That Iowa Ginger

@thatiowaginger

Meadowlark 'Manda. She/her. I like birds, cats, and puns. Outside is the best side. Grant pro. Dolphins are the worst actually.

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That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 2d

Found an interesting mushroom (pleated ink cap) while weeding. Looked it up on Wikipedia. Having an ephemera moment now: “The fruiting bodies grow at night after rain … they are quickly dried up in morning sunlight, or will eventually collapse beneath the weight of their caps.”

A tiny mushroom with a cap smaller than my thumbnail. She looks a bit like a cocktail umbrella. She was picked (oops) less than 5 min ago and is already wilting, with her middle turning orange and her once ivory frills turning a purple blue beige. She has tiny tears in her cap from the trauma of being handled, even gently. Ephemera at its best.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 3d

Percy isn’t a himbo, but he IS the one I hate taking to the vet the most. When he is there he is fine he just sits and hunkers. But he is so fucking dramatic about the carrier - drawing blood every time, yelling like he’s being stabbed repeatedly - and he hides for half a day when we get back.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 3d

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Waffles the ragdoll cat when she was a kitten. She is sitting up having just work up from a nap and her lovely silky hair is very disheveled and one of her eyes is open wider than the other.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 12d

There was a deer.

On ride photo from Diamond Back coaster at Kings Island. The photo is set in a frame with a scary looking rattlesnake on top and water splashing on the bottom. I am clearly distracted and pointing at something off camera (a deer) while everyone else has their hands in the air and are focused on the ride. 13 yo’s face is blurred, but I promise he does not give a fuck about the deer.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 23d

Waffles is now getting in on the guilt game.

A ragdoll cat - fluffy, dark brown face and ears, toasted marshmallow coat, bright blue eyes - stares accusingly at me from behind a lamp because the outside - which so RIGHT THERE BEHIND THE WINDOW - has not been made accessible. It is so green! There are so many bugs to chase!

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 23d

“Are you aware that the outside is on? Ma’am? Are you listening? Why are you not opening the door?” Percy. Again. This is a heat wave in Iowa. No. “Perhaps some of your donut then.” #CatsOfBluesky

Percy is a buff orange tabby - a light marmalade cat with a white muzzle and soft green eyes. He is sitting in front of the couch, starting up at me with all the hope of a boy who has never been told no. Which he has been. Occasionally.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 28d

It was late and the photos were blurry. Best I got was a fuzzy reflection of her attempting to start shit when they came to inspect the door.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· 28d

Hmm. I wonder who broke the latch on my bird seed bin. No idea who it could have been. Certainly not this adorable trash panda. Not pictured: Waffles on the other side of the door ready to FITE the interloper.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 19

Have I ever told you I accidentally had a grebe tattooed on my wrist? It was supposed to be a loon, but the inspo art was a grebe and I was so full of tattoo adrenaline I didn’t check closely until we were done. He’s a loon now.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 12

Waffles doesn’t think it being 90 F is a good reason to leave the fireplace unlit.

A fluffy ragdoll cat perches on a gray stool next to a gas fireplace. She looks expectantly at someone off camera as if the power of her big blue eyes alone would get them to turn on the fireplace when it’s a sauna outside. To be fair, this usually works for other things.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 9

Me: Psh psh psh psh Chestnut-sided Warbler: The fuck did you just say to me? #Birdsky #BirdsOfBluesky

A very small gray and brown warbler with a white and black face and a yellow cap sits on a slender branch. He is half the size of the birch leaves around him. He will still fite you.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 7

Nothing fancy for #TurtleTuesday. Just a painted turtle we found at our campground. They stuck around long enough for a quick shot and then scooted outta there. (ID via iNaturalist so blame them if I’m wrong).

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 7

Drop in photo from the cat sitter. I can hear this photo. Watson isn’t hissing, he is yowling with love.

