Nostr notes by Gemma Sarracenia

Yay, now I get to color :) #sciArt ...

2026-08-26T16:45:18Z

Yay, now I get to color :)

#sciArt

"A silly amount of work for..." is the definition of art ...

2026-08-23T02:29:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…n9s4
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"A silly amount of work for..." is the definition of art and this qualifies :)

Found this little guy in my quest for photos for the next ...

2026-08-13T00:37:12Z

Found this little guy in my quest for photos for the next project. Turns out, carnivorous plants don't just attract prey insects, the predators come in to steal from the plants. There was always a spider in my bog plants, at least one.

#carnivorousPlants #sarracenia #spider #jumpingSpider

Digging through old photos for art reference and couldn't ...

2026-08-10T23:17:12Z

Digging through old photos for art reference and couldn't resist pulling a handful out to share, including these pics of pretty skies. It was only later I realized I was standing in the same spot on my porch when I took them. Mammatus clouds were right after a huge storm.

#photography #nature

Sweet. I've owned this frog for 5 years but she doesn't ...

2026-07-31T23:40:24Z

Sweet. I've owned this frog for 5 years but she doesn't like to be handled and tends to sit on her feet, so I totally have been drawing her over and over with the wrong number of toes.

Tending to my cuttings and you know what? Plants are amazing. Cut ...

2026-07-30T01:13:16Z

Tending to my cuttings and you know what? Plants are amazing. Cut their head off and so many of them are like, "Fine. I'll grow feet."

Green sweat bee. #bloomscrolling #pollinators #bees ...

2026-07-24T20:22:52Z

Green sweat bee.

#bloomscrolling #pollinators #bees

Morty again. Mock tomato frog's colors change as they age. ...

2026-07-17T23:59:08Z

Morty again. Mock tomato frog's colors change as they age. The first pic is they day I got her, Dec 2021, maybe six months old. The second is in May 2022, close to a year old. The third is in September 2023, so 2 years old. The last one is today, 5 and excited because it's snack time.
#frog #pets #frogsOfMastodon

Digging through my lichen photos for today's art reference ...

2026-07-17T20:23:43Z

Digging through my lichen photos for today's art reference pic. Don't worry, Morty will still be in it.

#lichensubscribe #goblincore #nature #mosstodon

So this is what I stayed up until after 4 am doing. More of the ...

2026-07-16T09:25:05Z

So this is what I stayed up until after 4 am doing. More of the lovely lady Morty, and a bonus animation of the process to amuse my kiddo.

#frog #art #sciArt #traditionalArt #humanMadeArt

I finally drew Morty the mock tomato frog. She always seemed like ...

2026-07-15T20:13:53Z

I finally drew Morty the mock tomato frog. She always seemed like too much of a challenge, but now she seems like good practice. I have so many projects I'm working on, but I kind of want to draw her again, and maybe write a poem.

ETA - almost forgot. Wrote about her once:
https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/my-recovery-garden-is-persephones-garden/

#art #humanMadeArt #sciArt #frogs #pets

Took the best of my pics of Morty yesterday and made my own ...

2026-07-09T20:18:46Z

Took the best of my pics of Morty yesterday and made my own desktop wallpaper, thought some #frog loving peeps might appreciate it as well. She usually looks cranky and territorial, she still looks kind of stunned at yesterday's #terrarium upgrades. This is the biggest cave she's ever seen!
#pets #frogs #frogsOfMastodon #photography

My pretty little #frog Morty got upgrades today. A deeper pond, ...

2026-07-08T22:34:18Z

My pretty little #frog Morty got upgrades today. A deeper pond, and a moss cave to replace her flower pot. Much more digging space. She actually looks happy. Wrote about her once, and her indoor food web tied to the Page of Pentacles and #Persephone.
https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/my-recovery-garden-is-persephones-garden/
#tarot #pets #terrarium

One of my favorite stones. The circle in the center is only 2 or ...

2026-07-06T22:59:19Z

One of my favorite stones. The circle in the center is only 2 or 3 mm across, reminds me of a goddess statue with her arms above her head.

Things I found growing on stuff. #mosstodon #nature #photography ...

2026-06-30T17:21:56Z

Things I found growing on stuff.

#mosstodon #nature #photography #fungiFriends #lichenSubscribe #gardening

Out here gardening past midnight again, know what I hate about ...

2026-06-20T07:47:05Z

Out here gardening past midnight again, know what I hate about it? The porch light. Know why? Because I'm 50, and I remember when there were bugs. Hint: I was a child. So massively fucking depressing to watch the utter lack of bugs, and think of a whole food web that I AM A PART OF collapsing.

#gardening #science #foodsecurity

Recent pics from my garden. #gardening #nature #pollinators ...

2026-06-11T23:25:06Z

Recent pics from my garden.

#gardening #nature #pollinators #bloomscrolling #lichensubscribe #fungi

#silentSunday #insects #nature #photography ...

2026-06-07T18:37:54Z

#silentSunday #insects #nature #photography

Wow, careful of where your dog bowls and other sources of water ...

2026-06-04T16:52:08Z

Wow, careful of where your dog bowls and other sources of water are in the heat. This person's lemon tree was on fire from her dog's water.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/1tw9r5e/my_lemon_tree_was_on_fire_today/

#silentSunday #bloomscrolling #pollinators ...

2026-05-31T20:00:35Z

#silentSunday #bloomscrolling #pollinators

Found this growing on my neighbor's log. Pretty sure it's ...

2026-05-29T18:40:18Z

Found this growing on my neighbor's log. Pretty sure it's oyster mushroom, but I didn't take it to eat. I tucked it into the logs around my yard hoping it will pass along spores. Will likely go back for some of their bark chip mulch nearby later this year. It will help me make the area fertile :).
#fungiFriday

There is no lifestyle that is superior to the one where you end ...

2026-05-23T09:16:26Z

There is no lifestyle that is superior to the one where you end the day with dirt encrusted under your nails and in the wrinkles on your hands. This is just science.

With this #snake, I thee wed. ...

2026-03-13T00:38:47Z

With this #snake, I thee wed.

Zine day! More wetland babies :). Next week we take a break and I ...

2026-03-12T19:13:03Z

Zine day! More wetland babies :). Next week we take a break and I show you what I've learned in about my new baby snake, and some stuff about worms, and maybe grubs and slugs.

Full zine: https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/bog-monsters-how-carnivorous-plants-do-the-things-they-do/

#wetlands #sciArt #carnivorousPlants #ecology #pollinators

Thank you :). It's been kind of difficult figuring out ...

2026-03-06T02:04:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…lsjw
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Thank you :). It's been kind of difficult figuring out pictures that would look right both with and without blocks of text. 3,800 words is quite a bit to fit into an art project.

Eastern box turtle babies near a fern and some yellow pitcher ...

2026-03-06T01:52:46Z

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Eastern box turtle babies near a fern and some yellow pitcher plants.

Going to the print shop Sat to make some coloring posters, 11x18 ...

2026-03-06T01:52:14Z

Going to the print shop Sat to make some coloring posters, 11x18 on Bristol paper to sell for $10 each. I can ship directly from the print store if anyone here wants one. They will have my colored version on one side, and just the linework on the other. Click for turtle hatchlings.
#sciArt #coloring

I miss my #carnivorousPlants. If I got a few, the art for the ...

2026-03-02T20:17:35Z

I miss my #carnivorousPlants. If I got a few, the art for the zine would look better ('cause live models), and we could watch them grow as I share pics with info. More through the link💗

Zine about wetlands:

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/bog-monsters-how-carnivorous-plants-do-the-things-they-do/

#humanMadeArt #sciArt #wetlands #photography

I like the part where today's digging means I have a spring ...

2026-02-27T04:43:02Z

I like the part where today's digging means I have a spring onion harvest that can go in a full crock pot of beans. Once upon a time when I moved in a decade ago, I went around the 'hood digging up wild onions and transplanting them to my lawn. I always got chives now. And the occasional this.

Colored the business card. Did the hand lettering, just have to ...

2026-02-27T02:37:49Z

Colored the business card. Did the hand lettering, just have to arrange the bits and get things ready for the printer. Usually I like to use a downloaded theme for spring, but this year I kinda like the reference photo, with a bit of translucent purple around it. Now I get to work on the zine :)

Time to start coloring my business card and adding my deets. This ...

2026-02-26T01:12:46Z

Time to start coloring my business card and adding my deets. This will be the linework on the other side that people can color how they like, after I clean it up a bit.

Spring's bounty is coming, benefits are getting cut back, ...

2026-02-21T04:17:32Z

Spring's bounty is coming, benefits are getting cut back, jobs aren't increasing as promised. If you've been thinking about getting into foraging to supplement the kitchen table, check out a playlist I've been cultivating on YouTube.

#foraging #gardening #survival

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLImtnYBydKUb7UyqdsXpnFT--nZGaRVRN&si=XabWX_RMT2nHAKJb

I finished what I need to do for the next blog update, but ...

2026-02-15T20:12:44Z

I finished what I need to do for the next blog update, but decided to clean up the linework on this to include it in the member's pages. It will be worked into the zine later. I can't wait to color the original, but I'll make myself update the blog first.

Good time to remind everyone that you can get seeds and live ...

2026-02-15T01:18:45Z

Good time to remind everyone that you can get seeds and live plants for food bearing species using American SNAP food benefits. No telling what this administration will do to benefits, so if you have a little food insecurity and have been eyeing a corner of your yard thinking about #gardening

Planted maypop (passionfruit), buckwheat, milkweed (the one with ...

2026-02-13T01:05:45Z

Planted maypop (passionfruit), buckwheat, milkweed (the one with edible pods), salsify, purslane, echinacia (coneflower), lamb's quarters, quinoa, chickpea, carrots, beets, lettuce, peas, and turnips. The pollinators and birds will have food, and so will I.

Thank you :). I've drawn more flies than I ever thought I ...

2026-02-10T17:32:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…90pj
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Thank you :). I've drawn more flies than I ever thought I would in the course of this project, lol.

Got some scans done today, finally. Now I get to do the part ...

2026-02-10T00:21:36Z

Got some scans done today, finally. Now I get to do the part I've been itching to do, color the originals :). I'll update the zine soon, need to clean up the scans first. Haven't even done the writing for this page. Tonight I celebrate getting a ton of work done before the scan. #sciart

Oh yeah, forgot I was going to include ref photos when I shared ...

2026-02-06T19:27:43Z

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Oh yeah, forgot I was going to include ref photos when I shared this. One year I had 3 #mantis egg sacks (ootheca) hatch on my porch and I got a bunch of great reference photos. These are what went into the #art above. #Insect predators LOVE hanging around predatory plants, who lure them in.

Will get scans for the next section of the zine soon, but ...

2026-02-06T18:34:30Z

Will get scans for the next section of the zine soon, but it's a long walk so I want to finish one more drawing first. I don't like the 3-5 pages per package bit I was doing, I think if it's a guaranteed 5 pages per package that's $1 USD per page, which seems like a better plan. Will drop in this :)

The results of last night's celebration. I've been ...

2026-02-03T17:21:02Z

The results of last night's celebration. I've been thinking of getting Bristol paper and printing poster sized coloring pages with the image on both sides, and I color one side and leave the other side blank, and selling those. I think I'll try that with this.

I'm back online, and the very first thing I did was upload ...

2026-01-29T01:14:33Z

I'm back online, and the very first thing I did was upload what I was working on, y'all the coloring book/web zine about carnivorous plants is now LIVE. Please read about my passion and why I'm bursting with joy.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/bog-monsters-how-carnivorous-plants-do-the-things-they-do/

#gardening #humanMadeArt #coloring #carnivorousPlants #VenusFlytrap #wetlands #science #botany #ecology #zine

Ok I have my test prints and scans to tidy. I can print on ...

2026-01-17T03:02:08Z

Ok I have my test prints and scans to tidy. I can print on Bristol paper and their ink is not smudging :). So my scans will soon turn into a webzine on my blog, colored however I wish, with text. Members will get coloring pages with and without text, and some colored stuff. Still no home internet, but working on it.

