Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
My little big dude Hobbs has claimed my chair and I can’t say he isn’t using it better than I would.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My little big dude Hobbs has claimed my chair and I can’t say he isn’t using it better than I would.
There is actually an Anomalocaris pokemon! Anorith!
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is actually an Anomalocaris pokemon! Anorith!
And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
And this little freakazoid, Opabinia, was so bizarre that when the scientist showed it to an audience, they cracked up.
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
And this little freakazoid, Opabinia, was so bizarre that when the scientist showed it to an audience, they cracked up.
Not a pet, but still a Good Birb
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Not a pet, but still a Good Birb
“I am very tired and I just got out of the bath but if you post this picture on the internet, I swear to Christ, I will find the strength to fuckin’ END you.”
Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.
Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
“I am very tired and I just got out of the bath but if you post this picture on the internet, I swear to Christ, I will find the strength to fuckin’ END you.”
Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.
Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.
At some point, I apparently drew mating cardboard boxes. I have no memory of this.
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
At some point, I apparently drew mating cardboard boxes. I have no memory of this.
Well, at least until it’s out of beta.
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Well, at least until it’s out of beta.
The turnip slinger is, of course, self-explanatory.
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The turnip slinger is, of course, self-explanatory.
This one was labeled “beatnikmander” and may have been influenced by my stepfather’s descriptions of beatnik poetry.
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This one was labeled “beatnikmander” and may have been influenced by my stepfather’s descriptions of beatnik poetry.
In addition to random comments, there are, of course, sketches. Some are familiar, some I’d forgotten, some I’m…not entirely sure about.
This is not a frog, Past Me.
This is not a frog, Past Me.
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In addition to random comments, there are, of course, sketches. Some are familiar, some I’d forgotten, some I’m…not entirely sure about.
This is not a frog, Past Me.
This is not a frog, Past Me.
Got in one of my extremely rare art moods and wound up with a little goblin monk dude with a jar.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Got in one of my extremely rare art moods and wound up with a little goblin monk dude with a jar.
There is a very solemn desert cottontail that lives in the yard and will come out in front of my office window if I’m just typing and not moving around a lot.
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There is a very solemn desert cottontail that lives in the yard and will come out in front of my office window if I’m just typing and not moving around a lot.
We don’t have a great view of the sunset from here, but sometimes the sky just DOES this in the evenings and it’s almost annoying what a perfect gradient it makes.
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We don’t have a great view of the sunset from here, but sometimes the sky just DOES this in the evenings and it’s almost annoying what a perfect gradient it makes.
Hey @janelindskold.bsky.social the Maximilian sunflower you gave me is flowering its head off!
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey @janelindskold.bsky.social the Maximilian sunflower you gave me is flowering its head off!
My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
UK readers, we got a coupon thing!
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
UK readers, we got a coupon thing!
I have a photo. Ahem.
THIS POST HAS A #SNAKE PHOTO
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SNAKES, IT MIGHT VW GOOD TO MUTE THE WORD
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October 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I have a photo. Ahem.
THIS POST HAS A #SNAKE PHOTO
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SNAKES, IT MIGHT VW GOOD TO MUTE THE WORD
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REALLY THERE IS ABOUT TO BE A RATTLESNAKE PHOTO
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IT’S VERY CUTE BUT THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
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THIS POST HAS A #SNAKE PHOTO
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SNAKES, IT MIGHT VW GOOD TO MUTE THE WORD
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REALLY THERE IS ABOUT TO BE A RATTLESNAKE PHOTO
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IT’S VERY CUTE BUT THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
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Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!
AAAAUGH! The lithops is doing a thing! I was not informed that lithops did things! I thought they just sat there and occasionally sprouted pups like a normal succulent!
October 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
AAAAUGH! The lithops is doing a thing! I was not informed that lithops did things! I thought they just sat there and occasionally sprouted pups like a normal succulent!
Even the garden guides locally talk about how you’ll have to endlessly amend your soil with compost to get anywhere. The only thing in this thread that was not planted this spring is the Russian sage in the back.
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Even the garden guides locally talk about how you’ll have to endlessly amend your soil with compost to get anywhere. The only thing in this thread that was not planted this spring is the Russian sage in the back.
The pink salvia there is an ANNUAL, for God’s sake! From a six pack of plugs! How is it doing that? Annuals never do that for me! They just kinda fill the spot and maybe if I’m lucky survive until frost.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The pink salvia there is an ANNUAL, for God’s sake! From a six pack of plugs! How is it doing that? Annuals never do that for me! They just kinda fill the spot and maybe if I’m lucky survive until frost.
I lived in a terrifyingly lush place where it rained regularly, and hardly anything looked as healthy as this chunk of completely unfertilized desert.
October 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I lived in a terrifyingly lush place where it rained regularly, and hardly anything looked as healthy as this chunk of completely unfertilized desert.