Nicky

@nickyn.bsky.social

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just doing stuff until the plants take back the earth Buffalo, the Great Lakes

a blurry early digital photo of me sitting at a table in a bleak looking room. I am wearing a name tag and a cute hat with bear ears
photo of a dense lush patch of panicled aster. the plants are at least six feet tall.
photo of a highway overpass in Buffalo supported by beams plastered with the faces of Beck Malenstyn, Mattias Samuelsson, and Josh Doan
a hand-sized dragonfly resting on the stem of a grape vine. its body is iridescent and its wings are so thin you can barely see them.
video of the west facing windows in my dining room. the blinds on the window on the right are slightly closed and shadows are moving across them. a brown tabby cat is sleeping in a bed below the other window.
a little reddish yellowish blackish spiky caterpillar that may be a question mark butterfly caterpillar crawling along a smooth old log near some dogwood leaves
a blurry gray cat reaches out for a raggedy black string tied to a plastic stick
lid of a pail of bullshit that's not opening. the instructions say "to open pull tab and tear around" but that does not fucking work!!!
video from the inside of a car driving over the freshly filled crater on West Delavan in Buffalo, NY. I am saying "oh my god"
photo of a baby pokeweed plant growing in some mulch
my legs and feet skating in my very nice and simple black leather Riedell Blue Streaks with white waxed laces
a selfie of me and my girlfriend wearing helmets and sunglasses and other gay attire at the lineup for the Buffalo pride parade
a summer azure checking out flower buds on a dogwood. it is tiny and very light blue with a dark blue border around its wings
Dart board mounted on studs with sun shining on the bare wall behind it
many bees and other smaller insects buzzing on and around a blooming highbush cranberry shrub
photo of an empty four way stop, looking west down a street into the sunset. a school is on the left and a house and trees are on the right.
photo of a plant with soft green leaves with serrated edges growing opposite each other
a plant with large oblong leaves and pink purple stem that may be a chokecherry
photo of two characters in the game Tomodachi Life talking excitedly to each other. the caption says "they're gushing with compliments about rasmus dahlin"
view out my window to my yard where there is a bird feeder. there are two goldfinches eating from it, one bright yellow male and one gray yellow female.
Photo of a framed poster from Neko Case's September 29, 2024 show in Buffalo, NY at Asbury Hall. The poster is an illustration of a person with long red hair sitting in a rowboat with a red fox. They are navigating a flooded field with barns and power lines in the background. It is signed "love, Neko"
a black cat sprawled out on a purple rug, halfway in a sunbeam. Josh Allen looks on.
two flats of baby plants sitting in the sad looking dirt
the cutest little garden snake staring me down after I moved his tarp rock
Before pic of a garden bed containing raspberries, garlic, strawberry, and stupid bishop's weed
Black kitten sitting in an open window. It's a little bit sunny outside.
a brown tabby looking very satisfied with himself lying on top of the gray cat who has covered his face with his arms. his eyebrows are very sparse.
Big gray cat cuddled up in the crook formed by me curling up on my side
a red bucket containing dirt, leaves, and yellow flowers. It's sitting on the grass surrounded by garden gloves, a garden tool, a shirt, and my garden clogs
Homer Simpson proposing that "whenever poochie's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "where's poochie?""
close-up selfie of my big gray cat snuggled up and sleeping on my lap and arm
photo of my backyard taken through a window. the grass is shaggy and green and an obnoxious tuft of yellow flowers is blooming in the middle of it. there is a gray cat in the foreground. he doesn't care about lesser celandine at all.
photo from the inside of key bank center in downtown Buffalo. there are big windows at the end of the arena facing Lake Erie and at this point in time the sky was very pink
almost a dozen pisanki in a yellow bowl
photo of a gray kitchen counter with a zested orange and lemon sitting near a mixer with dough in it
my big gray cat vigilantly curled up in my lap
a black cat and a gray cat lounging on a rug enjoying a nice big sun beam
a spire thingy on Lafayette High School: green copper against a blue sky with wispy clouds
night photo of a side entrance to Lafayette High School in Buffalo. It's rainy and the lights are glowing.
photo from the bottom of a staircase. the stairs twist to the left at the top and two cats are sitting at the curve looking down. there is a brown tabby and a black cat. the walls are pea green and there is a window near the cats that makes it look like they are glowing.
a photo of my shoulder/chest which has a shooting star and two tiger moth tattoos done in black ink
my lap with a book on it with a packet of wegmans fruit dots (strawberry flavored) sitting on it
screenshot of my weather app which indicates the current temp is 59 degrees, and that today we'll have a high of 61 and a low of 17
photo of the Niagara River in Buffalo on a March day nearing sunset. the river is icy but glowing and the sun is shining dramatically through clouds
photo of my dirty laptop screen showing part of a JavaScript arrow function except the carat in the arrow is backwards, making a pouty sad face
photo from Michigan Ave in Buffalo looking down the street at the General Mills plant except you can't see it because it's covered in fog
photo of an old grain mill and a ferris wheel which has a double decker bus under it for reasons. everything is very foggy.
photo taken from inside a car looking straight forward at the Michigan St lift bridge in Buffalo. It is ridiculously foggy outside.
screenshot of a text conversation: person 1: One student in the hallway sang Oh oh oh ohh reilyyyyyyyyy A bunch more said AUTO PARTS everyone yelled WAAHHHHW person 2: hahaha person 1: I teared up, it was beautiful lolol person 2: smile with a tear emoji
quaking aspen branches up against a blue sky with some wispy clouds. there are fuzzy catkins budding out on the branches.
a bluesky timeline filled with Tage Thompson appreciators
photo of my back in a full length mirror. I'm wearing a mostly backless top even though it is only 35 degrees outside.
screenshot of a Facebook memory from 13 years ago, where I say: I heard a woman at Paula's Donuts say to someone on the phone "yeah, it's Mardi Grass". Oh, Buffalo, don't ever stop being you ❤️"
view out my window to my backyard where it is snowing yet again.
current view out one of my front windows: nothing but snow
black kitten stretching from a platform on a cat tree to a nearby window with a shade pull string hanging just out of reach
photo of two referees refereeing a roller derby game. we are side by side with our arms sticking straight out on front of us while we look to the right.
bad photo of my laptop screen displaying the disgusting arrangement of icons on an email in my inbox. the trash icon is on a completely separate line because it overflowed the space the icons go in
black kitten stretched out sleeping in a cat bed that is about to slide right onto the floor
a black kitten stretched out long on a rug with a sunbeam across his belly. he's also lying on top of a puzzle he has wrecked.