habitual line-stepper

We've never had forced-air heat before we moved here, Sneako loves to sit on the vents and toast his buns now

My immediate thought upon reading “Mario Carb” was “hm. Everyone has to finish a bowl of pasta before finishing the race. Sounds like it could be messy”

I hope to one day show the mooses that I am their ally

It's time to switch to your winter weight moisturizers

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#Boston area pet food pantry, via @mspca-angell.bsky.social .

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I always try to see some of the harvest each year. It’s so cool!

“Transgender people are more than just a political issue, and we're in danger. We need all the help we can get from friends, neighbors, politicians, and school administrators.. trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity…

Help us.”

If nobody got me I know the ~10 people who like my pictures got me

A view of Gloucester, MA from the harbor. The city is full of red brick buildings and there are a lot of old wooden poles sticking out of the water where there used to be a wharf. A clock tower is visible above it all

A schooner in Gloucester harbor, flying an American flag

A simple white lighthouse with a black top rising from a rocky shore. The white lighthouse structure stands out from the dark green trees behind it.

Two tug boats in the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. One is angled a bit as a crew member uses a rope to pull one boat closer to the other docked boat

Two large poles rising from the water with a sign between them that says “welcome to Annisquam River” and “cape Ann marina.” There is a cormorant seated on each pole.

A selfie in the passenger side mirror of a car. my face is largely obscured by my canon rebel, but you can see the fall colors surrounding my car

Two common loons, a juvenile and an adult still in its breeding plumage, floating facing away from each other on the surface of a lake

A worker about knee-deep in a flooded cranberry bog. They are using a big rubber strap to move the floating cranberries closer to the cranberry truck just out of frame

newest film scans. shot on Kodak portra

I feel so blessed. 🥲

Creaking to the post office On my rusty bike I saw one purple iris Wild in the wet green Of the rice field. I wanted to send it to you. I can only tell you it was there. —Maura O'Halloran

still riding the high of seeing a loon, my favorite bird, pop up before me and let loose its distinctive call while on my swim yesterday. I have been swimming year-round at this beach for years and have never once seen a loon there. I didn't get a picture, so take this instead

Laverne stopping whatever she was getting into when she hears a "what are you doing?" from the other room

K.K. Slider cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

"Scully's a problem. A much larger problem than you described."

Scully, hand embroidery on cotton. 5" custom order.

tumblr post by tummydrummer: me and my pirate girlfriend: [holdin hands] me: bb ur hands r so cold her: that me hook

love to snake an icy foot under the covers to touch my nice warm wife and say “that me hook”

goth Bunnicula costume and goth Cerberus costume, posing outdoors at night.

ugh I loved this so much

Escape has never left my listening rotation. It’s so so good

when we take her to the vet, everyone comes in to take pictures of her and tell us how beautiful she is. It always makes me so proud of my daughter. it’s a shame she hates the experience so much because she’s really the star of the show

A dilute calico cat with a gold tag that says “Laverne” being lifted, not unlike one might lift a toddler, to reveal a small shaved patch on her chest

popping back in to drop off a Laverne update for the gang. she had a checkup on her heart murmur (it’s stable!) and now she’s missing a patch of fur.

It’s always the posts I never ever expect to blow up like that lol

if there is ever a time I don't want to see a lighthouse, there's something very wrong

so tru

@alaskastardust.bsky.social and @gracepersephone.bsky.social when they first met me

an American Mink all damp and looking directly at the camera

an American Mink using a rock to lift its upper body and get a good look around. the mink has some kind of little red spot on its lower lip

also made a non-bird friend today

I was wearing my shirt from the Loon Center when we found the loons so I’d like to imagine they saw me and were like “guys, holy shit. They’re wearing our merch”

An adult common look floating on the surface of a lake. It appears to have a red and white band affixed to its foot

A loon opening its mouth to make a “tremolo” cry

An adult common loon feeding a crawfish to its fledgling

A bald eagle hunched over on a treetop during a foggy, misty morning

Hi guys. I’m back to drop off more bird pics

I’m glad you like them. My main purpose of being on here at this point is showing you cool birds I found

an osprey on top of a utility pole. it has its wings outstretched and is grasping a small fish

a great blue heron in the salt marsh. there are four snowy egrets behind it in the distance

a great egret perched on top of a yellow chain of buoys floating across the surface of a pond

birbs