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Fritz Fressulf
@fressulf.bsky.social
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I have no idea what I'm doing here or anywhere.

I sometimes draw, I sometimes photograph, I sometimes practice magick, I sometimes suffer my cat's wrath

he/him/his

I neither use nor support AI/NFT/Crypto
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ALSO, it is my cat's 16th birthday.
She's lived in three US states, she's had to lose most her teeth, she's had a mystery cyst or tumor removed as well as a melanoma, and she's still here and going strong!
Lemme give that prism a twist so she can chase rainbows.

#cats #CatsOfBluesky #tabby
A brown, brindled tabby cat sitting on a green patterned comforter. A rainbow splotch from a window prism is cast on her side, and here and there on the walls beyond.
April 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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And now that the rain is letting up we went outside to survey the damage and yeah, basically the whole tree fell down. There are also large broken branches in the driveway where my partner normally parks -- he brought his car into the garage today in case of hail. Phew!
A backyard and porch covered in fallen tree
April 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Ah, out of power and a neighbor's tree fell on the house. Leaks galore. :(
view from kitchen window filled with tree Another view, full of tree.
April 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Oh yeah, I forgot to show off my finds from a local library sale! A book on taoist sigil craft, a translated classic for energy work, and the latter appears to be geared more towards qi gong (based on a peek or two; ie, instead of herbs and acupuncture)
Three books on a carpet. Tao Magic, The Chinese Art of the Occult; Harmonizing Yin and Yang, the Dragon-Tiger Classic; The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing
April 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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So of course I gave this cliff the spooky treatment too. The cave is better emphasized, as well as the trees' details. The slender twigs in the foreground now cut bright, ragged webs.

#LandscapePhotography #Nature #Spooky #DigitalArt
A photo of a cliff in the woods, processed to look much murkier and dark, better emphasizing the bare trees and the cave in the rocky cliff face. Processing here is basic adjustments such as saturation, color channels, color overlays, etc.
April 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Another part of the cliffs, further on the trail. iirc that is a cave high up there.

Raccoon Creek State Park, Pennsylvania
📷: iPhone 13
#landscapephotography #nature
Photo of a rocky cliff against the sky, in the woods. The trees may have buds, but the undergrowth is coming in green.
April 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Here's that cliff again, except I made some adjustments to lean into the dracula's castle look.

#landscapephotography #nature #spooky
A photograph of a cliff in the woods, but adjusted shadows and highlights and so on, plus a gradient overlay and desaturation to make the image appear more foreboding and grim.
April 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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So that cliff from which I took some photos? Here it is from the ground below! It looks a bit like a spooky castle...

Raccoon Creek State Park, Pennsylvania
📷: iPhone 13
#landscapephotography #nature
Photograph of a rocky cliff on a slope surrounded by trees.
April 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Here we came down from the cliffs to the water below. I loved the blue color. I also loved the blush of green among the trees.

Raccoon Creek State Park, Pennsylvania
📷: iPhone 13
#landscapephotography #nature
Photo of a creek and woods surrounding
April 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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This is a nice view taken from the cliffs on the wildflower trail. Later I'll have photos from the trail below, looking up at the cliffs!

Raccoon State Park, Pennsylvania
📷: iPhone 13
#landscapephotography #nature
Photograph of a wooded area, only beginning to show green in the undergrowth, and a winding trail. Gentle hills make up the background against the very blue and white sky.
April 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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More sycamores -- these as seen from a cliff. I liked the contrast between them and all the other trees.

Raccoon Creek State Park, Pennsylvania
📷: iPhone 13

#landscapephotography #nature
Photo of some woodland, particularly pale sycamore trees in the distance
April 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Sycamores look ghostly among other trees. Raccoon Creek State Park, Pennsylvania

