Christopher Weir
@christopherweir.bsky.social
scribbler+noisemaker+thingbuilder+purveyor
It has been unusually cold in South Florida lately, below freezing on some mornings. Right outside our window we just caught a pair of burrowing owls doing a normal owl thing presumably to stay warm.
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It has been unusually cold in South Florida lately, below freezing on some mornings. Right outside our window we just caught a pair of burrowing owls doing a normal owl thing presumably to stay warm.
oh, to be even half as cool as this feller
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
oh, to be even half as cool as this feller
a beautiful christmas eve morning topped off by a visit from a gaggle of Ibis…
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
a beautiful christmas eve morning topped off by a visit from a gaggle of Ibis…
It almost happens, but then thins and fails, withdrawing into a faraway nothing. At some diabolical instant, it is pulled apart by an unnamed elsewhere until it, and all it has touched, tilts back towards an original instigating thought.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It almost happens, but then thins and fails, withdrawing into a faraway nothing. At some diabolical instant, it is pulled apart by an unnamed elsewhere until it, and all it has touched, tilts back towards an original instigating thought.
TCM really wants us to watch The Venetian Affair…
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
TCM really wants us to watch The Venetian Affair…
because putting a bit of cheese between two slices of bread is just too much work…
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
because putting a bit of cheese between two slices of bread is just too much work…
A ventricular murmur interrupts the dream. A bilious humming, or an arm in a sling of vapour, collapsing like a forgotten intention. Better yet, a warm breath spitting love letters of despair.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A ventricular murmur interrupts the dream. A bilious humming, or an arm in a sling of vapour, collapsing like a forgotten intention. Better yet, a warm breath spitting love letters of despair.
Nothing waits here but a polite gesture of wind; insistent yet patient, stubbornly refusing to believe in the efficacy of walls.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nothing waits here but a polite gesture of wind; insistent yet patient, stubbornly refusing to believe in the efficacy of walls.
Burrowing owls on our golf course…
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Burrowing owls on our golf course…
A thought not remembered - or a shape unformed between silence and motion - folds into itself and dreams of becoming air.
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A thought not remembered - or a shape unformed between silence and motion - folds into itself and dreams of becoming air.
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
Valley Road, Scarborough, October 2025
It’s Friday, that means wine and a feisty Bananagrams tournament
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s Friday, that means wine and a feisty Bananagrams tournament
a spectacular Knight Anole on my staircase this morning.
August 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
a spectacular Knight Anole on my staircase this morning.
our raft on the Kennebec, right before losing 4 of our party!
August 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
our raft on the Kennebec, right before losing 4 of our party!
next year come and grab some of this…
July 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
next year come and grab some of this…
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
last day in paradise ☹️
July 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
last day in paradise ☹️
July 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Insecte du jour.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
July 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Insecte du jour.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
Zelus luridus - or the splendidly named pale green assassin bug.
a very decent slab of vinyl, this
July 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
a very decent slab of vinyl, this
I predict chaos…
June 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I predict chaos…
Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum). A fabulously coloured wasp and a merciless slaughterer of Black Widow spiders.
May 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum). A fabulously coloured wasp and a merciless slaughterer of Black Widow spiders.