J MacQueen

@jomacmouse

A squeaky reader in the mouse house. Novacastrian Australian. Currently owned by one cavoodle, after our senior good boy went to his final rest. My home is in Barahineban of the Pambalong Awabakal people.

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J MacQueen@jomacmouse· 19d

Look at that. Am already betting Bailey creeps under the covers at some point overnight. He’s covered by a throw rug right now, but that’s not going to be enough later.

Screenshot of the BoM app, showing that while it’s currently 9.6 degrees C & feels like 5.7, the temperature before the sun rises tomorrow is going to feel like minus 1 degree C.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· May 26

Serious dog wants to know why I’m pointing the phone camera at him.

A poodle cross, with beige & white fur and a straightforward expression, balances on the arm of a blue-grey lounge. He would like to jump over on to the lap of the person typing this, but she was pointing a camera at him. The cheek of it!

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· May 7

It’s Garbage Night, and guess why I’m not looking forward to taking the garbage out to the red bin?

A screenshot from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, indicating that the current evening temperature is 14.4 degrees Celsius, but because of the windchill factor, the temperature feels like 6.1 degrees.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Apr 19

Yes, Duo, but you can fly. You don’t have to buy petrol or diesel.

A screenshot of a French translation exercise from Duolingo. One is meant to translate “ Fuel is expensive” into “Les carburants sont chers”. Duo is tapping into world affairs again.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 28

Found a picture of Jasper from when he could still get up on the lounge without us worrying about how he'd get back down again. Some after breakfast snuggles going on there. That's a happy memory of our matey. I need to start thinking of a few more of those.

An apricot & cream dog, on a lounge with a red cover, is leaning against a partly visible human. One of the dog's front legs is draped over the thigh of the human.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 22

The last picture of Jasper that I took was on the new dog bed. Here’s the first picture of Bailey I’ve taken since Jasper left us and, yes, there’s the dog bed.

A photo of a large dog bed in a chequered pattern. An apricot cavoodle sits in the right-hand front corner. He’s just finished a post-prandial roll on the bed, with face rub on the fabric. His expression suggests he doesn’t know what the human is thinking in taking a photo of him like that.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 13

JASPER 10 July 2009 - 13 February 2026 Our Matey

Full face portrait of an apricot & cream dog of the cavoodle variety lying on a beige patterned bedspread, one front leg outstretched to the camera lens. A blue bone-shaped plaque hangs from his collar. It says JASPER. Goodbye, matey. You were a very good boy, & we’ll miss you.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 10

I’ve posted this before, back when I was still on Twitter, and I just wanted to post it here. It’s my favourite photo of Jasper. He was eight years old then, half his age now. Happy, healthy, & interested in spending time on people’s beds, whether or not he supposed to be there.

A photo of an apricot & cream coloured dog, part poodle part Cavalier, lying on a cream, pink, and green throw rug. This is my favourite photo of Jasper.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 6

Now that’s more comfy-looking.

The same dog is now shown lying along the back of the black & white dog bed, fully supported instead of half on half off.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Feb 6

For anyone wanting photographic proof.

Photo of a a dog, creamy apricot in colour, lying with half on and half off a large black & white chequerboard-patterned bed, on a laminate floor of a rather similar colour to that of the dog.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jan 7

The temperature gauge for our local weather station must be in the shade. It’s much warmer than that.

Screenshot of the local weather, according to the app for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. There’s no way it’s 25 degrees C, as the picture says. It’s hotter than that.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Dec 26

Here is the offender, now that I’ve downloaded the video from the app. Showed it to brother, who suggests changing settings so as not to be disturbed late at night by anything not human-sized.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Dec 14

It’s a bit too bright to see properly, but one magpie preening a wing, & Bailey was furious, despite his being unable to see through the front door.

Screenshot of a section of concrete, with a shrub in a plant pot, & a blurry magpie perched on a railing.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Dec 6

Smoke, I can believe. I’ve been smelling bushfires on the air for a few days now. A storm? I’ll wait & see. But 24.6 degrees Celsius? You must be kidding me, little app, you’re pulling my leg.

A screenshot of the BoM temperature & forecast for my area for the rest of today. There is no way the outside temperature is under 25 degrees C, unless the local weather station’s thermometer is deep in the shade of something. It’s more likely to be closer to 40 degrees.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Nov 27

If this lady is the cause of my death, it’s because I’ve been badly haunted by an ancestral ghost (see alt-text).

