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Maya Chalee

@chaleeart.bsky.social

I am a New Mexican artist and designer who practices permaculture in Western NY. mayachalee.com

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

31.05.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My apiary is finished! 5 hives. 4 are buzzing and queen right. #naturalbeekeeping #layenshives #savethebees #artist

30.05.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

05.04.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same!!!!

04.04.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished painting my 4th layens beehive for our apiary. This one is called "Spirit Rabbit".

01.04.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished my latest layens beehive. This is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. β€οΈπŸ™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #ukraine #layenshive #freedom

19.02.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.01.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

12.01.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This painting is called "The Bee Keeper". It sold to a collector in NYC. I think it's still one of my favorites.

11.01.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My take on Pueblo pottery. Acrylic and gold leaf. I just love the black and white pottery.

26.12.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love Maxwell Frost!

20.12.2024 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starry snake I painted a few years ago. Fitting now that my permaculture farmstead is called "Snake Hill". youtube.com/@snakehillpe...

20.12.2024 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

16.12.2024 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

14.12.2024 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Was stuck in Buffalo for 3 days during this latest blizzard. We barely made it via the plane too. πŸ™ Bless plow drivers!

13.12.2024 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this!

11.12.2024 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well we keep bees so YES!!!

08.12.2024 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

08.12.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

07.12.2024 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

07.12.2024 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It must smell like Axe body spray + hamburger + toddler diaper + make up...

07.12.2024 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

07.12.2024 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it!

07.12.2024 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

07.12.2024 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

07.12.2024 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheese pumpkin we grew. We save the seeds of course and for dinner I roasted it with blue cheese and walnuts!

07.12.2024 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

06.12.2024 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday's view of my road in Western NY. Lake effect snow. More coming today.

05.12.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

05.12.2024 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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