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dancinyogi, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

What was the BEST thing that happened to you in 2023?

Please reply and then boost the question. We hear so much negativity about this year. What is one positive thing that happened to you?

pussreboots, 21 days ago to animals

This is Kelly. He’s an 8 week old kitten from a local feral colony. I saw him get hit by a truck towing a boat. When he got up from that and ran the rest of the way across the street I helped the woman who was chasing him to catch him. She’s allergic to cats and I’m not. So I’m now responsible for him. He has a broken jaw but is otherwise ok. #catsofmastodon #caturday #caturdayeveryday

pussreboots, 5 months ago to fantasy

Five stars: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (2023) is a novella retelling of Sleeping Beauty. The story was inspired in the process of writing a different retelling, namely, Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible (2016), written under the actual name, Ursula Vernon

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_12/thornhedge.html

#novella #fantasy #horror @bookstodon

pussreboots, 11 months ago to art

I finished an 8x8 acrylic painting today. Sometimes the planets align and the creative vibe is just right.

This is "A Bundle of Borbs" and was so much fun to paint.

If you'd like to own a print, mug, puzzle, etc, it's available here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bundle-of-borbs-sarah-sammis.html

If you'd like to own the original, it will be at Snappy's Cafe in Hayward California this October.

#art #2023AYearForArt #chickens #ChickenArt #colorful #MastoArt

pussreboots, 6 months ago to art

Postcards are re-stocked in my ko-fi store. New designs coming soon.

#BuyIntoArt #art #MastoArt #ChickenArt #chickens

https://ko-fi.com/pussreboots4573/shop

pussreboots, 10 months ago to Cats

Tortuga lounges in the afternoon sun. #caturdayeveryday #cats #photography

pussreboots, 8 months ago to books

Five stars: Death by Iced Coffee by Alex Erickson and Melissa Moran (Narrator) is the eleventh book in the Bookstore Cafe mystery series. Krissy Hancock takes part in Pine Hills's first ever marathon on a scorcher of a day. As the race is reaching the hills one of the race's organizers is found murdered just off the route.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_09/death_by_iced_coffee.html

#reading #mystery #audiobook @bookstodon

pussreboots, 6 months ago to art

What a lovely surprise. My postcards on Ko-fi completely sold out today. I have added a bunch more. Please take a look:

https://ko-fi.com/pussreboots4573/shop #BuyArt #BuyIntoArt #art #Mastoart

Screenshot showing available postcards
Screenshot showing available postcards

pussreboots, 8 months ago to Birding

A dozen or so dark eyed juncos (Oregon variety) have arrived to eat bugs in my backyard. Winter is coming. #birding #fall #autumn

pussreboots, 8 months ago to art

Curly has sold but there are plenty of other chickens on offer at Snappy’s cafe in Hayward. #art #mastoart

pussreboots, 5 months ago to art

#newyear2024 #art #MastoArt #Fediart

pussreboots, 1 year ago to art

If you're in the East Bay or want an excuse to visit Hayward, come see the Members' Show at the Sun Gallery (https://www.sungallery.org) which runs from June 22-July 29, 2023. The reception is June 24th from 1-4PM.

I'll have three pieces in the show. Names and descriptions are in the alt-tags.

#art #Hayward #MastoArt #chickens #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting

California Lunch: 12x12 acrylic painting of six fancily dressed white hens in a California cafe waiting for their lunch to be served. Looks like they're gossiping.
Coffee with the Muse: 16x20 acrylic on canvas showing an artist at a coffee shop, drinking coffee and drawing chickens on an iPad. Next to them is a yellow hen. The water tower in the window shows this place is somewhere in central Hayward.

pussreboots, 7 months ago to books

Five stars: Danger at the Iron Dragon by Carolyn Keene (2021) is the 22nd book in the Nancy Drew Diaries series. On the way home Nancy is mugged but she's rescued by Carly, a student of jiu-jitsu at the Iron Dragon. On her father's encouragement, Nancy and her two BFFs, Bess and George sign up for lessons.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_10/danger_at_the_iron_dragon.html

#mystery #reading @bookstodon

pussreboots, 6 months ago to SanFrancisco

Among the slides I bought from a seller based in Wisconsin is this woman posing before the Golden Gate Bridge on the SF side of things. The slide was developed in August 1965.

I happen to live across the Bay, approximately 35 miles from this bridge. I find it fascinating how many photos are of places I am intimately familiar with despite them being bought unsorted from people across the country from me.

#SlideScanning #SanFrancisco #GoldenGateBridge #vintage #photography

pussreboots, 8 months ago to art

I’m starstarting a new chicken painting. This is Rainy Day Play. It’s 5.5x5.5 inches. Acrylic paint. #art #wip #ChickenArt #mastoart

pussreboots, 5 months ago to books

Five stars: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (2020) is the second novella in the The Singing Hills Cycle series. Cleric Chih, always in search for a new story, finds themself at the mercy of some hungry tigers. To save the lives of themself and their companions, Chih enters into a lengthy story swapping session with the tigers.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_12/when_the_tiger_came_down_the_mountain.html

#reading #novella @bookstodon

pussreboots, 8 months ago to art

Starting on a new digital chicken piece. #art #mastoart #chickens #procreate

pussreboots, 1 year ago to art

My little chicken painting (the size of a playing card) is part of the Familiars collection up for auction.

https://art4abortion.com/#familiars

#ChickenArt #MastoArt #art

A playing card sized acrylic painting of a brown hen standing in sunlight, casting a shadow against her hen house.

pussreboots, 9 months ago to manga

Five stars: The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again, Today, Volume 2 by Hitsuji Yamada (2019) continues to explore the relationship between Saku and her oversized cat, Yukichi. The two also spend more time with Saku's boss's niece, Yume-chan.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_08/masterful_cat_is_depressed_again_today_2.html

#manga @bookstodon

pussreboots, 11 months ago to art

My digital exploration of local to me birds continues with a Cassin's Auklet.

Prints, etc, can be purchased here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cassins-auklet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #mastoart #fediart #waterfowl #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #procreate #2023AYearForArt

pussreboots, 5 months ago to Vintage

Who are those people at the Badlands? I noticed these two tiny figures while trying to pull anything out of this woefully under exposed slide. Photo was taken sometime in August 1965.

#SlideScanning #vintage #photography

pussreboots, 6 months ago to art

Three years ago my friend Ryan Groff shared a photo he took of snow in his neighborhood. I asked and got permission to use it as an art reference. I’m finally working on a digital version. #art #wip #snow #procreate #mastoart

pussreboots, 6 days ago to bookstodon

Five stars: Bread Over Troubled Water by Winnie Archer and Emily Durante (Narrator) (2022) is the eighth book in the Bread Shop mystery series. Ivy Culpepper is busy planning her engagement party. That is until a regular at the bread shop ends up poisoned.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_06/bread_over_troubled_water.html

@bookstodon

pussreboots, 6 months ago to procreate

Here’s another surreal chicken drawing I’m working on. #wip #procreate #art #mastoart

pussreboots, 9 days ago to bookstodon

Five stars: Rockets' Dead Glare by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (2018) is a short story in the Tourist Trap mystery series. It falls between Dressed to Kill (2015) and Killer Run.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_05/rockets_dead_glare.html

@bookstodon