Good evening, #Venice #Italy! We're here for an all-too-brief visit before finally returning home from this long vacation. I was last here about 35 years ago, and it is more stunning than ever.

Speaking as the daughter of a "silent generation" over-privileged affluent white man, they never die; they just get angrier and angrier about *waves arms* everything. #TheArchers

Who wore it better? (Black Heron) 📷 Thomas Gibson, eBird

We should be so lucky to have this problem

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: Best pie: Peach Best ice cream: Chocolate Peanut Butter Best donut: Maple bar Best bar: Lemon Best cake: Cheesecake Best other: Baklava

✅ Fever ✅ Chills ✅ Congestion ✅ Cough ✅ Migraine ✅ Self pity View from sick bed: Immaculate #Italy #LakeGarda

Plot prediction: Fallon will participate in the swim event. Jazzer will fall off his paddle board and start to drown. She will save him, curing her fear of water once and for all. #TheArchers

I think I upset a carp today.

My parents remind me of the joke about the 100 year old couple who demand a divorce. When the lawyer asked, "Why did you wait so long?" they said, "We were waiting for the children to die."

The other #watercolor piece from my @janetpulcho.bsky.social workshop: gourds. These were very fun to paint. #ArtYear

I completed a two-day #watercolor workshop with @janetpulcho.bsky.social while I was here in Florence. I learned so much, and Janet was an absolute delight. I'm pleased with how my peony painting turned out. #ArtYear.

This is fun

Heather is an amazing #gouache artist, and this walk through her presentation book is a delight.

View of the Arno from the Uffizi gallery in Florence #Italy. The first bridge is the Ponte Vecchio. The rainbow sheen on the water is from a coating on the window. This is such a beautiful country.

The she-wolf who adopted Romulus and Remus getting ready to howl at the moon. Siena #Italy

I knew #Italy would be beautiful, but nothing prepared me. #Photography #Rainbow #Volterra

Gladioli https://www.wikiart.org/en/raoul-dufy/gladioli-1942

Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir/landscape-1900

American Pygmy-Kingfisher #CostaRica #birds #kingfishers #nature

Beautiful rosy-plumaged Ring-necked Pheasant in San Gimignano #Italy 🪶

Gorgeous sunrise this morning in San Gimignano #Italy. The clouds and mist and humidity were all kicking off in preparation for rain later in the afternoon. #Photography #Landscape

Prosciutto and melon. Chef’s kiss. Montepulciano #Italy

This is one of the best things I've eaten so far in #Italy, and possibly ever. It's a honey-hazelnut semifreddo drizzled with honey and serviced with warm dark chocolate and rum sauce.

We're staying at a villa just outside San Gimignano #Italy. This is this view 🤩.

Some pareidolia courtesy of the city of Bologna #Italy @pareidolia.bsky.social

Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)

Pretty window in Ferrara. #Italy #Photography

A cool griffin lion critter outside the cathedral in Ferrara #Italy

I just bought a pair of scissors that require a pair of scissors to open 🤦🏽‍♀️

Beautiful moonrise evening stroll in Ferrara, #Italy. #Photography

Made it to Rome. Waiting for connection to Venice. Marriage in tatters but all else okay.

If we could just get the media to agree to refer to every Botox injection, dye job, lift, tuck, implant, hair plug, viagra prescription etc. as gender affirming care, the concept might become a lot clearer to people.

This is a really good starter pack!

Mood:

And for #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue, a Common Kingfisher #Gouache. I love our North American Belted Kingfishers, but I have to give Europe the win on this one. #ArtYear

For #AnimalArtTuesday, here is an ink and wash kitty cat! #InkAndWash #ArtYear

You know how when it's hot, you stick one foot out from under the sheets and that somehow perfectly thermoregulates you? My cat does that too!

It was crazy windy all day today in mid- #Marin, which I don't like, but it brought in the fog and cooler temps, which I do like. Here's the fog blowing in, on, and around Mt Tam this evening. #California #CAWX

Always good advice.

I have downloaded my Italy Merlin and EBird bird packs! It looks like this trip is happening whether I want to leave my condo or not 😬

For #ColorADay #PinkMon, I have some lovely hollyhocks, one of my favorite flowers. Collecting their seeds at the end of the season is such a joy. #ArtYear #Watercolor

Sound on for the gripping narration!

Mental health finch doodles. #Watercolor #ArtYear

Turkey copied from a vintage greeting card. Holbein #Gouache and Finetec metallic watercolor on Canson Mixed Media Rough (114lb). #Watercolor #ArtYear

This photo does my heart good 😊

Great Blue Heron contemplating the dawn at Rodeo Lagoon #Marin #California #GGNRA 🪶

Blood clot, all I am asking is for you to do your job.

I discovered today that my happy, well-adjusted 64-year-old husband has never heard of either Ms Rachel or Mr Beast and it made me realize that I have been living my life all wrong.

For today's #Stunday, here is this morning's sunrise over Rodeo Lagoon #GGRNA #Marin #California #Photography