08/28/2026
Van’s full, the sky is clear, the temps are summery, the All-Rush mixtape is in the stereo (okay okay, CD. Our van’s too new for that 😜) and we’re en route to Oxford Renaissance Festival ! See us tomorrow for your plush delights, Squidizens!
08/23/2026
A cloudy and drizzly day? Just the day for a last-minute extra neck dragon! Inspired by rain clouds. ❤️
08/22/2026
Just under a week to the year’s biggest, Oxford Renaissance Festival!
…and I have *finally* finished fighting the newest swarm of mimics. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
08/15/2026
A brief pause from stocking for Oxford (I can’t wait for the break in September 😵💫) to say, Happy World Lizard Day! Abby approves mightily.
(Gosh, she’s definitely grown since the last photo. Hard to believe she’s now 8!)
08/04/2026
Very happy to say, thanks to the wonderful festival-goers who purchased my sea turtle plushies at the The Ontario Pirate Festival, we have now made a donation to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Center! Quite a few people had never heard of them, so here's a little video.
This turtle hospital fixes injured turtles with zip ties and crazy glue | Fix & Release
In Fix and Release, a turtle trauma centre in Peterborough, Ontario...
08/03/2026
Ahoy, Squidizens! It’s the last day of The Ontario Pirate Festival and well didn’t we get lucky, after a day of too hot and a day of too cold, today is indeed “Just Right”! Although instead of a bowl of porridge, we’re all having a nice bowl of chili. Apparently our mimics like their food hot and spicy.
08/02/2026
Ahoy, Squidizens! The Ontario Pirate Festival day 2 reminds of the old tale of Goldilocks and the Three Festival Days. Day 1 was too hot, and Day 2 is too cold (and wet)…pray to the ursine deities that Day 3 is just right!
08/01/2026
Avast! The Ontario Pirate Festival is upon us, and the krakens have already started making trouble! As soon as the thermometer hit 26°, they started crashing the mermaid’s pool party! Please come pay his bail. It’s the only way to lift the curse the mermaid put on us.
07/31/2026
Gasp! A crime wave at festival setup! A little robber caught red-handed right on my stock bin! 😜
(Non-bug nerds might be interested to learn that this interesting-looking fellow is a robber fly! They’re rather like flying spiders in their lifestyle. 😜)