Today's frog is the western laughing tree frog.

a phenomenal recording The Bassoon Abroad Foreign Composers in Britain Jennifer Harris, Ensemble Chameleon Carus 83.463/00

NASA releases insane new image of the mighty hexagonal storm on Saturn's North Pole.

Excellent listening! Louis De Caix D'Hervelois Dans le sillage de Marin Marais La Rêveuse Florence Bolton & Benjamin Perrot Harmonia Mundi HMM902352

Breaking news: frog found in pond

Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.

A wonderful, nimble recording Joseph Haydn. | Divertiment a Quattro 2 violini, viola e basso Piccolo Concerto Wien Accent ACC 10405

A recent drawing started as a demo in my charcoal drawing class at Morton Arboretum 16.5" x 11.5", charcoal and pastel on Rembrandt toned paper #pastel #pastelart #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #drawing #impressionism #art #landscape #contemporarylandscape

A Green-winged Teal stands tall amid the onset of spring. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Cassandra the frog

Faces that I took a fancy to Collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City

Current listening: Vangelis – Soil Festivities

Amazing Telemann performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx8o...

Bear Skull a recent charcoal drawing from my class at Morton Arboretum

Gustaf Fjaestad, Sweden, 1868 - 1948 Moonlight, Örebro, 1897 Gouache on cream-wove paper, laid down onto paperboard 60.3 × 45.7 cm (23 3/4 × 18 in.) Art Institute Chicago #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Current status of my Eurorack+ setup Current new toy is the Xaoc Koszalin Frequency Shifter #eurorack #modularsynthesis #modular #synthesizer

Yellow Warbler's nest from the specimen collection at The Morton Arboretum. Done in my charcoal drawing class this morning.

A winter sunset in Door County, WI Oil on panel, 15.5” x 12.5” #oilpainting #landscapepainting #impressionism #art #landscape #winter #snow #Wisconsin

Some drawings from our trip to Pennsylvania & Virginia last spring. Rodin and dog heads are from objects in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Tree was found in Virginia.

I've been istening to this somewhat regularly these days. Can't recommend too highly. From the Imperial Court – Music for the House of Hapsburg stile antico Harmonia Mundi HMU807595

an in-progress charcoal drawing

I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.

A wonderful recording! Telemann Suites (Overtures,), Concerto Freiburger Barockorchester Gottfried Von Der Goltz Deutsche Harmonia Mundi – 88697958802

The Canadian Brass last night at Ravinia & this morning's snowfall.

@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Made a pilgrimage today. Sorry to say, I’m not seeing the swan. But loving the brushwork in the fabric!

recently finished palette knife landscape painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting #impressionism #art #landscape #painting #contemporarylandscape

Itō Jakuchū, Japanese, (1716-1800), Fish and Octopus, Colorful Realm of Living Beings series, c. 1765-66, Museum of the Imperial Collections, Tokyo, Japan

What a great image Gabriel Loppé Crevasses on the Glacier du Géant, below the Col du Géant, Vallée Blanche, Chamonix oil on canvas www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

Un Temple en ruine Demachy, Pierre-Antoine France, École de Musée du Louvre

10” x 20” landscape in oil that I finished a while back

Today has been a Telemann day and I cannot recommend these 2 Harmonia Mundi recordings too highly. Wonderful music, performances, and recorded sound. La Bizarre - Suites Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Telemann Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust, violin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin #telemann

J. J. Grandville (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard), French (1803-1847), The Dean of Toads, drawing from Scenes de la vie privee et publiques des animaux (Scenes from the private and public life of animals), Volume 2, by Grandville, 1844 (ed. 1852), engraving on paper, 15 x 20 cm, private collection

If you like this sort of thing, this example is exceptional: Johannes Schenck • Le Nymphe di Rheno Wieland Kuijken, François Joubert–Caillet Ricercar RIC336

Current listening: Georg Philipp Telemann • Bassoon sonatas Stefano Canuti, Chiara Santi, Diego Cantalupi MV Cremona MVC02571

Current state of my modular rig. Having so much fun with this! #eurorack #synthesizer #synth #modularsynthesizer

sketch from near Lake Winnebago, WI in August pen & ink, ink wash, and gouache

A field sketch from last summer - Oregon, Lookout Point Reservoir pencil & gouache

This is quite lovely Bach - Goldberg Variations Nevermind

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

A kind of life-affirming music that is desperately needed right now here in the United States of America. Music at the Habsburg Court Andrés Gabetta Cappella Gabetta Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

A wonderful new discovery: Ernesto Halffter Esquisses Symphonies, Rapsodia Portuguesa, Sinfonietta Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt Muhai Tang CPO 9994932

Acrylic painting I made from a photo I took in Maine 10" x 16" #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #impressionism #art #landscape #painting #contemporarylandscape #Maine

Capricci Castaldi Pellegrini Albane Imbs w/ Rolf Leslevand Alpha Classica ALPHA1066 wonderful stuff

This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)

Found this little fellow outside peering into our house tonight. 😂

This past Friday we tried pen & ink in my Beginning Drawing class at Lillstreet Art Center This was my demo - an interesting tree I photographed in Maine #art #landscapeart #penandink #penandinkdrawing #Maine

what a fantastic watercolor