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Blue Screen of Beth.
@porkchopie.bsky.social
Environmental scientist deep into water,
Indefinitely retired from singin & screamin in punk & ska bands.
Currently into being a parent, a pet lover, a crafter, a reader, and various puzzles 🏳️‍🌈
Will not lie about liking big butts.

KY Colonel living in WA
#BookSky,
I would like to nominate the following YA novel for a second act/resurgence.

Feed by M.T. Anderson (2002)

I read this just out of my teens.
I think of it & revisit it often.

Themes: consumerism, data mining, corporate greed, environmental decline

#dystopian #feed #YAbooks #mtanderson
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some things suck.
Sunrises don’t.
Happy Friday.

#pnw #mountrainier #sunrise #photography #lake
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
About to try the official state pastry of Wisconsin.

Came with instructions if we enjoy our kringle warm 🤭

#kringle
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Everyone’s a critic.
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Saw that it’s #blackcatday

This is BatCat.
She is not my cat.

(But she still needs to be fed & finally enjoys lovings & we heard that people just drop unwanted pets out here 😭…
so she’s now my stray/porch/outside cat)
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
In honor of the first pitch
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just look at her. 😭
She’s so beautiful
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Apparently I feed stray cats.

#caturday #porchcats
#catsofbluesky
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Distance reminds us that there’s a lot more to the universe than just people— that there’s even a lot more to people than just people. It reminds us that there are mental spaces inside our skulls as enormous as the spaces out there.”

From:
Island by Aldous Huxley, 1962
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The mountain was showing off before and during my flight this weekend 🤩
Taken September 27, 2025

#mtrainier #photography
September 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Visited Mount St. Helens and Coldwater Lake this morning. The volcano is hazy in the distance because it’s smoking, not from wildfires 😳
Coldwater Lake is a barrier lake created by the 1980 eruption.

#mountsthelens #volcano #coldwaterlake #photography
August 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thanks for an excellent birthday weekend, #Worldcon!
It was an honor to vote on the Hugo Awards ❤️
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners! 🥳

#HugoAwards #seattleworldcon
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Takakkaw Falls
Yoho National Park BC, CA
Taken July 9, 2025

#waterfallwednesday #photography #takakkawfalls #yohonationalpark
July 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Emerald Lake
Yoho National Park BC, CA
Taken July 9th

With Adventure Dog, Sam 🦮

#emeraldlake #yoho #canadianrockies #photography
July 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Lake Louise
Banff National Park AB, CA
Taken July 8th 2025, dawn

#lakelouise #banff #photography
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Moraine Lake
Banff National Park, AB, CA
Taken July 8th, 2025

#banff #morainelake #photography
July 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Went out to Deception Pass this weekend & walked across this scary bridge with cars going by.
The winds were high & the views were spectacular. If you’re not afraid of heights, I highly recommend it!
If you are afraid of heights, there are trails to beaches below ☺️

#deceptionpass #pnw #photography
June 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
June 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Some flora and fungi from around the house 💐 #bloomscrolling

#cactus #mushroom #foxglove #scotchmoss #photography
May 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sioux Falls, SD

This was taken in November 2023.

#waterfallwednesday
#photography
#siouxfalls
May 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Not today, Juvenile.
April 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
💐🌷🌷💐

We went to a u-pick farm. ‘Twas excellent.

#photography #skagitvalley
April 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Snoqualmie Falls from a visit a few weeks ago ☺️

#waterfallwednesday
#photography
April 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM