Ol’ Tizzy

@ol-tizzy.bsky.social

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Retired dude. Inappropriate role model. Happily anachronistic. Friend to birds, cats, dogs, equines (in no particular order). Fencer. Liberal living in Deep Red Land.

iPhone lock screen, looking out over the ocean towards the Lahaina area of Maui through some palm trees
First pic - the cardboard is printed to look distressed… perhaps like something leaked or the box was dropped onto a puddle of machine oil
A sliced tomato… and a perfect one at that.
A sliced tomato… and a perfect one at that.
Panorama of wooded, hilly parkland. The trees are just starting to leaf out, since the pic was taken in the spring
3 deer out looking for food in my yard. The 2 on the right are both VERY pregnant
A word game, with the letters R T U S K A around the letter M
Found animal Faceplant post about a horse - a lovely brown horse - possibly a bay, but the mane is the same color as the body…
Man with a bandana covering his lower face, goggles covering his upper face, and a bush hat covering his head.
My friend’s mare, now 30 years old. Black with one white “sock” on her back leg, and a small white “star” on her forehead. She is happily grazing in a patch of wild clover.
Sitsoi, a 30 year old horse… 16 hands, mostly black, somewhere around half a ton. She is eating hay so she can turn it into stablecoins, aka horse poop
Close-up of Bono, a terrier with brown and white markings, looks into the camera… he is wearing a unicorn costume, white with a rainbow mane and sparkly silver horn. He is NOT amused.
Panoramic shot of the snow-covered parkland that is my yard. Trees are a mix of evergreens, as well as oak and pecan that have shed their leaves for the winter
A ruler sticking up from a snow-covered table; the “5” inch mark is about level with the top of the snow.
Fireplace with a nice hot fire burning behind iron doors and plates of fire glass.
A deer stands beside a pony’s paddock, just as calm as can be. The pony is equally nonplussed by his visitor.
An email with the subject “CloudSecurityUp…” Lots of extraneous characters, and most of the letters are ‘look-alike’ characters in place of standard English ones
Final 1/2 minute or so of “Wizards in Winter” by TSO. Lots of leaping flames and dynamic lighting synched to the music
A tired and sweaty old man in fencing whites. I’m actually a lot happier than I look though.
A one-eyed black kitty
Night sky above woodlands. The stars, as expected, but also the red glow of the aurora borealis!
A view out into woods, the leaves still changing to autumn colors, as the first light flurries of snow fall
Dani, a medium size, yellow. short haired dog has her snout completely buried - up past her eyes- in a yogurt tub as she tries to lick up every last drop
A very dark-furred tortoiseshell cat is curled up tightly, sound asleep.
2 epee fencers… I’m on the right scoring a touch to the bottom of my opponent’s hand
A group of guys - including me - intently watching a competition
Me, an older man with a short white beard, wearing a white Panama hat with a black band
Me, in my pirate garb! Broad-brimmed black hat with a white rope band, tapestry vest, neck-cloth, and tiny dark spectacles. Long gray hair is loose, and my white beard is trimmed in a spade fashion, white mustached waxed and curled. Aaaarrgh me hearties!
A tan colored dog, lying on her back, contorted into a position that only a dog would find relaxing.
2 young fawns with dappled coats are resting in tall grass
Yours truly in a Clemson University aloha shirt and a gray fedora, next to Governor Newsom
A black (okay, dark dark brown) mare stands behind a fuzzy brown pony. They’re waiting impatiently for their afternoon food buckets!
A yellow summer squash, ready to become a tasty dinner!
Otter - a mostly black tortoiseshell kitty, curled up in a ball
Chubby cat, with tabby markings and blue eyes, looks into the camera
2 fencers in a bout
Picture of my paternal grandmother and my mother. Grandma is an elderly woman (77 or so in this shot) with curly gray hair and tinted glasses, in a green/white striped blouse; mom is in a pink sleeveless blouse, with collar-length dark hair turning to gray. Both women are smiling happily.
Fat black snake with pale white markings climbing up the corner of a rough wall of weathered wood. The snake is about 4 feet long, about 2 inches in diameter, and is completely clear of the ground.
Ad from Facebook for Frigid Fluid brand embalming liquid
Gentleman in Colonial American clothing in from of a canvas wall tent and shade fly. A pirate flag flies from the center pole of the fly.
Multi-colored array of squares showing results for a word game… but no ‘share’ button to be seen
Electric light switch, without a cover. The number 16 is written on the switch in permanent marker
Fat grey tabby cat, with glowing eyes, lying on a blanket-covered shelf
“This is all 100% the work of Musk he is wrecking the What happened is NNSA OST Nuclear Materials Courier team was terminated while transporting a physics package. They are stranded with it and no one to call so they are trying to make the best of it by improvising a secure location and standing watch. This is all 100% the work of Musk he is wrecking the US with no one watching over his shoulder.”
Black and white photo of Antonin Dvorak - 19th century Czech composer
Black horse with a white star on her forehead and one white sock, standing beside a fuzzy black pony. The ground is covered in dried oak leaves
Krieger, a very dark-furred German shepherd, out in the snow.
Chalet-style house in the background collecting a nice coating of snow; bare trees and rolling grass in the foreground, also snow covered
Black and white hen - a Barred Rock - sitting atop a fence rail and looking into the camera
A man in colorful renaissance clothing is juggling machetes while a yellow chicken sits on his head. A sign behind him identifies the man as Thomas Wood, Pyro Juggler
Crescent moon and Venus above a bare maple tree; a few clouds tinged pink by the sunset light.
December calendar showing my game results. Stars, crowns, party horns, and fires signify… something. I’ll have to find out what each icon means going forward!
An older white dog with a red collar and a dark gray head. Lots of graying on her muzzle, letting us know she’s older, and she’s a bit pudgy, so we also know she is well-loved. Pic taken as she waits in our outdoor kennel for us to find her humans
Me in my fencing whites and a black head-cloth, holding an epee - the heaviest of the modern fencing weapons. It’s a winter picture, so I have a full (but short) white beard.
Rusty, an orange and white tabby cat, sitting in a sunny perch atop a cat tree. His face markings are asymmetric, yet still handsome
Monty, a “standard issue cat” - aka a mackerel tabby - walking between my legs, rubbing against my ankles, and generally not being antisocial in the least.
60’s hipster ashtray… “Like I mean man, who cares when you were born… …so long as you’re really LIVIN’!”
This is Monty, a Standard Issue Cat, aka a mackerel tabby. He is our barn cat, so don’t be concerned about the scar on his nose!
Tate, a mostly-white terrier/poodle mix (we think!), sitting on a yellow and red striped blanket on his favorite couch. The first comment everyone always made about him was “he has freckled ears!”
Bono, a rough-coat terrier of some kind. He is scruffy, yet handsome