Still struggling, but I have my beautiful black cats (and one grey one) to give me comfort. I hope you have comfort beings in your life too! #Disability #AuDHD #Cats #Photography

Hi friends! I'm still here. Working my way out of burnout, a car accident & a bad reaction to medication. Life can be really effing hard, but we continue on. Still doing a drawing a day & usually managing to get out of bed. How are you doing? #photography of a lovely day past #AuDHD #disability

I've been skirting the edge of complete burnout for a while now. Finding it hard to make art, write poems or even play or enjoy my garden. The world is wearing me down... Resistance is survival... Taking it day by day til I can laugh again. Until that time... ❤️ #disability #AuDHD #burnout #art

An imperfect garden is a lovely thing. An imperfect gardener is who I am. Like a plant plunked down in a strange place. To struggle, to grow, to fight for space. Don't know if we'll survive to next season. But we may bloom, we may spread, we may go to seed. We may get called a weed. #garden #poem

"Struggle" When you have nothing left... but you keep going anyway. #Disability #Photography #black&white #plants

Thinking about the people I miss.... I spent the weekend working hard in my garden. Probably harder than my body wanted. But since I was in pain anyway (thanks chronic pain) at least I got something done. Here's a lovely tulip from my garden. Reward for my efforts. #Flower #Photography #Disability

This is about how I feel right now. I'm so exhausted. (... for so many reasons.) My cat Jellybean is so sweet. He sometimes gets seasonal allergies too.... and snores a bit when sleeping. His little pink tongue loves to just sit there tempting me to boop it. #cats #photography #disability

I love a mutant tulip! A red one... even better! Trying to get into my garden as much as I can. Chronic pain can make that very hard, but I'd rather be with my crazy plants than in bed being bored. #tulip #flowers #garden #photography #disability #TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling

I need some good news... Tell me something good that's happening. #Artist #mood #news #doom #disability

What do you do when you can't sleep? Dream about sleep... Then just post a photo of a bed full of fuzzy cats! My big furry babies take up the whole a whole side all for themselves! I wish I was a cat, and I could sleep anytime I wanted. #cats #sleep #latenight #disability

Rough weekend for my health, but I finally managed to get out into the garden to do a little work & a little nature appreciation. Tulips in the full sun are intensely wonderful! * Wearing a red coat standing tall in the sunshine peace bringer of Spring * a late night #haiku for a tulip #flower

Super excited to have this Bloodroot pop up in my #garden One of my favorite native plants. I planned on buying one (they are usually sold out) now I don't have to! Came up in my Wild Ginger patch planted two years ago. What a sweet gift! It's done blooming now. #wildflower #photography #blossoms

If you are in the Twin Cities (MN), I invite you to see me get very silly and have some fun tonight! It's a crazy show where we throw a bunch of creative performers together and improvise a bit of theater! Join me at Strike Theater see link for ticket details, www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-nig...

It's been a very gray windy day. Big storms missed us by splitting North & South. Discovered my cherry tree began blooming today! Hard to photograph in the wind, got at least one shot. Hoping my chronic pain will let me garden tomorrow, so many things popping up! #Flowers #Photography #disability

In the silence between my heart beats I wait for hope -- #Latenightpoetry #poetry #Art #artistsofbluesky #drawing

I'm exhausted. It's nice to be able to look back on photo memories of sweet fun times. Here is an Easter memory from when my kids were still doing egg hunts. My sweet fluff named Seiss always loved to sit in the sun while every one else was running around. I think he had the right idea. #cats

Hey! Twin Cities Improv Folks and beyond! Improv heaven has arrived! Workshops have filled! Now you can get your tickets for the shows!!! #Improv #Theater #Laughter #Comedy #Art #Minnesota

My Kitchen Orchid The sun streaked through my kitchen window filling my eyes with a distracting glow I stopped mid dish soap dripping from my hand There you were, a tiny bit of perfection staring at me all exotic and delicate I got lost in your face How strange How beautiful You stared right back

It's late, I'm so tired the world is falling apart Hope, give me good news -- Late night exhaustion improv #Haiku An older "Tiny Drawing" from my daily journal series. I try to draw once a day. I don't always have the energy. It has turned into a sort of visual diary. #Poetry #Drawing #Art #AuDHD

I can not find my mind burned out & buried beneath the grindstone of daily crisis mode Color drains from my vision the sun casts only sharp shadows & grey reminders of lost pleasures Spring is lost in fog yet tiny petals unfurl I will feel within this mist for the blooms of hope ... of life #poem

A Chaos of Petals Fleeting are the blooms offered to our loving gaze gifts for this moment Lost in the deconstruction of time. --- A bit of late night #poetry sometimes is the only thing that soothes my battered brain. #Photography #Nature #Flowers #disability

It's been another very long day. PT & too much running around to do. I'm wiped out! Jellybean missed me, as he always does when I am not home. It doesn't take long for him to go from gargoyle to lap cat. I've been pinned to the couch for hours now... send help... or maybe don't. #Cats #disability

Maggie loves the plant area, especially when the sun is shining in and the birds are right in view. I love her long whiskers in this image! I had a request for another photo of Maggie, so here it is. Happy #Caturday friends! My brain is too tired for a poem tonight. #Cats #Photography #Disability

Did you have a hard day too? Here's the sweetest cat in the world curled up in my sink to comfort you. Maggie loves to get drinks from the faucet. She'll get comfortable and wait, especially if I am not fast enough to serve up the proper trickle of kitty refreshment. #Cats #Photography #Disability

