Nuna Toodles

Hedgehog amongst autumn leaves by roots of trees, painting.

Hedgehog, Jane Dignum.

Small slate-blue songbird with with face and belly. Perched on a branch, looking back at the camera ©️DTL 2025

Tufted titmouse numbers picking up in the neighborhood 🪶

Abstract composition with rounded heart-shaped forms in yellow and pink over a red background, one with a rounded diamond shape in the center.

Abstract composition with two rounded pink forms dominating the upper two-thirds, over a loose diamond shape with inset layers in black, red, and yellow.

Abstract composition with a symmetrical rounded diamond form in the center with red, pink, and blue inset layers, over a background split into blue and black halves.

Abstract composition with a tall, slender white outline with a rounded top and blue center, springing from the bottom to overlay a loose diagonal rectangle in pink, purple, and yellow, over a bright yellow background.

Paintings by Moroccan artist Mohamed Hamidi, 1970s, whose abstract works used "line and the 'unseen' body to bypass representational taboos", over time striving for modern art forms rooted in Moroccan traditions.

Some tree branches covered in yellow leaves and small red and yellow fruit.

The fall leaves have been lovely!

(Crabapple tree just waiting to feed some robins) #NativePlants 🌿

Dozens of tiny white collared parachute mushrooms on wiry black stems grow like floating balloons over dead leaves on the forest floor. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

#TreesOnTuesday Thriplow

IF YOU SEE THIS POST YOUR BIRD ART!!

#art

If you see this, post your bird art! #birds #🪶

A watercolor painting depicting a landscape with a dark, cloudy sky. A green hill takes up the lower half of the image, with two power line towers standing on its crest. Wires run between the towers. A single, dark bird is flying against the gray sky on the right side of the painting.

Morning.
🖼️ Carson Ellis

A tiny amethyst deceiver mushroom with a purple droopy cap and irregular edge has its long fibrous purple stem wrapped around its base. It’s growing on a mossy hill in the forest. Its profile looks like a lizard pokémon with a long tail.

Amethyst laccaria 💜🦎

Three black cats in flight being ridden by pumpkin headed ghosts under a full moon in a gold-starred night sky, the full moon has a witch on a broom flying across it, vintage Halloween postcard.

#Gothtober #31DaysOfHalloween

The image is the cover of The New Yorker magazine from October 27, 1945, illustrated by Edna Eicke. The cover art depicts a Halloween scene where three children, dressed in white ghost costumes, are opening a decorative wrought-iron gate. They appear to be trick-or-treating, with bags in hand, and are about to walk down a path toward a large, spooky-looking house visible in the background. The house is surrounded by a dense, dark forest of tall, bare trees, and a light shines from its windows.

Goodnight.
🖼️ Edna Eicke, New Yorker October 27, 1945.

Woman in white apron in kitchen cutting into a pumpkin, painting.

Carving the Pumpkin by Franck Antoine Bail, 1910. 🎃

WITCHES POTIONS and SPELLS ~ cover of the book Witches' Potions and Spells by Kathryn Paulsen. The cover is illustrated in a vintage style, with a turquoise background and black and white line drawings. The illustration depicts two witches in black robes and pointed hats, stirring a large black cauldron over a fire. The text "WITCHES POTIONS and SPELLS" is prominently displayed at the top. The scene includes stylized trees and a red sun or moon with a bat flying in front of it. Other creatures, such as a crow, an owl, and a chameleon, are also part of the design.

Book Cover of the Day:

Woggle of witches flying on broomsticks in a pyramid formation. The witches are wearing black robes and pointed hats. One witch is leading the formation. A few other witches are shown flying separately, one to the left and another at the bottom right. The background is a dark, greenish color. The text "Wheee---------" is visible at the bottom of the illustration.

Goodnight.
🖼️ Adrienne Adams

This image is an illustration from the children's book Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee, with illustrations by Taeeun Yoo. The illustration depicts a scene inside a bedroom. In the foreground, a child with a striped orange shirt sits on a bed, looking towards an open doorway. A young girl, dressed as a witch in a dark cloak and pointed hat, stands in the doorway holding a broom. A black cat, also wearing a small pointed hat, is on the floor near her. The room features wood floors, patterned wallpaper, a dresser, and a chair with a stuffed rabbit.

Hello Friday.
🖼️ Only a Witch Can Fly, Taeeun Yoo. #31DaysOfHalloween

THE BOOK OF HALLOWEEN Blue cover with black decoration of silhouette of ruins, trees, bats, a yellow full moon.

Book Cover of the Day:

a ghost in a witch hat holding a trick or treat pumpkin and caramel apple

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Drawing: two witchers around a cauldron with the caption below (as quoted in post).

Charles Addams, “Funny – the recipes never come out looking like they do in the pictures.” #31DaysofHalloween

GHOSTS AND GOBLINS BY Wilhelmina Harper Black cover with large orange moon and witch crossing it on a broomstick.

Book Cover of the Day:

Gouache painting of a light violet colored cat dressed in witch attire. She has a purple witch hat with a big pink bow and a matching dress. She’s holding a wand with a fish-shaped tip. There’s pumpkins by her feet.

Witchy kitty! ✨🎃🎀

#art #cuteart #caturday

Man with a jack o lantern head, taking the top off like one would a top hat, and fall vibes come pouring out of the opening.

Already late for day 1 of #MabsDrawlloweenClub but it’s okay! We’re not striving for perfection, we’re striving for a fun #drawingchallenge to get me in the #Halloween spirit!

Day 1: Spooky Intro

I’m imaging this pumpkin man ushering in the halloween vibes. Let’s have a fun October!

#drawlloween

Looking down at a metal lantern with decorative cut-outs. The lantern sets on a path strewn with blurry leaves.

Lantern along a pathway in the Denver Botanic Gardens.

#PalacesandGardens #EnchantedAutumn #MobilePhotography 📷

Happy Halloween🎃🐼

Branches with brown leaves hang over a flowing creek which moves into the background which has fog floating above the water.

It was a foggy, soggy day down by the creek

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Dynamism.

We meet again

The first book-length history of Halloween, from Celtic druids through to the customs and rituals of the British Isles which underpin the celebrations in early 20th-century United States: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-halloween/

A blue jay looking in the window at me, while perched on a mossy old log that I saved as my winter "stage"

A dark-eyed junco in profile view, looking to the right, while looking for seeds on a mossy old log that I saved as my winter "stage"

A red breasted nuthatch, with its head down and back towards me, while looking for seeds on a mossy old log that I saved as my winter "stage"

A white-breasted nuthatch in profile view, looking to the right, with a seed in its mouth, perched on a mossy old log that I saved as my winter "stage"

I set up my backyard "stage" for winter bird photography, and it seems to have been well received by the birds already. Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch. Hoping for some winter finch! #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt

#ExhibitionSneakPeek