Keith “Legsy” Mulroon, olympic cloud watcher and top-tier chill warden
Algy (@adventuresofalgy) suspects that the talented chalk artist @sluggoonthestreet is probably not aware of his existence, but the wonderful creatures which @sluggoonthestreet depicts have brightened Algy’s tumblr life for quite some time now
As it was impossible to invite them all individually to his 10th tumblr birthday celebrations, Algy chose Keith “Legsy” Mulroon, “olympic cloud watcher and top-tier chill warden”, to represent them, as “Legsy” seems to be an “Algytoo” - a bird rather closely resembling Algy himself, although Legsy’s feathers are nof a different colour
Algy sends all the creatures in @sluggoonthestreet‘s world lots of very fluffy hugs
Algy’s antipodean artist friend Janet @gedditor doesn’t often post images of flowers or other decorations which might be suitable for a birthday party, so Algy was delighted to see this gorgeous blue bindweed which, while possibly unwelcome if it grows in the wrong place, is just perfect to enhance Algy’s continuing 10th tumblr birthday celebrations.
Algy sends Janet a very special fluffy hug
p.s. If any of Algy’s friends @adventuresofalgy would like him to share their images here on @lovefromalgy during this period of celebrations, please include one of his tags in your post, or send Algy a message with a link to your post, or use the submission form
Algy was feeling sorry that he had not yet included something from his good friend @biostatprof in his 10th tumblr birthday party celebrations, but many of Rob’s recent posts were not quite in fluffy party mode. Fortunately, however, these purple daisies appeared just in time, and so Algy has purloined them to add to his party decorations
Algy sends @biostatprof a special flowery fluffy hug
Fly as I might, fly as I may I am extremely late for your special day! Happy 10th Birthday, Algy!
Thank you so much, Bill @kaiserbladz Algy’s birthday parties always continue until the very last guest has arrived, and of course a 10th Tumblr Birthday party is a particularly special celebration, which goes on even longer than usual, and no one could possibly be late. So Algy is ready and waiting to welcome him the moment he arrives
Algy thanks you very kindly for sending this handsome duck to join the party and sends you lots of his fluffiest hugs
@adventuresofalgy I looked for something (flowery of course) the might go well with fluffy, as a belated birthday gift for Algy. I found soft. I found cushiony. I found billowy. I even found scary, which I will not share with Algy, though maybe later when he’s sleeping or visiting foreign lands. But nothing that brought to mind comfortably fluffy. Then I remembered Algy’s little green visitor, and thought perhaps this fire engine red (and school bus yellow) snapdragon might intrigue a dragon from Patadragonia.
My dear friend @photoblogdujour Algy is overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness - thank you so much❣️
Algy adores these gorgeous fiery colours and he is sure that these lovely snapdragonswill be exactly what is required to help help the little green dragon stay warm and dry in the wet west Highlands of Scotland.
Algy sends you an extra special fluffy hug and a warm glow from his little dragon friend
(p.s. Snapdragons are among the few flowers that can grow successfully in Algy’s assistants’ garden, and they are much loved here, but they certainly don’t flower at this time of year!)
Another early spring visitor to Ash Canyon: an orange-crowned warbler / chipe oliváceo (Leiothlypis celata).
As Algy continues to celebrate his amazing 10 years of adventures on tumblr, he welcomes this beautiful spring visitor to his 10th tumblr birthday party, and sends his good friend @fatchance a special fluffy spring hug and his warmest thanks for all the wonderful photos he has shared of the beautiful birds and flora of faraway Arizona.
And to continue the cake theme - most appropriate for a birthday party - here is a lovely selection from teabag artist @silvirub, who Algy has been following for a long time
Algy sends @silvirub a special fluffy hug on the occasion of his 10th tumblr birthday celebrations, and many thanks for the delicious selection of cakes
Algy has a relatively new tumblr friend known as @mumblelard who posts images (all original) which are perhaps not all that unusual on the whole, considering that this is tumblr, but with texts and tags that are a wee bit, shall we say, different… not to mention inventive
So Algy had a wee search through this relatively new friend’s archive and “borrowed” a delicious strawberry cake for his 10th tumblr birthday party.
