Inspired by some snowberries on what should be a bison pasture but is about to be suburbs. Oil pastels are my coping mechanism these days. 🎨

Sunflowers on a roof and some recent art projects. 🎨

More good mess, this time smooshed seed pods from marigolds, purple peas, and calendula. Soft oil pastels are my new coping mechanism, I guess. Thanks to @art.prof and their monthly art dare for the inspiration.

I got some oil pastels a couple weeks ago and have been making quite a lot of mess since. 🎨 #art #oilpastels #mixedmedia #landscape

I thought I didn’t like oil pastels but it turns out I only ever used hard ones. Soft ones are so much fun to make a mess with. #art #oilpastel

Also, some crowberry and red clover. #art #sketching #fineliner #plantsmakepeoplehappy #icelandsflora

Today’s doodling from Iceland. #art #sketching #fineliner

#tarotreadathon #booksky #tarotsky 💙📚 📚🌍 youtu.be/1fQkYEUmgOM?...

So far this year, l've read books from Panama, Bermuda, Malawi, and Paraguay which gets me to 70% of the countries in the world! #readaroundtheworld 💙📚 🌏📚

Bit of fun (and stereotype busting). #booksky #books #literature 📚🌍 📚💙 #PersianLiterature #IranianLiterature #readaroundtheworld youtu.be/z5Kfsb02LZo?...

My week in tarot, books, and art. #tarotsky #booksky #artsky 📚🌏 📚💙 🎨 youtu.be/blCufUtFsJQ?...

Here’s a prancing magpie friend for the chubby pigeon. #artsky #art #drawing. #sketching 🎨🖌️

My week in tarot, books, and art. Plus garden update. #artsky #drawing #sketching #booksky #tarotsky 📚💙 📚🌍 🎨 🌱 #gardensky youtu.be/ffCUPuazV7s?...

And also sketching plants and animals outdoors. #artsky #art 🎨🖌️ #drawing

My midlife crisis is just getting back into acrylic paints. #artsky #art #acrylicpaint 🎨 #painting

#booksky #tarotsky #witchsky #art #artists #artsupplies #sketchbook #littlejoys youtu.be/Vv3OP-rurdg?...

#booksky 📚💙 #tarotsky #artsky #craftsky #art #collage #weaving youtu.be/jVFSf2_NQpc?...

Gaza's malnourished children cannot wait. They need food now | Haaretz Editorial

I collaged myself a couple of phone case inserts today (I have a clear case) with leftover bits from other projects and I love how they turned out. #art #collage #artsky #craftsky

#booksky 📚💙 #tarotsky #artsky #craftsky youtu.be/W6kfuE2RKdc?...

The fact that you have to double check whether a headline is satire or reality these days. 😢

Nanking cherry blossoms are gorgeous. I don't know what variety of lilac this is, but it's fancy. And this family of Johnny Jump-Ups would like to say hello. #Photography #plantsplantsplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #flowerlover

It’s lilac and spruce tip season! #herbalism #foraging #lilacs #sprucetips

It’s so nice to have time to be creative. 🎨🖌️🧵 #artsky #craftsky #art #crafting youtu.be/-NFbh3VeMw0?...

#tarotsky youtu.be/vC4XyAE6U04?...

It’s a hermit and collage weekend. Some storage boxes needed a new look. #collage #mixedmedia #upcycle

#tarotsky #herbalism #foraging #artsupplies #artsandcrafts youtu.be/UIbVc4eD1b0?...

If you need cheering up, may I recommend dandelion lemon butter cookies. Recipe from The Green Witch here: youtu.be/5dsuLN_8hn8?... #witchsky #pagansky #herbalism #foraging #baking

No chance we could do something about climate change, then?

#booksky 📚💙 🌍📚 youtu.be/O7Exh2M4jhI?...

#tarotsky #witchsky youtu.be/qU0yZPhCZEw?...

Endlessly fascinating. I’ll have to reread this to get a better handle on what scientists have been learning about what plants can do. Ecology as a study of communities is such an interesting idea. #booksky 💙📚 🌱 #plantsmakepeoplehappy

A few bumps on this road, but at least it’s bumblebee season! #tarotsky #witchsky

If you ever wondered how many plants can fit in a balcony garden, the answer is: a lot! This’ll be a lovely little forest in a month or two and block out my parking lot view. 🌱 #gardening #herbalism #plantsmakepeoplehappy

I loved this book. The characters were all messy and complicated and I learned a lot about Bermuda through one remarkable and underestimated young woman. #booksky 💙📚 🌏📚 #readaroundtheworld

A sad and beautiful journey out of Tibet into Nepal and beyond. I loved the incorporation of spiritual beliefs that I’m unfamiliar with. An excellent first novel—I’d read more from her. #booksky 💙📚 🌏📚 #readaroundtheworld

The bumblebees are up and at it—spring has finally arrived on the Canadian prairies! 🌱 #protectnativebees

I went foraging for poplar buds today (for a poplar wormwood balm). They’re so sticky but wonderful and they smell like spring. #foraging #herbalism #plantsmakepeoplehappy 🌱

#booksky 💙📚🌍 #readaroundtheworld #thedragonbooktag youtu.be/VtHMuP-B2Ws?...

PEN America: Cornell’s Cancellation of Kehlani “Sets Dangerous Precedent for Campus Censorship” pen.org/press-releas...

#booksky 📚💙 📚🌍 #readaroundtheworld youtu.be/xruoDhIg4-E?...

I liked this one a lot. A little bit 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Alice in Wonderland. We’re all mad here. It’s slightly too believable. If my personal library ever gets me into trouble, at least I’ll know where the little white rabbits come from. In the meantime, I’m off to read another book. 💙📚🌍

When in Saskatoon, I do need to stock up on Saskatoon berry products! And used books from the store nearby. #booksky 💙📚 🌏📚 #readaroundtheworld #poetry

I voted early so, naturally, I rewarded myself with books from @shelflifebooks.bsky.social. I’ll shop Canadian & also read authors from all over the world because we’re all connected and the sooner we stop blaming immigrants for the selfishness of property management corporations the better. 💙📚🌏

Yup, I still love Molly the Maid. She’s a delight. #booksky 💙📚 #MollytheMaid

Quite gross sometimes, but with beautiful writing, so a bit confusing. I’ll have to read something not horror-y from her. #booksky 💙📚 #horror #litfic #shortstories

Worth the read now more than ever. Read more books and don’t acquise to the would-be tyrants. #booksky 💙📚 #readaroundtheworld

So weird and kind of creepy in a damsel tied to train tracks sort of way. #booksky 💙📚

My office cactus friend has tiny, ridiculously cute translucent flowers this week.

This book is such a gut punch. The brutality of slavery is overwhelming but the premise of this book is fascinating. Incredible characters in a nauseating story. #booksky 💙📚 #kindred #OctaviaEButler