Hello Mastodon, I have finally decided to open a Ko-fi page & shop!
https://ko-fi.com/illuminiatures
Grab your hand-painted bookmarks now (worldwide shipping from France! - more will be added next week) or support my creative endeavours β€οΈ
Boosts very welcome π Thank you, my friends!
A year ago, egg producer Cal-Maine pocketed $39.5 million in quarterly profit. This time around it was $323 million, a 718% increase.
But I thought all those expensive eggs were inflation and bird flu? https://ktla.com/news/money-smart/egg-producer-reports-718-increase-in-profit/
"I've always felt like I don't fit," the young woman said.
"Fit where?" the witch said.
"In..." The young person gestured at their whole body. "Can you ..?"
"I can't make you fit what you have. I can make what you have fit you."
"Really?"
"It worked for me."
The young man smiled.
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic #TransVisibilityDay
Sharing one of my abstracts called 14 Karat Gold!!
You can purchase here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/14-karat-gold-tina-lecour.html
#abstract #painting #paintings #gold #art #artist #arte #artwork #artmatters #artcollector #fediart #fedigiftshop #gifts #homedecor #wallart #buyintoart #ayearforart #theartdistrict #mastodon #mastoart
From @owillis
βTrump is the corrupt criminal racist the right has rallied behind and continues to support. There is no better reflection of the conservative movementβs perverse core than the elevated role of Donald J. Trump within its ranks.β
Party crasher.
You can't see it in the photo, but this house sparrow was hanging with a bunch of red-winged blackbirds a couple months ago. This morning when I started to process this photo, I thought one of the blackbirds was in the upper right-hand corner. But after looking closer, discovered it was yet another interloper - a brown-headed cowbird. I cropped it out.
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #HouseSparrow
The get away.
I made a deliberated attempt to get a picture of this red bellied woodpecker leaving the bird feeder and still messed it up. I had him at the feeder, but he flew out of focus almost immediately. I attempted to sharpen it with both Topez Sharpen AI and Focus Magic. My minds eye gave Sharpen the edge, but I'm still not satisfied.
Anyhow, the bird found a peanut and you can almost track his path by the debris still falling in his wake.
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #RedBelliedWoodpecker
If I could get Brian Eno to write some music, maybe βMusic for dogs in slowly falling snowβ Iβd have a winner with these two. #SproutTheBerner #teamclover #dogsofmastodon #dogs #snow
Two Portraits. Surreal portraits of a mother and child, constructed with torn paper. They seem to come from another era, perhaps from a farm in the 1800s. They are each staring at you, the portrait taker. Handmade paper collage.
Collage Link: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/two-portraits-ernesto-beckford.htm
It took 500 years, and generational trauma, but thanks to Native children. The Pope renounced the doctrine of discovery stating "It doesn't align with the churches veiws." So glad it took 500 years and a new Pope to say this...ππ³
#WeAreStillHere #Indigenous #LandBack
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1167056438/vatican-doctrine-of-discovery-colonialism-indigenous
Good morning. Our doors would be shutting today and all of us would be out of work, if 1000s of people hadn't come together to say that #TexasNeedsAnObserver.
We are so grateful to all of you on this #Newstodon Friday!
What's in the mysterious box I just received in the mail? Could it be magic candy?!?! #books #ya #yafantasy #victoriesgreatherthandeath #promisesstrongerthandarkness #writing #spaceopera #booktodon
https://www.tiktok.com/@charliejaneanders/video/7216792754100260138
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.