I need pricing feedback. These are originals, poster sized ...

2026-01-15T16:50:51Z

I need pricing feedback. These are originals, poster sized colored pencil on Bristol paper. After I get color scans, I will sell them. Internet is already shut off, electric is up to $600 from only paying the minimum too long. Do you think I could sell them for $100 a piece?

#starvingArtist #humanMadeArt #skull #VenusFlytrap #artForSale

Can't wait to finish this one, scan it, color it, and put it ...

2026-01-10T16:52:38Z

Can't wait to finish this one, scan it, color it, and put it on my wall. I've wanted it as a poster for a couple of years.

1) I recall after I graduated when Grandma saw my sketchbook and ...

2026-01-10T01:47:26Z

1) I recall after I graduated when Grandma saw my sketchbook and thought, "You would have been happier if you majored in biology." 2) I am thinking of when they talked me out of an art degree. 3) I am remembering the people who criticized my style with "that looks like a coloring book". Thank you.

I love Shepard's Purse. Don't know why I waited until ...

2025-12-28T17:46:00Z

I love Shepard's Purse. Don't know why I waited until this year to try it, I guess because it looks so scrawny. The flavor is fantastic, like a mild broccoli. But why I will now grow it forever, it's the only thing blooming in my yard right now, and it's been feeding bees and calligrapher flies.
#pollinators #gardening #foraging

need to stop occasionally searching for pics of the expensive ...

2025-12-26T21:20:43Z

need to stop occasionally searching for pics of the expensive pillbugs that I love and want so much. Now I've found out that rubber ducky isopods come in pink! If only I could get my hands on a couple of hundred bucks for a dozen bugs.

'Twas 2 nights before Christmas, and I rolled up my sleeves, ...

2025-12-23T23:22:48Z

'Twas 2 nights before Christmas, and I rolled up my sleeves, news of a record heat wave means gardening's a breeze. I raked, and I weeded, and pretended to not care, that warnings of climate change dangled in the air.

#gardening

https://learndirt.com/ Has cool articles about sustainable ...

2025-11-06T20:53:57Z

https://learndirt.com/ Has cool articles about sustainable gardening, including learning more about your soil by what weeds grow.
#gardening
https://learndirt.com/learn/seeing-weeds-as-indicators/

Starting to insulate my container #garden with packed in mulch ...

2025-10-23T19:56:08Z

Starting to insulate my container #garden with packed in mulch that absorbs spilled water, will break down over time and I'll keep adding to it, until I have a hill of compost I can plant herbs in. I'm also adding little habitats, and someone moved in!

#gardening #frog #treeFrog #nature #wildLife

This gardening post shows a new garden bed that was not tilled ...

2025-10-01T23:41:55Z

This gardening post shows a new garden bed that was not tilled and has no amendments, but the clover and plantain have given some of my seedlings a boost in growth.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/free-permaculture-in-a-trailer-park/

#gardening #permaculture

Want to see some of my art, read my stories, or find my posts ...

2025-09-29T20:47:41Z

Want to see some of my art, read my stories, or find my posts about low-cost gardening and mental health? Check out my goodies page :). You can also find links to my Ko-fi and Patreon pages, if you feel like supporting my seed habit, or maybe buy me some pencils.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/my-goodies/
#art #humanMadeArt #gardening #fiction

This is the goal! Are they more willing to try the veggies they ...

2025-08-30T23:27:51Z

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This is the goal! Are they more willing to try the veggies they grew?

Okay gardeners and foodies, other than potatoes dipped in ...

2025-08-15T23:38:59Z

Okay gardeners and foodies, other than potatoes dipped in ketchup, what is your favorite root veggie/dipping sauce recipe? I personally like a good sweet potato with garlic seasoning and dipped in sour cream. What would you dip carrots in if you did them like french fries?

#gardening #food

Sweet, just identified one of the flowers in the free pollinator ...

2025-08-08T19:56:21Z

Sweet, just identified one of the flowers in the free pollinator mix I got with some other seeds, it's buckwheat. That's one of the ones I would have purchased soon, and now I don't have to :). A grain with nutritious leaves and good in compost.
#gardening

If my skin tone was autumn instead of winter, I'd dress ...

