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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Going to spend some time in SpookySeason™️ watching older movies in this vein (haha) that I haven’t seen. Feel free to suggest titles. Pre-2000. #watchtober First up: 1987 John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness. The “Donald Pleasance” straight guy character is played by—shocker—Donald Pleasance.

Movie poster for John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness. Sunset sky at top, mostly black background with screaming face and oozing green liquid stretching it.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

They’re gone now, they were in the one on the far right where that tree obscures the view, but you can clearly see they have cones placed and are blocked off for vehicles with lifts. Meaning had the vehicle to his left been a lift van, the driver wouldn’t have been able to get in.

View from above of lift spaces blocked by cones at James A. Haley Hospital.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Listen Mr. Asshole Mercedes GKY5 at the Tampa VA hospital, you MOVED A CONE to park in a chair lift no-parking spot. ALL the chair lift areas have a cone in front of them so assholes like you don’t do this shit. I was NOT the first to report you to the VA police. May you have the day you deserve.

A greenish Mercedes FL tag number GKY5 who MOVED A CONE to park in a clearly marked no-parking space used for chair lift vans at the James A. Haley Hospital in Tampa, Florida.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at 55, your pro-generative-AI arguments are invalid. #FuckAI #supporthumancreatives Dad’s still in the hospital 😑 so drawing while sitting here in his room every day is helping to keep me sane.

Pen drawing in black ink of a highland cow at a fence with field and two cows lying down in the background.

Photo of a highland cow at a fence with field and two cows lying down in the background.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Drew these for my boyfriend for our anniversary. Totoro, in pen, watercolor pencils, and watercolor paint. #Totorofanart #supporthumancreatives #fuckAI

Pen, watercolor, and watercolor pencils picture I drew if Totoro for my boyfriend for our anniversary.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at age 55, your pro-generative AI arguments are bullshit. #FuckAI #supporthumancreatives

Pen and ink drawning of an old barn with a tree in the front, by me.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at age 55, your pro-generative AI arguments are invalid. #fuckAI #supporthumancreatives (Many of the studies I’m posting are exercises from “Pen & Ink Techniques” by Frank J. Lohan, which I borrowed in ebook format from my county library (for free) via Hoopla.)

Pen drawing of a country scene with trees, an old fence, and a dirt road.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at 55, your pro-generative AI arguments are invalid. #FuckAI #supporthumancreatives (Learning to draw is keeping me sane while with my dad at the hospital.)

Pen drawings, black ink on white paper, of studies of fences and a scene with a house, fence, and trees.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at 55, your pro-generative AI arguments are invalid. #FuckAI #supporthumancreatives

Line drawing of cypress trees on a lake.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If I can teach myself to draw at 55, your pro-AI arguments are invalid. #fuckAI (I’m learning how to draw in pen, this is a little messy but it’s over pencil and a rough draft as I learn shading, etc.)

Pencil and pen drawing of Rocky from Project Hail Mary.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I’m so sorry. 😞 Here’s my goofy senior rescue house hippo, Buffett.

My brindle senior rescue pibbiepottamus, Buffett, looking back over his shoulder at me and smiling.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’m 55 and teaching myself how to draw. If I can do it, so can you. #FuckAI Bump my fist, statement. #RockyFanArt #ProjectHailMary

Rough pencil sketch of Rocky from the movie Project Hail Mary.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

And another one. Again, if I can learn to draw, anyone can. #FuckAI

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If I can teach myself how to draw at 55 then there’s no good excuse for using generative AI. #fuckAI

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Having fun practicing with cross-hatch as I teach myself how to draw. #fuckAI

A cross-hatch scribble in black ink on white paper, with some patterns that could possibly be numbers…

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I have…questions? I mean, I know huskies shed. Like, a LOT. But this looks excessive, maybe? TEN robot vacuums? Greenies, how about not using AI for your ads?

Still picture from TV of a Greenies Occupy Twists ad, featuring a husky chewing on one on the floor, on a carpet, in front of a couch, while literally 10 robot vacuums appear to be menacing it.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Fuck AI. I’m 55 and teaching myself how to draw. If I can do it, so can you.

An ink drawing in stipple technique of a dragon head, black ink on white paper.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

One of my parents’ cats, black and white tuxedo, peering around the corner at mr.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Dare to suck. If I can start teaching myself to draw at my age so I can make better book covers, there’s no reason you can’t. Using AI is lazy, and cheats honest artists, as well as your audience. #FuckAI

Pencil drawing I made of a dragon’s clawed foot. Not fantastic, but also not horrible.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I can’t believe these retro beauties haven’t been snatched up yet: ebay.us/m/hipYJt

Set of 2 retro Sunshine Biscuits soup mugs with built-in cracker holders.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Someone (Buffett) got a clean bill of health from the vet yesterday after getting his sutures out. And he even lost 4 pounds, which made the vet happy. ko-fi.com/tymberdalton

My senior brindle pupper Buffett, in his blue harness and leash, smiling as he sits in the back seat after we leave the vet. Me photobombing from the side.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Who was a good boy, only fussed a little for suture removal, AND got a cookie from the vet for losing 4 pounds? And who also cost Mommy another $126? 😂🤪😭 lol Spare change GREATLY appreciated!! ko-fi.com/tymberdalton

My senior rescue doggo, Buffett, brindle, in a blue harness in the vet’s office.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

And a picture of my sweet and goofy pupper for tax.

My senior rescue pupper Buffett (brindle bully mix) sitting on my leg with his back to me and wearing his inflated donut of doom collar.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

And I am running a special for this week on my Etsy store: Spend $25 or more and save 25%: madmumblerdesigns.etsy.com

Crocheted manatees for sale on my Etsy store.

Crocheted Lucky Cats, kittens, and a pink monster from my Etsy shop.

Crocheted green and brown elf horned headband with yellow flowers available on my Etsy store.

Large red and gold crocheted skeleton dragon available for sale on my Etsy shop.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

On today’s spotlight of, “Tymber’s decluttering and posting stuff on ebay to help pay the bills, including vet bills,” here’s a CUTE pair of retro Sunshine Biscuits soup mugs with Krispy Cracker holders (and a picture of Buffett in his “Donut of Doom” for tax): ebay.us/m/hipYJt #cottagecore #retro

Pair of vintage Sunshine Biscuits soup mugs with Krispy Cracker holders on the side.

My sweet brindle senior rescue bully-mix boy Buffett, wearing his inflated “donut of doom” anti-lick collar, sitting on my leg (I was sitting on my kitchen floor packing items to ship) with his back to me. (There were skyborkers at the time, and he haaaates them.)

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’m highlighting some of my “decluttering auctions!” Today, an adorable vintage Sheffield Strawberries ‘n Cream set of 4 coffee mugs and a ramekin. Perfect for cottagecore/countrycore lovers! ebay.us/m/arXfH7

5-piece set of vintage Sheffield Strawberries ‘n Cream coffee mugs and a ramekin, on a black background.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

7/- Anyway. Here's a picture of Buffett for tax, wearing his donut of doom (until 6/1 when his sutures come out).

My senior brindle rescue bully mix lying on the floor, back to me, frog-legged, with an inflatable donut collar around his neck to keep him from licking his sutures, staring into his crate where an abundance of his toys are and having a silent tantrum because I won't take off the donut. LOL Sooo... yeah. Please buy stuff from me to pay his vet bills. LOL

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

1/- Part of my decluttering process is adding items to ebay. I've literally found china and glassware my grandmother had in the china cabinet that I NEVER saw her use--didn't even know we had it. (She passed in 2008, btw). Sooo...yeah. I need to get my shit together. www.ebay.com/str/madmumbl...

Sheffield Strawberries 'n Cream coffee mugs and matching ramekin; white stoneware with colorful strawberries, flowers, and vines.

Adorable set of 2 Sunshine Biscuits soup mugs with Krispy Cracker holders built in. Chonky mugs with square holders built into the side, white mugs with blue and colorful retro-looking ads on the sides.

Adorable vintage egg plate with matching salt-and-pepper shakers.

2 - 5" crystal bud vases on black background.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Buffett update: he went in to the vet on Tuesday, and had the mass removed (infected teat, yay not cancer), several skin tags removed, and while he was under got dental and everything else. I swapped his cone of shame, which he haaaates, for his donut of doom, which he hates less than the cone. LOL

Buffett, my senior rescue brindle mix, wearing inflated pink donut collar, and my black cat, Luna, both on the couch with me. Buffett is giving me side-eye.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I found a small mass on Buffett’s abdomen this morning. 😭 Regardless of whether it’s benign or not, we’ll be facing vet bills. I’m rushing my timeline to get an ebay store started, sooo yeah. I’ll be posting a wide variety of things ebay.us/m/Z7VDDF (Buffett pic for tax) Annnndd…

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I thought this was horrible when I drew it Sunday night (remember, I’m a newb at drawing) but I opened it today and I thought huh, that’s not horrible. LOL I equate this to writing, when I finish a book and hate it and go back to edit and think, huh, it’s not horrible. LOL

Pencil drawing I did of a slightly derpy looking dragon head.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The world sucks and I feel like crap today, headachey and can’t brain properly to write. So I pulled out the drawing stuff (be kind, I’m a total noob) and I’m playing with dragon eyes.

