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Karen Sime
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Owned by a cat, nurse specialist, reader, crafter and proud geek.
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Drawing of a bug from the miridae family, campyloneura virgula. #insects #biodiversity #drawing #SciArt
Drawing a of type of mirid bug. It’s long with shades of red and brown, with little bits of yellow. It has long legs and long antennae. There is a shadow from the bug.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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A bit of sketching for #mushroommonday. #sketchbook #fungi
An opened sketchbook showing fungi sketches and drawings. The hand written text on the right page says “Shaggy scalycaps. The same ones found on Fruin Avenue but a week later. They have lost their scales, likely from the storm and exposure.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Snail weather just now. The rain doesn’t seem to stop. #sketchbook #snails #drawing
A sketchbook page filled with a mix of quick sketches and detailed drawings of white lipped snails.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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A wee bit of fungi. Shaggy scalycaps that have grown quite big. #fungifriday #fungi #naturephotography
A cluster of shaggy scalycaps. The ground is wet and leafy. The photo was taken in the late afternoon and dark already.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Molly’s new favourite box is the one my evernight subscription came in. @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social had to point out how apt that was #caturday #catinabox #illumicrate #evernight #ownedbyacat #blackcat
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Findings so many of these brown willow beetles, galerucella lineola, near my home. #sketchbook #invertefest #beetles #sketching #drawing
A sketchbook page filled with drawings and sketches of brown willow beetles. 3 are quick line sketches, the rest more detailed.
August 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Drawing of a brown willow beetle, galerucella lineola. #invertefest #beetles #drawing #insects #biodiversity
Drawing of a brown willow beetle on a white background. It has long antennae and it is creating a shadow on the background.
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A bit of drawing and photography. #insects #beetle #snails #hoverfly #naturephotography #drawing
3 images. Top two are drawings, snails to the left, brown willow beetle to the right. Bottom is a photograph of a hoverfly on a yellow flower.
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A bit of sketching. #sketchbook #insects #biodiversity
Drawings of a brimstone moth, a yellow-green type of moth, top left. Top right are quick line sketches of swans and ducks. Bottom is an opened sketchbook showing oak leaves with oak gall, which is caused from gall wasps. Fairy ink cap fungi drawings to the right of it.
August 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Happy coincidence this arrived today. Had it preordered for what feels like forever! Look at the pretty! #books #bookhaul #prettybook #katabasis #RFKuang #booksofbluesky #reader #bookbluesky
Hardback edition of book called Katabasis by RF Kaung. Held so that the edges of the book pages can be seen. They have an Escher style image painted onto them. Stairs going in different directions. Hardback edition of Katabasis by RFKaung. Book is flat down on a counter. Cover is in black and white with the Escher style stairs. Title and author in gold.
August 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Argh, I missed #fungifriday, but here’s some sketches of fungi I recently came across. #sketchbook #fungi
An opened sketchbook with sketches and drawings of various types of fungi I spotted recently.
July 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Final book in the Thursday next series announced and I have to wait a whole year. That’s just plain rude! At least it gives me time to reread the series. #books #reading #jasperfforde #thursdaynext
July 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A bit of drawing. #snails #drawing #biodiversity #natureart
A collection of various snail types drawn on white paper. Some have stripes, some have bits of yellow and brown.
July 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Happy #caturday. Molly hopes you all had a good one. She slept. She ate. She played. She had a good clean while sitting on her favourite tissue paper #blackcats #blackcatsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #ownesbyacat
July 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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It’s been a while since I did a reading update. Or any update. Here is what I’m currently reading. #books #reading #readingupdate #reader #readerofbluesky #bookbluesky #sarahjmaas #throneofglass #kingdomofash #andywarhol #theandywarholdiaries
Kindle on a table. Displaying the cover of a book. Kingdom of ash by Sarah j Maas. Next to it is a physical book. The Andy Warhol diaries. Sitting above the books is a white mug filled with coffee
July 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A wee something for #fungifriday. #fungi #sketchbook
An opened sketchbook showing drawings of shaggy ink cap mushrooms at various stages.
July 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Some sketching. #sketchbook #slugs #arachnids #drawing
An opened sketchbook. On the left page are slugs, two more detailed, two quick sketches. On the right are spider mites. One is more detailed and very red.
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I’ve been documenting shaggy ink caps growing near my home recently. Today they were gone because the grass was cut. Butchered! 😭😭😭
A group of shaggy ink cap mushrooms growing on grass. They seem huddled together.
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Lots of mushrooms about after all that rain. #fungi #sketchbook #nature
Opened sketchbook showing drawings and sketches of fungi. Fairy ink caps on the left and shaggy ink caps on the right. Some drawings are detailed and some are quick sketches.
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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A wee bit of sketching. Lots of critters around saying hello. #insects #larvae #sketchbook #biodiversity
A sketchbook page. Quick sketches of ants, moths, and a weevil. There is a detailed drawing of a green weevil and 3 ladybird larvae too.
June 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Some sketches of various types of damselflies I met in the local park. #damselflies #sketchbook #biodiversity
A sketchbook page filled with drawings of various types of damselflies. Some are more detailed than others.
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A wee bit of drawing. #drawing #insects #pollinators #biodiversity #ladybirds #bees
Drawing of a honeybee on white paper. Drawing of a shiny ladybird on white paper, creating a shadow.
May 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A cheeky day off. Out in the wild reading while I wait on my dad. #books #reading #reasersofbluesky #killingjericho #williamhussey #coffee #fatherdaughter
Book on a white table. Book title is Killing Jericho by William Hussey. To the left of the book is a large white cup with coffee. At the head of the book is a glass with cola.
May 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Drawing of a common green capsid nymph. #insects #drawing
Drawing of a common green capsid nymph on white paper. Very green in colour with long brownish green legs and antennae.
May 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM