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Suzanne Palmer
@zanzjan.bsky.social
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Hugo Award-winning SF/F author, occasional artist, professional linux geek (she/her/they; ace) Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social

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November 16th, 2025
Wide dirt path leading into the distance, bare trees on both sides brightly lit by the setting sun against a stormy sky, with one bright red oak still clinging to the last few of its leaves.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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November 15th, 2025
Fallen leaves on straw, outlined in frost, with a scattering of snow.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Feh. All that effort and still no female Salandit. )-:

(4 shroodles, 3 vullaby, 2 sandiles, 1 pancham, 1 varoom, and 1 male salandit. No hundos either.)
Screenshot from Pokémon Go of 12 red-spotted eggs all ready to hatch at once.
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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November 13th, 2025
Large ivy leaves in subdued hues of yellow, orange, and red against thick trunk on brick building exterior, with clusters of very small dark blue berries on red stems.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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November 12th, 2025
Red-orange Japanese maple leaves with a light dusting of snow.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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November 6th, 2025
Setting sun shining through bright red /orange tree leaves
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Meanwhile, this is my day today:
Flat tire on the zanzmobile. Cause: having the temerity, yesterday, of thinking I was gonna get all my bills paid on time this month.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I suppose it had to happen eventually. Woke up this morning to find a strange man in my bed. (And yes, he was poking me in the back.)
Lego minifig man in striped shirt and ginormous mustache scowling. He’s not a talker, so I’m just going to name him Rodney.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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October 28th, 2025
Orange and yellow clouds near sunset against patch of blue sky, front ones in vertical streaks with three bright clouds crossing horizontally. Moon small against darker clouds to left.
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Author might’ve gotten lost in the corn maze, but found a tractor.
Author (middle-aged white womanhood with graying hair) sitting on old yellow and white farm tractor amid sunlit corn stalks.
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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October 25th, 2025
Five seconds of wind in a corn field.
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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October 24th, 2025
Close up of Japanese Maple leaves, mostly still green but with deep red spreading inward from the outer edges of each leaf lobe.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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October 23rd, 2025
Today’s traffic problem.
A very large female wild turkey standing in the middle of a busy street, unperturbed.
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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October 20th, 2025
Green field with yellow corn stalks at back, tree line in greens and reds, with a dark, stormy sky sporting a long, bright arc of rainbow across it.
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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And from two years ago today, also on a trip:
Brightly lit store front with red paper lanterns, nighttime, Chengdu, China
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I did not take any photos this weekend, so here is one from this day a year ago, taken on the road while moving my mom across country
Antique car parked in front of large white barn with the sign “Grandpa’s Cheesebarn”, Ashland Ohio. I did not buy cheese despite a very tempting selection, but I did have excellent ice cream.
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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October 16th, 2025
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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October 15th, 2025
Milkweed pod splitting open with first clump of delicate white seeds spilling out.
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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October 14th, 2025
Tray of purple-frosted donuts in bakery rack at Dunkin, each with a spider made of a chocolate munchkin with eyes and brown frosting legs.
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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And from a little further up the road:
Long distance view down into forested valley, some red sumac in foreground, thin clouds above casting shadows across the landscape.
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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October 11th, 2025
View from top of hill looking down into forested valley with glimpses of the Quabbon Reservoir in the distance. Trees are mostly still all green, with one orange tree in foreground.
October 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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October 9th, 2025
Wide, slow-moving river lit by sun, framed by trees on either shore, one branch with mixed red overhanging. Same spot as leaf pic the other day, different orientation.
October 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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October 7th, 2025
Brown fallen leaves, dry and curled, with a single yellow leaf among them.
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Bonus pic from today:
Maple leaves mottled with red, over river water.
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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October 6th, 2025
Connecticut River with still-green trees on far bank reflected in the water, sumac on bank in foreground. Far bend of river shrouded in fog.
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM