Leslie Ordal

@gencounsnews

genetic counselor (neuro/psych), fiber arts and other crafty stuff, film photography, science art, cats, fancy pens, words, etc. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· 4d

I was taking photos in my local park and a small child (maybe 3 years old or a bit younger) posed for a picture and then INSISTED on giving me her snack bars in return. She dragged her mom over to translate from Farsi for me 🥹 little kids, man, they are so great

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· 9d

My stable owner acquired some hens who had been “rooster’s favourites” at another farm, giving them a better life at her rooster-less property. Looking forward to seeing feathers grow back on these ladies! I think this one is Ameraucana? I did get a blue egg in today’s dozen..

A white chicken with fluffy cheeks and a bare patch near her tail. welcome to your new life in the matriarchy!

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· 12d

Good day from Lucille

Lucille, a brown Nubian goat with white ears, looks at the camera from behind some nettle plants that she is snacking on

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· 25d

Straight into my veins! Well, technically mixed with saline at my infusion appointment next week. 😁 Thanks as always to @shematologist.medsky.social for raising awareness of IV iron for us perpetually low ferritin folks!

A left hand with dark nail polish holding a box containing a vial of Monoferric aka ferric derisomaltose

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· 29d

My documentation of Tiananmen Square, age 8 (please note I wrote the date in later and got it wrong)

A diary entry in child’s handwriting incorrectly dated June 2, 1989. The entry describes a friend coming over for a sleepover and not being able to watch cartoons because of special news reports about troops killing Chinese students. Oh, and starting a fort.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jul 12

Lap pony today

The top of the head of a haflinger horse, looking large since she was essentially in my lap

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jul 3

Using my holiday to work on a project. This is a baenaet jeogori, the traditional first garment worn by newborn babies in Korea. Part of my exploration of Korean sewing traditions for the past couple of years.

A piece of plain cotton muslin with markings on it, showing the outline of a garment. There is also a metric ruler lying atop the fabric.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jun 24

This is not at all meant to compete with the outstanding/extraordinary bird photography on this app, but I’m quite pleased with this photo I snapped of a young robin in a serviceberry tree yesterday. #birds

A young robin still very spotted, sits in the branches of a leafy tree with clusters of red berries in front of a black brick façade

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jun 23

Embroidery progress

In progress embroidery of an evil eye symbol around a mirror, set within a yellow sun

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jun 18

Love my cute new needle minder

Some in progress embroidery showing various shades of blue and white around a round mirror, with the needle resting on a magnetic minder shaped like a yellow eyed black cat sneaking through green foliage

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jun 17

mushroom

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jun 14

This is Meta’s suggested comment on a friend’s post whose cat died at the unexpectedly young age of 4 years, 10 months, due to a heart condition. So helpful 🙄 and how much of my day do I spend clicking unsolicited AI panels closed?

A variety of suggested comments from the Facebook AI, including “ four years, and 10 months is a long time for a cat”

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Apr 24

Trying a new coffee roaster from a very non-Anglophone part of Quebec

A coffee label that translates “partageons ensemble ce plaisir exquis” as “let’s share this intense pleasure together”

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Mar 25

I used to get the most delicious breakfast burritos in Santa Fe. Red sauce, perfectly done eggs, nice crispy potatoes, a little cheese and onions. Also Christmas enchiladas with blue corn tortillas, cheese, and chicken and some posole on the side. God, I miss New Mexican food 😭

Fuck a break up, have you ever craved a food that’s not in your city?

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Mar 22

Going through my photos today and I found this shot I took a few years ago with a lens I bought for 20 bucks—a Soligor highly prone to vignetting but capable of delivering some very nice shots. This is on Eastman double X.

A black and white photo of a path leading away from the viewer. On the right side is a dark hedge and on the left are lighter trees, some of them having a few leaves. Barely visible far down the path is a man carrying some items.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Mar 22

Wee silk pouch, for my Korean textiles class. This was quite challenging to make but very satisfying. This is used for holding auspicious beans and rice as a gift at lunar new year. The material is a plain weave starched silk. That was very tricky!

A small folded hand sewn silk pouch with a braided cord. It is a light salmon pink colour against a wooden table with a left hand holding it in place.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Mar 8

neighbour

A little popsicle stick person wearing a plastic gingham dress with green yarn hair and googly eyes stuck into dirty snow

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Feb 11

Post a tree you photographed:

A black-and-white photo of the root system of a fallen tree in the forest with a light covering of snow. It looks like some sort of lumbering beast.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Feb 9

February walk

A snowy hill leading up to an overpass, with old footprints and bare bushes. The sky is blue above but the light is golden. The photographher’s shadow is cast on the snow.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Feb 2

Got an Amazon gift card for being in a research study and decided to treat myself

A hand holding a copy of a swim in a pond in the rain by George Saunders

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 29

my partner is not into astronomy and other sky phenomena and was wondering why I was rushing out in my pyjamas to take photos

A bright blue sky with some gauzey clouds, showing the sun and a little pop of rainbow to the side of it, overlay with powerlines

A segment of bright rainbow, looking directly overhead in a blue sky, with some thin clouds and bare tree branches, reaching up from the bottom, left corner of the frame

The sun shining brightly through bare trees in a blue sky, with thin clouds with a faint curve of rainbow high above it around the zenith

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 28

sanity break

A scene of a snowy horse pasture, with a fence line cutting through the middle and snow lightly filtering through the sunlight through the trees against the blue sky

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 20

Card-carrying party member right here

An orange cat sits on a grey sofa with his head turned slightly. He looks rather annoyed about something, but it’s just the way his face is.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 16

neigh

A quiet scene of a snow, covered shelter and horse paddock with sun streaming through the maple trees in the background

The same scene as the first picture, but with part of a horse nose in the corner of the frame

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 15

Sometimes the timeline delivers:

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Jan 14

She currently looks like a pile of damp dirty laundry and I love her still

A cream coloured pony with blue eyes, her coat looking rather yellowish, looking over a fence in a snowy setting

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Dec 28

Just the half Scottish fold barn cat sitting on the roof of my car, likely attempting to start a new life in the suburbs

A very fluffy orange cat with folded ears, whose head and chest can be seen from the edge of a car roof from below. He is magnificent by the way.

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Dec 28

@actualnames.bsky.social sir may I submit the combo laundromat/nail salon/taxidermist in cañon city, Colorado

A sign reading Fluff ‘em, buff ‘em, stuff ‘em

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Dec 27

boop

Leslie Ordal@gencounsnews· Dec 26

#ArtAdventCalendar day 25, #FilmPhotography — Boston, on Eastman Double X, one of my favourite film stocks Thanks for the beautiful art this season everyone!