A tiny polished wooden carving of a rounded rodent with detailed ears, paws, textured fur and glossy beady eyes resting on a light surface. Netsuke is a type of miniature ornament initially used to secure containers or kimonos. This sculpture is 2.5cm tall, tiny! 🥹

Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan

And at the same time he flirts a little bit

A spotted owlet (nearly adult) on a thick pine branch

Spotted Owlet for @birdwhisperers.bsky.social

And finally, the bird of the month is the beloved owl!

#birdwhispererproject #birdwhisperer #birds
#kleineKunstklasse #digitalart #digitaldrawing

Luna is a 6 year old black and white kitty with yellow eyes, long white whiskers and a pink nose. This is a side view of her with her head turn towards and looking at the camera. She is located in Seal Beach, CA in Southern California. "I have allergies, so I’m on a special diet and need some daily medicine, so I need a home with a special person who is OK with that. Could that be you?"

Luna is a 6 year old black and white kitty with yellow eyes, long white whiskers and a pink nose. She is siting on a wood surface looking to the left. She is located in Seal Beach, CA in Southern California. "I have allergies, so I’m on a special diet and need some daily medicine, so I need a home with a special person who is OK with that. Could that be you?"

🙏🏾PLEASE RE-POST
🌼Shy, Sweet 6YO Black & White Kitty "LUNA"🌼
😿💔Owner Hospitalized
🔊Needs A New, Loving🏡 #FureverHome🏡
➡4 Info www.sbacc.org/advert/luna/
🙏🏽 #Adopt #AdoptDontShop #AdoptMe
#SealBeach, #CA #OrangeCounty #SoCal
#SealBeachAnimalCareCenter #SpecialNeeds
#CatsOfBluesky #BlueskyCats #Cats

I am reflected in the door of the black refrigerator, and the window behind me, through which a bit of Almaty and the mountains are visible

Selfy

#SelfPortraitSunday
#HiddenInPlainSight #photography
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#EastCoastKin

In some areas of Japan, they installed special signs that warn that cats may jump out suddenly.

Two flamingos in a sunlit sky

Flamingos

#birds #flamingo #art #illustration #painting #digitalart #artistsonbluesky #artcommunity #ArtYear

A little boy sits on a wooden pier on a lake, with a ship visible in the distance

Lake Itkul

#WaterfallWednesday
#SensoryArt
#Water

A Northern Flicker perched on a wooden fence rail. The body angled away from the camera with its head turned over the shoulder toward the camera. The morning sun is kissing the left side, and highlighting the eye and the wings red shaft feathers.

This lovely Northern Flicker perched on my fence and allowed me to take its picture this morning. Good #WoodpeckerWednesday timing 😉 #birds

😊 has been standing there since time immemorial

A minimalist ink painting titled 3 Friends, showing three stylized cats sitting side by side. Each cat is a simple silhouette filled with flowing watercolor blends: one in greens, one in warm orange-browns, and one in deep blue tones. Their curved tails and delicate whiskers add charm, while the textured paper enhances the soft, inky gradients.

AnimalArtTuesday -three friends #cats #cat - ink

A white owl soars in the purple sky above the lilac hills, and beneath it, among the rocks, a burgundy saxifrage blooms

Saxifraga flowers

#birds #owl #art #illustration #painting #digitalart #artistsonbluesky #artcommunity #ArtYear #landscapes

To a desert island? 😲

You're welcome! 💐 I hope you like them

My favorite author is the Polish writer Stanislav Lem.
If I were stuck on a desert island and I was allowed to take books by one author, I would take their books.

#BlueBrewBooks #BookSky #EastCoastKin

The spotted owlet (Athene brama) is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from North Pakistan to Southeast Asia. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow. There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. (from Wikipedia) Our reference photo has the owl perched in a tree, where two branches diverge. Body is in side profile, breast facing our left, and their head is turned to face us. In the background are more large tree limbs

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Owlet. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Nov 26th.

Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/

#birds #BirdWhisperer #art #owl

Two birds

Locust starlings

#birds

Stylized image of a bird.

Crane in the sky

#birds #craneflies #art #illustration #painting #digitalart #artistsonbluesky #artcommunity #ArtYear

Almaty mountains

one more time 😀

#Almaty

A view from the window in Almaty, snow-covered trees, multi-story buildings, and mountains

Hooray!
Almaty is finally showing me the mountains.

#mountains #photo

Cup of coffee

Good morning everyone and happy halloween!

#halloween #cupofcoffe

several peanuts

Autumn is harvest time.
I dug up the soil in the pot where I planted peanuts in the spring and dug up some.
To my great surprise

#funnynonsense #houseplant #peanut

Alan Parry (British Artist, born 1940)
"Butterflies and Alliums", 2016.
Acrylic on Canvas, 89 × 61 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

And here is our little bird, who immediately said: “It won’t be easy with me.”

So, turkey vulture scaled for #birdwhisperer

#birds #turkeyvulture #art #illustration #painting #digitalart #artistsonbluesky #artcommunity #ArtYear #wednesday

Alex Grey
Oil on wood

Circuit - Vera Enkvist , 2023.
Finnish , b. 1975s
Oil on cotton canvas , 46 x 38 cm.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

The photo shows two alarmed cats

We got the carrier out of the closet.
(And the carrier means a visit to the vet! Aaaah, save yourself!)

#cat #ourcats #vetvisit

Baron Saturday is a character from Terry Pratchett's works, who is a skeleton in a tuxedo and top hat

The spooky baron Saturday

#EastCoastKin #SensoryArt #Spooky #ColorADay #baronSaturday #digitalart

photos that make you smile involuntarily 🙂

I admire you! I can't do that, or maybe my cat is untrainable 😀