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hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

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Living #LifeUnscripted.
Oz born & raised, wayward wanderer.
Photographer, artist & writer of stuff & things, dwelling in organized chaos & disorder.
I like both cats & dogs, tea & coffee, cake & pie.
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

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hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Dead flowers are pretty, too.

#photography

Close up of a dried up, dead red rose. The colors have faded to a range of deep pinks and oranges. The edges of the petals are curled and crispy sharp.

November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

The thing both menus are missing is all the staples they assume people readily have or can afford. Where's the butter, oil, the eggs, the heavy cream, the milk, the sugar, the seasonings & spices needed to assemble & cook all this food out of homogenous blandness? That's a lot more $.

Michele @jstmichele.bsky.social · 6d

Here are BOTH menus. It is clear that 2024 is way more food and way better quality. Sleepy Joe Biden even included a whole pecan pie!
Trump‘s pie doesn’t even have all the ingredients.

November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Thing 1 & 2 decided on dressing up as the Knight & Hornet this year which meant mama had to make the Nail & (make it rusty!) Needle in a matter of days. So much EVA foam scraps & dust everywhere.
#hollowknight #silksong #knight #hornet #halloween

Two young humans dressed up as the Knight and Hornet from the Hollow Knight video game.
The 1st is wearing a red cloak with a white mask that has 2 pointed curved almost horn-like peaks and then rapers down to a narrow chin. The eye holes are slanted and there are no other distinguishing facial features. They're holding a prop sword that looks like a long pointed needle that has rusted heavily.
The 2nd is draped in a gray cloak and their white mask is more rounded than the other. Horn-like protusions are shorter & curve inward. One looks shorter then the other as if it has been broken. They also hold a prop sword, this one shaped more like a sword but with swirling, twisted patterns on the blade.
They both stand on the edge of a concrete driveway in a suburban neighborhood, trees and houses lining the street behind then while the sky turns orange with the setting sun.

November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

In today's, "How exactly did you burn yourself?" the answer is, "I somehow slapped my own hand with a slice of onion."

September 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

My favorite thing about fireflies is their wink of light in the cupped hands of children, a glimpse into a world of magic.

Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · Jul 12

Here it is, everyone's favorite beetle. A Common Eastern Firefly getting ready for tonight's match-making light show. One giveaway for fireflies aka lightning bugs is that they have large eyes to see the flashes of potential mates. #inverts
(Photinus pyralis) PA

A beetle with black elytra outlined in gold, a red pronotum with a black spot in the middle, large eyes, and black antennae. It is standing on a leaf.

July 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Overheard by exasperated 9yoA to 9yoB: "You're as useful as a dry wet wipe!"

9yoB's retort: "Umm, tissue, napkin, dusting cloth...seems pretty useful to me!"

June 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Why, hello there.
#catsofbluesky #blueskycats

A black and white tuxedo cat sits on beige carpeted steps, reclining back with rear legs stretched out and one front paw resting saucily on its hip. One eye is almost closed as if winking.
Also, there are 4 little black spots on its pink nose.

June 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Eepy gato.

#caturday #catsofbluesky #blueskycats

A male, black and white tuxedo cat asleep on a window sill, only partially visible from under slatted white blinds. His tummy is fluffy white and his two outstretched front paws are also all white, except for his black toe beans.
A close up look at his sleepy face will reveal four black spots on his pink nose.

May 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

"Umm, hello, why is I not fed the sheeps like y'all?"

#catsofbluesky #blueskycats

A short haired, black and white tuxedo cat with yellow eyes and four black spots on his pink nose. He sits on a white chair at a dinner table covered with a blue and orange plaid patterned tablecloth with ears perked up and an intense look off to camera right. The edge of a silver charger is just visible to one side.

Nom, nom! A short haired, black and white tuxedo cat with yellow eyes and four black spots on his pink nose. He sits at the dinner table with a silver dinner plate charger in front of him, his tongue sticking out to taste a small piece of grilled lamb, seasoned in olive oil, garlic, kosher salt & fresh rosemary.

April 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM

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Principia Discordia

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Hat tip to Paul Conway

A humorous political letter styled as a formal diplomatic communication from “The Sovereign Authority of Heard Island” addressed to then-President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. government. The letter playfully critiques a supposed 10% tariff on exports from Heard Island—a remote, uninhabited territory in the Southern Ocean populated only by glaciers, penguins, and seabirds.

The tone is dry and satirical, listing “chief exports” like:

Penguin chatter, described as priceless but hard to monetize.

Glacial ice, noted as potentially valuable, but assumed to be freely melting.

Volcanic rocks, humorously said to move only if relocated by an ambitious albatross.

The letter mock-requests clarification on how tariffs apply to penguin squawks or visiting krill, and whether elephant seals need to file tax returns.

It closes with a counter-offer: if the U.S. waives the tariff, Heard Island promises not to retaliate with a 10% tax on the very occasional American tourist or overcharge scientists studying penguins. The sign-off is from "The Sovereign Authority of Heard Island (Represented by the Official Penguin Delegation)" and ends with the pun “With glacial regards.”

The overall style mimics diplomatic language while delivering absurdist humor rooted in the remote absurdity of the setting.

Generated with BSky AltText CustomGPT.

April 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Hooman point of mew.

#catsofbluesky #blueskycats #cats

Close up photo of a sgort haired black and white tuxedo cat lying on his human. His front paws are flopped like a kangaroo's towards the camera. One snaggle-toothed fang is visible and he has four black spots on his pink nose.

April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Existential angst.

#catsofbluesky #blueskycats

A short haired, black and white tuxedo cat lies sprawled on his side across the bottom step of a cream carpeted staircase. His legs dangle off the edge of the step above a wooden floor, and his eyes are half opened, staring off into the distance.

April 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

To be honest, I do the same thing to every rosemary bush I encounter.

George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · Apr 1

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

In a park: A tiny human (2?) waddle-flails over to a rosemary bush. He scrunches his eyes tightly shut and carefully moves his face towards a clump of new leaves, inhaling deeply and exhaling with an "AHHH" before turning and grinning at his mum. (1)

April 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

My dad was a protesting, marching, striking union coal miner for 20+ years in Australia. When he suffered a non work place injury, he got a year's worth of accrued sick leave, then planted trees across mined out pits until retirement. I'd hate to think if he'd been in the US.

Hipster Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · Mar 30

I don’t wanna hear anybody talking shit about people working in coal mines or how they voted but I would like people to know that DOGE looked at coal mining and decided it had **too much** safety protection. www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...

Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge

For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...

www.post-gazette.com

March 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

Mind the Gap.

#caturday #catsofbluesky #blueskycats

A black and white tuxedo cat sitting on a dark teal armchair with a double row of silver studs along the arm. His front legs perch on the arm and his paws are tucked into a small gap between another armchair placed closely next to the one he sits on. His head is turned to the side and arched as he grooms himself.

A close up, top down view of two fluffy white cat paws tucked into a small gap between two teal armchairs. Double rows of silver studs line the arms of the chairs.

March 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM

hivechild

@hivechild.bsky.social

I have so much work to do I've decided to take a nap.

Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · Mar 27

I have so much work to do I’ve decided to take a bath.

March 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM

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Lisa Beaudry

@lisambeaudry.bsky.social

Look, I know lots of things suck shit right now, but at least we have Rick Astley covering "Pink Pony Club." (Not a rickroll!) youtu.be/2vF26QG9he4?...