Damn, 2026 sucks. 10 days in and this.😢

Harassment and threat on #caturday of our friend @catsofyore.bsky.social Time for a block party.

❤️🇨🇦. Pleeeez guys!

#protest #Tucson Tucson always shows up, even in the rain. Maybe 100 people. Fuck ICE!!!

#Tucson. #Protest Tucson and Southern Arizona residents, this has just been announced. There will be a PROTEST at 5:30 at the Federal Building on Congress. Bring your signs! Bring your bull horns! Just bring yourself to protest this out and out murder. Wear a raincoat. Put a sign on your umbrella.

I got a referral to an insurance broker from a friend I trust, made an appointment with her, reconfirm the time & get a text back she'll be with her assistant to help. I get there, seated at the desk with the asst. who takes all the info and seems very green. Other one visits. What do you think?

It's only Day 5 of the New Year! This seems very apt for all that's going on right now. Thanks to all my Bluesky buddies who help me talk through my scary close call in the car this afternoon. Greatly appreciated!❤️ Sleep well, wake Brave.

Not my last sunset--still alive! A jerk cutting across traffic into my lane this afternoon almost ended me but I saw him coming & my trusty Forester w/ autobrake stopped me nanoseconds before I got the brake down & swerved tightly to the right-inches away. Oncoming car hit him hard-he rolled twice.

A gifted ornament and my favorite. It's staying up until an affirmative answer can be given

#wolfmoon #sunset Went out thinking I might be able to get a picture of the moon rising but it was too early. This is what I was able to capture though.

So the United States, a member of the Organization of American States has just unilaterally attacked and bombed Venezuela also a member of OAS. Now what?

#moon From a friend's house looking NE over the Catalinas. Full tomorrow!

#javalinas Here are our Happy New Year javelinas outside our window this morning. Mama has her head in a raised dish that holds a salt lick we put out for deer. The deer ignore it, the javelinas eat it like it's a candy bar. These babies are about 2 and 1/2 weeks old.

#2026 Happy New Year to all the denizens of Bluesky. We have a gray sky in Tucson this morning and had a bit of rain which is a great start to the new year!

@wmf5.bsky.social Happy New Year! Chicago rocks!❄️❄️

#AbolishIce #Chicago #snowplow Ya gotta love Chicago!!!💕💕❄️❄️

#2025 Going out with a bang. Sunrise on a Tucson desert morning.

Mmmmmm.❤️❤️

#2026 Gotta be better. Right? Right?!

#biscotti The original recipe I got from Grandma T was on a 3x5 card with just the ingredients and very basic instructions. This is what I've developed with trial and error over the years. Hope you enjoy it! My friends tell me it's very good with a nice white wine.

#biscotti Four pounds of butter later the last of the biscotti is done.Had to pace myself this year, no big bake-a-thon day. My recipe is from an Italian War bride who was the grandma of 2 of my students in the 90s. She insisted that only pistachios & anise were acceptable add ins.She was wonderful❤️

#javalinas A herd came by our house & then went next door. Our neighbor doesn't have a wall & gate in front & these guys are forever ripping up delivered boxes. We installed a camera for her so we can monitor & chase them away. They were smelling the doormat but didn't get any prizes.Not today pigs!

#2025 Goodbye 2025. It's got to get better. Right?

#caturday Just a holiday update on Scrappy who continues to live his best life with his foster mom in amazing good health with a happy cattitude that is inspiring. Researching a bit shows Scrappy to be our oldest resident/foster at Hearts that Purr, it appears he is almost 22. Long may he purr! 🐾❤️

#BoxingDay Sunrise today was about 98% better than yesterday's. The rain is gone and left just a few clouds.

#MerryChristmas No snow and not very cold. Just a misty from previous rain morning here in the desert. 🌵Best wishes to all my Bluesky friends for keeping it real this past year. I treasure all of you!❤️

#CECOT #60Minutes From: Allison Gill of Mueller She Wrote. Sent to her anonymously from an activist group. Looks like someone had it on TV and was videotaping from that. Sound is not great but good enough! www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

#sunset #solstice A day before the longest night of the year. Hard to think about winter when it was 81 here today. Sleep well all, wake brave.

#AI #Arizona They just never give up. One thing they ALL have in common is trying to sneak in under the radar, this one in Marana (north of Tucson) is no exception.

#Bernie He gets it. So do we. Apparently the oligarchs don't.

Remembering the mountain lion they called #P22 on the anniversary of his death. Artist Paul Jimenez with Ground Floor Murals.

Utah and Flori-duh just outlawed fluoride in water. Dentists everywhere buying vacation homes.

#cats #heartbroken Just got news from my 97yo friend that my godcat Rooney passed suddenly from a saddleback thrombus. Rooney was a polydactyl Maine Coon at 23 lb with the sweetest personality. I am just heartbroken for her, Rooney was supposed to come to me if anything happened. And now he's gone💔

People are so clever.

New Happy Meal Prize!

#possums For no particular reason.

#fish #taco Having Friday fish tacos at my favorite little mom & pop restaurant in Tucson, Toto's. Corn or flour tortillas, two nice chunks of battered, white fish and a mayonnaise-based spicy sauce. Yum! Sadly, Taco Giro which is just a few doors down from them has closed after that damn ICE raid.

All I want for Christmas is: a. my 2 front teeth b. a state funeral c. a state funeral d. b and c

Her pieces are just beautiful!

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#Tucson #ICE Tucson Blueskyers, this emerged out of a community meeting after the ICE raid on Grande. Pass it along, keep a screenshot and if you see anything suspicious give them a call. The bad guys are bound to up their activity with so many holiday events going on in our neighborhoods.

#overwhelmed Not a great day. A bright spot was volunteering with 'my' cats, but it started out w/ a feather pillow seam ripping-yeah, feather world-someone left kleenex in pockets & the dryer was snowy & then 3 wool dryer balls went AWOL & the heated mattress pad died & USAA messed up my account.

#cats This is Alan. He's 19 and one of my favorite kitties at Kitty Ranch. When he wants a treat, he'll reach out a little paw and tap you with it. Trust me, he gets a lot of snacks because he is so adorable! 😸💕

Such a timely announcement, it being Pearl Harbor Day and all.

#Tucson #Posada THIS is the spirit of Tucson! The annual Posada procession by the kids of Carrillo School through the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson. ICE may try to chip away the culture & community but we hold strong. They picked the wrong pueblo. See ALT.

This is virtually across the street from St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church, a Mexican tortilleria & bakery and next door to 2 other Mexican restaurants. They'll be back. (This is my side of town and one of MY restaurants, this is heinous.) Planning takeout there tomorrow. Fuk ICE & tRump & Noem.😥

#DEI Mineral geologist colleague of my partner called today & said his USGS 1 year contract extension had just been pulled. He specializes in rare earth minerals & has been working in Mexico in cooperation with MEX & USGS. He was told his reports could not contain the word "Mexico". Now unemployed.

I'm glad to see that 'cats' was included. My most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "those" (494×) 2. "trunt" (375×) 3. "arizona" (370×) 4. "cats" (357×) 5. "hope" (344×) See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

A friend sent me this and said she ordered a case of it. I'm not sure if she was sending me a message or what?!