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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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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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The 60-to-40 vote paved the way for the spending agreement to begin making its way through Congress, where it would still need to be debated and passed by the Senate, win approval in the House and be signed by President Trump to bring the shutdown to a close. Sigh.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Sitting here watching the live feed of the Senate floor and wondering what’s taking so flipping long 😡
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Skunk 🦨 in the yard! Hello little one! ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Just got cable TV and, good grief, is there no original programming anymore?????? $132/mo for what!?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 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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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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Tis the season for me to randomly toggle on the heated seat for my husband while we are driving and watch his face as his tush gets unexpectedly warm. 😂😂😂
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Inktober day 31 prompt is Award. This is Sergeant Stubby, a WWI Hero. His story is amazing!

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#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
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Inktober day 24 prompt is rowdy. These guys are up to something.
#inktober #art 🪶
A gaggle of geese crowd the scene of this ink drawing
October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Inktober day 23 prompt is Firefly. I used my own photo of a firefly I saw this summer as reference.

#inktober #art 🐞
A firefly lands on two blades of grass, its trademarked butt glowing. Ink drawing.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Inktober day 22 prompt is Button, so here is the smallest of the true quail, the buttonquail. #inktober #art 🪶
A very tiny chick stands on a button. Caption reads, “The buttonquail chick is the size of a bumblebee and weighs less than an ounce.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM