Val 🌋
@valvolcano.bsky.social
Big Island Kama'āina working in the Midwest and plotting his escape. Here for joyful things or, failing that, running headlong into the forest. Best stat: resiliency ⚔️ Worst stat: blathering ☠️
👣 Leave shoes at entrance
🤙🏼 Be Pono
👣 Leave shoes at entrance
🤙🏼 Be Pono
My claim that I'm not chopping up meat and other goodies for dinner is met with extreme skepticism. A bribe might be in order
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
My claim that I'm not chopping up meat and other goodies for dinner is met with extreme skepticism. A bribe might be in order
It's -2°F here for some stupid reason, but all you need know is Kanoa is safe and sound and cuddling with orangutan pal whilst I pay thy games of video
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It's -2°F here for some stupid reason, but all you need know is Kanoa is safe and sound and cuddling with orangutan pal whilst I pay thy games of video
Islands in the mist! More accurately, Lānaʻi, East Maui and Haleakalā shrouded in tons of vog (volcanic fog), late February 2025
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Islands in the mist! More accurately, Lānaʻi, East Maui and Haleakalā shrouded in tons of vog (volcanic fog), late February 2025
Dawn over snowy western Colorado as seen from the window of an elderly United Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Denver to Lihue, #Hawai'i, February 2025
January 23, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Dawn over snowy western Colorado as seen from the window of an elderly United Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Denver to Lihue, #Hawai'i, February 2025
Good morning! 🌄 Also, mood as we weather what overly polite me can only describe as The Troubles
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Good morning! 🌄 Also, mood as we weather what overly polite me can only describe as The Troubles
"In the dark, Siberian #Huskies use a conspicuous band of bioluminescent neck fur to signal one another, whilst also warning away cars and rival predators." --Sir David Attenborough
Photo by @redwolf.bsky.social 🐺📸
Photo by @redwolf.bsky.social 🐺📸
January 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"In the dark, Siberian #Huskies use a conspicuous band of bioluminescent neck fur to signal one another, whilst also warning away cars and rival predators." --Sir David Attenborough
Photo by @redwolf.bsky.social 🐺📸
Photo by @redwolf.bsky.social 🐺📸
The finished product: a savory mild yellow island style curry that leans heavily on chicken and onion for flavor. Just the best January cure :9
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The finished product: a savory mild yellow island style curry that leans heavily on chicken and onion for flavor. Just the best January cure :9
Two double yolks on New Year's morning. I've decided 1) to become superstitious and 2) that this grants me unseen powers 🍳🍳
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Two double yolks on New Year's morning. I've decided 1) to become superstitious and 2) that this grants me unseen powers 🍳🍳
Early morning snoot invasion
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Early morning snoot invasion
Winter whoosh (sound up)!
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
December 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Winter whoosh (sound up)!
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
My dear mum has been gone fifteen yuletides past, yet the crockpot she gifted me in the 1990s roars on somehow. Here it is today, working on grape jelly meatballs in her honor 🍇🎄
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My dear mum has been gone fifteen yuletides past, yet the crockpot she gifted me in the 1990s roars on somehow. Here it is today, working on grape jelly meatballs in her honor 🍇🎄
Don't worry, folks. A happy ending and goodness restored with some ear rubs. Merry #Christmas ! 🎄🎄🎄
December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Don't worry, folks. A happy ending and goodness restored with some ear rubs. Merry #Christmas ! 🎄🎄🎄
Carrot Wanter: A Christmas Beggars' Tale 🌲🐺🥕
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Carrot Wanter: A Christmas Beggars' Tale 🌲🐺🥕
Real postcards are a rarity these days, so getting digital ones from my Witcher 3 walking challenge is treat. This one is from the 'Ugly Baby' quest. Don't worry that it's gibberish to non-Witcher folk; we know all babies are ugly #Witcher
December 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Real postcards are a rarity these days, so getting digital ones from my Witcher 3 walking challenge is treat. This one is from the 'Ugly Baby' quest. Don't worry that it's gibberish to non-Witcher folk; we know all babies are ugly #Witcher
Getting through winter happily requires a big bag of silver linings. Today's frosty sunrise was pretty sweet 🌅
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Getting through winter happily requires a big bag of silver linings. Today's frosty sunrise was pretty sweet 🌅
First snow of winter, which means... Snow Tube!! ❄️🐺❄️
No one really knows the rules but that's fine
No one really knows the rules but that's fine
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
First snow of winter, which means... Snow Tube!! ❄️🐺❄️
No one really knows the rules but that's fine
No one really knows the rules but that's fine
I decided on a whim to see if dark and white turkey meat can be given the butter chicken treatment and well, friends, this is The Way 🦃🍗
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I decided on a whim to see if dark and white turkey meat can be given the butter chicken treatment and well, friends, this is The Way 🦃🍗
The "holiday" portion of Thanksgiving should be the biggest. Followed by belly rubs ofc
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The "holiday" portion of Thanksgiving should be the biggest. Followed by belly rubs ofc
[Isolated pockets of abandoned holiday snack foods start appearing in the office]
Me:
Me:
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
[Isolated pockets of abandoned holiday snack foods start appearing in the office]
Me:
Me:
Eat a slice of this every day to ward off the Babayaga or her equally dangerous turkey-based cousin, the Agayabab
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Eat a slice of this every day to ward off the Babayaga or her equally dangerous turkey-based cousin, the Agayabab
I gaze upon the instrument of my destruction
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I gaze upon the instrument of my destruction