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Wildmaven
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Happily married crafter, artist, photographer, birder, easily distracted by bugs in East Tennessee. https://wildmaven.wixsite.com/wildmaven
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Kingfisher! Photos taken through the living room window. 😀 🪶
A dark gray bird with a topknot, white neck stripe, and white belly sits on a wire and looks to the side. A dark gray bird with an open bill, a topknot, white neck stripe, and white belly sits on a wire and looks to the side.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Just got this from the library (digitally). Looks interesting. 🐞🪲🐛🐜🦟
A book cover with silhouettes of various bugs on a black background. “Wicked Bugs: The louse that conquered Napoleon’s army & Other diabolical insects.” By Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Porch goose has arrived! Now to name her and come up with her holiday outfit.

My husband knew I wanted one and had planned on getting it for me for Christmas, but he thought I could use it now because I've been having a bad time medically. I love that man! ❤️
A statue of a white goose
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Estate sale find! I’m in love with it and want to wear it on a chain with a black top. It’s 3.5 inches across. #vintage ❤️
A large circular silver brooch with multiple glass rhinestones from the 50s or 60s.
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Clinton, TN at 10:05 tonight.
Red aurora in East Tennessee
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Northern lights 15 minutes ago in East TN!!!!
Red light of the aurora can be seen behind tall trees and a house
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Just got the bid for a deck for the front of our 1000 square foot house. $16,000!!!! 😲
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Some of today's birds. There was A LOT of activity in the forest right before the snow started. 🪶
Red-bellied woodpecker. Black and white striped/spotted body, red back of the neck. Northern flicker. White belly with black spots, grey body with black bars, black mustache, red back of head, v-shaped marking on chest. Hairy woodpecker. Black tail, black body with white spots, white stripes above and below eye, red spot on head White-breasted nuthatch. Grey body, black head, white face and chest, holding a nut in its beak while holding onto the feeder with one foot raised to the opening
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Haha my husband’s first TN snow 😂
An older man in a windbreaker and wearing a knit cap holds his arms outward as snow swirls around him. He does not look happy.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Leaves and clouds doodling. #art
Ink drawing of a field of leaves, a tree with curlicue leaves, and clouds
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Pumpkin doodle. #art 🎃
Ink drawing of a flower-covered pumpkin with a long curly stem and leaves sitting on a striped ground in front of a black background.
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Crocheted a scarf in the iconic Tennessee Orange checkerboard design. I made some mistakes but I’m happy how it turned out. No pattern. #crochet 🧶
Orange and white checkerboard pattern scarf with orange fringe.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Found it! Blue lichen, Death Valley National Park. 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Teapot doodle. #art
Ink illustration of a flower-decorated teapot with steam rising from the spout. A single drop hangs from the opening, reflecting the flower design. The teapot sits on a cloth over a wood table.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Okkkkkkkkk so exactly what part of her anatomy is in the magical clove fluid? Advertisers, please stop with the AI ART!! #art
The left side is a photo of a spoonful of cloves. The right side is a line drawing of a woman wearing a towel while seated on a stool that magically holds her up while missing two or more supports. Something below her projects into a bucket of steaming liquid.
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Red-shouldered hawk showing off his shoulder after taking a drink from the stream across the street. 🪶
Side view of a hawk in flight. It has a rust-colored shoulder and head, and barred wings and tail.
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A large flock of whatever these are, in my yard this morning pecking around on the ground 🪶
A small bird with a brown crown and white face striped above and below the eye stands on the forest floor A small bird with a brown crown and white face striped above and below the eye stands on the forest floor
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Inktober day 31 prompt is Award. This is Sergeant Stubby, a WWI Hero. His story is amazing!

Smithsonian Institution page: www.si.edu/object/nmah_...

#dogs #inktober #art 🐶
Portrait of a Boston terrier wearing a vest and military medal.
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Inktober day 30 prompt is Vacant. The hermit crab is incredibly vulnerable when it outgrows its existing shell and moves to a new one. #inktober #art 🦀
A hermit crab moves from one shell to another.
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Inktober day 29 prompt is Lesson. Meerkats teach their young how to navigate the dangers of their prey. #inktober #art 🦊
An adult meerkat watches over its young who is attempting to eat a scorpion. Ink drawing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Inktober day 28 prompt is Skeletal. This is from a photo I took earlier this year. The vultures devoured the carcass so quickly! Nature’s cleanup crew! #inktober #art 🪶
A black vulture ink drawing depicting it eating a deer carcass.
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Inktober day 27 prompt is Onion, which is toxic to most animals. So please say “No” to giving onions to pets and other animals. #bassethound #inktober #art #dogs
A basset hound wearing a Sheriff hat and bandana holds a “Say No to Onions” sign in its mouth
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Inktober day 26 prompt is Puzzling. The sawfish puzzled scientists for a long time until they found that the “saw” is used to detect electrical impulses and also to stun its prey. It’s also not a shark but a type of ray. #inktober #art 🐠
Stipple drawing of a water creature with the nose of a saw and the body of a shark
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Color is starting ❤️
A tall hill covered in trees with leaves of various fall colors.
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Inktober day 25 prompt is Inferno. These are 3 animals listed in Dante’s Inferno.
#inktober #art 🦊
Ink drawing in 3 narrow vertical panels showing half an animal face in each. Lion, leopard and she-wolf.
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM