Alice M. Cole 86 47

@alicemcole.bsky.social

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pen name of https://bonniers.wordpress.com. I write novels. I like cats (and dogs, rabbits, bison, foxes, etc), art, birds, needlework, writing and writers, landscape photos, flowers... I repost a lot of stuff I think people might be interested in.

Silver cuff with gorgeous red stone from Wings!
Sliced cucumbers and onions in pickle brine waiting for their jars
Sliced cucumbers and onions in pickle brine, waiting to be spooned into jars. The cucumbers have been peeled in a striped pattern.
Turquoise ring on a white woman’s pinkie finger ❤️
Bubbles atop a full cup of coffee form the shape of eyes and a screaming mouth.
View through trees of lazy river. There’s also a rustic platform and railing.
Adult Canada goose and several goslings on an expanse of green grass. There’s darker green shrubbery behind them. The goslings are beginning to show new brown and gray feathers.
Raven: you look exhausted Exhausted woman: I peopled today Raven: have some shinies Meme of unknown origin
Screen capture of part of a Bluesky feed: Jeremy’s post followed by a post that is a picture of a bat. A very nice bat.
brown tweed hat with a brown feather in the band.
two stabby knives on a brown wooden table
a white person hand displaying a very pretty blue sparkly ring. The background is one of my grandmother's pineapple crochet doilies. The person appears to be wearing a brace or glove, which rather detracts from the aesthetics of the beautiful ring.
Stuffed Anomalocaris made by my friend @sparkblade.bsky.social was my Christmas present to myself. (stuffed pink and gray creature with lots of pink legs and gray horn-like appendages, about three feet long, being held by a happy old white woman.
Suburban back yard covered by a thin layer of snow.
Doe standing at the edge of a still-brown lawn. Background of bare early spring trees and a lot of brown leaves left from last fall. Some blue-toned window framing shows that the photo was taken from inside a house.
A large forsythia bush in early bloom beside a blue suburban house. In a couple of weeks it will be totally covered in gorgeous yellow flowers.
White ceramic coffee mug decorated with a somewhat abstract black graphic of a raven. Graphic by @greenleejw
Old white woman displaying a pretty new silver rose that just arrived in the mail.
Pink and gray stuffed Anomalocaris atop a kitchen cabinet. A blue and white ceramic dragon looks on. The Anomalocaris looks hungry.
Bright orange sunset over a small harbor
long-legged gray bird with a long neck looking for breakfast beside a shallow pond on a foggy morning. I think it's a heron?
Ice dripping from the tips of some evergreen branches. Icy maple branches in the background and snow all around.
Snowy day at the Gardner Museum in Boston
oldish white woman in gray sweatshirt. She has her left arm in a cast and bruises all over her face.
Necklace of lapis cabochons and silver chain
Looking out a multipaned window at someone shoveling a path through hip deep drifts. In the background, a 4WD landscaper’s truck, some suburban New England houses, and more snow.
Sea lions on a floating dock in San Diego
Blanket hoodie with text “l’m a writer. Anything you say or do may be used in a story”
Old orange tabby cat on blue and white cushions.
Bright yellow and orange sunrise seen through bare ice-coated branches on a cold December morning.
Purple LAMY Safari beside a matching purple travel case atop a blank page. Christmas tablecloth in the background.
Me (old white lady in a light white plaid flannel shirt), holding two stuffies: a small fluffy orange guy and a long gray guy with many many pink legs
A hockey game seen from a very high angle
Snapshot of a pretty November sunrise seen through bare trees and the frame of a kitchen window
Elderly orange cat curled up in a sunbeam on a blue crocheted blanket
White orchid against a gray wall
Red fall maple and still-green lawn in front of darker pines
Red-tailed hawk in a leafless tree above a silvery pond
Orange cat curled up on a blue crocheted blanket
Two red roses on a small bush in a garden
Orange cat curled up on a blue crocheted blanket
Dragons and other collectibles atop some dark wood shelves.
Bookshelf with silver and red Whalen dragons on top. Shelves hold a motley collection of mostly paperbacks.
Tea mug with a graphic design by @greenleejw.bsky.social . Background is a tablecloth in fall colors.
A small brilliant yellow fall tree surrounded by other trees that are still green.
Drawing of a brown-haired white woman with symbols across her mouth to indicate extreme outpouring of foul language.
Older white woman in black glasses, blue jeans, and a black graphic tee with “biology is bigger than binaries” printed around an orange and white design
A long-legged gray bird walks across a field of green autumn grass.
Tired old orange longhair tabby boy taking a nap by the heater
White coffee mug with grumpy raven graphic, accompanied by a red fountain pen. Background is red gingham.
Juvenile bluejay sitting in my kitchen window. Just dropped by to say hi, then flew away.
Pink and cream fall hydrangeas in full bloom, with green foliage around and a bit of sky and clouds at the top.
Renaissance painting of the women weeping at the foot of Jesus’ cross
Filmy clouds and ocean waves, with a rock wall in the foreground and some white plastic tables and chairs on a patio to the right.
Orange longhaired cat dozing in a sunbeam