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Lily Respair (Susan Marie Makes)
@lilyrespair.bsky.social
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Stalled Artist, Nature Lover, Gardener, Knitter. Living in the traditional territory of the Ktunaxa, Sylix, Sinixt. Kootenays, BC, Canada. She/her. Love Is Love. 🖤🤎💜🩵💙💚💛🧡🩷❤️🤍
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Lily Respair (Susan Marie Makes) @lilyrespair.bsky.social · Jan 1
My husband buys us a new calendar every year. This year, he picked one with quotes and calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh.

May we all find peace, joy, & kindness this year. 🙏
Photo of a calendar with a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh. 'We believe that happiness is possible only in the future. That is why the practice 'I have arrived.' is very important. The realization that we are already here, can give us peace and joy.'
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Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar

Artwork of a nuthatch from about 6 months ago :) –
Pencil on grey toned paper, painted over with acrylics, and finished with some colour brushes in photoshop.
A practice artwork of a nuthatch. It is a pencil drawing on grey toned paper, overpainted with acrylics loosely, and finished off with some coloured brushes in photoshop. The bird is looking to the left of the image. I have added some turquoise tones over the top in photoshop. There is a terracotta colour acrylic background.
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
This is delightful.❤️
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d
Dear Bluesky. I'm giving away two signed paperbacks of my novel Villager.

All you have to do to enter is share this extract from it & pop a reply below.

You also get a free map!

You might like the book if you like:
Ghosts
Social history
Folklore
Lost music
Rivers
Opinionated hills
Earth magic
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Look at this gorgeous painting.
jayispainting.earthskyart.ca JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 1d
Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar evening.

Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo
Abstract landscape: night sky with noctilucent clouds, green aurora, a comet over 2 large glacial erratics
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
And so it begins. Approximately 5 cm of the white stuff fell last night. Just enough for me to get up at 6:30 am to shovel the driveway before work.
An early morning scene. A blanket snow covers our garden. Grey, cloudy skies promise more snow.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3d
#Saskatchewan
Sask. conservationists say trend of live-baiting snowy owls for photos endangers the birds

FFS people leave the wildlife alone, don't feed them, Canada has Conservation efforts across the country, stop trying to get a photo op for social media.🤬

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sask. conservationists say trend of live-baiting snowy owls for photos endangers the birds | CBC News
Saskatchewan wildlife watchers are worried snowy owls are being put in danger as photographers use live bait to lure them closer for better pictures.
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
This morning's walk featured a light dusting of snow.

#DogsOfBluesky
A photo of the back of a mostly black dog. She is standing on a trail in the woods. There is a light dusting of snow on top of green mossy banks and there are trees in the background.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
In progress: "(crushed) ICE", oil on watercolour paper, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" #art #wip
A small realistic painting of a black & silver Labatt's ICE beer can. The can is crushed so the round top & bottom are showing. The word ICE is in white, outlined in gold.
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
This old girl is officially 15!
She still loves her morning walks, though we go a lot slower now. Mitra is such a sweet, good girl, and we treasure every day she is still with us.
#DogsOfBluesky
Rear view of an old black dog. She is looking to the left and is standing on a Larch needle covered forest path.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Goddammit. He's still trying to guilt me and is enlisting my mom to help. He tried to get my brother on board, but my brother stopped feeling guilty about his shit a long time ago. Christmas is going to be a challenge. I rarely drink, but I think a nice bottle of wine will go a long way this year.
lilyrespair.bsky.social Lily Respair (Susan Marie Makes) @lilyrespair.bsky.social · 7d
Today, I am refusing to be guilt tripped by my 84 yr old father. And I just had the realization that I don't owe him anything. So, maybe therapy actually works? Huh. How about that.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.

No NSFW. No AI.

Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
The banner from my Etsy shop, with illustrations of dinosaurs and dragons, and text which reads “25% off, 24 Nov - 3 Dec” and a “No AI” icon.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Today, I am refusing to be guilt tripped by my 84 yr old father. And I just had the realization that I don't owe him anything. So, maybe therapy actually works? Huh. How about that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
It seems the Irish foxes have been chatting with our local porcupines.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Mitra doesn't know if there are any fairies in these woods, but she's pretty sure that there are elves.
And she could care less about that nasty sex scandal stuff in the USA.

#WalkInTheWoods
#DogsOfBluesky
A photo of a shaggy old dog in profile. She standing on a trail. Behind her is a green mossy bank with a small bunch of baby hemlock trees growing.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Sometimes, I feel like I live in a fairy land.
#WalkInTheWoods
An old wagon trail with green mossy banks and evergreen trees in the background on a grey morning.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
🧶 Knitting PSA. Re: knitting patterns on etsy. We've had a few people coming to the shop lately with patterns they have bought on etsy. Often, these are old patterns that have been scanned by sellers & sold for cheap. I'm not saying to buy these patterns but buyer beware.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.

Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.

You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Otters linocut by my mum, Jo The cover of 21st-Century Yokel The back cover of 21st-Century Yokel
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Hope you find some joy today, or joy finds you... either works 🩷
Stylized drawing of a blue jay sitting on a branch with lots of pink dogwood blooms against a black background.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Ah yes, racism is alive and well in BC. Dallas Brodie should be banned from the legislature. Disgusting.
thetyee.ca The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 16d
Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.

Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
OneBC Leader’s Comments Drive Indigenous Delegation from Legislature | The Tyee
Dallas Brodie called reports of residential school graves the ‘worst lie in Canadian history.’
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Almost forgot to share this morning's walk photo of Mitra.
#DogsOfBluesky
A profile photo of a mostly black, old dog. She is standing on a trail covered in larch needles. There is green moss and trees in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
When you’re out fishing please be responsible and clean up your gear. This stuff is a hazard for wildlife.
A handful of fishing line mixed with leaves. I am holding it in my hand. There is a creek in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
This is an important sheep thread. Be sure to read all of the alt text because it is pure gold.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20d
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A morbidly inclined sheep, who likes to hang around in graveyards, detests parties and owns original pressings of the entire classic run of Leonard Cohen LPs from 1967-1974.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
Biggest sale I've ever had continues.

Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.

Sorry. No US orders.
jayispainting.earthskyart.ca JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · Oct 15
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.

I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop

#art #painting
Painting of a badlands valley with winding river at the bottom & swirling blue clouds on an orange background sky Painting of a mother ship storm cloud lit from below with swirling clouds above over a butte. Painting of a nebula that looks like a hand with orange yellow clouds and lots of stars on a blue black field Painting of a spiral galaxy with swirls of blue white and red orange arms with clusters of stars and a area of stars in the center
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 21d
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
davidbrace2.bsky.social David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 21d
"Crow", pencil crayon, graphite on paper, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4", 2025 - $175(Cdn) #art #birds
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
lilyrespair.bsky.social
Look at this book!
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21d
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.

Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM