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Suzanne Purkis
@hypoxia75.bsky.social
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Editor, writer, poet, science nerd. Principal dog wrangler. Head of spider relocation services. Definitely not an alien. 🛸
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At least this chonky little monster looks guilty about being caught on the feeder that is most definitely not supposed to be for the squirrels.
A chonky black squirrel is sitting on a blue and white bird feeder looking very guilty. The feeder is in a garden with a light sprinkling of snow on the ground.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Koji wants you to come out and play in the snow ❄️
An Alaskan Malamute standing in the snow on our deck, looking at me in the doorway, wondering why I'm not as inclined as he is to play in the fresh snow.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Ripley complaining to the management about why tea has to happen before walking.
An obnoxious Alaskan Malamute in mid howl.
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Happy almost Halloween! 🎃
Four jack-o'-lanterns sit on a black and red checkered tablecloth. Each pumpkin has been carved with a different face, and all the jack-o'-lanterns are lit up with tea light candles. Happy Halloween!
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Flowers for autumn 🍂🍁

#orangeflowers #autumnisthebest
An orange rose peeks up from a bouquet of orange crush roses and green leaves.
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Who's a beautiful old man?

(Koji is!)
A beautiful fluffy white Alaskan Malamute is curled up and all sleepy faced on a blue sofa.
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Ripley, ever hopeful that teenage visitors are here exclusively to shower her with love.

#AlaskanMalamute #lovesponge
A portrait of Ripley the Alaskan Malamute staring off camera as she desperately hopes the visiting teenager will come and shower her with love.
September 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Miss Ripley doing her best to impersonate a cushion.

#AlaskanMalamute #doofus
An Alaskan Malamute sitting on a blue sofa, looking as derpy as possible, with one foot in the air.
September 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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In her ongoing efforts to catch her own tail, Ripley has been experimenting with the quantum realm.

#MalamutesAreRidiculous
A ridiculous Alaskan Malamute lies on her back twisted like a fluffy pretzel. All four of her legs are in the air and blurry due to motion, so she looks like she may not be all there.
August 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Storm's brewing. Metaphorically and also in my backyard.
A stormy sky filled with dark grey, swirling clouds. Part of a tree is visible in the bottom left of the picture, and a swirl of white twists through the middle of the clouds.
July 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Also, here's the way home from the pub.
Photo of the English countryside in Oxfordshire. A path stretches through a farmer's field, disappearing into some trees in the distance.
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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But does your hedge have a window? Here's how week 2 of vacation is going.

#Oxfordshire #EnglishCountryside
A thick green hedge with a small window cut out of the middle so you can see through to the field beyond. The sky above the hedge is blue with two small wisps of clouds.
July 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Dudes, there are cliff goats in Bournemouth!
A goat halfway up a seaside cliff reaches up into some trees for a snack.
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This baby bunny (officially an Eastern cottontail or Sylvilagus floridanus) has been taunting Ripley by eating the clover right outside the living room window.

Living dangerously, little friend.
A small Eastern cottontail rabbit sits in profile among green grass and clover. Its ears are up and it is looking towards the camera.
June 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Good morning from Ottawa South, says Miss Ripley!

#AlaskanMalamute
A goofy black and white Alaskan Malamute dog pokes her head up from under a table with a black and red tablecloth. The tablecloth is on the dog's head so her ears and eyes are obscured.
June 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Future kiwis. Until then, the shade over my reading swing in the backyard.
Small black and white flowers bloom on a reddish hardy kiwi vine with green leaves. A little wood from the pergola they are growing on is visible in the background.
June 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Miss Ellen Ripley spies something interesting behind me.

Spoiler alert: it's her brother, Koji, trying to live his life in peace.
A black and white Alaskan Malamute dog sits on a blue sofa looking at something that's caught her attention. A big picture window and a table of plants are in the background.
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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One of the rejected boys came to eat his feelings. Next time, little buddy.
A bright red cardinal sits on a blue bird feeder shaped like a house.There is a grey wooden fence in the background and some orange metal garden fence below the bird feeder.
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Achievement unlocked. My local crow family now shows up several times a week and waits for me to see them, at which point I give them some peanuts.
A crow perches atop a broken poplar tree branch. The background sky is grey.
February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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So we got a little snow here in Ottawa...
Photograph from my back door, showing tables, chairs, and everything else on the deck covered in approximately two feet of snow.
February 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Miss Ripley is totally in her element this morning.
An Alaskan Malamute dog curled up in the snow and covered in snow, looking up at the camera.
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Little attempted murder in the backyard this morning.
Two crows and one black squirrel scavenge for bird seed in the snow in a backyard garden.
February 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Apparently it's time to take a break from editing references.
Two Alaskan Malamute dogs in the doorway of a home office. One is sitting in front of the other, who is standing and looking impatient.
January 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM