Dayspring

@transgemsbok

Trans queer guy, will always have dogs 🐕, investing in, gambling on, and following horse racing 🐎, archaeologist, loves birds 🦤 and bovids 🦬, and rocks 🪨

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Dayspring@transgemsbok· 6d

Here's a honey locust (acacia, Gleditsia triacanthos) for you. Walking through these in 105 F heat with 80% humidity for 10 days is where I've been, sorry for being unable to interact, too far south for Bluesky to let me log in without asking more personal details (some state regulation)

Someone holding a mechanical pencil alongside a tree trunk; thorns from the trunk are almost as long as the pencil.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· 25d

Couldn't post this while in the field due to Bluesky thinking I'm in a state I'm not down there. She was beautiful. She was already out of our path but still jiggled her web so we would see it. I spent a little time getting my phone to focus on her instead of the leaf, then we left her in peace.

An orb weaver, a large spider with a yellow, white, and black coloration pattern. She is resting on a leaf with one of her legs on a few strands of web. The photo is close enough and clear enough to see her eyes and the tiny hairs on her legs.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jul 5

This morning Franck found a ball in a ditch and it was a very "our ball, Comrade" moment, I had no choice, but at least he let me wash it. He is enamored with his new ball.

A large, long-haired black dog holding a dirty oversized tennis ball and standing at a metal side hotel door waiting to go back inside.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 21

I have given to this person before, they are legit if you have something to spare. Person of color trying to maintain shelter and food. Help: Linktr.ee/hiitsbritt

"Spare to linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
Share everywhere"
Black text in a purple heart

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 21

I've worked on recently burned sites before, but not like this. That is my bare leg. I am not wearing leggings. I *was* wearing pants in the field.

A person's foot and leg. The person's skin color is usually white, and you can see a pattern of that preserved by where the sock was on the ankle, heel, and lower foot/toes. The rest of the visible leg (ends below the knee) is coated in black ash.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 21

I did not know the NRHP sent these lol

A certificate from the State of Oklahoma designating Turkey Springs Battlefield as officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, signed by various dignitaries.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 20

I've had my name in a museum exhibit for the first time. Not in this photo, but it's in there in a display based off our work in this event. Had no idea it would be when we went to the exhibit opening today. If you're ever in Freedom, Oklahoma, take a look.

A museum exhibit hall plaque that reads:

Cheyenne Homecoming: The Battle of Turkey Springs, September 13-14, 1878

The Battle of Turkey Springs was a flashpoint in a historic clash of cultures. On one side was the Euro-American juggernaut of western expansion with mounted cavalry at the tip of the spear. On the other side was entrenched and sacred tribal culture that had evolved on the Great Plains. To understand the significance of the Battle of Turkey Springs, it is important to understand that this one event was more than just a clash of cultures. It was about Northern Cheyenne families defying Indian agents and soldiers as they returned to their homeland as safely and quickly as possible. More than 2/3rds of the group were women, children, and the elderly. They had no desire to fight, but proved that they could when they had to. And they did.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 19

Alright nature

A bald eagle with a dark brown body and white head and tail standing on a paved road with fields alongside.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 19

Nightjar chicks of some sort. Luckily the parent flew off, notifying us of the location, because we could have easily accidentally stepped on them.

Brown pebbles and gray soil with 2 barely visible reddish mottled fuzzy bird chicks

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 12

*real first name reveal* but I've finally gotten to this in my reading list, a week before we start the project again. Sometimes my job is really cool.

The title page of a novel named "The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage" by Gerry Robinson. It has been signed by the author, with the message "Mel, with gratitude for all your help, effort, and expertise in helping with the research for book two"

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 11

This area is so swampy that the ants build their homes almost entirely on the surface. This is a particularly large mound, about 2 feet tall.

A light brown mound amongst tall grasses and a fallen tree, seeming to be about knee-height on an average adult

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 9

The Bigfoot General Store. Everyone It's the Bigfoot General Store

A glass door, reflection of the parking lot with a truck and a Jeep prominent, but one can still make out white lettering that says "Bigfoot General Store, Harris, Oklahoma, Mon-Fri 7 am-7 pm, Sat-Sun 7 am-7pm" over and beneath a circle with the famous walking Bigfoot silhouette over the state of Oklahoma inside it.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 8

Work status: don't

A booted foot on grass and mud with muddy water pooling around it

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 3

Quick skeletal Baryonyx arm study. I have 2 major stories going and one of my ocs is a Baryonyx. I'm going to sketch bits of him (eventually with flesh and skin) as I chew over getting back into the writing groove.

Pencil sketch on white paper of a skeletal dinosaur arm. Baryonyx was a spinosaurid, the theropods with crocodile-shaped heads. The arm is short and robust but scientists think the shoulder girdle gave it a great range of motion for fishing. It has three fingers, with the thumb finger sporting a massive claw, much bigger than the other two claws; this was the fishing talon.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· Jun 3

This is a patch of glacial till, ground up rocks left over when glaciers receded from much of Illinois 130,000 years ago, long before any human came here. It's poking up out of good agriculture soil, sandy clay loam, about 2 ft deep.

