Draxon/Draxera -⃝⃤ Nox

Things fell through… long story short we had to go home so didn’t get to see wolves. Hopefully I do get to see them soon….

Beautiful morning and day yesterday at Indiana Beach with @kwandry.bsky.social. Was a great time to put it lightly. Really excited for our second stop today on the way home, stopping at a wolf sanctuary ^_^

So I was at a wolf sanctuary today. Let it be known, wolves are much bigger than you realize.

Human hand for scale.

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics

Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either

This is why we fight for *everyone*

A loss of one’s father is one of the hardest things I had to go through….. I am willing to talk and listen to anything to help you get your pain off your chest….

Can I be real for a minute?

Remember:
No matter what you're struggling with, you ARE worthy of love, care and happiness.
The bad things won't last forever. Life has a way of reminding us what's worth sticking around for if we allow it.
Stay with us.
No more absent friends 💜🦊💜

Burnout is clinically understood as a combo of 6 factors—work overload, lack of control, insufficient rewards, breakdown in community, absence of fairness, & value conflicts—and only a fraction of it is under your control. Burnout is a systemic problem, so be kind to yourself and hard on the system.

Remember to embrace small moments of joy as they come
Savor bites
Bask in the sun
Feel the breeze
Catch raindrops on your tongue
Kittens purr
Birds sing
Tails still wag, even when the skies are dark
Let yourself feel love
Let yourself feel hope
We'll overcome all of this
Until then,
Remember to live

Clarification: 20 coaster experiences. Not 20 different coasters

Cedar point today was really fun, got to ride 20 coasters and get two new credits with Sirens Curse and TT2 with @kwandry.bsky.social Great ops and keeping all coasters up today! @cedarpoint.bsky.social

Sirens curse in particular had a really fun layout. Was definately more than a gimmick.

A photograph of three drawings in a rough and expressive style. Left panel: A rough ink sketch of an upright anthropomorphic wolf performing a ritual. The wolf stands on two legs, howling upward while holding a staff in one paw and a stick in the other. At its feet are ceremonial objects—a lit vessel of an offering bowls, a leather book, a stone and a pinecone The background is filled with wild, expressive linework suggesting tall grasses or trees. Center panel: A large wolf crouches protectively over a small pup, cradling it gently with both front paws. The adult wolf’s head is lowered, touching the pup affectionately, eyes closed in tenderness. The composition is dense with fur texture and soft shadowing, evoking quiet nurture and warmth. Right panel: A seated wolf throws back its head to howl, one paw slightly raised, eyes closed. Tucked securely beneath its raised arm is a very small pup, looking out with wide eyes. Sparse forest linework forms the backdrop, emphasizing the emotional core of protective howling.

In ritual, in nurture,
With child held close
I invoke, I guard I sing
the work of love is not always gentle,
but it is a holy thing

I growl & howl not in anger,
but as a warning: here I stand
this child is mine to protect. I give all I am,
I give warmth, I give tooth,
so they may live & understand.

hey there. little one. i’ve been trailing your scent through the wasteland for days. don’t run. i’m not here to hurt you. i’m here to tell you—you’re not wrong. all your life you’ve twitched at shadows, felt eyes where there were none, ached like something was missing just under your skin. they called it dreaming. they called it madness. but i’ve seen it. i’ve seen you. and you’re real. not some soft mistake. not a too-bright child who never learned to settle. you are claws. you are hunger. you are song written in wet leaves and dirt. you are what came before language. don’t you remember? when you used to listen with your whole body? when you could read the sky like scripture? when sleep came only after circling down, nose to tail, heart to moss? you used to know these things. before they taught you to be still. before they filed your teeth and stuffed your mouth with plastic. before the quiet got so loud you forgot how to feel. but i didn’t forget you. and you didn’t lose it. it’s all still inside— the instinct, the kin-sense, the aching need to run without name or reason. the snarl that isn’t anger but love with no words. you’ve tried to play nice. tried to keep your head down, your tail tucked. but i see you. i see what’s under the mask. the beast that paces. the soft creature still watching the trees for a signal. for a friend. for a way home. listen. this world isn’t safe. but it was never meant to be. we weren’t made for steel boxes and lonely kitchens. we were meant for packs. for muddy paws and rib-warmth and eyes that say i know you. i don’t promise ease. but i promise this: you are not alone. you were never alone. so rise. panting, blinking, wild with grief— but rise. and when the night presses in, don’t whisper. howl. howl into the void until something howls back. and then run to it. run to the ones who remember. run like your name depends on it. because it does. i’ve waited so long. we all have come back. come through. come home. — Shimi & Critter

