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JenKiwi
@jenkiwi.bsky.social
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Small nocturnal bird. Artist, writer, programmer. Sculptor of tiny critters. Powered by coffee & Bueno Bars. She/Her. On FA & DA as JenKiwi & IG as jenkiwi_art. https://linktr.ee/jenkiwi
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jenkiwi.bsky.social
It’s me. The person that probably got the Toasted Marshmallow Raspberry Latte yanked off the menu bc I ordered it often enough that the baristas realized the milk curdled 3 times out of 5.

Initially we thought the raspberry syrup had gone off or gotten too acidic but a new one did the same thing.
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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davekellett.bsky.social
COMIC: Drinking Coffee from a Mixing Bowl
PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey. mustache, stands holding a vintage green Pyrex bowl to his mouth. ARTHUR, a yellow duck, stands looking up at him, ARTHUR: Are you…drinking coffee from A MIXING BOWL?? GRAMP: All the mugs are in the dishwasher. PANEL 2: GRAMP holds the mixing bowl, coffee sloshing in it and looks down at it. GRAMP: But look…I ain’t the queen. This is fine. PANEL 3: GRAMP sips again from the bowl, ARTHUR looks away. GRAMP: After all, life is not survival of the fittest. It’s survival of the ADAPTABLE. SHELDON: And their mixing bowls. —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Snapshot of an assortment of work-in-progress sculpts (you’ll get to see the critter that sits atop the cheez-its box later, they just really need to be painted first (the gryphons also need painting but look fine in their base colors for a WIP)
A collection of miniature polymer clay sculpts sitting on a messy work table. A 1.5” box of Cheez-its sits in the foreground while a pair of bald-eagle-colored gryphons clamber on boxes of rice crispies treats and Swiss Miss hot cocoa, while a cat-ctus sits in a flowerpot facing an empty teal water bottle. Tinier cats and a pie can be seen far in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Do we wanna talk about ending the longest govt shutdown to date with a “no we’re not carrying over any use-or-lose leave caused by this, use it by end of year” policy that’s gonna result in offices being more of a ghost town than usual come December or are we all too busy correcting our timesheets?
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Bosses let us know we’re allowed to take days off even though we’re Excepted (back at work w/out pay), & that it’s okay if it’s to do some quick side-gigs, even if they’re apps/development that might in the past have risked moonlighting violations, as a group even if need be.

Very Normal Times.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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evilbatwitch.cryptoanarchy.network
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Me at the coffeeshop window all furlough
“Let me in!!” A skeleton bangs against a closed window with the blinds drawn.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Furloughs roll in 30day increments.

30days w/out supervision has so thoroughly cooked our systems that IT dept was Excepted & we’re all back in office putting out fires & disentangling users.

Still not getting paid until shutdown ends. Vibes very “increasingly feral class ignoring the substitute”
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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kenspinhustle.bsky.social
not sold on this yet? check out some early sketches of other critters on offer...

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

#furry #furryart #furryartist #disney #donbluth #animation #traditionalanimation #vintage #enamelpin
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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corviforms.bsky.social
he's EATING them
and THEN he's going to eat ME
oh my GOOOOOOOD
chickadee on a yellow-white carved pumpkin bird feeder chickadee on a yellow-white carved pumpkin bird feeder chickadee on an orange carved pumpkin bird feeder chickadee on a light orange carved pumpkin bird feeder
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
A timely lil’ ghostly fox sculpt WIP as Halloween draws near.

Made with glow-in-the-dark Sculpey clay (which I hear is being discontinued?!? Noooooo!!), which I always struggle to photograph but nonetheless shall attempt once he’s finished.
A small, wispy fox-like critter inside an orange jack-o-lantern. The fox is the greenish-off-white of glow-in-the-dark clay. A U.S. nickel coin sits beside them for scale.
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
At some point while patching damaged walls at the beach house, my folks took me up on my offer of painting over the patches that were either noticeably lumpy or where the paint didn’t quite match the sun-faded walls, so my adventure in stenciled fish & freehand cartoony seagulls began.
A stenciled blue-and-green fish hiding a lumpy patch on a wall above a sliding glass door where hardware had been removed years prior. There is some damage to the wall near the door trim but we were instructed to ignore it bc it will be covered by curtains later. A wide shot of a room with blue-and-green stenciled fish leaping from the corners of both windows (where old hurricane shutter hardware had once been & which has now been removed & patched over). The room is messy bc storm damage to the windows/siding is being repaired inside & outside. A wider shot of the room, with the curtains set up so that the stenciled fish appear to leap from the tops of the curtains. (Yes we are using the pool table as a staging table. This is a beach rental, while we work to keep it well-balanced & keep the felt in good repair, no serious pool tournaments are held here.) An aqua-and-magenta stenciled fish with yellow accents covers a drywall patch on a sandy-colored wall above another previously-had-hurricane-shutters window. Bubbles hide places where the wall pint had chipped away.
October 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Magical crows🐦‍⬛
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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alexstoneart.bsky.social
Standoff
Acrylic on Board
2025
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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kamakru.bsky.social
"The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland attract many visitors each year, but little is known about the dragon that dwells there. Despite the visitors, very few have claimed to have ever seen it, and so it’s existence has been considered simply a tale of the high seas."
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#watercolor #gouache #dragons
A painting inspired by the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. View from the boat looking at the cliffs, and a red dragon is perched on top of a long tower of rock. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2020, text in lower right is www.kamakru.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Soundside sunset

(w/egret)
Sunset over still, slightly brackish waters. The silhouette of a bird (egret?) stands amongst some scattered grasses.
October 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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leslielevings.bsky.social
Shop update on Monday at 11am Pacific! Including Beastlies, the last Punkin Nibblets of the season, and these little guys! They're wizard toads! I just felt like making them! Check the shop for a little description of each wizard, including what skills they possess. Leslielevings.bigcartel.com
Five small sculpted wizard toads lined up amongst candy corn Five Beastlies -- small, colorful sculpted creatures with big feelings -- surrounded by candy corn Small sculpted jack o'lanterns with googly-eyed creatures popping out the top. Similarly-sized candy pumpkins are scattered throughout.
October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Management needed a nap today so I escaped to the beach & got my first payment in several weeks!

Also please enjoy this shipwreck (the Flambeau, from 1867, which reportedly sent hundreds of stovepipe-style tophats up & down the shore for miles)
A beanie-baby kiwi bird in a straw hat sits in the sand, lit from behind as ocean waves crash dramatically over an old shipwreck behind them. My Doubloons!!! (A very weathered US Quarter, on the sand upon which it was found) A collection of seashells lined up on a piece of driftwood in the sand, with the sunlit ocean behind it.
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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karrybird.bsky.social
Chibi shenron!
October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
This “being a painter/handyman” during shutdown has been very informative, having fun fitting screens into frames, spackling & painting trim/spindles, scouring railings/grout/pans, repairing broken art/furniture/etc.

That said, scraping out moldy caulk is vile & I shall not be doing it again.
a black and white photo of a woman making a funny face in a living room .
Alt: a black and white photo of a woman (Lucille Ball in “I Love Lucy”) making a grossed out/disgusted face in a living room .
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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outsidewolves.bsky.social
A four panel comic strip. An anthropomorphic wolf man runs into an office where three others are working at their desks. He says, "The fire marshal is coming for annual inspections!" In the next panel, a seated wolf is playing with a remote control airplane, and a smoke detector with an open battery compartment is mounted on the wall above him. The first wolf says "Put that 9 volt back in the smoke detector!" In the third panel, an anthropomorphic dog holds a power strip while standing next to a sculpture comprised of multiple power strips. The first wolf says "Hide your..."Daisy Chain Power Strip" sculpture!?" In the fourth panel, a bear proudly displays his t-shirt which reads "I love storing combustibles around radiators." The first wolf, in exasperation, yells "CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!"
October 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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matttomic.bsky.social
A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware
Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
www.flightaware.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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whimsycalling.bsky.social
Preorders are open now on my website. This black kitty smaller than a kernel of Candycorn is $35. Take a looksie whimsycalling.com

#blackcat #catminiature #tinyart #spookycat #handmade
A tiny black cat figurine sits beside a kernel of Candycorn. It has shiny amber eyes. There are fall leaves and Candycorn in the background
October 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
jenkiwi.bsky.social
Spent time doing beach house maintenance last weekend since the rental season is over. Walked into the den & was like “hm, something is different here.”

Computer, Enhance.

Enhace!

ENHANCE
A set of large triple windows, seen from a dozen feet away/across the room. At the center of the top window is a diecut-wood-word-art things that says “LOVE”. There is the barest hint of something inside the “O”. We move closer to the center window & focus on the “LOVE” art. Yes, it looks like there might be something in the “O” after all. What is it? We move closer to the “LOVE”, standing directly in front of the windows (okay yes I AM standing on the back of the sofa at this point, I’m short, it’s fine) & holding the phone aloft. There is definitely a transparent something in the “O”. Behold the mighty wee clear duckie and the center of the “O”! They are one of those 1cm plastic favors you can order by the dozen. They are very cute & will remain where they are.
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM