Julie Penman Livesey
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Julie Penman Livesey
@liveseyj.bsky.social
Aspiring children's author, animation artist, and baker of pretty
good cakes. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 www.juliepenmanlivesey.com

#amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade #bookposse #writingcommunity #readingcommunity



My son has just turned 14, so I thought it was time he branched out from his usual middle grade fantasy reading. So, after some recommendations from our wonderful local bookshop staff, his official first foray into YA fantasy is going to be this one! @mjgwrite.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I've seen those too, and they couldn't deliver on time. I ended up ordering one of these. I can wear them on top of a hat if it's hot. 😁
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I just got this junk email. No pun intended when I say, there aren't words. 😦
#amwriting #writingcommunity
August 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A brand new member of my backyard neighborhood. The smallest, squee of a baby ground squirrel I've seen yet.
#squirrels #critters #nature #california #bluesky
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You mean, one of these? Made no difference. Birds just poo on it. 😜
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Ordered a much taller hanger to keep the ground squirrels from jumping up onto the bird feeder. Yep. That worked. 🙄
#squirrels #bluesky #nature #critters #california
June 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A new couple have moved into our backyard neighborhood – Dan and Marilyn Quail. I don't expect them to know how to spell potato, either. 🤭
#bluesky #quail #birds #wildlife #backyard
May 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some naughtiness going on too.
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh my gosh, just too much baby critter squeeeee going on in the back yard at the moment. 💗
#squirrels #critters #bluesky #nature
May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Another cute baby ground squirrel photo.
May 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Love this time of year, when the new season's youngsters start appearing in the back garden. The mourning doves are particularly vulnerable to hawks, though, which always worries me.
#squirrels #doves #nature #spring #bluesky
May 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
May 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When Fall came, they disappeared, but they have started to return. I went out to put food on the feeder yesterday, only to have a fox squirrel come galloping down the hillside, leap into the tree, and run right down to me for food. I thought, "Yay, it's Clyde!" but then I saw his ear. #squirrels
April 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Any squirrel experts out there? Last Spring/Summer our back yard was visited regularly by fox squirrels, but one of them was very tame and would run right down the tree to take food gently from my hand. I named him Clyde. He had a distinctive nick on his left ear that looked permanent...
#squirrels
April 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Spring is in the air, and this is starting to happen again. Our hillside fox and ground squirrels let us know when we've taken too long to put food out, showing up at either the office or den sliding doors. This photo was taken last Summer, but you get the idea. 😀
#bluesky #squirrels #California
February 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Et tu, Google?
February 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Started seeing these delivery robots trundling around los Angeles the last couple of weeks. I have to say, they creep me out a bit.
#losangeles #robots
February 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So cute. Are they really noisy, though? We had a family of barn owls nest in a tree next door a few years ago, and the babies didn't stop to draw breath all night long for weeks. "Screech, screech, screech..." Earplugs were an absolute necessity for decent sleep. #SuperbOwlSunday
February 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our go-to distraction from the current madness. Never built one this large, though, so strategies, sorting, and structured division of labor was worked on over the weekend.
#bluesky #jigsaw #puzzles
February 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Trying to get my dog to come outside for a wee between rain showers...
#bluesky #dogs #California #life
February 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Went out to dinner this evening, and passed a local urgent care facility that...well...had neon lettering illumination issues. 😆
#bluesky #signs
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hubby installed an Alexa inside my newly-built LEGO radio. It works fab – even sounds like music coming from a radio – and he's rightly pleased with himself. 😊
#bluesky #lego #music
January 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Completed a fun Christmas gift last night. I love all the retro/nostalgia sets LEGO have created. It even has a little jingle box inside that plays when you turn the dial. A wonderful addition to our den.
#bluesky #lego #retro
January 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My son had a D & D Xanathar toy for Christmas that came with its own golden nest. Now every time I go in my son's room, I think our dog has thrown up or worse on the floor.
#Bluesky #kids #Dungeon&Dragons
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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