with love, from —

my name is Nataliya and I’ve been visiting earth from neptune for over twenty-five years now. here are some love letters to Earth, life and from home — the farthest planet from the sun and the planet of myths, magic and the highest winds in the solar system 💙🦋🥶

[parkrangerpunk]

DONATING TO THE THRIFT STORE PSA!!!!! that i can’t believe i even have to say

if you would not buy it in the state it’s in, don’t fucking donate it!!

maybe if there’s a button missing or little holes or stains, but stop using thrift stores as your garbage. the amount of actual trash we get donated at my job is ridiculous. one man’s trash is another man’s treasure like 20% of the time. but chances are if you didn’t want to fix it yourself, neither will anyone else.

quality too. if you would not buy shein from the thrift store yourself, don’t donate your “cute summer shein hauls :33” that you don’t wear anymore because the trend ended. nobody buys shein second-hand, and it sits on our shelves until we have to throw it out.

“but i don’t have money to not shop at shein 🥺” idc. cope. thrift. maybe if the thrift stores weren’t full of plastic cancer clothes from last months aesthetic you’d be able to find more good quality items. but alas

ITS STILL YOUR CONSUMPTION WASTE, even if you give it to us. clothes don’t just disappear once you donate.

TREAT YOUR THRIFT STORES WITH RESPECT

[3liza]

OP is right and just to make it extra extra clear because people think this is the case: Goodwill and other secondhand stores DO NOT WASH DONATIONS. if you donate it dirty, they WILL have to throw it away! and the workers will have to touch it! it's disgusting!

[natofneptune]

hi,,,,,, 🦋🦋🦋

this was something I drew and then painted on back last august during the height of the nation wide BLM protests.

I’m posting it today on Earth Day because Black and Brown, BIPOC communities are the ones most likely to be affected by climate change - and they already have been.

One of my favorite podcasts - probably my actual favorite podcast - is ‘How to Save a Planet.’ The hosts - dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Alex Bloomberg - are wonderful, and every episode is a digestible, intriguing, genuine look at the climate crisis in its varying forms and diverse sub-topics. They have multiple episodes on the effects of climate change on Black and Brown neighborhoods, but the top that come to mind are

Black Lives Matter and the Climate

The Tribe that’s Moving Earth (and Water) to solve the climate crisis

Unnatural Disasters

What’s really great about ‘How to Save a Planet’ as well is that they provide clear and concise calls to action at the end of each episodes. There are also overlapping episodes from other podcasts that are presented on the show, so it offers a new profile to follow in addition to their own show.

There’s no denying that racism and the climate crisis are linked in an unsettling and violent dance. It’s not enough to call for justice for Black lives lost; it’s about celebrating and uplifting the Black lives around us while challenging internal biases and re-examining any and all of our privileges. The Black woman in the image smiles and winks in a green glow almost like a mask. The green represents the journey found in growth and the abundance of connecting to the earth with your own eyes.

This painting was made with acrylic paint, colored pencils, and marker 🎨

Image description: a black woman smiles and winks in a portrait of her face surrounded by varying flowers and butterflies. Some blue and pink flowers lay on her face. a green glow heavily dusts her cheeks and nose - like a sleeping eye mask. the background is yellow.

Find me on Instagram @/nataliaelenis and on my other page @nataliaeleni

[natofneptune]

happy halloween from the bottom of this witch’s heart to yours 🎃🧡✨

Kiki’s twenty-one years old! and no, she does not love you ❤️

[natofneptune]

first of all~

OMG

I started sketching this at the end of season one, when I was too broke to fast pass and already so still on anticipation. I still kind of am broke,,, but I made sure to save tips in advance this time 😤 needless to say i am 😌 but also literally ✈️ 🌕 anyways,

rachel - !

thank u for work and fierce dedication to this story! I LOVE your work! you’ve worked so hard to breathe all this life, this creation. thank you so much. this would literally not exist without you. :,) I hope if you see this you enjoy 🥀

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This is my first soft (soft) launch of artwork that I am releasing soon. I’m reopening my insta this week with a prioritized project, but then I will release the shiny and fun scans/photos of this piece :-)