A patch of bright light brown gravels and soil in otherwise dark gray-brown soil.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 28

I rarely buy more than 1 share in a young horse, but last night I bought 2 more in this one for a total of 3. Physically excellent, she's by personal fav Practical Joke out of Sea Worthy, descendant of Storm Flag Flying, of undefeated Personal Ensign's line. High hopes. Unnamed for now.

A dark bay/brown thoroughbred filly, well-balanced, good bone, downhill but still developing, upright neck posture; photo is not perfectly squared for ideal conformation but enough is apparent.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 26

About once a week we try to take the boys to a big box store or event to keep their social skills sharp. (One that allows them; they aren't service or ESA and we don't pass them off as such; they're working dogs.) Today's was a Lowe's.

A large, long-haired black dog wearing a yellow safety vest, orange collar, and orange leash lying on a cement floor panting a calm, happy grin.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 26

Not sure if this counts as #merMay, oc, crabeater seal/African pygmy goose hybrid....thing. Don't have a word for them yet. I couldn't find a mythological creature that matches the body and head one thing, wings/forelimbs another thing combo. Free hand on PenUp.

A creature with the grey body and head of a crabeater seal and the black and white wings, chestnut torso, white belly, and blue webbed feet of an African pygmy goose.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 25

Got to see this old fox Pazuzu (Suzy/Susan) today. Well into her teens. She looks like a little fox. Supposed to be my first dog way back but bonded to someone else so she lives with family.

A long-haired black and white small chiweenie dog with pointed ears and a gray face.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 25

Tomato placement was unintentional but it turned into art

A white bowl on a brown wood table with mixed fried egg, hash brown, and corned beef hash in the center making a white-gold pile and sliced red tomatoes around the edges.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 24

Ordered these a bit ago. Thinking about something, sometimes I need visual focus. (You should see my dinosaur collection.) 🦕

Three toy gryphons on a stove. One is white with silver points, one is brown and gold, one is tan and white with blue stripes on their wings.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 19

Palate cleanser: shot from above Wonderwerk (Miracle) Cave in Northern Cape, South Africa, of a banded ironstone cliff against the Kuruman Hills marching off to the Kalahari. The cave preserves 2 million years of human and human-ancestor history.

A view of multi-colored (blue, red, orange, black) stacks of rock next to a bush on the left; on the right the cliff drops away to distant brown scrub and hills and eventually a hazy white-blue sky.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 18

It's about to rain for a week solid, so here's a photo from a job I'm looking forward to returning to. Did you know we can tell a lot from barbed wire styles in the era before it was commercialized? This is a display in the back of the Freedom, Oklahoma museum. #archaeology

One full and two partial panels of barbed wire types on display, with names and dates written under each type. The types display different strand amounts, braiding strategies, some not braided at all, with barbs of great variety, some huge, some very small, some with only one or two points, some with five.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 16

Steve Asmussen said he believes Obliteration can do anything, and I agree. He comes back off his break after a brave second in the Saudi Derby to take the Chick Lang in a sharp 1:09.7.

A screenshot of the TwinSpires betting app. A dark bay horse is in mid-stride on screen wearing the #4. His jockey is wearing blue and orange silks. He is identified as Obliteration, winner of Laurel race 7, the Chick Lang Stakes at 6f in a time of 1:09.77.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 16

Franck the archaeology dog went to a park. He very hap.

A long-haired black dog lying in grass next to a clearly bitten-til-deflated ball, panting a happy grin.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 9

My big magnificent Franck is a Golden/Pyrenees/Rottweiler and he takes his job seriously. He sounds very scary and keeps our building/hotel rooms when we travel safe, but is gentle and accepting once I introduce a human or other animal as a friend. The perfect dog.

A long-haired black dog on a couch. He is alert and looking at the camera.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 9

Geo is mostly Doberman, red, ears and tail unaltered. He is my roommate's, but when my roommate is gone Geo wants to live behind my pillows. I let him. Something bad happened to him before, he has a bad scar on one leg and doesn't tolerate crates. He is safe with us now.

A red Doberman type dog lounging on pillows, a human head can just be barely seen at the bottom of the image

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 9

You may have 1 (one) photo of me. This is at that hole-in-the-wall Italian place in downtown Hot Springs after Fantasy day, before I found out I was one of 29 people nationwide who won the Pick 6 that day on the last 6 races on the card. My friend thought the sculpture made for a funny shot.

A human wearing a dark hoodie and an Into Mischief Spendthrift farms ball cap looking down at a menu with their chin in their hand; their face is not visible. They are in a restaurant. Behind them and up near the ceiling is a sculpted Roman-style half-face emerging from the wall, seeming to loom over the human.

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 7

Last for today, the elephants whose territory we camped in for a week. They're red because of what they eat, not their dust baths. Despite having calves and poaching survivors amongst them, they were perfectly peaceful; I do believe eles can sense intention. (Still, don't take risks.)

Over a dozen reddish elephants in a river, mostly ignoring the camera viewpoint

Dayspring@transgemsbok· May 7

Here's a pretty terrible photo of a cheetah family, the mother and two cubs. It was near an old airplane landing strip, dirt, they use it to chase down prey because they don't have to dodge vegetation. We stayed maybe a minute before leaving so they wouldn't abandon the kill out of caution of us.