No words No sounds No meaning Just overwhelmed Over feeling Shut down... Can you hear me? - Burnout can hit in a sort of frenzy. I should be in bed, asleep. But my mind is simultaneously in hyperdrive and also completely shut down. The pain is very real. #Disability #Artist #Poetry #Drawing

I am really enjoying my Fine Art feed here on Bluesky. I love seeing what creative folks are making. I want to support them back for all the joy they are giving me. It also inspires me to share more of my own creations. (I hope🫣) Comment with any suggestions on other artist to check out! #Artists

Rescued I cannot fly I haven't learned how Spring rain overwhelms me Hard landing in a road a puddle too big for my tiny self I am all alone Cold Scared A giant comes and scoops me up Am I dead? Too cold to tell Wait- warmth a dry place I can see my home I am safe somehow There is a chance for me

Sliding down a spiral tunnel In a free fall descent I flee No White Rabbit waits for me No afternoon crumpets or tea I shall wear that hat 10/6 Witty puns will be my kicks My toothy cat smile all glee Embracingly mad I must be The table is empty, Alice is lost But I am found indeed! #photo #poetry

My life doesn't feel very "doable" right now. I want to post art and poetry, but I am ill & need to rest to try to feel "better"... Since I'm crashing in energy, I am sharing a "How To ADHD" vid instead of pushing myself to use a brain already shut down. Jessica McCabe is great. #Disability #ADHD

I spent the day unwell 😢 mostly resting on the couch. I was the very best cat bed ever to two of my furry babies. Sharing a photo of Seiss, he was one of the most amazing loves of my life. I miss him so much, even my current fuzz balls cry for him sometimes. #Photography #cats #disability #Stunday

My mind travels on away from the now, searching for the gifts of Spring - Had to spend my day in bed. I glimpsed the sun shining outside my window, teasing me with the wish to feel the windy bite of March. Here's a tulip of the past to remind us of a possible future. #Haiku #photo #disability #art

When life wears you down... Your body exhausted... Your brain in a fog... Make a nothing.......... - I drew this nothing in Procreate this week. I couldn't think or process anything artful... so I just made marks until it became something soothing to do. A calming bit of nonsense. #art #disability

I was going to create something tonight... But... nope. Not enough brain cells active after a very rough day... Tomorrow, will come... Today will have to wait.

Or.... a whole month.

Thinking about imperfections in flowers in thoughts in myself Thinking about life about how hard it can be Thinking about how I love all the imperfect things in nature And yet I find it hard to love my own imperfections - #photography #poetry #flowers It's been a hard brain day... #ASD #ADHD

The act of #drawing is a lot like stream of conscious writing for me. I enjoy how playing in #procreate with the video feature lets me explore the story of my drawing in a visually active way. I made this one last year. Now that I figured out how to share them here I hope to post more. #Art #Wolf

Exhaustion... Here beyond the point Where mind and body shut down Hope is to survive --- It's been a really rough couple days... for my whole family. On top of all the other **** we all have to deal with... I hope you are also surviving. #Disability #ASD #ADHD #Self-portrait #photography #poetry

Majesty alight Golden robes glow in sunlight A flicker so bright Always a stunning sight - Monarch butterflies are longtime friends of mine. #Butterfly #poetry #photography #artist #Stunday #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Nature

The window I look out the most is the one inside my own head. The same window lets the sunshine in and the darkness. Sometimes I wonder, I wonder if I even see the world through my window, or just a reflection of myself overlaid on the reality outside. #BlueSkyArtShow #Windows #photography #poetry

It's a lonely place I sometimes hide in Viewing the world through a view finder My shield my protection safe from overwhelm Reality becomes art a moment captured but never really seen How many memories have I missed by trying to hold onto them so tight Recorded for later but not lived now #photo

Life is imperfect Nature is imperfect Art is imperfect Forget the impossible Embrace the improbable By doing the possible It all begins with a start -- #art #poetry #photography #joy Stop judging yourself against others, find the joy in the things that make your heart sing. All you need is you.

Alone I keep myself in a quiet place deep inside where silence finds me -- #poem #haiku #photography #art

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Darkness You can not light a flame on candle wick worn down twisted into the wax You must gently release that strand from its prison lift it up support it give it spark Then it may glow once again giving back to the world light No longer lost in the dark This is how we find each other #Poetry #Art

Stress pinches my brain folding over my soul an origami of confusion creased & scored over & over I breathe for escape I dream for reprieve I scramble for any safety this pain & exhaustion leaves me empty crawling towards anything like hope it is somewhere I just can't find it in here #Art #Poetry

Still we stand... the wind bends the petals break the rain comes then it doesn't Still we stand... the bees visit a tattered center bruised colors pushing out seeds to the future Still we stand... Common flowers fragile strong faded but still standing... - #Poetry #Photography #Artists #flowers

Sunshine creeps in slowly covering up my late night shadows exhaustion settling beneath my eyes seeking relief in dark day shadows hiding the remembrance of when I was alive -- A bit of midnight nonsense. Improv poetry at it's best/worst. #Poetry #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #Artist

Sisters... so much the same yet so different. Speaking without words Understanding Accepting Time does not hold us apart any more than space. It is not blood, It is love. - There is something so lovely about an Amaryllis bloom on a cold winter's day, two is even better. #Photography #Poetry #Art

Beautiful and haunting... I repost this wonderful art because it touched me in my soul.

Sunshine is a gift one that warms body and soul ... #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #photography #poetry #art #nature