In which we're still here!

"For real? The camera battery is dead?"

"Shush," my person Maddy said. "Use my phone. It's just as good as my old point-and-shoot."

She is right, though.

We really haven't gone anywhere. It's just that with my person working full-time, it's been hard to find time to post. But we do intend to change that this year.

Speaking of which, my person just ran downstairs to see why the washer is starting another rinse cycle instead of spinning the blanket she's trying to wash dry.

"If she wants to, she can use the dryer in my TARDIS," the Lady Madrigal Baker, aka Maddy, said,

"You don't have a dryer in your TARDIS," I reminded her.

"Wait. Why don't I have a dryer in my TARDIS?" She looked at the Doctor, who just arrived from - I think she said Sheffield?

"Because you took it apart to make a jet pack for a Camaro," the Doctor said.

That sounds way cooler than a dryer, actually.....

"Nice kitty. Good kitty. Get out of here, kitty..." Daisy's voice alerted us to a minor crisis nearby.

"Gotcha, sweetie."

"Hey! Paradox! What are you doing out here? You're supposed to stay in the TARDIS!" Maddy hurried over, scooping up her cat. "I don't think he would have hurt you, Daisy. I'm sorry."

"No problem." Des, Daisy's rescuer, said. His lady Astrid moved here from Michigan back last March, and he followed her out here a few months later. He used to be in a band, but left just before everything went off the rails. They're both super nice.

"You didn't dye him, did you?" Astrid is a vet tech, works at a shelter, and worries about such things.

 "No, he's an Arcadian Ginsing Point," Maddy explained somewhat unhelpfully.

"He's from our home planet, Gallifrey," the Doctor added.

"Do they eat the same thing ours do?" Astrid said.

"Pretty much. Of course, Mr. Picky Paws here only likes Wild Endevour Chewy Kibbles," Maddy rolled her eyes.

"Where do you get that here?" the Doctor said.

"You know what they say. If you want it, KerBlam it."

Yeah, well, I hope there isn't any bubblewrap in those boxes.....

Our lovely Fawn is still very much here, BTW. She's currently rocking lighter hair.

These lovely ladies are Angelica (in back) and her sister Anna Miranda.

They're from a place called Dream Valley.

Angelica is almost completely blind - she can see light and shadow and some shapes. Miri is anxiously awaiting the arrival of what she hopes will be a guide fox for her sister. Yes, she said fox.

Clockwise from top is Piper, Willow, Chione (pronounced KEE-oh-nee) and Calais, Chione's brother.

Piper is technically an Ondine, not a mermaid. She's a river spirit. She is also insanely adorable.

And this is Iris. She's a chimera.

I think she also has a vlog called "Moose on the Loose."

We also have Devika, who also joined us from the Wylde Kingdom. She's currently grumbling over the sad state of this year's poinsettia.

Bonus shots....

Astrid modeling a new outfit and getting photobombed by a gerbil named Dagger

Maddy, Fawn and the Doctor about to get a shift on....

Angelica......

Anna Miranda......

And Des.