Joanna M. Lawrie

I say the UK because my printer sends things out to Europe and mostly US and Canada at ridiculous cost :( sorry

If you’re in the UK and looking for cute Christmas cards, why not visit my Etsy shop? Either singles or in packs of 10 for a discount.

hijinkscrafts.etsy.com

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

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Black and white photo of a strong jawed middle aged man wearing a sport coat and sitting up with his left hand on his knee in a manly posture. He is looking up above his left shoulder where a shorthaired white and tabby kitten is perched, looking like it’s a bit stunned by the flash.

Real men have shoulder kittens. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Monet believed light changed every 7 minutes. To capture it, he swapped canvases constantly, chasing the fleeting moment.

In many cases they are in fact the very same thing

Unfinished watercolour of a cozy cottage in the hills

it’s Whimsical Thursday, so i’m doing whimsical things with watercolour live on the internet

twitch.tv/samikelsh

#artstream #whimsy

bookmark of a very whimsical dark academia looking bookshelf. The shelves are lined with vsrious antiquarian books, and on the top shelf is a sweet little terrarium, and on the third shelf down is perched a studious little ruru owl drinking a cup of tea. Very witchy, very whimsy, extremely magical.

heard you like books, so i put bookshelves on a bookmark so you can put books in your book

ko-fi.com/samikelsh/shop

#cuteart #whimsy #artshop

From his window at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Van Gogh painted The Olive Trees (1889).
Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air.
In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.

I REALLY LIKE WRITING IT IS COOL AND FUN

CP toned black-and-white photo of a short haired, tabby cat sitting up for a professional photo portrait. The cat has a fancy metal collar with a bell and a light colored bowtie to it. Text at the bottom reads the family pet. In the lower right corner there’s more text that reads copyright by CE Bullard 1902.

“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.

Frog sneaks into Toad's house, grabbing the hat from Toad's coat rack. From "The Hat" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Frog came into Toad’s house. He came in quietly. Frog found the hat and took it to his house.

🎵 Hello darkness, my old friend
Is it 5 or 10 pm
I cannot tell because it’s winter
I can no longer evening saunter
And my eyes are now
Getting used to the evening gloom
Within this room
I miss the suuummer sunshine 🎶

unicorns are cool, but they'd be cooler if they were unioncorns (unicorns who formed a union)

Sometimes I realize I’ve been online since like 1992 or 93 and then I think “oh that’s what’s wrong with me”

Sticker of a paper drake, an origami dragon who appears to be made from the pages of an ancient book, perched atop their hoard, a stack of books. The artist is holding the sticker in what appears to be an enchanted autumn forest.

This paper drake is very fond of their antiquarian books, well-loved tomes, and very special volumes. This was a print that was well-loved enough that I ran out, so I thought it might be fun to bring back as a sticker! Hope you like ‘em! 🐉📚

ko-fi.com/samikelsh/shop

#dragon #cuteart #fantasyart

It’s been said that when you’re angry at someone you should write a scathing letter to that person and then not mail it. And I agree. A singing telegram is way better because then sometimes their neighbors can hear too

Hobbes is real and this is genius at work.

Two white postcards side-by-side. The one on the left shows two young cats first thing through a wall of paper. The one on the right shows one young cat burst it through a wall of paper. They are black-and-white photos which have been lightly colorized.

Two postcards from my collection - one unsent, one mailed in 1908.

Always repost ska Oscar Isaac.

Part 125 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews.

I just finished all pages of my next children’s book (fully illustrated) and I am feeling victorious!!!! Also: slightly exhausted with the adrenaline drop 😂 This is a series and I’m hoping to have a few done before I release this first one but this one is DONE. 🥳😱🎉 Watch this space 👀

Black and white photo of a very fluffy silver tabby in a close up portrait. The cat looks like it’s posing, like it’s a professional on a modeling job.

Diva. 💅 Postcard from my collection, mailed 1916.

Sweater weather is the worst time of year to be angoraphobic

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

Photo of an adorable black and white medium haired kitten lying in a high cat tower, his forelegs dangling down over the edge of the platform he's on.

My son. He dangle.

Photo of a shorthaired black kitten lying on a chair draped with white cloth. It's a gorgeous, close portrait taken with the skill of a professional.

Beauty. From a negative in my collection, no date/info.

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!