Posts from the ‘Wordless Wednesday’ category

Orange cat sits at my daughter's desk. He's staring at it with one ear twitched.

Wordless Wednesday: Today’s a writing day, right?

Look who showed up for work today. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles Caterpickles consults the 12-Year-Old: “What is the Mothman?” (Caterpickles)

closeup of a deep bell-shaped flower against a blue sky

Wordless Wednesday: One last May flower

Even though I suppose it’s really June now. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

A small white daisy-like flower pokes up out of a patch of moss on a brick wall.

Wordless Wednesday: May flower

Look what my husband spotted poking up out of some bricks. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

An orange cat sleeps in a cat bed by a window. A white bandana bordered in blue is draped over him like a blanket.

Not-at-all Wordless Wednesday: Why doesn’t my cat hate his pet bandana more?

It’s Monopoly time at our local Safeway. I play every year and this year, in a Caterpickles Central first, I actually won something–brand new free-except-for-shipping @Shutterfly pet bandanas. I thought my cat would hate this more. How am I not bleeding right now? #cats #stuffoncats

Sky above the tree -- perfectly dark blue at the top shading down to a pale baby blue just above the trees. There's clouds too. The fluffy cotton ball kind.

Wordless Wednesday: California sky

The sky here is just ridiculous. Seriously, that’s a lot of fabulous to spend on an average weekday afternoon. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

Red bush in a California garden in springtime.

Wordless Wednesday: Gardening in a drought-prone state

Amazingly, this is just someone’s front yard. Every time I look at this photo, my brain tries to tell me that there’s a river swooping along the bottom of that tree with the orange leaves. But really it’s just dirt.

A sleeping orange tabby curled up in a furry brown blanket.

Wordless Wednesday: Contentment

Every once in a while my cat does something that perfectly illustrates the meaning of a word. It’s his superpower. This week, the word he chose was contentment.

Rose bush with mostly dark pink flowers, and one or two orange ones.

Wordless Wednesday: Roses

My neighbor’s rose bush blooms in both orange and pink. I’ve never seen anything like it. When I asked, they told me that particular variety of rose was called Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors.

View of a remote control car from above, showing the tracks the car's tires have left on the bright orange dirt of a baseball field.

Wordless Wednesday: AI-powered race cars

Over spring break, my daughter went to a coding camp that taught her how to race cars using AI coding languages. The first day I picked her up, she told me excitedly, “Mommyo! My car runs on Raspberry Pi!” So of course, I responded: “What a coincidence. So do I!” #momjokes

Wordless Wednesday: Cherry tree in bloom

I had more or less stopped doing Wordless Wednesday posts last year, but recently my daughter told me that she missed seeing them. I have to admit, I missed them too. Pictures like these are a helpful counterweight to the news. So I’m resurrecting Wordless Wednesday as a regular feature of the blog.