An Artist Draws Near!

Songbirdo, She/her Hello there! Welcome to my corner of art and miscellanea. I am not consistently active on Tumblr anymore, but I'll have sporadic bursts of activity now and then. I do art, switching between botannicals, animals, OCs, and whatever fandoms interest me, though as a full time teacher with a hand injury those are not very frequent at the time. Things you can expect of me: Fire Emblem, Baten Kaitos, Dragon Quest, Tabletop gaming, biology, insects and spiders, traditional art, art in video games, and bad puns.

[nerdygaymormon]

[dunkthebiscuit]

This is why Pride is not just a party. It's a joyful celebration, but it's also a pointed and colourful two-finger salute to a world that stood back whilst so many of us died. And we'll never go quietly, never again.

[insectling]

a girl and her watermelon piece

[insectling]

oh i'm happy that people enjoyed looking at this animal with me.. it's fun to be nice to an animal and with bugs it's often more okay to do than with other animals since it's unlikely you will socialize them to humans to their detriment.

Watermelon piece is a good offering towards any adult wasp, but being a mud dauber she is a great wasp to observe, since they are not very aggressive and their sting is not too bad. I waited until she was a little more hydrated and started grooming herself to remove her from the house, since she was visibly quite dusty i knew it would be the next thing she would want to do.

a really funny behavior was that although she was completely content to be observed by humans, she saw an ant on the counter and got visibly upset, which is understandable since an ant wants to eat a weak bug a lot more than humans do. I removed the ant to keep her from getting too stressed out. she was so mad about the ant and even though it makes sense i thought it was pretty funny since wasps can tell who humans are. she knew we were hanging out and that part was fine, but an ant is just too much!! eventually i put her and her fruit outside.

[westformiles]

@onenicebugperday

[fairycosmos]

good morning to the beaten and the damned only

[beansfrombeans]

[lakecountylibrary]

I’m so sad I can’t afford a library card because I live with my parents and are out of city bounds.

ANYONE ELSE WHO IS IN THIS SITUATION you can still go to the library! It is a public space! You might not be able to take things home, but if you take a book from the shelf and read it while you are there, the data still gets collected!!

(sorry using your ask box to spread info I wish I had a few years ago)

That is very true! Public libraries are... well, public! You don't have to show your card to get in and enjoy the AC, free wifi, and books on the shelves. Many libraries also do not require a card to attend programs.

If you're in this type of situation, you should also talk to the local librarians and see if you CAN get a free card! Here at LCPL we have what we call reciprocal agreements with all of our neighboring library districts to allow their taxpayers to get cards with us, and a similar agreement with libraries statewide. This type of card is usually limited - for us, it means reciprocal cardholders can check out physical materials only with no digital access - but it can be very useful!

There are also some libraries out there providing free digital access anywhere in the U.S. Try Books Unbanned if you're a teen (though some participating libraries go up to age 26!) or @queerliblib (https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/) for a huge collection of queer books. Both use Libby!

[suonko]

by Henryk Szczygliński

[urgetocreate]

Henryk Szczygliński (Polish 1881-1944), Park, 1918, Oil on canvas

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

my toxic xennial trait is that i believe something should either be software (in which case after i download it i shouldn't need to be connected to use it) or a web page (which shouldn't require me to download anything to use it, however badly, in a browser). fuck your mandatory single function constant connection apps

[elodieunderglass]

You’re so right. Say more

[romehbo]

"you couldnt make seinfeld today" you couldve made seinfeld in 45 B.C.

[romehbo]

kramer: *barges in* *crowd cheering* jerry! caesar just made himself dictator perpetuo!

[uncahier]

[disastrartistri]

"You're your own. Not Hers. Not anymore"

[silentglock]

light 'em up

[calaisreno]

June 12 is Loving Day — when interracial marriage finally became legal in the U.S.

"Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race ma

[plushpyth]

my little sister is 5 by the way and she is fuckign hilarious im literally crying rn

[plushpyth]

Hey guys the star of Let It Snake is graduating high school today lmao

[songbirdo]

(Super late) HKAM day 31- Flea

And that's a wrap! 23 pictures in just over a month! Thank you for joining me on this painting journey!

[wolfsoulrain]

Bread

A bit burned tho

[doyoulikethis-videogame-song]

Do you like this Video Game Song? #3161

I like it and I've definitely heard it before

I like it and it sounds familiar

I like it and this is my first time hearing it

I don't feel strongly about it or have a complex opinion

I don't like it and I've definitely heard it before

I don't like it and it sounds familiar

I don't like it and this is my first time hearing it

Remaining time: 4 days 14 hours

[doyoulikethis-videogame-song]

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Do you like this Video Game Song? #3162

I like it and I've definitely heard it before

I like it and it sounds familiar

I like it and this is my first time hearing it

I don't feel strongly about it or have a complex opinion

I don't like it and I've definitely heard it before

I don't like it and it sounds familiar

I don't like it and this is my first time hearing it

Remaining time: 4 days 14 hours

[guerrillatech]

[glasswhistles]

MLK was a star trek fan

[lieutenant-sappho]