Bernadette E. Kazmarski
@bernadettek.bsky.social
Artist, writer, cat rescuer, and a lot of other things.
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Wow, great lyrics hit ALL the important points, great voice, simple melody, haven't heard a new one like this in a long time.
"...just last week was kinda tough I put a kid in cuffs I tied a lady to a van..."
"Join ICE" @wellesmusic on Colbert
His YouTube profile: www.youtube.com/@hellswelles...
"...just last week was kinda tough I put a kid in cuffs I tied a lady to a van..."
"Join ICE" @wellesmusic on Colbert
His YouTube profile: www.youtube.com/@hellswelles...
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Wow, great lyrics hit ALL the important points, great voice, simple melody, haven't heard a new one like this in a long time.
"...just last week was kinda tough I put a kid in cuffs I tied a lady to a van..."
"Join ICE" @wellesmusic on Colbert
His YouTube profile: www.youtube.com/@hellswelles...
"...just last week was kinda tough I put a kid in cuffs I tied a lady to a van..."
"Join ICE" @wellesmusic on Colbert
His YouTube profile: www.youtube.com/@hellswelles...
Rain fell first thing on another foggy morning, then suddenly the sun shone and the fog disappeared. The sun returns and everything is decorated with sparking raindrops and autumn colors revived.
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#raindrops #redleaves #autumn #bokeh
www.bernadettestoday.com/the-sun-retu...
#raindrops #redleaves #autumn #bokeh
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Rain fell first thing on another foggy morning, then suddenly the sun shone and the fog disappeared. The sun returns and everything is decorated with sparking raindrops and autumn colors revived.
www.bernadettestoday.com/the-sun-retu...
#raindrops #redleaves #autumn #bokeh
www.bernadettestoday.com/the-sun-retu...
#raindrops #redleaves #autumn #bokeh
When there's a spy in your storage shelves.
Look in the very center of the photo. Not sure if Sienna is unhappy about me taking over my own work table which of course she owns because she uses it more than me, or if she's just making sure I actually get something done while I'm there.
Look in the very center of the photo. Not sure if Sienna is unhappy about me taking over my own work table which of course she owns because she uses it more than me, or if she's just making sure I actually get something done while I'm there.
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When there's a spy in your storage shelves.
Look in the very center of the photo. Not sure if Sienna is unhappy about me taking over my own work table which of course she owns because she uses it more than me, or if she's just making sure I actually get something done while I'm there.
Look in the very center of the photo. Not sure if Sienna is unhappy about me taking over my own work table which of course she owns because she uses it more than me, or if she's just making sure I actually get something done while I'm there.
Klepto Cat Book Cover 69, "Within a Paw's Reach"
I designed and illustrated this cover in March 2024 for book 69 in Patricia Fry's Klepto Cat Mystery series welcoming the flowery garden in early spring. Cats and gardens, that's a theme for me! And that meant I had more than enough reference photos.
I designed and illustrated this cover in March 2024 for book 69 in Patricia Fry's Klepto Cat Mystery series welcoming the flowery garden in early spring. Cats and gardens, that's a theme for me! And that meant I had more than enough reference photos.
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Klepto Cat Book Cover 69, "Within a Paw's Reach"
I designed and illustrated this cover in March 2024 for book 69 in Patricia Fry's Klepto Cat Mystery series welcoming the flowery garden in early spring. Cats and gardens, that's a theme for me! And that meant I had more than enough reference photos.
I designed and illustrated this cover in March 2024 for book 69 in Patricia Fry's Klepto Cat Mystery series welcoming the flowery garden in early spring. Cats and gardens, that's a theme for me! And that meant I had more than enough reference photos.
Squashes, 12 x 12, oil pastel, 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
I had painted "Green Apples" earlier that year, and the woman who purchased it decided that she would like two paintings for the spot, identical in size, matting and framing and perhaps style.
I had painted "Green Apples" earlier that year, and the woman who purchased it decided that she would like two paintings for the spot, identical in size, matting and framing and perhaps style.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Squashes, 12 x 12, oil pastel, 1998 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
I had painted "Green Apples" earlier that year, and the woman who purchased it decided that she would like two paintings for the spot, identical in size, matting and framing and perhaps style.
I had painted "Green Apples" earlier that year, and the woman who purchased it decided that she would like two paintings for the spot, identical in size, matting and framing and perhaps style.
"Mewsette and Her Apples," brush markers, 4.5" x 4", 11/21/2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Mewsette and Her Apples," brush markers, 4.5" x 4", 11/21/2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
After the Flowers
What's left behind after the flowers have faded, dried, their petals blown away...new life. The seeds for next year, enough to feed some birds, enough to house a few insects to overwinter, tucked in and protected from winter winds,...
What's left behind after the flowers have faded, dried, their petals blown away...new life. The seeds for next year, enough to feed some birds, enough to house a few insects to overwinter, tucked in and protected from winter winds,...
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After the Flowers
What's left behind after the flowers have faded, dried, their petals blown away...new life. The seeds for next year, enough to feed some birds, enough to house a few insects to overwinter, tucked in and protected from winter winds,...
What's left behind after the flowers have faded, dried, their petals blown away...new life. The seeds for next year, enough to feed some birds, enough to house a few insects to overwinter, tucked in and protected from winter winds,...
"You want to go somewhere in your car? Can't you see l'm bathing?"
We've had several dark overcast days and today there is still fog from a heavy fog this morning. But finding community cats at their daily tasks as I run my errands surely brightens up the landscape.
We've had several dark overcast days and today there is still fog from a heavy fog this morning. But finding community cats at their daily tasks as I run my errands surely brightens up the landscape.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"You want to go somewhere in your car? Can't you see l'm bathing?"
We've had several dark overcast days and today there is still fog from a heavy fog this morning. But finding community cats at their daily tasks as I run my errands surely brightens up the landscape.
We've had several dark overcast days and today there is still fog from a heavy fog this morning. But finding community cats at their daily tasks as I run my errands surely brightens up the landscape.
Let's hope this time history doesn't just rhyme, but repeats.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Let's hope this time history doesn't just rhyme, but repeats.
Bella's Morning Composition
It's just a wonderful thing to walk into the kitchen in the morning and see this composition. Bella's solid rounded shape with her details of the dangling paw and its shadow contrast with the angular shadows and heavy shape of the cabinet.
It's just a wonderful thing to walk into the kitchen in the morning and see this composition. Bella's solid rounded shape with her details of the dangling paw and its shadow contrast with the angular shadows and heavy shape of the cabinet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bella's Morning Composition
It's just a wonderful thing to walk into the kitchen in the morning and see this composition. Bella's solid rounded shape with her details of the dangling paw and its shadow contrast with the angular shadows and heavy shape of the cabinet.
It's just a wonderful thing to walk into the kitchen in the morning and see this composition. Bella's solid rounded shape with her details of the dangling paw and its shadow contrast with the angular shadows and heavy shape of the cabinet.
“Safe”, pastel, 15″ x 20″, 2015 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Though the deer in my back yard were in plain sight of about six houses and all of us watch them, they apparently felt they were safe...
Though the deer in my back yard were in plain sight of about six houses and all of us watch them, they apparently felt they were safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Safe”, pastel, 15″ x 20″, 2015 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Though the deer in my back yard were in plain sight of about six houses and all of us watch them, they apparently felt they were safe...
Though the deer in my back yard were in plain sight of about six houses and all of us watch them, they apparently felt they were safe...
"Nap", ink brush pen, 6.5" x 4.5", 11/13/2012 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
~and~
the colorful pattern I made with the sketch in 2012.
~and~
the colorful pattern I made with the sketch in 2012.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Nap", ink brush pen, 6.5" x 4.5", 11/13/2012 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
~and~
the colorful pattern I made with the sketch in 2012.
~and~
the colorful pattern I made with the sketch in 2012.
An absolutely precious #littlemimicat sitting on the very corner of the deck railing intently watching...something in the back yard, November 2020. She was 17 years old but navigated the walk as if she walked on the pavement.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
An absolutely precious #littlemimicat sitting on the very corner of the deck railing intently watching...something in the back yard, November 2020. She was 17 years old but navigated the walk as if she walked on the pavement.
Allegheny River Reflections, pastel, 12, x 16, 2017 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
This is a view of the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, seen from Tarentum. I took a quick walk through the park along the river on a beautiful autumn day and took as many photos as I could.
This is a view of the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, seen from Tarentum. I took a quick walk through the park along the river on a beautiful autumn day and took as many photos as I could.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Allegheny River Reflections, pastel, 12, x 16, 2017 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
This is a view of the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, seen from Tarentum. I took a quick walk through the park along the river on a beautiful autumn day and took as many photos as I could.
This is a view of the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, seen from Tarentum. I took a quick walk through the park along the river on a beautiful autumn day and took as many photos as I could.
Community cats concerned about today's weather forecast for snow and then sleet and then rain and temperatures in the 30s. They're stocking up on the yummy food that The Lady just fed them while the orange one keeps a lookout.
#communitycats #communitycatlife #neighborhoodcats #catsalongtheway
#communitycats #communitycatlife #neighborhoodcats #catsalongtheway
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Community cats concerned about today's weather forecast for snow and then sleet and then rain and temperatures in the 30s. They're stocking up on the yummy food that The Lady just fed them while the orange one keeps a lookout.
#communitycats #communitycatlife #neighborhoodcats #catsalongtheway
#communitycats #communitycatlife #neighborhoodcats #catsalongtheway
A Man-made Thing
Walking in woods that were once a farm, now a park, as leaves fall from trees and brush this man-made element emerges from the understory. I kinda think it has something to do with oil drilling.
Walking in woods that were once a farm, now a park, as leaves fall from trees and brush this man-made element emerges from the understory. I kinda think it has something to do with oil drilling.
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A Man-made Thing
Walking in woods that were once a farm, now a park, as leaves fall from trees and brush this man-made element emerges from the understory. I kinda think it has something to do with oil drilling.
Walking in woods that were once a farm, now a park, as leaves fall from trees and brush this man-made element emerges from the understory. I kinda think it has something to do with oil drilling.
