OtterB

@otterb

Longtime SFF reader. Retired Higher Ed data cruncher. Barbershop singer. Married, parent to one adult launched & one with intellectual disabilities semi-launched. Catholic. In favor of wonder and kindness. She/her. Avatar thanks to cavyherd@wandering.shop

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OtterB@otterb· May 21

This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone. (I don’t have a cat. These are my daughter’s, watching mourning doves on cat TV.

Large screen TV with mourning doves on the ground. Two gray and white cats are watching intently, one from the top of the media shelf and one from the floor.

OtterB@otterb· May 21

Young river otter looking at the viewer. Caption: Make your weird light shine bright so the other weirdos know where to find you.

OtterB@otterb· Apr 27

Brighton Dam Azalea Garden, Brookeville MD. Peak bloom this week.

Large azalea bushes, pink and white flowers, tall straight trees, green leaves, and a patch of blue sky behind.

OtterB@otterb· Feb 19

Reminds me of a picture I took 10 years ago in the DC area that I call “I could have sworn I left a Prius out here somewhere.” Yours I think is even more thoroughly covered than mine was.

Photo of snow-covered car in driveway. 2 story house in the background, deep blue sky. Car is recognizable by a small section of back window and windshield wipers flipped up out of the snow.

OtterB@otterb· Feb 3

No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?

Badge ribbon from a science fiction convention with a quote from Murderbot: I wish there was an error code for ‘I received your request but decided to ignore it.’

OtterB@otterb· Jan 30

Kobe was good at keeping my husband company while he was recovering from a bad fall and surgery, while positioning himself where nobody would trip over him. He will keep Biscuit company also.

Golden brown hound with white face lying on wood floor under the end of an open sofa bed. Feet are visible of person on bed.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 24

A movie that takes place where you’re from.

Movie still from Apollo 13 of flight director Gene Kranz, played by Ed Harris, communicating with the astronauts from Mission Control.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 15

Great blue heron, I think. It was wading picturesquely until I spooked it.

Marsh, water in the foreground, brown marsh grass behind, trees on the far horizon. Tail end of a bird, probably a great blue heron, flying away from the camera.

OtterB@otterb· Aug 3

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it? I… don’t save celebrity photos. The last one before this is a photoshopped meme.

Barney the purple dinosaur on a lawn in front of a cottage.

OtterB@otterb· Jun 14

I am not an artist, nor am I usually an in-the-streets protestor. Not physically able to stand or walk much. But I feel a need to show up, and am headed to a site where I can sit in a folding chair and confrontation seems highly unlikely. Not much, but mine.

Handwritten poster, black letters on white. Says YES Democracy, Science, Justice, We the People. NO KINGS.

OtterB@otterb· Apr 9

Repost with a favorite book from childhood.

Cover of Knee Deep in Thunder by Sheila Moon. An embroidered circle looks like an eye. In the center are a boy and girl sitting on the ground in the dark.

OtterB@otterb· Apr 6

Penn Square, downtown Lancaster PA. From my 11th floor hotel room, where I could hear yelling and chanting and honking horns.

View looking down on hundreds of protesters around a small historic square and down the street on both sides.

OtterB@otterb· Apr 1

This was going to be a tranquil picture of a great blue heron foraging in the marsh, except I spooked it, leaving a photo of the south end of a northbound heron.

Marsh with water and dried grass, with a large bird flying away.

OtterB@otterb· Mar 10

If you see this, post or quote repost a tree.

Large sycamore tree in winter. Behind it is a white two-story historic building.

OtterB@otterb· Feb 25

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, great blue heron rookery. Not a great photo, but a nice park less known and visited than many.

Several large multibranched trees, early spring so no leaves, with multiple large bird nests and a few herons visible if you zoom in.

OtterB@otterb· Feb 3

Another bunny. The sign needs one more line: Ears of all sizes are welcome

Rabbit sitting in the grass in front of a yard sign reading:
In this home we believe:
Black lives matter
Women’s rights are human rights
No human is illegal
Science is real
Love is love
Kindness is everything

OtterB@otterb· Jan 26

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

Badge ribbon from a science fiction con with quote from Murderbot, in all caps: I wish there was an error code for ‘I received your request but decided to ignore it.’

OtterB@otterb· Dec 31

Potomac River, southern Maryland, January 2022

Wide still river, blue sky with clouds on the horizon reflected in the water. Foreground of winter-brown sloping hills with bushes and small trees on the bank.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 29

Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline.

View across a wide still river. Blue sky, fluffy white clouds near the horizon, clouds reflected in the water. The near side of the river has some bushes, a grassy slope, and a leafless tree casting a long shadow.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 18

Age yourself with your first computer. I think the one pictured had a giant 10 meg hard drive. Ours did not have a hard drive, but we splurged for the dual floppies.

A Corona Data Systems portable computer from about 1985. Small built in monitor and floppy drives, attached keyboard, shown with a 2-volume user manual.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 5

Bald eagle sitting on a branch of a mostly-leafless tree. Background is a deep blue sky.

OtterB@otterb· Nov 3

A neighbor’s maple tree in fall

Maple tree with fall foliage, mostly bright orange, partly cloudy sky behind.

OtterB@otterb· Oct 31

Pumpkin, about a foot tall, on a concrete porch. Not carved, but several spots have been gnawed through the outer orange rind but not yet into the center.

OtterB@otterb· Sep 18

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #325,746!

Bluesky celebrating 10M users and I was #325,746. Joined Jul 20, 2023.

OtterB@otterb· Sep 12

I ordered socks from Amazon. They were delivered on my porch packaged like this (I covered up my address for the photo.) The plastic wrapping is durable, it’s not private, and reducing waste packaging is good, but it still seems odd. Like next time I order socks, they will deliver a ball of yarn.

Package of 10 pairs of ankle-high socks in a see through clear plastic bag. Fastened to the front, about one sixth of the bag size, is an Amazon shipping label with the recipient’s address covered, making it clear this was delivered with no external packaging.

OtterB@otterb· Sep 12

If you see this, post egrets. (I have an ear worm, so I am going to share.) Egrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention…

Chincoteague pony, dark brown rump and head, white neck and front quarters, grazing with a second pony and a channel in the background. White egret standing on the rump of the front pony.

OtterB@otterb· Aug 23

Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally

Conference badge ribbon, black type on white ribbon, all caps: I wish there was an error code for. ‘I received your request but decided to ignore it.’ #Murderbot

OtterB@otterb· Aug 21

Your last saved meme is your philosophy. I am not sure this is my philosophy but I could do worse. I saved this off FB to post to a work forum for a coworker who has gotten years of entertainment photoshopping Bernie into things.

Screen cap from The Sound of Music, with Maria playing a guitar in a mountain meadow and singing with the children. The Bernie Sanders pic from Biden’s inauguration, with mask and mittens, is photoshopped in next to Maria. Text reads Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and Bernie in mittens.

OtterB@otterb· Aug 12

If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh. Next to some outdoor tables at a bagel shop.

Official-looking sign on a brick wall that says Danger, No Smoking, Bagels Will Blow Up

OtterB@otterb· Jul 11