2025-07-18T19:40:22Z

If my skin tone was autumn instead of winter, I'd dress exclusively in the retrotastic colorways of the buckeye butterfly. I sheltered this baby last summer, they are freshly emerged and sat still long enough for a great photo before flying off.
#pollinators

Free ebook on cover crops to increase soil fertility. #gardening ...

2025-07-14T23:27:06Z

Free ebook on cover crops to increase soil fertility. #gardening #permaculture #sustainability

https://www.sare.org/resources/managing-cover-crops-profitably-3rd-edition/

Yeah, baby. These people get me. ...

2025-07-04T06:31:08Z

Yeah, baby. These people get me.

I myself have frequently survived by wowing the predators with my ...

2025-07-04T06:18:53Z

I myself have frequently survived by wowing the predators with my singular style.

I thought if I kept a "coloring page" to play with when ...

2025-07-01T18:05:56Z

I thought if I kept a "coloring page" to play with when "professional" bored me, I could do something more widely appealing for the book project, but I still like the dirty version with dark lines better. In fact, I doubled the layer. I am me, I guess. Anyway, free coloring page.
#art #humanmadeart

My work in progress is amusing me. ...

2025-06-29T04:32:52Z

My work in progress is amusing me.

I held baby snek! I was weeding and ran across her, and she ...

2025-06-18T01:42:42Z

I held baby snek! I was weeding and ran across her, and she panicked and was going back and forth, no idea what to do. So I gently picked her up and she took a panicked poopie, then I took her to the new garden edging all full of nummy bugs, and she sat there for a min appreciating a warm hand :)

Been here about a decade, finally saw why I had so many issues ...

2025-06-10T19:36:32Z

Been here about a decade, finally saw why I had so many issues identifying our tree. Moved in and I was all, "Cool, an ash." Then next spring when samara came, I was like, "Oh, my ash is an elm. Silly me." So now, years later, I'm all, "Why does my elm have ash samara?" Can you see it?
#nature #gardening #trees

My camera and eyes suck, so I want someone to outshine me here, ...

2025-06-05T03:08:52Z

My camera and eyes suck, so I want someone to outshine me here, what's your best pollinator pic?
#nature #gardening #insects #pollinators

Here we go. My new free garden blog post. I am a beaver, Canada ...

2025-05-30T04:16:49Z

Here we go. My new free garden blog post. I am a beaver, Canada come get me and take me home.

#gardening #nature #pollinators

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/after-the-storm-i-went-full-beaver-so-new-free-garden/

Yes, I want a government ruling my society not a business.

2025-05-27T21:18:13Z

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Yes, I want a government ruling my society not a business.

Decided to make my art focus on useful plants for a while, ...

2025-05-25T22:26:03Z

Decided to make my art focus on useful plants for a while, brushing up on several skills to see if I can pull together something both useful and pretty. Need to brush up on my fonts, but not until I finish sketching the pollinator garden.
#art #sketchbook #nature #foraging

Salsify flower. #bloomscrolling #foraging #gardening ...

2025-05-25T02:55:48Z

Salsify flower.

#bloomscrolling #foraging #gardening

Pretty leafhopper I found yesterday. ...

2025-05-24T16:35:57Z

Pretty leafhopper I found yesterday.

Kept samples of my lucky clover indoors all winter, which was a ...

2025-05-12T21:15:50Z

Kept samples of my lucky clover indoors all winter, which was a good thing because the outside samples did not all survive. The indoor ones attracted spider mites, so I washed them and cut all the leaves and put them outside. I have them in multiple pots outside though, so they have a better chance of survival. I'll bring cuttings indoors again though next winter, just in case. It's way too fun to find a new five leaf clover every few days, along with four leaf ones being common. #gardening

Once upon a time, I used my microscope to record what lived in ...

2025-05-10T07:39:07Z

Once upon a time, I used my microscope to record what lived in the pond water I fed to my bladderworts to teach my kid some stuff. Bladderworts are a carnivorous plant that eat the fascinating pond life that touches them. Here you go.

https://youtu.be/6NquTzvCbE8?si=Ek5iuCbIdAqrDzD2

This is indeed an excellent idea, we should share it widely. ...

2025-04-15T20:22:32Z

This is indeed an excellent idea, we should share it widely. Words are powerful.

#America #resist #trump

I can't sleep, I'm so excited this is gonna rule I've ...

2025-04-05T06:31:41Z

I can't sleep, I'm so excited this is gonna rule I've been so frustrated and bored at the same time! This is gonna be the best National Dandelion Appreciation Day Ever!

#Foraging walk was lovely. ...

2025-03-28T19:11:39Z

#Foraging walk was lovely.

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/there-will-be-dandelion-wine-this-yule/

Pics and a post about Celia, my Sarracenia rosea. Native to US ...

2025-03-15T19:49:26Z

Pics and a post about Celia, my Sarracenia rosea. Native to US wetlands, that's right, America, this fascinating and beautiful carnivorous plant species grows on lands that some people want to drain and sell into the gardening industry, OUR PARKS. *sob*

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/sarracenia-rosea-from-seedling-to-bloom/

One spring, THREE mantis egg cases hatched on my porch. Nymphs ...

2025-03-04T02:12:13Z

One spring, THREE mantis egg cases hatched on my porch. Nymphs everywhere, it was awesome. Mother was smart, laid her eggs near carnivorous plants, so they could feast on what they attracted with their nectar like aroma. Such "nectar" sometimes smells like cat pee or a whiff of decay, so that's nice.

#nature #insects #mantis

A selection of calligrapher flies, some of them rather frisky. ...

2025-03-04T01:45:32Z

A selection of calligrapher flies, some of them rather frisky.

#pollinators #nature #gardening #bloomscrolling

Monarch caterpillar appreciation thread. ...

2025-03-04T00:38:48Z

Monarch caterpillar appreciation thread.

I remember this guy, and his moon phase eyes. ...

2025-03-03T23:24:45Z

I remember this guy, and his moon phase eyes.

Anyone else look at common buckeye butterflies and think ...

2025-03-03T22:52:31Z

Anyone else look at common buckeye butterflies and think "retrotastic"? I guess these guys love plantain, because I found a ton of them while foraging last year. My daughter and I sheltered 7 of them, this guy stayed still a bit after release.

#Pollinator #nature

Okay, this is my best bee pic, I like the light, and if you have ...

2025-03-03T22:35:31Z

Okay, this is my best bee pic, I like the light, and if you have bee pics, feel free to add your own best bee. I didn't get to look at as many bee pics as I wanted to :(

#nature #photography #bees #insects

Well, that was timely. I got all salty that the peeps who ...

2025-03-03T22:22:11Z

Well, that was timely. I got all salty that the peeps who I've been telling to keep their hands off my tiny pollinator square wouldn't and kept killing my stuff (mowing my "weeds", throwing heavy equipment on the garden bed), and this bee balm (rip) was really popular. But, I get some money tomorrow, and I found a list of black owned seed companies the other day, and I've found non-Amazon sourced Wild Bergamot :).

#pollinators #bloomscrolling #gardening

https://www.urbangardenplants.com/wild-bergamot-seeds

Saw a single chickweed blossom, and a single dandelion bloom ...

2025-03-02T22:59:02Z

Saw a single chickweed blossom, and a single dandelion bloom today. First flowers I've seen this year.

What's up? ...

2025-03-01T22:03:30Z

What's up?

Spring tip for those on SNAP in America: your food stamps will ...

2025-02-24T02:35:04Z

Spring tip for those on SNAP in America: your food stamps will buy seeds and food plants. Walmart can do it, as well as grocery stores that have a little seed display. Bezos is scum, but he WILL sell you seeds with your food stamps and ship them to you if you have no other options.
#gardening #PSA

I knew a guy who loved to draw pipes, took drafting classes to ...

2025-02-17T00:40:08Z

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I knew a guy who loved to draw pipes, took drafting classes to become someone who designs the pipelines for cities.

It worked! I couldn't show off some of the art I did last ...