From the Archive: Brothers Giuseppe and Sunshine at 14 Weeks, November 11, 2007
In one of the first desk sets at 14 weeks that would occur regularly over 16 years, brothers Giuseppe and Mr. Sunshine intertwine all their paws and look straight at me,...
In one of the first desk sets at 14 weeks that would occur regularly over 16 years, brothers Giuseppe and Mr. Sunshine intertwine all their paws and look straight at me,...
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
From the Archive: Brothers Giuseppe and Sunshine at 14 Weeks, November 11, 2007
In one of the first desk sets at 14 weeks that would occur regularly over 16 years, brothers Giuseppe and Mr. Sunshine intertwine all their paws and look straight at me,...
In one of the first desk sets at 14 weeks that would occur regularly over 16 years, brothers Giuseppe and Mr. Sunshine intertwine all their paws and look straight at me,...
"Emeraude's Autumn Afternoon", pastel on pastello paper, 9" x 7", 11/6/2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
This is not one of my current or recent family of housepanthers, this is Emeraude, one of my 2013 senior hospice fosters in a daily sketch from 2013.
This is not one of my current or recent family of housepanthers, this is Emeraude, one of my 2013 senior hospice fosters in a daily sketch from 2013.
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Emeraude's Autumn Afternoon", pastel on pastello paper, 9" x 7", 11/6/2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
This is not one of my current or recent family of housepanthers, this is Emeraude, one of my 2013 senior hospice fosters in a daily sketch from 2013.
This is not one of my current or recent family of housepanthers, this is Emeraude, one of my 2013 senior hospice fosters in a daily sketch from 2013.
Brought in the geraniums. They're downloading a whole summer's worth of messages. Some Mimi's Homegrown Catnip seeded itself in there too.
#bellagirl #hamletistobe #catsandplants #catenrichment #twoblackcats #thecreativecat
#bellagirl #hamletistobe #catsandplants #catenrichment #twoblackcats #thecreativecat
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Brought in the geraniums. They're downloading a whole summer's worth of messages. Some Mimi's Homegrown Catnip seeded itself in there too.
#bellagirl #hamletistobe #catsandplants #catenrichment #twoblackcats #thecreativecat
#bellagirl #hamletistobe #catsandplants #catenrichment #twoblackcats #thecreativecat
Bella decided to make her #caturday breakfast more exciting and authentic this morning. She finished most of it, then ran and found her favorite fleece mousie and chased it and tossed it in the air all around the kitchen until it landed in her food bowl, and then she finished her breakfast.
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bella decided to make her #caturday breakfast more exciting and authentic this morning. She finished most of it, then ran and found her favorite fleece mousie and chased it and tossed it in the air all around the kitchen until it landed in her food bowl, and then she finished her breakfast.
Those big white mittens have to be kept sparkling clean, along with all those loooonnnggg white whiskers! Mariposa's bath is quite a production as she works her way through all of it, and her fluffy tresses too.
#mariposawhitemittens #formerlyferal #eartippedandproud #thecreativecat
#mariposawhitemittens #formerlyferal #eartippedandproud #thecreativecat
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Those big white mittens have to be kept sparkling clean, along with all those loooonnnggg white whiskers! Mariposa's bath is quite a production as she works her way through all of it, and her fluffy tresses too.
#mariposawhitemittens #formerlyferal #eartippedandproud #thecreativecat
#mariposawhitemittens #formerlyferal #eartippedandproud #thecreativecat
Thoughts of autumn bring mild, sunny days and trees covered with brilliant leaves of all colors, but that's really an October thing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thoughts of autumn bring mild, sunny days and trees covered with brilliant leaves of all colors, but that's really an October thing.
"Morning Window", ink, 5" x 7.5", 2012 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Jelly Bean settled down in the wash of sun on the wardrobe after breakfast, sun streaming through the casement and filling the lace curtain with light.
Yes, Jelly Bean is hanging off the edge.
Jelly Bean settled down in the wash of sun on the wardrobe after breakfast, sun streaming through the casement and filling the lace curtain with light.
Yes, Jelly Bean is hanging off the edge.
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Morning Window", ink, 5" x 7.5", 2012 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski
Jelly Bean settled down in the wash of sun on the wardrobe after breakfast, sun streaming through the casement and filling the lace curtain with light.
Yes, Jelly Bean is hanging off the edge.
Jelly Bean settled down in the wash of sun on the wardrobe after breakfast, sun streaming through the casement and filling the lace curtain with light.
Yes, Jelly Bean is hanging off the edge.
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Look at the size of that leaf! I think that little maple leaf wants to be like that big tulip tree leaf. Little leaves have big dreams.
#autumnleaves #mapleleaf #tuliptreeleaf #autumn
#autumnleaves #mapleleaf #tuliptreeleaf #autumn
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Look at the size of that leaf! I think that little maple leaf wants to be like that big tulip tree leaf. Little leaves have big dreams.
#autumnleaves #mapleleaf #tuliptreeleaf #autumn
#autumnleaves #mapleleaf #tuliptreeleaf #autumn