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A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, in full, right side.

A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, closeup of face

A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, in full, left side.

A raku pottery polar bear sculpture being pulled from the heat of reduction.

Polaris the Bear combines the magic of raku with the feeling of first snow on a starry night: crisp air, soft light, and that moment winter asks you to slow down.

A small reminder to breathe, wander, and let the season settle in, for soon spring will come.

#art #pottery #gaybear #furryart

Tree branches are silhouetted against a subtle gold sky. 📷 Dreamcatcher

Nature's abstract art

Out of the chaos comes hidden beauty and subtle signs of growing light...

A brown Fox Squirrel is sitting on a branch eating a black walnut. The background is grey sky. 📷 Dreamcatcher

Fox Squirrel

More eating pics...

Sun filters through the icy forest canopy

Fresh snow

#nature #photography #eastcoastkin

A female deer is looking right at the camera. The background is tree trunks and fallen logs. 📷 Dreamcatcher

The nature of a soft essence...

Winter pods against a background of tan grasses. 📷 Dreamcatcher

Winter florals

Rugged and wild...

A black Crow is perched on a branch facing away from the camera. There are branches all around. The background is grey sky. 📷 Dreamcatcher

American Crow

Back in black...

Photo of a sea of hundreds moss spore capsules covered in a “hairy”, off white cap. The capsules are at the tops of thin, red stalks…but not many of the stalks are visible.

A sea of haircap moss (Polytrichum sp) spore capsules. NWT, Canada.
#moss #bryophyte
Each spore capsule is about 0.5cm high.

Photo of a Cladonia lichen podetium that’s roughly circular and consisting of numerous white branches radiating out from the centre. Each branch tip is covered in a shiny red blob (the apothecia).

Cladonia sp #lichen. #newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends
The lichen is about 3cm top to bottom.

Mushroom in the middle for #MushroomMonday

#FungiFriends #mushrooms
#ShroomScrolling #mycology

6 raku vases in a grid with a white background in two rows of three. There is a vase name in black text under each image, from left to, to right bottom, the names are Lagoon Nebula, Draconis, Skyfire, Pinwheel, Persueus'Cloud, Tethy's Tide.

A closeup of 3 vases glowing in the reduction firing of the raku process.

The world feels very unsettled, and art isn’t always the priority in these trying times. Even so, I'm here and keep on making.

These are my latest one-of-a-kind raku vessels available now. A share or like to help them find their people would mean a great deal. 🙏

Collage picture of wet flowers and fungi, including a white hellebore that’s gone pink, daffodils, mauve primroses growing wild and bright blue anemone.

Daffodils are out and there’s meant to be at least 8 hours without rain today!

#bloomscrolling #fungi

Dahlia 'Tartan' from Summer 2025

The first sight of spring flowers leaves me wanting more, here's something indulgent from last summer, blackberries and icecream🌱

#FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #PurpleFriday #DahliaLove

Shiny shrooms for #FungiFriday 🍄‍🟫

#FungiFriends #mushrooms #ForestFriday #PNW

Black chanterelle, black trumpet, or trumpet of the dead, horn of plenty. Craterellus cornucopioides. Choice edible.

#mushrooms #myshrooms #fungifriends #fridayfungi

Some unknown shrooms hiding in a dark crevice in the garden

A party of shrooms. They look a bit like acorns on sticks. They’re nestled amongst ivy with a metal grate behind them

Evening #fungifriends

I haven’t seen any shrooms for a while but these have appeared in the garden. Does anyone know what they are?

Photo of several Cladonia lichens. Some look like golf tees with the tops ringed in red. Others look like narrow pipes with their tops ringed in red.

Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of a Cladonia lichen podetium that looks like a light grey golf tee with a bend in the stem. The top of the golf tee is ringed with about 10 bright red clown nose like blobs.

Cladonia sp lichen, about 3cm high.
#Newfoundland, Canada
#fungi #fungifriends #lichen

Soft white dried flowers surrounded by snow and the setting sun

When things are hard,

Look for the soft.

#nature #eastcoastkin #photography

A deep blue owl sculpture with galactic clusters in green, yellow and light blue, reminiscent of nebulae.

A closeup of the face of a deep blue owl sculpture with galactic clusters in green, yellow and light blue, reminiscent of nebulae.

A closeup of the glazing of a deep blue owl sculpture with galactic clusters in green, yellow and light blue, reminiscent of nebulae.

Forged from stars, in fire’s glow,
Cosmic whispers softly flow.
Silent watcher, wise and true,
Made of stardust, just like you.

'Intergalactic Owl' whispers of our origins, guiding us to embrace the wisdom within and soar toward the infinite mysteries of the universe.

#space #art #stars

Out looking for beauty in these trying times. Tree reflected on rusty panel.
#photography #art #morningwalk

Some kind of antenna structure silhouetted against orange glowing sunset.

Glendale infrastructure at sunset. I love this dirty town. #glendale #photography

Close up photo of the Moon at 96% full

Here's my almost nightly photo of the Moon!
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara

Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150-600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/400
ISO: 200
#Moon phase: Waxing 96%

A quote from Rumi overtop a photo of a heart

Good morning! You woke up on a small, spinning rock, orbiting an ordinary star, one of hundreds of billions in a galaxy that’s been here for a long time. And somehow, in all that vastness, you’re here, making meaning out of a single day. Feels pretty miraculous to me. #sciart

Photo of trees in mist with gray sky, with one tree prominently on the right and a couple trees less visible in the bottom left corner. It’s not black and white but almost appears so.

quiet moments welcome
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Ocean #Mist #Trees #Oregon

A brown Fox Squirrel is sitting in a tree eating a black walnut. The background is blurry brown. 📷 Dreamcatcher

I find the side bite to be much more effective...

#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography
Photogenic Flammulina velutipes (Velvet shanks) a few days ago.

Tiny mushrooms in the sand, BayOcean, Oregon #Photography #Mushrooms #Fungi #Oregon 📷🍄‍🟫