Amie Gillingham

@aimkag.bsky.social

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Yinzer. Artist. Gardener. Yogi. Hiker. Mom. Presby patient schlepper. Fetid moppet.

Mercutio of Cat is using his paw on the head of Romeo Boat to “bald” him
Merlin Bird ID List for Dawn Chorus 7-22-26 American Robin Wood Thrush Carolina Wren Northern Mockingbird Mourning Dove House Sparrow Red-eyed Vireo Eastern Warbling Vireo Gray Catbird
Me & B
Bridal shower!
Cordelia Cupp, birder and detective extraordinaire
Wildfire smoke with an orange sun and a distinctive red ring
Greensburg AQI 311 hazardous Pittsburgh AQI 329 hazardous
Looking toward where Seton Hill should be
An overview of really really bad air in Western Pennsylvania and beyond.
Purple Air is showing no data on a hellaciously bad AQI day from the wildfires ravaging Canada.
A view toward downtown Pittsburgh as seen from Children’s Hospital in 2023. It’s hazy with wildfire smoke.
An echinacea blossom in the foreground with an orange & purply sky in soft focus behind it
B, me, & K wearing our silly little train shirts
Here comes Big Boy!
T’s parent’s dog, Franklin
My leg with Much Ice on my dumb knee and tired ankle/lisfranc/cuboid
A big fluffy bee on monarda in my garden
A calico cat is helping to take care of her human parent’s stupid knee but also is up for zoo shenanigans
A screenshot of my lock screen showing Rise and the fact that I am streaming the Pirates game from my phone to my tv
Toe beans
Yellow daylily
This magnet is always on MRI signage
A calico cat is sleeping on my lap while a mostly white cat is sleeping by my feet
Me wearing an Andor shirt and carrying a placard that reads: Of all the things at risk, the loss of objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. —Senator Mon Mothma
The current weather: breezy but sunny
A family of geese with the goslings just starting to get their big-kid feathers
A chicken pico bowl to DIE for
A shady nook with a copper water basin, shrubs, and a Buddha head
A brown stripey house panther is oh-so-slightly sticking out his tongue
Pea blossoms on a trellis in a raised bed
A view from the info desk at UPMC Falk
Looking toward the back corner of my walled garden where it meets the fire pit area and the potager
A view from my fire pit area toward my house and potager garden
A downed tree behind an urban single family home
91.3 WYEP Scars U2
A brown royal personage in my humble garden
The Chlo looks like a hed on a legge
The tarp of shame goes up around the meticulously built scaffolding and zero letters have come down
Venus & Mars in a dusky sky
Borage blossoms backlit in one of my raised beds
The sun is setting in the back corner of the garden. There is dappled light, a pale blue sky heading toward golden hour tones, and a string of cafe lights that are on but not yet needed.
Alexa in the garden
Baby grapes
A white floofy doggo is napping on my sofa while watching the best sci-fi book adaptation I’ve seen in a hot minute
A snapdragon I think is called peach sorbet?
A shaggy white pup is looking at the camera
Alexa is my white fuzzy dog fren
Chloe sniffing Merky
Sisyphus pushing that damn rock which says The fucking dishes again
Me and Mercutio of Cat celebrating because his monthly cat fud order from Chewy won’t bounce now
Two very soggy mourning doves atop a wooden a-frame structure
Astrantia major ‘Roma’ a pink pincushion-like flower 🌸
Chloe Zoetrope is checking out Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World by Henry Snow
My tomato trellis. It looks like a wooden frame for a swing set. Each tomato gets its own string to support it as it grows. Still waiting to plant out my seed-sown basils, Black Krims, & Yellow Pears. There are already two marigolds planted, plus volunteer borage, Daisy fleabane, and what might be solidago that I’ve left in place.
A brindle catte has been awoken for brindle hound nonsense
A pint of Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream right before I opened it for breakfast
AI Overview Disregard Understood. Let me know what you would like to work on next
A calico cat with multi-coloured beans is taking a snooze. She is snoring quietly.
Astrantia ‘Roma’ is finally open today. Its edges are a lovely pink
Mercutio of Cat is sleeping in his cat nest.