kestrel | be the light, oh, halazia

News has become one of those four letter words to me for just that reason. 😭

That's so sweet! Just the sort of thing friends do for each other. ❤️

This is the second fact I've learned today! I'm very pleased with this turn of events.

Two photocards: one of Stray Kids member Bang Chan and one of Lee Know. Bang Chan's looks like a selca with the downward camera angle. He's looking up at the camera and making a V sign near his eye. His hair is black and pushed back, makeup very natural to accentuate the light blue/grey contact and heavy red makeup around his right eye. He's wearing a white shirt (shocking!) with black squiggly patterns under a shiny black pleather jacket. Lee Now is facing the camera, eyes heavy and mouth open with his hand obscuring part of it. NGL it looks like he's licking the knuckle of his first finger. He's wearing a white shirt with a black collar and some sort of indeterminate graphic on it under a warm pink blazer. His hair is dark and a little shaggy in his face.

The last two are official cards of Bang Chan from the Karma Popup Soundwave Lucky Draw and Kpopnara DO IT card of Lee Know.

Vertical and horizontal photocards of the same photo of Lee Know from the DO IT photoshoot where they look like sea gods emerging from the wild landscape. Lee Know's hair is black, with a thin lock crossing his forehead in the wind. He's in a black jacket with a hint of a white shirt collar showing. He's standing in profile, face turned to bee three-quarters to the camera. Behind him is an untamed grey sea and jagged rocks.

Two Lee Know photocards. The first has him standing facing the camera making a V sign with each hand close to his torso. He's in an over-sized fuzzy pink shirt with a hood, white overalls, and a white hat with bunny ears. The cutest patoot. The next is a holographic card from the CINEMA MV. Lee Know leans against a cement block wall in a white button down, black tie, and a black blazer. His eyes are closed.

These were freebies with the others, and I'm not 100% if all or any of them are official or fan-made. They're all Lee Know, who is my bias (because I love a weird little guy who's also a cat dad).

A horizontal photocard of Stray Kids members Lee Know and HAN. They are seated in front of an ornate wall with stairs, pillars, and molding. Lee Know sits on the arm of large black chair with his head cocked to one side. He has dark hair and clothes consisting of a black shirt and jacket with gold swirling patterns. The jacket has black cuffs and lapels and he has a black tie and trousers. One arm is on HAN's shoulder. HAN is seated in the chair, leaning toward Lee Know with his hands folded. His shirt is mostly black with a more subtle pattern on the collar, shoulders, and sleeves. I love them a completely normal amount, Your Honor.

Next up, a fan-made #Minsung card made from the 2026 Stray Kids Japan Season's Greetings "FORCE"

Three photocards of ATEEZ members Hongjoong, Seonghwa, and Wooyoung. All three are looking at the camera and wearing pink cat-eared headphones with a mic. Hongjoong has red hair and is in a pink button-up with a black tie. He's winking. Seonghwa has black hair and looks straight on at the camera with his tongue poking out the right corner of his mouth. He's in a white shirt with a red and dark blue (or maybe black) collar. Wooyoung is three-quarters toward the camera and blond. He's making a cute merp face and a paw with his hand. He's in a light grey shirt with black horizontal stripes.

First up, some Golden Hour Pt. 3:

Mail day! Photocards ahead of #ATEEZ members #Hongjoong, #Seonghwa, and #Wooyoung; and #StrayKids members #BangChan and #LeeKnow
#에이티즈 #홍중 #성화 #우영 #스트레이키즈 #방찬 #리노

Today I learned!!!

The Irish Rovers. I only learned last year that Shel Silverstein wrote it! 40+ years of life without that knowledge...

You're never gonna see no Unicorn~!

Best of luck!

a woman pointing her finger at the camera with a blue fence in the background Alt: a woman pointing her finger while nodding at the camera with a blue fence in the background

Yes, you.

That tracks. 😂

Are we dating ourselves with this reference?

(THE Marshall Ryan Maresca replied to my skeet? Holy carp!)

Recently, I decided (because I'm good at sewing AND at drafting my own patterns) that I'm going to try my hand at making custom plushes and such. Which probably means I should invest in a serger in the very near future.

Green alligators
Long-necked geese
Humpty-back camels
Some chimpanzees

Their little toe beans send me!

🍤

🤞🤞🤞

Ash says “no pawparazzi please.”

Excellent mail. I hope your brain treats you more kindly.

Plush key chains of kpop boy group Stray Kids member Lee Know’s cats: Soonie (orange), Doongie (different orange), and Dori (grey). They have politely folded paws and surrounded a photcard of Lee Know.

They’re here 🥹

2026 goal: read something by all the published authors I follow here. If you’re an author and you see this, thank you for writing and creating the art only you can! You’re appreciated and your stories are needed.

Humanity at its best!

Screen shot of my family group chat. Small photo of my sister in sunglasses and a hat. Her text from today at 10:54am (EST) reads: “Family - I will grace you with my presence in May. As I am perusing plane tickets, are there any dates in May I need to work around?”

MY SISTER IS COMING TO VISIT IN MAY!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!

If you do, will you report back?

Love you, too, Chingu! Have a good day ❤️

I truly feel there's no place more beautiful than the PNW. Beautiful photo. Thank you for sharing it.

Yeah, I see a lot in their posts, too. Sometimes I don't have the brain power to be super fun with it, so I just stick to basics, but gosh am I loving that bsky now reminds me to add the alt text thanks to a setting I turned on.