Addled Pixie

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Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 22d

A bluebird building a nest surrounded by a wildflower garden?! The needle on the whimsy scale is approaching idyllic!

A female bluebird stands on the roof of a nest box. She has nesting material in her bill. The nest box is surrounded by wildflowers.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 25d

Our chicken coop is large. When my husband built it 2020, he made it big, and then later added another room behind it. The attached and enclosed run is large and the chickens can let themselves in and out of the coop into it. Little doors inside the run open to let them into the sunflower garden.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 27d

Did a frog make this

An image showing the differences between a frog and a toad. The wording for the frog sounds complimentary with descriptions like “athletic body” and “smooth skin” while the descriptions of the toad sound very unflattering like “bumpy skin” and “squatty shape”. It’s like a mid 90s Cosmo article comparing women’s body types trying to make us feel bad about ourselves.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 27d

I was watering out back when this beauty jumped out of a large pot. The internet tells me it’s a Pickerel Frog. I think they’re quite handsome. Before I came inside I told it to try not to get eaten by the resident Garter snake, Gert.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 29d

First of the Stargazers to bloom! My favorite flower!

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 29d

The larkspur is really showing off in the wildflower garden today!

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· 29d

“It’s me, hi / I’m the problem, it’s me”

A dumpster with an old mattress stuffed into it. There is large writing in black paint or marker on the mattress which reads “I DON’T FIT IN ANYWHERE” and a sad frowny face is drawn under the writing.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jul 11

And here’s an update on how much more lush the entire wildflower garden has grown. 💖

A wildflower garden around a bluebird nesting box.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jul 11

New wildflower in the wildflower garden! 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘢, or Farewell to Spring. It’s so pretty!

Two bright pink and whiteish/light pink flowers in a wildflower garden.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 28

When five minutes have passed without a single like on your post.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 28

I have one of these! Taken on November 21, 2014, at the age of 40.

A picture of me at The Colosseum taken on November 21, 2014.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 28

New wildflower in the wildflower garden has dropped. I didn’t know it and had to look it up: Tidy Tips. I love her.

A picture of a wildflower known as Tidy Tips. It has a yellow center, and yellow leaves that are tipped with white.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 28

Me noticing the typo 10 minutes after posting

Mrs. Puff from SpongeBob SquarePants giving serious side eye.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 28

Share an 80s movie you will always love

A still shot from a scene in the 1987 film, Raising Arizona. One of Glen and Dot’s children has scrawled the word “FART” on the wood paneling of the McDunnough’s starter home.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 27

The acct @ elitegrifters has popped up and its main beef is poor ppl having nice things and I went ahead and blocked it because here’s the thing: it’s a small account right now but everyone who engages with it is giving oxygen to its flame. Think of the block button as your fingers snuffing it out.

A screen grab of a reply by the account elitegrifters expressing their opinion that if someone struggles financially, they don’t deserve nice things and shouldn’t have them. The elite grifting is coming from inside the house, me thinks.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 26

I’m not sure if this is the same Garter snake I observed eating a toad a few weeks ago but I surprised it as I was coming towards our back steps and it slithered under my giant Oak Leaf Hydrangea. So I sat down and waited to see if it would return and sure enough, it poked its head back out. I 💚 it.

A Common Garter snake looks out cautiously from under an Oak Leaf Hydrangea.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 25

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 23

The “Tell Cersei. I Want Her to Know It Was Me" meme as spoken by Olenna Tyrell from the television show, Game of Thrones, but with the face of The Swamp Thing in place of Olenna Tyrell’s face. This image is a jab at Donald Trump’s ludicrous claims about why there is algae in the Reflecting Pool.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 21

I tried to share this the proper way but it’s not working so a screenshot will have to do. Don’t let the mediocre score on IMDB put you off from watching this film. Bit is a solid vampire flick with good social commentary and just an all around enjoyable watch.

A screenshot of the IMDB page for the movie, Bit.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 10

I was pulling into my driveway when I saw a Garter snake pursuing a toad. My camera was with me so jumped out and began taking pics. The snake eventually caught the toad and I observed the entire process, photographing it all. I have too much respect for the experience to give this a funny caption.

