sylvia

@svillegas.com

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Web dev 👩‍💻, UX 🖥, accessibility ♿️, animals 🐙, plants 🪴, outdoors 🏕, and general nerdery 🤓. (she/her)

Lab mix sits and looks up at the open ordering counter of a food truck with pictures of hot dogs and fries on the side.
POV behind a lab mix in a yellow PFD sitting in the front of the kayak looking out into the open lake ahead.
View from a tree-lined sidewalk looking up at a glowing orange sun filtered through a smokey grey-yellow sky.
I'm at the office wearing a Colombian national team soccer jersey
My two hands on a table. Index and middle fingers are yellow, ring fingers are blue, and pinkies are red. Thumbs are full Colombia flags.
Photo of the browser open to PJ's blog post, showing the text and image overlap.
A two-page spread of my mammalogy sketchbook/notebook. Order names act as headings in blue marker, breaking up the pages; under each are some notes in black pen and some annotated pencil sketches of skulls.
A shopping cart drawer showing 1 items [sic]. Below the selected product is a carousel titled 'You May Also Like' showing a default item called 'Example Product Title' with a placeholder image. Oddly, it's priced at $19.99.
A wintery scene on a forest trail, where everything is blanketed in fluffy snow, including every branch of the trees overhanging the trail. Billie, a tan lab mix, wearing a teal and black Chilly Dogs winter coat, stands sideways on the trail waiting for me to catch up.
Made with the Mamdani campaign poster generator: "How to cook for forty humans"
A lime green ceramic planter in the shape of a hedgehog. From the hole in his back rise a tiny cluster of about a dozen little elongated green-to-brown leaves of a succulent I've yet to identify.
The sun shines through the mostly denuded branches of a bunch of birch trees, towering over the leaf-blanketed forest floor. It is a beautiful autumn day and the warm glow is healing.
On a craft table lies a grey hoodie with a white zipper partly basted into place with long red stitches.
Billie, a tan lab mix, wears a fetching baby pink turtleneck hiked up to cover her ears. From her collar, three bands with little frills of red yarn radiate from either side of her neck. She smiles knowing she is the cutest canine axolotl.
Screenshot of MLB site with the heading "Women's Fashion Apparel" on a mobile/narrow screen. The text below says "Click the + sign on the right to view Women's Fashion Apparel". Below that is a bold "+" sign and then a stack of block-styled links.
My hand holding a can of Reinhart's Red Apple Cider. Can is black with decorative gold tree-like shapes with gold leaves and red circles.
A large shelf fungus on the side of a tree, as I saw it from below (it was just above me)
A lab mix wearing a baby-pink turtleneck costume covering her ears. Three bands of red frills of yarn radiate from either side of her collar.
On a craft table is a clear plastic glow collar. Six sets of pink and purple pipe cleaners radiate from it, each set braided with many pieces of red yarn held perpendicular to the braid.... Hmm... what could it be?
Blue nails with white letters, spelling BLUE JAYS
Part of a Github contributions chart, showing lots of activity in September and nothing in the last 2 and a half weeks of October
A mug of coffee and a small plate with a slice of red velvet cake and a fork.
A tan lab mix sits on a bed of dried crunchy leaves in the forest as sun filters through the glowing red, orange, and green canopy.
On a workshop table: a small axe with a brown leather blade guard that has orange stitching and a metal snap, and a pink and blue sock with a square of pink and blue darling in a gingham pattern.
Text from Mom: What's wrong with the Blue Jays???????
Holding the blade of my hatchet in my left hand, showing royal blue nail polish on the thumb. A honing stone lies on the tray below, next to a decorative wood turtle.
A tan lab mix sitting by the front door, watching me intently with ears slightly back.
Screenshot of scrambled letter grid with the following words circled: pound, eon, sit, rue, tie, woo, dew, wit.
A bay horse with a fresh hunt clip (no saddle patch) and a shiny coat stands eating hay in a clean stall.
Partial view of the dashboard, showing the odometer in miles and speedometer in mph. In the top right is the center dash, which shows 80°F.
Rear windshield of a pearly white Subaru Crosstrek with a fresh decal in the top right corner that reads "tell your dog i said hi"
Sunset over a quiet lake, with trees reflecting on the water. In the foreground in a long dock, alongside which are some lily pads.
Sunset view over a pretty standard (i.e. gorgeous) Ontario lake, where the silhouettes of the trees on a pointe are perfectly reflected on the water.
A tan lab mix lays down, relaxed and smiling, in the foreground. Beyond her is the open green space of the park, including a baseball diamond.
POV: I'm holding a copy of Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong, on my lap while getting a pedicure
A large church is surrounded by huge spotlights atop tall cranes positioned around it, shining their powerful light onto its windows on an overcast twilight evening.
Looking into a couple of large side-view mirrors of a tow truck at night. Partly visible on the truck bed, in bright lights as it's being mounted, is an orange car.
The little Pepperomia has been repotted in a smaller pot with fresh soil and looks... hopeful.
The small plant rests on the counter, small white roots nearly bare, next to a pile of soil.
A small potted Pepperomia with a couple of denuded stems holding three remaining leaves, which show scarring from an old case of thrips. The most recently dropped leaf sits atop the soil.
Five sunflowers in a vase, placed on a dresser in front of a large mirror.
A tan lab mix in a pink Ruffwear harness sits on a large landscaping rock with her eyes soft, ears relaxed back, and a huge gaping smile. Behind her is a bit of shrubbery, then a vista with a lot of greenery and trees in the middle distance, and far off on the horizon is the Toronto skyline.
Euphorbia trigona (African milk tree) in a 4" pot on a windowsill. It is a single stalk about 18" tall, with a whole cluster of arms growing at the base and a whole other cluster growing at the top, with absolutely nothing in between.
In the foreground, a tan lab mix in a yellow life jacket looks across the river, where two adult swans and three CYGNETS hang out on the water near the opposite shore.
POV: A tan lab mix in a yellow life jacket stands on the front of a blue and white paddleboard ahead of the viewer. She looks off to the right, along the lush green shoreline of a very still creek that is reflecting the bright blue sky and fluffy clouds of a glorious, sunny summer day.
A tan lab mix in a yellow lifejacket sits on the bow of a blue and yellow paddleboard. She watches two adult swans and three fluffy grey swanlings (?) swim among algae near the opposite river bank.
In the foreground, a lab mix in a yellow life jacket stands on the bow of a blue and white paddleboard on a river. Ahead of her: a raised section of highway (where the Gardiner Expressway meets the Don Valley Parkway), and a bunch of tall condo buildings.
On a gallery wall above a couch is a square black frame with coloured yarn criss-crossing the back at mismatched angles, creating an ombré effect. Overlaying the yarn, in jauntily-positioned Scrabble tiles: "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life"
Cicada exuvium (empty exoskeleton) shining in the sunlight on the side of a tree, where its inhabitant molted out of it.
Cropped photo of my studio table, showing a piece of painted black wood, some coloured yarn held by staples, and some wood letter tiles... What could all this be?
A small prayer plant in a yellow pot sits atop a bookshelf. The pot features a very large hand-painted bumblebee in an anatomic drawing style, detailing all its glorious fuzziness. A dotted line suggesting a wandering flight path can be seen on either side and around the back (as seen in the reflection within a small mirror behind the pot).
The settings panel of Mundango: Filter activities based on personal preference. [Group legend] Activities to include [Checkbox, checked] Visual-based tasks [Checkbox, checked] Audio-based tasks [Checkbox, checked] Motion-based tasks [Button] Make a new gameboard Behind the settings panel, part of the game board is visible, showing the following activities: "see the moon," "listen to a story," "pet a dog," and "hear a songbird."
Tan lab mix lying on her back on a teal velvet couch with a plush grey blanket. Her four paws in the air, head thrown back and ears flapping wide, she appears to be grinning at the sweet marvel of her current state of relaxation.
A lugubriously translucent-white aquatic salamander faces the viewer, with its long, wide tail trailing to the right. Three of its little feet are visible, toes splayed on the underwater rock, it looks poised and attentive. It seems to look directly at you, external gills flowing in pink-and-dark-blue-frilled glory on either side of its head, smiling its adorable, iconic smile.
The impossibly minimalist frame of a modern roller-coaster against a cloudy sky with sun breaking through. The cars are just about to drop as they roll over the peak of the main rise.
A wide-angle POV shot from the back of a paddleboard. A tan lab mix in a yellow life jacket sits at the bow, looking out over the quiet lake, open skies, and distant shores of the bay.
A colourful, geometric pen and marker drawing filling a page in a notebook, with the pens and markers strewn nearby.
A group of people marching in the pride parade, waving various flags, including a rainbow flag and trans flag. In the foreground are folks watching on, waving their hands and taking photos.
A tan lab mix wearing a bright orange and black life jacket sits at the front of a blue and grey paddleboard, looking wistfully off to the right. Ahead of her: the wide open lake, clear blue sky, and in the distance, the Toronto skyline.
A small wooden box on a counter, with a clear plastic tray/liner removed and sitting on top.