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Susie
@bassoosie.bsky.social
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Bassoonist, cat wrangler, a bit of a mess. Also into genealogy, boats, knitting.
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It's giving Plymouth Rock Chicken
Photo of 2 heritage breed chickens called "Plymouth Rock," which actually do look a bit like the original Plymouth Rock (lumpyish and gray.) Photo credit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sophia_and_ZsuZsu_walking_the_property.jpg
December 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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😁
Susie wearing an amazing sequin poinsettia top for Bassoon Xmas 1997 (ish)
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This is a gray tabby
A gray tabby lying in the grass
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Wait I've seen this IRL!!
There's a wooden bench on my porch and under it a raccoon is nursing her kits. One of them is reaching up through the bench slats and you can see it's perfect little hand.
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I kept scrolling and saw your Shosty recommendation, so we can still be friends. 🤗

I wish I were a better pianist so I could play any of this...
Sheet mustc: Dmitri Shostakovich, Album for Piano Solo
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Sometimes I follow and interact with people for reasons outside their area of expertise. For a bunch of literary people and scientists, it's their cats.

I was introduced to @chrisgeidner.bsky.social through a discussion of Haring and Van Gogh.
“Unfinished Painting” by Keith Haring, 1989. It's blue (or purple?) on white. His familiar characters start in the upper left corner and fill less than a quarter of the field. There are streaks below the figures like paint drips or tears. Blue and white painting of Van Gogh of some buildings in the countryside, presumably near the Saint-Paul asylum, where he was encouraged to paint as part of his therapy. Quoting Chris "Law Dork" Geidner 18 Jun 23 on Xitter: Van Gogh's "Landscape with Houses," drawn shortly before his death. The ~blue drawings~ have stayed with me ever since I saw them in person in NYC in 2005.
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It was an honor to create this quilt panel for my uncle, which now hangs at the HIV Alliance in Eugene, OR, where his sister can visit it. #WorldAIDSDay
Lobby area with a NAMES Project quilt on the wall for Tom DePaolis, Jr. 1946-1992. It was a tactile quilt so his mother, who had lost her eyesight, could experience it. She made the original crazy quilt that forms the border. There is also a stylized grand piano applique in crushed velvet.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Dark toasted marshmallow curled up in a basket with his ridiculously furry leggie out for temperature regulation.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Bath time
A light toasted marshmallow grooming his dark toasted marshmallow brother.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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THIS IS THE AUNT!!!
Nadia, DD, and Django (named for the musician) on the beach
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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(This was essentially my pantomime)
I think this is a hello emoji, but imagine the hands are gills.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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My favorite take
Chris Geidner posting a Little Ms. Now picture book
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I'm basically down to context cues when people use this one.
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Similar to this, with colonies extended infinitely westward:
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Dumb question: what is going on here? I don't even know how to Alt-text it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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NUDIBRANCH!
Purple, white and orange nudibranch. Credit https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/apolegma-nudibranch/776
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I completely understand! Next time!

In related news, I temporarily overcame my shyness and cornered Rick backstage:
Rick Steves signature on a wooden bassoon reed box
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Happy update!
FB post from Joe's Crazy Critters: Tonight NBC10 Boston contacted me for an interview regarding the small American alligator that was spotted in the Charles River near Back Bay. After the interview, more information was shared about the location the alligator was last seen. So, I grabbed a head lamp and flashlight and took a ride into Boston. 🐊 With the cold temps, the alligator had very low chances of surviving. With some luck and a couple of bright flashlights after 15 minutes I found the Boston alligator. I was able to capture him safely and he will be warm and housed until we get more information and instructions on what’s next for this little guy. We are hoping that he will be a new resident and ambassador here at Joe’s Crazzy Critters 💚
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Samesies.
Two perfectly toasted marshmallows
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Rick Steves conducting the Portland Symphony in Stars and Stripes Forever
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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This doesn't look real until you see the person in jeans
Mystic Seaport, with extras dressed for filming
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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My boys are snugglier now with the cooler weather
A dark toasted marshmallow and a lighter toasted marshmallow, both very floofy
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The timeline giveth
Dancing Peanuts kid followed by a joyful Miro painting in my feed.
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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It's just years and years of this
Snippet of a list from Wikipedia of people who died on the Presidential Range. There's at least one death every year since basically forever.
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Similar to mine!
A toasted marshmallow keeping my back warm during a perfect nap
October 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM