First, sorry this is so late! The humans were sick, and then we were busy, but here we are! So, for Easter, the humans made a marble cake that was frosted to look like a bird’s nest, as well as some chocolate chip cookie fudge. Unfortunately, both involved a lot of chocolate, which makes me sick. So the treats were off limits.
It’s FORBIDDEN.
Then the humans packed up the car and we headed off to Nana and Papa’s house. We met them there, and they welcomed us, we exchanged gifts, and they all enjoyed the treats we’d brought. They had also made us ham for dinner. Which was also forbidden because it was too salty.
Yep…*sigh*
But at least there were also hardboiled eggs, which are my favorite and were NOT forbidden! Plus, the Easter bunny brought me my favorite vanilla-flavored orange rubber toy, which my humans could not find anywhere for some reason, and Smoky got a figurine of Crush from Finding Nemo to go with her Squirt one she got at Christmas.
This first one was supposed to be a dog bone on a Popsicle stick (Raini was fixing a mistake on a post about how she had a knuckle bone while Isabella had an ice cream bar, and she pointed out that it had no picture).
I’ll make AI a Post-It or something to help it remember. “Food, even cartoon food, does not have a face unless that’s part of the prompt.”Um… that’s a bone? I was going to use this one, but she has 2 tails!Anyone have the number for the nearest foot doctor?And the nearest hand doctor/paw doctor/someone who can fix that thumbnail?
Finally, a millipede and a toy taxi in someone’s hand caused a bit of confusion…
I like the heart on the side, but who is that little person? Also, it’s a taxi, not a tax!If the guy is there, then whose hand is this? And how does the millipede not choke on the legs growing from his mouth? It’s a 2-headed millipede in reverse! And it’s fused to the taxi! I mean the `axi!
The other day, when it was warmer, the humans took me outside. I played with my ball; Isabella sat on the swing with her music, everyone played with the basketball on the driveway…you know, the usual. But at one point, I stopped to sniff a little crawly thing no longer than an inch, and Isabella came to see what I’d found. She said it was a millipede, whatever that means, and she let it crawl up on her finger and carried it over to the grass like she was some kind of taxi service or something!
Now, everyone knows that a human should never pay more attention to another animal than to their dog. But this happened last year with the bird and the rabbits, and the year before with Little Jackie. Also, there’s the new fish we just got, and the nature center animals…and get this—I heard Isabella talking about how she is going to volunteer at the animal shelter soon–where there’s other dogs!–and at the zoo this summer. I’m just going to have to be on my guard, I guess…
Sadly, we recently lost our zebrafish friends Zion, Redwood, and Glacier. To keep me, Rocky, Sequoia, and Yellowstone company, Isabella went out and got some new roommates.
Zebrafish actually look more like this, but still.
They are a little smaller than the others, being younger. There are 6, and their names are Lucky (as it’s St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow), Ripples (he likes playing with ripples on the surface), Sassafras, Antoine, Sunny, and Gadzooks (as it’s Easter soon, they all have Easter cartoon-related names. Also, Sunny goes with Raini.) They were just in their bag floating on the surface for 15 minutes, waiting to get used to our cozy 76-degrees-Fahrenheit water.
Now they are free, and getting settled in. Yellowstone likes all of them and seems protective of them. Meanwhile, Gadzooks is a bit cranky and might need some time, but I’m sure they will make wonderful roommates!
Yesterday, the humans left the house without me for the 1st time in several weeks. I asked Smoky to track them on her drone that was disguised as a fly. They arrived at the nature center! They went into a room with a window overlooking a bunch of bird feeders and ate pastries while birdwatching with a bunch of others who were also there for that event.
Then Isabella changed everyone’s water bowls and turned their substrate. Wart the toad had a green rubber duck in his water bowl, which was taken out, washed, dusted with cinnamon for scent, and given to Surge the crested gecko to play with.
Kernel the corn snake was getting a lot of attention, with both guests and Isabella petting him.
Then Sandalfoot also wanted attention–he kept looking at everyone through the door and making the face he always makes when he wants to be noticed.
Oh please…
Then she gave them a shadowbox she had made with an image of every animal they had. After that, she came home. Personally, I was glad when she no longer smelled like reptiles. It’s never good when your human smells like an animal that’s not you.
Hi everyone! Smoky here with the latest image fails! First, I asked for me reading a comic book. There were some… issues.
I have four eyes, two of which are wiggling, I have bizarre fangs, I’m reading about “electriricty,” and I am surrounded by spare parts… actually, that last one is pretty accurate. This time it’s spelled “electrricy” and seems to be about electric fleas. Also, if you have four eyes, and only one pair of glasses… what do you do?What’s wrong with my shell? And my eyes? And… “EIL’ETRTICIITY?” Go lay down, Image Generator…Must have been a very shocking story! I don’t eat my books! They just can’t get my face right! (Yes, I know that’s the 2nd time I’ve used that joke, but it’s a good one!)No no no, Raini is the one with the puppy eyes. Not me.