📷: iPhone 13
#landscapephotography #nature
A wooded scene on the banks of a creek against a partly cloudy sky.
April 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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OH YEAH our first day I went to go sit at the picnic bench to read but a baby bunny was hiding there instead. It finally left sometime after full dark. A good start to the trip!
A little baby bunny sitting still and quiet next to a metal bar on gravel
April 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Preparing to go camping and checking equipment. Old laptop still works!
I never removed the stickers bc I liked knowing the hardware at a glance. Helpful today, reflecting on how long ago I got this machine. Shipped with Windows 7... (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS currently lol. Eh, will leave as is for now)
An old Acer laptop, still proudly carrying stickers describing its processor (Intel Core i3) and shipped OS (Windows 7) as well as other stats. The wallpaper is NERV themed, the desktop spare, and the cursor is a skeleton hand.
April 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Old sketch I like, circa 2016? 2017? Sharpies on computer paper with a touch of white gel pen lol. I drew this during a session of VtM.
#sketch #illustration
Photo of a drawing stored in archival plastic sheet. Drawing is of a long haired dude in sunglasses, smoking a cigarette and holding out a strange thumbdrive. I have no idea what type of USB that's supposed to be. Drawn with sharpie with a touch of gel pen on computer paper lol
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Using a UV light, we can see the extra details -- this cat has been jinxed to gain weight! Possibly not against his will though. He likely paid for someone to put a gain spell on him.

I haven't had the energy for drawing in a while. From '24.
#fatfur #furry #illustration #UV
April 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Listen, if someone I follow mostly for scholarly metaphysics talk gets to casually share fat fur poetry now and then, I can share the occasional drawing too. Not an exciting picture as is -- just a normal selfie right? You are wrong!! See next post for details.

#fatfur #furry #illustration
A drawing of an anthro cat, obese, taking a selfie of himself in front of a couch, rug, assorted food and drink containers, and sex toys strewn about.
April 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The snow looks nice today, if a touch gloomy. Maybe I'm projecting my mood.

📷: iPhone 13

#landscapephotography #photography
Snow and trees on a cloudy day
January 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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My partner is doing some cleaning in the office, which happens to be our cat's favorite haunt (besides her tent or various heating vents). I found her sitting on the floor to watch snowfall, poor thing.

#CatsOfBluesky
A brown tabby cat sitting on a wood floor, looking up at the window while snow is falling (snow isn't visible)
January 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Earlier on our walk, before it whited out. I'm not sure what this building is for besides water -- I forgot. There's probably another with a helpful sign somewhere else, but not here. I do know it was repaired recently.
📷: iPhone 13

#photography #winter #snow
A photograph of an old utility house of some sort over a small stream in the winter, surrounded by trees.
January 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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We decided to visit South Park today since we wanted to see the woods in the snow while we had the chance, and we were engulfed by it for a while on the trail! Enough to almost hide our tracks coming in by the time we left.
📷: iPhone 13

#photography #snow #winter
From under the trees at the edge of the trail, a view of a parking lot for the park during a brief snow shower. Not ours, we had some ways to go.
January 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Naturally I forgot to take a before pic and just got to work repotting. I want to say the current pot is 8in in diameter. The previous one was 4in, if you can imagine that plant crammed into such a small thing like that.
Photograph of some potted plants in front of a window. The plants with stiff, upright leaves and no branches is the snake plant. May actually be three varieties in one pot, but I can't get them separated. To the right is a jade plant and to the left in a brown glass bottle is an ailing zebrina.
January 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Obligatory snow photo from this morning. Still getting light snow. I hope it picks up.

Totally untouched (beyond what evil my phone does automatically) preserving the pale grey light.

📷: iPhone 13

#photography #landscapephotography #snow #winter
Trees and lawn covered in light snow. Areas under what canopy persists are bare.
December 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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I do not remember how I took this photo (no, I didn't just point it at the sun-- but what the hell did I do??) but I know it's from 2017 and it was the eclipse that year as seen from Atlanta, GA.

📷: Canon EOS Rebel XS

#photography #naturephotography #eclipse
Photograph of a solar eclipse with near but not total coverage, showing a dark sky, asterism with slice of sun, and rainbow light.
December 10, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Everything is terrible, so please enjoy our tree that we put up and decorated (after hunting down replacement bulbs for one of the light strings) today. The bambi image behind it is one of my partner's prints (woodblock) from grad school.
A false fir tree bedecked with a variety of ornaments and lights, primarily following a red and white/iridescent color scheme. Most ornaments refer to winter and animals. Topper is handmade and depicts a golden Sun in honor of the winter solstice.
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM