Some of my favorite paintings from May. Inspiration by artists Sarah Cray and Fabienne Hauenstein. #watercolor

Today is mine and @onetwobre.bsky.social’s anniversary. She got me a first edition, first printing of Death and Life. Of course, I’ve had the same paperback copy that every planner owns for years, but it’s pretty neat having a first printing. It looks good on my urban planning shelf.

Definitely behind in posting, but not too much with painting :) Journal Entries #32-35 🎨 #watercolor #practicemakespeogress

A few more journal entries. Some doodling and an aurora sky. Journal #30 & 31 🎨 #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

I finally swatched my palette and also painted some trees yesterday. Journal 28 🎨 #practicemakesprogress #watercolor

Lazy mornings with Jane. 📚☕️Almost finished with Emma and Artemis, and thinking about my next reads. Any suggestions?

I am still painting! I was traveling this week, so two of these were painted in route to my destinations. Journal Entires 24-27. 🎨 🖌️ #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Totes broke the thread, but here’s Journal Day 22 🎨 ! A little ink and paint action. “Don’t go painting waterfalls. Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to. 🎶 #TLC #watercolor

Art Journal 20, 21 and 22. Stormy evenings, loose florals and some bookish thoughts. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Days 18 & 19! Floral 💐 practice for Mother’s Day Cards and a quick lemon 🍋 for a busy day.

Happy #Maythe4th everyone! I’d hoped by now that we learned that the resistance is the correct side of all history, fantasy and sci-fi, but alas, here we are. #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay

Today’s art was a quick loose floral with various water use (pulling petals and flicking water about) 🙃

Day 15 🎨 A little bokeh three color inspiration by #letsgomakeart.

This evening, for Day 14 of the Art Journal, we have loose-ish wildflowers. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

This evening, for Day 14 of the Art Journal, we have loose-ish wildflowers. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Journal Entry 13: working on using water to pull color into Sakura. 🌸 #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

My 12th painting took 2 days as I was creating it off a photo a friend posted to IG. Here’s to practice and progress. I used a couple different techniques on the flowers to see what I liked more, and to just try things. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Cloudy, Rainy mornings with Jane. 📚 ☕️ #booksky #booktok

I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for over a week now 🤣 Art Journal Day 9: Loose books and florals. Inspro: MirenaART #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Day 8: Art Journal Starry Skies over painted mountains #watetcolor #practicemakesprogress

Day 7: springtime flowers that were start/stopped due to Easter egg hunts 🥚 🐰

Day 6: Art Journal: A Beachside seascape. Not my best/favorite work, but got the paper wet with colors. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

In case you were wondering if I was also still reading- I am! I am really trying to prioritize my hobbies along with life, work, and the ever-present doom and gloom of the world. Current Reads: The Wishing Gam- Meg Shaffer; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams #booksky 📚💙

Day 5: Art Journal. 5min Bokeh flowers. #watercolor #artjournal #practicemakesprogress

Day 4: Art Journal. A landscape landscape for your eyes. #watercolor #artjournal

Art Journal Day 3. Springtime blooms for the season. Inspiration from Shayda Campbell. 🌷 🌷

Art Journal Day 2. Thinking I’m going to come up with a hashtag for these at some point. 10 minute project with similar vibes to yesterday. Inspiration from Miranda Balogh Art. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

I am trying to spend more time with my hobbies this year. I’d like to improve my watercolor, so I’m creating a thread to post and track my progress of art journaling. So today- here is my first painting in my watercolor journal. #watercolor #practicemakesprogress

Broke out the paints again and collided two of my hobbies. 📚 💙 #bluesky

It’s #NationalLibraryWeek! Here’s to the many employees and patrons that continue to fight for our rights and access to knowledge and art. Here is a photo from the #SeattlePublicLibrary which really demonstrates bringing community together! It’s a beautiful building and space for all.

Spending my final weekend with this book (and series!) by Carissa Broadbent. I have really loved reading about Tissanah’s and Maxantarius’ growth, change and courage throughout this three book series. I would highly recommend it to anyone! 🐍 🔥 🦋 Bonus: it’s on KU. #booksky

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” -Elenor Roosevelt

I am now 67% done with this book! I head out on a cruise next week. What should I read? Do you have any light reading recommendations to share? #booksky

Can you believe I went 39 years w/o reading To Kill a Mockingbird? I finally picked it up and read it. With a focus of racism, it made me feel uncomfortable and also acutely aware of the correlations of today’s (in)justice system even though it takes place 90 yrs in the past. 📚💙 #buybannedbooks

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I am now into the third book of Carissa Broadbent’s War of Lost Hearts trilogy and have really been enjoying the adventure. I also really enjoy my quiet Saturdays. Find time to do the things you love. In moments of chaos, these moments help keep it together. 💙📚 #booksky #motherofdeathanddawn

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate! #piday #3.14

I’ve read and listened to more books than ever lately. 🙃 #booksky

Finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir today and I really enjoyed it. The audiobook was a joy to experience, and I would highly recommend it (though it’s disappointing that it is only available on Audible). #ProjectHailMary #Bookskye

I hadn’t opened the paints in a while, so I also spent some time using gouache to paint Yosemite today. Shout out to #Letsmakeart for their amazing National Park boxes. This was my fourth painting in the series. Can’t wait to see her in person in August.

Finished Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar last week, and am not reading another Carissa Broadbent Fantasy. I do really enjoy my lazy Saturday mornings 💙📚 #booksky

This year I decided to try the A-Z reading challenge on @thestorygraph.com. For the letters I didn’t already have planned- my goal is to read through a number of classics or banned books that I have not yet read in my life. Here’s to spending my morning with Shakespeare. 💙📚

Happy Golden Retriever Day!

If you haven’t read them in a while, here is a partial list of books banned in some school districts/states: Fahrenheit 451 Animal Farm Brave New World 1984 Of Mice and Men To Kill a Mockingbird Captain Underpants Anne Frank Ender’s Game I know why the caged bird sings Source: ALA, Chicago

This is a great piece on why, I too, am really enjoying @thestorygraph.com!

@thestorygraph.com reading wrap up- January! 💙📚 #booksky

I keep them all in the hopes that I’ll get my Little Free Library up and running someday. 💙📚

Glow of the Everflame brought to me by Kindle Unlimited. I think I might get this series as book trophies. I am really enjoying it. Also always enjoying my coffee- today is a marshmallow latte. Finding joy in the chaos on this rainy Southern California morning. 💙📚

“They want us to feel small, Eleanor. They want us to be quiet, be predictable, be unimportant, behave. Then they make us think we deserve it. But I think they’re just terrified we’ll stop listening to them and start listening to each other. And do you know why they’re so scared of women like us?”1/