There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦

@smudgiesmom

Animal dork, oceans, science, space, photography, LIBERAL, American living in Canada, eh? 🇨🇦 Severely chronically ill, migraines, fibro, etc, recovering from cancer. #ElbowsUp

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There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· 26d

Didn’t buy a carpet runner that matches my dog? Yes. Yes I did.

Black, white and gray husky dog (blue eyes) lying on a black, white and gray carpet runner.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 17

“Escaped”? Or “released by irresponsible people”? How would a fish “escape”, exactly?

Gary Larson cartoon. A woman sitting on a beach observes a fish driving a fishbowl out of the sea, onto the beach, driving around her and back into the sea

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 14

Melania Trump wearing a jacket that says on the back “I really don’t care, do u?”

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 11

Guinness was SUCH A GOOFBALL.

Black and tan Doberman dog standing in the snow.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 11

Everyone loves the astilbe blooms!

White frothy astilbe flower with a dark butterfly.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 10

There are teeny tiny (somethings. Bees? Flies?) completely crazed about the astilbe blooms! I don’t know enough about either to ID, but happy bugs make me happy!

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 8

Bif Naked, Canadian rocker, and YES PLEASE! 🖤🖤🖤 #ILoveMyselfToday

Bif Naked, Canadian rocker, on stage singing. Outside, black amplifiers, Bif had black hair, a black outfit, and black arm tattoos.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 8

I spoke to Mitch McConnell and he said

Photo of a cheese wrapper that says “Stay fresh, cheese bags”

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jul 3

In my house we have to say perambulation. 🤣

Black and white husky dog standing, tail up, on a snowy deck.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jun 30

If you’re in this northeast (southeast Canada, northeast America) heat wave, please remember to put out fresh water sources for the wildlife outside, including bees. A shallow dish with rocks or pebbles and water, so the bees can perch and drink without risk of drowning. Here’s a photo of mine.

A shallow rectangular dish on a deck, plants behind, with multicolored natural pebbles in it. There is water in the dish too.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jun 13

Ripley found one yesterday! #Caturday

Mostly white with tabby blotches cat, comfortably asleep in a sunbeam, surrounded by rumpled red window curtains.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Jun 9

A friend sent me this a couple of days ago. Describes my entire life.

“People think healing is soft. But healing is violent. Because nothing is scarier than waking up one day and realizing… your whole personality was just a trauma response. That your calm was actually suppression. Your independence was built on not being able to rely on anyone. Your perfectionism was just fear in disguise. Healing means grieving the version of you who did what she had to just to feel safe. And letting go is the hardest part.”

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 29

Hey engineer types-please answer this for me. When the building is done how does the giant crane get down?

High rise building under construction itch a big frame on to of the building.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 27

We haven’t had a day bear in a while, but we have had them!

Sub-adult North American black bear in our yard, checking out bird feeders

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 20

I LOVE juncos! Especially Chunko Junco. 🥰

VERY fat (floofed up from cold day) junco in a honeysuckle bush. Bird is dark gray top, white chest and belly.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 14

And then FOUR!

Four male rose breasted grosbeak birds in hanging feeders

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 14

THREE male rose breasted grosbeaks in the feeders this morning! I’ve never seen that happen before here. 🖤🤍🩷

Hanging bird feeder with three male rose breasted grosbeak birds. Black, white and pink birds, green grass and honeysuckle vines.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· May 2

This book by Sarah Andersen, called Fangs. It’s amazing!

Photos of a red book cover with a black illustration of a woman. Book is Fangs by Sarah Andersen.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 28

That’s not even considering the (not inconsequential) financial costs.

Bright orange sunset, reflecting off clouds, in Costa Rica. Silhouette of mainland below, waves and sand. Higher clouds are blues and grays

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 27

30th anniversary, sort of. We really needed this.

Bright orange sunset, clouds, waves, silhouetted coastline in the distance. Costa Rica

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 25

Timeline cleanse.

Brilliant sunset over an island. Dark island below with tree silhouettes, bright orange above on layers of clouds. Grayish blue at the top. One cloud partially behind the island outlined in bright orange.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 15

YASSS! Also blooo

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 14

I wouldn’t even know where to start. SO many. (I worked at an exotic wildlife sanctuary for 20 years). This guy (Woody) and I played tag on opposite sides of the fence hundreds of times.

Giant male lion, no mane, trying and failing to hide behind a tree

Giant male lion, no mane, being petted on the back through a fence by me. (Denim jacket, black hat) Lion’s name was Woody.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 11

Also pretty rocks are pretty.

My hand holding a polished labradorite, shiny butterfly blue wing effect showing.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 4

I used to have a giant Doberman, who was a mush bag but also a bigtime alarm barker. He looked FEROCIOUS. The rare time we got JW people I just Guinness answer the door. It only took once.

Man skiing behind a black Doberman dog in snow.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Apr 2

Somewhere, in between here and there, are astronauts. 🌖

Photo credit f the moon through tress. Some clouds. Taken through a window so not super sharp, but pretty moody.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Mar 29

I need a roll of those stickers.

Mostly white but with tabby blotches cat, sitting, front view, blue wall
Behind.

White and tabby blotched cat sitting on a wood floor looking at the camera

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Mar 28

SO true! One tour a woman said, at every single enclosure, “can I get one of those?” “No”. Tigers, lions, jaguars, monkeys, lemurs, Eurasian lynx, everything we had. I finally Just said “you can’t have any of these animals. You can come visit ours any time we’re open”. 🙄 And this was our jaguar.

A very large melanistic (black) jaguar “smiling”.

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Mar 27

I actually have one, a Coolpix P900. It’s not as good as my D70, but I did take a picture of Saturn with it so I’m satisfied! Got it because of the arthritis in my hands. (That I’m not allowed to treat…)

Blurry but cool photo of Saturn, taken with a modest Nikon camera and a tripod

There is no Dana only Zuul 🇨🇦@smudgiesmom· Mar 27

No we are not! Our first bear encounter here was *undeniably* cute. Yes, I followed him around with my phone. NO, DON’T DO THAT! I worked with black bears and other large carnivores for 20 yrs. I never got close to him, and he was a little guy, probably 2 yrs old. SO CUTE!