He hopes that the master of mumblelandia will forgive him, and sends him a big fluffy hug from the wild west coast of the Scottish Highlands, where @mumblelard’s refrain “this is water, this is water, this is water” is more fully realised than in most places on this earth, as the stark, rocky land is surrounded on three sides by the sea, is pitted throughout with lochans and rushing burns, and is drenched by the rain (or sleet according to season) almost every day of the year…indeed it has been raining heavily the entire day today, and this does not make a change
Thank you for the cake, imaginary construct @mumblelard
And here’s another beautiful dancer to grace Algy’s 10th tumblr birthday party, photographed by Algy’s lovely longtime friend Stephi @stephiramona who has sent so many guests to Algy’s parties in past years
Algy sends Stephi lots of his very fluffiest hugs xoxo
Haha..look. Someone else is surprised as well and wants to say “Salut”. May I introduce you to a very special friend of mine. He lives at a little lake in my hood. For some reasons, he loves to follow me on my walks sometimes. He´s grey and dusty like our rustbelt. He doesn´t speak French, but he is spirited and loves to dance.
Like all of us, he claims to hear the sea surf behind the trees of the lakeside, when he close his eyes, although it´s just the soughing and whooshing rush hour traffic from the Highway 43. But who would dare to contradict a heron. Not me! ;-)
Thanks again Lady M. Meet you someday, when we are all be able again to fly like birds, run like horses and swim like dolphins. Have a wonderful evening.
No birthday party would be complete without Algy’s friend - and the friend of many of his other friends - @photoshamanism
So Algy invited this magnificent bird - which apparently follows Katharina around and which she photographed for another good friend @themazette - to join his 10th tumblr birthday celebrations, and he sends them both lots of his very fluffiest hugs xoxo
On the occasion of his 10th tumblr birthday Algy has decided to support tumblr by paying the new subscription to go ad-free - even though he doesn’t care whether he sees advertisements or not…
And he hopes that many of his friends will do the same, simply as a way of giving something back to tumblr and helping this amazing platform and community to keep going:
Algy has just celebrated 10 years of his adventures on Tumblr. That’s 10 years in which a strange fluffy bird based in a very remote and isolated area on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands has been able to share his adventures with people all around the world. Tumblr has enabled Algy and his assistant to make many, many new friends, and they have enjoyed the creativity and companionship of countless other tumblr uses FREE - gratis, and for nothing. The interaction with other creative tumblr users of all ages, genders, naitionalities and faiths has provided them with inspiration, support, comfort and joy.
And for a long time Algy and his assistant have felt that getting all of this for free was not quite right, because it costs tumblr a lot of money to keep going, and it’s well known that tumblr struggles financially.
Tumblr has made several attempts at generating money in recent years, but the very special nature of tumblr’s users meant that these have not been successful.
Where else but tumblr could you offer people the opportunity to make money out of sharing their posts, for example, and find that the creative contributors to the platform were simply not interested and - despite the fact that it might take them many hours of work (or even days!) to create just one post - they just wanted to share for free. Crazy folk
And the tumblr folk who mainly wanted to look at other people’s posts, or participate in a community, didn’t want to pay for that privilege either. Of course they didn’t! That was never the tumblr way… Many tumblr users have no interest in money - or indeed, have no money
But now, at last, tumblr has offered a method for its users to help tumblr pay their way without engaging in monetizing their own work which - in the case of Algy’s adventures - they have been sharing for so long for free, and without paying to see other people’s posts.
So Algy and his assistant have gone for it, to pay something back to tumblr at last and to help keep it going. Crazy folk
And Algy hopes that there will be many other crazy folk out there who will be willing to help fund this weird and wonderful platform. Compared with all the other costs in everday life, it’s very little indeed to pay to ensure that tumblr can survive and continue to enhance all our lives.
