Jen

A black kitten sleeps beside a painting of a tree

Sam supervises my painting

#watercolor
#catsky
#voidcats

That’s a great point!

I don’t know that I agree. (The writing part.) I guess it depends on why you’re writing.

A small cottage with two front doors and a tree beside it.

On my way home this afternoon, I spied The Stone Home, a charming tiny stone cottage built in 1849 by Nicholas Schwab and which is still owned by the Schwab descendants. Commute series #13, The Stone Home, Queen City Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio.

#urbansketching
#artsky
#cincinnati
#history
#commute

A very small painting of a room in which a kitten stands proudly atop a bookshelf while a larger cat sleeps on a green pillow. There is a window with purple curtains and it’s sunny outside. The window is somewhat crooked.

Sam’s middle name is shenanigans

#watercolor
#catsky
#voidkitties
#blackcats
#artsky

A miniature painting of two trees and a few bushes along with some rocks. In the background, a tiny cottage and two more trees. The painting is in progress.

A “larger” miniature painting (2 1/2” x 1 3/4”), in progress

#artsky
#watercolor
#miniaturepainting
#cottagecore

A telephone pole with three signs , one of which is Fast WiFi

“Fast WiFi”, commute series #10, corner of Beekman & Westwood Northern Blvd, Cincinnati Ohio. #urbansketching
#urbansketchers
#sketching
#artsky
#watercolor

Sam and Alice being silly.

#catsky
#voidkitties
#blackcats
#voidcats

A watercolor painting of a curled up leaf with the actual leaf above it and the paints I used beside it.

Autumn leaf #artsky
#watercolor

Anyway, gotta get offline and head to my event. We're already living under fascism so we might as well live into our actual values. We might as well take risks and embrace new ways of being and doing. We should reject the status quo whenever possible. We should reject warmed over garbage.

Three kitties, two black voids and one gray and white cat nap on two chairs and a bench

The Council takes a nap

#caturday
#lazycaturday
#catsky

A miniature painting of three houses and some trees.

A small painting.
#artsky
#miniature
#cottage

A black kitten named Sam peers mischievously around a gray sneaker as if he is plotting to take over the world.

This is Sam. He’s new. And a perfect angel. 😇 😂 #catsky

A blue brick row house with a vegetable garden beside it. There are also a few trees.

And then on State Avenue in Cincinnati, there’s a lovely blue brick row house with a garden beside it and a few fruit trees. Their cabbages look fantastic! Note that I’ve moved the garden closer to the house for artistic purposes.) #urbansketching
#artsky

Thank you! 😊

A small cottage style house sits on a street corner surrounded by trees. It is brown and cream colored.

A small cottage style house sits on a street corner surrounded by trees. It is brown and cream colored.

On the corner of Baltimore Ave. and Westwood Northern Blvd. In Cincinnati #artsky #urbansketching

Alice (almost a year old black kitty) and Boog (four years old) pause in their conversation as Boog perches on my sketching stool with one leg outstretched towards Alice, who lies below. Various cat toys, including a squeaky mouse lie strewn around the room. In the background is a bookshelf full of books.

Shenanigans!

A pale cream colored cicada sits on a glass table.

A pale cream colored cicada sits on a glass table.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a newly molted cicada before!

Nipplewort in the rain

Nipplewort in the rain

Nipplewort in the rain

Nipplewort in the rain

Nipplewort in the rain.
#keeptheweeds #garden2025

I’ve been purchasing a few button down shirts for the RTO, mostly secondhand because the prices new are insane. Do people really buy button down shirts for $90/each?! That’s like my entire clothing budget for a year!

A gray and white cat is nice and comfy on a wooden desktop, leaving the human about 6 inches of space to work in.

Boog thinks six inches of my desk is enough for me to actually get something written this morning. #catsky #writingwithcats

Egg-shaped (but flat) seed pods of Lunaria, with the sun shining through them.

Lunaria seeds.

A black kitten lying on the topmost perch of a cat tree, all stretched out and comfortable.

Hello friends! ❤️ Alice

A picture of a dragonfly sitting on a rock whose wings have black spots.

A friend in the garden. #bugsky

Lunaria (purple flower) setting seed pods, which are flat and kind of resemble coins, hence the common name of Moneyplant.

Lunaria (purple flower) setting seed pods, which are flat and kind of resemble coins, hence the common name of Moneyplant.

Lunaria (purple flower) setting seed pods, which are flat and kind of resemble coins, hence the common name of Moneyplant.

Lunaria setting seed pods in the garden. #gardensky #flowersky

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If anyone else has been waiting for the new version of the audiobook of Night Watch by Terry Pratchett to become available in the USA, Libro.fm has it!! 🥚

Boog’s curled up in my lap, Alice is beside us, and we’re just sitting here listening to the dusk chorus and the steady sound of the rain outside. It’s quite the perfect evening.

SEVEN LAYER CASSEROLE Helen Enright Stir 2 beaten eggs and 1-1/2 cups milk into l cup pancake mix. Bake about 1/4 cup batter at a time in a buttered 8" frying pan to make 8 pancakes. Have ready 1/2 lb finely chopped bologna, 2 cups grated cheddar cheese and 2 cans (about 1 lb. each) drained asparagus spears. Make 7 alternate layers of pancakes, bologna, cheese and asparagus in buttered shallow 6 cup baking dish. Pour mixture of 2 eggs beaten with 1/2 cup milk over, top with remaining pancake. Bake in moderate oven 350 for 1 hour or until set. Top with 1/2 cup sour cream

Looking through some vintage cookbooks to see if they’re keepers or if I can put them on eBay and found this gem. 😬🤔

I have lots of wallflowers blooming right now. ❤️

A brown stoneware bowl containing lentil and sausage soup.

Last, but not least, Lentil and sausage soup. Which is my favorite go-to soup that always turns out delicious.