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  1. I'm afraid it's now my hobby to photograph all of the #CreepyCrawlies and weird stuff that #LadyDuchess and I come across in our evening walks in the woods.

    Honestly, I've come to find it all quite beautiful.

    I've always loved #Hiking, but I'm only now discovering part of a world that I've long been part of, but barely understand.

    #Spiders #Bugs #Photography

  2. Hope you're as lucky this morning as I am to have someone wonderful to go on adventures with.

    #LadyDuchess #Luck #Lucky

  3. I tried calling anyone I thought might be able to help. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources closed hours ago and has no 24-hour presence. I don't have a boat. I tried grabbing the tree branch, but it was too dangerous and unlikely that I could pull it far enough.

    Thank goodness we have a tree pruner at home. #LadyDuchess and I ran home from our walk, and I drove back & was able to get it free.

    Wish I could have removed the hook, but hopefully I gave #Fish a fighting chance.

    #Nature

  4. More photos from todays "Secret Lairs and Hidden Passages" photos i took on my walk with #LadyDuchess.

    #Slugs #Spiders #Trees

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  5. Did some amateur #Photography on my adventures with #LadyDuchess today. The woods nearby is full of trees with deep knots and holes, and lots of creatures find these make nice homes.

    Calling this set of photos "Secret Lairs and Hidden Passages".

    If you liked the "Berenstain Bears: The Spooky Old Tree" as a kid like I did, you might like these!

    Also, there's one @futurebird might like 🐜

    #Nature #Ants #Slugs #Trees

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  6. I'm a bit of a night owl. A few nights ago, #LadyDuchess and I went for a ~9-mile walk, and I got some practice with nighttime photography. All of these were taken in near-pitch-darkness.

    #Liminal #Nighttime #MushroomMushroom

  7. @eclectech Hope I'm doing this right.

    This is #LadyDuchess. Her preferred accessory color is light pink πŸ’–

  8. @Paws2Trail I was up in that area for the first time last month (in Ironwood).

    Sadly, it was only a 2-day business-related trip, and I didn't have #LadyDuchess with me. Very pretty landscapes out there!

    Lady is not the most coordinated, and when she walks along the top of a wall or something like your pup is in the pics, she is so proud of herself 😁

  9. Also, PSA: It's #TickSeason 🀒

    Pulled two from my leg, and saw a couple crawling on #LadyDuchess (she's on preventive, they weren't biting her)

    - Make sure you and your #Dogs take precautions
    - Thoroughly inspect after #Hiking
    - Use tweezers - suffocation/burning are NOT recommended methods of removal

    ---

    CDC has great into about where #Ticks can be found, why they are a danger, preventing tick-borne diseases, and what to do if you're bitten.

    cdc.gov/ticks/index.html

    #DogsOfMastodon

  10. Thank you all for the kind comments yesterday (and @pythonbynight - thanks for the photo. It definitely made me smile!)

    Things are better today.

    - Got yesterday's Hydra-like code bug resolved.
    - Caught up on some seriously overdue sleep.
    - Finished making travel arrangements for friend's funeral.
    - Went on a trek through the woods with #LadyDuchess for a couple hours.
    - In the process of consuming copious amounts of delicious coffee.

  11. - Resolving a super nasty critical programming issue affecting a customer.
    - Preparing for the funeral of someone important.
    - Still recovering from the end-of-conference emotional coaster.
    - On the third day of phantosmia (it happens periodically), and the constant burning chemical smell is making me angry.
    - Trying to make do.

    I probably need to get to a stopping point and go walking in the woods for hours with #LadyDuchess before I have a stroke πŸ˜‘

  12. @malcircuit We meant to get a small, short-haired dog πŸ˜‚

    But a friend of ours had accidental pups, so we went to "just see the puppies" ...

    ... and came home with #LadyDuchess 😁

    Maybe the best spur-of-the-moment decision of my life.

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    Here are some of my favorite puppy pics. How could we not fall in love? 😍

  13. In her #PyConUS keynote, Lynn mentioned that some animals also engage in imaginative play.

    You all need to know that #LadyDuchess plays a fun trick on hubby and I.

    She'll go to the back door and make it clear she wants to go out.

    When one of us gets up, walks over, and opens the door, she literally hop-spins away from the door and prances back to the living room πŸ˜†

    She'll do it 2 or 3 times in a row. I love that girl 🀣😍

    #DogsOfMastodon

  14. The early bird gets...

    ...the spider webs draped across the trail during their uncharacteristically early morning run through the woods with #LadyDuchess

    All you #RiseAndShine morning people are insane πŸ˜’

    πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜†

  15. The early bird gets...

    ...the spider webs draped across the trail during their uncharacteristically early morning run through the woods with #LadyDuchess

    All you #RiseAndShine morning people are insane πŸ˜’

    πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜†

  16. The early bird gets...

    ...the spider webs draped across the trail during their uncharacteristically early morning run through the woods with #LadyDuchess

    All you #RiseAndShine morning people are insane πŸ˜’

    πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜†

  17. The early bird gets...

    ...the spider webs draped across the trail during their uncharacteristically early morning run through the woods with #LadyDuchess

    All you #RiseAndShine morning people are insane πŸ˜’

    πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜†

  18. The early bird gets...

    ...the spider webs draped across the trail during their uncharacteristically early morning run through the woods with #LadyDuchess

    All you #RiseAndShine morning people are insane πŸ˜’

    πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜†

  19. @vmbrasseur Good idea!

    Here are some #LadyDuchess beans from when she was about 8 weeks old.

  20. Living in America today is absolutely surreal at times.

    Walking with #LadyDuchess this afternoon, and it was beautiful. Lovely weather, birds chirping, families having fun in backyards, a barbecue in the distance making my mouth water.

    And then I remember all the things taking place outside this beautiful neighborhood. Things that haven't visibly affected it yet.

    But the rot is getting closer each day. Soon it will be affecting every neighborhood and every household. 😞

    #USPol

  21. I like to think I'm resilient, but man, shit's rough in the world right now. So many people being harmed, and we're only at the event horizon.

    I get by with daily resets on long walks through the woods with #LadyDuchess, but not sure how I'd be doing if not for that.

    Hope all you lovely people are well and finding ways to keep your head up.

  22. @PamelaBarroway I have found that daily walks/runs through the woods are really important for my well-being - especially with my pup #LadyDuchess, who always demonstrates the joy and peace that comes with being in the moment.

    Countering the horror and terror and fear I have experienced these past few weeks, my walks have brought wonderful experiences, reminded me of happy memories, and also keep me grounded in the thought that we (humanity) have been here before... and can overcome this moment.

  23. Figured y'all might enjoy the end of a 5-minute howling duet with #LadyDuchess.

    She's just the best.

    #DogsOfMastodon #Husky #Huskies #Dogs