Chainsaw babe sighted at Tre Cime. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social

Chainsaw Babe, sighted in Cortina d'Ampezzo

These two hombres lay claim to Dave's chair when he's on the road. Partners in crime. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social

3/2 He gets some well-deserved outside time after the cleaning of his tank, Bootsville.

2/2

One guess what summer reading Boots has embraced.
1/2

A sweet Saluki named Ossip, in Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy, makes one think of home.

Thank you, Dialoghi di Pistoia

Gene Gaines. 1941-2025. An extraordinary man. Lost suddenly. Mourned by many. To learn more, please go to Betsy Gaines Quammen, Facebook.

There's a concept of governance that worked. For a while.
Two points for saying where I was (but disqualified if you're reading Mary Beard).

Calla lilies growing wild in a Milano park. Made me smile.

Boots the Python, out for a ramble in the office while I was upstairs, thinks he is well hidden.

Every day at this moment, as I sit down in my big chair with a book and a martini, and protect myself with a cushion dam, a certain guy, who aspires to be Too Cute to Refuse, reminds me that he likes appetizers too. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social

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Nature Red in Tooth & Claw:
Fearless wombat confronts the outsiders, Maria Island, Tasmania

Thanks, you scientist friends and others, for following this newcomer here. But...why are you up at this hour? Okay, I know Eddie is in Sydney.
My excuse is that I'm in Tasmania, chasing (again) the story of the devil's contagious tumors. (But this little guy is healthy.)