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this was an interesting experience but it's definitely my last time doing it... i am EXHAUSTED

i love friends who give you something to think about.

thirsty ass birds...

part of a series i'm working on titled, Permission..

Doomscrolling is out. Bloomscrolling is in.

been a minute since i've participated in a selfie thread...

"Raheem is dead, somebody shot him."

i need fall and winter to hurry on up.

these look like lema solani (banded lema leaf beetle) i've dealt with similar issues and what helped me most were things such as neem oil, and organic sprays like spinosad (monterey garden insect spray or bonide captain jack's deadbug brew) and even pyrethrin (pyganic)

Sunday afternoon sketching.....

everything feels like a subscription. as if there are paywalls to just finish the games or access certain content.

i've been feeling a bit more inspired lately...

taking a walk through the garden....

chickens have a way of reintroducing wonder into otherwise ordinary days...

spilled some cracked corn and the freeranging chickens immediately went to work. there's nothing wasted on the farm...

i was trying to take an artistic shot of this bee by the lavender but it decided i was doing too much...

i promise it's okay to leave Fido at home while we eat..

waking up to an acceptance letter of an art residency i applied for.

just received some exciting news:

okay, i think i'm at a place where i can let this sit....

the art and the medium: (not quite finished yet)

cheesecake or a nice sweet potato pie

looks like i'm heading back to NYC this summer. gonna reconnect with my zoes, argue about the Knicks, and get caught up in the World Cup festivities...

hibiscus, roses, and gardenias...a few of my favorites

more updates from the garden:

having a relaxing Juneteenth, grocery shopping in the garden

found some more of my old artwork:

validation is a hungry animal. it always wants another meal.

did some cleaning and found some of my old sketches:

update on the pups:

i'm known to dabble in the art world every now and then....

it's the busy season for sure. furnished some raised beds, incorporated polyculturalist crops, been working on other projects and properties, just had some goat babies, cats, and essentially been keeping everything together and alive the past couple months. had some more variety in chickens too.

witnessed yet another birth this morning. the mother is Belgian Malinois and the father is German Shepherd/Husky mix never a dull moment on the farm..

oh yeah i got two of them now, both Tortoiseshell Tabbies they're sisters

never thought i'd be a cat person...

yep, an incredibly selfish thing to do and then ignore and treat the Sherpas like an inconvenience along the way, ignoring their advice. and then folks have to risk their lives to retrieve your body?

exactly. i actually have a 50-100 book quota i'm trying to reach this year so posts like that would be helpful

to this day, it's the most important console i've ever received

3/3 i feel seen lol

lillies blooming during the thunderstorms....

above the clouds....

recently on the farm....

about to initiate the Free Breakfast Program for the animals...

can't have dehydrated animals in this Georgia weather...

shutting down the 285 to re-pave roads for the World Cup is like last minute cleaning before the guests arrive. these roads have been spotty for at least a decade, if not more.