Hey There Little One

🗣️🎙️ YOUVE GOT THE CHANCE NOW YOUVE GOT THE POWER 💥💥💥

🍓 NANA themed commission work for @sylvertears.bsky.social 🍓

#furry #furryart

California celebrates a decade of gray wolf resurgence with new conservation report The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released a landmark report detailing ten years of gray wolf (Canis lupus) conservation and management

Gray wolves are making a comeback in California after nearly 90 years. 🐺 A new CDFW report marks 10 years of recovery work — with at least 50 wolves now calling the state home.

A milestone made possible through science, collaboration, and persistent recovery efforts.

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Secrets of the Scrolls

"Fire in the moon"

🐺

#furryart #furry #art #werewolf #WTA #anthro #anthroart #digitalart #SFW

Had enough scratch left over to be able to commission @caraid.bsky.social and finish the interior shoebox art off….

Here’s what we have so far. ♥️

There is no justification for killing wolves — wolf hunts are trophy hunts.

Wolves live in balance with nature — they aren’t a threat to people or livestock.

Wolves are worth far more alive than dead and support balanced, healthy ecosystems. Empathy is the way forward.
#StandForWolves

A person stands supporting the bottom of a huge flag being hoisted. The flag is a rainbow with eight stripes of pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and violet.

On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.

I’m doing some research into 70s-90s queer glam/punk for a novel I’m writing and I am founding all these amazing icons I didn’t know about like Jayne County and Jobriath and it makes me feel like I’m going through a gay renaissance

I’d tough it out. If you only need to stay before April. You got this!

YouTuber Mikayla Raines, founder of Save A Fox, dies by suicide after online harassment | The Express Tribune Save A Fox founder Mikayla Raines dies by suicide after battling mental illness and targeted online harassment.

You saved so many and gave so much. My heart is broken tribune.com.pk/story/255237...

You are invited to the wolf watermelon party. Do you accept? (Y/N)

#internationalwomensday pretty edition!

whitewolves reading in meadow

A on stream raffle winner. https://www.furaffinity.net/user/whitewolves enjoying his book in a meadow.

Join in on my twitch stream, https://www.twitch.tv/zephyxus. Every 250 subs I do a raffle!

#furry #art #furryart

pay attention to us! (but mostly me)

IT'S 3AM TIME TO AWOO

Had a good pride with my bf @kwandry.bsky.social today. I love you hun.

A B&W poster” “WE WEREN’T BORN AS THEY SAID,” with poetic text about creaturely identity, defiance of naming systems, & embracing transformation. The design is chaotic & natural, with pencil-style animal drawings in each corner: a wolf (top left), a raven (top right), a rabbit (bottom left), & a cat (bottom right). Each is sketched with textured lines We didn’t begin in the clean white glare of their charts. We arrived—yowling-growling-baying-howling, cawing, snarling—our half-formed, paws still muddy from an older place. And they named us? No. They trapped us. In idea, in syllables that smelled of linoleum & sharp metal. They called us boy-girl he-she—as if they could ever know what had birthed in that room. But we're not names. we're poetry & motion. we're shedding. we're becoming again & again, slick with moulting skin & seasons that do not obey clocks. They cannot pin us to the wall like a dead moth & call it truth. We don’t owe our shapes to the ones who tried to bind them. We don’t owe our hearts to a category. We do not remember being born, so why should we carry the weight of that first cage? Let the forest remember us instead. Let our tracks in the dirt, our fur in the bramble, our voice in the long night be our real record. If we were once mistaken for something we're not—then so be it. we're not sacred because of what we were called. we're sacred because of what we're now. Breathing. Shifting. Choosing. Alive. Still reading this? Dearest creature: Are you eating enough? Are you sleeping with your back pressed to one who knows your scent, your musk? Are you helping your packs find water, safety, moonlight? Do not forget your teeth are not just for defence. They are also for grooming. For play. For love, for cracking open new things. Exploring your world. Be not defined nor categorised by those who tried to clip your wings or dull your teeth & claws. Define thyself by your every sacred heartbeat & keep going. Even when they wish us dead & gone.

I felt moved last night to make something… a Therian artefact… a poster? Manifesto? Handout? Flyer?

Whatevs. Its done. I’ll stick a few up over town.