A Garter snake pursuing a large toad. The toad is mid-jump. Despite the toad being several times larger than the snake’s head, the snake caught it, and over the course of maybe an hour, it swallowed the toad, whole. I watched it all, and photographed the process. It was not easy to watch, and I was sad for the toad, but it was not my place to intervene. What I did do was tell the toad that someone witnessed its end– that its life had mattered (I say something simliar when I drive past any animal killed by a vehicle). I hope my respect for this part of nature, and the natural life cycle of predator and prey resonated somewhere in the universe. I don’t believe in any gods, but if there is something more out there, I hope that some force will witness my eventual end with the same solemnity and respect.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 9

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· Jun 6

This morning I stopped at a bit of a birding hot spot I’ve found and almost immediately this Indigo Bunting showed up. They usually sing from high up in the trees but this one was low and soon I also saw a female. I believe they were guarding a nest. I didn’t stay long in order not to stress them. 🪶

A male Indigo Bunting on a green, leafy branch. It is in its breeding plumage, and it is bright blue overall, with an even richer blue on its head.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 31

This female American Redstart put on quite a show for a crowd of birders at Magee Marsh a couple of weeks ago. She flitted from perch to perch, and gave us one pose after another. A sweet little diva who knew she had an audience. 🪶

A female American Redstart perches on a branch. She has a grey head and an olive back, and she has yellow patches on her sides, wings, and tail.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 30

One more Cedar Waxwing pic for all you Waxwing heads out there. I know the bird is somewhat in shadow in this one, but it looks so coy, and so stinking cute that I had to share!

A Cedar Waxwing looking coyly at the camera as it poses on a low-hanging serviceberry branch. It has a striking black face mask, and an airbrushed quality to the rest of its body, with a soft brown head and throat, and a buttery yellow abdomen.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 30

For a couple of weeks each spring, I have the opportunity to watch the Cedar Waxwings descend upon the serviceberry tree in my yard and gorge themselves on the fruit. Other birds enjoy it too, but the Waxwings are special because they only visit when the fruit is ready. A fleeting, magical moment. 🪶

A Cedar Waxwing perches in a serviceberry tree with a berry in its bill. The bird is so sleek that it looks airbrushed with its soft brown head and throat, and buttery, yellow abdomen. It has a striking black face mask, red wingtips, and a yellow tipped tail.

A Cedar Waxwing perches in a serviceberry tree. The bird is so sleek that it looks airbrushed with its soft brown head and throat, and buttery, yellow abdomen. It has a striking black face mask, red wingtips, and a yellow tipped tail.

A Cedar Waxwing bends forward to pluck a berry in a serviceberry tree. The bird is so sleek that it looks airbrushed with its soft brown head, and buttery, yellow abdomen. It has a striking black face mask, red wingtips, and a yellow tipped tail.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 30

For the past few weeks we had so much rain and all I could do was watch out the window, unable to be outside taking pics of the Cedar Waxwings eating the fruit in the serviceberry tree, knowing that when it’s gone, so too will they. Finally, this week we had sunny days and I was able to take pics! 🪶

A Cedar Waxwing in a serviceberry tree. It is a very sleek, almost satin looking bird, with a striking black mask, red wingtips, and a yellow-tipped tail. A singular looking bird.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 29

I was watching the Cedar Waxwings in the serviceberry tree this week (pics will be forthcoming) when I saw this Red-eyed Vireo just appear in the tree, too. It isn’t a bird I often see without having to track it down so it was a delightful moment, and I got a pic of it snagging a caterpillar(?). 🪶

A Red-eyed Vireo perched in a Serviceberry tree. Its signature red eye is quite visible in the early evening sunlight.

A Red-eyed Vireo on a branch in a serviceberry tree. The bird is angled downward on a branch, in an elongated position, a hairy looking insect, possibly a caterpillar, is in its bill.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 27

It’s late and I’m a little high but I wanted to tell you I saw a Yellow-billed Cuckoo today. I have only seen one maybe three times, including today. At first I didn’t know what I was looking at, and then I saw that bill! It was moving in slow-motion and was telepathically screaming DONT LOOK AT ME!

A Yellow-billed Cuckoo high up in a tree.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 24

We had a conversation. Ok, I did all of the talking, but I swear they were listening.

A squirrel standing upright in the grass.

Addled Pixie@addledpixie· May 23

Black and White Warblers like this female are somewhat unique from other warblers in that they move more like a nuthatch as they forage for insects, creeping along branches and trunks rather than flitting from place to place. Males have a black ear patch and a black throat patch. Such a cute bird! 🪶