Some Eurasian tree sparrows for #Birdtober 2

If you’re in need of a view..✨

Zinnias ... endlessly fascinating (and beloved by pollinators)

my ghosts are ready for harvest

my ghosts are ready for harvest

Honk if you like cake 🪿🍰

Sometimes writing is like making a quilt. You find a perfectly good story-thing, rip it apart into a thousand tiny, frayed little pieces, and cheerfully stitch them together again, one painstaking stab at a time. (yes, I'm fine)

If you need 17 seconds of Autumn..✨

Time is fleeting* *I should have started my shower 20 mins ago

The city must eat. It is what my mother and father taught me. There has never been famine since we learned to listen. At the top, sunflowers, wheat. Pumpkin and strawberry shoots trail from windows, by waterfalls. In the cool, dark soil, potatoes, yellow, purple, orange. Every plant, a memory.

Battered suitcase in hand, I decline the android's help as I go down the stairs slowly. I say goodbye to the mushroom vendor on floor 215, I listen to the baker's news on floor 199, I sing with the choir at the church on floor 155, I fish in the pond on floor 73. I'm finally moving to the forest.

I’M SURE YOU KNOW ALREADY, BUT IT’S MONDAY - WAS MONDAY DEPENDING ON YOUR TIME ZONE. HOW IS THAT GOING FOR YOU? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEK? I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE BREAKFASTS. I LOVE BREAKFASTS. TAKE CARE, THE TURNING OF THE SEASON IS ALWAYS A BIT STRANGE!!

It's #CoverReveal day! Presenting The Edge of a Knife and Other Stories by @bekagremikova.bsky.social ! Read on for release dates, preorder links, and more. #TheEdgeOfAKnifeAndOtherStories #SnowRidgePress #IndieAuthor #IndieFantasy #NewBook #scifi #miblart 💙📚🐉

A wind came. It blew across the land.

Faithful reader, prepare yourself: there is every chance the girl will not take time to think.

tell me where could I run from your light where could I hide

should the dawn come with wings

why did you have to call me out Panda Express fortune cookie

A few scenes of autumn, the season when the leaves paint themselves 🍁 Top: “Morning Harvest” Acrylic on red maple leaf Left: “Gatherer’s Perch” Acrylic on river birch leaf Right: “Scenic Route” Acrylic on white oak leaf Prints of these 3 are now available! 🍂

Andras,what did I tell you about leaving your house without your robes

2025 "Twilight" #rhads #DigitalArt

Have a good Friday everyone. Another image of a Palm Warbler from a few weeks ago. #birds

“Gatherer’s Perch” Painted on a preserved river birch leaf 🍂 I caught the reference photo for this one during my last trail run. This sweet little fella seemed just like he was posing for a painting! 🐿️

A closer look at all the autumn colors in “Scenic Route,” painted in acrylic on a preserved white oak leaf 🍁 #natureart #leafpainting #autumnart #artdetails #painting

Poor giant squid🥲

Ping-pong. I know, I know, I know. The most regrettable of all regrettable ideas. But you don't know happiness until it's a 5v1 crows against human ping-pong battle for the first piece of glorious plate-sized peanut brittle from Granny Maddy's. My stomach still hurts from laughing. And I lost.

Let's hear it for the stylish and sassy senior ladies of #sciencefiction and #fantasy! Featuring the fiction of @technomistress.bsky.social , @davidhankins.bsky.social , @bekagremikova.bsky.social , @retreasure.bsky.social , and more. #ShortStories #scifi #WritersOfTheFuture #poetry 💙📚🐉

"I'm not sure they listened past the name, to be honest." My neighbor and I watch the big, dark birds careering all over the lawn, all chasing down a single, bounding, chirruping grasshopper. "You mean...?" "Yeah, cricket."

"We could start our own team" I suggest to the magpies eating rotten apples under my tree "Whatever for?" their leader slurs her words "Both the crows and the ravens are doing it" "We'd rather throw seeds at the silly birds when they fail to score" the magpies trip over each other, laughing at me

Sunflower ... seeds are growing - I live the peculiar sculptural life of sunflowers ...

We all need magical moments..✨

gasp!

also, here is a Belle Pepper update😍

Alright folks, this is it, we are at the end. I need the ending not to break my heart 🥺

🥹🥹🥹soooo this is over already

Started the sequel!

feeding the algo

I have so many questions

I was in the beautiful Breton town of Vannes last month, so I made sure to go and take a look at my favourite magical door. Where does it lead? What lies beyond?? #AdoorableThursday

nom nom nom is the algorithm hungry?

My local used bookstore is commiting crimes:

a little reflection to keep the algorithm busy

Who wouldn’t be thrilled to go sparkle-picking in the coruscorchards? My daughter could barely sleep last night for the thought of it. Am I excited to chaperone her class of proto-witchlings, keeping them away from the nether swamp, shoving sandwiches at them and tending to scorched fingers? Yes!

early dawn pic

Did someone say it's time to hype the lovely @2probablynever.bsky.social ? Keeper of Sunrises? Poster of Tiny Tales (usually with adorable little romances)? Lady of Wholesome Chaos? Gifted with Knowledge of Silly Geese? If you may befriend her, you are a lucky sort indeed. :)

I can tell she's at her wit's end the moment she opens the door. Beautiful honey-gold hair frizzy, eyes puffy and red. Her baby is not crying, but giving me a warning look. It's strange, I agree, a childless, sleepless mage offering this comfort. I hum low and rock the cradle with my foot.

The dam cracked and the river threatened to flood our valley. I woke up a tired wizard with freshly baked fresh rolls so he'd handle the crisis. I distracted the pixies with honey treats so their tears would not affect the weather. Being a successful undercover guardian requires a lot of baking.

would you still love her if she was worm-quiet

Cooler weather means autumnal activities! Remember to provide your local cryptid with sufficient enrichment like -happy burrowing in new thrift shop sweater forests -long graveyard wanders -bagpiper hunting -reflecting headlight beams from glowing eyes and melting into the night -apple cider

The girl discovers the house through a map sent to her in a letter, and explores it guided by memory.