Christine Parker

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

The word is a vampire.

A black poodle mix dog lays on green fake grass in front of a black Halloween backdrop surrounded by plastic jack-o-lanterns

Milo got his spooky Halloween portrait taken at camp today 😂🎃

tbh the whole thing feels more like a gift I’m receiving than a service I’m providing 🥹 and I’m very very grateful for such an awesome opportunity

I’m currently waiting on contract signatures and the deposit for my BIGGEST PROJECT EVER

I am so effing exciting for this mural I could just cry (and have). The design concept is so fun AND I get to travel to do the installation AND it’s with an absolutely lovely client.

Not wasted time though; I’ll just add this fun dino print to my licensing portfolio instead

Ok it turns out her nursery theme isn’t even dinosaurs, it’s enchanted forest 🤦‍♀️

This is what I get for jumping to conclusions based on the baby registry, getting overly excited about an idea, spending 9 hours working on it, & belatedly realizing I should probably check before I get any deeper lol

Seamless pattern sketch of cute dinosaurs including parasaurolophus, triceratops, pterodactyl, spinosaurus, and more. The motifs are interspersed with doodled flowers and leaves.

I’m scared to ask r/paleontology and get ripped on for calling them dinosaurs :(

I’m not a science bitch; I’m just trying to make a reasonably accurate repeating pattern to print on my cousin’s baby shower gifts ok

Two hand drawn diagrams of T-Rex tracks: version A has the thumb on the inside of the gait, version B has the thumb on the outside.

I don’t know enough about dinosaurs or feet to tell which version is correct.

B *looks* correcter to me but it’s breaking my brain that the “thumb” is on the outside of the gait in that version.

I even tried looking up emu tracks and couldn’t figure it out (but I also didn’t try that hard)

A Procreate canvas featuring the black silhouette of a dinosaur footprint

Where are my paleontology/podiatry nerds at?

Did I draw a left or right T-Rex footprint here?

I want to say it’s a left print with the shorter “thumb” on the inside of the gait - is that correct?

I don’t have any appointments or meetings tomorrow and NOBODY BETTER SCHEDULE ANYTHING

unless you want to be my client and give me money in exchange for art, in which case, let’s talk 😎

Sincere post: it is one of the greatest joys of my adult life to be able to see the magic of the holidays renewed through the eyes of a younger generation. Hunting for eggs on Easter, Trick or Treating on Halloween, hiding under the covers so the Night Turkey doesn't peck your penis off, Santa Claus

It’s raining: Thursday is canceled. Everyone back in bed. We’ll try again tomorrow.

sewers, and your phone. it’s hard to start a morning without them.

we offer 4 unexpected ways to start stronger 🧵

A green tufted sofa with a tiny black dog head sticking out of a pile of blankets but all you can see are his eyes

A closeup of a tiny black dog head sticking out of a pile of blankets but only one side eye and his nose are visible.

No Milo would NOT like to go potty outside thank you very much

(listening to pharmaceutical side effects) cool I’ll try that

A bird sitting on a traffic sign, beak open as if speaking. The photo is cropped so all you see of the sign is a huge "NO".

Agree

A hand holding up a small colorful knitting project in front of a car dashboard

I knit so rarely anymore that I forgot how nice it is to keep my hands busy with something other than a glass screen

(I’d pull from Christine Fun Money category but there’s nothing in there besides some dead moths)

It’s ok though. With @ynabofficial.bsky.social we roll with the punches

and cover Takeout overspending from Groceries and or husband’s Fun Money categories

Ok I lied. Two pizzas and some cupcakes ended up being $65.50

which is 2/3 of my entire Restaurants & Takeout budget for the 2-week pay period

How to Hibernate.

Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.

It’s time.

Anyway I am laughing because I asked my brother if we could pick up pizza for them in the way, and what is their favorite place?

And he gave me some fancy eat-in/pickup-only place with toppings like “candied bacon”and “fresh whipped mozzarella” and our order is going to cost like $95 😂

(Whereas Devon and I live in a little shoebox in kind of a shit neighborhood and our newest & best car is from 2007 and the rest are rusting to pieces in the driveway)

(But we have $0 debt 😎)

My brother and his wife make more money than my husband and I (or have a shitload of debt) because they live in a beautiful house in an affluent neighborhood and drive new cars

We’re going down to meet our new baby nibling this afternoon 🥰

(My youngest brother and his family live in Columbus, and if you’re driving south, you’re headed down.)

Normally I would normally yelp and turn away when a sighted dog put their teeth on me but Milo can’t tell when you break eye contact and turn your back on him so you have to physically get up and walk away 🥲

I am having to re-teach Milo “NO TEETH” when we play together.

He used to be so gentle but he has developed a habit of biting me.

He doesn’t bite my husband though, or anyone else who plays with him.

Only me. Because of course.

I caved and turned the furnace on yesterday because it was 61° inside my home and our tiny dog was a miserable popsicle

But forgot that every year the first time we turn the furnace on it immediately breaks so now it’s a balmy 62° in my house until my husband gets home in seven hours

Art by Liz at Lakewood Electric in Lakewood, Ohio! I don’t think she’s on Bluesky but here’s her instagram. She’s done all five of my dog portraits

www.instagram.com/ladysealegs?...