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AdakWillie

@rapidrascal.bsky.social
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Owned by a Tonkinese cat. Old guy who wrote technical manuals for a long-gone minicomputer company. There's a lot of water out there....and that's only the top of it. P.Butterfield. The Cure. Mahler.

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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just trans-oceanic and probably not a portal, but here's your mom's Autumn Hare, framed and on my office wall waiting for the nor'easter and related catastrophe to hit Massachusetts.
Tom's mum's bunny, er, hare in a frame-up.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink character.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
George Herriman's work.....
Krazy Kat & Ignatz strike again.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trees in Cornwall.
Trees in Cornwall.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Doors to an entire city!
Double doors with a view of Lisbon.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Photo from 1956 French Film.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Most recent and, sadly, last ever of Annie the Tonk. Best little comrade ever.
Annie the Tonkinese enjoying her heated bed. Lost her in December 2025.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Big honkin' sunglasses.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The original version had the early TV era clunkiness. To a little kid in Manchester, TN, it was magic.
Screen of intro to kids' B&W TV show "Winky Dink."
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Strangest thing on the Mall since "Honor America Day," July 4, 1970, a celebration that shared the Mall with Yippies there for National Marijuana Smoke-In Day.
Reflection Pool, July 4, 1970. Mounted park police officer watching celebrants of Marijuana Smoke-In Day.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
House finch.
Closeup of angry house finch. Poor light.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We had 'em, but.....cars!
1902 map of electric train lines in mid-to-eastern Massachusetts.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Such handsome little chaps in their tuxedos!
Photo of nuthatch scolding homeowner for allowing feeder to become nearly empty.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Handsome little birds. Fewer at the feeders than last year (but an abundance of goldfinches).
House finch displaying stink-eye.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Bluebirds at feeders in snow.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Voyeurs.
Three curious bluebirds.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Lore Valley, France.
Castle in Loire Valley, France, at sunset.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
USS Maine Memorial, Bangor, Maine.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Moo x 4.
Photo of cows taken on São Miguel, Azores.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Such handsome little chaps!
Our local 'Hatch, all dressed up in his morning coat.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I'm not lookin' at ya.
Side-eye from a cardinal.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Nuthatch!
Photo of a nuthatch.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
To sleep, perchance to dream....
Honeybee nestled in chrysanthemum, 7 November 2025.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Mario Nets.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Gil Scott-Heron had all this figured out in 1981. From his album "Reflections."
Photo of Gil Scott-Heron from his album "Reflections."
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Same with this little girl.
Annie the Tonkinese Kat.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
White Fiat, Puglia.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Viva Dagwood Brigade!
Dagwood Bumstead prepares for battle.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Consummatum est, populi!
Cartoon character Cicero the Pig announcing "That's all folks" in Latin (I think).
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Annie the Tonkinese Cat in her heated bed this afternoon. Yes, outdoor temperature is low 90s.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Arthur Rackham's rendering is a beauty, too.
Arthur Rackham illustration of Titania.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Poster of Moby Grape.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Hats make the men.
TFG looking glum.Emmett Kelly looking glum.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I do love a busy bee!
Busy bee, Saõ Miguel, Azores.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Imperious 'Pecker
Woodpecker in snowstorm.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
São Miguel, Azores.
View of caldera with trees in foreground.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Of course!
Banks of tulips of different colors.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Fire up the WayBack machine: 1962's one season of "It's A Man's World," starring Glenn Corbett, Michael Burns, and Ted Bessell, 3 brothers living on a houseboat.
Intro photo for 1962 TV series "It's a Man's World."
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Azores not to be forgotten....
Lighthouse on northern coast of Sao Miguel, Azores.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Bubble Light, York, Great State of Maine.
View of Nubble lighthouse. York, Maine.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In this neck of the woods there was a Cushman's bakery delivery truck and the (unfortunately named) Herpy's Dairy milk delivery truck. Herpy's also maintained a publicly accessible swimming pool: a Toyota dealership sits there now, long after the Dairy vanished.
Photo of a Herpy's Dairy milk bottle.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hit 'Em Up!
2 Pack of Cottage Cheese.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Annie the Tonk says hello (well, as best I can translate from her Tonkinese honk/growl).
Close-up of Tonkinese cat face.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹. #abandoned
Abandoned building, Lisbon. Currently undergoing renovation.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Annie the Tonk.
Close-up of Tonkinese cat's phyz.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
She's waiting for you on Saõ Miguel in the Azores. And she's got an attitude
Feral (but friendly) cat in the Azores.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Are regular staff in the building or are they locked out? Wonder if officers Dunn & Fanone could talk some sense into this guy.
Telephone #, street address, and office hours copied fron Dept of Education website.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Saō Miguel bee:  "Bom dia!"
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Grey & cold morning here, but not in the Azores in late December.
View of caldera, Saõ Miguel, Azores.
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AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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