It has been a real pleasure viewing your adventures over the last five years. Here is to five more years
Back in March 2017. Algy’s artist friend Michael @capiolumen in sunny south California posted this gorgeous original art work on the occasion of Algy’s 5th tumblr birthday - with the caption “Here is to five more years”…
And now it is March 2022 and it really has been five more years! And, despite absences of several months from time to time, Algy is still here, and continuing his adventures on tumblr. And he is truly delighted to find that so many of his old friends - including @capiolumen - are still here too. This is wonderful indeed
Rumours about the possible demise of tumblr have been rumbling around for years now, but the tumblrverse is like no other place in this world (real or virtual) and Algy hopes very much that it will survive and flourish and continue to bring joy and companionship and hope and motivation and comfort - not to mention insights into other lives, cultures and countries - to many, many people around the world who would otherwise never have “met”.
So Algy sends his fluffiest thanks to all the kind friends who have welcomed him back and sent him kind greetings and lovely images on the very special occasion of his 10th Tumblr birthday, and he says…
Thank you so much, dear Marella @maramarella Algy is delighted to welcome this imposing fluffy friend to his 10th tumblr birthday party! Do you think he (or is it she?) likes to eat chocolate brownies?
Algy sends you lots of his fluffiest hugs
[p.s. Kindly submitted by @maramarella - but Algy had to reblog this as tumblr would not allow him to edit the original submission to add his thanks.]
I return to tumblr with this picture. The world really hasn’t got any better in the last few weeks, but my personal situation has improved. I have not been active on tumblr for a long time now, but have been taking a lot of pictures during my convalescence. I will post some pictures in the next days and weeks. Expect more birds :-). Thank you for all the good wishes.
Algy is particularly happy to welcome his good friend @besidethepath back to tumblr after a period of serious illness, and to invite him to enjoy Algy’s 10th tumblr birthday party in the company of his very handsome robin friend, who is evidently singing us all an encouraging spring song
Algy sends Mathias lots of extra special fluffy hugs and his very warmest wishes for a comfortable and successful convalescence. Get well soon!
Red squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (March 13, 2022).
This cheeky red squirrel has brought his own dining table to Algy’s birthday party! But he is of course welcome anyway.
On the occasion of his 10th Tumblr birthday party Algy sends his Swedish wildlife photographer friend @michaelnordeman and all the beautiful creatures of Värmland lots of warm fluffy hugs from the wild west Highlands of Scotland
Plant enough Gazanias and your solar panels will double their output.
No party would be complete without some gorgeous decorations by Algy’s flower-photographer friend @photoblogdujour, and so on the occasion of his 10th Tumblr Birthday party Algy chose this stunning gazania to bring some more much-needed sunshine to the wet and windy coast of the Scottish Highlands - and in return he sends lots of his very fluffiest hugs
For the 10th Tumblr - Birthday for Algy my best wishes I hope the coming spring time will make Algy feel good
Algy’s kind friend @pangarina-angelin-a has just sent him this lovely set of images and birthday greeting, and Algy sends his very warmest thanks and lots of his fluffiest hugs in return
Even the little ones are hurrying towards Scotland for Algy’s party. Happy 10th Birthday! @adventuresofalgy
Dear Susi, what a beautiful image! Algy was so very happy to see this
The wee fluffy ones are just gorgeous and Algy will take special care to look after them at his party. There is a pond in his assistants’ garden which he thinks they will enjoy
Thank you so much for sending these lovely fluffy friends to Algy’s birthday party - he sends you lots and lots of very fluffy hugs in return xoxo
Dear friend, thank you so much for your kind birthday greetings and for sending these gorgeous balloons for Algy’s 10th Tumblr birthday party. Algy sends you lots of his very fluffiest hugs
[p.s. Kindly submitted by @lindenardenshighlights - but Algy had to reblog this as tumblr would not allow him to edit the original submission to add his thanks.]
Dressed in their spring finery and ready to dance at Algy’s birthday party, or so Algy hopes
Algy sends his longtime friend Rachel @joyforachel lots of fluffy springtime hugs on his 10th Tumblr birthday, and hopes that she will join him in celebrating this remarkable occasion
It has been a real pleasure viewing your adventures over the last five years. Here is to five more years
Back in March 2017. Algy’s artist friend Michael @capiolumen in sunny south California posted this gorgeous original art work on the occasion of Algy’s 5th tumblr birthday - with the caption “Here is to five more years”…
And now it is March 2022 and it really has been five more years! And, despite absences of several months from time to time, Algy is still here, and continuing his adventures on tumblr. And he is truly delighted to find that so many of his old friends - including @capiolumen - are still here too. This is wonderful indeed
Rumours about the possible demise of tumblr have been rumbling around for years now, but the tumblrverse is like no other place in this world (real or virtual) and Algy hopes very much that it will survive and flourish and continue to bring joy and companionship and hope and motivation and comfort - not to mention insights into other lives, cultures and countries - to many, many people around the world who would otherwise never have “met”.
So Algy sends his fluffiest thanks to all the kind friends who have welcomed him back and sent him kind greetings and lovely images on the very special occasion of his 10th Tumblr birthday, and he says…
Here’s to five more years❣️
Thank you all - and Thank you tumblr!
Algy sends you all lots of his very fluffiest hugs xoxo
The next morning the friends went out into the garden together, in search of daffodils.
Most of Algy’s friends had seen these beautiful harbingers of spring many times before, but the little green dragon - who had lived a very sheltered life in the bleak and arid country of Patadragonia and then in the confines of a travelling circus - had not even heard of such flowers, let alone seen them.
The strange little creature was so excited and thrilled by the lovely yellow trumpets that he began to glow in the soft yellow and green colours of spring
p.s. Algy realises that his 10th Tumblr birthday - and his sudden reappearance on this unique occasion - will have taken most of his friends by surprise. So the celebrations of this very special birthday will continue on Algy’s sideblog @lovefromalgytoday.
All of a sudden there was a rustling and a shuffling and a whispering and a giggling, and the sensation of a wonderfully warm glow which seemed to wrap itself all around him, and Algy, who was just a tiny, wee bit awake already, sat bolt upright with a start of surprise.
“What?… Who?… When?… How?…” he exclaimed…
“Wake up, Algy!” cried his friends, “It’s your birthday! And it’s spring! It’s time to wake up again.”
The animals pressed against him and held out a pretty little bunch of spring flowers. “Happy Birthday, Algy!” they sang. “Happy Birthday!”
Algy was quite overcome. Even his special friend the little green dragon - who he had last seen flying off to join the circus in faraway Patadragonia - was there beside him, warming the assembled company with its magical glow, which was especially welcome on what seemed to be a typical early spring day in the wild west Highlands of Scotland.
“But how can this be?” spluttered Algy. “It was October… I was drifting off to sleep on a dark, damp, dreich autumn day. I couldn’t believe how many months it would be until the spring… I was almost in despair…”
“Feel behind your ear,” whispered the little green dragon.
Algy reached up and felt something strange tucked in among his fluffy feathers. It was the magical cherry blossom which he had brought back from Easter Island the year before.
“When the autumn became unbearable, the cherry blossom put you to sleep,” giggled Algy’s rat friend Twicklewick. “You have been hibernating. Huge storms raged, trees crashed down, the wind howled constantly, rain fell almost all the time, every day was dark and overcast, and you slept through it all, tucked up under the ivy - you lucky fluffy bird! And when the world turned again and it was nearly your birthday, the cherry blossom called us - even the little green dragon, who flew all the way across the ocean to be here today.”
Algy laughed a fluffy bird laugh of joy.
“I can hardly believe it,” he cried. “But it’s wonderful to see you all again. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”
“Thank the magical cherry blossom,” whispered the little green dragon.
And then all Algy’s friends started singing again.
“Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday you silly old fluffy bird friend, Happy Birthday to you… Algy! Hooray!”
p.s. This is Algy’s 10th Tumblr birthday - quite an occasion, even though Algy has been absent for a while. So despite the short notice, Algy will be reblogging posts by his friends on his sideblog @lovefromalgy in a party celebration of this special birthday. You are all invited
