@nickidoyle.bsky.social it's now been long enough I can't find your original post to reply to, but: my hold finally came in

what dating me is like

Sticker by Caila Warren, sold at Mooncraft Market, Hamilton, ON ...I needed it :3

the crew at my in-game "job" have all been encouraging each other to get outside and try new things as the weather starts to turn. I mentioned my girlfriend's interest in birding (now our interest) and one of my "co-workers" introduced me to Merlin, a Cornell University app that is SO COOL

ff6

thanks to the "monster romance" shelf @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social I am now considering the very important question: how would a minotaur ice skate? also maybe someone reading over my shoulder at the diner learned more about minotaur tongue during sex than they wanted. rip

I like the new bird

I regret to inform you she is encouraging me to become one of Those People

walking around a residential Hamilton neighbourhood listening to Good Charlotte on a snowy gray day, and wow this city really speaks to my inner punk/gothling

ok had to draw this too

The lake has once again exited the lake and come on-shore

- i got her to try ice skating - as valentine's weekend goes, having someone put both hands on your shoulders and their weight on you as they figure out standing on ice? p r e t t y g o o d - we're at the diner in parkdale after, and we both like david bowie it turns out - chat, we might be cooked

Extremely frozen, snow-covered Credit River, from the Lakeshore West train.

as a certified Bellwoods Fae, i know the place is magic because i can still feel the love and energy in fucking -30 (what the hell)

living that "go train relationship" life

It sounds silly but getting back into the scene has been very good for me? I've written thousands and thousands of words, most of them improv/on the fly, and am so back into creating writing in a way I haven't been since my 20s. And having so much fun doing it. :3

idk it often feels like everything's falling apart in a way we can't come back from and maybe the only thing you can do is fall hard for someone and fight the entropy of the universe a tiny bit by building something together Radiate love so bright it can be seen through a generational snowstorm

gotta be honest, it's a little weird that southern Ontario gets chinooks now, but I am neither complaining nor asking questions, I'm just walking around in not-a-down-coat for the first time since October

THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE is a multigenerational mystery set in rural Canada, and it is now available for purchase as an ebook from Amazon (amazon.ca/dp/B0GCYD6Q77) & Kobo (kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...). I'll also be releasing a chapter a week for free on Inkitt (inkitt.com/stories/1625...).

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a little night skating. I love how it easy it is to make this place picturesque :3

Both my accounts broke for a couple of days and were "invalid handle". idk. I'd do the process again and it'd say "yup all's good" but it was still broken, then it fixed itself Anyway I drew this last night for the art crew I've been hanging out with but also for everyone, murr crimmus <3

the most Toronto thing is watching immigrant parents struggle to stay on their feet on the ice while their Canadian-born children skate circles around them and say things like "c'mon Papa, this is -easy-, let's go faster"

While I'm recognizing growth through practice and doing the work... I'm mostly posting these over at @gremlin.fashion, but it's been about a month of daily drawing (1-2 hours a day most days) and I'm shocked at how far I've come.

The skate trail is OPEN for the season. I... might have been down there, skates on, waiting for the gates to open :3 They let me in a little early and I was the first to complete a lap this season. We're So Back

today @aslikeanarnian.bsky.social compared my nascent art style to early kate fuckin beaton and i'll just live on cloud 9 forever thanks also an octogenarian told me today that i'm "the bomb"

I have only the vaguest idea of how many calories I *need*, but I have a very clear idea of how many noodles I *want* after biking uphill for 15km to the handmade noodle place 18h after eating anything more substantial than a small bowl of fruit, and it is "all of them"

silver linings: if we're going to have this ridiculously early and hard and dark winter -- at least the City rinks are open early! hello from Bellwoods, where it's time for my first outdoor skate of the season

today is Finland's independence day! I learned this because one of my favourite tumblrs is a herd of Highland cows in Finland, because I am always on brand www.tumblr.com/highlandcatt...

I'm having enough fun with the silly doodling (and sharing) and I've been at it for almost a month so I'm gonna keep at it. Plus with Fanfest next year there's going to be a Lot of Posts. But I don't want to overwhelm those who aren't into it, so game content is now here: @miss-chicken.bsky.social

#LofiArtParty @savenyetaavalon.bsky.social @cow.tips

in which it suddenly dawns on me that I own my place and could commission my favourite mural artist to do a wall. Turns out she has a google form for exactly this 🤔 what good is owing a bank a small country's GDP if you don't do something silly with it that brings joy

the city all lit up -- Yorkville, Koreatown, Little Italy

The best American Thanksgiving feast in the city is, of course, at a New Zealander immigrant bar

who paid an etsy witch to curse the 63 bus no judgment i just wanna talk

I'm not good at drawing/art, but I like to try. A couple of friends in FF14 have been encouraging me to practice more. We go to these "art parties" where people doodle each other or do artsy screenshots or hang out and vibe, then post and share. I'm... not awful! And it's fun to try. #lofiartparty

Also the Junction is way radder than I remember? Step out of the dr office and ooo! local art supply store! then ooo, sushi! then oooooo, indie bookstore! I have a job I need to get back to but what if: not yet

I have a new family doctor and I love him. he so far actually gives a shit, he is getting me all my followup care from last year, did an immunity workup w/o me having to ask. he actually calls me by my name (first doctor ever), etc.

peace skunk loves you

I'm hot in a weird way that a badly made program could never capture and so are you

the pig area has people there to answer questions about pigs they're "hambassadors"

Finally have a family doctor again. And he's rad. Great first impression. If any of my fellow Toronto queers are in need, let me know, he has room (but probably won't for long). Junction area.

*sunsets at high elevation *books *that flash of compatibility in group work when you transcend yourselves *quiet with friends *being with creatures bigger than me *black coffee + buttered bread *achieving silly goals *sitting around a table (or bonfire) knitting, talking *big water and trees *sleep

my library turned the return slot into a trick or treat basket. I love