Why is there so much confusion?. Lillian answers the door and in Lillian's voice says "What do you want?" Then George says "Lillian, can I come in?" Obviously it's Lillian. Maybe the broadcast version was somehow different from the podcast? #TheArchers

Two dear friends just had their first baby after many rounds of IVF. They sent me some beautiful photos right after delivery, so I'm working up an #Acrylic #Painting as a gift. Doing people is a real "trust the process" endeavor. Stay tuned for the final version. #WIPWednesday #ArtYear

The thing about a mobile hairdressing unit, is I believe the primary customers will be elderly women. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT I say advisedly as an elderly woman myself. But I think Tracy would enjoy the variety and creativity of a salon in a town with a more diverse customer base. #TheArchers

Survived my colonoscopy! 💪

This is fascinating. Speaking as a now-retired contracts negotiator, it is *insane* the amount of a work that was done without a contract in place.

congratulations to the Seahawks, who are technically named after the gorgeous Osprey — a great victory for birders everywhere! below is my rendition of an Osprey soaring to victory, drawn with full attention to detail. and no, this is not a photo!

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

In honor of #SuperbOwlSunday, I bring you the best owl sighting I ever had, a rare and endangered Spotted Owl that I stumbled across randomly on a hike just last year. 🪶

Nancy woke up today and chose violence.

Friday plans: 🖼️ Clare Hulfish #FrogForFriday

Might as well make the most of all this rain we're having. Who's got some good puddle pics of London, then?

Been copying the masters while having endless phone conversations with my dad who's in rehab for a broken hip. That man can could talk the leg off a table! #Watercolor #ArtYear First one is after Van Gogh, second one after Chagall.

Hello Thursday. 🖼️ Diane Kremmer

Stella, nooooooooooo! #TheArchers

Left field prediction: Esme and George fall for each other. #TheArchers

Ugh, Josh, can we give the toxic masculinity a break for even, like, a split second on #TheArchers? Is it in the water? Worse than that, you're now making me root for George, and I hate that for me.

This article the best explanation I've read of #HeatedRivalry 's magic. "It doesn’t have to smuggle its character arcs into some kind of larger plot-driven package. The character work is the story engine in a way that’s singularly rewarding, whether on a first watch or a fifth."

EARTHQUAKE! Teensy-weensy #Larkspur #Marin #California #earthquake

These thoughts from Baudelaire about his muse Jeanne Duval very much captures my longterm relationship with social media: "he wrote in 1845 that she was his only consolation, in 1852 that she had become an obstacle to his happiness and writing, and in 1856 that he craved her company."

Rosebud Cakes https://www.wikiart.org/en/wayne-thiebaud/rosebud-cakes-1995

I have largely lost faith in the notion that individual action can create systemic change when things are this deeply effed up. However, I do believe @profgalloway.com is onto something with the #resist and #unsusbscribe movement. "It's not about ideology; it's about math."

It's an accepted rite of passage among (us older) #birders when you realize that the birdsong at the end of the Beatles' "Blackbird" is in fact a blackbird. #Birding

You know who made a damned fine life decision? Prince Harry.

Look at this gorgeous Abutilon (Flowering Maple) in someone's garden in San Rafael #Marin #California #Botany #Flowers It's glowing!

At SF Ballet to see Eugene Onegin 🩰 #ballet

Well this turned out to be a mistake #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, this woman is a genius.

A new year, a new art class. This one is the Creativity Incubator, and it's a combination theory (color wheel, composition, perspective, etc.) followed by time to do whatever you want with what you learned. This is an #Abstract #Watercolor with Conte Crayon from today. #ArtYear A Study in Orange.

ultimate pick up line

Why I could never leave #California in one picture.

Such a fun article. news.artnet.com/art-world/le...

A little #PleinAir #Watercolor of Pt Lobos #Carmel Monterey on a gorgeous day yesterday. #ArtYear

I saw this cutie-patootie in the #Monterey Bay from our hotel room. When we first started visiting Monterey 40+ years ago, sea otters were few and far between. Now they're everywhere! A real conservation win. #California #SeaMammals

Child with a Dove https://www.wikiart.org/en/marc-chagall/child-with-a-dove

Enjoyed watching this cute little #California Ground Squirrel chowing down on a horse chestnut. #Mammals

We had a fantastic hike at Pinnacles National Park yesterday. We saw 8 #California Condors, magnificent beasts. That's a 9.5' wingspan in this photo! Look at those delicate outspread fingers. Incredible soarers. 🪶

One of my favorites at the Norton Simon Museum a couple days ago was "Tulips in a Vase" by Cézanne. I had an long 2-hour wait for something today & whipped out my sketchbook, and Viviva #watercolor sheets and painted a copy from a photo on my phone. Sometimes you have to make your own fun #ArtYear

Try this. It's very fun and a nice break from *waves arms* everything.

Sorry, San Luis Obispo, no amount of cutesy font-making is going to improve your street names.

Nancy and Sluggo are a gently funny timeline cleanse

Lupine season has started in Southern #California! This is an Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus) in the Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve in the #SanFernandoValley. #Wildflowers #Botany There was a big fire through there several years ago and the habitat is recovering beautifully.

I went to the Norton Simon museum yesterday in Pasadena. What gem of a collection. They don't have excessive controls over old ladies bringing in art supplies (looking at *you* @gettymuseum.bsky.social). I was able to do a quick #Watercolor sketch of Degas' famous Little Dancer. #ArtYear

Tell your pet’s name in a gif

Look at this beautiful, sensitive portrait. This is not something I normally associate with Toulouse-Lautrec.

Girl in White with a Bouquet, 1919 https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16355

Thank god for beer. That is the skeet.

Is it possible for “leave me alone in my house for 4-6 hours” to be my love language?

This, my friends, is Selene. I don't usually do paintings for people I don't know, but a friend of a friend lost Selene to cancer, and when she showed me her photo, well, I couldn't not. Her nickname was Princess Cuddlebug 🥰 #Gouache #Watercolor #ArtYear #PetPortrait #DogsOfBluesky

My cat Buddy wanted to be part of everything. He especially loved piano practice. This video is from 5 years ago when I was a rank beginner. He crossed the rainbow bridge soon after, bless his heart. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #Piano

Nicole says that iPhones should blare an alert when It Happens like an amber alert but the alert sound should be the sound of Pac-Man when he dies