my Ted Talk is going to be a long-winded explainer on why Ram Jam’s “Black Betty” (1977) is one of the greatest musical numbers of all time; thank you for attending

Why yes, I HAVE been pondering over the logistics of this all day. And I think I have it figured out! I need to start with the sheets of music for each piece, first. They are actually the most difficult part of each painting, so I’m going to try to set up a bit of an assembly line for them.

I have been thinking about my neglected Carnival of the Animals watercolor series and I realized that they would look VERY COOL as layered paper dioramas. It would mean having to completely repaint the two that I've done...🥲🥲🥲...but it would look SO good...🤔🤔🤔 I need to ponder over it some more.

Strange bit of decor in the Christmas bins… #cats

Proof of a thanksgiving well spent, I’d say. 👀🦃🍗

@itmechriswade.bsky.social www.steady-hands.com/collections/...

@toripng.com the MX Paint bag is SO COOL, and so well designed, and I am so happy to have one!! (Now I just need to acquire pins for it 🤔)

They were the bluest blue I’ve ever seen them, today. It was pretty cool. #blueridgemountains

I think my first little #cardinal is finished! My idea for this is to maybe do a series on eastern American #birds (the ones I frequently see)? Maybe 🤔 #birdart #wip

I am having to lift weights as part of the fitness plan I signed up for and like, I don’t have any vested interest in weightlifting but I suddenly think it would be fun to use a giant pumpkin in place of a kettle bell can I tell my trainer that my new goal is to someday do squats with a 50lb gourd

it’s always a little funny to make a pie that you have 0 interest in eating… (but others in my family will hopefully enjoy it, lol) #pumpkins

A little bit of progress on the #birds. #birdart #wip

i may have lost the belly battle but i will win the belly war

Another one of my answers to that “what song starts playing during your last stand against the zombie hoard” question youtu.be/xdu7I2x2Jps?...

I’d like to hope that I finish this in a timely manner (or…at all…) 👀💧 #birdart

YOU CAN CHANGE THE SUBTITLE FONT IN THE SONY PICTURES CORE APP TO COMIC SANS* *it didn’t work on our tv but the option was totes there

Our shows are on fall hiatus so it’s time to watch the 2011 sci-fi opus “Priest”, because, again, I am a girl who knows how to party.

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

@jemarri.bsky.social built beautiful bookcases for our living room and now my late grandmother’s vintage sewing machine can be on full and proper display for the first time ever and ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

Will is great!

Books that are over 800 pages long should come with a free PDF copy when you buy the physical copy, because they are way too heavy and big to be lugging around every day!!!!! #thisisajoke #butseriously

Update: It was REALLY GOOD and I am VERY HAPPY! It's kind of fun to experiment and muck about with whole wheat flour. (I added cinnamon and cardamom to the crust recipe to help cut down on the whole-wheatiness)

Take a lil’ dance break youtu.be/IGgNhwhNz44?...

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

This is a three inch flat magnet featuring my oil Wren artwork.

My repeated attempts at making an apple pie with a whole wheat crust are starting to pay off 👏🏽

what if i threw all logical thinking and good sense to the wind and just bought a jag #daydreaming

squishy

prepping for her battle with the Predator #cats

If I could just load @procreate.com’s brushes into @adobe.com Animate’s interface (as outdated as it is), I would be a happy little person.

experimenting

The year is ending soon and I have made almost 0 pieces of art; I’m not too sad because I was doing some unexpectedly cool stuff day-job wise, but I would like to try and refocus on my abandoned illustration projects soon because I miss them. (Mainly, my poor, neglected Aesop project 😭…)

A birthday party where the DJ plays Palance???? Follow the Leader??? Machel Montano??? Beenie Man???? THAT’SSA GOOD PARTY

With the exception of the Invisaligns (ugh) I am done with the gauntlet of medical exams for one more year 👍🏽👍🏽 I’m so tired of booking and keeping track of appointments!!!! (but infinitely grateful for wonderful doctors)

thank you, vaguely threatening gachapon machine

Pen and ink . Shags on Farne #art #birds #birdart

Every ad now

There's always a little bit of relief when I finally show an animation that I've been working on (by myself) to a coworker/boss, and they say "oh, I love it!" phew

Something about coming back ‘round to normal after having my eyes dilated/numbed makes me SO SLEEPY. (In good news, though - my keratoconus is stable and I was cleared of any concern about a different condition (narrow angles) 👍🏽👍🏽)

I knew when I ordered them that I was not a person who matched the sizing of Black Milk clothing off the rack in any way, but good gravy god, that tailoring charge was...a lot. This is why I wear stretchy knit sweaters... 😂

Gremlin-type Pokémon. #cats

read all the pamphlets (and watch the tapes)

Encountered a nifty little leaf-footed bug in the garden, today ☺️

She’s going to be the very best, like no one ever was! #cats

I wouldn’t, but I find the fact that I could have an instacart worker drive a single lightweight kettlebell the 1.5 miles from the store to my house is very funny.