Francine
@francibambi.bsky.social
All cuttle and no fish.
Co-host of The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. Writing and art and stuff, too.
Co-host of The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. Writing and art and stuff, too.
I’ve had this couplet in my head for WEEKS. I don’t think I’ve even seen a mackerel sky in that time. May this drawing finally purge it.
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I’ve had this couplet in my head for WEEKS. I don’t think I’ve even seen a mackerel sky in that time. May this drawing finally purge it.
Spider plant, spider plant
Does some stuff that a spider can’t
Not the best at catching flies
But watch her photosynthesise
Does some stuff that a spider can’t
Not the best at catching flies
But watch her photosynthesise
May 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Spider plant, spider plant
Does some stuff that a spider can’t
Not the best at catching flies
But watch her photosynthesise
Does some stuff that a spider can’t
Not the best at catching flies
But watch her photosynthesise
Happy Glorious 25th. 💜
(I didn’t have time to make anything themed today, but here’s last year’s drawing.) #discworld #glorious25thofmay
(I didn’t have time to make anything themed today, but here’s last year’s drawing.) #discworld #glorious25thofmay
May 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Happy Glorious 25th. 💜
(I didn’t have time to make anything themed today, but here’s last year’s drawing.) #discworld #glorious25thofmay
(I didn’t have time to make anything themed today, but here’s last year’s drawing.) #discworld #glorious25thofmay
Happy #WorldBeeDay. Here are a couple of sketchbook pages from 2023-ish. Historical illustrations of bees, my beloved 🐝
May 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Happy #WorldBeeDay. Here are a couple of sketchbook pages from 2023-ish. Historical illustrations of bees, my beloved 🐝
An evening in Avebury
May 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
An evening in Avebury
I think Bertie Wooster makeup might suit me
May 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I think Bertie Wooster makeup might suit me
Joanna and I are having a Cultural Day Out. Here are my two favourite printed-out signs and a selfie in a Belgian beer garden (large alleyway)
April 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Joanna and I are having a Cultural Day Out. Here are my two favourite printed-out signs and a selfie in a Belgian beer garden (large alleyway)
Spotted a Buddleja sapling looking *delighted* with its perch.
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Spotted a Buddleja sapling looking *delighted* with its perch.
Anyway, here she is. She didn’t quite make it to five, which is a real shame, not least because she’d have made a great crotchety old dog. She was a pain in the arse and my little soulmate and I still miss her terribly.
February 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Anyway, here she is. She didn’t quite make it to five, which is a real shame, not least because she’d have made a great crotchety old dog. She was a pain in the arse and my little soulmate and I still miss her terribly.
It was the second anniversary of Día’s death the other day, so we went to plant snowdrops on her grave. She’s by the oak which is noticeably bigger than the others. Good work, little dog!
Echo for scale. Not very helpful unless you know Echo, I guess.
Echo for scale. Not very helpful unless you know Echo, I guess.
February 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It was the second anniversary of Día’s death the other day, so we went to plant snowdrops on her grave. She’s by the oak which is noticeably bigger than the others. Good work, little dog!
Echo for scale. Not very helpful unless you know Echo, I guess.
Echo for scale. Not very helpful unless you know Echo, I guess.
Er… good questions 😅 I think it was 48 frames in the end, 12 per A3(?) bit of paper, but god knows how long it took. Maybe a day. My scanner wasn’t working, so getting the photos of the frames lined up took nearly as long as the painting did.
January 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Er… good questions 😅 I think it was 48 frames in the end, 12 per A3(?) bit of paper, but god knows how long it took. Maybe a day. My scanner wasn’t working, so getting the photos of the frames lined up took nearly as long as the painting did.
Ahem. Apparently BlueSky didn’t like my gif.
January 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ahem. Apparently BlueSky didn’t like my gif.
Made this in 2021. Hand painted frames. Must have been a lockdown week.
January 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Made this in 2021. Hand painted frames. Must have been a lockdown week.
Wrote this last year to celebrate the shared birthday of Edgar Allen Poe and Dolly Parton. Jolene (The Raven)
(I KNEW I’d forget to post. Only half an hour late, though.)
(I KNEW I’d forget to post. Only half an hour late, though.)
January 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wrote this last year to celebrate the shared birthday of Edgar Allen Poe and Dolly Parton. Jolene (The Raven)
(I KNEW I’d forget to post. Only half an hour late, though.)
(I KNEW I’d forget to post. Only half an hour late, though.)
In the lead up to my grandmother’s funeral last week, I went through over a thousand photographs. This is the one that makes me most emotional— my grandmother with *her* mother, who died before I was born. Can’t quite explain why, but I cry every time I look at it.
January 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In the lead up to my grandmother’s funeral last week, I went through over a thousand photographs. This is the one that makes me most emotional— my grandmother with *her* mother, who died before I was born. Can’t quite explain why, but I cry every time I look at it.
Echo remains creepy 🖤
January 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Echo remains creepy 🖤
The perpetual mist is, at least, making for some nicely spooky walks
December 29, 2024 at 7:52 AM
The perpetual mist is, at least, making for some nicely spooky walks
I’m sorry to hear that SESAW is closing. It was the only place that would help me with the little rabbit we rescued. They’re good people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I’m sorry to hear that SESAW is closing. It was the only place that would help me with the little rabbit we rescued. They’re good people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...