Those are some of my favs right there. Kale can suck it

Haha I mean ya I would take them! But I’m not spending $4k on Taylor tickets lol

Thursday Australian night? I have to try and figure out what that works out to... New time zone, can't make sense of the right time to make phone calls anymore 🤣

Pretty sure E and I are the only ones downtown Van today that aren’t wearing friendship bracelets and sequins lol

Hey, we are new here so it’s introduction time…

PappasBland is the collective work of Diana Pappas and Tom Bland. We are photographers and partners in work and life. Photography and the internet brought us together when we lived an ocean apart. Remember Flickr? Yeah, that’s where we met. After writing to each other for a year (Hoboken <-> London), we met IRL and our lives and work as visual artists were forever intertwined.

Today we work together as #photography partners under the umbrella of PappasBland, producing art prints of our photographs, helping our clients tell their story with photography, and pursuing our personal projects – all while writing an ambitious newsletter via Substack.

We are based in the beautiful Berkshires in western Massachusetts.

Looking forward to using #nostr and getting to know the community here.

#artstr #photostr

Umm tough.. that was supposed to say tough. What a creepy typo. 😳

now im crying. beautifully written. im so sorry for your loss, pam. pets are family members. again, im so sorry 😢

I lost my good boy today. My heart is beyond broken. His spirit was strong and he tried so hard to stay on, but his organs started failing him.

Up until yesterday I refused to let emotions get the better of me and was trying so many different things to bring his toxic level down. But last night as I was taking a shower, Fido had a surge of anxiety and tried to go up the stairs to look for me. He has been so weak that I have been camping in the hall with him and we have not gone up to the room this week. That’s when I knew. They said when it's time, they will look for their person - and he came looking for me. After that he went on rapid decline.

We had his home administration of sub cut infusion, his gastric concoction, various liquid food, even vanilla ice cream to soothe his throat, his vet has been on back to back house calls - but he was no longer responding.

All I could do was to give him his belly rubs and gentle massages but emotions came rolling in. I told him to take his time and I think he didn't want to let me go just as much as I wanted him to stay. Even until his last breath he wanted me to pet him.

He has been my happy moments even when times were hard, and a constant joy. He is my shadow and side kick in everything I do and I cannot imagine a day without him in it.

Last lesson from Fido - when you love, just love.

Need 50 miles in December to hit 400 miles of running in 2024. Goal for 2025 is 500 miles run.

1st February; old Celtic festival of Imbolc, celebrating the start of spring. Ireland’s newest public holiday marking the feast of St. Brigid, one of our three patron saints.

They were sent to the wrong address even though the address on the card is correct to location of where I am.

The human that is ment to receive them doesn’t live here . I called the florist to let them know as I did feel bad as it’s such a beautiful bouquet it should go to the right person.

It’s been a few days and the florist said I can keep them as it’s a mistake they will sort out and fix. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! If you’re from another country, do you have a country specific holiday that you want to share?

What’s your favorite song this week? #asknostr

Gross. I don't understand what it's suppose to do? Instead of venting it, is it suppose to store it in a chamber?

Wait unvented rangehoods exist??