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Behold, floofs! That’s it, that’s the post.

It’s been unusually warm for “winter” these last couple weeks, in between drops below freezing. I very excitedly went to curate a plant photos post accordingly, and realized I focused all my pictures on the same plant, so I’ve expanded the criteria to “green things,” featuring: purple crocuses, pea soup, and Ramen Fury! (There are vegetable cards, it counts.)

And I don’t mean ergonomically, or keeping it low-distraction, though I’m not discounting either. I mean that I wrote my first book with a turkey hat on my head. It was a little thing, and it brought me joy, so I kept that turkey hat at my desk and I wore it diligently.

As it turns out, you never outgrow that: that joy of small absurdities. I keep a Writer’s Block at my desk, now, in case we need to have words. A toy crab, too, for my own spin on the Rubber Duck Method. Four different sound systems, which certainly feels gratuitous at times, and also makes it incredibly convenient to switch from wired headphones to wireless to speakers to the Box of Sounds. Whatever will best serve me, already where it will serve me best.

Invest in your workspace. That is to say, the space you do things in, whatever those things may be. Make it convenient. Make it comfortable. Make it fun! It makes a world of difference.

…with a purring cat in my lap. Thank you, Diane! I’m thinking cat photos. (You may notice the TARDIS comforter shows up a lot – that’s because it’s Diane’s favorite. She’ll file a complaint if I don’t have it spread out enough. She makes good use of it when I do.)

Happy New Year’s! It’s been a busy week, so I figured I’d keep it simple: food photos. Winter holidays are, after all, celebrated with food.

(That’s orange juice and cranberry juice combined. I like the way the colors mixed! And, of course, the flavors.)

It has, once again, been A Week, so instead of trying to get words in order, I’m just going to share some neat plants I’ve taken photos of. One had a guest!

Exactly what it says on the tin. Say “awww!”

Just our cats making me laugh! Especially the three paw pillow.

No words this week. My godmother’s internment was this Saturday, and all my words right now belong to her. To everyone else: be safe, do good, live a life that makes you happy, tell the people in it how much they mean to you. Be connected. She’d want that for us.

We went to Kuipers Family Farm yesterday to pick apples, and what should we find but a wading bird, wandering its way between the trees!

It was such a strange happenstance that I went scrolling through my camera roll and realized it was not, in fact, an isolated one. Here, on an island in the road, is one of several deer having a leisurely snack at rush hour:

And finally, a raccoon at our bird feeder. This is, in and of itself, not that unusual; we frequently get after-hours visits from the raccoon, the skunk, and the possum, and on our most exciting nights we get them all at once. It is a little strange, however, to get one during daylight hours.

The moral of the story, I suppose, is that nature will always find a way to be as baffling as it is beautiful.

…and to have your camera ready.