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Karen Sime

@karensime.bsky.social

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Owned by a cat, nurse specialist, reader, crafter and proud geek.

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Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 31

Molly sends love right back.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 31

Awwwwwe, so cute! 😻

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Aug 31

Findings so many of these brown willow beetles, galerucella lineola, near my home. #sketchbook #invertefest #beetles #sketching #drawing

A sketchbook page filled with drawings and sketches of brown willow beetles. 3 are quick line sketches, the rest more detailed.

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Aug 30

Drawing of a brown willow beetle, galerucella lineola. #invertefest #beetles #drawing #insects #biodiversity

Drawing of a brown willow beetle on a white background. It has long antennae and it is creating a shadow on the background.

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Aug 29

A bit of drawing and photography. #insects #beetle #snails #hoverfly #naturephotography #drawing

3 images. Top two are drawings, snails to the left, brown willow beetle to the right. Bottom is a photograph of a hoverfly on a yellow flower.

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Aug 28

A bit of sketching. #sketchbook #insects #biodiversity

Drawings of a brimstone moth, a yellow-green type of moth, top left. Top right are quick line sketches of swans and ducks.
Bottom is an opened sketchbook showing oak leaves with oak gall, which is caused from gall wasps. Fairy ink cap fungi drawings to the right of it.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you. The problem is she knows she looks innocent 😂

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

She is beautiful!

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you. @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social has been spoiling me. Molly on the other hand could use an attitude adjustment 😂

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you 😊

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you ☺️

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy coincidence this arrived today. Had it preordered for what feels like forever! Look at the pretty! #books #bookhaul #prettybook #katabasis #RFKuang #booksofbluesky #reader #bookbluesky

Hardback edition of book called Katabasis by RF Kaung. Held so that the edges of the book pages can be seen. They have an Escher style image painted onto them. Stairs going in different directions.

Hardback edition of Katabasis by RFKaung. Book is flat down on a counter. Cover is in black and white with the Escher style stairs. Title and author in gold.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Jul 26

Argh, I missed #fungifriday, but here’s some sketches of fungi I recently came across. #sketchbook #fungi

An opened sketchbook with sketches and drawings of various types of fungi I spotted recently.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 18

Final book in the Thursday next series announced and I have to wait a whole year. That’s just plain rude! At least it gives me time to reread the series. #books #reading #jasperfforde #thursdaynext

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Jul 18

A bit of drawing. #snails #drawing #biodiversity #natureart

A collection of various snail types drawn on white paper. Some have stripes, some have bits of yellow and brown.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

Those were the two I liked.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’ve read a few and liked. Them. They are all so different. Space House was my least favourite. I haven’t read any since then.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’m in the minority though. I think most people liked it. I did give it three stars.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

Happy #caturday. Molly hopes you all had a good one. She slept. She ate. She played. She had a good clean while sitting on her favourite tissue paper #blackcats #blackcatsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #ownesbyacat

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

I was disappointed. Started out well but faltered and then there was a lot I hated about the third and final part.

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

I worked in there back when it was a Borders

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

It’s been a while since I did a reading update. Or any update. Here is what I’m currently reading. #books #reading #readingupdate #reader #readerofbluesky #bookbluesky #sarahjmaas #throneofglass #kingdomofash #andywarhol #theandywarholdiaries

Kindle on a table. Displaying the cover of a book. Kingdom of ash by Sarah j Maas. Next to it is a physical book. The Andy Warhol diaries. Sitting above the books is a white mug filled with coffee

Karen Sime @karensime.bsky.social · Jul 5

That is my war cry. “How’s Kareno?” “Tired”. I like the reading cat. Although Molly knocks my books out my hands.

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · Jul 4

A wee something for #fungifriday. #fungi #sketchbook

An opened sketchbook showing drawings of shaggy ink cap mushrooms at various stages.