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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There were baby #axolotl at the #Spokane #reptile expo today! So cute, and this one is nearly transparent.

A baby axolotl with no color, its spine and some organs visible through pale skin.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I took the road less traveled for a while today. Northern Idaho, North fork of the Coeur D'Alene River.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I miss all the posts on the @weratedogs.com account. Please don't stop! Rocco misses them in our feed!

A small chihuahua-cross dog, black-tipped brown with a gray muzzle, standing with front paws resting on the photographer's knee, looking up at the camera. Random parts of furniture and a well-used cat scratching post are in the background.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The real bird is already beautiful without the AI weirdness. Image from factanimal.com

A crowned pigeon, in a beautiful almost marine blue with a burgundy chest, brilliant red eyes, and a crown of fine long feathers with tiny fans at the end in blue edged with white.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy to see how we treat #Flocks in #Spokane. Not happy we have them at all.

A flock camera on a pole with a solar panel. There's a cardboard sign saying "Flock" taped to the pole, and the camera is wrapped in a plastic bag so it cannot record anything.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Americans are united on national parks. We want parks protected, funded and staffed. www.npca.org

A banner for the National Parks Conservation Association, saying, "Nobody Wants This: NPCA's New Poll Finds Bipartisan Majority of Americans Oppose Attacks on National Parks and Park Staff."

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Very therapeutic, and an excellent bonus with my purchase. Thanks!

A Halloween themed coloring page, with all kinds of costumes and creatures, colored in with the mini pack of crayons shown next to it.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lots of marmots. And one that ought to win that contest! I took the pics of the golden chested one near Independence Lake Conservation Area in northern California near Donner. The other ones I took in Spokane, Wa.

A marmot standing on a dead stump with his front higher than his back and angled toward the camera. He is gray-brown mostly, with a cream muzzle and a golden chest and front paws. And he's looking at the camera like he's offended by its presence.

A marmot standing sideways on a stump, gazing slightly back and giving me the side-eye. He's gray with a brown undercoat showing through, and a golden chest and front legs.

A gray and brown marmot with a white muzzle and white marking further up his nose, almost standing on his head on a slanted rock among some pine cones.

A very fat marmot sitting on a bolder, brown-gold chest and front legs showing along with the white marking on his nose.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

What they look like ripening. I love the purple ones, but the little yellow ones are so sweet, they don't generally even make it inside.

A dark purple golf-ball sized tomato hanging in a tomato plant. Queen of the Night.

Cherry tomatoes on the plant, about a dozen in a group, ranging from green to dark purple, a couple edging into red. Black Strawberry.

A group of small cherry tomatoes on the plant, ranging from green to one nearly-ready bright yellow one. Champagne Bubbles.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My Black Strawberry, Champagne Bubbles, and Queen of the Night are finally in full swing. (I only have one of each, potted on my little patio.) I'm making tomato bacon jam today! It seems heirlooms take their time, but so worth it when they get here!

A red bowl on a kitchen counter with small tomatoes, ranging from cherry to about golf-ball sized, most of them streaked with purple and red, a few smaller bright yellow ones.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My Lil' Dudasaurus was being particularly cute last night.

A beige, spotted crested gecko perched on a slanted black surface in front of greenery, looking back over his shoulder at the camera.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I just took this in Spokane, Wa. on a nice busy arterial. Whoever put it up, you ROCK! #spokane #resist #gas

A photo of a bulletin board showing a comic panel of a car at a gas pump. The car is full of people looking stressed, the gas pump says "IRAN WAR" and has dollar signs where the total and prices would go, and an elephant in a suit is pumping the gas. There's a line at the top that says "Paid for by WeAreGettingScrewed.org" The bottom right is signed and appears to say "PREESE"

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Not the only one. This one, at a mural located near the real Clyde Tunnels, was in the UK, in Scotland:

A mural painted on a concrete wall, that says CLYDE TUNNEL, showing two tunnels and a giant Wiley Coyote standing between them with a sign that says, "Good Luck." In front of it is a crashed black car that apparently tried to drive into the mural.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is my 3 year old Lil' Dudasaurus. Cresties are so cool!

A dalmation crested gecko crouched on my hand, giving a look to the camera.

The same spotted crested gecko standing on my palm.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I made a delicious tomato tart from my little patio #garden heirloom #tomatoes. Too bad you can't taste it!

A fork-full of tomatoes, cheese, and caramelized onions held above a plate with a few more bites waiting.

A tomato tart in a glass pie dish, the edges of the crust folded over tomatoes with flakes of herbs.

A few small heirloom tomatoes, streaked red and dark purple and a little yellow.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My purple cayenne, ready for drying.

All the peppers strung on a thread to hang for drying.

A pile of purple cayenne peppers on a gray countertop.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Beauty can happen in unexpected places.

The same flowers, in a larger scene of dirt, rocks, and tall dry brown weeds.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The dogs and I seriously upset some quail this morning. #birds #quail

A quail perched on a branch, looking off to our right, among very leafy greenery.

A pair of quail perched on some leafy branches.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Queen of the Night tomatoes from my patio. They are delicious, leaning more savory than sweet, with rather thick skins. One of my three heirloom varieties this year.

A small bunch of mid-sized tomatoes, streaky red and purple-black in color.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So, my sister messaged me with a video of hair spirals with beads hanging from them, and said, "Make this for your favorite sister? Please?" What could I do but make some? #copper #crafting

Two copper spirals for winding around a braid or lock of hair. One has turquoise blue and copper beads dangling from the end, and the other has green and amber glass beads.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Little rolling hills are NOT mountains, no matter how many signs they put up claiming they are! THESE are mountains!

A distant view of snow-capped mountains towering over trees and fog. Mt. Spokane.

A view of row after row of forested mountains continuing into the distance. The Idaho panhandle.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This all came off my head a week ago. Big change! From hair down to my ass, to very, very short. #haircut

My ponytail, after being cut off. A couple feet of brown hair bundled in hair ties, ready for donation.

A large pile of more hair cut off after the ponytail.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Morning walkies along the Spokane river with Katie and Rocco. #dog #walkies #trail

A view across the Spokane river near an old railroad crossing, with a covered walkway passing underneath.

A small light brown dog standing on an old log in the woods.

A small darker brown dog with a white muzzle standing on a rock during walkies.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Art found under an old railroad trestle along the Spokane river. #streetart #painting #spraypainting

Street art of a skeletal bird head with a huge beak and bright blue eye, pained on a concrete pylon.

Street art tag on a concrete pylon in red on purple background and bubbles all around it.

A street art painting of a little blue guy grimacing on the base of a big support post.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My little patio garden doesn't make me self-sufficient. But it does give me some delicious tomatoes and squash and peppers, and herbs to cook them with. It also gives me a nice little green space to read a book in. And that's all I wanted from it.

A small patio with a small brown dog on a chair, a mushroom-shaped stool in front of her, and a mass of green potted plants in front of her, mostly tomatoes from this view.

Potted tomato plants and squash on an apartment patio.

Two mini-patty pan squashes, a Queen of the Night tomato all streaky with red and purple, and a few little Champagne Bubble golden tomatoes with some purple beans.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ahead of me today, a very fluffy motorcycle rider! #dogs

Looking at the back of a motorcycle rider with a fluffy dog's head peering out from behind them, enjoying the ride. They appear to be in a secure holder of some kind.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I usually do spend the weekend with my dogs, because by the weekend I do not want to people any more.

Two small dogs in a pile of fuzzy blankies, just waiting for a good cuddle.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My Rocco and Katie have more personality than most people.

Two chihuahua crosses on a bed, side by side facing the camera, with a little pile of toys behind them. On the left is Rocco, who is brown and black with a grey muzzle and paws. On the right is Katie, golden all over, even her eyes.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Inquisition! We've flattened their fingers We've branded their buns Nothing is working Send in the nuns!

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#blueskyartshow #curve I took this on my old patio a few years ago.

Two blue bottles with handles, staggered on a black metal grid table. The reflections of the grid pattern curve up in the glass toward the handles.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I spent 6 months looking for Rocco. I already had 2 dogs, I really did not want another one. But I could not stop going into every shelter I passed. And I traveled through 3 states during that time. I didn't know why, until finally there he was, my little Rocco. And I tell him about it frequently.

A small brown dog with a greying muzzle, in a purple harness, standing in the grass, big years up, looking back toward the camera.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I am totally into marmots these days! These are yellow-chested marmots in Spokane, Wa. #marmots #spokane #wildlife

A marmot climbing down a rock, paused to look up before ducking under the rock into a burrow.

A watch marmot, standing upright on his hind legs on a pile of rocks in front of tall grass, looking all serious and on duty.

Two big marmots, one sitting on a rock with their pudgy belly looking volley-ballish, and another nearly as big standing upright near by. They have golden chests and white spots that look like band-aids on their noses.

Another view of the very round largest marmot, crouched on their favorite boulder.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

He looks just like my Lil' Dudasaurus!

A crested gecko, standing on a black surface in his enclosure. He is a tannish color with dalmation spots.

A crested gecko looking out between viney green leaves.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Absolutely. Mine has been my muse more than once!

A stylized gecko embossed in metal and colored with alcohol ink.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

And STILL burning, now over 21 hours later. It really shouldn't be.

The same green candle in a glass ball, still burning a low flame that looks like it's about to go out.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yesterday for May Day I made some small candles, beeswax. Last evening I lit one and watched it burn for a while. It started melting quickly and was soon guttering. I left it outside (in a safe place) expecting it to be out soon. It is still burning 14 hours later! #Beltaine #MayDay #WitchSky

A small curio box containing glass vials of herbs and oils, with some bright green candles sitting on it. The two round ones are slightly larger than golf balls.

A partially melted small round green candle burning in a round glass holder sitting on a patio table in the dawn light.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

He was hunting marmots. There were, indeed squeaks coming from the hole. And on top of the hill. And various other places. Lots of marmots. I did not allow him to stake out the burrow for more than a few sniffs and pictures. But it was the deepest one I've seen going straight down. #dogs #marmots

A small brown dog peering down into a deep hole in the ground, into which he would likely fit.

Another angle of the hole, which goes straight down longer than I could see, and has audible squeaks coming from within. And evidence of residency wedged between the two big rocks in the form of a nice dried turd.

The little dog seriously considering trying to climb down the hole, just before I convinced him otherwise.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Spring has sprung on my little patio! Heirloom tomatoes and peppers, some herbs, peas and beans along the right hand side, and some mini-patty pan squashes among the flowers and greenery. I think the dogs like it, too. #spring #garden #patio

A small apartment patio with many planters, some on small shelves, full of a variety of young plants. A small brown dog stands at the gate, and another one lays in the patio chair.

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DragonMusing @dragonmusing.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Happy Birthday, Tim Curry! Master of so very many iconic roles. You are truly one of a kind, and many lives have been the richer for it. Major Vladikov, the second-best terrorist in the world. McHale's Navy, 1997.

Tim Curry in his role as the evil Major Vladikov in McHale's Navy, 1997.

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