Then I was going to include an illustration of how the packaging of everything the humans and I had ordered had gotten out of control, but it always made me way too big and/or the items way too small.
Those eyes look a bit too small…Is that face scared or exhausted? Even the teddy bear is facepalming. The weight of the boxes makes my eyes go huge, apparently. That and carrying a Mr. Potato Head rip-off. I’d be crying, too, if I had 3 arms when I should have none!
Then I tried me working in my laboratory. Most ended up unused because of the whole 4-eyes thing, but here are the funniest (4 out of 8)
Yeah, I may have left that lab coat in the dryer too long…Just giving a shot to a circuit board! You know, like I do every day!Behold my latest inventions: The floating handle-less magnifying glass! The teeny tiny camera! And the beaker-pocket!Repeat after me: The test tube is to hold liquids. We write with the pen or pencil. Got it? Good. Now I have to go fix that other test tube that got welded into the shelf.
Illustrating Raini outside on a nice day sounds simple, but one time, her tail and leg got jumbled, and there was a 5th paw peeking out.
Another, when talking about how hot it was for her, had her crying for some reason, and a random sweating umbrella in the back.
Then there was an umbrella in another one!
Also, I don’t know what she’s doing with her towel here, but apparently, she loves it! But how did she leave a pawprint in the air?
Naturally, the concept of camera footage and where the camera would be/what’s in the picture would be confusing to the AI.
The issue here was less the camera and more the tiny broken eggs.
Also, when making a pair of house finches moving in, humans kept showing up for some reason.
Not only that, but the bird also has a hat, the guy is carrying an actual house, and the house they are moving into has a UAGO (Unidentified AI Generated Object) on top. How many feet does he need?Little issue with scaling…At least give the guy a face! And is his foot arrangement anisodactyl or zygodactyl?This is actually really pretty, just not the right image. Or even close to what I asked for. Story time! The guy helping them is their good friend and a sculptor. He made figurines of the birds as wedding gifts to them, and they are in the boxes in the background. However, he is also a (slightly mad) scientist, so he tagged the male with a special tag that lets him float. This one almost got used if it wasn’t for the feet.
Then, finally, the male finch meeting the sparrow also had some trouble.
AI is known for having trouble with hands/adding extra limbs, but apparently bird feet are in the same category!It’s a finch, not a cardinal. And why so judgmental, Mr. Cartoon Bird?Yeah, okay, I guess I like “this prinp…” (Primp? Print?) But why do you have hands? It’s one male finch (has red markings) and one house sparrow, and they do not eat berries in chocolate fondue, nor do they eat duck-fish-things or misshapen flies. This looks like a bizarre logo for something. “My BirdTalk–helps with all your avian communication needs for FREE!*” “*Free only for the first 7 days, starting at $100/month.”“NIP!” I don’t get this one. Not that I get any of them!
The humans, with help from Smoky, have set up a bird feeder with a camera attached that automatically records video and takes pictures when it sees motion. Now, because it was cold, we didn’t get any visitors until a few days ago. A house sparrow showed up, which is not the best thing, as they are invasive, but still, it was our first bird.
Then, there was briefly a black-capped chickadee, but nothing else. Until yesterday, when it was warmer. Apparently, we now have new neighbors! A pair of house finches, a male and a female, were there almost constantly. They are probably nesting nearby!
Today the male finch was seen meeting the sparrow at the feeder. I hope the finches’ nest succeeds and we get more birds!
Today it was warmer, and the humans surprised me by bringing Isabella outside with me! The humans only needed a sweatshirt, as it was 70 degrees Fahrenheit! I played with my toys, and Isabella swung on the swing set with her music.
Then it was lunchtime, and the humans went inside, which was good, as I was getting too warm. But afterwards, they went out again! They played with their basketball on the driveway while I stayed in the shade in the backyard and watched.
Then they brought me in, but I was super muddy! So they wiped my paws, which was boring as usual—I hate having to sit still!
Isabella was getting a comic book on electricity. Now, being a tinker, I wanted to read up on this.
So, I put an extra one in the order, preferably in a shrink-wrapped package that would go unnoticed. However, both books ended up in the same box, and the small box ended up being filled with some teddy bears the humans had also ordered to put in gift bags. Naturally, they ended up squished. And the humans ended up with 2 copies of the book. However, I will still try to read up on electricity, and maybe even upgrade my lab! I already made the kitchen lights flicker! Now I’ve just got to make sure the humans don’t catch on…
So Isabella was doing her math using a computer program. I wanted to listen in, so I hacked into the program. (What?) However, I caused the part of the screen that showed the math problem to go blank. Isabella and I tried to fix it at the same time, which caused it to start flickering! I was able to fix it, and everything went on as normal. However, my “antics” somehow caused the lights over the kitchen table to start blinking! I fixed that too, and I’m crossing my antennae that nothing else goes wrong.
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