mosaic that is three dimensional, showing a large eye that resembles a cat's eye, surrounded by 8 smaller circles that somewhat resemble eyes, but we're more or a greenish yellow white luminescence.

An artists rendition of The Stargate from picture one, designed to look like a cave painting with a glowing blue vortex in the middle. The gate is surrounded by three figures, somewhat stick-figured representations of an android style robot , one that is a shorter and more rounded robot, and one that appears like either a tall alien similar to the "Grays" or it may also be a robotic figure. I can not quite tell which. All are done in a style that suggests cave paintings somewhat like what the Ancestral Puebloans (sometimes inappropriately referred to as "Anasazi") would have drawn.

We had an amazing time last week at Dreamwalk Park in Orem, Utah. Here are a few of the photos I really enjoyed taking

A trail surrounded by a few Evergreen trees with large mountains (specifically the wasatch range) in the background. The colours are muted, very wintery looking.

A man and dog on a trail in a local park in Utah. The trail has oak and maple trees

A tree in the foreground (spruce I think) with snowcapped mountains in the far background

A lab/pug mix dog smiling at the camera with his tongue out, being held by a blonde man with a very short beard who is smiling at the dog.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

But you don't follow me on here? Sad Tom

I'm glad you're here my friend 🧡 cause yes.

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I had quit X several months ago and recently joined this, I'm so glad to see your amazing content again. Wishing you all the best Kenny!! 💙

President Joe Biden's Impact On NDN Country The Biden administration enabled, empowered, and enacted historic advancements for Indigenous peoples.

Before we get too caught up in what’s next, it’s worth pausing to appreciate the wins. President Biden’s legacy as the most pro-Native American president in history is one of them.

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@actordougjones.bsky.social hey my friend! Love you!
That's all. That's the post. Mike loves you too 💙

You should. I kanban, willban, and doban scrumban. (I am sorry for all of this)

This is my mom. She left this earth a month ago. She was a good person. Truly good. Had her struggles and mess-ups. We all do. She deserves to be remembered with fondness and kindness

Mike, a pug, lab, boxer mix,ooking at the camera inquisitively as he wakes from a nap

Mike, a pug lab boxer mix, half-smiming for the camera showing one fang tooth. Looks like an underbite but is in fact a deliberate smile. ⁹

I love this dog

Thank you for your kindness

The day before going to my mother's funeral service, was lucky enough to have a night of Rollercoasters and ridiculous times with @jedikermit.bsky.social at Disney's Magic Kingdom. TRON: lightcycle run was truly the best of the best.

An otter sunning himself and eating some food

Mike (a pug/staffy/lab mix) getting pet and awkwardly looking over at his friend

The mountains (wasatch range) peeking behind trees at a place called Wheeler Farm

Thanksgiving views. Love you all

Hey Mr! So glad you're here 💙💙