Suzanne Purkis

@hypoxia75.bsky.social

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Editor, writer, poet, science nerd, possible xenomorph. Principal dog wrangler. Head of spider relocation services.

Picture of a tattoo on a woman's arm. The tattoo shows a woman with a bunny mask pushed back on her head hugging a large black wolf, whose coat is full of stars, like the night sky. They each have a red star over their hearts, which are connected by a red line.
A black and white Alaskan Malamute sleeping on a sofa.
A great blue heron stalking through the water, hunting for fish as the sun sets over the Ottawa River. There are hills with trees on the shore in the distance.
A beautiful senior Alaskan Malamute standing on grey tiles. He's wearing a red harness and looking toward the front door because he wants to go for a walk.
Video showing a whole whack load of crows making a lot of noise.
Pitcher plant hanging in a window. There is a snow-covered deck in the background.
An Alaskan Malamute snoozes on a dark blue sofa. Her head is resting on the armrest.
A chonky black squirrel is sitting on a blue and white bird feeder looking very guilty. The feeder is in a garden with a light sprinkling of snow on the ground.
An Alaskan Malamute standing in the snow on our deck, looking at me in the doorway, wondering why I'm not as inclined as he is to play in the fresh snow.
An obnoxious Alaskan Malamute in mid howl.
Four jack-o'-lanterns sit on a black and red checkered tablecloth. Each pumpkin has been carved with a different face, and all the jack-o'-lanterns are lit up with tea light candles. Happy Halloween!
An orange rose peeks up from a bouquet of orange crush roses and green leaves.
A beautiful fluffy white Alaskan Malamute is curled up and all sleepy faced on a blue sofa.
A portrait of Ripley the Alaskan Malamute staring off camera as she desperately hopes the visiting teenager will come and shower her with love.
An Alaskan Malamute sitting on a blue sofa, looking as derpy as possible, with one foot in the air.
A ridiculous Alaskan Malamute lies on her back twisted like a fluffy pretzel. All four of her legs are in the air and blurry due to motion, so she looks like she may not be all there.
A stormy sky filled with dark grey, swirling clouds. Part of a tree is visible in the bottom left of the picture, and a swirl of white twists through the middle of the clouds.
Photo of the English countryside in Oxfordshire. A path stretches through a farmer's field, disappearing into some trees in the distance.
A thick green hedge with a small window cut out of the middle so you can see through to the field beyond. The sky above the hedge is blue with two small wisps of clouds.
A goat halfway up a seaside cliff reaches up into some trees for a snack.
A small Eastern cottontail rabbit sits in profile among green grass and clover. Its ears are up and it is looking towards the camera.
A goofy black and white Alaskan Malamute dog pokes her head up from under a table with a black and red tablecloth. The tablecloth is on the dog's head so her ears and eyes are obscured.
Small black and white flowers bloom on a reddish hardy kiwi vine with green leaves. A little wood from the pergola they are growing on is visible in the background.
A black and white Alaskan Malamute dog sits on a blue sofa looking at something that's caught her attention. A big picture window and a table of plants are in the background.
A bright red cardinal sits on a blue bird feeder shaped like a house.There is a grey wooden fence in the background and some orange metal garden fence below the bird feeder.
A crow perches atop a broken poplar tree branch. The background sky is grey.
Photograph from my back door, showing tables, chairs, and everything else on the deck covered in approximately two feet of snow.
An Alaskan Malamute dog curled up in the snow and covered in snow, looking up at the camera.
Two crows and one black squirrel scavenge for bird seed in the snow in a backyard garden.
Two Alaskan Malamute dogs in the doorway of a home office. One is sitting in front of the other, who is standing and looking impatient.