Ember Kelly

An up close photo of tiny flowers. They have four white petals (tipped with light purple) and a yellow center. They stand in a grassy area with a dark woods edge in the background.

Some Azure Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) for #TinyFlowerTuesday. One of my favorite native perennials!

#Bloomscrolling

A sketchbook page with cat sketches in various poses.

Live cat sketching. Much easier when they are actively napping 😂
#Sketchbook #Cats #Sketch

A pen sketch of a person, in profile, looking to the right.

This was a fun drawing exercise! "Draw your face, but from an upside down photo."

I'm trying to get back into a draw everyday habit.

#Sketch #Portrait

A barred owl perches on a tree branch. They are looking at the camera. There is a blue bird feeder in the lower right corner.

Owl! I always hear them so it's nice to get to see them as well 😁 So pretty!
#Owl #Nature #BarredOwl

Young tomato, cucumber, and onion plants in red solo cups sitting in the grass.

It's been raining for over a week here. It's finally time to get some sun!

I actually started my plants on time this year. Lookit these babies. 🥹 Pictured here are amish paste tomatoes, two kinds of cucumber, and I'm trying onions for the first time.
#gardening #plants #zone6a

Yellow daffodils on a sunny day. The four in the front are in focus while the others are blurred in the background.

The daffodils are up!

I was gifted 300 (!) bulbs a few years ago from my late grandmother-in-law. I'm so happy to have such a lovely reminder of her in the spring.

#BloomScrolling #Daffodill #Gardening

A catmint plant just emerging from the soil.

Last year I planted a bunch of discounted perennials. I was keeping my fingers crossed that they would all survive. Here's the #catmint coming up to say hello! I can't wait to see those cute purple flowers!

#Nepeta #Gardening #Plants

Lupine plant surrounded by oak leaves.

Baby lupines! They have such cool leaves. Look at how they catch dewdrops. 😀
#NativePlants #Lupine #Gardening

Ugh. That's what I was worried about. Thanks for the input!

Up close photo of purple crocus flowers emerging from the soil.

Crocuses have emerged! I'm always so excited to see these darlings.

As a side note - I'm looking into getting an electric wood chipper/leaf shredder. I've got piles of sticks/leaves that I'd like to turn into mulch. Anyone have recommendations? Or talk me out of it?

#BloomScrolling #Gardening

A view inside a milk jug greenhouse. There are tiny lettuce seedlings in it.

A view inside a milk jug greenhouse. There are tiny bok choi seedlings in it.

Tried winter sowing this year and I have babies! These are lettuce and bok choi seedlings planted with seeds I saved last year. I've got a bunch more in bags and rotisserie chicken containers (was experimenting with every container). I'm most excited for the native perennials coming up!
#gardening

Yeah! It worked pretty well. Plus, I already had it so, bonus for free and instant gratification 😂

A handwoven tapestry. It is woven to look like green and brown grass/ground with pink and red bushes peeking out.

A DIY tapestry loom made from a picture frame sits on a white table. It is partially woven with green, pink, and brown yarn.

My #adhd craft moment yesterday. Learning to weave a tapestry! I really enjoyed this and I'd definitely like to do more. This one was made from whatever I could find in my craft supply pile. A wooden picture frame warped with crochet thread. The weft is acrylic yarn.
#weaving

I finally decided to make the Timbó Vest ravel.me/timbo-vest. I'm knitting this with half frogged yarn that I don't have enough of. You can see where I started with the ramen noodle yarn. Fingers crossed it blocks out! Hopefully I can find yarn in a similar weight to finish it.
#knit #knitsky

A grey and white striped cat snuggling in a blanket fort. There are blue cushions, a tan blanket, and a dark grey pillow.

The kids made a fort and Franky decided it was his. It does look very comfy in there.
#cat #CatsOfBluesky

A blue post-it note with a wooper pokemon drawn on it. Wooper has a huge open mouth smile.

It's Wooper! (Almost) Everyday I do a quick post-it note drawing of a #pokemon to put in my kid's lunchbox. I really liked this one today.

