#BirdoftheDay #SideView #TurningAway #Birds #Raptors

"Ascent, Dusk" Oil on Wood #artadventcalendar #festivedailyrobin #art #oilpainting #traditionalmediums #orangesun #birdart #bird

#WeekWforWindows #WindowsonWednesday #photo #architecture #urbantrails #renovationprojects #eastcoastkin

Now is the time of Yule and Monsters

Portrait of my mother, done while she was undergoing chemotherapy. She is 72 today, still feisty. Can't wait to see her. "Barbara" Oil on Linen #art #oilpainting #traditionalmediums #artadventcalendar #portrait #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

#forestfriday #scape #eqsky #eascoastkin

Happy Thanksgiving "Grace" Charcoal on Fabriano #art #drawing #Traditionalmediums #bird #pigeonsky #portrait #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin

Love this so much. 💜

If you see this, post your bird art... ok "Study for Parliament" charcoal on paper 50x70cm #birds #art #drawing #charcoal #traditionalmediums #magpies #lesserparliament

#BirdoftheDay #StandingonThings No, it doesn't hurt when a Harris Hawk lands on your head. #birds #raptors #closeencounters #falconry

#BirdoftheDay #Closeup "Close up? Yeah, go ahead and get that now, while my mascara is still fresh..." #birds #secretarybird #eyelashes #eastcoastkin

#BirdoftheDay #LongBeak This is the very rare laughing spoonbill. #birds #spoonbill #animalhumor

She is so good at helping me find snacks. #horses #equestrian #urbantrails #autumn #fungi #mushroooms #foraging #november #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 30 #MadScientist Making pigment from foraged fungi. #Spooktober #fungi #mushroom #ink #artsandcrafts #urbantrails

#31DaysofHalloween Day 2 #Creepycrawly "Oh, Hey, what's up?" #Spooktober #Slug #invertebrates #urbantrails

#31DaysofHalloween Day 28 #trees #Spooktober #forest #urbantrails #eastcoastkin #roots

#WeekQforQuiet #horses #autumn #forest #urbantrails #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 27 #Monster Probably just wants to play. #Spooktober #dinosaur #sciart #urbantrails #paleopets #eastcoastkin

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

#31DaysofHalloween Day 26 #Fire #Spooktober #photo #bonfire #gasmask #eastcoastkin #orangesun

#31DaysofHalloween Day 25 #Ghoul "Eminence" - Oil on canvas #Spooktober #oilpainting #bird #sciart #vulture #traditionalmediums #deatheater #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 24 #Frankenstein The current mood on my corner chair. #Spooktober #toys #antiques #zuhause #doll

#31DaysofHalloween Day 23 #Pumpkin #Spooktober #urbantrails #eastcoastkin #Bath

#Birdoftheday theme today is #Raptor or #Gardenbird. But it is also #Spooktober. Just look at his adorable face. #birds #raptors #vultures #Berlebeck #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 22 #Bat "S.C." - Charcoal on paper #Spooktober #drawing #portrait #charcoal #traditionalmediums #changeling #eastcoastkin

Singing for Animals youtube.com/watch?v=8HvK...

#31DaysofHalloween Day 21 #Werewolf "E.W." - Charcoal on Paper #Spooktober #drawing #portrait #charcoal #traditionalmedium #changelings #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 20 #Wizard "The Sorcerer's Wife" - Charcoal, pastel, spray paint on paper #Spooktober #Drawing #Traditionalmedium #eastcoastkin

My #seamonster is also my #colorful #birdoftheday. He followed us about for a half hour, incessantly begging and being annoyingly cute, and matching all the pumpkins. #31DaysofHalloween #spooktober #birds #duck

Thinking about the resurgence of Nationalism and flag waving I am reminded of this poem by Ada Limón 'A New National Anthem' ‘my bones are your bones, and your bones are my bones’ #poetry #poemoftheday #LoveKnowsNoBorders #PeopleNotFlags

#31DaysofHalloween I don't really have anything for day 18 #mummy. This old assemblage will have to do. "Desperado" mixed media #Spooktober #ephemera #assemblage #foundobjects #dolls #beetle #vertebrae #invertebrate

#31DaysofHalloween day 17 #alien This Leptoglossus occidentalis is an invasive species in Europe, and is doing a fine job of being creepy about it. #Spooktober #sciart #photo #invertebrate #anthropocene #eastcoastkin

#Birdoftheday This is Norbert, a local laughing gull who will divebomb and harrass nutrias in the river relentlessly. He is #urban and obviously a #character. #bird #gull #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 17 #darkness When the power goes out in the supermarket and you are thrust into the plot of a half dozen horror films... which all fail to ensue because you are in Ostwestfalen, so nearly everyone just exits in a grumbling, orderly fashion. #Spooktober #darktimes #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 15 #Witch "Frau M." - Oil on Canvas #Spooktober #oilpainting #traditionalmedium #portrait #eastcoastkin

Jackdaw update: At the behest of my mother I've been playing wicked witch sound effects up the air shaft to my corvid friends. This is where we are after three days. Also, #cobwebs I am too lazy to clean for day 14 of #Spooktober #31DaysofHalloween #birds #corvids #anthropocene #urbanwildlife

#31DaysofHalloween Day 13 #trickortreat "Brüderlein" - Charcoal and ink on paper #Spooktober #drawing #traditionalmediums #charcoal #siblings #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 12 #Shapeshifter "Storyhour" charcoal on Fabriano #Spooktober #drawing #traditionalart #portrait #faun #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 11 #Spider She lives in my stairwell, on the window. I love her to pieces, I know she will pass soon. Araneus Marmoreus. #Spooktober #spider #invertebrates #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 10 #Vampire My formative teenage years were spent dreaming about my next darkroom work sessions. We wasted a lot of film and paper in the very best way. Ancient photo of me brooding in a grotto somewhere. #Spooktober #whenweweregoths #analog #classicmono

#31DaysofHalloween Day 9 #Poison Just some friendly little Amanita eat-me-nots... #Spooktober #fungus #urbantrails #eastcoastkin

#31DaysofHalloween Day 8- #Zombie "Ganymede" - Charcoal on paper #Spooktober #drawing #traditionalmediums #mythology #anthropocene

Great quote from a great long-read comic about + against AI art

#31DaysofHalloween Day 7 - Lightning Taken with my pretty poor camera phone. #Spooktober #Lightning #weather #climate

#TheCampfire In October I don't need an alarm, as a huge flock of corvids will gather and gossip all around our building. One jackdaw in particular likes to bark down the airshaft leading to my bathroom. I wish I spoke his language, he has stories. #31DaysofHalloween #Spooktober #birds #corvids

#31DaysofHalloween Day 6 #blackcat "Pride" - charcoal on paper #Spooktober #drawing #traditionalmedium #family #horror #nightmare #gothicrevival

#31DaysofHalloween Day 5 #Nightmare "Nightmare(Ivy)" - Charcoal on Fabriano, 50x70cm #Spooktober #horse #drawing #traditionalart #dreamscape #eastcoastkin

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943