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Zola
@justaskzola.bsky.social
she/they; 32; biologist, writer, & anime nerd. Mostly just here for nature and fanart.
Omg cute!! And this is great news! Your other two postcards are up there too. I was worried I’d have to find something else to stick in that spot, it’s just too perfect. (Also unrelated but I’m from Chatt LOL, I was so surprised to see the postmark on the package)
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
STOP 🛑 ✋ this is a WIP checkpoint! QRP with your current WIP!

I’m actually doing a creative thing these days that isn’t writing or music! Cross-stitching an otter pattern I got off Etsy, with help from mister Eiffel of course.
August 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Turns out the very territorial blue jay couple that live outside my window did have a nest hidden somewhere! This bedraggled adolescent was in the little (protected) courtyard behind my house when I went out for a walk.
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Lovely little wandering garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans; one of three) found on a birding walk this morning! We also found an incredibly docile female bull snake that I didn’t get pics of because I was showing the group how to tell the sex of a snake 🐍
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Obsessed 😭 thank you @crowlines.net !! I need more adorable bats in my life.
June 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Your art is gorgeous, I’m so glad I discovered you through someone else on my feed! if I get lucky, this is my old OC Avery who I keep meaning to get new art of now that he’s jaded and bitter and has a vindictive assassin god sharing space in his head. (by @boaillustration.bsky.social!)
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sunday afternoon herps coming in hot! Prairie rattlesnake (hunkered down but not rattling) and like six prairie lizards (very unbothered) 🐍 🦎
April 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One last winter hurrah in Colorado
April 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Common starlilies are out!
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
WAKE UP TEAM IT’S FINALLY HERP SEASON (wandering garter snake & prairie fence lizard)
April 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He’s currently zonked out. I hope to one day have 5% of the peace he experiences on a daily basis.
January 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
we’re really in it now
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I’m finally reading Annihilation, and it’s a haunting and poignant read as both a biologist and a neurodivergent person with attachment issues lol.

Also my cat is enjoying it, although he’s a faster reader than I am.
January 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
He is so delighted that I’m back that he keeps following me around the house and flopping onto the ground by my feet and rolling over because he knows I can’t resist (I promise he does have ears, he was just in such bliss they’re hiding)
December 28, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Got my calendar from @fend13th.bsky.social today with a bunch of very cute freebies, including a hand-drawn Hoshina 😭 the art on this is WONDERFUL and the calendar itself is so high quality, I’m obsessed. Thank you so much!!
December 20, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Earring and necklace selection from my work conference this week (badger claws, rabbit bones, coyote fangs, alligator scute, and a very dirty antler tine).
December 5, 2024 at 8:59 PM
The two very different faces of a gentleman.
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Happy Thanktoberfest! My local friends love a themed party and his family is German so now this is what we do on Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Got this in the mail from my dad today…yes, there was in fact a very desiccated half of a snake inside.
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Same
November 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I need to buy the creators of the AllTrails app a fruit basket bc they have saved my butt multiple times when I get distracted on a hike and then suddenly have no idea where I am. Hiking album was 22, A Million by Bon Iver, which was a perfect vibe.
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM