iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 13/09/2025

Hope everyone has a chance to touch grass on #caturday

My fluffy white and orange cat sitting in a patch of dirt and clover, his tail snaking behind him

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 06/09/2025

A lot can go wrong when creating a new world. To get that #slice of heaven where you can wriggle your toes in some grass, you #chance having molten magma erupt and scorch it all. The humans like that about Earth. They are destruction wrapped in niceness, too, after all. #vssdaily #vss365 #vsspic

Bare feet standing on short grass on a sunny day. Small blue flowers peek out of the grass.

0103

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 31/08/2025

Glittering dew drops dangle on the #laces of a spider web. That's how you have to think of space. The #constellations you see hang from the strands our interstellar ships travel along. The spider is the one stealing time so we can never go back, even if our loss was unfair. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A dew-covered spiderweb against a blurry backdrop. There is a vague impression of fall leaves in the background blurriness, like the warm.air has condensed on the web in a cool fall night.

0142

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 23/08/2025

Hope everyone is having a relaxing #caturday

My orange and white cat resting his head for a minute.

0110

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 23/08/2025

"Do you have an outlet?" Its eyes were sunken into shadowed skull pits, its hands #malformed claws clutching the phone, scrolling an infinite highway. "You can plug in there," I said. I suppose I'd misunderstood, as it just continued to swipe, searching for its #outlet. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A black and white photo of man and a woman sitting next to each other on a train, eyes glued to their phones, wearing business casual clothes like they are on their way to work. The flat colours convey dreariness, like the phones are a small reprieve from drudgery.

0195

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 16/08/2025

Our shorings and footings for the new dam were #pummeled and swept away by the river yet again. We had to give up. The math was good, I just shuddered to think what force we had overlooked. I swear the leaves cheered, the water chuckled, and the #moss breathed with relief. #vssdaily #vss365 #vsspic

A tall waterfall drops from a high cliff through a narrow canyon. A small footbridge crosses the canyon. The cliffs on either side are packed with bright green trees.

4265

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 09/08/2025

Look deep into his beautiful eyes - he is asking for chicken #caturday

My orange and white cat curled up in the top tier of his cat tower, looking at the camera, resting his cheek on the cushioned edge of the platform.

0150

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 09/08/2025

The #spiders were amazing #engineers, building more than we realized. I was amazed to see that the town signpost was made of tightly woven webs. Then I noticed the clouds, the cars, the trees - all webs. Too late, I found out they could weave handcuffs and gags as well. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A blue sign with white lettering reading "Hell" standing in front of lush green trees and a wide river with tree-covered hills on the opposite bank. A wide white-clouded sky overhead has barely visible pockets of blue trying to peak through the cloud cover.

2211

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 31/07/2025

The sudden crash of a tree falling was a shock. Even crazier was seeing a naked woman half emerge from the #elm stump. "Who are you?" The she-tree demanded. "Literally nobody!" I stammered. "At long last! Please, to finally settle the debate: did I make a sound when I fell?" #Vss365 #vsspic

A woman with brown hair stands in the middle of a forest. She stands with her head and shoulders protruding from the stump of a large tree, as if she is wearing a dress, but the dress has now solidified into a bark column that flares out at the base, and she has fused with the forest floor.

2324

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 19/07/2025

Outdoor adventure. Watch out grass, you're about to get eaten and then puked up again... #caturday

My fluffy orange and white cat outside in the clover and grass, his tail up and curled around.

0111

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 19/07/2025

It was supposed to be a game. But I didn't feel the VR headset anymore. The #onyx polish of the gun at my hip and the #rough stubble on my face felt very real. Wait, did the constellation of pins on the map on the wall point to a real killer? Was I in someone else's game? #vssdaily #vss365 #vsspic

A corkboard holds a map and several pinned up photographs and articles, the pins linked by red string. Yellow post-its sprinkled throughout. A case awaits its breakthrough.

2194

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 06/07/2025

How's my writing going? I'll tell ya how my writing is going... #catsofbluesky #catsky

My medium hair orange and white cat sprawled on my desk in front of the window.

2282

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 28/06/2025

Every nation raced to where the alien capsule fell from #space, cutting a deep scar through the desert. All #movement paused until bullion spilled from it, the sparkle of gems reflecting in the flashes of gunfire. Far away, the aliens retreated from the feeding frenzy. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

Photo from above the ground showing a muddy looking field with hillocks rested gold by a setting sun, divided in two by a dirt road.

1172

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 21/06/2025

We'll never be #broke again. The treasure is hidden in a slipstream reality. Our guide lays down. He doesn't use a map. He says he sees the path in the #liminal edge of sleep. But every time he wakes, he screams. Maybe there's a reason we forget dreams of the other realms. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A group of men in old fashioned clothes resting in the shade of a tree. The man in the foreground is lying down, eyes closed. In the back, a man has removed his boot.

1233

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 14/06/2025

So tempting. A gently smoking campfire in a grassy clearing. A camping chair set out. A folding table crammed with food. Like a curious woodland #deer, he stepped closer. I set traps for humans. They are so tired they lie back and close their eyes, awaiting the #slash. #vssdaily #vss365 #vsspic

A green folding camping chair next to a folding table loaded with food - a wine bottle, fruit, a vase with some kind of herbs. Smoke drifts in the background.

3428

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 14/06/2025

I can't tell if he's covering his eyes because I embarrassed him or because I gross him out. #catsky #catsofbluesky #caturday

My fluffy orange and white cat lying on our bed, one paw wrapped over his eyes and his little pink nose sticking out from under his paw.

070

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 07/06/2025

I remember so much about that old car. The gleaming chrome - even the tail #pipe was polished. The Beach Boys on the #speakers. My skin stuck to the seat. I can see why someone uploaded the memory to the Earth Memories Album. I wish I had a good one to upload for everyone. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

An old pink classic car, maybe a Chevy? Parked in front of a motel on a sunny morning. The trunk is open like the are loading it up to get back on the road.

3396

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 01/06/2025

Had an epic first book event of my life at the Stittsville Main Street Cafe, hosted by Reread Used Books! I signed books for real people! #amwriting #indieauthor

Picture of me behind my tabletop setup with my two books on display stands and my business cards fanned out between them.

61236

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 31/05/2025

If you like my micro fiction stories then you will love my new book "Microverses: A collection of micro fiction". With nearly two hundred of my best stories in less than 280 characters. See my website for links to the ebook and paperback: www.almacdonald.ca #indieauthor #writersofbluesky #amwriting

The cover of my new book Microverses: A collection of micro fiction. It's a blue cover with a large clock in the center with the moon superimposed on the clock face. The title is in orange above the clock and the corners have mystical white snakes curling around the edges. Thanks to Michelle Young for the cover.

13510

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 18/05/2025

12 entrees on the menu. 10 appetizers. 4 desserts. 10 drink options. A simple #matrix, just 4800 possible combinations to evaluate. But in practice, no way. The waiter was coming. 60 seconds - 80 combinations per second to decide on. "Have we decided?" What? The #nerve! #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A sepia toned image of a lunch placard on a sidewalk outside a restaurant with a black canopy. The placard days "lunch lunch lunch lunch" with a caricature of a fish eating a sandwich.

2183

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 11/05/2025

Ear scritches can change him from vicious killer to offline fluffball in seconds. #catsky #catsofbluesky

My orange and white fluffy cat, upside-down on his cat tower, eyes closed as he leans on my hand while I scratch behind his ears, sunlight on his face. He would have fallen right off if I'd taken my hand away.

0131

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 10/05/2025

None of his #scars are straight as an #arrow. Neither were the stories of how he got them. Near misses. Close scrapes. But the worst one is the invisible one making his countenance as dark as the pub he hides in. She knows that's the worst one because she put it there. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A black and white photo of a man with curly hair and a sleeveless shirt setting a cue ball onto a pool table, his pool cue upright his his other hand as he considers the angles. Road signs adorn the wall behind him. Other patrons, two men, relax in the background.

1202

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 04/05/2025

The goggles dropped an alternate reality over us like the falling curtain of the #old theater. Immersed in the glossy, fabricated fantasy of AR, we never noticed the walls and seats peeling and falling apart. We never noticed the decay of each other either. #vssdaily #vsspic

A small old theater with red seats. Through ceilings and walls are partly collapsed and the floor covered in dust or ash like maybe there was a fire that gutted the place.

1254

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 19/04/2025

Just when he gets settled, the paparazzi descend on him. The curse of transcendent beauty. #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky

My very soft orange and white cat curled up in our armchair. He'd just sat down so he is looking at me with an expression that says "can I have just one minute, please?"

0110

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 19/04/2025

The bullseye was a #product of a long #chain of events, going back to years of practice in smokey bars and countless flights of the dart. The bullseye itself was meaningless. The crestfallen look on your face was the true payoff. That's what I'd been shooting for all along. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A closeup view of a dartboard mounted on a fence outside, wirh a red, white and blue-flighted dart sunk right in the red bullseye.

3184

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 13/04/2025

Tracking the rabbit on the front walkway #catsky #catsofbluesky #caturday

Looking through the window with my cat. The viewpoint is from just above his head and you can see his ears focused fully on a little rabbit hopping across the interlock stone pathway

0160

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 12/04/2025

My #nightmare is saying the wrong thing to you, so I got these special teeth - mouthtraps. Pop them in and, snap, they close tight on any insensitive words. But I can never release them, so I keep each used trap and get new ones. I wish I had something to help me find the right words too. #vss365

A pink display wall with a dozen sets of novelty false teeth mounted in rows of four, the kind that wind up and then scoot across a table while chattering at someone.

1182

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 06/04/2025

We had a little bit of sun today and he took full advantage. Here he is staring into the distance, making his to-do list for the week. #catsofbluesky #caturday #catsky

My very soft orange and white cat sitting on his round cat cushion, a sunbeam absolutely lighting him up. He looks sleepy.

0413

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 05/04/2025

#Time has #ground away so many details of the day - how much my #toes hurt in those shoes, the colour of the sky. The fog always takes the most important detail last. The way you smiled but your eyes stayed sad. It's what I should have noticed instead of the sky. #vssdaily #vss365 #scififri #vsspic

A bride and groom in the distance holding hands, standing on a wild, grassy hill with cliffs behind them. Thick fog obscures the sky and anything past the cliffs.

2224

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 31/03/2025

If you like my micro fiction then you'll love my next book, called Microverses: a collection of micro fiction, available soon. Cover reveal below! Stay tuned for updates at my website and sign up for my newsletter to be notified when you can buy it. www.almacdonald.ca #amwriting #indieauthor

Book cover for my latest book. It's a dark blue with orange text centered at the top reading "Microverses: a collection of micro fiction". White snakes wind around the top and bottom corners and a few other symbols decorate the quadrants: traffic lights, telescopes and stars

2143

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 29/03/2025

Each time I reach for your memory it's a little less. The #gossamer veil gets a new wrinkle, another blur like you're standing a little further away. In my mind I paint the smile back on your faded face. Maybe I paint it a little wider than it really was. After all, it's just us now. #Vss365 #vsspic

A view of a silhouetted woman in a dark street. A blurry figure is in the distance, maybe walking toward her, maybe walking away. The street surface is interlock paving, shining under a street lamp.

3245

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 15/03/2025

The King is dead. Long live the King. Yet it is no easy #switch. We light candles and wonder how our world will change. I am also changing. Growing stronger, more #understanding. Old versions of myself pass, and new emotions rule me. I am forever #interregnum. #Vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic #scififri

A boy holds up a paper lantern balloon, ready to release it into the dusk. Four lanterns and some distant birds fly in the pink and blue evening skies over a calm lake.

2323

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 08/03/2025

🎵When the sun hits your cat You'll say 'look at that, He's so purrty'🎶 #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky

My fluffy soft orange and white cat lying down on our yellow carpet in the sun just trying to get a moment's peace but we keep picking him up and squishing him

0140

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 08/03/2025

I call my neighbours the Brown Door Apartment because, to me, they are just shouts from behind a door. I can't hear the words, just the anger. Should I #charge in to give #assistance? Sudden silence, punctuated by the yap of the #pomeranian. Must be okay now. #vss365 #vssdaily #scififri #vsspic

A view down onto the landing of a dimly lit staircase in an old building with faded, chipped paint on the walls. Weak light from tall windows with decorative arches tries to brighten the space but it feels grim and sad, like the place is dying while the world moves on to new things.

1262

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 02/03/2025

Sun is finally out after a few days of snow. #catsofbluesky #caturday

My orange and white fluffball cat overflowing his cat tower perch, his feet hanging over the edge. Sunlight is making his fur positively glow. Lots of snow outside but it sure is cozy inside.

070

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 24/02/2025

He didn't want to see the scary part of the movie. #catsofbluesky #catsky

My incredibly soft orange and white cat burying his face in his paws. His ear is turned away like he can't believe what he's hearing. We were watching Willow at the time.

0171

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 22/02/2025

Troubled times ahead means a decision has to be made. One must #figure out if this rumble is a #fart or a #log. One means you have to get out of the bath, the other will just pass through the calm waters. Take it from me: the toilet really isn't that far. #vss365 #vssdaily #scififri #vsspic

A person is in a bathtub with flower petals around them. We see their legs, mostly, as they are turned on their side. The water is clear, no soap bubbles, and a small sheet of music is in the water too. Not sure why. Overall the bath looks kind of cold, and it would be annoying to pick the flower petals off your skin.

1142

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 14/02/2025

You said it would never work. I don't see what's so #complex about it. You're an alien, so am I. So what if we're from different worlds? Forget what you see when you look at me, I wanted you to know who I am. We both wear disguises here, but I see you hide more than your skin. #vss365 #vsspic

A man watching a couple walk away from him as he holds a bouquet of red roses, pointed downward, his hand now a fist, practically throttling the roses. You know he wishes he was one of the people in that couple and those roses are a split second from being dropped onto the ground right there.

2192

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 08/02/2025

The string has been killed. Time to doze in greatness. #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky

0131

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 26/01/2025

He looks like he has some hot gossip to spill, but he has to choose his words carefully first. #catsky #catsofbluesky #caturday

My orange and white cat sitting on my bed, his paws out in front of himself and crossed as he looks away, his gaze vacant like he's thinking about some past incident, something he regrets, maybe, or something that disappointed him, and maybe, if I just sat with him and let the silence stretch a bit, he would take in a breath, sigh, and start telling me what's on his mind.

11212

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 18/01/2025

In the rabbit hole you become lost as reality splits into fractal smithereens. In the foxhole you brace for reality's end. In the wormhole reality stretches and stretches until now is infinite. Each drama is a picnic of lemons that only makes you whole if you can share it. #vss365 #vssdaily #vsspic

A red headed woman in a green summer dress lying on her back on an orange cloth, her eyes closed, sun warming her as she holds a lemon from the lemons scattered about her, a tennis racquet on the ground beside her.

2273

Andrew @almacdonald.ca · 11/01/2025

When the going gets tough, the tough get going, right? They called you a warrior for the weak, a saint for the hurt, a beacon for the lost. You helped the most broken. How bad must I have been for you to #quit me? All I did was ask if your selflessness was a flight from yourself. #vss365 #vsspic

A silhouette of a woman with a long coat striding purposefully up a dimly,lit parking garage ramp against the direction of the painted black chevrons on a yellow background on the wall behind her.

1222