1 year ago (edited) β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

"One of the things that made me fall in love with you is how you find so much joy in everything - even something as simple as a flower or a squirrel or a bird. Things other people wouldn't even stop to look at. You've shaped the way I see the world." πŸ’πŸ’š

🐭 When Chips and I met 10 years ago I was still being teased by some of my family for being "so obsessed" with pictures of boring plants and birds. I remember I'd blush so hard when I realized I'd stopped our date-walks (again!) because I'd see a new flower or cute frog and become so enchanted I'd just stop and sort of... forget I was supposed to be on a date and instead be sprouting out random facts I knew about frogs while crawling after the little guys in the mud... 🐸😳


... but one of the wonderful things about meeting and falling in love with someone who respects my heart (and whose heart I respect as well) is that we got to grow up together and learn to see the world from the other's eyes.πŸ’šπŸ’πŸ’š

So now Chips and I spend hours together every week. Watching the squirrels. Counting the birds. Observing the drama between the rabbits and possums who live behind our house. Pointing out how the flowers and trees and little ferns and mushrooms all mark the changing seasons. πŸŒΈπŸ„πŸͺΆ

And we have found so much satisfaction in deepening that loving observation of this amazing planet and the once-in-a-lifetime moments we have with even the humblest flower (it will only bloom so long, after all, so every moment seems precious) through our photography with the wonderful wildlife camera - which we named Kaleidoscope! - that he got for us as a celebration gift for us reaching 10,000 YouTube videos, too!! βœ¨πŸ‘‘πŸ’

And now we're very excited to have another little corner of our leafy world to share what we discover with you -

πŸ’  https://goodreidphotography.com/  πŸ’š

Chips has made a photo gallery that will be highlighting what we've carefully picked out (from literally thousands of pictures already!) as our very favorite moments we've captured so fa!! 

He determined to keep the number of photos low and change them out frequently, so that visiting our little gallery can be a unique experience every time! πŸ₯°πŸŒ· So you'll never know what you might see suddenly appear in the mammal or macro or bird section... kinda like a real museum that rotates its pieces! 

πŸ’š I'm so proud of him for the effort he's taken to make our own "museum of moments" to share with everyone and curate it so thoughtfully... And I'm so excited to see how the glimpses of the wild moments we've experienced will change as time goes on!! πŸŽ¨πŸ€”
πŸͺΊ We've been so happy to share a few glimpses of our own Wild Discoveries we've found in this world that we all share - and as time goes on we'll share lots more!! Of course, since we are the Pixel Biology community and bound by a love of leafy silly stories and cool nature... πŸ₯° Why not share what YOU discover too?! Who knows - you might inspire one of the adventures that Chips and I will take you guys on in the future! (... I'm looking at you, Aussie crew, and all your ridiculous birds and marsupials...) 🦘🦘🦘
So - LEMME KNOW!! What has been your favorite wildlife find lately?! Hmm... I think I'll go through comments to take some notes for our Planet Zoo and Zoo Crafting series as well... πŸ¦’πŸ¦šπŸ¦© 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

The tiny downy woodpecker has a big job when the time comes to build a nest... I mean, they have to hallow out a TREE in order to have a tidy place to put their eggs!

Nest excavation is a lot of work and can take several days to complete - and that is only AFTER the downy woodpecker pair has found the perfect dead tree (or at least dead part of a tree!) to start pecking away at!

🌳 This little guy was doing his best for a few days - Chips and I are keeping an eye out to see if he and his mate have settled in or not! Chips named him Walden and we're hoping that this nest takes - especially after all his hard work!!

It was so exciting to watch a woodpecker start a nest cavity from start to... well, maybe finish? Downy woodpeckers can often start nests and get well into it... before realizing the tree just won't work and they have to start over elsewhere!

... also, apparently BOTH the male and the female are supposed to excavate the nest, but, well... For both the days we've watched him Walden has been on his own, so we'll have to see! 🌳 

1 year ago (edited) β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

Alright - I'm just going to say it: my beloved husband Chips was HIDING A SECRET FROM ME!!!

Like the fact that he is an AMAZING photographer?! What the heck?!

You think you know a guy and then he shows up with adorable squirrel pics! πŸ“ΈπŸ¦

But in all honest we're so delighted at how we have both been able to share developing a new hobby with wildlife photography! 

I, uh, would say "it's changed our life!" except we already were obsessed with squirrels, going on daily walks, and seeking curious adventures - just now we can snag some 🦚 really awesome high-quality!!! 🦚 moments to share with you guys while we're at it!!

... also, uh, you might need to send help... we're beginning to run out of wall space for all the pictures we want to put up ahhhhh ~!!!

🌺 All of that said, thank you again everyone for your kind and patient understanding while I get my feet back under myself before we resume our videos. πŸ’š

🌼This last year was a doozy of a battle and I'm still feeling out my new "evolution" (I really feel for how confused pokémon must be when they evolve after a fierce battle now...) - 

πŸ¦’ But truly? I've been taking the chance to find a truly, honestly healthy, non-hustle or fear, guilt, or stressed based way to fuel the curiosity, excitement, and ever-evolving story-telling that makes this little world we've built together possible. πŸ’š

πŸ‰ I'm still figuring out how all these fancy new changes in my life work (it is so weird not waking up with an ulcer of "HURRY HURRY WOLF QUEST GO GO GO" every morning~) but honestly? 

🦚 I think I've got this - so let's get ready for some adventure, shall we? Let's play! 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

Your local Seri-Christmas tree would like to wish you everyone a Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, a late Winter Solstice, Happy Holidays, and a beautiful (and VERY cold!!!) winter (or summer if you are in the southern hemisphere 🦘!!) day everyone!!

... huh that is a LOT of reasons to celebrate isn't it?!? β˜ƒοΈπŸ’šπŸŽ„ I love it!! 

Chips and I are curled up sipping tea and eyeing up an alarming quality of holiday vegan desserts (I made reindeer peanut butter cookies!!! πŸ₯œ πŸͺ  A glimpse of Seri's childhood past!!)

 - and things look like they will still be a bit busy until after New Year but I hope that as the year winds down you can find a moment of peace and grace to give you hope and a sense of adventure for next year πŸ’š

Even after the year it has been for myself and my family... there has been so, so much love and so, so much that has been totally new in my life and has offered me the opportunity for curiosity and discovery, even in really, really hard moments and unexpected places - 

So... I welcome the future ahead... and I want you to know - I will meet you there, at your side, ready to laugh with delight and leap into adventure after adventure with you. 

Onwards, my friends, to a beautiful, bittersweet, boundless New Year!! πŸͺ·πŸŒ„πŸ¦’ 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

Happy Holidays everyone!! I'm a Christmas tree!!! πŸŽ„πŸ’šπŸŽ„!!!  

Chips surprised me with an awesome shiny dress to go with his awesome collection of ugly Christmas sweaters!! πŸŽ„ I'm so excited to be festive!! 

Christmas is Chip's favorite holiday and it means the world to him to celebrate it with joy and love - so this year has been busier than I expected and I've not gotten all the adventures I meant to this month done... yet!! 🦚

But being with the one you love more than anything else in the world and banning in their happiness...?? πŸ’š This - oh *this* - is what life is for πŸ’• 

When the time is right - ooohhhhh I'm so eager to find into our stories with renewed wonder!!! 

Until then though - enjoy some fancy vegan cheese and crackers and we wish you a beautiful end of the year!! I can't πŸπŸ§€πŸ₯ 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

Whoa!!! I'm on a plane!! What the heck?! I've been Seri-napped by this really hot guy who lives in my house!! But.. I have so many episodes to record! No! You'll never take me alive...!!

... wait... *manatees* you say?? And rose spoonbills?? And... redheaded, greater scaup, and northern pintail DUCKS?!?

(... I, uh,  didn't even know those ducks EXISTED... soooo....)

... huh. Wellllllll then... 

Be right back guys!! We will be home to our recording studio next week - hold onto you field rations 'cause we'll be diving into adventure!!

... but first... DUCKS!!

(I'll try to share lots of pictures here, on our Patreon/Twitch Sub/YouTube member discord, and ye olde Instagram account that exists solely for said birb pics - oh and squirrels!! - it seems...) 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

πŸ„πŸŒΏ A cozy cowplant farm of our very own?! πŸ’š

*BEHOLD* - one of *the best* things that has yet come from our artist Alari's amazing art - November's amazingly cozy, amazingly perfect postcard!! πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

πŸ“ It is one of my absolute *favorite* of our art pieces yet - and we're down to just *four* left for the last of our Flying Squirrel slots in our round-up of Patreon wildlife tiers! 

🧑 You can snag yours here:  https://www.patreon.com/seripixelbiologist  🧑

🌻 You too can rescue Sunflower in the form of an awesome (clear!) sticker and have your very own cowplant farm postcard in the Flying Squirrel tier of our Patreon! 🐦

(Also Chips and I may or may not have gotten into a sticking-stamps-on-each-other play-fight while preparing these postcards, just saying... They're packed with a lot of love and possibly some of the stamps we dropped, hmm...) 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

πŸ¦’πŸ¦πŸΌ Hold onto your giraffes you guys because... πŸ¦“πŸ˜πŸ¦š

✨ Zoo Tycoon: THE BOARD GAME is coming!!! ✨

πŸ¦“ That's right - THE classic Zoo Tycoon is getting a make-over... this time to transform into an adorable micro-zoo you can build right on your table! 

🦚 There are going to be over *two hundred* itty bitty animal animal figures - aka "meeple" - that you can add into your zoo while you compete to have the ~best~ zoo!! There are also going to be hundreds of pieces for the staff you can have (Poop Scooping 101 was one of our first lessons in our Zoo Tycoon 2 series!), lots of tiny little cards to build out the habitat, landscape, and shops you can add in, and even fun event cards and offspring dice annnnd - 

... it basically looks absolutely ADORABLE and I can't wait to play with it with Chips!! 

πŸ¦’ The trick is that the game might be limited-release for many people - so right now it is available on Kickstarter and the very kind two-person team producing it asked if I'd give ya'll a head's up! And, yes! It is officially backed by Microsoft and a proven board-game production team, so its legit! 

You can find out about the Kickstarter - which is already FULLY funded so it is for-sure going to be made! - and its ~deluxe Kickstarter perks~ (like a PANDA 🐼🐼🐼) here: 

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marcduer/zoo-tycoon-the-board-game 

🦁 The Kickstarter will keep going until about November 22nd so be sure to check it out while you've got time! 

( ... also, uh, I dunno about you guys but I'm *so* building a tiny zoo in my bookshelf with all the pieces... they're just too cute!! ) 

1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

new vlog over in our wild sage channel! 

you can watch it for some sneak-peeks of how CAT-otic our warrior cats clan generator series might get! 

γ€Š cat(otic) plans γ€‹πŸˆ cats + 🎲 random generators = πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

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1 year ago β€’ Seri! Pixel Biologist!

THIS IS IT!! πŸ”¬πŸ§ͺ🧬

πŸ’šπŸ“ Literally the COOLEST sticker that our artist, Alari , has ever made for our patreon Flying-Squirrel monthly snail-mail!! 🌿

πŸ¦’πŸ¦š And trust me, that is hard to say after the GLORY that was our giraffe-peacock hybrid earlier this summer, but...

LOOK AT THIS MASTERPIECE!!!

How many hidden references can you spot to our series?! I'm SO IN LOVE!!

These *HUGE* clear stickers of our "Pixel Biology Petri Dish" will be going out with our August Postcards!! There are only a few spots left, so be sure to snag one if you'd like one!!

(I plan on opening a shop to sell extras of these amazing creations but, um... that is "on the list" of things to do, so... just... be aware if you want these goodies and don't sign up for a Flying Squirrel spot it... miiiiiiight be a while...

... it depends on how much you trust me to catch up to The List. You brave soul, you.)