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Some Random Chick
@somerandomchick.bsky.social
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Science fiction author, photographer, animal freak, weirdo, nerd. Disabled caregiver. (She/her, cis)

Unexpected bag in the product area.

Photos: http://somerandomchick.picfair.com
Fiction: https://gratis3923255.jouwweb.nl
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I'm working on spiffing up this Omnimask. I was right that this step would significantly de-emphasize the filters! Now to make it look GOOD.
A side by side comparison of myself, a dumpy greying red-haired cis woman, in two selfies. One shows me wearing my Omnimask transparant half-face respirator with white filter cartridges in three locations. The second is the same except I have put black breathable cloth on the filters and they fade away nicely.
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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A starling on a twig with its feathers fluffed up.
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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OK so DAMN, I was out in the garden this morning and there was a hornet. I've only seen one hornet before, long ago... I assumed she was a European Hornet, a protected species.

NOPE! This is an Asiatic Hornet, invasive and REALLY bad for the local ecosystem! I've reported her, of course.
An Asiatic Hornet on ivy flowers. An Asiatic Hornet on ivy flowers.
September 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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This is my first novel. Reading science fiction saved my soul growing up, in some of my darkest times. I've been offering this book for free for some time, in order to give into the world as I received then.

Here are some of its past equally bad covers. I'm gonna fix it! (Yes that's my real brain.)
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Can't believe this amazing person I made is 21 years old now!!!
September 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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New Pictures are Up!
I have updated my photo site with dozens of new ones.
somerandomchick.picfair.com

Additionally, I would like to introduce two new albums:
Beauty in Death:
somerandomchick.picfair.com/albums/31451...
Life Finds a Way:
somerandomchick.picfair.com/albums/31451...
From the Blended Worlds collection by Katrina Cooper-Hinton, a k a Some Random Chick, this photo depicts an HO-scale saxophonist standing on an immature hibiscus seed pod playing music for two firebug beetles. From the Love is Love collection by Katrina Cooper-Hinton, a k a Some Random Chick, this is a photo of a rainbow-painted bench in a park, between a tree and a waste bin. From the Life Finds a Way collection by Katrina Cooper-Hinton, a k a Some Random Chick, this is a photo of a tiny world of ferns growing from the bricks of someone's gatepost. From the Beauty in Death collection by Katrina Cooper-Hinton, a k a Some Random Chick, this is a photo of artichokes which were left on the plant as decoration and have become dried out into beautiful shades of brown.
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I really want to share more photos here but typing a lot of alt text really hurts my hands and shoulder.

I will though, I will.

Fun with HO-scale figures and garden wildlife.
A large grey cross-back orb weaver spider which has wrapped an HO-scale human in a silver hazmat suit up in silk and is carrying it upward. An HO-scale saxophone player in jeans and a colorful short sleeved shirt stands on an immature hibiscus seed pod playing his horn for two red-and-black Pyrrhocoris apterus beetles, commonly called firebugs. An HO-scale woman with long black hair wearing a fancy red dress and red shoes dangles precariously from strands of a spider's web, face down. An HO-scale woman with long black hair wearing a fancy red dress and red shoes dangles precariously from strands of a spider's web, face down. Beyond her, a large grey cross-back orb weaver spider waits.
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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I really want to share more photos here but typing a lot of alt text really hurts my hands and shoulder.

I will though, I will.

Here are the photos I was able to get of last night's eclipse, which was already returning to normal when the moon rose above the houses here.
The moon in partial eclipse. The moon in partial eclipse. The moon in partial eclipse. The moon in partial eclipse.
September 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I really want to share more photos here but typing a lot of alt text really hurts my hands and shoulder.

I will though, I will.

Here is the cutest spider in my garden this year.
A close up of a Marpissa muscosa jumping spider, also known as a fence jumping spider. A female, she is almost the same exact color as the piece of rebar she is perched on, with a backdrop of ferns. She is staring at the camera with her four big front eyes.
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I really want to share more photos here but typing a lot of alt text really hurts my hands and shoulder.

I will though, I will.

Here is a big garden spider that is so badass she only eats wasps. I put an HO-scale figure in her web and she wrapped it up and checked it out thoroughly.
A close-up photo of a large grey cross-backed orb weaver spider which has been given an HO-scale person in a silver hazmat suit, which she, mistaking it for a wasp, has wrapped up in silk. She manipulated it for a while and then threw it out of her web. A close-up photo of a large grey cross-backed orb weaver spider which has been given an HO-scale person in a silver hazmat suit, which she, mistaking it for a wasp, has wrapped up in silk. She manipulated it for a while and then threw it out of her web. A close-up photo of a large grey cross-backed orb weaver spider which has been given an HO-scale person in a silver hazmat suit, which she, mistaking it for a wasp, has wrapped up in silk. She manipulated it for a while and then threw it out of her web. A close-up photo of a large grey cross-backed orb weaver spider which has been given an HO-scale person in a silver hazmat suit, which she, mistaking it for a wasp, has wrapped up in silk. She manipulated it for a while and then threw it out of her web.
September 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Kiibo says hey.
A white cat sitting on himself like a human sitting on a beanbag chair.
September 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Ha ha ha ha ha!!! I took off my Toothless hoodie and dumped it on the table to go do dishes, and when I was done and turned back around, this...
A hoodie made to look like Toothless the dragon haphazardly thrown onto a table so that it looks like the "real" toothless is crouching there.
September 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I REALLY hope that we can get this together. Ruby's world is so limited. She can't even sit UP. She needs distraction from the pain, and she needs her friends.