2025-02-16T00:52:08Z

It worked! I couldn't show off some of the art I did last year 'cause equipment stuff, but part of that was the lighting. Just remembered the laser toy I got my cat for Christmas has a UV flashlight, combined with the dance blacklights I have, it did the trick :). Now I have to take my stuff from the frames and set up a tripod or something. Off to the studio.
#art

If I get to come back as a ghost, I'm gonna tour the country ...

2025-01-17T20:27:51Z

If I get to come back as a ghost, I'm gonna tour the country going in to bookstores and asking where the books on ghosts are, then vanishing when they lead me to them.

Just heard massive terrified yelping, ran to see what it was and ...

2024-12-06T20:16:26Z

Just heard massive terrified yelping, ran to see what it was and found our house guest laughing at the dogs, who were never touched, but the kitten stood up on his hind legs and did jazz hands, and they had never seen such a thing (feral kitten is only now out without supervision). Seeing the cat stand up like a human scared the crap out of them, and they screamed and ran.

Please don't forget that gardening and self-sufficiency are a ...

2024-11-17T03:02:27Z

Please don't forget that gardening and self-sufficiency are a form of rebellion against capitalism.

#gardening

Cleaning out the clutter, which always means visiting Grace when ...

2024-11-14T04:56:09Z

Cleaning out the clutter, which always means visiting Grace when I run across her in storage. I got her as a Christmas present when I was 8, in my first aquarium. She lived to swim, a little ballet, thus her name.

Redbubble has 25% off everything today! Great time to get some of ...

2024-10-23T22:55:09Z

Redbubble has 25% off everything today! Great time to get some of my skull art :).

#skulls #halloween #smallArtist #spooktober #spookyseason #horror

https://www.redbubble.com/people/tippitiwichet/shop?artistUserName=tippitiwichet&asc=u&collections=3628917&iaCode=u-prints

And for the last of today's store updates, I have a pair of ...

2024-10-16T23:37:29Z

And for the last of today's store updates, I have a pair of drawings that will always make me smile, because I used my 9 week old rescued stray kitten as an art supply. He loved this game way too much, he now jumps on every flat piece of paper hoping I'll trace him again. His name is Freddie Mercury :)

There are mousepads, so a kitty can be catching your mouse, and a fishy shaped pet food mat. Go crazy cat ladies, go!

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/165633852?asc=u

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/165633980?asc=u

#art #smallArtist #cats

Persephone and Hades, The Lord and Lady of the Underworld are now ...

2024-10-16T21:27:47Z

Persephone and Hades, The Lord and Lady of the Underworld are now for sale. These are the first of several drawings I've been working on for a few traditionally drawn colored pencil pieces for art prints, rather than things I drew so I could have a cool tote bag or mug.

Persephone: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/165631268?asc=u

Hades: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/165631550?asc=u

#art #smallArtist #skull #Halloween

Wait, am I supposed to update my avatar with something spooky ...

2024-10-07T22:48:33Z

Wait, am I supposed to update my avatar with something spooky like a skull or something?

I found antlions under my porch! A type of damselfly larvae that ...

2024-10-03T00:29:15Z

I found antlions under my porch! A type of damselfly larvae that digs pits ants fall in. I've noticed a lot of ant activity in my garden, these guys moved in to correct the imbalance :).

There's advice in the organic gardening world to not use pesticides because then the predators can move in. It looks like this :)

#insects #ecology #crittersarecool #organicgardening #gardening

I like to occasionally boost my old post about this article, but ...

2024-02-21T22:15:11Z

I like to occasionally boost my old post about this article, but I wanted to make a new one. See, the thing is, I think you need to read this. Especially if you are tired of fighting the good fight.

You have done good. Yes you. I mean it.

https://tippitiwichet.com/2023/02/09/you-have-done-good-yes-you-i-mean-it/

#coping #mentalHealth #activism

Finally went through my footage of pink oyster mushrooms ...

2023-08-01T22:12:17Z

Finally went through my footage of pink oyster mushrooms releasing their spores to find the very prettiest part.

#mushrooms #mushtodon #fungi