Just upgraded to Mac OS Tahoe. Nothing to do with the os, but aaah I’m loving the beautiful and peaceful look of the default screen of Lake Tahoe. I miss going to that lake.

A new year dawning. Happy New Year!

I always love that the deer tracks look like the tracks of cross country skiers. This am in the Catskill region of New York

Good morning!

Light in the Forest 40"x40" Art Quilt

First decent snow of the season. I love to wander the gardens to see how the snow has decorated the plants. This makes me think of a porcupine #gardens

Word of the Day: MUMPSIMUS – someone who obstinately sticks to their old ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong.

French brioche - un-assembled

Garden color. The last of the snapdragons, this one pretending to be from another plant.

“Untethered to the facts” is putting it nicely…

Just a bright spot for the day.

Please support your rural small businesses, especially in these trying times. We needed one of the spray arms replaced in our commercial dishwasher and the "travel" fee just for the nearest service provider to get to us is over $500, that doesn't include parts and labor. #smallbusinesslife

HUGELY Important.

"I hope you're doing ok. If you're feeling lost, take an art class.

My latest inn garden update to our blog as just been posted: www.greenvillearms.com/inn-blog/hows-it-growing-may-22-2025 Dahlias, vegetable seedlings, gooseberries, and more

Another art world casualty - received notice that MacPherson's Art Supply, a wholesale company relied on by small art supply stores, including our own, has suddenly shutdown. Anyone know of another US based company. MacPherson's was the largest. #artists #artsupplies #indieartsupplyshops

A new garden update blog post is now available: www.greenvillearms.com/inn-blog/hows-it-growing-may-8-2025. This is at our inn in upstate NY. #gardening

This paragraph is the crux of everything relating to niche hobby industries and why every single hobby that relates to physical objects (specialized electronics, scale models, model railroads, gunpla, stitching, sewing) is either going to be heavily impacted or, more often than not, vanish entirely:

Must add my obligatory daffodil pic. These are some early bloomers in the cottage house border at our inn, Greenville Arms 1889 Inn, in NY #gardens

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Anyone out there who recognizes this? I keep it as a memory as it was also the year my daughter was born and she was there with me at this conference. #hp3000 #hp

Life and fascism are happening at the same time... Order your garden seeds and keep a record of Nazi and fascist players in the government. Play with the grandkids and write a letter to the editor. Make supper and make a phone call to your Representative. jesspiper.substack.com/p/juxtaposit...

My art in our art supplies shop. These are two recently finished stitched paintings.

“Uncertain Path” 20” x 20” Stitched painting

Someone mentioned dahlias this morning and that got me browsing my pics from last year. Can’t wait for our cutting garden to be bursting with color once again

I'm enjoying all the new fiber arts follows! But just a suggestion, a description of your interests in your bio or a couple of introductory posts would be helpful. When all I see is name and nothing else I'm hesitant to follow back, so I usually don't until I learn a little more about you.

Is it over yet?

“Outta Here” one of my series of angry rabbits. #artquilt #rabbitart

Dalmatian puppies. Just because

Mindful stitching on a snowy day #artquilt #handstitching #valdanithread

Enjoying the peace of a quiet snowfall

Hi BlueSky! I’m an artist & a maker with a creative day job in the hospitality industry. I’m just trying to get my footing here and find platforms to build community & share my creative work outside of the Metapire. Also considering Substack. Would love your thoughts if you have them!

On Mon. I’m posting nothing but puppy pics, art, & gardens, but only on BlueSky. Other media platforms I’m on are infected. While I’m on them for now, I'll not be giving them traffic tomorrow. Small statement of protest but if it is the drop of water that contributes to a wave, I’m fine with that.

Seeing patterns in creek snow: hmm I think I see an upside down dinosaur. This was yesterday on our creek, today it is mostly melted.

Love the snow but still thinking of summer flowers.

New Art: “Over the Fields “ mixed media fabric rabbit artwork.

A quiet moment before guests arrive.

Frosted fig. We got our first light dusting of snow in our little corner of Greene County NY.

Anyone else have a cutting table that also doubles as your floor? #artquiting #artstudio

A little bit of wintertime on my mind.

I was a lettergirl in junior high and made my dog a matching outfit. I think she rocked the cheer better than I did.

Besides loving all thing gardening, I’m also an artist. This is one of the pieces in my Angry Rabbit series - “Non-Conformist”

Dahlia digging day. I’ve decided to go rogue this year - everything is thrown in together, no labels. Next year will be a total surprise.