On left, an open drawing book on dragons, on the right my sketchbook with dragon eyes.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Definition of irony. Also, of FAFO, and of retribution. The orcas and elephants are as sick of rich-people’s shit as the rest of us are.

Picture of elephants with headline from The Guardian: US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Hey. You. Yeah, you. Did you clean your water bottle/emotional support cup lately? Have you been drinking enough water? Taken your meds? Thrown sustenance down your meat computer’s piehole? No? Then please put down your phone right now and go do it. ((HUGS))

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

See, this is why commas (and editing) are vital. Logically, I assume the Iranian state media isn’t able to shoot down an entire plane, but according to this cutline from The Daily Beast…

Picture of F-15 wreckage with caption, “Image distributed by Iranian state media purportedly showing the wreckage of an f-15 fighter jet shot down by Iran Iranian state media”

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’m vending at an event on Saturday, so grab anything you’ve been eyeing from my store before then, because some things I won’t be remaking! (Plus today is the last day of a sale I’m running.) madmumblerdesigns.etsy.com?coupon=APRIL15 #handmade #crochet 🧶🧵 #indiefiberartist #SupportIndieCreatives

A variety of small, crocheted dinosaur keyrings.

Crocheted baby dragons and a black crocheted Mothman.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What do you mean the kids came home crying from the Easter egg hu—

Headline from NBC News stating: human skull discovered during Easter egg hunt in California.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I didn’t count the pieces before I started assembly of my IkeaCat, and somehow ended up with…this. LOL #ikeacats #ikeapets #seniorcatsofbluesky #writercatsofbluesky #writercats

Two of my 3 senior cats, Uno (black and white tuxedo) and her momma, Luna (black) laying on top of each other on top of a too-small box, so it’s hard to tell where one cat ends and the other begins.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is like the second time I’ve agreed with her, and we’re in the 60s here today in Florida, so maybe Hell really has frozen over.

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene @FmrRepMTG
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On Easter morning, this is what President Trump posted.
Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump's madness.
I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit.
I'm not defending Iran but let's be honest about all of this.
The Strait is closed because the US and Israel started the unprovoked war against Iran based on the same nuclear lies they've been telling for decades, that any moment Iran would develop a nuclear weapon.
You know who has nuclear weapons?
Israel.
They are more than capable of defending themselves without the US having to fight their wars, kill innocent people and children, and pay for it.
Trump threatening to bomb power plants and bridges hurts the Iranian people, the very people Trump claimed he was freeing.
On Easter, of all days, we as Christians should be reminded that the son of God died and rose from the grave so that we can be forgiven once and for all of our sins. Jesus commanded us to love one another and forgive one another. Even our enemies.
Our President is not a Christian and his words and actions should not be supported by Christians.
Christians in the administration should be pursuing peace. Urging the President to make peace.
Not escalating war that is hurting people.
This NOT what we promised the American people when they overwhelmingly voted in 2024, I know, I was there more than most.
This is not making America great again, this is evil.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

“Here, kid, I’ll use you as a pillow on this box.” Luna to her daughter Uno (on the bottom LOL). #caturday #writerscats

Momma Luna (black cat) stretched out over the top of Uno (black and white tuxedo cat) on top of very small box that isn’t big enough for them.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We could see the launch yesterday! As someone who was in high school when Challenger exploded, I’m always terrified for the crews when they go up.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

4) As always, thank you! And here are pet tax pics. (Any help I get helps me keep these furry senior freeloaders in the manner in which they are accustomed—meaning better than Spouse and I have it. LOL) (Note, alt text used—explains them more LOL.)

My senior rescue brindle couch potato pibbiepottamus, Buffett, thinking a handsome smile will get him more french fries. (Spoiler: it did.)

From left to right my 3 senior cats: Uno (14, adorable black and white tuxedo murdermittens whose nickname is Psycho); her momma Luna (15-ish, black cat with sparse white on chest); and Luna’s other daughter Trey (14, black cat), all of them sitting on the arm of a brown couch and judging me in the way they excel at.

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Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson @tymberdalton.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The definition of the alignment “chaotic oops”: I’m decluttering & organizing my medicine cabinet and consolidating all the various partial boxes of bandages… Not realizing until too late most of them only have the brand on them. Will you get sparkles or waterproof? ROLL FOR INITIATIVE! LOL #oops

A collection of boxes of various kinds and sizes of adhesive bandages I’m consolidating during decluttering.

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