Lily Respair (Susan Marie Makes)
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Lily Respair (Susan Marie Makes)
@lilyrespair.bsky.social
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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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. 🙏
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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.
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is delightful.❤️
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
Look at this gorgeous painting.
Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar evening.

Once In A Lifetime 36 x66 91x167cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
A commission based on an actual photo
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#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
This morning's walk featured a light dusting of snow.

#DogsOfBluesky
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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In progress: "(crushed) ICE", oil on watercolour paper, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" #art #wip
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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.
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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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
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
It seems the Irish foxes have been chatting with our local porcupines.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sometimes, I feel like I live in a fairy land.
#WalkInTheWoods
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🧶 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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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
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Hope you find some joy today, or joy finds you... either works 🩷
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ah yes, racism is alive and well in BC. Dallas Brodie should be banned from the legislature. Disgusting.
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
Almost forgot to share this morning's walk photo of Mitra.
#DogsOfBluesky
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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When you’re out fishing please be responsible and clean up your gear. This stuff is a hazard for wildlife.
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is an important sheep thread. Be sure to read all of the alt text because it is pure gold.
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.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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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.
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
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"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
Look at this book!
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