Colleen Goos
@gooscolleen.bsky.social
Mixed media artistic librarian living silently in a cacaphony of sound. Interests include history ranging from the ancient Americas to ancient Central Asia and horse domestication. I have had T1D since 1984 and am autistic.
But how many of us Ricardians can claim a real-life beastie? This pose never fails to make me think of bestiaries.
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
But how many of us Ricardians can claim a real-life beastie? This pose never fails to make me think of bestiaries.
LOL, I remember that, too. I have hypermobility, so I was able to do it, but I was also the size of an 8 year old at 13 hehehe. Me with my then 7 year old daughter:
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
LOL, I remember that, too. I have hypermobility, so I was able to do it, but I was also the size of an 8 year old at 13 hehehe. Me with my then 7 year old daughter:
My boy is the bork instigator. He will stand in the middle of the yard, and if it's quiet, he will let out one deep woof, and the whole neighborhood Bork Dorks will start up.
The Biggest Beastie Bork Dork:
The Biggest Beastie Bork Dork:
August 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My boy is the bork instigator. He will stand in the middle of the yard, and if it's quiet, he will let out one deep woof, and the whole neighborhood Bork Dorks will start up.
The Biggest Beastie Bork Dork:
The Biggest Beastie Bork Dork:
Thank you. What a beauty, too 😍
Cat love back atcha. This is Pixel 🐾
Cat love back atcha. This is Pixel 🐾
July 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Thank you. What a beauty, too 😍
Cat love back atcha. This is Pixel 🐾
Cat love back atcha. This is Pixel 🐾
Boba Feet likes to stand in the yard and let out one deep bark to get all the other dogs in the neighborhood to bark. Here, he is looking for anything to bark at, even if it's a butterfly or dandelion seed floating by LOL.
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Boba Feet likes to stand in the yard and let out one deep bark to get all the other dogs in the neighborhood to bark. Here, he is looking for anything to bark at, even if it's a butterfly or dandelion seed floating by LOL.
This is my nutter, Boba Feet
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is my nutter, Boba Feet
We couldn't let our Lab/Shepherd near lakes and rivers without a harness because we knew he'd just keep swimming. Even puddles and snow were pure joy for him. RIP Mr. KB
March 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We couldn't let our Lab/Shepherd near lakes and rivers without a harness because we knew he'd just keep swimming. Even puddles and snow were pure joy for him. RIP Mr. KB
This is Pixel, our little blue-eyed house terror er tiger. She's tiny, spunky, and 14 years old. She tells our German Shepherd Boxer Sasquatch mix who's boss but still loves on him now and then 😆 She's the most cuddly cat I've known.
January 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is Pixel, our little blue-eyed house terror er tiger. She's tiny, spunky, and 14 years old. She tells our German Shepherd Boxer Sasquatch mix who's boss but still loves on him now and then 😆 She's the most cuddly cat I've known.
Yours is pretty perfect, too 😍
Sometimes I look over, and he's looking at me like he's a Medieval Beastie
Sometimes I look over, and he's looking at me like he's a Medieval Beastie
January 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yours is pretty perfect, too 😍
Sometimes I look over, and he's looking at me like he's a Medieval Beastie
Sometimes I look over, and he's looking at me like he's a Medieval Beastie
LOL.
We didn't think Boba Feet would ever stop growing 🤣
We didn't think Boba Feet would ever stop growing 🤣
January 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
LOL.
We didn't think Boba Feet would ever stop growing 🤣
We didn't think Boba Feet would ever stop growing 🤣
Post a Pic of yourself in another era.
Way back when my 31 year old daughter was 7 or 8, and she had just finished a softball game.
Way back when my 31 year old daughter was 7 or 8, and she had just finished a softball game.
December 1, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Post a Pic of yourself in another era.
Way back when my 31 year old daughter was 7 or 8, and she had just finished a softball game.
Way back when my 31 year old daughter was 7 or 8, and she had just finished a softball game.
My gang of ruffians Pixelcat, Boba Feet behind and to Pixel's right and KB (RIP) behind and to her left. Image created for a shirt for me by Michael Goos chshrecat.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 3:53 PM
My gang of ruffians Pixelcat, Boba Feet behind and to Pixel's right and KB (RIP) behind and to her left. Image created for a shirt for me by Michael Goos chshrecat.bsky.social
Meet Pixel. She's tiny, she's feisty, and she goes meep when passing by.
November 10, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Meet Pixel. She's tiny, she's feisty, and she goes meep when passing by.
"What's it like living with a highly stigmatized illness?" you ask:
September 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
"What's it like living with a highly stigmatized illness?" you ask:
Can't miss Boba Feet. Chances are he's the biggest dog exhuberantly barreling his way towards us after chasing the birds. Who, by the way, fly as low to the ground in front of him as if to say "you can't catch me, you big oaf".
February 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Can't miss Boba Feet. Chances are he's the biggest dog exhuberantly barreling his way towards us after chasing the birds. Who, by the way, fly as low to the ground in front of him as if to say "you can't catch me, you big oaf".
Boba Feet almost looks like he should be a mythical beast in medieval heraldry. Picture taken by
@chshrecat.bsky.social
@chshrecat.bsky.social
February 9, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Boba Feet almost looks like he should be a mythical beast in medieval heraldry. Picture taken by
@chshrecat.bsky.social
@chshrecat.bsky.social
He's at it again and I was flying over Kenya.
January 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
He's at it again and I was flying over Kenya.
So my husband thought he'd sneak this in while I was watching a Van Gogh video.
Yes, I'm holding it up even though the straps are on it and around my head. I have a very small face and head 😝
Yes, I'm holding it up even though the straps are on it and around my head. I have a very small face and head 😝
January 16, 2024 at 5:05 AM
So my husband thought he'd sneak this in while I was watching a Van Gogh video.
Yes, I'm holding it up even though the straps are on it and around my head. I have a very small face and head 😝
Yes, I'm holding it up even though the straps are on it and around my head. I have a very small face and head 😝
Boba Feet likes Bantha burgers, too 🐾
December 2, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Boba Feet likes Bantha burgers, too 🐾
Pixel has a primordial flap but she's only 7-8 lbs. A pretty small 🐈
November 23, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Pixel has a primordial flap but she's only 7-8 lbs. A pretty small 🐈
and it shouldn't matter if someone is fat and old. We all should be able to live without blame and shame. I was a child and really very small at diagnosis.
November 18, 2023 at 4:55 PM
and it shouldn't matter if someone is fat and old. We all should be able to live without blame and shame. I was a child and really very small at diagnosis.
Nothing like your 100# German Shepherd mix launching himself off the couch by using you (also 100#'s) as leverage, especially early in the morning. He did apologize by giving me his slobbery ball 😆
November 15, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Nothing like your 100# German Shepherd mix launching himself off the couch by using you (also 100#'s) as leverage, especially early in the morning. He did apologize by giving me his slobbery ball 😆
He appears to have re-emerged himself as my husband 😆 @chshrecat.bsky.social
November 12, 2023 at 9:29 PM
He appears to have re-emerged himself as my husband 😆 @chshrecat.bsky.social
How can something so big be so adorable and puppy like?? Yet he is like having a miniature Clydesdale in the house.
November 4, 2023 at 3:03 AM
How can something so big be so adorable and puppy like?? Yet he is like having a miniature Clydesdale in the house.
From HS to married/divorced/single mum to remarried and attended Peninsula College Port Angeles. There I tutored anthro and my kid outgrew me at age 9. I then went to WSU and became a library worker and human development TA. I attended SJSU's MLIS program and am now an assistant editor for a NP.
November 3, 2023 at 3:43 AM
From HS to married/divorced/single mum to remarried and attended Peninsula College Port Angeles. There I tutored anthro and my kid outgrew me at age 9. I then went to WSU and became a library worker and human development TA. I attended SJSU's MLIS program and am now an assistant editor for a NP.