Maya Chalee

Yes! They're more bee centered. But also easier to manage as you age as opposed to lifting heavy ass nucs!

My apiary is finished! 5 hives. 4 are buzzing and queen right. #naturalbeekeeping #layenshives #savethebees #artist

My dad has cancer and can't walk well. That didn't stop him from going to the Hands Off rally in Santa Fe, New Mexico and circling the rally while honking and cussing at Trump and Musk. Proud of my dad. #handsoff #democracy #newmexico

Same!!!!

Just finished painting my 4th layens beehive for our apiary. This one is called "Spirit Rabbit".

Just finished my latest layens beehive. This is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. ❤️🙏🇺🇦 #ukraine #layenshive #freedom

A painting I did to illustrate the many foods bees pollinate. Without bees these go. Neonicotinoids are largely responsible for the demise of bees as are habitat loss and monocropping. #savethebees #diversity #permaculture

I'm so glad it did. Bless you and your family.

This painting is called "The Bee Keeper". It sold to a collector in NYC. I think it's still one of my favorites.

My take on Pueblo pottery. Acrylic and gold leaf. I just love the black and white pottery.

Love Maxwell Frost!

Starry snake I painted a few years ago. Fitting now that my permaculture farmstead is called "Snake Hill". youtube.com/@snakehillpe...

A tiny bundle of sage I painted. Mixed media with gold leaf. While sacred to Southwestern and California tribes White sage is over harvested for profit. Cedar and sweet grass are acceptable so consider them as substitutes for burning.

Here's a painting I did about the Spirit of tobacco that a collector has since purchased. For many indigenous people tobacco is an offering to the ancestors.

Was stuck in Buffalo for 3 days during this latest blizzard. We barely made it via the plane too. 🙏 Bless plow drivers!

Love this!

Well we keep bees so YES!!!

Please don't become like us Americans. Our lives are miserable and we can't get decent care. We pay the most for healthcare than anywhere else on Earth. If we get sick we just die or if we can't pay they take our houses. It's why this shooter is now a folk hero to us.

My cat counts coup on my other cat. It's fascinating.

My countrymen don't seem to want to struggle against capitalism as it decays into fascism. They seem to want a strong man feudal lord. They voted for it. Their orange emperor. Scary times for us who are not in alignment with that.

It must smell like Axe body spray + hamburger + toddler diaper + make up...

Have you read "Techno Feudalism" by Yanis Varoufakis? He argues that Capitalism is basically dead and replaced by the billionaire feudal tech lords who charge us rents for everything and basically desire to be like kings. It's interesting and terrifying.

Love it!

Here's a portrait I did in 2020 of the apostle Sitting Bull. My family is Taos Pueblo and White. I now live on Seneca land. I will always honor the ancestors.

I'm in my first union job at age 46. Most of my life I toiled under corporate abuse with the threat I could be fired at any moment for any minor infraction. Constantly full of fear of starvation and wreckage. The difference is palpable. Unions are the way for the working class.

Cheese pumpkin we grew. We save the seeds of course and for dinner I roasted it with blue cheese and walnuts!

We're canning cranberries we bought on sale for next year. We try to put up as much food as possible from our garden & store. Between climate shocks, crop failures, delivery system decline & an incoming cruel American oligarchy regime we know food prices will only increase. Old world skills help.

Yesterday's view of my road in Western NY. Lake effect snow. More coming today.

I'm not exactly sure. I think some type of field mouse. They come inside when it gets cold. When I catch them I take them back outside.