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hlmtaylor.bsky.social
Heather T.
@hlmtaylor.bsky.social
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Artist, photographer, fontaholic, computer geek, nature lover and science fiction devourer perched on the edge of the largest ocean in the world. ♥
Also me: @designbyheathert.bsky.social
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Again, a great day in Yachats. 1000 inhabitants, 500 protesters!
#yachatsoregon #nokings #resist #princessbride
A resistance poster showing a red cap, with "GREAT" in white letters across the cap, but crossed out with a black X. The text reads: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Below the crossed out "Great" it says: Racism is not equal to great. Patriarchy is not equal to great. Fascism is not equal to great. Cronyism is not equal to great.
October 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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This is how I draw... #cat #catwarmer #heathert #illustration
Cat curled up sleeping on my left arm; comic-style weasel face up close on iPad screen.
July 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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1018 people in my little town, and about 400 of us showed up. What great energy, too!

#yachatsoregon #nokings #americastrong
People holding signs lining highway 101 under a beautiful blue sky.
June 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I can't help it. This is the 'limp-lidded lizard' look. It's hard to imagine anything but a slow, ponderous, reptilian brain in there.
#lizard #reptile #orange #despair
A photograph of a 3/4 view of the upper body and head of a president with orange skin and eyes barely open. He is wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and blue and red striped tie. He is leaning forward and his forehead is wrinkled, leading the viewer to postulate that he is struggling to remain awake. His sparse hair is white and orange, and his skin looks worn and cratered There are several creases on his left earlobe and around the edge of his ear.
April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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In our little village, 300 people lining the streets!

#50501 #handsoff #democracy
Hand painted sign reading, in black, Hands Off Democracy. The O is circled in red with a bar through it. Hand made sign featuring two red handprints, with Putin's Puppet: kleptocracy in America painted over top.
April 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I am so proud of my little village on the Oregon Coast. They have been protesting continuously every Saturday along the main street (which is also Highway 101), since 4 years+ ago.
#yachats #oregoncoast #resist
A group photo of mixed people holding various signs such as justice for all, resist, etc. and Ukraine flags. They are warmly dressed in puffy jackets and hiking boots and wool caps, and many of them are wearing sunglasses, but they're all smiling.
March 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Ffs.
Ukraine flag colors: blue top half, yellow bottom half.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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So, can anybody explain to me why a whole tranche of democrats opted not to vote, because "both sides were the same"? Are they still feeling that Harris would have been just as bad? Oh, and why was Trump supposed to be better for the Palestinian cause?
Rain forming such fluid and improvised blobs on a windshield that everything is a teal snd gray mess.
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Super-happy to share my Lemon Squeeze collection with you! Fabrics and wallpaper on offer at www.spoonflower.com/designs?view...

#art #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesign #summerlemon #heathert #citrus #watercolor #procreate #illustration
A collage of different lemon-inspired fabric patterns. Top left is lemon slices with watercolor leaves, sprinkled with lemon flowers on a light blue background. There are 3 rectangles of a plain, randomly white-speckled pattern on orange, dusky rose, and bright blue backgrounds. There is another pattern with just slices, and one with just whole yellow lemons. The brightest pattern is on a teal background with stylized watercolor leaves, flowers, and green lemons.
February 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Oops, another (green) lemon #pattern popped out... 😏

#surfacepatterndesign #patterndesign #repeatpattern #summery #greenlemon #fabricprintdesign #heathert #watercolor #procreate #lemonflower
Green Lemons--a pattern of various little white lemon flowers on a teal background, with watercolor painted leaves in shifting tones of blue, green, and teal. There are little green lemons dotted throughout . There is a "designbyheathert" watermark in the lower right hand corner.
February 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Florida gopher turtle in north FL dunes. Made his way up the hill and disappeared into his burrow!

