#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus

‘She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person who kept a parrot.’ ~ Mark Twain 🦜 #BookWormSat 🖼️ The Lady of the Tooti-Nameh or The Legend of the Parrot, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, c.1865.

@kalijah-69.bsky.social Have a serene night and nice dreams Jim. Tomorrow is Caturday! Yay. I'll see you then.🤗🧡 ("Stairs to the bell tower" by artist Dragica Micki Fortuna)

I’d like to apologize to my high school English teacher. She was encouraging to me, and I was a dick to her.

I like Dave Pell's idea: the 25th amendment should come with a trophy.

Brilliant work! Please share.

Illustration by H.J. Ford from The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, New York, 1906. #artsky #booksky

Remember when the nation demands a swing back toward morality there are loads of chucklefucks queued up to show us the way. Goodbye personal freedoms, hello obedience.

Pam defies a subpoena, what a fucking surprise.

“If they can automatically enroll men into the draft at 18, they can automatically register Americans to vote at 18. Ask yourself why they won’t” Josh H.

Illustration by the author from Walter Crane’s New Toy Book by Walter Crane, London, 1874. #booksky #artsky

Iwai bridge at Sakuyama, Yashu, 1946 Kawase Hasui, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 woodblock print Virginia Museum of Fine Arts #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Book Cover of the Day:

“Not all those who wander are lost” — J.R.R. Tolkien

Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975) "Satan Taking a Break from Hate Crimes," 2022 Oil on dibond #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover

I just watched a hawk getting mobbed by about thirty crows and I thought "There's an idea!"

We're gonna need a bigger tree. Handmade lino print. #birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking #shark Liquoricelino.etsy.com

So what were they doing? Trafficking women, drugs, and huge amounts of money. In doing so they inserted themselves into every aspect of our lives, politics, and religion.

Illustration from The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, London, 1856. #booksky #artsky

Just because gallows humor is all I’ve got left.

Wire clothes hangers worked for a hundred years, only to be replaced by plastic, which must be replaced when they age. Just one more thing made from petroleum.

Not feeling particularly silly today, but here's a fun drawing of a marabou stork looking coy and very stylish for the #RepostYourArt theme of #silly

Does president Vance know he won’t have the same immunity from consequences?

Does Pete know he's about to become the first nuclear patsy?

Maybe instead of waiting to see if he will do it we could try not letting him do whatever he wants? Just a wild idea.

Day 6, bird! I get to enjoy herons often on my walks. Mostly crowned night herons, along with some lovely great blues. #repostyourart #ishawayart #birdart #watercolor

'Red Torii of Heian Jingu Shrine' from the series 'Fifteen Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt

Bryan Larsen (American Artist, born 1975) "Reflection", 2015. Oil on Canvas, 76.2 × 45.7 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Natalia Leonova (Russian Artist, born 1983) "Breakfast in Bed", 2021. Pastel on Paper, 50 × 40 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #caturday #catlover

Choy Moo Kheon (Singaporean, born 1950) "Blue Whispering Day", 2022. Acrylic on Canvas, 139.7 × 114.3 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

"Morning Light" by Grace Gillespie, UK-based artist specialising in reduction linocuts, hand-crafted in her home-studio in Bristol #WomensArt

#StreetArt in #Zagreb, street-artist??? 📷 @5058jade_street_art 4.04.27

"Ripples and Rings" (2025) by BRYAN LARSEN (American, born 1975). Oil on panel 36 x 24 inches The artist describes this as a piece that explores curiosity and the pull of "unknown frontiers". #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Illustration by Kate Greenaway from The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, London, 1888. #booksky #artsky

Is planet of the apes playing out? Will Artemis have a world to land on?

Rocket! I love him!

Flaming June, 1895 by Frederic Leighton (UK, 1830 - 1896). Oil, canvas | 120.6 x 120.6 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Miles Hyman (American Artist, born 1962) "Crescent Point", 2022. Oil on Linen, 100 × 81 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Dan Rather represents an era when journalism wasn't as polarized into political groups. I miss those days. 😭

I paid $4.40 per gallon today.

Illustration from The Cat’s Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, illustrated by Francis, Boz, Palmer Cox, and Others, Boston, 1881. #booksky #artsky #caturday

Happy Easter.

This artwork is part of the "red series" of illustrations by artist and creative director Dora Abodi for her brand, ABODI Transylvania.

what goes on in the women's restroom

Igor Pozdeev (Ukrainian Artist, born 1969) "Spring Flowering", 2026. Oil on Canvas, 40 × 30 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt