R.H.Slansky

@rhslansky

Word-arranger, quicksand survivor, spider relocation service, imaginary friend, Shirley Temple from Hell. she/her

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R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· 1d

standing in the soup aisle and staring off into space like dr manhattan on mars

a shrink-wrapped cup of “jif stir-fry style noodles peanut butter flavored ramen” on a grocery store shelf

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· 11d

A map of the streetcar system in the SF east bay before National City Lines, owned by GM, Goodyear Tires, and Phillips petroleum acquired 64% of the stock in 1946 The neighborhood stairways and paths to get to the trains are still here, the trains are long gone

An old map showing street car routes across Berkeley, oakland, and alameda and connecting to SF

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· 12d

nothing can prepare you for the first time you see a fifth instar hornworm

a bright green caterpillar with white and black chevron stripes and a l’il red horn on its tuches in a sort of s-pose trying to figure out how to escape a small white square ceramic bowl next to a quarter for scale. the little fella is about half as wide as the quarter and four inches long

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jul 14

Zara, found in a backyard, at 8 weeks and 6 years

an 8-week old blue-eyed and mostly cream-colored kitten with a dark muzzle, toes, tail, and ears leaning against the lap of the person taking the picture and looking up toward the camera

the same cat, now an adult, resting on a mustard colored duvet cover, her paws stretched, out as she looks directly into camera. her entire face, ears, and most of her legs are almost black now

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jul 9

I first saw the bust of Nefertiti when I was a kid, and to this day I am amazed by how specific and contemporary it feels compared to other ancient portraits of real people

The stunning painted stucco-covered limestone bust of Queen Nefertiti, the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jul 8

Screenshot of timeline where OP’s skeet “You don't have to post terrible screenshots of other text-based websites here. You could just, not,..” is immediately followed by a skeet that says “BREAKING NEWS: Man who is famously wrong about everything refuses to admit he was wrong” with a screengrab of a tweet quoting another tweet

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jul 4

number two

a photo of a whiteboard:

JOKE OF THE DAY!

me.

I’m
joke

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jul 4

rules for my bluesky account number one

a piece of paper thumbtacked to a white wall that says “I’m Printcess” in large font

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 28

would you accept a madame alexander version

a lizzie borden doll wielding an axe made by the madame alexander company

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 27

update

The same cat but stretched out to full length and looking into the camera with very pale green eyes

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 27

undercover tabby is an eepy boi

A sleeping black cat curled up and holding his back legs like a diver in pike position. The light conditions are just right to show the faint striped pattern of his short hair

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 21

last night before dusk I planted some sweet alyssum around the milkweed to attract the good bugs that eat the bad bugs, and by this morning a caterpillar was using it as a hidey hole

a newly molted 4th or 5th instar monarch caterpillar nestled in a ground cover plant with small light green leaves and even smaller clusters of four-petaled purple and white flowers

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 19

meanwhile, production continues…

Monarch butterfly having a little nectar snack break between laying eggs on a swamp milkweed plant

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 19

the first time I saw a very still caterpillar off the plant, I relocated it thinking it was lost and starving now I know that they do this when they’re preparing to molt, and moving them can endanger them have to postpone planting these milkweeds until their tenants are moving around again

Showy milkweed plant in a 4 inch pot with a 3rd or 4th instar monarch caterpillar clinging horizontally to the pot rim

Showy milkweed plant in a 4-inch pot with a 3rd or 4th instar monarch caterpillar clinging vertically to the back of the little plastic flag that probably has a name that they stick in the soil with information on the plant

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 9

Seeing her head in the shot is somehow even more insane

Lisa Salter reaching up to hold a mic up to Wemby. At the bottom of the shot you can see a tiny sliver or her forehead

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 9

sorry the only “real” new yorkers are Daryl Hannah in Splash and the guy who says “bocce BALLS” when he sees her walking on the Liberty island beach wearing nothing but her strategically placed long hair

liberty island park ranger from the movie splash saying “bocce BALLS”

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 7

did a little dragon boating today and our team won at dogs

tri-colored shiba inu looking stunning on a crowded picnic blanket

tri-colored chihuahua held on a lap so her belly is out and her little front paws are flopping down

a tawny/honey colored one-eyed short-haired terrier mix on a picnic blanket doing a yawn so huge he kinda looks like a thylacine

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· Jun 3

Post an album you have listened to 100 times.

Fox confessor brings the flood by Neko case

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 31

(evil laugh)

ladybugs on a milkweed plant close to a yellow aphid and a white monarch egg

the same milkweed plant, but one of the ladybugs is eating the aphid

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 31

GET OUT OF MY POLLINATOR GARDEN

the mom from gremlins wielding a chef’s knife and a sheet shield going feral and running at a gremlin in her kitchen

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 31

had the terrible realization that ants were eating all the caterpillars before they could pupate about to go scorched earth on the aphids that attract them to the milkweed

a cardboard flat on a red patio table holding a pint carton of ladybugs, which love to eat aphids, white and purple alyssum, which repels aphids, and two showy milkweed plants that I probably don’t have room for that already have monarch eggs under their leaves

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 28

Sabzi Khordan and apple cranberry currant pie with two topping options: bourbon brown sugar cream and vanilla bean ice cream

thinly sliced radishes, white onions, and cucumbers, chopped walnuts and fresh herbs and arranged on a marble slab along with butter, feta cheese, and a dish of ground sumac next to a plate of labneh spread out in a fan shape

A streusel-topped pie with red juice bubbling up at the edges of the homemade crust cooling on a well-loved sheet pan

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 27

smilingjacknicholsond dot gif

Character.ai isn't particularly novel, but it does raise questions about whether products like these have any real future at all.

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 23

sunflowers are beginning to emerge, this one only reaches 6 feet but it’s about a foot taller than the ones that could grow 10 ft+ i planted these to provide a place for the caterpillars to pupate, but so far, no go

A downward view of a tiny dark purplish radiating spiny spokes at the center of a layered cluster of vibrant serrated green leaves veined in the same purplish color that get larger as they go down

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 22

hungry bois

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 22

the butterfly weed finally has its first tenant

a monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant, probably at its second instar because it is TINY and it’s filaments are still wee bumps

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 18

nothing in nature breaks my brain like a passiflora bloom like, what

this is the biggest alt text challenge I’ve ever faced, here goes: a 3-4 inch flower with a base of evenly spaced white petals almost obscured by an upper layer of radiating tendrils thinner than dental floss that are purple at the base then bleed to white as they go from straight to kinky at the ends. at the center is a complicated light green double decker 3-part structure dotted with tiny purple pinpoints. vivid shiny kelly-green leaves and white jasmine flowers are in the background. what I can’t describe is how weird and alien and beautiful this thing looks, it’s a star trek TOS-ass flower and anyone who lives in the appropriate growing zone can just plant it and it will go nuts putting out these martian blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, and then, if you have a fruiting variety, a huge amount of crazy sweet-tart fruits

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 17

he'd hang them from the ceiling in his classroom, and when they would eclose (science for 'hatch'), the lesson would stop so the kids could watch one time, a butterfly wasn't ready to be released by the end of the school day, so dad took it home, and i got to do it

a 3rd grade utter dorkus girl wearing a yellow button-down short puffy-sleeved shirt tucked into jeans held up with a sad elastic belt with a metal interlocking clasp. it's pretty obvious from her short slept-on frizzy brown curls and the wonder woman underoos peeking out from her shirt collar that she doesn't have a lot of friends, but in this moment, with a monarch butterfly just chilling on the outstretched index finger she's holding out to a yellow zinnia flower, she could not care less

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 16

computer, enhance

a picture of a narrow leaf milkweed plant

the same photo but zoomed in closer, say, there’s a tiny little guy on a leaf

even closer zoom in, the resolution is kinda blurry now but you can see it’s a monarch caterpillar that just hatched from an egg, chewed a hole through its leaf to get on the sunny side of it, and then took a celebratory dump

R.H.Slansky@rhslansky· May 16

I planted a pollinator garden for the first time and things are starting to happen