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Susan 🍁
@susanbytheriver.bsky.social
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Fibre and mixed media artist https://www.susanbytheriver.com Living on the traditional territory of the Audenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Haudenosaunee (St. Lawrence Iroquois), and Huron-Wendat. Cats, every day magical stuff, resting she/her πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ
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BREAKING: Nova Scotia has approved Canada’s first-ever whale sanctuary! Located in Port Hilford Bay, the Whale Sanctuary Project site could open by summer 2026β€”giving around 10 of #Marineland’s captive belugas the chance to finally live in the ocean. Act now 🐳➑️ bit.ly/4o2MPNu
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It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
A new magical critter to join the family of #felted folk. Henry the #gingercat served as nose model for this little #needlefelted guy. I think he may be a sort that lives inside tree trunks and sleeps a lot.

#needlefelting #woolfelting #feltart #art #artist
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People often ask me, how do you keep going? We must keep going. When we are not the ones living with bombs falling from the sky, when we have food on our tables, and clean water to drink, and money to spend. We have to put our feelings aside for a moment. We have work to do.
Thanks for the heads up - I’ll prepare myself πŸ’ͺ
Loved Remarkably Bright Creatures and Shark Heart. Bear is on my book shelf - waiting to be read! β™₯️
Transness has always existed and always will. Understanding, celebrating, and loving transness leads to liberation for everyone.
Beloved people in my life have taught me that experiencing gender identity and sexuality as a journey is healthy, safe, life affirming & natural. The extent to which these are fluid varies from person to person. I’m grateful to trans folk for helping me overcome fear around change in these realms.
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Younger daughter and I have been working on prototypes for the small portable museums that will be in my Etsy shop soon. We’ll be making a wooden grid in each tin for the finds & a booklet about the neuroscience of how collecting & arranging your finds alleviates anxiety & lifts mood #mentalhealth
Love this idea. Looking forward to seeing what you create!
Thanks for sharing this!
I’m a big fan β™₯️
libro.fm Libro.fm @libro.fm Β· Sep 11
When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
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Because, once again: the first violence the authoritarian right commits is against fact, truth, history, meaning, language, science, and this version keeps committing it. They bring liberation from reality, though maybe disinhibition is a better word.
Oh I love it! So charming and delightful. I feel a lot of creative sparkles just looking at it!
This little charm pin holds a #needlefelted mushroom heart and beaded bits with a dragonfly, gnome, and deer. I’ve had a bunch of kilt pins in my supplies for a while, meaning to give this a try.

#charmpins #needlefelt #needlefelting #feltart #art
Finished my #painting project! Hurray! I’m really happy with how it turned out. Thanks everyone for your encouragement along the way β™₯️

#upcycling #art #artist #paint #frontporchart
Finished all six cans! Now to assemble them into two beaded strings for hanging. I did rabbit silhouettes for the last one because I was running out of detail energy and wanted to finish today πŸ˜„

#paint #painting #art #artist #upcycling
4 of 6 cans complete…The blue jay was tough. First time I’ve tried painting, drawing, or felting one!

#paint #painting #art #artist #upcycling