A very old photo of an older woman in 19th century clothing, all in black, given that we know she was a widow. This is my maternal grandmother’s paternal great-grandmother, Margaret Maxwell Kelly.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Oct 23

What’s under all of that fur that was taken off today. Jasper looks so small, but he was so hairy & matted that the groomer warned us it would cost ten dollars more than usual. Mum gave fifteen dollars more, & said keep the change. You can see his eyes again.

View of Jasper, an apricot-coloured cavoodle, with close-trimmed fur after a bath & a haircut.

View of Jasper, so you can see his face close-shaven.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Oct 21

@tanaudel.bsky.social will probably shake a finger at me for not getting these out of the letterbox earlier, but never mind, my Mr Squiggle purchases are here. Bill Steamshovel, and Blackboard, all present & correct.

A photo of purchases from the National Museum of Australia’s shop, from the Mr Squiggle exhibition. From left, a postcard showing Blackboard, a rather flat & grumpy-looking character, with his catchphrase “Hurry up!” In red letters underneath him; two pin badges of Bill Steamshovel, complete with caterpillar tracks, curly hair hanging over his face, & his tongue hanging out of his mouth; underneath the badges, three copies of the Bill Steamshovel sticker.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Oct 19

New scarf. Souvenir of Ireland, brought back by my brother & my sister-in-law. Told them they were spoiling me, because before they went I just said to bring a postcard from somewhere interesting.

Photo of woven material in varying colours, some purple, some blue, some pink, some pale yellow.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Oct 6

Endless Screaming strikes again in my timeline, immediately below your post.

Screencapture of a post by Camestros Felapton as to having forgotten about former Australian P M Scott Morrison until an article by The Guardian acted as a rude reminder. It is immediately followed by a post from @ infinitescream, which this poster finds horribly appropriate.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Sep 28

Bailey’s getting anxious that he can’t catch the flydys. Doesn’t like flydys. They have to be jumped on, so why won’t they stop to let him do it?

Bailey, who had a haircut a couple of weeks ago, so isn’t quite as barrel-like a dog to look at as he was.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Sep 24

@tanaudel.bsky.social, just noting the arrival of one of your Redbubble items. Lovely pattern on the material, just as it is on a screen.

Picture of part of a large tote bag, of a design by Kathleen Jennings, in lines involving a castle, a row of flowers, a row of trees, & then a a colonnade.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Sep 17

Sometimes you want the words in print on paper, & not just on a screen. And I love these covers. (No faulting the artist behind the new covers, just a matter of personal preference.) And Abbey’s in Sydney is an excellent bookshop to order books from.

Picture of a stack of books by T Kingfisher, from the top: Paladin’s Grace, Paladin’s Strength, Paladin’s Hope, and Paladin’s Faith.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Aug 31

Backing this up with a photo taken nearly 5 years ago: one end of a former theatre in Peterborough, South Australia, with a round window looking like a big nose in the middle of a face with decorative elements resembling closed eyes above and a smiling mouth below.

Building seen from the window of the Indian Pacific train. For further details, see the post this attaches to.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Aug 11

Another hundred days. Think that I think that if I keep going some grammatical blind spots might become known. Doubt it though.

Orange rectangular image, containing an image of a fiery owl, and the words “I’m on a 2200 day learning streak!”.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Aug 9

Some of us prefer Cavoodle. This is Bailey.

Picture of a light-coloured dog sitting on a wood-look laminate floor.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jul 9

This woke me from a doze at 6 am, & I had to persuade Bailey that there wasn’t a reason to bark. Nicer to see than that weird spider-thing, apparently dancing in mid-air, some months back.

A black & white photo from the doorbell’s camera, showing two pale columns & some bricks in the background, while in the foreground is the somewhat flared view of a large moth that caught the attention of the movement sensor at 6 o’clock this morning.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jul 1

See that “feels like” temperature? I shouldn’t look at the BoM app later in the day. I was feeling a bit chilly already without that.

A screencapture from the Bureau of Meteorology app, forecasting not only heavy rain but also an afternoon temperature of 11.7 degrees C that feels like 0.8 degrees C.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jun 23

For @tanaudel.bsky.social’s benefit, part of a pre-order confirmation of the e-book format of her book to come out in September, purchased through the Kobo Australia online shop. Quote posted so that any of my compatriots reading this might look at the link to the reel, should they wish to do so.

Screenshot of part of a receipt for a pre-order of an e-book from Kobo Australia. The book is Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings, with a publication date in the middle of September.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jun 9

Erk!

BoM app screenshot again, this time saying the temperature feels like -2 degrees C.

J MacQueen@jomacmouse· Jun 9

I need to check if it’s snowing on the Barringtons. That wind can’t be all the way from the Snowy Mountains, could it?