I promised @horstp8r.bsky.social I would post some of Cheesecake's professional shots from his breeder when he was 6 months old so here are a couple. I acquired Cheesecake when he was 16 months old after his first owner died. #CatsofBlueSky 🐈

It's Monday, so it's time to get out there and stick it to the man. 🪶

It’s #Caturday and I don’t know if Cheesecake could be any cuter. 🐈

Happy Friday! Sometimes I can't get to my computer with all my photos because my daughter is currently using that room. So today here's an Indigo Bunting from a shared folder titled Buntings. Because buntings...🪶

It's #WoodDuckWednesday and here's a Wood Duck to brighten up your day. 🪶

For #Twosday here is a pair of Bald Eagles "playing leapfrog" and then acting like we didn't just see that. 🪶

It's Monday, time to put your best foot forward like this Brown Pelican. 🪶

Cheesecake is wide-eyed and poised to seize #Caturday. 🐈

Is this week over yet? Yellow-crowned Night-Heron adult and juvenile both wondering if it's safe to come out. 🪶

There's a new predator in the 'hood. Red-shouldered Hawk hanging around near my backyard. 🪶

It's #WoodDuckWednesday and here is the first Wood Duck of 2026. I'm not sure he's too happy about, though. 🪶

During this dreary time of year I'm looking back at photos from a 2024 visit to the Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel. I hope this Roseate Spoonbill brightens your timeline. 🪶

Tiptoeing into Monday like this Snowy Egret, except I don't have any fabulous yellow boots. 😭🪶

Cheesecake is reaching out to his fans on #Caturday 🐈

Hope you are all as ready for weekend as this Wood Stork. 🪶

Since I ended the year with Wood ducks it only seems right to begin the new year with baby Wood ducks. 🪶

How great is it that Dec. 31 is a Wednesday and we can end the year on #WoodDuckWednesday? 🪶

In going through this years photos I've found some that I hadn't shared previously. Here's a view from inside the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. #2025recap

Spotting a pair of Little Owls hidden in plain sight was a a great moment this year.🪶 #2025Recap #FavoriteNatureMoments

Here's one of my favorite shots from this year, a Eurasian Spoonbill in Donana National Park in southern Spain. 🪶

How Cheesecake does #Caturday. 🐈

This crab expresses my feelings about 2025. 🦀

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Cheesecake and his partner in crime, Ooshi.

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 24, 2025 Do Prairie Chickens count as two calling birds? 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec. 23, 2025 European Bee-eaters having a conversation. #watercolor #Twosday 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 22, 2025 A Red-bellied Woodpecker with a treat it found on a vine covered tree.

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 21 2025 A white dove I photographed in South Korea in Dec 2021 seems appropriate for this time of year. 🪶

It’s #Caturday and Cheesecake it enjoying an early Christmas present filled with catnip 🐈

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 19 Tiger Swallowtail. 🦋

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 18 Indigo Bunting against a backdrop of spring green. 🪶

ArtAdventCalendar Dec 17 The male Wood Duck brings all the colors to #WoodDuckWednesday. 🪶

ArtAdventCalendar Dec 16 European Bee-eaters are your avian overlords today. 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 15 A Scarlet Macaw convention at the clay lick.🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 14 Cardinals have the best red, especially in the winter. 🪶

Cheesecake’s #Caturday advice- when it’s cold and snowy outside find a comfy lap.

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 12 Flying Greater Flamingos in southern Spain. 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 11 Great Egret done in pan pastel and pastel pencil

It's #WoodDuckWednesday and the Wood ducks are watching you. 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 10 Backlit dried grasses at Lake Park in Suwan, South Korea. (Dec 2021)

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 9 While-lined Sphinx Moth in watercolor.

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 8 Blue Jay in the snow. 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 7 Squirrel scritching on a nut- in gouache and watercolor

Cheesecake is busy overseeing #Caturday.🐈

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 6 My painting of Cheesecake made it into a pet portrait show.

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec 5. American Goldfinch glowing in the prairie. 🪶

Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar Ink and watercolor of my step-daughter’s highland pony when he was a colt.

It’s Wood Duck Wednesday! #ArtAdventCalender

Mourning Doves have a soft beauty that is underrated. #ArtAdventCalender. 🪶

I’m going to start #ArtAdventCalendar with a Yellow-rumped Cacique in a palm tree in watercolor.

Cheesecake is loafing in a spot with some sun for #Caturday 🐈