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Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.

In a comic strip panel, person in a red shirt walks through a sunlit forest. The text says "Sometimes I go looking for a tiny part of the universe." "This part only takes up as much space as: half an apple, a salt shaker, or 2 ping pong balls." Each of these items is shown. Galaxies and stars swirl as the text says "But somehow, in an unfathomably huge universe," and then there's a complex mess of forest leaves, with one tiny Wilson's warbler in one corner, and the text says "this one tiny part". There's a close up of the warbler, blazing yellow against a sparkly yellow background, and the text says "can fill up my whole heart."

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Kelly McCullough

@kellydmcc.bsky.social

Jeeves break

Debbie Ridpath Ohi

@debbieohi.com

about 22 hours ago

I love that Maggie chose the layout based on rolling a d6 (see thread below). 😁 Also love when my #BoardGaming and #CraftSky worlds collide here on Bluesky. I'm not a quilter, by the way, but I thoroughly enjoy peering over the (virtual) shoulders of those who are, to see what they work on. #Uplift

maggie schreiter (pie wanter)@squishythings.com

home when there was light, so here is the finished “roll for damage” quilt. 80x84” and all the non-white fabric is tula pink (the white is kona white). tula minky backing. #quiltsky 🧵🪡🧶

a quilt made of colorful triangles and squares mixed with white triangles and squares in a random pattern.

the back of the quilt is two minky print fabrics pieced together. one is white with small rainbow dots stars and birds, and the other is a sort of undulating northern lights pattern.

a back corner of the quit showing a blue label with a thumbs up that says “i didn’t fuck it up!”

closer shot of the quilt so you can see the binding is a light grey with rainbow dots.

Pareidolia

@pareidolia.bsky.social

Hello little goldfish, do you need some help?

Yellow cherry tomato crushed in the street, that looks like a fish.

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️

@skwinnicki.bsky.social

This chicken egg sure looks a big “ouch” to me While these wrinkled eggs can be caused by stressors like overcrowded living arrangements, these are family friends’ pasture pet chickens. They just moved, I wonder if that stressed the hens out!

Two photos of a brown chicken egg that has a tough wrinkly looking shell rather than a typical smooth shell. It is also larger than other eggs.

Another angle of the same egg, now on a counter.

Present & Correct

@presentcorrect.bsky.social

Guidelines for US Highway Graphics, over 900 pages with so many neat diagrams, signs etc. mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2….

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Cats of Yore

@catsofyore.bsky.social

Marcel does not like this vet-themed escape room. Zero stars.

Photo of a black and white medium haired kitten, standing up on his back legs, trying to pee out of the door in a veterinary exam room.

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Getty

@gettymuseum.bsky.social

We're celebrating 12 Days of Medieval Illuminations. Today, 10 medieval birds. Which feathery friend is your favorite? 🦅🦢🐓🦉🐦‍⬛

A collage featuring 10 birds taken from medieval manuscripts. The birds range in species, form, and expression.

Wendy Miller

@burrowingowl.bsky.social

about 22 hours ago

Good morning! 🪶

Three fuzzy burrowing owlets in front of their burrow.

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Moose Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

I've had a couple of comments about this cartoon, which I thought would be a great opportunity to drill down in excruciatingly needless detail about my process. Someone said how much did I deliberate over the use of the word 'Pig' and another suggested it should say 'Hog'. So, here was my thinking:

Moose Allain@mooseallain.bsky.social

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of stylised drawings of a pig seen head on (labelled Pig) and a hedge (labelled hege) seen in section. The area where they overlap forms the shape of a hedgehog. Caption: VENN DIAGRAM

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Foxes In Love

@foxes-in-love.bsky.social

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are sitting at a little bonfire, gazing restfully into the flickering flames.
Blue: Do you ever think of the ways your life could've gone differently?
Green: No.
Blue: Like if you could start over with everything that you know now?
Green: Nope. The odds of finding you again in the right place at the right time are way too low.
Blue: You'd rather have me than a new chance?
Green: Having you is the best possible life.

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Emily Tull ASGFA

@artbyemilytull.bsky.social

Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Layer By Layer" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #PortraitArt #enbroidery #FiberArt

A hessian fabric background with ripped edge pieces of natural linen and a cream flocked paisley pattern organza overlayed on the left hand side. On the right is a fragmented hand embroidered older female portrait looking face on and smiling. A ripped edge holey piece of black velour is stitched on round the neckline.

Earl GreyGory (he/him)

@earlgreygory.bsky.social

Let's paint a brown rove beetle! #bugsky #sciart #invertefest #illustration

David Zinn

@davidzinn.bsky.social

Don't let Eric's smile fool you; this jar has a lid for very good reasons.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a small purple imp smiling and reaching out his arms from inside a glass jar, the lid of which is a utility cover set in the concrete

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The Whimsical Muse

@whimsicalmuse.bsky.social

You only regret the pastries that you don't eat.

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Uncle Duke

@uncleduke1969.bsky.social

cop: pick up that wrapper me: no cop: okay, have a nice day

Sign reads “No Littering, Violators will be fine” with the Chinese translation below.

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Justin King

@justinkingdesigns.bsky.social

Spirit week at school. Check out that 45 on the popsicle sticks. 😆

Remy the rat printed out and glued to a Manila folder.

Light test, we moved on from this. We didn’t have a small enough light and to be honest, hard to compete with the fluorescent bulbs at school.

Look at that tiny popsicle 45! Some Bobby pins to hold in place

Blue Heron Farm

@blueheronfarm.bsky.social

Definitely does not know what happened to my Hungryroot recipes

Piece of cardstock with printed recipes in three large and many small pieces

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi

@debbieohi.com

For those who do care about what's happening in the world, but who sometimes need an #Uplift: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly. Criteria unapologetically subjective, but esp: word nerds • acts of kindness • crafty • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Moose Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

Cartoon of two men standing amongst some flowers that are groing out of the ground. One is saying to the other "Malapropisms are spreading like wildflower".

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@springmeisterblu.bsky.social

What a difference a day makes!

Annie Parker

@annieparker.bsky.social

Someone rolled in something, there were consequences. Suspect someone is plotting my demise right now…. #spudlet #wetdog

A small brown tiny puppy in a bath. Soaked. Utterly loathing the experience.

Doug Savage

@savagechickens.bsky.social

The Canary and the Hummingbird. www.patreon.com/posts/can….

Caption: A hummingbird's wings flap up to 80 times per second.
[pic: A hummingbird flies while a canary watches from a nearby tree branch.]
Canary: "Dude, you need to calm the @#%$ down!"

Will Quinn

@willquinnart.bsky.social

Daily bunny no.3156 can give you some recommendations

A bunny is in the Criterion Closet, picking from an enormous shelf of DVDs. Other dvds for foreign films lie strewn about the floor already, including "Hausu", "The Battle of Algiers" and Fritz Lang's "M". The bunny cannot reach above the second or third shelf

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

@ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social