Dave Atkinson

@davyay.bsky.social

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Writer. Dad. Bread baker. Paperboy. he/him https://linktr.ee/davyay

A glass platter with a couple of slices of raisin bread, buttered, with a slice of orange coloured cheddar cheese atop.
A stack of games on my shelf
A fire hydrant
A street scape on a snowy morning with a fire truck and smoke in the background and a fire hydrant in the foreground
A very relaxed boxer/pitbull mix dog lounges on the couch
A round loaf of sourdough bread cooling on a rack
A rustic loaf of sourdough bread with three prominent slashes across the top
A wonderful old dog with golden hair and a white face sleeps cuddled under a blanket on the couch.
Me (middle aged white dude in a ball cap) sitting looking rather relaxed on a chair beside a construction sign which reads “no idling”
A bright orangey-red nasturtium flower
Screenshot of a famous tweet by @dril, which reads: "issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them""
A large green rolling compost bin left in the middle of a sidewalk.
My view from the couch as I watch as my teen plays Minecraft.
Bon Stewart slighting in holding one of our cats when he was a kitten
A soup spoon with a particularly round bowl
A pair of small woodpeckers about two or three feet away from each other on a tree trunk, happily pecking away
A metal bowl with a mound of dough in it.
A tail light on a grey mini van
The front page of the PEI Guardian featuring a story about a community that came together to help clean up after a barn fire at a farm. The photo has a goat eating dried grass in the foreground with the clean up crew at the charred site of the barn behind it.
A selfie. One of my eyes is quite swollen shut.
A clear plastic tub of walnuts in the shell on my kitchen counter
A lovely old dog looking to the side with one funny little fang protruding from his mouth.
A canvas carrying bag with high visibility strips on it sits hanging on a hook in my front room.
A set of funny, slim metal tools and picks held in front of the padlock on my shed door.
A full bag of Dutch Traditions Sweet Griotten Licorice.
Two long spikes sitting on the palm of my hand.
The first move of a scrabble game uses the word PESTERS. Also on the table are a nice candle and a chocolate bar.
Audience footage in a choir hall.
A crow pecking at a half empty sleeve of saltine crackers
A middle aged guy wearing a brown tweed jacket taking a selfie
A pair of scissors slowly cutting the seal on a vacuum packed lag of arborio rice. A satisfying hissssss comes the moment the seal is broken.
I’m holding a plastic fountain pen with my ink-stained fingers
A long screw sitting on the palm of my hand, picked up from the ground
A pear upside down cake
A Duolingo screen where I have translated the phrase “I’m finishing my sandwich, the boss can wait” from French to English.
A couple of skunks having what looks like a fun and playful wrestling match in the early morning dark.
A yellow jacket nest lying on the grass
A teen lays on their side in a backyard tent made from blankets and branches. A cat keeps them company.
A white pigeon perched at the peak of a roof
A black and white cat waits at a door to be let inside. She has a small white feather on her head.
The cover of the children's book Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel, featuring an illustrated grasshopper walking
A close up of the license plate. The car sits on a cliff with its convertible top down. The caption reads “go topless”
A red sports car (ford mustang) with a customized front license plate with a picture of itself on it.
A black and white cat rests curled up on a bed of hay among green growing stalks of garlic.
A white and black shorthair cat in a pet carrier
The knee of a pair of jeans in which the knees have been worn out. A person is weaving embroidery floss to fix it
A pile of invasive plants I dug out of my back garden. I’m it sure what they’re called, but we call them elephant ears. They have thick, tubular stalks reminiscent of bamboo
A stately city hall building in Portland with a prominent clock tower
A car rests comfortably under a fairly bright reading lamp
My living room, a chess match in the TV
A tiny green shoot emerging from some straw on the ground
The same orange tabby cat sitting on the ledge in front of my small backyard pigeon loft. Three white pigeons look at him suspiciously from behind the wire mesh.
A handsome orange tabby cat sits at my back door peering in through the screen.
A line sketch of a tea pot and cup, beside the actual teapot and cup
Three unpeeled cloves of garlic on the palm of my hand
A white and gray cat sleeps curled up on top of a comfy chair beside my desk at home
I’m knitting a brown toque, sitting at a small cafe table. My wife sits across from me with the detritus of breakfast on the table.