Her 21st birthday is soon. Let's make it a good one. We can't know what things will be like in another year.

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A red-haired smiling young trans woman in a fox-ears hat and a schlumpy knitted sweater.
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Can you help my disabled transgender daughter replace her VR console so she can have a social life again, be able to network again... and have a good 21st birthday with her friends all over the world? Thank you in advance.

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A transgender woman in a wheelchair with a pink blanket, gazing up at a white cat sitting on the wheelchair's head rest.
August 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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NON-emergency crowdfund!

Can you help with either/both of these goals?

1. Giving our daughter an awesome 21st birthday
2. Helping us replace the vital reclining wheelchair, which is not doing well at all

Thank you in advance and have a spectacular day!

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A red-haired transgender young woman in a wheelchair with a pink sleeping bag smiling at a white cat perched on the back of the chair looking at her. In the background, on the left is a glass-fronted cabinet with Mexican hand-blown wine glasses and on the right is a window with gauzy white curtains.
August 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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It kind of has, yeah... I see little forests now instead of moss, etc. I've always been detail oriented but yeah, this makes me see all kinds of things in mew lights.
July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Well, I just kind of... got into it accidentally with some figures someone gave me. Over a few years I started painting the figures and learning where in the garden animals were more likely to interact and so on. I just set stuff up and wait or just start taking pictures, basically.
HO-scale child on a play scooter, with a faithful isopod in attendance, on old wood. S garden spider with an HO-scale human she has wrapped up. "Donut Shop", an installation of HO-scale figures in my garden. "Market at Broken Jug", , an installation of HO-scale figures in my garden.
July 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Thanks!!! It was one of my top lucky shots. Like these.
A display involving HO scale people amid real flowers. A tiny spider is climbing onto a woman; it looks like it's jumping at her to give her a hug as two other people run away. A display involving HO scale people amid marbles. A real live fly looks like it's arguing with one of the people. A garden spider inspects a Mexican cornhusk wish doll. A bumblebee approaches a tiny figure of the Buddha in a passionflower.
July 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Aww shucks, thanks! Working with the miniatures is super fun.
July 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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My daughter's emotional support cat Kiibo is indoor only. Due to health, I'm the only one who can clean a litter box. My lower back is no longer able to do this without Great Agonies. I need an automatic one; I hope some of you folks can help get it.

Thanks in advance.

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July 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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My daughter's emotional support cat Kiibo is indoor only. Due to health, I'm the only one who can clean a litter box. My lower back is no longer able to do this without Great Agonies. I need an automatic one; I hope some of you folks can help get it.

Thanks in advance.

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July 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Nice! One snowy day I built Ice Giant Park in a planter in my garden; same kind of feel...
A sculpture of a park with trees in real snow in a planter with parts of a plastic skeleton forming features of the park, with HO scale people in it. A sculpture of a park with trees in real snow in a planter with parts of a plastic skeleton forming features of the park, with HO scale people in it. A sculpture of a park with trees in real snow in a planter with parts of a plastic skeleton forming features of the park, with HO scale people in it. A sculpture of a park with trees in real snow in a planter with parts of a plastic skeleton forming features of the park, with HO scale people in it.
July 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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A cartoon by Katrina Cooper- Hinton about basic universal income. On the left is a group of people with the caption "How nay-sayers see universal basic income". They are saying in unison, "Wow, now that I don't have to work to pay rent or buy really basic food, I have no ambitions or desires and I will sit here and drool all day doing nothing because I can." On the right, the same group of people, with the caption, "The Reality". They are saying, individually, "I have the breathing room to think about my future! I can afford the training to go into law enforcement! Finally I can do volunteer work and help people! I think I'll start a business! Now we don't have to put mother in a home! I can finally use my wages to become a doctor! If I work hard, I can buy cool stuff, which helps the economy!"
July 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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New handouts for when I am harassed or interrogated.
It’s OK. I understand that seeing someone wearing a mask can be triggering. I’m not trying to scare you or confuse you, I promise. I am a caregiver. If I get sick I cannot do that. If my loved one gets sick they might die. Thank you for understanding.
July 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Randomized challenges are coming at me so fast & thick its like my player's trying to rack up all the achievements before new content drops.
July 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM