As the weather cools, the sky gets clearer and at night, we can see the stars even better. Which made me think about the different kinds of stars we see. Did you know there are different star types? It's all part of the star life cycle...let's learn some more, shall we? 🌟 🤩

Wish I knew more @ the artist on this stop of our 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™. This collage hangs in my kitchen near the sink to remind me of my "Girl Power" as I wash dishes. It is a gift from my sister-in-law from an art show in Columbus, Ohio. I love the use of a key for the hanger and the dimensional parts.

This episode of The Sky is NOT The Limit is from a question from a viewer asking about dust devils, I have seen some but never really understood how they formed. And it is so interesting how they manifest in different ways. Have you experienced one? Where was it? youtube.com/shorts/Pd6A-...

When traveling, I like to bring back art created locally. So today's 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™ stop is an example of that. I got this piece from a sidewalk artist down from Sacre Coeur in Paris. A wonderful travel moment. What do you collect when you travel?

I think we all innately know that sound and emotion are strongly connected. Look at music, it has so much to do with feelings of all types from boundless joy to the deepest despair. Go to happy songs include: Stay Up Late (Talking Heads), I Just Want to Celebrate (Rare Earth) and Kiss (Prince)

I'm a big fan of functional pottery. And, that includes salt and pepper shakers. I'm not a collector but I do have a few artistic ones. This set from the late 60's certainly represents my interest in space.🚀

We've had a lot of clear blue autumn skies recently, but there are still clouds around from so I figured it was time to do another look at some more cloud types. I hope every cloud you see has a silver lining you can mine! ⛅ Thanks for sticking around for 20 episodes!

On the 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™ today, we are enjoying this fun piece. I come from a family of storytellers so a friend made me this storytelling bear sculpture to celebrate that. Inspired by the storytelling sculptures of the Pueblo, I love that it is a nod to the bears found here in the Great Smoky Mtns.

I'm not a fan of scary movies. Young Frankenstein is more my speed. What do you find most scary? The lighting? Jump scares? The silences? The music? I know the ominous music totally works for me...I mean, if you heard that music would you go down into that dark basement alone?? Happy Halloween! 🎃

Art delights, surprises, entertains, challenges, and more. Today's 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™ is sheer delight and surprise. A gift, it was just waiting for me to notice it upon returning from a trip. Owls are special and this piece lets me celebrate them as well as a good friend. #TinyArtTour

The Atlantic hurricane season runs through Nov 30. My location in a landlocked state meant I looked at hurricanes with a bit of distance. After seeing the damage caused by Helene, I have lot more interest in hurricanes, how they are formed and tracked. youtube.com/shorts/w7Jlu...

Today's stop on our 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™ is near the kitchen. This plastic brick piece was in a holiday stocking one year and is the spitting image of Dashiell, who shared the house with us. We miss him a lot but enjoy having him around in this form to make us smile. #TinyArtTour #CatsAreAwesome

Recent project for @nature.org California that I was happy to lend my voice to for the intro and outro. #Voiceover #VideoNarration #ItAllDependsOnWater youtu.be/qbS84VodLxE

I don't think I would enjoy hearing the world's loudest shout. But, I do know how variation in volume and pitch can make speech more interesting...for example, in e-learning, audiobooks or other narration. As a professional voiceover artist, that is something I continually practice and study.

Today on 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™, here's something I made! This is a clay piece made from a clay slab. I haven't mastered the throwing wheel so that will have to wait a bit. Using stamps, sticks and a knife, I created this celtic inspired piece that I see each morning! #MakeArt #TinyArtTour

👋 Thanks for stopping by! I’m a voice actor with experience in corporate, e-learning, audiobooks, medical, technical and more. Hear my demos and learn more about me at my website: ajwmsvoices.com

I loved working on citizen science projects so I'm sharing a couple of those projects with you today in case you want to join and help advance our understanding of the sky and our weather! youtube.com/shorts/uHOo6...

This piece hangs in my hallway and is a work by my father-in-law. He taught himself sculpture after he retired and I so admire him for doing that. Most of his pieces are stone and are larger. But, he worked with wood, which is the media for this. I am happy to share it on the 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ™.

Our brains are amazing things! Even stroke victims who cannot speak can often sing.

I may have found my calling as the voice of 80 year old women in space! Fun role and I'm looking forward to the release of @dustwalkerpod.bsky.social soon.

I was fortunate enough to know and remember one of my great-grandmothers - a tough Appalachian woman who used to tell wonderful stories. I inherited a number of ceramic pieces from here and still have this one to remind me of her and my family connections.

Great balls of fire!! Let's learn about the phenomenon of "ball lightning". I love the fact that there isn't a full explanation. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE science but there is something about keeping some beauty of our world unexplained so we can just marvel and enjoy it.

Here on today's 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧™, we find this little sentinel watching me while I take care of the laundry. This wooden figure is from Kenya. I haven't been there but I know folks who have 🌍 I wish I knew more about the artist. I just know that she makes me smile when I enter the room.

Trailer screams of fan service and I. Am. Here. For. It!! youtu.be/_pa1KLXuW0Y?...

Today's Techy-Feely Fact: The human voice is capable of expressing over 7000 different languages and dialects! The human voice is amazing in how it can convey our emotions, intentions, information and connection. Now you know what voiceover artists are doing every day!!

This week on our 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧™ brings us to a piece created by my sister-in-law, a retired art teacher. Her work with reclaimed/recycled objects is always so fun and delightful. I love this spice container based insect with its whisk tail and bottle cap eyes. Just waiting for it to take flight!

Happy to be a part of this upcoming audio drama. Based on the quality is writing for my part, it will be a great listen! #audiodrama

We are currently in a solar maximum phrase, which means more solar activity, including increased sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. Coronal mass what? Let's find out more about some past major solar activity and it might impact us. 🔆 🌄 youtube.com/shorts/hoHVB...

Today's stop on our 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧™ is back in my office where I collect art from my travels and gifts from friends and family who travel. These two kitties are made from antique Japanese kimono silk. I have family who lives in Japan so we will have more Japanese art on the tour, don't worry! 🎌

I value laughter very much! This makes sense to me that laughter came before speech. Got any good jokes to share?

On this US Labor Day, I wanted to show a labor of love for 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧™. After my mom died, my sister spent several evenings knitting these hearts as a way for her to decompress and find some peace. It was a surprise from her and I treasure it. #TinyArtTour #TechyFeely #KnittingYourFeelings

Since this series is about space and weather, why not combine them? Let's look at weather IN space! Starting with Mars...cause, why not? youtu.be/47N8DrtaHXk

Today's stop on the Tiny Art Tour™, is in the living room with a small wooden sculpture of a cat and its kitten lives. I don't know the artist for this piece but it was given to me by my mom - who was a fierce mom who was protective of her kittens. #tinyarttour #techyfeely #ArtAroundTheHouse

Have you ever explored the use of tones for relaxation? I have an app that generates tones to calm or energize your thinking but I haven't used it enough to discern an effect. I guess I need to do more testing.

Today on the Tiny Art Tour™, we are in my office. First up, a carved set of hiking boots from a friend I have known since I was in high school. She is one of the most creative souls I know and these boots remind me of summer camp as well as our friendship. #TinyArtTour

We are certainly sweating it out this summer. Today, we are asking what's the "Feels Like" temperature reading mean in my weather app? It often means our experience of the temperature is different than than the actual measurement. Let's find out why! youtube.com/shorts/Xf1qZ...

Next stop on the Tiny Art Tour™ is my desk. We will start with a, shall we say, motif. This wooden flying rabbit is one of two. Flying rabbits started appearing in the house a number of years ago for good luck and, since they are rabbits, they kept multiplying. #TinyArtTour #TechyFeely

My first experience with hearing a theremin was in the original Star Trek series theme song. That haunting slide really did sound out of this world to little me. Live Long and Prosper! 🖖

Next up on our Tiny Art Tour™ is a piece made by my brother with his 3d printer which he then hand painted. I love it! This piece lives in my VO booth to make sure The Force is always with me while I'm recording. #TinyArtTour #techyfeely

Sign this petition from Consumer Reports to tell the FTC to do the right thing: action.consumerreports.org/nb-20250317-...

Do you make a wish when you see a falling star? If so, this is the BEST time of year since we are neari peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower! Let's learn more about this yearly stellar show. 💫 youtube.com/shorts/U120C...

Here we are for the first stop on our Tiny Art Tour 🖼️ This is the piece that inspired me to start this series. You don't have to be a capital A "Artist" to be creative...cook, dance, paint, scribble, hum, design, write, McGyver something. How are you being creative these days?

I may be immune to this feeling of calm in the rain. Rain mostly makes me uneasy - probably too many wet nights in tents while backpacking. Do you like the rain?

For pretty much all my life, I have surrounded myself with art of various types and sizes. In my house, my childhood bedroom, my offices, my recording booth.

Putting this here so I can find it again. Fun campaign to be a part of! youtube.com/shorts/zrWN9...

Have you looked at clouds from both sides now? From up and down and still somehow, you have questions? So do I! Clouds are an (almost) everyday occurrence in our sky. But, this is "Part 1" because I'm sure I'll be back because I really don't know clouds...at all. #techyfeely

Hopefully your July 4th activities did not require any use of a fire extinquisher this year (well, ever, really). I love this creative use of sound waves to solve a problem. #techyfeely #problemsolving

🌈 You knew we couldn't go too many episodes without talking about how amazing rainbows are! They really do make me smile whenever I'm lucky enough to see one. Let's find out more about why they appear and the best way to see one. I'm glad you're here! youtube.com/shorts/D4OsA...

The Walkman was introduced on July 1, 1979. I love that it was invented at the request of the retiring co-founder of Sony so he could listen to opera while on an airplane! Creativity and invention to fill a unique need! And human voices also fill that unique need for connection and communication.

Ever wondered about why stars "twinkle" in the night sky? You're not alone! Many thanks to @patkennedy for asking the question that we explore in today's episode. youtube.com/shorts/wgGLx...