A tabby and white cat greets his cat sitter at the door. He looks like he is hissing, but really he is yelling about how happy he is to see her and how he hasn’t been fed for WEEKS (hours thanks to a times feeder) and he is STARVING (he is clearly a chonky boi).

The same tabby and white cat enjoys a churu. Slurp slurp slurp.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jul 4

Lake time.

My bare feet relaxing in a deck chair by Birch Lake. The blue sky is dusted with wispy clouds, and the pontoons and pro boats are all docked. The pines and birch of Superior National Forest is on the horizon.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 28

You have reached Amanda. I am currently away from my desk and watching fireflies in an oak savanna before sleeping in the trees. Please leave a message and I will think about returning your call when I feel like it.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 21

Waffles is even majestic while being naughty. Some might say most majestic. (Our cats are allowed supervised yard time only).

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 15

Oh look! I found a photo of the bitties! It was a delight.

Three barn swallow fledglings beg for food while sitting in a row on a house gutter.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

Face of a boy who knows he’s going to get to lick the ice cream spoon soon. #Caturday

A tabby cat with big green eyes stares at the camera with intense longing for the ice cream being held by the photographer.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

It’s a rainy Caturday. Percy knows what to do. #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

A light orange cat snuggles up in a fluffy gray blanket. He is doing the happy cat eye thing.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

"I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore.' All respect to all the ballet and opera people out there." - Timothee Chalamet

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

Washington State Department of Natural Resources tweet: One thing Leonardo DiCaprio and DNR have in common is that we don’t harvest old growth.

Washington State DNR Reply: Seriously, we don’t. Take a look at our State Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan!

Geography With … (full account name is cut off): This was a prescribed burn.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

The first one I took was … weird.

An orange cat from behind but the perspective is really weird and it looks like his head is tiny and his ass is huge

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 13

Bunt. Pass it on.

Percy’s butt. It is orange like him. He is a cat on a couch.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 10

Just nature reminding me to change my focus and notice the little things. At Pea Ridge National Battlefield #LittleMoments #Nature

A male eastern tailed-blue butterfly sits on the eyepiece of a pair of binoculars, demanding my attention. He is half the size of the lens but you cannot miss him. His wings are a dusty periwinkle blue, outlined in gray and white, with tiny orange spots on the bottom. There are also tiny little tails on the bottoms of the wings. His body is white with a big black eye and black and white antennae and legs.

A zebra swallowtail butterfly lands on my painted toenails. He is a rather large butterfly with black and pale blue-almost white wings. There are small red dots at the base of his wings, which end with long black tails. My sparkly aqua nails wish they were so pretty.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 6

TFW you want to look at some birds from the porch but your binocs spent all night in the AC and you’re in Arkansas and it’s raining.

A pair of teal binoculars with the lenses fogged up.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 5

Ran away to the woods for a long weekend. Highly recommended. Also super excited for four lifers (scissor tail flycatcher, black vulture, white eyed vireo, and fish crow) and Merlin is all “what like it’s hard?" I don’t live here okay! (Buffalo National River, AR)

A woman takes a selfie in a canoe. Behind her is a huge limestone bluff covered in lush vegetation.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 3

Here is a close up of the cat in the window.

A fluffy white cat with a squished up face sits in a large window and gazes down at a worker, who is out of frame.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 3

One of the joys of working downtown is all the apartment cats. Like this one supervising some work on his building.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· Jun 2

Just voted in Iowa’s primaries. Between Wahls and Turek, I went with Turek. They are so closely aligned, so I chose the one who was least insider and the only one to actually ask for my vote (mail). Also wrote in @airdragon.bsky.social #Iowa #Primaries

A woman stands in front of a red brick building. She is smiling. wearing a light blue shirt and a "I voted today” sticker with the Iowa flag on it.

That Iowa Ginger@thatiowaginger· May 31

The face of a boy who just rolled a nat 20 stealth and cast misty step while I was trying to shoo him inside, earning himself a nice walk about.