#photography #turtle
A large land turtle facing us, with its legs pulling it along the light gray sand among a mess of wild grasses and fronds. The turtle has a dark brown head with splotches of sand, and its legs are almost a dark maroon. The shell has visible ochre plates with darker maroon splotches inside each one.
January 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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<snark> Where is his heart? Does he even have one? /snark
Picture of five presidents lined up at President Carter’s funeral. Only Tump is holding his hand over his tie over his tummy. Everybody else managed to hold their hand over their heart. https://link.apnews.com/click/38142992.150933/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvY2FydGVyLW9iYW1hLWJ1c2gtdHJ1bXAtYmlkZW4tY2xpbnRvbi1mdW5lcmFsLTZjN2U4YzEyMDE5ZjJiODNmM2UzMGIzZWNkMWViNGFkP3VzZXJfZW1haWw9YzRiZThjNTk5NTg0Yzk0YzU5MzdkN2M2OGE2YzI4YmU0YjcyNWUxODZjNTk0NzFmZWZiNDdlZDJkODUwNmJlOSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPUFmdGVybm9vbl9XaXJlJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnVfQVA/5fb3845a2d3cff6f073dde13B8882de66
January 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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My funniest photo ever, I think… Peahen making sure I’m not after her chicks!

#ArtAdventCalendar #bird #funnyphoto
A photo of a peahen stretching out her neck diagonally, face on. Her green neck feathers catch the light, but her little head and beady eyes convey alarm and disapproval.
December 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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‘In the Keep.’ Watercolor on paper.

#art #ArtAdventCalendar #watercolor #woman
A long, tall image showing a young woman in short sleeves climbing a steep, round staircase. The image is mostly done in dark purples, reds, and pinks, with a couple of splashes of gold, including her hair. Although her head is turned toward the viewer, she has no face.
December 19, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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No snow yet, but “breezy 30-35 mph winds with gusts up to 60 mph” and sideways rain. =) Gotta love the Oregon Coast.

#art #photography #ArtAdventCalendar #winterbeach #monochrome
Beach and stream run-off marbled with snow and dark vegetation all in monochromatic sandy tones, with just a slight blue tinge to the water, at sunset. A big hemlock branch is poking into the frame top left.
December 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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“Bluebird of happiness.” Acrylic on paper.
#art #ArtAdventCalendar #bird #bluebird #abstract #abstractart
A jumbled mess of colors with a lot of soft pinks and blues and yellows. Many wavy lines imply motion and flowers, and there is, in the center, a darker blue shape that might be a wing, and a triangular shape that implies a head with a bill and an eye.
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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Chiaroscuro down by the woodshed…

#art #ArtAdventCalendar #photography #callalily
Two calla lilies in brilliant white against the dark browns of the shingled woodshed. There is also a climbing vine with dark green leaves entwining the two blooms.
December 16, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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Just a ranunculus—but it still took me 7.5 hrs!
#art #ArtAdventCalendar #ranunculus #procreate #illustration
A delicate, single ranunculus illustrated in descending shades of gold to a soft pink.
December 15, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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Dìa de Los Muertes. Our oceans have not been doing so well. On the PNW coasts, the sea stars went through a terrible colony collapse and are only now starting to come back... Skull is that of a gray whale, seen from the top.

#art #ArtAdventCalendar #conservation #oceanbiome #pnw #alcoholink
Gray whale skull framed with living sea creatures: giant red octopus, wolf eel, turtle, seal, anemone, bull kelp, and sea stars.
December 14, 2024 at 7:23 AM
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Chinook Salmon flashing its last colors...

#art #ArtAdventCalendar #procreate #illustration #sciart #salmon #pnw #fishing
Hand-illustrated brick red and olive green Chinook salmon against a watery light blue oval background.
December 13, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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City on a hill... pen & alcohol & gel inks.

#art #ArtAdvent#Calendar #penandink #fantasy #citiscape
A colorful and fantastic collection of buildings towering into the sky, with a big tree on the left. And a hot air balloon on the right.
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Ripply ripply water plant reflections.

#art #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
A calm photo of a clump of thin, straight, dark green water plants on the right center, reflected into the gently rippling light blue water surrounding them on 3 sides. The reflection of the straight plant lines breaks up into hundreds of parallel ripples as the wavelets lap by.
December 10, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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Just a little feather today.
#art #ArtAdventCalendar #procreate #whimsy
Yellow orange red purple indigo feather that looks like it got wet in places.
December 9, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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Playing around with a plastic star slinky…
#art #ArtAdventCalendar #photography
Fluid, brightly-colored soft tube-looking things make for a very abstract photo.
December 8, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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Magical Forest, Watercolor, 2020.

#art #ArtAdventCalendar #watercolor
Moody scene of bare trees in winter merging into each other in tones of brown and teal, making it look almost magically foggy, but interrupted with very sharp edges along the middle.
December 7, 2024 at 6:52 AM