If you see this QRP with your animal painting!

Brand new chives are poking up through the soil/mulch.

A bright green tuft of moss on a rock.

Chives! Also some nice moss. I'm so excited that it's warming up. I'm sitting outside for the first time in a while and it's SO nice! I've also been poking around my garden beds and noticed that there's some random spinach sprouting 😂. I'll have to keep an eye on that!

I have 5 or so in progress paintings. Which one will I work on today?

Probably none. Executive function system is not functioning. 😮‍💨

I did manage to make bread though!

A grey squirrel facing to the right. They have one paw up and the other tucked in

A grey squirrel with one paw on the glass of a window.

A grey squirrel eating sunflower seeds. They have cute ear Tufts.

I put a window bird feeder up thinking I'd see birds. Instead I got cute squirrels! They look so soft 😍
#Squirrel #AnimalPhotography

A series of eight gesture sketches of people in different poses.

Some #GestureDrawing practice today. I’m not as rusty as I thought I might be. I think my favs are 4 and 5.

All ref photos are from @adorkastock.com !

#FigureDrawing #Sketch

Two watercolor paintings lay on a table. They both feature an orange and white fluffy cat. The left one shows the cat looking up to the left. The smaller painting on the right shows the cat in a silly upright pose. There is a corner of a watercolor paint pallet at the top.

In memory of George. A recent commission. What a beautiful cat he was. Look at those eyes!

#cat #watercolor

A grey cat with a small white chest patch sits in a car looking up to the left. Outside, there are clouds and blue skies.

We got to the vet super early so Quill and I hung out in the car listening to an audiobook. I think she liked the heated seats 😊 #caturday #cat

Homemade tortillas inside a handmade tortilla warmer.

A handmade tortilla warmer made with English paper pieced hexagons in rainbow colors.

I made homemade tortillas! Holy moly these are good why have I not made these before. They are so soft!

Also featuring my #epp handsewn tortilla warmer. I made it 4 years ago when my hyperfix was all things hexies.

#HandSewing #EnglishPaperPiecing

I previously tried short row heels on my toe up socks but they didn't allow enough room for my heel. The fleegle heel was very easy to memorize and fits me well!

A pair of handknit socks lying on a wooden floor. They are blue/grey striped with pink toes and cuffs.

My latest ADHD craft obsession is #SockKnitting. I recently finished ✨three✨ pairs that had been abandoned for... probably years. Wearing these ones now and I think the fit is finally spot on. I'm liking this fleegle heel the best so far.
#Knitting #Knitsky #HandknitSocks

Two grey-ish cats snuggling on the couch. The cat at the back looks at the camera and has her paw draped over the cat at the front.

When it's cold you gotta snuggle.

The cat in the back is my almost 20 yr old Quill. She has never wanted to hang out with other cats. Her new brother, Franky (2), likes to "share" her heat pad.
#cats #cat

A photo of the bottom of a pair of handknit multicolor striped socks. They show square-ish mended areas.

A photo of the bottom of a pair of handknit multicolor striped socks. They are inside out and show mended areas.

A photo showing an in-process mend of a handknit sock. There are pins holding the yarn loops and clips holding the sock to the foam insert.

It's a good time to mend some socks! A friend gifted me these lovely handknit socks and I ended up wearing holes in them. A little swiss darning and they are wearable again! (I noticed more thin spots on the pink one that I'll need to fix)
#VisibleMending #knitsky #mending

A watercolor painting of two dogs with their tongues hanging out 'smiling'. The left one has black shaggy fur and the right one has tan shaggy fur.

Got it finished in time!
Still not a fan of painting this type of fur but I think I'm happy with the results.

An in progress watercolor painting featuring two cocker spaniel/poodle mix dogs.

Nothing like last minute gift making! I've been planning this painting for... way too long now. I need to gift it in 4 days so my brain is finally allowing me to make it. Yay, ADHD 😐 Anyone else scrambling to finish?

The early stages of #Watercolor paintings look pretty weird.

#WIP #Dogs #Art