🍁 Kat 🍁
@motsa.bsky.social
• Mostly a 🍁lurker/commenter who rarely posts
• Eclectic interests include science, tech, writing, genealogy, bears, wolves, cats, Alaska (see: bears), Yellowstone (see: bears, wolves), BC/Canada/North American wildlife and conservation
• Eclectic interests include science, tech, writing, genealogy, bears, wolves, cats, Alaska (see: bears), Yellowstone (see: bears, wolves), BC/Canada/North American wildlife and conservation
She has some tough competition this year. (I'm looking at you, 602 and 901.) She's chonky, but she's not quite THAT humongously, ginormously chonktastic...yet.
September 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
She has some tough competition this year. (I'm looking at you, 602 and 901.) She's chonky, but she's not quite THAT humongously, ginormously chonktastic...yet.
She doesn't scamper up a nanny tree quite as easily as when she was a coy (or when she was a slightly less stuffed yearling).
July 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
She doesn't scamper up a nanny tree quite as easily as when she was a coy (or when she was a slightly less stuffed yearling).
She has ridiculously long legs now that her winter coat is pretty much gone. She's entering that gangly teenager phase, and it's adorable.
July 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
She has ridiculously long legs now that her winter coat is pretty much gone. She's entering that gangly teenager phase, and it's adorable.
I admire your resolve. I'd be heading for the lovely-smelling Lodge food myself. LOL
July 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I admire your resolve. I'd be heading for the lovely-smelling Lodge food myself. LOL
They are a handful. You just know they're going to be little terrors as they get older.
July 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
They are a handful. You just know they're going to be little terrors as they get older.
The stress and trauma (on cub, mom, and sibling) of the cub being trapped and sedated to have a couple of quills pulled out would be so much worse than just letting the quills work themselves out.
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The stress and trauma (on cub, mom, and sibling) of the cub being trapped and sedated to have a couple of quills pulled out would be so much worse than just letting the quills work themselves out.
I'd say little 171jr came away pretty good from that encounter with only two quills and in an area where they won't impede its ability to move or climb. Might make nursing a bit uncomfortable, but the quills will probably work themselves out pretty quickly. And a good lesson will have been learned.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I'd say little 171jr came away pretty good from that encounter with only two quills and in an area where they won't impede its ability to move or climb. Might make nursing a bit uncomfortable, but the quills will probably work themselves out pretty quickly. And a good lesson will have been learned.
And that butt scar she's now sporting, so you can tell her from either end. LOL
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
And that butt scar she's now sporting, so you can tell her from either end. LOL
That's going to take time to get used to. (She will always be Bean to me.)
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
That's going to take time to get used to. (She will always be Bean to me.)
Very cool. Wish I had some spare $$ lying around.
May 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Very cool. Wish I had some spare $$ lying around.
Yup, that's what I was thinking. Idiocracy.
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Yup, that's what I was thinking. Idiocracy.
Lovely to see BC top the lists. Toxicity, housing prices, cost of living...so much goodness. ;-)
May 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Lovely to see BC top the lists. Toxicity, housing prices, cost of living...so much goodness. ;-)
I'm disappointed in, but not surprised by, a lot of the Lower Mainland, stuck as I am within the thick of the blue on the outer reaches. But still happy with the overall results.
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm disappointed in, but not surprised by, a lot of the Lower Mainland, stuck as I am within the thick of the blue on the outer reaches. But still happy with the overall results.
There are other Scottish Gaelic resources around that might work better for you to start out with.
speakgaelic.scot
learngaelic.net
(I took some Gaelic courses with my father when I was a teen, but I've long forgotten most of it. I should probably look into relearning it myself. 😄)
speakgaelic.scot
learngaelic.net
(I took some Gaelic courses with my father when I was a teen, but I've long forgotten most of it. I should probably look into relearning it myself. 😄)
April 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There are other Scottish Gaelic resources around that might work better for you to start out with.
speakgaelic.scot
learngaelic.net
(I took some Gaelic courses with my father when I was a teen, but I've long forgotten most of it. I should probably look into relearning it myself. 😄)
speakgaelic.scot
learngaelic.net
(I took some Gaelic courses with my father when I was a teen, but I've long forgotten most of it. I should probably look into relearning it myself. 😄)
I started playing around with Duolingo a few weeks ago. It most definitely isn't effective on its own, but it makes a good supplement to practice/test skills you're gaining elsewhere.
April 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I started playing around with Duolingo a few weeks ago. It most definitely isn't effective on its own, but it makes a good supplement to practice/test skills you're gaining elsewhere.
Jesus Murphy. I just can't.
April 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Jesus Murphy. I just can't.
That is cool. I didn't know that muskox lived that far north. I knew there were wolves and other animals, but just never imagined muskox for some reason.
April 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
That is cool. I didn't know that muskox lived that far north. I knew there were wolves and other animals, but just never imagined muskox for some reason.
This song tickles my ADHD brain, and I've used a really great (but no longer available) remix to help me focus more often than I care to think.
April 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This song tickles my ADHD brain, and I've used a really great (but no longer available) remix to help me focus more often than I care to think.
Terrible as it is, I haven't bothered voting in an election in years. I made sure I was registered for this one -- I am not willing to sit back and see what happened in the US replicate itself up here.
April 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Terrible as it is, I haven't bothered voting in an election in years. I made sure I was registered for this one -- I am not willing to sit back and see what happened in the US replicate itself up here.
I use FamilySearch.org at times, along with Ancestry, MyHeritage, and other online resources (free and non-free). (I remember the old days of poring through microfiche and microfilms at the archives. Research was so cumbersome pre-Internet, but the breakthroughs were more exciting as a result.)
FamilySearch.org
Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.
FamilySearch.org
March 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I use FamilySearch.org at times, along with Ancestry, MyHeritage, and other online resources (free and non-free). (I remember the old days of poring through microfiche and microfilms at the archives. Research was so cumbersome pre-Internet, but the breakthroughs were more exciting as a result.)
I have. Shortly after my mother (and her two remaining siblings) died in 2010, I had unexpected breakthroughs on Ancestry that opened things up. Still dead ends and new mysteries, but that's the fun of genealogy. 😀
FamilySearch.org
Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.
FamilySearch.org
March 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have. Shortly after my mother (and her two remaining siblings) died in 2010, I had unexpected breakthroughs on Ancestry that opened things up. Still dead ends and new mysteries, but that's the fun of genealogy. 😀
I want to see all the subadult/mama gangs take over the falls from the old boys. 😄 Just for a season, then they can all emancipate and get on with things.
March 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I want to see all the subadult/mama gangs take over the falls from the old boys. 😄 Just for a season, then they can all emancipate and get on with things.
Or it will be wild with the even fluffier, decidedly-not-independent girl gang still together. ;-)
March 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Or it will be wild with the even fluffier, decidedly-not-independent girl gang still together. ;-)